PURPOSES.

SEC. 3533. [16 U.S.C. 8002] PURPOSES. The purposes of this subtitle are— (1) to support a whole-of-government approach across the Federal Government to counter IUU fishing and related threats to maritime security; (2) to improve data sharing that enhances surveillance, enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related activities at a global level; (3) to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions; (4) to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as— (A) a deterrent to IUU fishing; and (B) a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security; (5) to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and (6) to prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests.