Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§7405 Inspections
Title 16 › CHAPTER 93 — AGREEMENT ON PORT STATE MEASURES TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHING › § 7405
Summary
The Secretary and the head of the department that runs the Coast Guard must inspect foreign ships in U.S. ports when needed to carry out the Agreement and this law. If an inspection gives reasonable grounds to think a ship took part in illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing or helped with it, the Secretary can enforce the law and must deny the ship use of port services as the law requires.
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Title 16, §7405
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The Secretary, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall conduct foreign vessel inspections in ports subject to the jurisdiction of the United States as necessary to achieve the purposes of the Agreement and this chapter. If, following an inspection, the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that a foreign vessel has engaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related activities in support of such fishing, the Secretary may take enforcement action under this chapter or other applicable law, and shall deny the vessel the use of port services, in accordance with section 7404 of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 7405
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102