U.S.C. 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861) were incorporated 
into and made a part of this title. 
(c) JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the district courts of the United States 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or 
controversy arising under this title, and any such 
court may at any time— 
(A) enter restraining orders or prohibi-
tions; 
(B) issue warrants, process in rem, or 
other process; 
(C) prescribe and accept satisfactory bonds 
or other security; and 
(D) take such other actions as are in the 
interest of justice. 
(2) HAWAII AND PACIFIC INSULAR AREAS.—In 
the case of 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— 
(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 
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(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 
authorized by law. Any offense not committed in any 
district is subject to the venue provisions of section 
3238 of title 18, United States Code. 
(d) CONFIDENTIALITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any information submitted 
to the Secretary in compliance with any requirement 
under this title shall be confidential and may not be 
disclosed, except— 
(A) to a Federal employee who is respon-
sible for administering, implementing, or en-
forcing this title; 
(B) to the Commission, in accordance with 
requirements in the North Pacific Fisheries 
Convention and decisions of the Commission, 
and, insofar as possible, in accordance with an 
agreement with the Commission that prevents 
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public disclosure of the identity or business of 
any person; 
(C) to State, Council, or marine fisheries 
commission employees pursuant to an agree-
ment with the Secretary that prevents public 
disclosure of the identity or business of any per-
son; 
(D) when required by court order; or 
(E) when the Secretary has obtained writ-
ten authorization from the person submitting 
such information to release such information to 
another person for a reason not otherwise pro-
vided for in this paragraph, and such release 
does not violate other requirements of this title. 
(2) USE OF INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations regarding the procedures the 
Secretary considers necessary to preserve the 
confidentiality of information submitted under 
this title. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may re-
lease or make public information submitted 
under this title if the information is in any ag-
gregate or summary form that does not directly 
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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 title. 
SEC. 106. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
It is unlawful for any person— 
(1) to violate this title or any regulation or per-
mit issued under this title; 
(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 title; 
(3) to refuse to permit any officer authorized to 
enforce 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 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 title 
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or any regulation, permit, or the North Pacific Fish-
eries Convention; 
(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 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 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 section; 
(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 title; 
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