16 U.S.C. § 962 : US Code - Section 962: Reduction of bycatch in eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Search 16 U.S.C. § 962 : US Code - Section 962: Reduction of bycatch in eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners, shall
seek, in cooperation with other nations whose vessel (!1) fish for
tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, to establish standards
and measures for a bycatch reduction program for vessels fishing
for yellowfin tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The
bycatch reduction program shall include measures -
(1) to require, to the maximum extent practicable, that sea
turtles and other threatened species and endangered species are
released alive;
(2) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the harvest
of nontarget species;
(3) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality
of nontarget species; and
(4) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality
of juveniles of the target species.