---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2102"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2102"
heading: "Establishment of standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2102"
units:
  - "Chapter 35 — Artificial Reefs"
---

# §2102. Establishment of standards


Based on the best scientific information available, [artificial reefs](/usc/33/2105.md?p=1) in [waters covered under this chapter](/usc/33/2105.md?p=3) shall be sited and constructed, and subsequently monitored and managed in a manner which will—

- (1) enhance fishery resources to the maximum extent practicable;
- (2) facilitate access and utilization by United States recreational and commercial fishermen;
- (3) minimize conflicts among competing uses of [waters covered under this chapter](/usc/33/2105.md?p=3) and the resources in such waters;
- (4) minimize environmental risks and risks to personal health and property; and
- (5) be consistent with generally accepted principles of international law and shall not create any unreasonable obstruction to navigation.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–623, title II, § 203, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3395.)