16 U.S.C. § 2431 : US Code - Section 2431: Findings and purpose

Search 16 U.S.C. § 2431 : US Code - Section 2431: Findings and purpose

(a) Findings
The Congress finds that -
(1) the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources establishes international mechanisms and creates
legal obligations necessary for the protection and conservation
of Antarctic marine living resources;
(2) the Convention incorporates an innovative ecosystem
approach to the management of Antarctic marine living resources,
including standards designed to ensure the health of the
individual populations and species and to maintain the health of
the Antarctic marine ecosystem as a whole;
(3) the Convention serves important United States environmental
and resource management interests;
(4) the Convention represents an important contribution to
United States long term legal and political objectives of
maintenance of Antarctica as an area of peaceful international
cooperation;
(5) United States basic and directed research programs
concerning the marine living resources of the Antarctic are
essential to achieve the United States goal of effective
implementation of the objectives of the Convention; and
(6) the United States has important security, economic, and
environmental interests in developing and maintaining a fleet of
icebreaking vessels capable of operating effectively in the heavy
ice regions of Antarctica.
(b) Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to provide the legislative
authority necessary to implement, with respect to the United
States, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources.