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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 9A — Preservation of Fishery Resources

§ 758e. Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean fisheries development program

Statutory text

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

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.

  1. Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act

    Pub. L. 92–444 § 2 · 86 Stat. 744

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 758e

    Pub. L. 92–444, § 2, Sept. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 745

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–444, § 2, Sept. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 745

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. The Secretary of Commerce (hereafter referred to in this Act us the “Secretary”) is authorized to carry out, directly or by contract, n three-year 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.

  2. Pub. L. 94–343 § 1(1) · 90 Stat. 809

    Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 758e

    Pub. L. 94–343 struck “three year” before “program for”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 94–343 struck “three year” before “program for”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by striking in section 2 the words “three-year”;

  3. Pub. L. 95–295 § 1(1) · 92 Stat. 319

    Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 758e

    Pub. L. 95–295 inserted provision authorizing contracts for programs with the Pacific Tuna Development Foundation or other agency or organization

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–295 inserted provision authorizing contracts for programs with the Pacific Tuna Development Foundation or other agency or organization.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 2 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 758e) is amended by inserting “with the Pacific Tuna Development Foundation or other agency or organization,” immediately after “contract,”.

  4. Pub. L. 98–498 title IV § 410 · 98 Stat. 2296

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 758e

    Pub. L. 98–498 substituted “Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation” for “Pacific Tuna Development Foundation”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–498 substituted “Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation” for “Pacific Tuna Development Foundation”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 410. Section 2 of the Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act (Public Law 92–444; 16 U.S.C. 758e) is amended by striking out “Pacific Tuna Development Foundation” and inserting in lieu thereof “Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation”.

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1976–1984 · 3 rounds

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, , 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’.”

Credits

1972–1984 · 4 acts
  1. 1972Pub. L. 92–444, § 2, , 86 Stat. 745
  2. 1976Pub. L. 94–343, § 1(1), , 90 Stat. 809
  3. 1978Pub. L. 95–295, § 1(1), , 92 Stat. 319
  4. 1984Pub. L. 98–498, title IV, § 410, , 98 Stat. 2309.
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(Pub. L. 92–444, § 2, , 86 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 94–343, § 1(1), , 90 Stat. 809; Pub. L. 95–295, § 1(1), , 92 Stat. 319; Pub. L. 98–498, title IV, § 410, , 98 Stat. 2309.)

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