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.
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. 745Enacted 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.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”;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,”.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
- 1972Pub. L. 92–444, § 2, , 86 Stat. 745
- 1976Pub. L. 94–343, § 1(1), , 90 Stat. 809
- 1978Pub. L. 95–295, § 1(1), , 92 Stat. 319
- 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.)