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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 744. Investigations; fish propagation; investigations of damages by predacious fishes; executive assistance
The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as
appropriate, shall prosecute investigations and inquiries on the
subject, with the view of ascertaining whether any and what
diminution in the number of the food fishes of the coast and the
lakes of the United States has taken place; and, if so, to what
causes the same is due; and also whether any and what protective,
prohibitory, or precautionary measures should be adopted in the
premises; and shall report upon the same to Congress. He is
authorized and directed to conduct investigations and experiments
for the purpose of ameliorating the damage wrought to the fisheries
by dogfish and other predacious fishes and aquatic animals. Said
investigations and experiments shall be such as to develop the best
and cheapest means of taking such fishes and aquatic animals, of
utilizing them for economic purposes, especially for food, and to
encourage the establishment of fisheries and markets for them.
The heads of the several executive departments shall cause to be
rendered all necessary and practicable aid to the Secretary in the
prosecution of his investigations and inquiries.
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