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be returned to the court and judement thereon 

 against both the principal and sureties may be 

 recovered In event of any breach of the conditions 

 thereof as detoi-mlncd by the court. 

 (As amended Aug. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 92-«7. J UO 

 (c). (d), 85 Stat. 312.) 



Amendments 

 1971 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-87 substituted "Depart- 

 ment of Commerce" for "Fish and Wildlife Service of the 

 Department of the Interior" and "Secretary of Commerce" 

 for "Secretary of the Interior". 



§991. Appropriations. 

 There Is authorized to be appropriated from time 



to time, out of ,any moneys In the Treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be neces- 

 sary lor carrying out the purposes and provisions of 

 this chapter, including the United States share of 

 the joint expenses of the Commission as provided 

 In article XI of the convention; for the expenses 

 of the United States Commissioners, alternate United 

 States Commissioners, and authorized advisers. (As 

 amended Aug. 11. 1971, Pub. L. 92-87. § 111(d). 85 

 Stat. 313.) 



Amendments 

 1971— Pub. L. 92-87 substituted "Commissioners. Alter- 

 nate United States Commissioners," for "Commissioners". 



30. Oifshore Shrimp Fisheries 

 16 U^.C, llOOh-llOOb-10 



Bee. 



llOOb. Definitions. 

 llOOb-1. Permits. 



(a) Issuance authorized: maximum number of 



authorized vessels. 



(b) Permits valid only for vessels to which 



Issued; transfer. 



(c) Annual renewal. 



(d) Terms and conditions of Issuance. 



(e) Return of permit to Secretary; refund of 



annual permit fee. 



(f) Annual fee. 



(g) Surrender of suspended or revoked per- 



mits. 

 llOOb-2. Permit procedure. 



(a) Method and time for application. 



(b) Refusal of application; petition for re- 



consideration; hearing; final and bind- 

 ing decision. 



(c) Reissuance of returned permits; fee. 



(d) Procedure for granting permits when ap- 



plication Is made for more vessels than 

 the number allowed to be Issued. 



llOOb-3. Voluntary compliance. 



llOOb-4. Offshore Shrimp Fisheries Fund. 



(a) Establishment on books of United States 

 Treasury. 



(b) Enforcement expenses. 



(c) Reimbursement of amounts paid on be- 



half of United States In carrying out 

 seizure and detention of vessels. 

 llOOb-5. Information and reports. 



(a) Logbooks. 



(b) Additional Information; time and form for 



supplying Information to Secretary. 



(c) Confidential nature of Information. 



(d) Subpena power. 



(e) Judicial enforcement of subpena. 

 nOOb-8. Prohibitions. 



llOOb-7. Penalties. 



(a) Civil penalty; maximums; minimum pen- 



alty requirement; notice and oppor- 

 tunity for hearing. 



(b) Notification of vessel owner. 



(c) Penalty equal to value of catch on board 



and value of gear involved In violation. 



(d) Failure to pay penalty; court action. 



(e) Personal appearance at hearing. 

 llOOb-8. Enforcement. 



llOOb-9. Regulations. 



llOOb-10. Authorization of appropriations. 



§ 1100b. Definitions. 



When used in this chapter — 



(a) the term "treaty" shall mean the Agree- 

 ment Between the Government of the Federative 

 Republic of Brazil and the Government of the 

 United States of America Concerning Shrimp, 

 signed on March 14, 1975, including related an- 

 nexes, notes, and agreed minutes as these docu- 

 ments may be amended from time to time; 



(b) the term "shrimp" shall mean the shrimp 

 Penaeus (M.) duorarum notialis, Peneaus brasili- 

 ensis and Penaeus (M.) aztecussubtilis; 



(c) the term "area of agreement" shall mean 

 the area in which United States vessels carry 

 on a shrimp fishery in the vicinity of Brazil, as 

 described by the following boundaries; the waters 

 off the coast of Brazil having the isobath of thirty 

 meters as the southwest limit, the latitude 1 de- 

 gree north as the southern limit, the longitude 47 

 degrees 30 minutes west as the eastern limit, and 

 a line running from the point of 4 degrees 44 

 minutes north latitude, 51 degrees 30 minutes 

 west longitude at an azimuth of 17 degrees to the 

 point of 4 degrees 51 minutes north latitude, 51 

 degrees 28 minutes west longitude and thence 

 at an azimuth of 43 degrees to the point of 8 

 degrees 58 minutes north latitude, 47 degrees 30 

 minutes west longitude as the northwestern bound- 

 ary; 



(d) the term "vessel" shall mean every de- 

 scription of watercraft or other contrivance used, 

 or capable of being used, as a means of trans- 

 portation in water; 



(e) the term "Secretary" shall mean the Sec- 

 retary of Commerce or his delegate; 



(f) the term "transship" shall mean the trans- 

 fer of shrimp from one vessel to another vessel, or 

 the receipt of shrimp by one vessel from another 

 vessel; 



(g) the term "fishing" shall mean the taking or 

 attempted taking of shrimp by any means what- 

 soever; 



(h) the term "vessel owner" shall mean any 



