APPENDIX II APPENDIX II 
I. General 
The fishery laws, generally, could be improved with some 
reorganization, recodification, and clarification. 
First, Congress might consider reorganizing and recodifying 
most of the fishery laws under one title of the United States 
Code. While many of the laws are now in title 16, many others 
are scattered throughout other titles (e.qg., titles 15 and 46) 
of the Code. Either title 15 or title 16 would be a logical 
place for the fishery laws. Of course, there are laws that per- 
tain to fisheries that also pertain to other matters and would 
be best left in place. 
Fisheries laws, when revised and recodified, should be 
separated from wildlife laws and from shipping laws. Fish 
conservation appears to be different from wildlife conservation 
and properly should be treated separately. Likewise, it might 
be helpful to separate fish-related laws from general shipping 
laws. In such areaS aS research and financial assistance to 
the fishing industry, consolidation of the laws would also be 
beneficial. 
Further, in recodifying the laws, the powers and the duties 
and responsibilities of the Secretary of Commerce could be clearly 
defined to reflect the transfer of functions under Reorganization 
Plan No. 4 of 1970. For example, 16 U:S.C. §742h, which lists 
a variety of Fish and Wildlife Reports to be made by the Secre- 
tary of the Interior, has been changed by the Reorganization Plan. 
The statute does not reflect this change except for a note at 
the end of the provision that does not help define the functions 
transferred to the Secretary of Commerce without reference to 
the Reorganization Plan itself, and this does not, in all cases, 
completely clarify matters. A provision of law like section 742h 
could be divided into two separate statutes--one designating wild- 
life reports required of the Secretary of the Interior and the 
other designating fish reports required of the Secretary of Com- 
merce. Many laws could be changed in the same way. 
if, specific 
There are many instances where specific laws could be 
improved by amendment. These are divided into several different 
categories and summarized below. 
