Fishing (Commercial) 

U.S. Code > Title 16 > Chapter 16 > § 956 - Inspection of returns, records, or other reports

  (a) It shall be unlawful for any master or other person in charge
of a fishing vessel of the United States to engage in fishing in
violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to section 955(c) of
this title or for any person knowingly to ship, transport,
purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in custody,
possession, or control any fish taken or retained in violation of
such regulations.
  (b) It shall be unlawful for the master or any person in charge
of any fishing vessel of the United States or any person on board
such vessel to fail to make, keep, or furnish any catch returns,
statistical records, or other reports as are required by
regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter to be made, kept, or
furnished; or to fail to stop upon being hailed by a duly
authorized official of the United States; or to refuse to permit
the duly authorized officials of the United States or authorized
officials of the commissions to board such vessel or inspect its
catch, equipment, books, documents, records, or other articles or
question the persons on board in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter, or the convention, as the case may be.
  (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to import, in violation
of any regulation adopted pursuant to section 955(c) of this title,
from any country, any fish in any form of those species subject to
regulation pursuant to a recommendation of the commission, or any
tuna in any form not under regulation but under investigation by
the commission, during the period such fish have been denied entry
in accordance with the provisions of section 955(c) of this title.
In the case of any fish as described in this subsection offered for
entry into the United States, the Secretary of Commerce shall
require proof satisfactory to him that such fish is not ineligible
for such entry under the terms of section 955(c) of this title.
  (d) Any person violating any provisions of subsection (a) of this
section shall be fined not more than $25,000, and for a subsequent
violation of any provisions of said subsection (a) shall be fined
not more than $50,000.
  (e) Any person violating any provision of subsection (b) of this
section shall be fined not more than $1,000, and for a subsequent
violation of any provision of subsection (b) shall be fined not
more than $5,000.
  (f) Any person violating any provision of subsection (c) of this
section shall be fined not more than $100,000.
  (g) All fish taken or retained in violation of subsection (a) of
this section, or the monetary value thereof, may be forfeited.
  (h) All provisions of law relating to the seizure, judicial
forfeiture, and condemnation of a cargo for violation of the
customs laws, the disposition of such cargo or the proceeds from
the sale thereof, and the remission or mitigation of such
forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or
alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this
chapter, insofar as such provisions of law are applicable and not
inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

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