Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60
§1323 Conservation of Fishery Resources
Title 19 › Chapter 4— TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— SPECIAL PROVISIONS › Part I— Miscellaneous › § 1323
Summary
When a meeting is held about using or protecting fish that cross national borders, the President must try by any means to get countries whose fishing affects those stocks to join honest negotiations. If a country still refuses after the President and other countries try, the President may, if he thinks it will help, raise the tariff on any fish from that country for as long as he decides, but by no more than 50 percent above the rate on July 1, 1934.
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Title 19, §1323
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Upon the convocation of a conference on the use or conservation of international fishery resources, the President shall, by all appropriate means at his disposal, seek to persuade countries whose domestic fishing practices or policies affect such resources, to engage in negotiations in good faith relating to the use or conservation of such resources. If, after such efforts by the President and by other countries which have agreed to engage in such negotiations, any other country whose conservation practices or policies affect the interests of the United States and such other countries, has, in the judgment of the President, failed or refused to engage in such negotiations in good faith, the President may, if he is satisfied that such action is likely to be effective in inducing such country to engage in such negotiations in good faith, increase the rate of duty on any fish (in any form) which is the product of such country, for such time as he deems necessary, to a rate not more than 50 percent above the rate existing on July 1, 1934.
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19 U.S.C. § 1323
Title 19 — Customs Duties
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60