§1829 International monitoring and compliance

Summary

The Secretary can take steps to better watch and enforce fishing rules on the high seas and in areas run by international fishery agreements so the law is followed. The Secretary can share information with foreign law enforcement and international groups about fishing capacity and illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing (IUU), build real‑time data sharing, join global and regional monitoring networks, help create or improve a global fishing‑vessel registry, use commercial or government remote sensing (like satellites) to find illegal fishing and foreign vessels entering the U.S. exclusive economic zone, help developing countries improve their monitoring, and support international efforts to require all large fishing vessels on the high seas to have vessel monitoring systems by December 31, 2008 (or earlier if a flag country or relevant international organization decides so).