Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 38 — Fishery Conservation and Management
§ 1891c. United States catch history
Statutory text
In establishing catch allocations under international fisheries agreements, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and the Secretary of State, shall ensure that all catch history associated with a vessel of the United States remains with the United States and is not transferred or credited to any other nation or vessel of such nation, including when a vessel of the United States is sold or transferred to a citizen of another nation or to an entity controlled by citizens of another nation.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109–479 title IV § 407 · 120 Stat. 3575
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1891c
(Pub. L. 109–479, title IV, § 407, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3634.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–479, title IV, § 407, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3634.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 407. UNITED STATES CATCH HISTORY. In establishing catch allocations under international fisheries agreements, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and the Secretary of State, shall ensure that all catch history associated with a vessel of the United States remains with the United States and is not transferred or credited to any other nation or vessel of such nation, including when a vessel of the United States is sold or transferred to a citizen of another nation or to an entity controlled by citizens of another nation.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, and not as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which comprises this chapter.