16 USC § 3332 - State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3332"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3332 - State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3332"
section_name: "State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "SALMON AND STEELHEAD CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "COMMERCIAL FISHING FLEET ADJUSTMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–561, title I, § 131, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3284.)"
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# § 3332. State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity

The State shall submit to the Secretary a program within three months of December 22, 1980, designed to—

**(1)** provide incentives for early retirement of licenses, or early sale of vessels;

**(2)** set aside specific allocations of funds for each gear type to achieve the specific fleet reductions provided for in the program;

**(3)** obtain an effective and expeditious reduction in the overall fishing capacity of and the number of vessels and licenses in the non-Indian commercial and charter salmon fishing fleets in the Washington conservation area; and

**(4)** provide State funding for 25 per centum of the total cost of the program.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–561, title I, § 131, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3284.)