ALLcrimesfood&drugstaxestelecomcommercehealthconservationtransportationagricultureveteransbrowse all titles »
0

16 U.S.C. § 962 — Reduction of bycatch in eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

submitted 76 years ago by Pub. L. 105-42 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 129 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

The Secretary of State, consulting the Secretary of Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners, must seek with other tuna-fishing nations to establish standards and measures for reducing bycatch by yellowfin-tuna vessels in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The program must include measures (1) to release sea turtles and other threatened or endangered species alive as far as practicable; (2) to reduce harvest of nontarget species as far as practicable; (3) to reduce deaths of nontarget species as far as practicable; and (4) to reduce deaths of young fish of the target species as far as practicable.

The Secretary of State, consulting the Secretary of Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners, must seek with other tuna-fishing nations to establish standards and measures for reducing bycatch by yellowfin-tuna vessels in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The program must include measures (1) to release sea turtles and other threatened or endangered species alive as far as practicable; (2) to reduce harvest of nontarget species as far as practicable; (3) to reduce deaths of nontarget species as far as practicable; and (4) to reduce deaths of young fish of the target species as far as practicable.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners, shall seek, in cooperation with other nations whose vessels fish for tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, to establish standards and measures for a bycatch reduction program for vessels fishing for yellowfin tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The bycatch reduction program shall include measures—

(1)

to require, to the maximum extent practicable, that sea turtles and other threatened species and endangered species are released alive;

(2)

to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the harvest of nontarget species;

(3)

to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality of nontarget species; and

(4)

to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality of juveniles of the target species.

Source credit: (Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 15, as added Pub. L. 105–42, § 7(c), Aug. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 1138; amended Pub. L. 114–81, title II, § 209, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 664.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1950Enacted · Pub. L. 105-42 · 111 Stat. 1138
  • 2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-81 · 129 Stat. 664

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-42 on 1950-09-07.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

0/280

no arguments yet — make the first case