§2435 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

You must not harvest or do other activities that break the Convention or U.S. conservation rules under Article IX. You must not break any regulation made under this law. You may not move, sell, buy, import, export, or keep any Antarctic marine living resource (or part of one) that was taken in violation of those conservation measures or regulations. This rule applies no matter who caught it or what vessel was used. You must let authorized U.S. officers board U.S. or U.S.-jurisdiction vessels for searches, inspections, or investigations to enforce these rules. It is illegal to refuse boarding, to attack or block an officer, to resist a lawful arrest or detention for these offenses, or to help someone avoid being caught if you know they broke these rules.

Title 16, §2435

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It is unlawful for any person—

(1)to engage in harvesting or other associated activities in violation of the provisions of the Convention or in violation of a conservation measure in force with respect to the United States pursuant to article IX of the Convention;

(2)to violate any regulation promulgated under this chapter;

(3)to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control or possession of, any Antarctic marine living resource (or part or product thereof) harvested in violation of a conservation measure in force with respect to the United States pursuant to article IX of the Convention or in violation of any regulation promulgated under this chapter, without regard to the citizenship of the person that harvested, or vessel that was used in the harvesting of, the Antarctic marine living resource (or part or product thereof);

(4)to refuse to permit any authorized officer or employee of the United States to board a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of the Convention, this chapter, or any regulations promulgated under this chapter;

(5)to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any authorized officer or employee of the United States in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection described in paragraph (4);

(6)to resist a lawful arrest or detention for any act prohibited by this section; or

(7)to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension, arrest, or detention of another person, knowing that such other person has committed any act prohibited by this section.

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Amendments

2015—Par. (3). Pub. L. 114–81, § 106(1)(A), struck out “which he knows, or reasonably should have known, was” before “harvested in violation”. Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 114–81, § 106(1)(B), (C), inserted “, investigation,” after “search”.

§2435 Unlawful activities

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