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(14) 15 U.S.C. §§713c-2 and 3--provide for purchase and 
distribution of surplus fishery products by the Secretary of 
Agriculture and promotion by the Secretary of the Interior of 
free flow of domestically produced fishery products. 
(15) 21 U.S.C. §301 et seq. --regulates sanitary conditions 
in the food (including fish) industry. 
(16) 21 U.S.C. §372a--provides for voluntary inspection 
of sea food upon request of any sea food packer. 
(17) 21 U.S.C. §374--authorizes the Secretary of HEW 
to inspect establishments that manufacture, process, pack, 
or hold for introduction into interstate commerce, any food 
(including fish) products. 
The word "restricts" as used in the above listing of stat- 
utes means that it is unlawful to carry on the activity specified 
(e.g-, importing, selling, etc.) except as delineated in the 
relevant statute; at the very least, the statute usually requires 
a permit. 
While several of the above statutes--16 U.S.C. §§781, 772b, 
955c, 11l71(a), for example--prohibit possession, sale, etc., 
of the described species, they do not specifically prohibit 
"importing" or "exporting" those species. If Congress intended 
these statutes to prohibit importing or exporting the named 
species, consideration should be given to clarifying them, 
at least when the conventions, agreements, or treaties are 
renegotiated. If importation and exportation were not intended 
to be prohibited, Congress might want to make that clear. 
In the case of 16 U.S.C. §1100b-6, which restricts shrimping 
off the coast of Brazil, the statute does not appear to prohi- 
bit importing or otherwise trading or selling shrimp caught in 
violation of the law. In this regard, Congress might consider 
strengthening the law by prohibiting such activities. 
Congress might also want to consider clarifying or 
strengthening »16.U.S.C., .§§772b, 781, .and 955(c) .by specriirealiy 
prohibiting sales or other commercial use of the species in 
question. 
While 21 U.S.C. §§372a and 374 provide for fish inspection, 
it is not mandatory. Congress might want to consider making fish 
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