16 U.S.C. § 5106
Secretarial action
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 5106, Secretarial action, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447952
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Within 30 days after receiving a notification from the Commission under section 5105(b) of this title and after review of the Commission’s determination of noncompliance, the Secretary shall make a finding on—
In making a finding under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
The Secretary may issue regulations necessary to implement this section. Such regulations—
shall allow for retention of fish that are subject to a moratorium declared under this section and unavoidably taken as incidental catch in fisheries directed toward menhaden if—
During the time in which a moratorium under this section is in effect, it is unlawful for any person to—
A person authorized by the Secretary or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may take any action to enforce a moratorium declared under subsection (c) of this section that an officer authorized by the Secretary under section 311(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(b)) may take to enforce that Act [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.]. The Secretary may, by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, utilize the personnel, services, equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other Federal department or agency and of any agency of a State in carrying out that enforcement.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally