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16 U.S.C. § 1861b — Fisheries enforcement plans and reporting
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**(a) Fisheries enforcement plans** In preparing the Coast Guard’s annual fisheries enforcement plan, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall consult with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and with State and local enforcement authorities.
**(b) Fishery patrols** Prior to undertaking fisheries patrols, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall notify the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and appropriate State and local enforcement authorities of the projected dates for such patrols.
**(c) Annual summary** The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare and make available to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, State and local enforcement entities, and other relevant stakeholders, an annual summary report of fisheries enforcement activities for the preceding year, including a summary of the number of patrols, law enforcement actions taken, and resource hours expended.
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**(a) Fisheries enforcement plans** In preparing the Coast Guard’s annual fisheries enforcement plan, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall consult with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and with State and local enforcement authorities.
**(b) Fishery patrols** Prior to undertaking fisheries patrols, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall notify the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and appropriate State and local enforcement authorities of the projected dates for such patrols.
**(c) Annual summary** The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare and make available to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, State and local enforcement entities, and other relevant stakeholders, an annual summary report of fisheries enforcement activities for the preceding year, including a summary of the number of patrols, law enforcement actions taken, and resource hours expended.
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**(a) In general** Not later than 180 days after July 11, 2006, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on steps that the Coast Guard will take to significantly improve the Coast Guard’s detection and interdiction of illegal incursions into the United States exclusive economic zone by foreign fishing vessels.
**(b) Specific issues to be addressed** The report shall—
(1) focus on areas in the exclusive economic zone where the Coast Guard has failed to detect or interdict such incursions in the 4-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal year 2000, including such areas in the Western/Central Pacific and the Bering Sea; and
(2) include an evaluation of the potential use of unmanned aircraft and offshore platforms for detecting or interdicting such incursions.
**(c) Biennial updates** The Secretary shall provide biannual reports updating the Coast Guard’s progress in detecting or interdicting such incursions to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1862
1 So in original.
the Secretary of Commerce shall include a separate
statement of the amount for each outstanding un-
funded fishery resource disasters.’’
STUDY OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN FISHERIES
Pub. L. 104–297, title I, § 116(b), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat.
3603, as amended by Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I,
§ 101(a) [title II, § 211(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009,
3009–41, required the Secretary of Commerce to estab-
lish a task force comprised of interested parties to
study and report to Congress within 2 years of Oct. 11,
1996, on the role of the Federal Government in sub-
sidizing the expansion and contraction of fishing capac-
ity in fishing fleets managed under the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and otherwise influencing the aggre-
gate capital investments in fisheries.
§ 1861b. Fisheries enforcement plans and report-
ing
(a) Fisheries enforcement plans
In preparing the Coast Guard’s annual fish-
eries enforcement plan, the Commandant of the
Coast Guard shall consult with the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
and with State and local enforcement authori-
ties.
(b) Fishery patrols
Prior to undertaking fisheries patrols, the
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall notify the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere and appropriate State and local en-
forcement authorities of the projected dates for
such patrols.
(c) Annual summary
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall
prepare and make available to the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere,
State and local enforcement entities, and other
relevant stakeholders, an annual summary re-
port of fisheries enforcement activities for the
preceding year,
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