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§960 Commissions’ functions not restrained by this chapter or State laws

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - TUNA CONVENTIONS › § 960

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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Commissions may permit fishing or biological experiments and carry out duties for convention-approved scientific research, even if this chapter or state laws would otherwise forbid it.

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Title 16, §960

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None of the prohibitions contained in this chapter or in the laws and regulations of the States shall prevent the commissions from conducting or authorizing the conduct of fishing operations and biological experiments at any time for the purpose of scientific investigations as authorized by the conventions, or shall prevent the commissions from discharging any of its or their functions or duties prescribed by the conventions.

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16 U.S.C. § 960

Title 16Conservation

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73