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16 U.S.C. § 745 — Powers of Secretary

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The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, may take fish or fish specimens needed for the Secretary’s duties. This authority applies in the specified coastal and lake waters despite contrary state law, custom, or usage.

The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, may take, or cause to be taken, at any time, in the coastal waters of the United States where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, any fish or fish specimens that, in the Secretary’s judgment from time to time, are needed or proper for carrying out the Secretary’s duties. This applies despite any contrary law, custom, or usage of any State. This section does not define the terms "fish" or "specimens".
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The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, may take or cause to be taken at all times, in the waters of the seacoast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens thereof as may in his judgment, from time to time, be needful or proper for the conduct of his duties, any law, custom, or usage of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

Source credit: (R.S. § 4398; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

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