16 U.S.C. § 758a : US Code - Section 758A: Conduct of explorations and related work in Pacific Ocean

Search 16 U.S.C. § 758a : US Code - Section 758A: Conduct of explorations and related work in Pacific Ocean

The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to conduct
such fishing explorations and such necessary related work as
oceanographical, biological, technological, statistical, and
economic studies to insure maximum development and utilization of
the high seas fishery resources of the United States and its island
possessions in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean and
intervening areas as may be consistent with developing and
sustaining such fishery resources at maximum levels of production
in perpetuity and to provide for the best possible utilization
thereof.