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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 8003"
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description: "Statement of policy"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "99"
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chapter_name: "MARITIME SECURITY AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT"
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section: "8003"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8003"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 8003 - Statement of policy
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## Text
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It is the policy of the United States_11 So in original. Probably should be “States—”.
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(1) to take action to curtail the global trade in seafood and seafood products derived from IUU fishing, including its links to forced labor and transnational organized illegal activity;
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(2) to develop holistic diplomatic, military, law enforcement, economic, and capacity-building tools to counter IUU fishing;
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(3) to provide technical assistance to countries in priority regions and priority flag states to combat IUU fishing, including assistance—
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(A) to increase local, national, and regional level capacities to counter IUU fishing through the engagement of law enforcement and security forces;
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(B) to enhance port capacity and security, including by supporting other countries in working toward the adoption and implementation of the Port State Measures Agreement;
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(C) to combat corruption and increase transparency and traceability in fisheries management and trade;
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(D) to enhance information sharing within and across governments and multilateral organizations through the development and use of agreed standards for information sharing; and
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(E) to support effective, science-based fisheries management regimes that promote legal and safe fisheries and act as a deterrent to IUU fishing;
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(4) to promote global maritime security through improved capacity and technological assistance to support improved maritime domain awareness;
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(5) to engage with priority flag states to encourage the use of high quality vessel tracking technologies where existing enforcement tools are lacking;
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(6) to engage with multilateral organizations working on fisheries issues, including Regional Fisheries Management Organizations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to combat and deter IUU fishing;
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(7) to advance information sharing across governments and multilateral organizations in areas that cross multiple jurisdictions, through the development and use of an agreed standard for information sharing;
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(8) to continue to use existing and future trade agreements to combat IUU fishing;
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(9) to employ appropriate assets and resources of the United States Government in a coordinated manner to disrupt the illicit networks involved in IUU fishing;
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(10) to continue to declassify and make available, as appropriate and practicable, technologies developed by the United States Government that can be used to help counter IUU fishing;
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(11) to recognize the ties of IUU fishing to transnational organized illegal activity, including human trafficking and illegal trade in narcotics and arms, and as applicable, to focus on illicit activity in a coordinated, cross-cutting manner;
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(12) to recognize and respond to poor working conditions, labor abuses, and other violent crimes in the fishing industry;
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(13) to increase and improve global transparency and traceability along the seafood supply chain as—
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(A) a deterrent to IUU fishing; and
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(B) an approach for strengthening fisheries management and food security; and
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(14) to promote technological investment and innovation to combat IUU fishing.
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(Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXV, § 3534, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2000.)
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