Title 19, Customs DutiesRelease 119-102

§1323 Conservation of Fishery Resources

Title 19 › CHAPTER 4 — TARIFF ACT OF 1930 › SUBTITLE II — SPECIAL PROVISIONS › Part I — Miscellaneous › § 1323

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a conference is called about using or protecting international fishery resources, the President must try by any available means to persuade countries whose fishing affects those resources to negotiate in good faith. Other countries that agree to negotiate must also try. If, after these efforts, the President decides a country has refused to negotiate in good faith and believes a change will work, he may raise the import tax on any fish or fish products from that country. The increase can be up to 50 percent higher than the tax rate that existed on July 1, 1934, and can last as long as the President thinks is necessary.

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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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102