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16 U.S. Code § 3637 - Prohibited acts and penalties | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 16 › Chapter 56A › § 3637 16 U.S. Code § 3637 - Prohibited acts and penalties
§ 3637.
(a) Unlawful actsIt is unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—
to violate any provision of this chapter, or of any regulation adopted hereunder, or of any Fraser River Panel regulation approved by the United States under the Treaty;
to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter to board a fishing vessel subject to such person’s control for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter;
to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any such authorized officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection described in paragraph (2);
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 chapter;
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.
(b) Additional prohibitions and enforcement
For additional prohibitions relating to this chapter and enforcement of this chapter, see section 1826g of this title.
(Pub. L. 99–5, § 8, Mar. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 12; Pub. L. 114–81, title I, § 104, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 657.)
2015—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–81, § 104(1)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears as a reference to “this chapter”.
Pub. L. 114–81, § 104(1)(A), inserted “, investigation,” after “search”.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 114–81, § 104(2), inserted “, investigation,” after “search” and substituted “paragraph (2);” for “subparagraph (2);”.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 114–81, § 104(3), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears as a reference to “this chapter”.
Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 114–81, § 104(4), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsecs. (b) to (f), which related to civil penalty, criminal penalty, forfeiture, enforcement authority, and jurisdiction.
50 CFR - Wildlife and Fisheries50 CFR Part 679 - FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA