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he has reasonable cause to believe that such vessel 

 or any person on board is engaging in operations 

 in violation of this section or the regulations issued 

 thereunder, then to arrest such person. 

 (5) Such person so authorized, may seize, when- 

 ever and wherever lawfully found, all fish products 

 brought or imported into the United States in vio- 

 lation of this section or the regulations issued there- 

 under. Any fish products so seized may be disposed of 

 pursuant to the order of a court of competent juris- 

 diction, or, if perishable, in a manner prescribed by 

 regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the 

 Treasury after consultation with the Secretary of 

 Health, Education, and Welfare. 



(f) Regulations. 



The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 

 prescribe such regulations as he determines neces- 

 sary to carry out the provisions of this section. 



(g) Definitions. 



As used in this section — 



(1) The term "person" means any individual, 

 partnership, corporation, or association. 



(2) The term "United States", when used in a 

 geographical sense, means the continental United 

 States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the 

 United States Virgin Islands. 



(3) The term "international fishery conserva- 

 tion program" means any ban, restriction, regula- 

 tion, or other measure in force pursuant to a 

 multilateral agreement to which the United States 

 is a signatory party, the purpose of which Is to 



conserve or protect the living resources of the sea. 

 (4) The term "fish products" means flsh and 

 marine mammals and all products thereof taken 

 by fishing vessels of an offending country whether 

 or not packed, processed, or otherwise prepared 

 for export in such country or within the jurisdic- 

 tion thereof. 



(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 8, as added Dec. 23, 1971, 



Pub. L. 92-219, 85 Stat. 786.) 



§ 1979. Fishermen's Protective Fund. 



There is created a Fishermen's Protective Fund 

 which shall be used by the Secretary of the Treasury 

 to reimburse owners of vessels for amounts certified 

 to him by the Secretary of State under section 1973 

 of this title. The amount of any claim or portion 

 thereof collected by the Secretary of State from any 

 foreign country pursuant to section 1975(a) of this 

 title shall be deposited in the fund and shall be avail- 

 able for the purpose of reimbursing vessel owners 

 under section 1973 of this title; except that if a trans- 

 fer to the fund was made pursuant to section 1975 

 (b)(1) of this title with respect to any such claim, 

 an amount from the fund equal to the amount so 

 collected shall be covered into the Treasury as mis- 

 cellaneous receipts. There is authorized to be appro- 

 priated to the fund (1) the sum of $3,000,000 to 

 provide initial capital, and (2) such additional sums 

 as may be necessary from time to time to supplement 

 the fund in order to meet the requirements of the 

 fund. (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 9, as added Oct. 26. 

 1972, Pub. L. 92-569, § 5, 86 Stat. 1183.) 



29. Transportation of Catch of Other Fishing Vessels 



46 U.S.C. 404a 



§404a. Fishing vessels; transfer and transportation of 

 catch of other vessels. 



For the purposes of the laws of the United States 

 relating to documentation and inspection of vessels 

 of the United States, a vessel enrolled and licensed, 

 or licensed as a vessel of the United States to en- 

 gage in the fishery, shall not be deemed to be used 

 in employment for which not licensed, and shall 



not be considered as engaged in the transportation 

 of freight for hire, solely because such vessel oc- 

 casionally takes on board on the high seao and 

 transports without a monetary consideration to a 

 port of the United States, the catch of another 

 fishing vessel of the United States. (Pub. L. 87- 

 177, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 410.) 



