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§ 5606. Prohibited acts and enforcement
(a) Prohibition
It is unlawful for any person or vessel that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—
(1) to violate any regulation issued under this chapter or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention;
(2) to refuse to permit any authorized enforcement officer to board a fishing vessel that is subject to the person’s control for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter, any regulation issued under this chapter, or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention;
(3) forcibly to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any authorized enforcement 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 fishery resources taken or retained in violation of this section; or
(6) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that the other person has committed an act prohibited by this section.
(b) Additional prohibitions and enforcement
(Pub. L. 104–43, title II, § 207, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 105–384, title II, § 201(b)(1), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3451; Pub. L. 114–81, title I, § 111, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 659; Pub. L. 114–327, title V, § 506, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1996.)