1998 Year of the Ocean Ocean Living Resources 



DOMESTIC LEGAL REGIME 

 Contents 



Anadronious Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 757a-757g) 



Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. §§ 2401-2412) 



Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. §§ 2431-2444) 



Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 5101) 



Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. §§ 971-971i) 



Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3608) 



Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. § 1851 note) 



Central. Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 758e-758e-5) 



Control of "Crown of Thorns" Seastar (16 U.S.C. §§121 1-1213) 



Control or Elimination of Jellyfish or Sea Nettles (16 U.S.C. §§ 1201-1205) 



Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment and Control Act (16 U.S.C. § 1826) 



Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. §§ 972-972h) 



Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1543) 



Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983 (16 U.S.C. §§ 1 151-1 175) 



Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and associated provisions (16 U.S.C. §§ 742a-742d, 742e-742j 



742k, 744-748, 750-753, 753a-753b, 754, 758-758d, 760a-760g) 



Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 661-666c) 



Indian Treaty Rights to Hunt and Fish 



Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. §§ 3371-3378) 



Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1883) 



Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. §§ 1361-1407) 



Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 703-715s) 



The National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. §§ 2801-2810) 



The National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. § 1220, 33 U.S.C. §§ 2101 et 



sea.) 



National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. §§1431 et seq.) 



Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. §§ 773-773k) 



Pacific SalmonTreaty Actof 1985 (16 U.S.C. §§ 3631-3644) 



South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. §§ 973-973r) 



Sponge Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 781-785) 



Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (16 U.S.C. §§ 951-991) 



Whaling Convention Act of 1949 (16 U.S.C. §§ 916 - 9161) 



The legal regime covering this topic is based on a collection of important federal statutory 

 authorities. The following is a brief description of some of those authorities relating to ocean living 

 resources. The list is selective and is designed to illustrate some major ocean living resources acts. 

 The list is not meant to be comprehensive. 



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