§ 3606. Violations and penalties

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1982

   Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982

   Pub. L. 97–389 title III § 307 · 96 Stat. 1949

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 3606

   Pub. L. 97–389, title III, § 307, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1953

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–389, title III, § 307, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1953

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 307. (a) It is unlawful for any person, or any vessel, subject to 16 USC 3606. the jurisdiction of the United States— (1) to conduct directed fishing for salmon in waters seaward of twelve miles from the baselines from which the breadths of territorial seas are measured, in waters of the Atlantic Ocean north of 36 degrees north latitude; or (2) to violate any provision of the Convention or this title, or of any regulation promulgated under this title. (b) Any person who commits any act that is unlawful under subsection (a) of this section shall— (1) be liable to the United States for a civil penalty under section 308 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1858) to the same extent as if such act were an act prohibited under section 307 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857); and (2) be guilty of an offense under section 309 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1859) to the same extent as if such act were an act prohibited by section 307(1) (D), (E), (F), or (H) of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C 1857(1) (D), (E), (F), or (H)). (c) Any vessel used in the commission of an act which is unlawful under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to civil forfeiture under section 310 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1860) to the same extent as if such vessel was used in the commission of an act prohibited by section 307 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857).

2. 1983

   Pub. L. 98–44 title I § 102(2) · 97 Stat. 216

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 3606(c)

   Pub. L. 98–44 inserted provision that any fish, or the fair market value thereof, taken or retained in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act unlawful under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to civil forfeitures under section 1860 of this title to the same extent as if such fish was taken or retained in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act prohibited by section 1857 of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–44 inserted provision that any fish, or the fair market value thereof, taken or retained in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act unlawful under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to civil forfeitures under section 1860 of this title to the same extent as if such fish was taken or retained in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act prohibited by section 1857 of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by amending subsection (c) of section 307 to read as follows: “(c) Any vessel used, and any fish (or the fair market value thereof) taken or retained in any manner, in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act which is unlawful under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to civil forfeiture under section 310 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1860) to the same extent as if such vessel was used in, or such fish was taken or retained in connection with or as the result of, the commission of an act prohibited by section 307 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857).”.

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