§ 1152. — Prohibitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1152]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
SUBCHAPTER I--FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT
Sec. 1152. Prohibitions
It is unlawful, except as provided in this chapter or by regulation
of the Secretary, for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States to engage in the taking of fur seals in the North
Pacific Ocean or on lands or waters under the jurisdiction of the United
States, or to use any port or harbor or other place under the
jurisdiction of the United States for any purpose connected in any way
with such taking, or for any person to transport, import, offer for
sale, or possess at any port or place or on any vessel, subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, fur seals or the parts thereof,
including, but not limited to, raw, dressed, or dyed fur seal skins,
taken contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the Convention, or
for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to
refuse to permit, except within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the
United States, a duly authorized official of Canada, Japan, or Russia to
board and search any vessel which is outfitted for the harvesting of
living marine resources and which is subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States to determine whether such vessel is engaged in sealing
contrary to the provisions of said Convention.
(Pub. L. 89-702, title I, Sec. 102, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091; Pub. L.
98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 836; Pub. L. 103-199, title VI,
Sec. 602(2), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2327.)
Amendments
1993--Pub. L. 103-199 substituted ``Russia'' for ``the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics''.
1983--Pub. L. 98-129 amended section generally, substituting
provisions enumerating the activities prohibited under this chapter,
which were previously contained in section 1151 of this title, for
provisions authorizing sealing by Aleuts, Eskimos, and Indians. See
section 1153 of this title.
