16 U.S.C. § 7401

Purpose

Edition 2026

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

Amendment history

(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 302, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 664.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Short Title Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 301, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 664, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015’.”

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