promulgate regulations regarding the proce-
dures the Secretary considers necessary to pre-
serve the confidentiality of information sub-
mitted under this Act. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may re-
lease or make public information submitted 
under this Act if the information is in any ag-
gregate or summary form that does not directly 
or indirectly disclose the identity or business of 
any person. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be interpreted or construed to pre-
vent the use for conservation and management pur-
poses by the Secretary of any information submitted 
under this Act. 
SEC. 7. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
It is unlawful for any person— 
(1) to violate any provision of this Act or any 
regulation or permit issued pursuant to this Act; 
(2) to use any fishing vessel to engage in fish-
ing activities without, or after the revocation or dur-
ing the period of suspension of, an applicable permit 
issued pursuant to this Act; 
(3) to refuse to permit any officer authorized to 
enforce the provisions of this Act to board a fishing 
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vessel subject to such person’s control for the pur-
poses of conducting any search, investigation, or in-
spection in connection with the enforcement of this 
Act or any regulation, permit, or the North Pacific 
Fisheries Convention; 
(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 Act 
or any regulation, permit, or the North Pacific Fish-
eries Convention; 
(5) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohib-
ited by this Act or any regulation promulgated or 
permit issued under this Act; 
(6) to knowingly and willfully ship, transport, 
offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have 
custody, control, or possession of, any fisheries re-
sources taken or retained in violation of this Act 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 section; 
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(8) to knowingly and willfully submit to the 
Secretary false information (including false informa-
tion 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 fish-
ery that will be harvested by fishing vessels of the 
United States), regarding any matter that the Sec-
retary is considering in the course of carrying out 
this Act; 
(9) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimi-
date, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any ob-
server on a vessel under this Act, or any data col-
lector employed by or under contract to any person 
to carry out responsibilities under this Act; 
(10) to engage in fishing activities in violation 
of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Act; 
(11) to knowingly and willfully ship, transport, 
purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have 
in custody, possession, or control any fisheries re-
sources taken or retained in violation of such regula-
tions; 
(12) to fail to make, keep, or furnish any catch 
returns, statistical records, or other reports required 
by regulations adopted pursuant to this Act to be 
made, kept, or furnished; 
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(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 this Act, any fisheries resources 
in any form of those species subject to regulation 
pursuant to a recommendation, resolution, or deci-
sion of the Commission, or any fisheries resources in 
any form not under regulation but under investiga-
tion by the Commission, during the period such fish-
eries resources have been denied entry in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act; 
(15) to make or submit any false record, ac-
count, or label for, or any false identification of, any 
fisheries resources which has been, or is intended to 
be imported, exported, transported, sold, offered for 
sale, purchased, or received in interstate or foreign 
commerce; or 
(16) 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. 
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SEC. 8. COOPERATION IN CARRYING OUT CONVENTION. 
(a) FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES; PRIVATE INSTI-
TUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may co-
operate with any Federal agency, any public or private in-
stitution or organization within the United States or 
abroad, and, through the Secretary of State, a duly au-
thorized official of the government of any party to the 
North Pacific Fisheries Convention, in carrying out re-
sponsibilities under this Act. 
(b) SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER PROGRAMS; FACILITIES 
AND PERSONNEL.—Each Federal agency is authorized, 
upon the request of the Secretary, to cooperate in the con-
duct of scientific and other programs and to furnish facili-
ties and personnel for the purpose of assisting the Com-
mission in carrying out its duties under the North Pacific 
Fisheries Convention. 
(c) SANCTIONED FISHING OPERATIONS AND BIO-
LOGICAL EXPERIMENTS.—Nothing in this Act, or in the 
laws of any State, prevents the Secretary or the Commis-
sion 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 North Pacific Fisheries Convention. 
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