{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s8002","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8002.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f8002.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of this chapter are\u2014\n(1) to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security;\n(2) to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level;\n(3) to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions;\n(4) to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as\u2014\n(A) a deterrent to IUU fishing; and\n(B) a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security;\n(5) to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and\n(6) to prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s8002.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8002."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this chapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a deterrent to IUU fishing; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s8002/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}