IV EEPOET TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE 



of the Halibut Fishery of Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed on 

 behalf of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada, May 9, 

 1930, or any other close season hereafter established by the International Fish- 

 eries Commission in accordance with the provisions of that convention ; " terri- 

 torial waters of the United States " shall mean the waters contiguous to the 

 western coast of the United States and the waters contiguous to the 

 southern and western coasts of Alaska ; " territorial waters of Canada " shall 

 mean the waters contiguous to the western coast of Canada ; and " convention 

 waters " shall mean the territorial waters of the United States, the territorial 

 waters of Canada, and the high seas, including Bering Sea, extending westerly 

 from the limits of the territorial waters of the United States and of Canada. 



FISHING UNLAWFtnL; WHEN 



Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, or catch, or attempt 

 to catch, any halibut (Hippoglossus) at any time in any of the territorial 

 waters of the United States closed to fishing under ihe provisions of the above- 

 mentioned convention or by any regulations adopted in pursuance thereof, or 

 under the provisions of this Act, or for any national or inhabitant of the United 

 States to fish for, or catch, or attempt to catch, any halibut at any time in any 

 of the convention waters so closed to fishing, or to violate any regulations estab- 

 lished pursuant to the authority of the convention. The unintentional catching 

 of halibut, when legally fishing for other species of fish, shall not constitute a 

 violation of this Act if such halibut shall be used for food by the crew of the 

 vessel catching the same, or be landed and immediately delivered to any ofiicial 

 duly authorized by the Secretary of Commerce of the United States to accept 

 delivery, or delivered to the proper authorities of the Dominion of Canada 

 The halibut delivered to any official of the United States pursuant to the pro- 

 visions of this section shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash and the 

 proceeds therefrom, exclusive of necessary expenses in connection therewith, 

 shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. 



UNLAWFUL PORT USE; DEPARTURES 



Sec. 4. No person, firm, or corporation shall use any port of or place in the 

 United States to furni.h, prepare, or outfit any vessel, boat, or other craft in- 

 tended to be used in violation of the Convention for the Preservation of the 

 Halibut Fishery or in violation of this Act, nor shall any person permit, or 

 cause to be permitted, any vessel, boat, or other craft intended to be used in 

 violation of the said convention or of this Act to depart from any port of or 

 place in the United States. 



UNLAWFUL PORT ENTRY ; POSSESSION 



Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any vessel, boat, or other craft hav'ng on 

 board any halibut caught contrary to any of the provisions of the naid conven- 

 tion or of this Act to enter any port or place in the United States, or for any 

 vessel, boat, or other craft to enter any such port or place while upon or in the 

 prosecution of any voyage during which the vessel, boat, or other craft fished or 

 was used in fishing for halibut in convention waters closed to fishing. It 

 shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to liave in his possession in any 

 port of or place in the United States or in any territorial water of the United 

 States any halibut unlawfully caught under the provisions of the said convention 

 or of th's Act. It shall also be unlawful for any person to land in any port of 

 or place in the United States halibut caught in convention waters during any 

 period closed to fishing. 



PENALTY 



Sec. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of the said convention or of 

 this Act sliall be fined not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or imprisoned 

 not more than one year, or both. 



PATROLS ; SEARCHES 



Sec. 7. The President shall cause a patrol of naval or other public vessels 

 designated by h"m to be maintained in such places and waters as to him shall 

 seem expedient for enforcing the said convention and this Act, and any oflicer 

 of any vessel engaged in such service, and any other officers designated by the 

 President, may stop, board, and search any vessel, boat, or other craft in the 



