Sec. 4. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security; to prevent IUU fishing and the illegal trade of seafood and seafood products; to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level; to disrupt transnational organized criminal groups involved in IUU fishing, including the laundering of their profits; to prevent IUU fishing from being used as a source of financing for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests; to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing and seafood fraud with governments and nongovernmental organizations within priority regions; to assist countries in priority regions and priority flag states in the implementation of stronger measures to counter IUU fishing, including the Port State Measures Agreement; to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as— a deterrent to IUU fishing and seafood fraud; a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security; and an approach to enhancing the implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program; to promote the use of trade agreements to counter IUU fishing; to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and to raise domestic awareness on the local and global impacts of IUU fishing, including— its ties to transnational organized illegal activity; and its effects on the mislabeling of seafood products.