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of State, to enter international agreements to protect marine 
Mammals, and to take other measures to promote an international 
program to protect marine mammals. 
(6) 16 U.S.C. §1538(c)--makes unlawful the violation of 
any provision of the Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 
(7) 19 U.S.C. §1323--grants the President authority to 
increase the duty rate, not to exceed 50 percent above the rate 
existing on July 1, 1934, on any fish that are the product of 
a country that refuses to engage in negotiations relating to 
use or conservation of fishery resources. 
(8) 22 U.S.C. §§1971-1979--authorizes the Secretary of State 
to take appropriate action to protect U.S. vessels seized by 
foreign countries and provides for reimbursement to vessel owners 
for losses sustained as a result of the seizure. 
(9) 22 U.S.C. §2753(b)—=prohibits foreign salies for a pervod 
of one year to any country that seizes or fines an American 
fishing vessel for fishing more than 12 miles from the coast 
of that country. 
(10) 22 U.S.C. §2370(0)--provides for possible exclusion 
from certain foreign assistance for countries that seize or 
impose any penalty or sanction against any U.S. fishing vessel 
on account of its fishing activities in international waters. 
(11) 33 U.S.C. §1442(b)--grants the Secretary of Commerce 
authority to act in conjunction with other countries in carrying 
out a research program (under section 1442) on long-range effects 
of pollution, overfishing, and man-induced changes of ocean 
ecosystems. 
(12) 46 U.S.C. §251--prohibits foreign vessels from landing 
their fish catch in the United States. 
(13) 46 U.S.C. §§310 and 3ll--require that the owner of any 
U.S. fishing vessel who intends to touch and trade at any foreign 
port must obtain permission from the Government to do so before 
departing. 
(14) Sections 201-204 of the 1976 Act--regulate foreign 
fishing within 200 miles of the coastline of the United States 
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