Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 93 — Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
§ 7406. Prohibited acts
Statutory text
It is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—
to violate any provision of this chapter or the regulations issued under this chapter;
to refuse to permit any authorized officer to board, search, or inspect a vessel that is subject to the person’s control in connection with the enforcement of this chapter or the regulations issued under this chapter;
to submit false information pursuant to any requirement under this chapter or the regulations issued under this chapter; or
to commit any offense enumerated in paragraph (4), (5), (7), or (9) of section 707(a) 1 of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6906(a)).
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015
Pub. L. 114–81 title III § 307 · 129 Stat. 649
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7406
(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 307, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 667.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 307, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 667.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 307. PROHIBITED ACTS. It is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States— (1) to violate any provision of this title or the regulations issued under this title; (2) to refuse to permit any authorized officer to board, search, or inspect a vessel that is subject to the person’s control in connection with the enforcement of this title or the regulations issued under this title; (3) to submit false information pursuant to any requirement under this title or the regulations issued under this title; or (4) to commit any offense enumerated in paragraph (4), (5), (7), or (9) of section 707(a) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6906(a)).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 707(a) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, referred to in par. (4), probably means section 507(a) of title V of Pub. L. 109–479, which is classified to section 6906(a) of this title.