[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR253.1]

[Page 633]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 253_FISHERIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 253.1  Purpose.


    (a) The regulations in this part pertain to fisheries assistance 
programs. Subpart B of these rules governs the Fisheries Obligation 
Guarantee Program, which guarantees the repayment of certain long-term 
fisheries and aquacultural debts. This allows those debts to be placed 
in the same private investment market that buys U.S. Treasury 
securities, where interest rates are lower and maturities are longer. 
The Program does all credit work and holds and services all credit 
collateral. The Program's guarantee fee makes it self-supporting.
    (b) Subpart C implements Title III of Public Law 99-659 (16 U.S.C. 
4100 et seq.), which has two objectives:
    (1) To promote and encourage State activities in support of the 
management of interjurisdictional fishery resources identified in 
interstate or Federal fishery management plans; and
    (2) To promote and encourage management of interjurisdictional 
fishery resources throughout their range.
    (3) The scope of this part includes guidance on making financial 
assistance awards to States or Interstate Commissions to undertake 
projects in support of management of interjurisdictional fishery 
resources in both the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and State waters, 
and to encourage States to enter into enforcement agreements with either 
the Department of Commerce or the Department of the Interior.