Federal · Title 16 — Conservation
16 U.S.C. § 8002: Purposes
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to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security; to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level; to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions; a deterrent to IUU fishing; and a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security; to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and to prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests.
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