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title: "16 U.S.C. § 7401"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "AGREEMENT ON PORT STATE MEASURES TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHING"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 7401 - Purpose

## Text

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

(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 302, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 664.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitlePub. 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’.”