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official agency having jurisdiction over fisheries in 

 each of the States through which the stream flows. 

 (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 9, 70 Stat. 243.) 



§939. Transmission of recommendations. 



The Secretary of State shall upon the receipt from 

 the Commission of any recommendation of a conser- 

 vation measure made in accordance with article 

 IV of the Convention transmit a copy of the recom- 

 mendation with his comments thereon to the Gov- 

 ernor of each Great Lalces State for consideration 

 and such action as may be found to be appropriate. 

 The Secretary of State shall also inform such other 

 public agencies as he may deem appropriate. (June 

 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 10. 70 Stat. 244.) 



§ 939a. Cooperation with other agencies. 



Any agency of the United States Government 

 is authorized to cooperate with the United States 

 Section in the conduct of research programs and 

 related activities and, on a reimbursable or other 



basis, to enter into agreements with the United 

 States Section for the purpose of assisting it In 

 carrying out the program for the control of lam- 

 prey populations. (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 11, 70 

 Stat. 244.) 



§ 939b. State laws and regulations. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as 

 preventing any of the Great Lakes States from 

 making or enforcing laws or regulations within their 

 respective jurisdictions so far as such laws or regu- 

 lations do not conflict with the Convention or this 

 chapter. (June 4. 1956. ch. 358. § 12. 70 Stat. 244.) 



§939c. Appropriations. 



There Is hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 from time to time such sums as may be necessary for 

 carrying out the purposes and provisions of the 

 Convention and this chapter. (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, 

 § 13, 70 Stat. 244.) 



18. Importation of Certain MoIIusks 



65 Stat. 335 (Pub. L. 82-152) 



AN ACT 



To prevent the entry of certain moUusks Into the 

 Unlteu States 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the United States of America in Con- 

 gress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

 shall establish such facilities for, and prescribe such 

 regulations governing, the inspection and treat- 

 ment of produce, baggage, salvaged war materials, 

 and other goods entering the United States from 

 areas infested with any terrestrial or fresh-water 



mollusk, as he considers necessary to prevent the 

 entry of such mollusks into the United States. Who- 

 ever violates any such regulation or imports such a 

 mollusk into the United States shall be fined not 

 more than $500 or Imprisoned not more than one 

 year, or both. The term "United States", as used in 

 this Act in a territorial sense, means the forty- 

 eight States, the District of Columbia, the posses- 

 sions of the United States (except those which the 

 Secretary of Agriculture finds are infested with 

 such mollusks) , and the Canal Zone. 

 Approved September 22, 1951. 



19. Increase of Duty on Importation of Fish 



19 U.S.C. 1323 



§ 1323. Conservation of fishery resources. 



Upon the convocation of a conference on the use 

 or conservation of international fishery resources, 

 (he President shall, by all appropriate means at his 

 disposal, seek to persuade countries whose domestic 

 fishing practices or policies affect such resources, to 

 engage in negotiations in good faith relating to the 

 use or conservation of such resources. If, after such 

 efforts by the President and by other countries 

 which have agreed to engage in such negotiations, 

 any other country whose conservation practices or 

 policies affect the interests of the United States and 



such other countries, has. in the judgment of the 

 President, failed or refused to engage in such nego- 

 tiations in good faith, the President may, if he is 

 satisfied that such action is likely to be effective in 

 inducing such country to engage in such negotiations 

 in good faith; increase the rate of duty on any fish 

 (in any form) which is the product of such country, 

 for such time as he deems necessary, to a rate not 

 more than 50 percent above the rate existing on 

 July 1. 1934. (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title in, § 323, 

 as added Oct. 11. 1962, Pub. L. 87-794, title U, 

 § 257(i), 76 Stat. 883.) 



20. Killing of Alaska Sea Lions 

 16 U.S.C. 659 



§ 659. Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed. 



All Acts and parts of Acts making it unlawful to 

 kill sea lions, as game animals or otherwise, in the 

 waters of the Territory o£ Alaska are repealed. (As 

 amended Oct. 21, 1972, Pub. L. 92-522, title I, § 113 



(b), 86 Stat. 1042.) 



Amendments 

 1972 — Pub. L. 92-522 struck out proviso prohibiting the 

 killing of sea lions In the waters of Alaska except under 

 rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 

 Interior. 



