{"data":{"id":"us/16-u.s.c.-8002","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 U.S.C. § 8002","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this chapter are—(1) to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security; (2) to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level; (3) to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions; (4) to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as—(A) a deterrent to IUU fishing; and (B) a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security; (5) to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and (6) to prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests.","path":["Title 16—CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 99—MARITIME SECURITY AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc16@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:44Z","sha256":"1edb753a90c271547f780d08228523170e297668b4b4085d8d7b289e09d09e47","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-u.s.c.-8001","next":"us/16-u.s.c.-8003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}