Sec. 114. International cooperation and assistance
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The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Marine Fisheries Service, may engage in international cooperation and provide assistance, including grants, to help other nations achieve sustainable fisheries. In providing assistance to other nations, the Secretary may— provide funding and technical expertise to other nations to assist them in addressing illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing activities; provide funding and technical expertise to other nations to assist them in reducing the loss and environmental impacts of derelict fishing gear, reducing the bycatch of living marine resources, and promoting international marine resource conservation; provide funding, technical expertise, and training to other nations to aid them in building capacity for enhanced fisheries management, fisheries monitoring, catch and trade tracking activities, enforcement, and international marine resource conservation; establish partnerships with other Federal agencies or non-governmental organizations, as appropriate, to ensure that fisheries development assistance to other nations is directed toward projects that promote sustainable fisheries; and conduct outreach and education efforts in order to promote public and private sector awareness of international fisheries sustainability issues, including the need to combat illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing activity and to promote international marine resource conservation.
The Secretary may establish guidelines necessary to implement this section.