Section 106: Possessing, selling, offering for sale, trading or distributing of shark fins prohibited; exceptions; penalty for violation
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Section 106.
(a)Except as provided in this section, no person shall possess, sell, offer for sale, trade or distribute a shark fin.
(b)A person who holds a license or permit to take or land sharks may separate a shark fin from a lawfully landed shark during the ordinary course of preparing the body of the shark for consumption, sale, trade or distribution; provided, however, that a shark fin so separated from the shark shall be immediately destroyed unless used by the person for the purposes of taxidermy.
(c)The division may issue a permit for the possession of a shark fin to a person conducting noncommercial, scientific research.
(d)A shark fin seized by the division through the enforcement of this section shall be destroyed by the division.
(e)Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 60 days or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that each shark fin possessed, sold, offered for sale, traded or distributed in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. A violation of this section by a person holding a commercial or recreational license or permit pursuant to this chapter may result in the suspension or revocation of such license or permit.