---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1891c"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1891c"
heading: "United States catch history"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1891c"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Fishery Conservation and Management"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous"
---

# §1891c. United States catch history


In establishing catch allocations under international [fisheries](/usc/16/1802.md?p=13) agreements, the [Secretary](/usc/16/1802.md?p=39), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/16/1802.md?p=39) of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and the Secretary of State, shall ensure that all catch history associated with a [vessel of the United States](/usc/16/1802.md?p=48) remains with the [United States](/usc/16/1802.md?p=45) and is not transferred or credited to any other nation or vessel of such nation, including when a [vessel of the United States](/usc/16/1802.md?p=48) is sold or transferred to a citizen of another nation or to an entity controlled by citizens of another nation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–479, title IV, § 407, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3634.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, and not as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which comprises this chapter.