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(a) Designation of Federal agency: coopera- 



tion with State and Dominion officers. 



(b) Authorization to State officers. 



(c) Conformity to convention article. 



(d) Arrests, searches, and seizures. 



(e) Evidence. 



(f) Inspection of licenses. 



776e. Cooperation of Federal agencies; conduct of scien- 

 tific Investigations. 

 778f. Appropriations. 



§776. Definitions. 



When used In this chapter — 



(a) Convention: The word "convention" means 

 the convention between the United States of America 

 and the Dominion of Canada for the protection, 

 preservation, and extension of the soclceye salmon 

 fisheries of the Fraser River system, signed at Wash- 

 ington on the 26th day of May 1930, as amended by 

 the protocol to the convention, signed at Ottawa on 

 the 28th day of December 1956. 



(b) Commission: The word "Commission" means 

 the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commis- 

 sion provided for by article II of the convention. 



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

 als, partnerships, associations, and corporations. 



(d) Convention waters: The term "convention 

 waters" means those waters described In article I 

 of the convention. 



(e) Sockeye salmon and pink salmon: The term 

 "sockeye salmon" means that species of salmon 

 known by the scientific name Oncorhynchus nerka, 

 and the term "pink salmon" means that species of 

 salmon known by the scientific name Oncorhynchus 

 gorbuscha. 



(f) Vessel: The word "vessel" includes every type 

 or description of water craft or other contrivance 

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

 portation in water. 



(g) Fishing: The word "fishing" means the fishing 

 for. catching, or taking, or the attempted fishing 

 for, catching, or taking, of any sockeye salmon or 

 pink salmon in convention waters. 



(h) Fishing gear: The term "fishing gear" means 

 any net, trap, hook, or other device, appurtenance or 

 equipment, of whatever kind or description, used or 

 capable of being used, for the purpose of capturing 

 fish or as an aid in capturing fish. (July 29. 1947, 

 ch. 345, § 2, 61 Stat. 511; July 11, 1957, Pub. L. 85- 

 102, §§ 1—3, 71 Stat. 293.) 



Amendments 



1957_Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-102, § 1, substituted the 

 word "fisheries" for "fishery" and inserted, "as Simended 

 by the protocol to the convention, signed at. Ottawa on 

 the 28th day of December 1956". 



Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 85-102, §2, added definition of 

 "pink salmon". 



Subsec. (g) . Pub. L. 85-102, § 3, Inserted the words "or 

 pink salmon". 



§ 776a. Unlawful acts. 



(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage 

 in fishing for sockeye salmon or pink salmon in con- 

 vention waters in violation of the convention or of 

 this chapter or of any regulation of the Commission. 



(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to ship, 

 transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, ex- 

 port, or have in possession any sockeye salmon or 



pink salmon takep in violation of the convention or 

 of this chapter or of any regulation of the Com- 

 mission. 



(c) It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel 

 to use any port or harbor or other place subject to the 

 Jurisdiction of the United States for any purpose 

 connected in any way with fishing in violation of the 

 convention or of this chapter or of any regulation 

 made by the Commission. 



(d) It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel to 

 engage in fishing for sockeye salmon or pink salmon 

 In convention waters without first having obtained 

 such license or licenses as may be used by or re- 

 quired by the Commission, or to fail to produce such 

 license, upon demand, for inspection by an author- 

 ized enforcement officer. 



(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to fall to 

 make, keep, submit, or furnish any record or report 

 required of him by the Commission or to refuse to 

 permit any oflBcer authorized to enforce the conven- 

 tion, this chapter, and the regulations of the Com- 

 mission, or any authorized representative of the 

 Commission, to inspect any such record or report at 

 any reasonable time. 



(t) It shall be unlawful for any person to molest. 

 Interfere with, tamper with, damage, or destroy any 

 boat, net. equipment, stores, provisions, fish-cultural 

 stations, rearing pond, weir, flshway, or any other 

 structure, installation, experiment, property, or fa- 

 cility -acquired, constructed, or maintained by the 

 Commission. 



(g) It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel to 

 do any act prohibited or to fall to do any act required 

 by the convention or by this chapter or by any 

 regulation of the Commission. (July 29. 1947, ch. 

 345, § 3, 61 Stat. 511; July 11, 1957, Pub. L. 85-102. 

 §3,71 Stat. 294.) 



Amendments 

 1957— Subsecs (a), (b). and (d). Pub. L. 85-102 In- 

 serted the words "or pink salmon". 



§ 776b. Omission of or fraudulent returns, records, and 

 reports; penalties. 



Any person who falls to make, keep, or furnish any 

 catch return, statistical record, or any report that 

 may be required by the Commission, or any person 

 who furnishes a false return, record, or report, upon 

 conviction shall be subject to such fine as may be 

 imposed by the court not to exceed $1,000, and shall 

 in addition be prohibited from fl?;hlng for and from 

 shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, offering 

 for sale, importing, exporting, or possessing sockeye 

 salmon or pink salmon from the date of conviction 

 until such time as any delinquent return, record, or 

 report shall have been submitted or any false re- 

 turn, record, or report shall have been replaced by 

 a duly certified correct and true return, record, 

 or report to the satisfaction of the couit. The pen- 

 alties imposed by section 776c of this title shall not 

 be invoked for failure to comply with rsiquirements 

 respecting returns, records, and reports. (July 29, 

 1947, ch. 345, §4, 61 Stat. 512; July 11, 1957, Pub.' 

 L. 85-102, § 3, 71 Stat. 294.) 



Amendments 



1957— Pub. L. 85-102 Inserted the words "or pink sal- 

 mon". 



