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[CITE: 16USC1152]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 1152. Prohibitions

    It is unlawful, except as provided in this chapter or by regulation 
of the Secretary, for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States to engage in the taking of fur seals in the North 
Pacific Ocean or on lands or waters under the jurisdiction of the United 
States, or to use any port or harbor or other place under the 
jurisdiction of the United States for any purpose connected in any way 
with such taking, or for any person to transport, import, offer for 
sale, or possess at any port or place or on any vessel, subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States, fur seals or the parts thereof, 
including, but not limited to, raw, dressed, or dyed fur seal skins, 
taken contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the Convention, or 
for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to 
refuse to permit, except within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the 
United States, a duly authorized official of Canada, Japan, or Russia to 
board and search any vessel which is outfitted for the harvesting of 
living marine resources and which is subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States to determine whether such vessel is engaged in sealing 
contrary to the provisions of said Convention.

(Pub. L. 89-702, title I, Sec. 102, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091; Pub. L. 
98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 836; Pub. L. 103-199, title VI, 
Sec. 602(2), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2327.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-199 substituted ``Russia'' for ``the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics''.
    1983--Pub. L. 98-129 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions enumerating the activities prohibited under this chapter, 
which were previously contained in section 1151 of this title, for 
provisions authorizing sealing by Aleuts, Eskimos, and Indians. See 
section 1153 of this title.
