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 PUBLIC LAW 100-478—OCT. 7, 1988

102 STAT. 2309

other area in knowing violation of any law or regulation of any State or in the course of any violation of a State criminal trespass law;". SEC. 1007. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT. (a) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 11

of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1540) is amended by striking "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25,000", and by striking "$5,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$12,000". Ob) CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 11 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1540) is amended by striking "$20,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000", and by striking "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25,000". (c) REWARDS.—Subsection (d) of section 11 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1540) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence; "Whenever the balance of sums received under this section and section 6(d) of the Act of November 16, 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3375(d)), as penalties or fines, or from forfeitures of property, exceed $500,000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit an amount equal to such excess balance in the cooperative endangered species conservation fund established under section 6(i) of this Act.". SEC. 1008. SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION. (a) DELAY OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Commerce shall

delay the effective date of regulations promulgated on June 29, 1987, relating to sea turtle conservation, until May 1, 1990, in inshore areas, and until May 1, 1989, in offshore areas, with the exception that regulations already in effect in the Canaveral area of Florida shall remain in effect. The regulations for the inshore area shall go into effect beginning May 1, 1990, unless the Secretary determines that other conservation measures are proving equally effective in reducing sea turtle mortality by shrimp trawling. If the Secretary makes such a determination, the Secretary shall modify the regulations accordingly.

Effective date. Florida.

(b) STUDY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall contract Contracts for an independent review of scientific information pertaining to the conservation of each of the relevant species of sea turtles to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences with such individuals not employed by Federal or State government other than employees of State universities and having scientific expertise and special knowledge of sea turtles and activities that may affect adversely sea turtles. (2) PURPOSES OP REVIEW.—The purposes of such independent review are— (i) to further long-term conservation of each of the relevant species of sea turtles which occur in the waters of the United States; (ii) to further knowledge of activities performed in the waters and on the shores of the United States, Mexico and other nations which adversely affect each of the relevant species of sea turtles; (iii) to determine the relative impact which each of the activities found to be having an adverse effect on each of the relevant species of turtles has upon the status of each such species;

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