2020 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 9A - Preservation of Fishery Resources
Sec. 760e - Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose
| 16 U.S.C. § 760e (2020) |
| §760e. Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose |
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The Secretary of Commerce is directed to undertake a comprehensive continuing study of the migratory marine fish of interest to recreational fishermen of the United States, including species inhabiting the offshore waters of the United States and species which migrate through or spend a part of their lives in the inshore waters of the United States. The study shall include, but not be limited to, research on migrations, identity of stocks, growth rates, mortality rates, variations in survival, environmental influences, both natural and artificial, including pollution, and effects of fishing on the species, for the purpose of developing wise conservation policies and constructive management activities. |
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(Pub. L. 86–359, §1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 642; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, §1(b), eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) |
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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 755 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 9A - PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES Sec. 760e - Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose |
| section 760e |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
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| 73 Stat. 642 84 Stat. 2090 |
| Public Law 86-359 |
