16 U.S.C. § 758a — Conduct of explorations and related work in Pacific Ocean
submitted 79 years ago by ch. 451 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 83 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Commerce must conduct fishing explorations and related ocean, biological, technical, statistical, and economic studies. The work must seek maximum lasting production and the best use of United States fishery resources in the tropical and subtropical Pacific and intervening areas.
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to conduct fishing explorations and necessary related oceanographic, biological, technological, statistical, and economic studies. The purpose is to ensure the maximum development and use of the high-seas fishery resources of the United States and its tropical and subtropical Pacific island possessions and intervening areas, consistent with developing and sustaining those resources at maximum production levels forever and providing for their best possible use.
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to conduct such fishing explorations and such necessary related work as oceanographical, biological, technological, statistical, and economic studies to insure maximum development and utilization of the high seas fishery resources of the United States and its island possessions in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean and intervening areas as may be consistent with developing and sustaining such fishery resources at maximum levels of production in perpetuity and to provide for the best possible utilization thereof.
Source credit: (Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 451, § 2, 61 Stat. 726; Pub. L. 86–624, § 11(a), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 412; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
- 1947Enacted · Act of Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 451 · 61 Stat. 726
- 1960Amended · Pub. L. 86-624 · 74 Stat. 412
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 451 on 1947-08-04.
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