Statute · United States Code
16 U.S.C. § 8002 — Purposes
16 U.S.C. § 8002
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- bankruptcy
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.
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.