Sec. 202. International cooperation and assistance
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The Secretary of Commerce may provide international cooperation and assistance for international capacity building efforts. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may— provide technical expertise to other nations to assist them in addressing illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing activities; provide technical expertise to other nations to assist them in reducing the loss and environmental impacts of derelict fishing gears, reducing the bycatch of living marine resources, and promoting international marine resource conservation; provide technical expertise, and training, in cooperation with the International Fisheries Enforcement Task Force under section 201 of this Act, 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, as appropriate, to ensure that fisheries development assistance to other nations is directed toward efforts 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 as necessary to implement this section.