7 USC § 3321 - Statement of purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s3321"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 3321 - Statement of purpose"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3321"
section_name: "Statement of purpose"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "AQUACULTURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1474, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1440(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1316.)"
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# § 3321. Statement of purpose

section 3322(b) of this title16 U.S.C. 2801

It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote research and extension activities of the institutions hereinafter referred to in , and to coordinate their efforts as an integral part in the implementation of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 ( et seq.) by encouraging landowners, individuals, and commercial institutions to develop aquaculture production and facilities and sound aquacultural practices that will, through research and technology transfer programs, provide for the increased production and marketing of aquacultural food products.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1474, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1440(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1316.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The National Aquaculture Act of 1980, referred to in text, is , , , which is classified generally to chapter 48 (§ 2801 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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