---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 758b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "758b"
heading: "Cooperation with agencies, organizations, and others"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/758b"
units:
  - "Chapter 9A — Preservation of Fishery Resources"
---

# §758b. Cooperation with agencies, organizations, and others


In carrying out the purposes and objectives of sections [758](/usc/16/758.md) and [758a](/usc/16/758a.md) of this title, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Commerce may cooperate with appropriate agencies of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and island governments, and with such educational, industrial, or other organizations, enterprises, and individuals as may be expedient.


## Source credit

(Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 451, § 3, 61 Stat. 726; Pub. L. 86–624, § 11(c), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 412; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1960—Pub. L. 86–624 substituted “State” for “Territorial”.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 758a of this title.