§ 3606. — Violations and penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3606]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 56--NORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING
Sec. 3606. Violations and penalties
(a) Directed fishing for salmon; Convention, rules and regulations
It is unlawful for any person, or any vessel, subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States--
(1) to conduct directed fishing for salmon in waters seaward of
twelve miles from the baselines from which the breadths of
territorial seas are measured, in waters of the Atlantic Ocean north
of 36 degrees north latitude; or
(2) to violate any provision of the Convention or this chapter,
or of any regulation promulgated under this chapter.
(b) Civil and criminal penalties
Any person who commits any act that is unlawful under subsection (a)
of this section shall--
(1) be liable to the United States for a civil penalty under
section 308 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1858) to the same extent
as if such act were an act prohibited under section 307 of the Act
of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857); and
(2) be guilty of an offense under section 309 of the Act of 1976
(16 U.S.C. 1859) to the same extent as if such act were an act
prohibited by section 307(1)(D), (E), (F), or (H) of the Act of 1976
(16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(D), (E), (F), or (H)).
(c) Civil forfeiture of vessel
Any vessel used, and any fish (or the fair market value thereof)
taken or retained in any manner, in connection with or as the result of
the commission of an act which is unlawful under subsection (a) of this
section shall be subject to civil forfeiture under section 310 of the
Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1860) to the same extent as if such vessel was
used in, or such fish was taken or retained in connection with or as the
result of, the commission of an act prohibited by section 307 of the Act
of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857).
(Pub. L. 97-389, title III, Sec. 307, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1953; Pub.
L. 98-44, title I, Sec. 102(2), July 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 216.)
Amendments
1983--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-44 inserted provision that any fish,
or the fair market value thereof, taken or retained in connection with
or as the result of the commission of an act unlawful under subsection
(a) of this section shall be subject to civil forfeitures under section
1860 of this title to the same extent as if such fish was taken or
retained in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act
prohibited by section 1857 of this title.
