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the goods on board, shall be liable to seizure and tu 

 forfeiture to the United States: and any person 

 opposing any ofHcer of the United States in the en- 

 forcement of this section, or aiding and abetting any 

 other person in such opposition, shall forfeit $800, 

 and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon con- 

 viction, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term 

 not exceeding two years. (June 19. 1886, ch. 421. § 17. 

 24 Stat. 82.) 



§ 143. Retaliation on denial of rights to United States 

 vessels in British North America. 



Whenever the President of the United States shall 

 be satisfied that American fishing vessels or Amer- 

 ican fishermen, visiting or being in the waters or at 

 any ports or places of the British dominions of North 

 America, are or then lately have been denied or 

 abridged In the enjoyment of any rights secured to 

 them by treaty or law, or are or then lately have 

 been unjustly vexed or harassed in the enjoyment 

 of such rights, or subjected to unreasonable restric- 

 tions, regulations, or requirements in respect of such 

 rights: or otherwise unjustly vexed or harassed Irr 

 said waters, ports, or places: or whenever the Presi- 

 dent of the United States shall be satisfied that any 

 such fishing vessels or fishermen, having a permit 

 under the laws of the United States to touch and 

 trade at any port or ports, place or places, in the 

 British dominions of North America, are or then 

 lately have been denied the privilege of entering such 

 port or ports, place or places in the same manner 

 and under the same regulations as may exist therein 

 applicable to trading vessels of the most favored na- 

 tion, or shall be unjustly vexed or harassed. In re- 

 spect thereof, or otherwise be unjustly vexed or 

 harassed therein, or shall be prevented from pur- 

 chasing such supplies as may there be lawfully sold 

 to trading vessels of the most favored nation: or 

 whenever the President of the United States shall 

 be satisfied that any other vessels of the United 

 States, their masters, or crews, so arriving at or be- 

 ing in such British waters or ports or places of the 

 British dominions of North America, are or then 



lately have been denied any of the privileges therein 

 accorded to the vessels, their masters, or crews, of 

 the most favored nation, or unjustly vexed or har- 

 assed in respect of the same, or unjustly vexed or 

 harassed therein by the authorities thereof, then, 

 and in either or all of such cases, it shall be lawful, 

 and it shall be the duty of the President of the 

 United States, in his discretion, by proclamation to 

 that effect, to deny vessels, their masters and crews, 

 of the British dominions of North America, any en- 

 trance into the waters, ports, or places of or within 

 the United States (with such exceptions in regard to 

 vessels in distress, stress of weather, or needing sup- 

 plies as to the President shall seem proper) ,' whether 

 such vessel shall have come directly from said do- 

 minions on such destined voyage or by way of some 

 port or place in such destined voyage elsewhere: and 

 also to deny entry into any port or place of the 

 United States of fresh fish or salt fish or any other 

 product of said dominions, or other goods coming 

 from said dominions to the United States. The Pres- 

 ident may, in his discretion, apply such proclamation 

 to any part or to all of the foregoing named subjects, 

 and may revoke, qualify, limit, and renew such proc- 

 lamation from time to time as he may deem neces- 

 sary to the full and just execution of the purposes 

 of this section. Every violation of any such procla- 

 mation, or any part thereof, is declared illegal, and 

 all vessels and goods so coming or being within the 

 waters, ports, or places of the United States contrary 

 to such proclamation shall be forfeited to the United 

 States: and such forfeiture shall be enforced and 

 proceeded upon in the same manner and with the 

 same effect as in the case of vessels or goods whose 

 importation or coming to or being in the waters or 

 ports of the United States contrary to law may be 

 enforced and proceeded upon. Every person who 

 shall violate any of the provisions of this section, 

 or such proclamation of the President made in pur- 

 suance hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished 

 by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment 

 for a term not exceeding two years, or by both said 

 punishments, in the discretion of the court. (Mar. 

 3, 1887. ch. 339, 24 Stat. 475.) 



28. Seizure of Vessels of the United States by Foreign Countries 



22 U.S.C. 1971-1979 



Sec. 



1971. Deflnltlon. 



1972 Action by Secretary of State upon seizure of vessel 

 by foreign country. 



1973. Reimbursement of owner for any direct charges 



paid to secure release of vessel and crew. 



1974. Inapplicability of chapter to certain seizures. 



1975. Action by Secretary on claims for amounts ex- 



pended because of seizure; withholding amount 

 of unpaid claim from foreign assistance funds. 



1976. Authorization of appropriations. 



1977. Reimbursement for seized conunerclal fishermen. 



(a) Agreement to reimburse for actual costs, 



conflscatlOQ or spoilage of fish, and loss 

 of Income. 



(b) Distribution of payments according to com- 



mercial fishing practices and procedures. 



(c) Establishment of fees; amount of fees; 



credit of fees to separate Treasury ac- 

 count; payment from collected fees: au- 

 tbortzatton of appropriations. 



(d) Finality of determinations; insurad losses. 



(e) Effective date; rules and regulations. 



(f) Definitions. 



1978. Restriction on Importation of fishery products from 

 countries which violate International fishery 

 conservation program [New]. 



(a) Certification to President. 



(b) Notification to Congress. 



(c) Importation of fish products from offending 



country prohibited. 



(d) Penalties; forfeiture; customs laws. 



