---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch38"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 38"
heading: "Fishery Conservation and Management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch38"
sections_count: 65
---

# Chapter 38 — Fishery Conservation and Management

Title 16 — Conservation

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Generally](/usc/16/ch38-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — United States Rights and Authority Regarding Fish and Fishery Resources](/usc/16/ch38-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Foreign Fishing and International Fishery Agreements](/usc/16/ch38-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — National Fishery Management Program](/usc/16/ch38-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Fishery Monitoring and Research](/usc/16/ch38-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous](/usc/16/ch38-schVI.md)