Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress makes the following findings: Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (in this Act referred to as IUU ) fishing is contrary to the United States commitment to sovereign rights, a rules-based global order, and relevant international treaties and obligations governing exclusive economic zones and environmental protections. IUU fishing undermines the sustainable management of protected living marine resources. The sustainable harvest of fish stocks is directly linked to food and economic security both for the United States and around the globe.
In 2019, Congress passed the Maritime Security and Fisheries Enforcement Act ( Public Law 116–92 ) to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security and take action to curtail the global trade in seafood and seafood products derived from IUU fishing, including its links to forced labor and transnational organized illegal activity. The People’s Republic of China maintains a distant-water fishing fleet, which engages in a variety of problematic behavior in Latin America’s waters, including— overfishing; the deliberate catching of protected living marine resources; and often entering the exclusive economic zones and marine protected areas of the region and suspected of fishing without authorization.
China’s distant water fleet facilitates its attempts to strengthen bilateral relationships, cultivate influence, and affect specific policy or diplomatic outcomes. Chinese IUU fishing without authorization in other countries’ waters demonstrates China’s drive to capture the region’s resources and undermines countries’ sovereign rights.
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