§8032 Strategic plan

Summary

Not later than 2 years after December 20, 2019, the Working Group must, after consulting relevant stakeholders, send a 5-year integrated strategic plan to these congressional committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Senate Foreign Relations; Senate Appropriations; House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Natural Resources; House Foreign Affairs; and House Appropriations. The plan must lay out actions and measurable benchmarks to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and to improve maritime security in priority areas. The plan must name priority regions and priority flag states for the assistance the Working Group coordinates under section 8031. Priority regions are places at high risk of IUU fishing or illegally caught seafood entering their markets and that lack the ability to fix those problems. Priority flag states are countries whose registered vessels take part in or profit from IUU fishing and that cannot effectively police their fleets.