Sec. 3. Sense of congress
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It is the sense of Congress that the United States should— work with and encourage African countries committed to countering IUU fishing to adopt legal requirements mandating the continual use of vessel-tracking technologies, including vessel monitoring systems, automatic identification systems, or other vessel movement monitoring technologies pertaining to fishing and transshipment activities, as appropriate, during the port- or ocean-based operations of vessels flagged by these nations and foreign vessels operating in their exclusive economic zone— to ensure that all such operations are legal; to identify vessels suspected of IUU fishing activities; and to counter the illicit or unregulated shipment of illegally caught fish products, particularly through ship-to-ship transfers of such products; document instances of private commercial entities or foreign government-owned fishing vessels fishing without authorization within the exclusive economic zones of African countries or within high seas areas under the management of regional fisheries management organizations; compile and publish— a list of private commercial entities or foreign government-owned fishing vessels, including licenses and registration data, authorized to operate in the exclusive economic zone of coastal African countries; and details of foreign fishing fleet access agreements with African countries (unless prohibited under national law or contractual terms), management plans, and regulations for marine fishery stocks; develop and include in counter-IUU strategies efforts to address associated maritime violations relating to violations of internationally recognized worker rights and forced labor; and work to coordinate efforts to address forced labor and violations of internationally recognized worker rights with foreign countries and partners, where appropriate.