Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§8018 Capacity building in foreign fisheries
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 99— - MARITIME SECURITY AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROGRAMS TO COMBAT IUU FISHING AND INCREASE MARITIME SECURITY › § 8018
Summary
The Secretary must work with other agencies and partners on multi‑year projects to fight illegal fishing and related labor and conservation harms.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §8018
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The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall develop and carry out with partner governments and civil society—
(1)multi-year international environmental cooperation agreements and projects; and
(2)multi-year capacity-building projects for implementing measures to address illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, fraud, forced labor, bycatch, and other conservation measures.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 and also as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and not as part of the Maritime Security and Fisheries
Enforcement
Act or the Maritime SAFE Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 11329 of div. K of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 1885a of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 8018
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73