---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 7006"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "7006"
heading: "Responsibilities of the Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/7006"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Pacific Whiting"
---

# §7006. Responsibilities of the Secretary

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/7001.md?p=8) is responsible for carrying out the [Agreement](/usc/16/7001.md?p=2) and this chapter, including the authority, to be exercised in consultation with the Secretary of State, to accept or reject, on behalf of the United States, recommendations made by the [joint management committee](/usc/16/7001.md?p=4).
- (b) **Regulations; cooperation with Canadian officials—** In exercising responsibilities under this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/7001.md?p=8)—
  - (1) may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of the [Agreement](/usc/16/7001.md?p=2) and this chapter; and
  - (2) with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may cooperate with officials of the Canadian Government duly authorized to carry out the [Agreement](/usc/16/7001.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–479, title VI, § 607, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3646.)