16 U.S.C. § 8031 — Interagency Working Group on IUU fishing

(a) In general — There's a collaborative interagency working group on maritime security and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing (called the "Working Group"). (b) Members — The Working Group has: (1) one chair, rotating every 3 years between the Secretary overseeing the Coast Guard (acting through the Coast Guard Commandant), the Secretary of State, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (acting through its Administrator); (2) two deputy chairs, appointed by their agency heads, each from a different department than the chair's, drawn from (A) the Coast Guard, (B) the State Department, and (C) NOAA; (3) twelve members appointed by their agency heads, from the Defense Department, the Navy, USAID, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission, the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Labor Department; (4) one or more members from the intelligence community, appointed by the Director of National Intelligence; and (5) five members appointed by the President, from the National Security Council, the Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. (c) Responsibilities — The Working Group must make sure the whole federal government responds to IUU fishing in a coordinated way worldwide, including by: (1) improving how agencies work together to identify, stop, investigate, prosecute, and dismantle IUU fishing operations and the people who profit from them; (2) looking for ways agencies can share more information about IUU fishing and related crimes; (3) setting standards for sharing maritime enforcement information; (4) getting the most out of import data by making data standards and entry fields consistent across agencies; (5) developing a strategy for using military assets and intelligence to enforce against IUU fishing; (6) improving awareness of ocean activity related to IUU fishing and related crimes, and building a strategy to use that awareness for enforcement and prosecution; (7) supporting countries in adopting the Port State Measures Agreement and assessing their capacity and training needs; (8) creating a strategy to coordinate, expand, and use shiprider agreements between the Defense Department or Coast Guard and other countries; (9) improving cooperation with partner governments against IUU fishing; (10) finding chances for more information sharing between federal agencies and partner governments; (11) consulting and coordinating with the seafood industry and nongovernmental groups fighting IUU fishing; (12) supporting international efforts to share certified data on vessels and their activities related to IUU fishing; (13) supporting ways to identify and certify countries under the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826d and following); and (14) publishing yearly reports summarizing non-sensitive information on the Working Group's work to investigate, enforce against, and prosecute IUU fishing.