Federal · Title 16 — Conservation
16 U.S.C. § 1811: United States sovereign rights to fish and fishery management authority
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Except as provided in section 1812 of this title , the United States claims, and will exercise in the manner provided for in this chapter, sovereign rights and exclusive fishery management authority over all fish, and all Continental Shelf fishery resources, within the exclusive economic zone. All anadromous species throughout the migratory range of each such species beyond the exclusive economic zone; except that that management authority does not extend to any such species during the time they are found within any waters of a foreign nation. All Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond the exclusive economic zone.
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