16 USC 8002 - Purposes

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 8002.

Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security;

(2)

to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level;

(3)

to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions;

(4)

to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as—

(A)

a deterrent to IUU fishing; and

(B)

a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security;

(5)

to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and

(6)

to prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests.

(Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXV, § 3533, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1999.)

cite as: 16 USC 8002