Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§758e Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean Fisheries Development Program
Title 16 › Chapter 9A— PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES › § 758e
Summary
The Secretary can run, directly or by contract with Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation, a program to develop tuna and other fisheries in Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean that must include stock and biological studies, gear and harvest improvements, 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.
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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”.
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16 U.S.C. § 758e
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 5, 2026
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