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 27. North Pacific Fur Seals 



16 U.S.C. 1151-1159 



(See Fur Seal Act of 1966 under this title) 



28. Northern Pacific Halibut Act 



16 U.S.C. 772-772J 



Sec. 



772. Short title. 



772a. Deflnltlons. 



772b. Acts unlawful. 



772c. Becords and reports of master or owner. 



77ad. Enforcement; arrest and seizure; detention; testi- 

 mony of officers. 



772e. Penalties and forfeitures. 



772f. Penalties relative to records and reports. 



772g. Exemption of Commission 



772h. Rules and regulations. 



7721. Effective date. 



772J. Facilities for Commission; appropriations. 



§ 772. Short title. 



Sections 772 to 7721 of this tlUe may be cited as the 

 "Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937." (June 28, 

 1937. ch. 392, § 1, 50 Stat. 325.) 



§ 772a. Definitions. 

 When Used in sections 772 to 7721 of this title— 



(a) Convention: The word "Convention'" means 

 the Convention between the United States and Can- 

 ada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of 

 the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed 

 at Ottawa on the 2d day of March 1953 and any 

 other treaty or convention which modifies or replaces 

 that Convention, and shall include the regulations 

 promulgated thereunder. 



lb) Commission: The word "Commission" means 

 the Commission provided for in the Convention 



(c) Person: The word "person" includes partner- 

 ships, associations, and corporations. 



(d) Territorial waters of the United States: The 

 term "Territorial waters of the United States" means 

 the TerritoriEil waters contiguous to the western coast 

 of the United States and the territorial waters con- 

 tiguous to the southern and western coasts of Alaska. 



(e) Territorial waters of Canada: The term "ter- 

 ritorial waters of Canada" means the territorial wa- 

 ters contiguous to the western coast of Canada. 



(f) Convention waters: The term "Convention 

 waters" means the territorial waters of the United 

 States, the territorial waters of Canada, and the high 

 seas of the Northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering 

 Sea, extending westerly from the limits of the terri- 

 torial waters of the United States and of Canada. 



(g) Halibut: The word "halibut" means the spe- 

 cies of Hippoglossus inhabiting Convention waters. 



(h> Vessel: The word "vessel" includes every de- 

 scription of water craft or other contrivance used, oi 

 capable of being used, as a means of transportation 

 in water. (June 28, 1937, ch. 392, § 2, 50 Stat. 325: 

 Aug. 8, 1953, ch. 382, 67 Stat. 494.) 



Amendments 



1953 — Subsec. (a). Act Aug 8, 1953, substituted "2d 

 day of * * * replaces that Convention" for "29th day 

 of January 1937" and deleted "of Che International Fish- 

 eries Commission" preceding "promulgated". 



Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 8. 1953. substituted "Commis- 

 sion provided for in the Convention" for "International 

 Fisheries Commission provided for by article III of the 

 Convention". 



§ 772b. Acts unlawful. 

 It shall be unlawful for — 



(a) any person other than a national or inhabitant 

 of the United States to catch or attempt to catch 

 any halibut in the territorial waters of the United 

 States : 



(b) any person to transfer to or to receive upon 

 any vessel of the United States, or to bring to any 

 place within the jurisdiction of the United States 

 any halibut caught in Convention waters by the use 

 of any vessel of a nation not a party to the Conven- 

 tion, or caught in Convention waters by any na- 

 tional or inhabitant of the United States or Canada 

 in violation of the Convention or of sections 772 to 

 772i of this title; 



(c) any national or inhabitant of the United 

 States to catch, attempt to catch, or to possess any 

 halibut in the territorial waters of the United States 

 or in Convention waters in violation of any provision 

 of the Convention or of sections 772 to 772i of this 

 title; 



(d) any F>erson within the territory or jurisdiction 

 of the United States to furnish, prepare, outfit, or 

 provision any vessel, other than a vessel of the United 

 States or Canada, in connection with any voyage 

 during which such vessel is intended to be, is being, 

 or has been employed in catching, attempting to 

 catch, or possessing any halibut in Convention waters 

 or the territorial waters of the United States or 

 Canada; 



(e) any person within the territory or jurisdiction 

 of the United States to furnish, prepare, outfit, or 

 provision any vessel of the United States or Canada 

 in connection with any voyage during which such 

 vessel is intended to be, is being, or has been em- 

 ployed in catching, attempting to catch, or possess- 

 ing any halibut in violation of any provision of the 

 Convention or of sections 772 to 772i of this title; 



(f) any person within the territory or jurisdiction 

 of the United States or any national or inhabitant of 

 the United States within Convention waters know- 

 ingly to have or have had in his possession any hali- 

 but taken, transferred, received, or brought in in 



