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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§760d Grants for education and training of personnel in the field of commercial fishing

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 9A— - PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES › § 760d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce may give grants to public and nonprofit colleges and universities in the States and Territories. The money is for programs that train professionally skilled workers for commercial fishing, like scientists, technicians, and teachers. Up to $550,000 may be provided for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1955, and for each year after. The Secretary must divide the funds fairly among States and Territories, considering each area’s fishing industry and other relevant factors. The Secretary can make rules needed to run the program.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §760d

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to make grants, out of funds appropriated for the purposes of this section, to public and nonprofit private universities and colleges in the several States and Territories of the United States for such purposes as may be necessary to promote the education and training of professionally trained personnel (including scientists, technicians, and teachers) needed in the field of commercial fishing. Any amount appropriated for the purposes of this section shall be apportioned on an equitable basis, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce, among the several States and Territories for the purpose of making grants within each such State and Territory. In making such apportionment the Secretary of Commerce shall take into account the extent of the fishing industry within each State and Territory as compared with the total fishing industry of the United States (including Territories), and such other factors as may be relevant in view of the purposes of this section.
(b)There are authorized to be appropriated not in excess of $550,000 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1955, and for each fiscal year thereafter for the purposes of this section.
(c)The Secretary of Commerce may establish such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 755 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 760d

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73