Sec. 3534. STATEMENT OF POLICY
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## SEC. 3534 STATEMENT OF POLICY **[**[16 U.S.C. 8003](/us/usc/t16/s8003)**]** It is the policy of the United States_ ####
(1)to 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; ####
(2)to develop holistic diplomatic, military, law enforcement, economic, and capacity-building tools to counter IUU fishing; ####
(3)to provide technical assistance to countries in priority regions and priority flag states to combat IUU fishing, including assistance— #####
(A)to increase local, national, and regional level capacities to counter IUU fishing through the engagement of law enforcement and security forces; #####
(B)to enhance port capacity and security, including by supporting other countries in working toward the adoption and implementation of the Port State Measures Agreement; #####
(C)to combat corruption and increase transparency and traceability in fisheries management and trade; #####
(D)to enhance information sharing within and across governments and multilateral organizations through the development and use of agreed standards for information sharing; and #####
(E)to support effective, science-based fisheries management regimes that promote legal and safe fisheries and act as a deterrent to IUU fishing; ####
(4)to promote global maritime security through improved capacity and technological assistance to support improved maritime domain awareness; ####
(5)to engage with priority flag states to encourage the use of high quality vessel tracking technologies where existing enforcement tools are lacking; ####
(6)to engage with multilateral organizations working on fisheries issues, including Regional Fisheries Management Organizations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to combat and deter IUU fishing; ####
(7)to advance information sharing across governments and multilateral organizations in areas that cross multiple jurisdictions, through the development and use of an agreed standard for information sharing; ####
(8)to continue to use existing and future trade agreements to combat IUU fishing; ####
(9)to employ appropriate assets and resources of the United States Government in a coordinated manner to disrupt the illicit networks involved in IUU fishing; ####
(10)to continue to declassify and make available, as appropriate and practicable, technologies developed by the United States Government that can be used to help counter IUU fishing; ####
(11)to recognize the ties of IUU fishing to transnational organized illegal activity, including human trafficking and illegal trade in narcotics and arms, and as applicable, to focus on illicit activity in a coordinated, cross-cutting manner; ####
(12)to recognize and respond to poor working conditions, labor abuses, and other violent crimes in the fishing industry; ####
(13)to increase and improve global transparency and traceability along the seafood supply chain as— #####
(A)a deterrent to IUU fishing; and #####
(B)an approach for strengthening fisheries management and food security; and ####
(14)to promote technological investment and innovation to combat IUU fishing. ### PART I PROGRAMS TO COMBAT IUU FISHING AND INCREASE MARITIME SECURITY
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