§ 773e. — Prohibited acts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC773e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 10--NORTHERN PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHING
SUBCHAPTER IV--NORTHERN PACIFIC HALIBUT ACT OF 1982
Sec. 773e. Prohibited acts
It is unlawful--
(a) for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States--
(1) to violate any provision of the Convention, this
subchapter or any regulation adopted under this subchapter;
(2) to refuse to permit any enforcement officer to board a
fishing vessel subject to such person's control for purposes of
conducting any search or inspection in connection with the
enforcement of the Convention, this subchapter or any regulation
adopted under this subchapter;
(3) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate
or interfere with any enforcement officer in the conduct of any
search or inspection described in paragraph (2);
(4) to resist a lawful arrest or detention for any act
prohibited by this section;
(5) 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 the Convention, this
subchapter, or any regulation adopted under this subchapter; or
(6) to interfere with, delay or prevent, by any means, the
apprehension, arrest or detention of another person, knowing
that such person has committed any act prohibited by this
section.
(b) for any foreign fishing vessel, and for the owner or
operator of any foreign fishing vessel, to engage in fishing for
halibut in the fishery conservation zone, unless such fishing is
authorized by, and conducted in accordance with the Convention, this
subchapter and regulations adopted under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 97-176, Sec. 7, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 102-251,
title III, Sec. 302(b), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 65.)
Amendment of Subsection (b)
Pub. L. 102-251, title III, Secs. 302(b), 308, Mar. 9, 1992, 106
Stat. 65, 66, provided that, effective on the date on which the
Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990,
enters into force for the United States, with authority to prescribe
implementing regulations effective Mar. 9, 1992, but with no such
regulation to be effective until the date on which the Agreement
enters into force for the United States, subsection (b) is amended
by substituting ``exclusive economic zone or special areas'' for
``fishery conservation zone''.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-251 effective on date on which Agreement
between United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the
Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990, enters into force for United
States, with authority to prescribe implementing regulations effective
Mar. 9, 1992, but with no such regulation to be effective until date on
which Agreement enters into force for United States, see section 308 of
Pub. L. 102-251, set out as a note under section 773 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 773f, 773g, 773h, 773i of
this title.
