2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 9A - Preservation of Fishery Resources (Sections 755 - 760l)
Sec. 758e - Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean fisheries development program
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 9A - PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES Sec. 758e - Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean fisheries development program |
| Contains | section 758e |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | 'Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act'." |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 92-444, §2, Sept. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 94-343, §1(1), July 6, 1976, 90 Stat. 809; Pub. L. 95-295, §1(1), June 16, 1978, 92 Stat. 319; Pub. L. 98-498, title IV, §410, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2309. |
| Statutes at Large References | 86 Stat. 745, 744 90 Stat. 809 92 Stat. 319 98 Stat. 2309 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 92-444, Public Law 94-343, Public Law 95-295, Public Law 98-498 |
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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.
(Pub. L. 92–444, §2, Sept. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 94–343, §1(1), July 6, 1976, 90 Stat. 809; Pub. L. 95–295, §1(1), June 16, 1978, 92 Stat. 319; Pub. L. 98–498, title IV, §410, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2309.)
AMENDMENTS1984—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".
SHORT TITLEPub. L. 92–444, §1, Sept. 29, 1972, 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'."
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