Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§758e Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean Fisheries Development Program

Title 16 › CHAPTER 9A — PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES › § 758e

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may run a program, directly or by contract, to develop tuna and other fisheries in Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean, covering research, gear and harvesting improvements, monitoring, and economic evaluation.

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Title 16, §758e

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The Secretary of Commerce (hereafter referred to in sections 758e to 758e–5 of this title as the “Secretary”) is authorized to carry out, directly or by contract, with the Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation or other agency or organization, a program for the development of the tuna and other latent fisheries resources of the Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean. The program shall include, but not be limited to, exploration for, and stock assessment of, tuna and other fish; improvement of harvesting techniques; gear development; biological resource monitoring; and an economic evaluation of the potential for tuna and other fisheries in such area.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–498 substituted “Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation” for “Pacific Tuna Development Foundation”. 1978—Pub. L. 95–295 inserted provision authorizing contracts for programs with the Pacific Tuna Development Foundation or other agency or organization. 1976—Pub. L. 94–343 struck “three year” before “program for”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 92–444, § 1, Sept. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 744, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section and sections 758e–1 to 758e–5 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act’.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 758e

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102