; Whereas, according to the United States Government's Global Food Security Strategy, the percentage of stocks fished at biologically unsustainable levels increased from 10 percent in 1974 to 34.2 percent in 2017, with IUU fishing being a key factor affecting the sustainability of fisheries; Whereas, according to a 2017 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations— (1) IUU fishing off of South America’s Southeast Pacific coast and Southwest Atlantic Oceans contributes to the second highest proportions of biologically unsustainable fishing stock levels in the world; and (2) transformative changes are needed to address growing threats to sustainable fisheries and food security globally; Whereas large-scale operations of distant-water fishing fleets, particularly such fleets that are provided with billions of dollars in subsidies annually by the People’s Republic of China, are primarily responsible for IUU fishing along the Pacific Coast of South America and the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, while small-scale artisanal fleets are primarily responsible for IUU fishing in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America; Whereas Chinese industrial fishing in the South Pacific coast of South America increased 13-fold between 2009 and 2020, contributing to a significant rise in IUU fishing in that region; Whereas, between July and August 2020, 350 Chinese distant-water fishing vessels disabled required tracking systems and engaged in 73,000 hours of fishing off the exclusive economic zone of the Galapagos archipelago, which is a United Nations World Heritage Site; Whereas, in November 2020, the Governments of Ecuador, of Chile, of Colombia, and of Peru— (1) jointly condemned IUU fishing perpetrated by large fleets of foreign vessels; and (2) pledged to increase cooperation through regulatory bodies, such as the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific