16 U.S.C. § 3637
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- (a)It is unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—
- (1)to violate any provision of this chapter, or of any regulation adopted hereunder, or of any Fraser River Panel regulation approved by the United States under the Treaty;
- (2)to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter to board a fishing vessel subject to such person’s control for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter;
- (3)to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any such authorized officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection described in paragraph (2);
- (4)to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this section;
- (5)to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fish taken or retained in violation of this chapter;
- (6)to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that such other person has committed any act prohibited by this section.
- (b)For additional prohibitions relating to this chapter and enforcement of this chapter, see section 1826g of this title.