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All 70 Stat. U?3. 



(4) tuke sucli steps as may be re<iuired for the (Ipvelopment, 

 ailvaiicenieiit, manaf^-iiient, conservation, and iiiotcction of the 

 tisherics resources; and 



(5) take siicli steps as may be required for the development, 

 management, advancement, conservation, and protection of wild- 

 life resources tlironph researcli, acquisition of refuge lands, devel- 

 opment of existihf; facilities, and otlier means. 



ST.\T>: DKPARTME.NT — COOl-EliATION 



Skc. 8. (a) The Secretary sliall cooperate to tlie fullest i)racticable 

 extent with the Secretary of State in providinji representation at all 

 meetings and conferences relating to fish and wihllife in whicli repre- 

 sentatives of the United States and foreign countries participate. 



The Secretary of State sliall designate the Secretary of the Interior 

 or the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, or a person desig- 

 nated by the Secretary of the Interior to repre.sent the Department of 

 the Interior, as a member of the United States delegation attending 

 such meetings and conferences and also as a member of the negotiating 

 team of any such delegation. 



(b) The Secretary of State and all other officials having responsi- 

 bilities in the fields of technical and economic aid to foreign nations 

 shall consult with the Secretary in all cases in which the interests of 

 fish and wildlife are involved, with a view to assuring that such inter- 

 ests are adequately represented at all times. 



(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

 shall be represented in all international negotiations conducted by the 



United States pursuant to section 350 of the Tariff Act of 19:50, as '•^ Stat. 943. 

 amended, in any case in which fish products are directly affected by ^^ ^'' ^^^^' 

 such negotiations. 



(d) The Secretary shall consult periodically with the various gov- 

 ernmental, private nonjirofit, and other oiganizations and agencies 

 which have to do with any phase of fish and w ildlife witli respect to 

 any problems that may arise in connection with such fish and wildlife. 



IIEP0RT8 ON .ACTIVITIES AN» I.MPOKT8 



Sec. 9. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall make an annual R«port to 

 report to the Congress with respect to activities of the United States Congress. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service under this Act, and sliall make such recom- 

 mendations for additional legislation as he deems necessary. 



(b) The Secretary is authorized to make a report to the President 

 and the Congress, and, when leipiest^'d by the United States Tariff 

 Comini.ssion in connection with section 7 of the Trade Agreements 

 Extension Act of 1951, as amended (67 Stat. 72, 74), or when an 65 Stat, 74. 

 investigation is made under the Tariff .\ct of 19;!0 ( 19 IT. S. C. l.'i;J2) 1' "SC 1364. 

 the Secretary is authorized to make a report to sucii Commission, con- 

 cerning the following matters with respect to any fishery product 

 which is imported into the United States, or such reports may be 

 made upon a request from any segment of tlie domestic industry 

 producing a like or directly competitive product — 



(1) whether there has been a downward trend in the production, 

 employnient in the iiioduction, or jirices, or a decline in the sales, 

 of the like or directly competitive product by the domestic indus- 

 try ; and 



(2) whether there has been an increase in tlie imports of tlie 

 fi.shery products into the United States, either actual or relative 

 to the production of the like or directly competitive product pro- 

 duced by the dome.stic industry. 



