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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 45— UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS · § 4507

§ 4507. Penalties

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(a)The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel to which this chapter applies which is operated in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter may each be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $5,000. Any vessel with respect to which a penalty is assessed under this subsection is liable in rem for the penalty.
(b)A person willfully violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 100–424, § 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1588.)
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