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16 USC § 1891a - Community-based restoration program for fishery and coastal habitats 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1891a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 1891a - Community-based restoration program for fishery and coastal habitats"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1891a"
section_name: "Community-based restoration program for fishery and coastal habitats"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–479, title I, § 117, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3606.)"
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# § 1891a. Community-based restoration program for fishery and coastal habitats

**(a)** **In general** The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a community-based fishery and coastal habitat restoration program to implement and support the restoration of fishery and coastal habitats.

**(b)** **Authorized activities** In carrying out the program, the Secretary may—

**(1)** provide funding and technical expertise to fishery and coastal communities to assist them in restoring fishery and coastal habitat;

**(2)** advance the science and monitoring of coastal habitat restoration;

**(3)** transfer restoration technologies to the private sector, the public, and other governmental agencies;

**(4)** develop public-private partnerships to accomplish sound coastal restoration projects;

**(5)** promote significant community support and volunteer participation in fishery and coastal habitat restoration;

**(6)** promote stewardship of fishery and coastal habitats; and

**(7)** leverage resources through national, regional, and local public-private partnerships.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–479, title I, § 117, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3606.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, and not as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which comprises this chapter.