---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 758e–1a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "758e–1a"
heading: "Cooperative program for development of tuna and other latent fishery resources in area; establishment; availability of project information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/758e-1a"
units:
  - "Chapter 9A — Preservation of Fishery Resources"
---

# §758e–1a. Cooperative program for development of tuna and other latent fishery resources in area; establishment; availability of project information


In [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to the authority granted in [section 758e of this title](/usc/16/758e.md), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), in consultation with representatives of all interested member nations of the agency, and those parties set forth in [section 758e–1 of this title](/usc/16/758e–1.md), may establish in accordance with [section 758e of this title](/usc/16/758e.md), a cooperative program for the development of tuna and other latent fisheries resources of the Central, Western, and South Pacific Ocean to be submitted to the President and the Congress within one year following official formation of the agency. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall make available to all interested member nations of the agency the results and findings of research or development [projects](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) carried out under sections [758e](/usc/16/758e.md) to [758e–5](/usc/16/758e–5.md) of this title.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–444, § 4, as added Pub. L. 95–295, § 1(3), June 16, 1978, 92 Stat. 319.)