---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch38/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "National Fishery Management Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch38-schIV"
sections_count: 23
---

# Subchapter IV — National Fishery Management Program

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 38 — Fishery Conservation and Management

## Sections

- [§1851. National standards for fishery conservation and management](/usc/16/1851.md)
- [§1852. Regional Fishery Management Councils](/usc/16/1852.md)
- [§1853. Contents of fishery management plans](/usc/16/1853.md)
- [§1853a. Limited access privilege programs](/usc/16/1853a.md)
- [§1854. Action by Secretary](/usc/16/1854.md)
- [§1855. Other requirements and authority](/usc/16/1855.md)
- [§1856. State jurisdiction](/usc/16/1856.md)
- [§1857. Prohibited acts](/usc/16/1857.md)
- [§1858. Civil penalties and permit sanctions](/usc/16/1858.md)
- [§1859. Criminal offenses](/usc/16/1859.md)
- [§1860. Civil forfeitures](/usc/16/1860.md)
- [§1861. Enforcement](/usc/16/1861.md)
- [§1861a. Transition to sustainable fisheries](/usc/16/1861a.md)
- [§1861b. Fisheries enforcement plans and reporting](/usc/16/1861b.md)
- [§1862. North Pacific fisheries conservation](/usc/16/1862.md)
- [§1863. Northwest Atlantic Ocean Fisheries Reinvestment Program](/usc/16/1863.md)
- [§1864. Repealed.](/usc/16/1864.md)
- [§1865. Bycatch reduction engineering program](/usc/16/1865.md)
- [§1866. Shark feeding](/usc/16/1866.md)
- [§1867. Cooperative research and management program](/usc/16/1867.md)
- [§1868. Herring study](/usc/16/1868.md)
- [§1869. Restoration study](/usc/16/1869.md)
- [§1870. Required possession of descending devices](/usc/16/1870.md)