Pub. Law 1024 -4- 



All 70 Stat. U22. 



(G) Till! iiiiproveineiit of production mid marketing practices in 

 rcfiiiid tocoiniui'icial .>i|)ecii's iiiid tlic coiuliut of edurational and exten- 

 sion services relative to commercial and sport tishin;;, and wildlife 

 matters; 



(7) Any other matters which in the judgment of the Secretary arc 

 of public interest in connection with any phases of fish and wildlife 

 operations. 



TltAXSFEli (iK FIXCTID.VS — .\SSIST.\NCE OF OTHER ACENCIF.S 



Skc. C. (a) There shall be transferred to the Secretary all func- 

 tions of the .Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Connnerce, and 

 the head of any other department or agency, as determined by tlie 

 Director of the Huicau of the Budget to relate primarily to the clevel- 

 opnient, advancement, management, conservation, and protection of 

 commercial fisheries; but nothing in this section shall be construed 

 (o modify the authority of the Department of State or the Secretary 

 of State to negotiate or enter into any internatior.al agreements, or 

 conventions with resi)ect to the development, management or protec- 

 tion of any fisheries and wildlife resources or with respect lo interna- 

 tional commissions operating under conventions to which the United 

 States is a party. 



(b) There shall be transferred to the Department of the Interior so 

 much of the [lersonnel, property, facilities, records, and unexpended 

 balances of ajipropriations, allocations, and other funds (available or 

 to be made available) as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget 

 determines to be necessary in connection with the exercise of any func- 

 tions transferred to the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of this 

 section. 



(c) The Secretary may reciuest and secure the advice or assistance of 

 any department or agency of the Government in carrying out tlie pro- 

 visions of this Act, and any such department or agency which fur- 

 nislies advice or assistance to the Secretary may ex|jend its own funds 

 for such purposes, with or without reimbursement from the Secretary 

 as may be agreed upon between the Secretary and the department or 

 agency. 



POLlCIF,S, PKOCEDURE8, KEC0MMENUATI0N8 



Sec. 7. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, with such advice and 

 assistance as he may re<iuire from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and 

 Wildlife, shall consider and determine the policies and procedures that 

 are necessary and desirable in carrying out efhciently and in the public 

 interest the laws relating to fish and wildlife. The Secretary, with the 

 assistance of the de|)artmental staff herein authorized, shall — 



(1) develop and recommend measures which are appropriate 

 to assure the maximum sustainable production of fish and fishery 

 |)roducts and to prevent unnecessary and excessive fluctuations 

 in such production; 



(2) study the economic condition of the industry, and when- 

 ever he determines that any segment of the domestic fisheries has 

 been seriously disturbed either by wide fluctuation in the abun- 

 dance of the resource supporting it, or by unstable market or fish- 

 ing conditions or due to any other factors he shall make such 

 recommendations to the President and the Congress as he deems 

 api)ropriale to aid in stabilizing the domestic fisheries; 



(3) develop and recommend special promotional and informa- 

 tional activities with a view to stimulating the consumption of 

 fishery i>ioducts whenever he determines that there is a prosix."C- 

 tive or actual suri)lus of such products; 



