16 U.S.C. § 742d: Investigations; preparation…

Summary

The Secretary must keep studying fish and wildlife, create and share information, and send regular reports to the public, the President, and Congress about those studies. Those reports and information must cover how fish and fish products are produced and reach the market, including foreign products that affect U.S. fisheries; how many fish and wildlife there are, where they live, and what they need to survive; the economic position of fish and fish products compared to other goods; statistics on commercial and sport fishing and on wildlife and refuges; ways to improve production, marketing, and education for fishing and wildlife; and any other related matters the Secretary finds important.

Title 16, §742d

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(a)The Secretary shall conduct continuing investigations, prepare and disseminate information, and make periodical reports to the public, to the President, and to Congress, with respect to the following matters:

(1)The production and flow to market of fish and fishery products domestically produced, and also those produced by foreign producers which affect the domestic fisheries;

(2)The availability and abundance and the biological requirements of the fish and wildlife resources;

(3)The competitive economic position of the various fish and fishery products with respect to each other, and with respect to competitive domestic and foreign-produced commodities;

(4)The collection and dissemination of statistics on commercial and sport fishing;

(5)The collection and dissemination of statistics on the nature and availability of wildlife, progress in acquisition of additional refuges and measures being taken to foster a coordinated program to encourage and develop wildlife values;

(6)The improvement of production and marketing practices in regard to commercial species and the conduct of educational and extension services relative to commercial and sport fishing, and wildlife matters;

(7)Any other matters which in the judgment of the Secretary are of public interest in connection with any phases of fish and wildlife operations.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which a report to Congress required under this section is listed on page 54), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title.

§742d Investigations; Preparation and Dissemination of Information; Reports