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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. EXCEPTIONS

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## SEC. 8 EXCEPTIONS **[**[16 U.S.C. 3377](/us/usc/t16/s3377)**]** ###
(a)The provisions of paragraph
(1)of subsection 3(a) of this Act shall not apply to any activity regulated by a fishery management plan in effect under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)1. 1See footnote to section 4(e). ###
(b)The provisions of paragraphs (1), (2)(A), and (3)(A) of subsection 3(a) of this Act shall not apply to— ####
(1)any activity regulated by the Tuna Convention Act of 1950 (16 U.S.C. 951–961) or the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971–971(h)); or ####
(2)any activity involving the harvesting of highly migratory species (as defined in paragraph
(14)of section 3 of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 19761) taken on the high seas (as defined in paragraph
(13)of such section 3) if such species are taken in violation of the laws of a foreign nation and the United States does not recognize the jurisdiction of the foreign nation over such species. ###
(c)The provisions of paragraph
(2)of subsection 3(a) of this Act shall not apply to the interstate shipment or transshipment through Indian country as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code, or a State of any fish or wildlife or plant legally taken if the shipment is en route to a State in which the fish or wildlife or plant may be legally possessed.
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  • 16 USC 951–961
  • 16 USC 971–971(h)
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