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PUBLIC LAW 579-AUG- 12, 1954

to matters directly relating to the Convention, this Act, or regulations issued pursuant to this Act. SEC. 6. The President is authorized to (a) accept or reject, on behalf of the United States, recommendations made by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of article III, section 1, of the Convention, and recommendations made by the Commission in pursuance of the provisions of the Protocol to the Convention; and (b) act for the United States in the selection of persons by the contracting parties to compose the special committee provided by the Protocol to the Convention. SEC. 7. Any agency of the Federal Government is authorized, upon request of the Commission, to cooperate in the conduct of scientific and other programs, and to furnish, on a reimbursable basis, facilities and personnel for the purpose of assisting the Commission in carrying out its duties under the Convention. Such agency may accept reimbursement from the Commission. SEC. 8. (a) The provisions of the Convention and this Act relating to abstention from fishing in certain areas by the nationals and vessels of one or more of the contracting parties shall be enforced by the Coast Guard in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the l^ureau of Customs. (b) For such purposes any Coast Guard officer, any officer of the P'ish and Wildlife Service, or any other person authorized to enforce the provisions of the Convention and this Act referred to in subsection (a) of this section may go on board any fishing vessel of Canada or Japan found in waters in which Canada or Japan has agreed by or under the Convention to abstain from exploitation of one or more stocks of fish, and, when he has reasonable cause to believe that such vessel is engaging in operations in violation of the provisions of the Convention, may, without warrant or other process, inspect the equipment, books, documents, and other articles on such vessel and question the persons on board, and for these purposes may hail and stop such vessel, and use all necessary force to compel compliance. (c) Whenever any such officer has reasonable cause to believe that any person on any fishing vessel of Canada or Japan is violating, or immediately prior to the boarding of such vessel was violating, the provisions of the Convention referred to in subsection (a) of this section, such person, and any such vessel employed in such violation shall be detained and shall be delivered as promptly as practicable to an authorized official of the nation to which they belong in accordance with the provisions of the Convention. (d) Any officer of the Coast Guard, any officer of the Fish and Wildlife Service, or any other person authorized to enforce the provisions of the Convention and this Act referred to in subsection (a) of this section, may be directed to attend as witnesses and to produce such available records and files or duly certified copies thereof as may be necessary to the prosecution in Canada or Japan of any violation of the provisions of the Convention or any Canadian or Japanese law for the enforcement thereof when requested by the appropriate authorities of Canada or Japan respectively. SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Interior may designate officers of the States and Territories of the United States to enforce the provisions of the Convention and this Act in so far as they pertain to fishing vessels of the United States and the persons on board such vessels. SEC. 10. (a) I t shall be unlawful for any person or fishing vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to engage in the catching of any stock of fish from which the United States may agree to abstain in the waters specified for such abstention as set forth in the Annex to the Convention, or to load, process, possess, or transport any

Presidential authority*

Agency co-operation.

Reimburse meni:, Restricted fishing areas. Enforcement.

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