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suant to section 1030 of this title; to ship, trans- 

 port, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, 

 or have in custody, possession, or control any fish 

 taken or retained in violation of any such regulation 

 or order; to fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish 

 any record or report required of him by such regula- 

 tion, or refuse to permit any officer authorized to 

 enforce such regulations to inspect such record or 

 report at any reasonable time. 



(b) Abstention by the United States from fishing in 

 certain waters. 



It shall be unlawful for any person or fishing ves- 

 sel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 

 to engage in the catching of any stock of fish from 

 which the United States may agree to abstain in 

 the waters specified for such abstention as set forth 

 in the Annex to the Convention, or to load, process, 

 possess, or transport any fish or fish products proc- 

 essed therefrom in the said waters, or to land in a 

 port of the United States any fish so caught, loaded, 

 possessed, or transported or any fish products proc-' 

 essed therefrom. 



(c) Transacting in fish from waters abstained to by 

 the United States. 



It shall be unlawful for any person or fishing 

 vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 

 knowingly to load, process, possess, or transport any 

 fish specified in subsection (bi of this section or any 

 fish products processed therefrom in the territorial 

 waters of the United States or in any waters of the 

 Convention area in addition to those specified in 

 subsection (b) of this section, or to land in a port 

 of the United States any such fish or fish products. 



(d) Transacting in fish from waters abstained to by 

 Canada and Japan. 



It shall be unlawful for any person or fishing 

 vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 

 knowingly to load, process, possess, or transport in 

 the Convention area or in the territorial waters of 

 the United States any fish taken by a national of 

 Canada or Japan from a stock of fish from which 

 Canada or Japan respectively has agreed to ab- 

 stain as set forth in the Annex to the Convention or 

 any fish products processed therefrom, or to land 

 such fish or fish products in a port of the United 

 States. 



(e) Aiding and abetting in the taking of fish from 

 waters abstained to by Canada and Japan. 



It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the 

 jurisdiction of the United States to aid or abet in 

 the taking of fish by a national or fishing vessel of 

 Canada or of Japan from a stock of fish from which 

 Canada or Japan has respectively agreed to abstain 

 as set forth in the Annex of the Convention. 



(f) Refusal to permit boarding and inspection of 



vessels. 

 It shall be unlawful for the master or owner or 

 any person in charge of any fishing vessel of the 

 United States to refuse to permit the duly author- 

 ized officials of the United States, Canada, or Japan 

 to board such vessel or inspect its equipment, books, 

 documents, or other articles or question the persons 

 on board in accordance with the provision of the 

 Convention, or to obstruct such officials in the execu- 

 tion of such duties. 



(g) Commission or omission of acts prohibited or re- 

 quired by regulations. 

 It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel sub- 

 ject to the jurisdiction of the United States to do 

 any act prohibited or fail to do any act required by 

 any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. 

 (As amended Oct. 9, 1972, Pub. L. 92-471, title I, 

 § 104, 86 Stat. 784.) 



Amendments 



1972 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-471, § 104(3), added sub- 

 sec, (a). Former subsec. (a) redesignated (b). 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-471, §104(1) redesignated 

 former subsec. (a) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesig- 

 nated (c). 



Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-471, §§ 104(1), (2), redesignated 

 former subsec. (b) as (c) , and in subsec. (c) as so redesig- 

 nated, substituted reference to subsec, (b) for (a) In two 

 places. Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d). 



Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92^71. §104(1). redesignated 

 former subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesig- 

 nated (e). 



Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 92-471, §104(1), redesignated 

 former subsec. (d) as (e). Former subsec. (e) redesig- 

 nated (f). 



Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 92-471. §104(1) redesignated 

 former subsec. (e) as (f). 



Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 92-471, § 104(4) added subsec. (g) . 



§ 1030. Penalties. 



(a) Any person violating subsections (b), (c) or 

 (d) of section 1029 of this title shall upon convic- 

 tion be fined not more than $10,000, and for such 

 offense the court may order forfeited, in whole or 

 in part, the fish concerned in the offense, or the 

 fishing gear involved in such fishing, or both, or the 

 monetary value thereof. Such forfeited fish or fish- 

 ing gear shall be disposed of in accordance with 

 the direction of the court. 



(b) Any person violating subsection (e) of section 

 1029 of this title shall upon conviction be fined not 

 more than $10,000. 



(c) Any person violating subsection (f) of section 

 1029 of this title shall upon conviction be fined not 

 more than $10,000 and be imprisoned for not more 

 than one year or both, and for such offense the 

 court may order forfeited, in whole or in part the 

 fish and fishing gear on board the vessel, or both, or 

 the monetary value thereof. Such fish and fishing 

 gear shall be disposed of in accordance with the 

 direction of the court. 



(d) Any person violating any other provision of 

 this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to 

 this chapter, upon conviction, shall be fined for a 

 first offense not more than $500 and for a subsequent 

 offense committed within five years not more than 

 $1,000 and for such subsequent offense the court 

 may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the fish 

 taken by such person, or the fishing gear involved 

 in such fishing, or both, or the monetary value 

 thereof. Such forfeited fish or fishing gear shall be 

 disposed of in accordance with the direction of the 

 court. (As amended Oct. 9, 1972, Pub. L. 92-471, 

 title I, § 105, 86 Stat. 785.) 



Amendments 



1972— Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-471, § 105(1). substituted 

 reference to subseBtlons (b). (c). (d) for (a), (b), (c). 



Subsec, (b). Pub. L. 92-471. § 105(2) substituted refer- 

 ence to subsec. (e) for (d), 



Subsec, (c). Pub. L. 92^71, § 105(3) substituted refer- 

 ence to subsec. (f) for (e). 



