APPENDIX II APPENDIX II 
In the case of 16 U.S.C. §1100b-6, which restricts shrimping 
off the coast of Brizil, the statute does not appear to prohibit 
importing or otherwise trading or selling shrimp caught in viola- 
tion of the law. In this regard, Congress might consider streng- 
thening the law by prohibiting such activities. 
Congress might also want to consider clarifying or streng- 
thening 16 U.S.C. §§772b, 781, and 955(c) by specifically pro- 
hibiting 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 
inspection mandatory in much the same way that it has imposed 
mandatory inspection upon certain phases of poultry and meat pro- 
cessing. See 21 U.S.C. §451 et seg. and 21 U.S.C. §601 et seg., 
respectively. 
Under 15.U.5.¢€... §7/l13¢-2,.the.Secretary of .Agricultumeses 
to provide for the purchase and distribution of surplus fishery 
products. Under 15 U.S.C. §713c-3;,. the Secretary of the’ Enterron 
is to promote the flow of domestically-produced fishery products. 
Congress may want to consider transferring one or both of these 
functions to the Secretary of Commerce; if it has already done so, 
the statute or statutes snould be amended to reflect the transfer. 
Section. 205 of the,1976 Act. and, 22 U.S.C. §1978.overlanmea 
the extent that section 205 encompasses the section 1978 restric-— 
tion on fish imports from countries that do not cooperate in 
international fishery conservation. Congress might wish to con- 
sider amending section 1978. 
F. Reporting requirements 
Congress might want to consider consolidating, or at least 
summarizing in one single place, the reporting that is required 
(mandatory) of the Secretary of Commerce. In addition, section 
742h, and possibly other sections, could be clarified by separat- 
ing reports reguired of the Secretary of Commerce from those 
required of the Secretary of the Interior. This is another 
instance where the statute's failure to reflect the transfer of 
functions under Reorganization Plan No. 4 creates ambiguities. 
G. Federal assistance 
Federal statutes provide for various forms of assistance 
to benefit the U.S. fisheries. Direct financial assistance to 
the industry breaks down into three basic forms--subsidies (46 
U.S.C. §1401 et seg.), loans (16 U.S.C. §742c), and loan guaran- 
tees (46 UES 3Ce S271 et seg.). The subsidy and loan programs 
