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U.S. Pacific Insular Area Fisheries

[U.S. Fisheries Policy in the Pacific Insular Areas]

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Section 1801. Findings, purposes and policy

(a) Findings. The Congress finds and declares the following:

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(10) Pacific Insular Areas contain unique historical, cultural, legal, political, and geographical circumstances which make fisheries resources important in sustaining their economic growth.

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(c) Policy It is further declared to be the policy of the Congress in this chapter - 

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(7) to ensure that the fishery resources adjacent to a Pacific Insular Area, including resident or migratory stocks within the exclusive economic zone adjacent to such areas, be explored, developed, conserved, and managed for the benefit of the people of such area and of the United States.

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