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PUBLIC LAW-579-AUG. 12, 1954

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such fish or fish products processed therefrom in the said waters, or to land in a port of the United States any fish so caught, loaded, possessed, or transported or any fish products processed therefrom. (b) I t shall be unlawful for any person or fishing vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States knowingly to load, process, possess, or transport any fish specified in subsection (a) of this section or any fish products processed therefrom in the territorial waters of the United States or in any waters of the Convention area in addition to those specified in subsection (a) of this section, or to land in a port of the United States any such fish or fish products. (c) I t shall be unlawful for any person or fishing vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States knowingly to load, process, possess, or transport in the Convention area or in the territorial waters of the United States any fish taken by a national of Canada or J a p a n from a stock of fish from which Canada or Japan respectively has agreed to abstain as set forth in the Annex to the Convention or any fish products processed therefrom, or to land such fish or fish products in a port of the United States. (d) I t shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to aid or abet in the taking of fish by a national or fishing vessel of Canada or of Japan from a stock of fish from which Canada or J a p a n has respectively agreed to abstain as set forth in the Annex of the Convention. (e) I t shall be unlawful for the master or owner or any person in charge of any fishing vessel of the United States to refuse to permit the duly authorized officials of the United States, Canada, or J a p a n to board such vessel or inspect its equipment, books, documents, or other articles or question the persons on board in accordance with the provision of the Convention, or to obstruct such officials in the execution of such duties. Penalties. gj,^, ^ ^g^^ ^^j persou violating subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 10 of this Act shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000, and for such offense the court may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the fish concerned in the offense, or the fishing gear involved in such fishing, or both, or the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited fish or fishing gear shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court. (b) Any person violating subsection (d) of section 10 of this Act shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000. (c) Any person violating subsection (e) of section 10 of this Act shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 and be imprisoned for not more than one year or both, and for such offense the court may order forfeited, in whole or in part the fish and fishing gear on board the vessel, or both, or the monetary value thereof. Such fish and fishing gear shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court. (d) Section 10 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950 (64 64 Stat. 1070. Stat. 1067; 16 U.S.C. 989) shall not apply to violations for which penalties are provided in this section. st^tutJ*s! ^'^ ^^^^ SEC. 12. For the effective execution of this Act, sections 7(a) and (b), 9, 10, and 11 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 1067; 16 U.S.C. 986, 988, 989, 990) shall be deemed to be incorporated herein in haec verba provided that regulations authorized by section 7(a) of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act shall be adopted by the Secretary of the Interior on consultation with the United States Section and shall apply only to stocks of fish in the Convention area contiguous to the territorial waters of Alaska.

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