§ 1201. — Declaration of purposes; Secretary's cooperation with and assistance to States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1201]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 25--JELLYFISH OR SEA NETTLES, OTHER SUCH PESTS, AND SEAWEED IN
COASTAL WATERS: CONTROL OR ELIMINATION
Sec. 1201. Declaration of purposes; Secretary's cooperation with
and assistance to States
For the purposes of conserving and protecting the fish and shellfish
resources in the coastal waters of the United States and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and promoting and safeguarding water-based
recreation for present and future generations in these waters, the
Secretary of Commerce is authorized to cooperate with, and provide
assistance to, the States in controlling and eliminating jellyfish,
commonly referred to as ``sea nettles'', and other such pests and in
conducting research for the purposes of controlling floating seaweed in
such waters.
(Pub. L. 89-720, Sec. 1, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149; 1970 Reorg. Plan
No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Transfer of Functions
``Secretary of Commerce'' was substituted in text for ``Secretary of
the Interior'' in view of: the creation of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and the Office
of Administrator of such Administration; the abolition of the Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries in the Interior Department and the Office of
Director of such Bureau; transfers of functions, including functions
formerly vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or the Interior
Department which were administered through the Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries or were primarily related to such Bureau, exclusive of certain
enumerated functions with respect to Great Lakes fishery research,
Missouri River Reservoir research, Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory,
and Trans-Alaska pipeline investigations; and transfer of marine sport
fish programs of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife by Reorg. Plan
No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
