---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1868"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1868"
heading: "Herring study"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1868"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Fishery Conservation and Management"
  - "Subchapter IV — National Fishery Management Program"
---

# §1868. Herring study

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/1802.md?p=39) may conduct a cooperative research program to study the issues of abundance, distribution and the role of herring as forage [fish](/usc/16/1802.md?p=12) for other commercially important [fish](/usc/16/1802.md?p=12) stocks in the Northwest Atlantic, and the potential for local scale depletion from herring harvesting and how it relates to other [fisheries](/usc/16/1802.md?p=13) in the Northwest Atlantic. In planning, designing, and implementing this program, the [Secretary](/usc/16/1802.md?p=39) shall engage multiple [fisheries](/usc/16/1802.md?p=13) sectors and stakeholder groups concerned with herring management.
- (b) **Report—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/1802.md?p=39) shall present the final results of this study to Congress within 3 months following the completion of the study, and an interim report at the end of fiscal year 2008.
- (c) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2009 to conduct this study.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–265, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 109–479, title II, § 205, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3615.)