§ 6906. Prohibited acts

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original.

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. 2007

   Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act

   Pub. L. 109–479 title V § 507 · 120 Stat. 3575

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6906

   Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 507, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3641

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 507, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3641

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 507. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) In General.— It is unlawful for any person— (1) to violate any provision of this title or any regulation or permit issued pursuant to this title; (2) to use any fishing vessel to engage in fishing after the revocation, or during the period of suspension, on an applicable permit issued pursuant to this title; (3) to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this title to board a fishing vessel subject to such person’s control for the purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this title or any regulation, permit, or the Convention; (4) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any such authorized officer in the conduct of any search, investigations, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this title or any regulation, permit, or the Convention; (5) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this title; (6) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fish taken or retained in violation of this title or any regulation, permit, or agreement referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); (7) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that such other person has committed any chapter prohibited by this section; (8) to knowingly and willfully submit to the Secretary false information (including false information regarding the capacity and extent to which a United States fish processor, on an annual basis, will process a portion of the optimum yield of a fishery that will be harvested by fishery vessels of the United States), regarding any matter that the Secretary is considering in the course of carrying out this title; (9) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any observer on a vessel under this title, or any data collector employed by the National Marine Fisheries Service or under contract to any person to carry out responsibilities under this title; (10) to engage in fishing in violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to section 506(a) of this title; (11) to ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in custody, possession, or control any fish taken or retained in violation of such regulations; (12) to fail to make, keep, or furnish any catch returns, statistical records, or other reports as are required by regulations adopted pursuant to this title to be made, kept, or furnished; (13) to fail to stop a vessel upon being hailed and instructed to stop by a duly authorized official of the United States; (14) to import, in violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to section 506(a) of this title, any fish in any form of those species subject to regulation pursuant to a recommendation, resolution, or decision of the Commission, or any tuna in any form not under regulation but under investigation by the Commission, during the period such fish have been denied entry in accordance with the provisions of section 506(a) of this title. (b) Entry Certification.— In the case of any fish described in subsection (a) offered for entry into the United States, the Secretary of Commerce shall require proof satisfactory to the Secretary that such fish is not ineligible for such entry under the terms of section 506(a) of this title.

2. 2015

   Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–81 title I § 105(2) · 129 Stat. 649

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 6906(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 114–81 substituted “suspension, of” for “suspension, on”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–81 substituted “suspension, of” for “suspension, on”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) in section 507(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 6906(a)(2)) by striking “suspension, on” and inserting “suspension, of”.

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