Sec. 7. Prohibited acts
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It is unlawful for any person— to violate any provision of this Act or any regulation or permit issued pursuant to this Act; to use any fishing vessel to engage in fishing after the revocation, or during the period of suspension, on an applicable permit issued under this Act; to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this Act to board a fishing vessel subject to such person’s control for the purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this Act or the South Pacific Fisheries Convention; to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any such authorized officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this Act or the South Pacific Fisheries Convention; to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this Act; to knowingly and willfully ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fishery resource taken or retained in violation of this Act or any regulation, permit, or agreement referred to in paragraph
(1)or (2); 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; to knowingly and willfully submit to the Secretary false information (including false information regarding the capacity and extent to which a United States fish processor, on an annual basis, will process a portion of the optimum yield of a fishery that will be harvested by fishing vessels of the United States), regarding any matter that the Secretary is considering in the course of carrying out this Act; to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any observer on a vessel under this Act, or any data collector employed by or under contract to any person to carry out responsibilities under this Act; to engage in fishing in violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Act; to knowingly and willfully ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in custody, possession, or control any fishery resource taken or retained in violation of such regulations; to fail to make, keep, or furnish any catch returns, statistical records, or other reports required to be made, kept, or furnished under this Act; to fail to stop a vessel upon being hailed and instructed to stop by a duly authorized official of the United States; or to import, in violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Act, any fishery resource in any form of those species subject to regulation pursuant to a recommendation, resolution, or decision of the Commission, or any fishery resource in any form not under regulation but under investigation by the Commission, during the period the fishery resource has been denied entry in accordance with the provisions of this Act. In the case of any fishery resource described in subsection
(a)offered for entry into the United States, the Secretary shall require proof satisfactory to the Secretary that the fishery resource is not ineligible for such entry under the terms of this Act.