2021 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 99 - Maritime Security and Fisheries Enforcement
Subchapter I - Programs to Combat Iuu Fishing and Increase Maritime Security
Sec. 8016 - Technology programs

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 8016 (2021)
Section Name §8016. Technology programs
Section Text

The Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other Federal agencies, if merited, shall pursue programs, as appropriate, to expand the role of technology for combating IUU fishing, including by—

(1) promoting the use of technology to combat IUU fishing;

(2) assessing the technology needs, including vessel tracking technologies and data sharing, in priority regions and priority flag states;

(3) engaging with priority flag states to encourage the mandated use of vessel tracking technologies, including vessel monitoring systems, AIS, or other vessel movement monitoring technologies on fishing vessels and transshipment vessels at all times, as appropriate, while at sea as a means to identify IUU fishing activities and the shipment of illegally caught fish products; and

(4) building partnerships with the private sector, including universities, nonprofit research organizations, the seafood industry, and the technology, transportation and logistics sectors, to leverage new and existing technologies and data analytics to address IUU fishing.

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(Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXV, §3546, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2004.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 99 - MARITIME SECURITY AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I - PROGRAMS TO COMBAT IUU FISHING AND INCREASE MARITIME SECURITY
Sec. 8016 - Technology programs
Contains section 8016
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 133 Stat. 2004
Public Law References Public Law 116-92
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