1998 Year of the Ocean Ocean Living Resources 



Anadromous Fish Conservation Act 16 U.S.C. §§ 757a-757g 



The Anadromous Fish Conservation Act provides authority to enter into cooperative agreements to 

 conserve, develop and enhance anadromous fish resources, including conducting research and 

 investigations, stream clearances, constructing and maintaining devices to assist with feeding, 

 spawning and migration. The Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative 

 agreements with one or more States for the purpose of conserving, developing and enhancing 

 anadromous fish resources and the fish in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain that ascend streams 

 to spawn. 



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



The purpose of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 is to provide for the conservation and 

 protection of the fauna and flora of Antarctica, and of the ecosystem upon which such fauna and 

 flora depend, consistent with the Antarctic Treaty, signed in Washington on December 1, 1959, and 

 the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed October 4, 1991, in 

 Madrid. 



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



The Act provides the domestic legislative authority necessary to implement the Convention on the 

 Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. In order to fiilfill its purpose, the Act prohibits 

 activities that harass, molest, harm, wound, or kill finfish, moUusks, crustaceans, birds, or any other 

 species of living organism found south of the Antarctic Convergence. The transportation, sale, 

 importation, exportation, custody, or possession of any of these species by a person who knew or 

 reasonably should have known that the species were taken in violation of the Convention is also 

 illegal. The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for promulgating regulations to implement this 

 Act and for enforcing its statutory prohibitions. Both civil and criminal penalties, as well as seizure 

 and forfeiture remedies, are available under this statute. 



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



The purpose of the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act is to support and 

 encourage the development, implementation, and enforcement of effective interstate conservation 

 and management of Atlantic coastal fishery resources. The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation 

 with the Secretary of the Interior, is responsible for developing and implementing a program to 

 support the interstate fishery management efforts of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

 Commission. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is responsible for preparing and 

 adopting a coastal fishery management plan to provide for the conservation of coastal fishery 

 resources. States are required to implement and enforce the plan. If the Secretary of Commerce 



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