[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR300.20]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
        CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
PART 300_INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Pacific Tuna Fisheries
 
Sec. 300.20  Purpose and scope.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951-961 et seq.


    The regulations in this subpart are issued under the authority of 
the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (Act). The regulations implement 
recommendations of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) 
for the conservation and management of highly migratory fish resources 
in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean so far as they affect vessels and 
persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

[69 FR 67277, Nov. 17, 2004]