APPENDIX II APPENDIX II 
DETAILED COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS 
Ie INTRODUCTION 
Federal laws that significantly affect the U.S. high-seas 
fishing industry are many and varied, scattered throughout sev- 
eral titles of the United States Code. The purpose of this docu- 
ment is to compile and analyze these fisheries-related laws 
(excluding fish farming laws) to determine areas where Congress 
could consider amendments. This study organizes fisheries-related 
laws into categories and examines them for conflicts, inconsisten- 
cies, overlaps, repetitions and other factors that demonstrate 
a need for amendment. The laws are broken down into three major 
categories: (1) management and regulation of fisheries; (2) 
Federal assistance; and (3) enforcement and sanctions. Each 
of these categories is subdivided to facilitate careful examina- 
tion and analysis of the laws. The findings are summarized in 
the pages that follow. 
The multitude of laws affecting the fishing industry is 
administered by several Federal departments and agencies. The 
departments most significantly involved in administering 
fisheries-related laws are the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of the Interior, the Department of State, and the 
Department of Transportation. The agencies within these depart- 
ments that play key roles include the National Oceanic and Atmos- 
pheric Administration (NOAA) (Department of Commerce), the 
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) within NOAA, the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior), and 
the Coast Guard (Department of Transportation). Other Federal 
departments and agencies involved in administering laws that 
affect the fishing industry include the Department of Agriculture, 
the Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, 
the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Labor. 
The laws administered by these departments and agencies 
range from those designed to protect the fish to those designed 
to protect the fisherman, the declared policy apparently being 
to promote and protect the fishing industry. The declared policy 
of Congress has variously been stated as: "* * * to foster, 
promote, and develop the * * * fishery industries * * * of the 
United States; * * *" (§3 of P.L. 57-552, an Act establishing 
the Department of Commerce and Labor (1903), 15 U.S.C. §1512); 
"k * * to provide for the * * * development of the high seas 
fishing industry of the United States * * *" (§1 of P.L. 80-329, 
