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[CITE: 16USC3606]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                CHAPTER 56--NORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING
 
Sec. 3606. Violations and penalties


(a) Directed fishing for salmon; Convention, rules and regulations

    It is unlawful for any person, or any vessel, subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States--
        (1) to conduct directed fishing for salmon in waters seaward of 
    twelve miles from the baselines from which the breadths of 
    territorial seas are measured, in waters of the Atlantic Ocean north 
    of 36 degrees north latitude; or
        (2) to violate any provision of the Convention or this chapter, 
    or of any regulation promulgated under this chapter.

(b) Civil and criminal penalties

    Any person who commits any act that is unlawful under subsection (a) 
of this section shall--
        (1) be liable to the United States for a civil penalty under 
    section 308 of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1858) to the same extent 
    as if such act were an act prohibited under section 307 of the Act 
    of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857); and
        (2) be guilty of an offense under section 309 of the Act of 1976 
    (16 U.S.C. 1859) to the same extent as if such act were an act 
    prohibited by section 307(1)(D), (E), (F), or (H) of the Act of 1976 
    (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(D), (E), (F), or (H)).

(c) Civil forfeiture of vessel

    Any vessel used, and any fish (or the fair market value thereof) 
taken or retained in any manner, in connection with or as the result of 
the commission of an act which is unlawful under subsection (a) of this 
section shall be subject to civil forfeiture under section 310 of the 
Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1860) to the same extent as if such vessel was 
used in, or such fish was taken or retained in connection with or as the 
result of, the commission of an act prohibited by section 307 of the Act 
of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1857).

(Pub. L. 97-389, title III, Sec. 307, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1953; Pub. 
L. 98-44, title I, Sec. 102(2), July 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 216.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-44 inserted provision that any fish, 
or the fair market value thereof, taken or retained in connection with 
or as the result of the commission of an act unlawful under subsection 
(a) of this section shall be subject to civil forfeitures under section 
1860 of this title to the same extent as if such fish was taken or 
retained in connection with or as the result of the commission of an act 
prohibited by section 1857 of this title.
