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and direct the Secretary of State to renegotiate existing 
treaties that affect fishing in the fishery conservation zone. 
Several comments concerning certain of these statutes: (1) 
19 U.S.C. §1323, allowing the President to raise duty rates up 
to 50 percent above the rate existing on July 1, 1934, could be 
obsolete if the rates today have already reached that point; if 
they have not, some adjustment of the base date might be warranted; 
(2.)) several, sections, such..as 22 U.S.C; ,§2753(b); and 22,025 .¢-. 
§2370(0), provide for sanctions against foreign countries that 
seize U.S. fishing vessels in international waters. Congress might 
consider combining these and similar statutes into one law dealing 
with the subject; and (3) the inconsistency of 16 U.S.C. §2753(b) 
with the 200-mile limit established in the 1976 Act has already 
been discussed. 
In addition to the above statutes, import limitation 
statutes and other commercial statutes, to be discussed below, 
also affect foreign relations. 
D. Laws Regulating the Industry 
Since the fishing industry operates in interstate and foreign 
commerce, it is subject to Federal regulation. The main areas 
of Federal regulation are (1) domestic and foreign commercial 
activities, (2) labor, and (3) vessels. For the most part, the 
Department of Commerce administers laws regulating commercial 
fishing activities. It is the duty of the Department of Commerce 
"to foster, promote, and develop the * * * fishery industries 
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1. Regulation of the fishing industry in domestic and 
foreign commerce 
(1) 16 U.S.C. §772(b)--restricts halibut imports. 
(2) 16 U.S.C. §776a(b)--restricts importing and exporting 
Pacific salmon. 
(3) 16 U.S.C. §781--apparently makes it unlawful to import 
or export sponges less than five inches in diameter that are 
caught outside State waters in the Gulf of Mexico or in the 
Straits of Florida. 
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