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(3) COPIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.—A 
response of the Secretary under paragraph (2) shall 
include a copy of the administrative record for the 
regulations that are the subject of the petition. 
(4) EXPEDITED HEARINGS.—Upon a motion by 
the person who files a petition under this subsection, 
the appropriate court shall assign the matter for 
hearing at the earliest possible date. 
SEC. 205. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY.—This title, and any regulations 
or permits issued under this title, shall be enforced by the 
Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating. Such Secretaries shall, and 
the head of any Federal or State agency that has entered 
into an agreement with either such Secretary under this 
section may (if the agreement so provides), authorize offi-
cers to enforce this title or any regulation promulgated 
under this title. Any officer so authorized may enforce this 
title in the same manner, by the same means, and with 
the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though sec-
tion 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861) were incorporated 
into and made a part of this title. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION
AND
ENFORCEMENT.—The 
Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which 
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the Coast Guard is operating shall prevent any person 
from violating this title in the same manner, by the same 
means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties 
as though sections 308 through 311 of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1858 through 1861) were incorporated into and 
made a part of this title. Any person that violates this 
title shall be subject to the penalties, and entitled to the 
privileges and immunities, provided in the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) in the same manner and by the same 
means as though sections 308 through 311 of that Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1858 through 1861) were incorporated into 
and made a part of this title. 
(c) DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The district courts of the 
United States shall have jurisdiction over any ac-
tions arising under this section. 
(2) HAWAII
AND
PACIFIC
INSULAR
AREAS.— 
Notwithstanding subsection (b), for the purpose of 
this section, for Hawaii or any possession of the 
United States in the Pacific Ocean, the appropriate 
court is the United States District Court for the 
District of Hawaii, except that— 
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(A) in the case of Guam and Wake Island, 
the appropriate court is the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Guam; and 
(B) in the case of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the appropriate court is the United 
States District Court for the District of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Each violation shall be a 
separate offense and the offense is deemed to have 
been committed not only in the district where the 
violation first occurred, but also in any other district 
as authorized by law. Any offenses not committed in 
any district are subject to the venue provisions of 
section 3238 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 206. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
It is unlawful for any person— 
(1) to violate any provision of this title or of 
any regulation promulgated or permit issued under 
this title; 
(2) to use any fishing vessel to engage in fish-
ing without a valid permit or after the revocation, or 
during the period of suspension, of an applicable 
permit pursuant to this title; 
(3) to refuse to permit any officer authorized to 
enforce this title to board a fishing vessel subject to 
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such person’s control for the purposes of conducting 
any investigation or inspection in connection with 
the enforcement of this title; 
(4) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimi-
date, or interfere with any such authorized officer in 
the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspec-
tion in connection with the enforcement of this title 
or any regulation promulgated or permit issued 
under this title; 
(5) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohib-
ited by this title or any regulation promulgated or 
permit issued under this title; 
(6) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, pur-
chase, import, export, or have custody, control, or 
possession of, any fishery resources taken or re-
tained in violation of this title or any regulation or 
permit 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 
act prohibited by this title; 
(8) to submit to the Secretary false informa-
tion, regarding any matter that the Secretary is con-
sidering in the course of carrying out this title; 
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(9) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimi-
date, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any ob-
server on a vessel pursuant to the requirements of 
this title, or any data collector employed by the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or 
under contract to any person to carry out respon-
sibilities under this title; 
(10) 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; 
(11) to fail to stop a vessel upon being hailed 
and instructed to stop by a duly authorized official 
of the United States; 
(12) to import, in violation of any regulation 
promulgated under this title, any fishery resources 
in any form of those species subject to regulation 
pursuant to a decision of the Commission; 
(13) to make or submit any false record, ac-
count, or label for, or any false identification of, any 
fishery resources that have been or are intended to 
be imported, exported, transported, sold, offered for 
sale, purchased, or received in interstate or foreign 
commerce; or 
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(14) to refuse to authorize and accept boarding 
by a duly authorized inspector pursuant to proce-
dures adopted by the Commission for the boarding 
and inspection of fishing vessels in the Convention 
Area. 
SEC. 207. COOPERATION IN CARRYING OUT THE CONVEN-
TION. 
(a) FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES; PRIVATE INSTI-
TUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may co-
operate with agencies of the United States Government, 
any public or private institutions or organizations within 
the United States or abroad, and, through the Secretary 
of State, the duly authorized officials of the government 
of any party to the South Pacific Fishery Resources Con-
vention, in carrying out responsibilities under this title. 
(b) SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER PROGRAMS; FACILITIES 
AND PERSONNEL.—All Federal agencies may, upon the 
request of the Secretary, cooperate in the conduct of sci-
entific and other programs and to furnish facilities and 
personnel for the purpose of assisting the Commission in 
carrying out its duties under the South Pacific Fishery 
Resources Convention. 
(c) SANCTIONED FISHING OPERATIONS AND BIO-
LOGICAL EXPERIMENTS.—Nothing in this title, or in the 
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laws or regulations of any State, prevents the Secretary 
or the Commission from— 
(1) conducting or authorizing the conduct of 
fishing operations and biological experiments at any 
time for purposes of scientific investigation; or 
(2) discharging any other duties prescribed by 
the South Pacific Fishery Resources Convention. 
(d) STATE JURISDICTION NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing 
in this title shall be construed to diminish or to increase 
the jurisdiction of any State in the territorial sea of the 
United States. 
SEC. 208. TERRITORIAL PARTICIPATION. 
The Secretary of State shall ensure participation in 
the Commission and its subsidiary bodies by American 
Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands to the extent allowed under United States 
law. 
SEC. 209. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE NOTIFICATION. 
Masters of commercial fishing vessels of countries 
fishing under the management authority of the South Pa-
cific Fisheries Convention that do not carry vessel moni-
toring systems capable of communicating with United 
States enforcement authorities shall, before or as soon as 
reasonably possible after, entering and transiting the ex-
clusive economic zone bounded by the Convention Area, 
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