§ 410gg-2. — Administration; fishing; abolition of Biscayne National Monument; monument incorporated within and made part of park; monument funds and appropriations available for park.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410gg-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-E--BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 410gg-2. Administration; fishing; abolition of Biscayne
National Monument; monument incorporated within and made part of
park; monument funds and appropriations available for park
(a) The Secretary shall preserve and administer the park in
accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title,
as amended and supplemented. The waters within the park shall continue
to be open to fishing in conformity with the laws of the State of
Florida except as the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate
officials of said State, designates species for which, areas and times
within which, and methods by which fishing is prohibited, limited, or
otherwise regulated in the interest of sound conservation to achieve the
purposes for which the park is established: Provided, That with respect
to lands donated by the State after the effective date of this
subchapter, fishing shall be in conformance with State law.
(b) The Biscayne National Monument, as authorized by the Act of
October 18, 1968 (82 Stat. 1188; 16 U.S.C. 450qq), as amended, is
abolished as such, and all lands, waters, and interests therein acquired
or reserved for such monument are hereby incorporated within and made a
part of the park. Any funds available for the purposes of such monument
are hereby made available for the purposes of the park, and
authorizations of funds for the monument shall continue to be available
for the park.
(Pub. L. 96-287, title I, Sec. 103, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 600.)
References in Text
The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a),
probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96-287, which was
approved on June 28, 1980.
Act of October 18, 1968, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 90-
606, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1188, as amended, which was classified to
sections 450qq to 450qq-4 of this title, and was omitted from the Code
in view of the abolition of the Biscayne National Monument and its
incorporation within the Biscayne National Park pursuant to subsec. (b).
