Sec. 2. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to support sustainable, domestically harvested United States seafood; to support the consumption of domestically produced fish, including fish produced through wild capture, through the enhancement of seafood policies, such as marketing, promotion, rural business development, and commodity support; to educate and inform consumers and the public about seafood and the nutritional value of fish in the diet; to develop coordinated domestic fisheries and seafood marketing and promotion activities with research and development programs; and to establish an Office of Seafood Policy and Program Integration in the Department of Agriculture to carry out an effective and coordinated program of seafood promotion, research, and consumer information designed— to strengthen the position of the domestic seafood industry in the marketplace; to maintain, develop, and expand markets for seafood and seafood products; to enhance economic opportunities associated with domestic seafood harvest, processing, and production; and to ensure up-to-date access to and public outreach on seafood nutritional information.