551 



tlsement, or list so brought, deposited, or transported, 

 shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned 

 not more than two years, or both. (June 25, 1948. 

 ch. 645, 62 Stat. 762.) 



Legislative History 

 Reviser's Note— Based on title 18. V. S. C . 1940 ed.. 

 i 387 (Mar. 4, 1909. ch. 321, 5 237. 35 Stat. 1136) . 



Canju. Zone 



Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 

 of tills title. 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to in section 14 of tills title. 



§ 1305. Fishing contests. 



The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with 

 respect to any fishing contest not conducted for 

 profit wherein prizes are awarded for the specie, size 

 weight, or quality of fish caught by contestants In 

 any bona fide fishing or recreational event (Added 

 Aug. 16, 1950, ch. 722, § 1, 64 Stat. 451.) 



5. Loans to Fish Farmers 



7 U.S.C. 1942, 1961, 1991 



§1942. Purposes of loans; grants for pollution abate- 

 ment and control projects, limitations. 



(a) Loans may be made under this subchapter for 

 (1) paying costs incident to reorganizing the farm- 

 ing system for more profitable operation, (2) pur- 

 chasing livestock, poultry, and farm equipment, (3) 

 purchasing feed, seed, fertilizer, insecticides, and 

 farm supplies and to meet other essential farm op- 

 erating expenses including cash rent, (4) financing 

 land and water development, use, and conservation, 

 (5) withcut regard to the requirements of section 

 1941(a) (2) and (3) of this title, to individual farm- 

 ers or ranchers to finance outdoor recreational enter- 

 prises or to convert to recreational uses their 

 farming or ranching operations, Including those 

 heretofore financed under this chapter, (6) enter- 

 prises needed to supplement farm income, (7) 

 refinancing existing indebtedness, (8) other farm 

 and home needs including but not limited to family 

 subsistence, (9) loan closing costs, and (10) for 

 assisting farmers or ranchers in effecting additions 

 to or alterations in the equipment, facilities, or meth- 

 ods of operation of their farms or ranches in order 

 to comply with the applicable standards promulgated 

 pursuant to section 655 to Title 29 or standards 

 adopted by a State pursuant to a plan approved 

 under section 667 of Title 29, if the Secretary deter- 

 mines that any such farmer or rancher is likely to 

 suffer substantial economic injury due to such com- 

 pliance without assistance under this paragraph. 



(b) Loans may also be made under this subchapter 

 to residents of rural areas without regard to the re- 

 quirements of clauses (2) and (3) of section 1941(a) 

 of this title to operate in rural areas small business 

 enterprises to provide such residents with essential 

 income. 



(c) Loans may also be made to eligible applicants 

 under this subchapter for pollution abatement and 

 control projects in rural areas. 



(d) The Secretary may make grants, not to exceed 

 $25,000,000 annually, to eligible applicants under 

 this subchapter for pollution abatement and control 

 projects in rural areas. No such grant shall exceed 



50 per centum of the development cost of such .a 

 project. (As amended Pub. L. 92-419, title I, §§ 120 

 (b). 121, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 665.) 

 Amendments 



1972— Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-^19, §§ 120(b), 121 (1), 

 (2), substituted "section 1941(a) for "section 1941" and 

 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) , and added 

 Item (10). 



Subsecs. (b)-(d). Pub. L. 92-419, §121(3), added 

 subsecs. (b)-(d). 



§ 1961. Designation of emergency areas ; persons eli- 

 gible for loans. 



(a) The Secretary shall designate any area in the 

 United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands 

 as an emergency area if he finds that a natural dis- 

 aster has occurred in said area which substantially 

 affected farming, ranching, or aquaculture opera- 

 tions. For purposes of this subchapter "aquaculture" 

 means husbandry of aquatic organisms under a con- 

 trolled or selected environment. 



(b) The Secretary shall make loans in any such 

 area designated by the Secretary in accordance 

 with subsection (a) of this section and in any area 

 designated as a major disaster or emergency by the 

 President pursuant to the provisions of the Disaster 

 Relief Act of 1970, as amended, (1) to established 

 farmers, ranchers, or persons engaged in aquacul- 

 ture who are citizens of the United States and (2) 

 to private domestic corporations or partnerships en- 

 gaged primarily in farming, ranching, or aquacul- 

 ture: Provided. That they have experience and 

 resources necessary to assure a reasonable prospect 

 for successful operation with the assistance of such 

 loan and are unable to obtain sufficient credit else- 

 where to finance their actual needs at reasonable 

 rates and terms, taking into consideration prevailing 

 private and cooperative rates and terms in the com- 

 munity in or near which the applicant resides for 

 loans for similar purposes and periods of time. The 

 provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable 

 to loan applications filed prior to July 9, 1975. (As 

 amended Pub. L. 93-24, §§2, 3, 6, Apr. 20, 1973, 87 

 Stat. 24, 25; Pub. L. 93-237, § 10(a), (d) , Jan. 2, 



1974, 87 Stat. 1025; Pub. L. 94-68, §§2, 3, Aug. 5, 



1975. 89 Stat. 381.) 



