16 USC 8201 - Purpose

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

§ 8201.

Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested persons to promote fish conservation—

(1)

(A)

improving ecological conditions;

(B)

restoring natural processes; or

(C)

preventing the decline of intact and healthy systems;

(2)

to establish a consensus set of national conservation strategies as a framework to guide future actions and investment by Fish Habitat Partnerships;

(3)

to broaden the community of support for fish habitat conservation by—

(A)

increasing fishing opportunities;

(B)

fostering the participation of local communities, especially young people in local communities, in conservation activities; and

(C)

raising public awareness of the role healthy fish habitat play in the quality of life and economic well-being of local communities;

(4)

to fill gaps in the National Fish Habitat Assessment and the associated database of the National Fish Habitat Assessment—

(A)

to empower strategic conservation actions supported by broadly available scientific information; and

(B)

to integrate socioeconomic data in the analysis to improve the lives of humans in a manner consistent with fish habitat conservation goals; and

(5)

to communicate to the public and conservation partners—

(A)

the conservation outcomes produced collectively by Fish Habitat Partnerships; and

(B)

new opportunities and voluntary approaches for conserving fish habitat.

(Pub. L. 116–188, title II, § 201, Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 924.)

cite as: 16 USC 8201