; (5) to prevent IUU fishing from being used as a source of financing for transnational organized groups that undermine United States and global security interests; (6) to support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU fishing and seafood fraud with governments and nongovernmental organizations within priority regions; (7) to assist countries in priority regions and priority flag states in the implementation of stronger measures to counter IUU fishing, including the Port State Measures Agreement; (8) to increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain as— (A) a deterrent to IUU fishing and seafood fraud; (B) a tool for strengthening fisheries management and food security; and (C) an approach to enhancing the implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program; (9) to promote the use of trade agreements to counter IUU fishing; (10) to improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing through a whole-of-government approach by the United States; and (11) to raise domestic awareness on the local and global impacts of IUU fishing, including— (A) its ties to transnational organized illegal activity; and (B) its effects on the mislabeling of seafood products. 5. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to take immediate action to curtail the global trade in seafood and seafood products derived from IUU fishing, including its links to forced labor and transnational organized illegal activity; (2) to ensure that countering IUU fishing is incorporated into the existing missions of the agencies involved in the working group established under section 201; (3) to develop holistic diplomatic, military, development, and economic tools to counter IUU fishing