### Question
Can you define what moratorium period means?


### Answer
**Moratorium period** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 5152*:

> the period beginning on the day on which moratorium is declared under section 5154(a) of this title regarding a coastal State and ending on the day on which the Commission notifies the Secretaries that that State has taken appropriate remedial action with respect to those matters that were the case of the moratorium being declared

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 5152*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 71A-ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION**

