16 USC § 7401 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s7401"
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title: "16 USC § 7401 - Purpose"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "7401"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 93
chapter_name: "AGREEMENT ON PORT STATE MEASURES TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 302, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 664.)"
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# § 7401. Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 302, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 664.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015’.”

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