16 U.S.C. § 5501 — Purpose

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This chapter carries out an international agreement about conservation rules for fishing vessels on the high seas and creates a permit, reporting, and regulatory system for United States vessels fishing there.

The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to carry out the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, adopted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization conference on November 24, 1993; and (2) to create a system for permitting, reporting, and regulating United States vessels that fish on the high seas.

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It is the purpose of this chapter—

(1)

to implement the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, adopted by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 24, 1993; and

(2)

to establish a system of permitting, reporting, and regulation for vessels of the United States fishing on the high seas.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–43, title I, § 102, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 367.)

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1995Enacted · Pub. L. 104-43 · 109 Stat. 367

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