16 U.S.C. § 8002 — Purposes

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This law states the goals of a federal effort against illegal fishing. It aims to improve coordination, data sharing, and enforcement, both within the U.S. government and with other countries. It also aims to cut off illegal fishing as a way for criminal groups to make money.

The purposes of this chapter are: (1) to support a whole-of-government approach across the federal government to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related threats to maritime security; (2) to improve data sharing that strengthens surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activity worldwide; (3) to support coordination and teamwork against IUU fishing within priority regions; (4) to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain, as (A) a way to discourage IUU fishing, and (B) a tool to strengthen fisheries management and food security; (5) to improve global enforcement against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government U.S. approach; and (6) to stop IUU fishing from being used to fund transnational organized groups that threaten U.S. and global security.

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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.

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

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2019Enacted · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1999

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