$299.7 Prohibited acts.

It shall be unlawful for any U.S. national or vessel, or the owner or operator of any such vessel:

(a) To fish for Russian fishery resources without a valid permit issued by the competent authorities of the Russian Federation;

(b) To violate the provisions, conditions, and restrictions of an applicable permit;

(c) To violate the relevant laws and regulations of Russia;

(d) To harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine mammal within the Russian EZ, or while fishing for Russian fishery resources, except as provided in § 299.6(c);

(e) To fail to comply immediately with enforcement and boarding procedures specified in § 299.6(d);

(f) To refuse to allow an authorized officer of the Russian Federation to board and inspect a vessel subject to this part for purposes of conducting any search, inspection, arrest, or seizure in connection with the enforcement of the relevant laws and regulations of the Russian Federation;

(g) To assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with, in any manner, any authorized officer of the Russian Federation in the conduct of any search, inspection, seizure, or arrest in connection with enforcement of the relevant laws and regulations of the Russian Federation;

(h) To fail to pay fines or penalties or comply with forfeitures imposed for a violation of the relevant laws and regulations of the Russian Federation;

(i) While fishing in the Russian EZ, or for Russian fishery resources, to refuse or fail to allow a Russian observer to board a vessel subject to this part;

(j) To fail to provide to a Russian observer on board a vessel fishing in the Russian EZ or for Russian fishery resources, the courtesies and accommodations provided to ship's officers;

(k) To assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, threaten, interfere with, harass, or fail to cooperate, in any manner, with a Russian observer placed aboard a vessel subject to this part;

(1) To fail to reimburse the Russian Federation for the costs incurred in the

utilization of Russian observers placed aboard such vessel;

(m) To refuse to allow an authorized officer of the United States to board and inspect a vessel subject to this part for purposes of conducting any search, inspection, arrest, or seizure in connection with the enforcement of the Magnuson Act or this part;

(n) To assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with, in any manner, any authorized officer of the United States in the conduct of any search, inspection, seizure, or arrest in connection with enforcement of the Magnuson Act or this part;

(0) To resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited under the Magnuson Act or this part;

(p) To interfere with, delay, or prevent by any means, the apprehension of another person, knowing that such person has committed any act prohibited by the Magnuson Act or this part;

(q) To possess, have custody or control of, ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, transship, import, export, or traffic in any manner, any fish or parts thereof taken or retained, landed, purchased, sold, traded, acquired, or possessed, in any manner, in violation of the relevant laws and regulations of the Russian Federation, the Magnuson Act, or this part;

(r) For a vessel subject to this part to enter the Russian EZ to fish unless a permit application has been submitted through NMFS to the competent authorities of the Russian Federation by the U.S. Department of State for such vessel as provided in this part;

(s) To refuse to allow an authorized officer to inspect any report or record required to be made or kept under the Magnuson Act, the Agreement, or any provision of this part;

(t) To refuse, or to fail, to submit fishing gear, fish, proceeds, fishing permit, fish-related records (such as reports, logs, tally sheets, fish tickets, and charts), or other property, subject to such person's control, to inspection, detention, or seizure by an authorized officer, or to interfere with or prevent by any means, such inspection;

(u) To make or use any false statement or representation, oral or written, to an authorized officer, or to conceal any material fact (including by

omission), concerning any matter subject to investigation by that officer under the Magnuson Act, the Agreement, or this part;

(v) To falsify or fail to make, keep, or submit, any report or record required to be made, kept, or submitted under the Magnuson Act, the Agreement or this part in the manner, and within the time, required by this part; (w) To fish for Russian fisheries or to possess fish taken in Russian fisheries on board a vessel subject to this part without a valid permit or other valid form of authorization issued by the competent authorities of the Russian Federation on board the vessel;

(x) To make a false statement in an application for a permit subject to this part;

(y) To falsify, or fail to report to NMFS, any change in the information

contained in a permit application subject to this part within 7 calendar days of such change;

(z) To attempt to do, cause to be done, or aid and abet in doing, any of the foregoing; or

(aa) To violate any other provision of this part.

§ 299.8 Penalties.

In addition to any fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed by the Russian Federation, nationals and vessels of the United States violating the prohibitions of §299.7 are subject to the fines, penalties, and forfeitures and the adjudicative procedures provided in the Magnuson Act, 16 U.S.C. 1858, 1860, 1861, and any other applicable laws and regulations of the United States.

Sec.

PART 301-PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERIES

Commercial fishing means fishing, the resulting catch of which either is, or is intended to be, sold or bartered.

Commission means the International Pacific Halibut Commission.

Daily bag limit means the maximum number of halibut a person may take in any calendar day from Convention waters.

Fishing means the taking, harvesting, or catching of fish, or any activity that can reasonably be expected to result in the taking, harvesting, or catching of fish, including specifically the deployment of any amount or component part of setline gear anywhere in the maritime area.

Fishing period limit means the maximum amount of halibut that may be retained and landed by a vessel during one fishing period.

Land, with respect to halibut, means the offloading of halibut from the catching vessel.

License means a halibut fishing license issued by the Commission pursuant to §301.3.

Maritime area, with respect to the fisheries jurisdiction of a Contracting Party, includes, without distinction, areas within and seaward of the territorial sea or internal waters of that Party.

Operator, with respect to any vessel, means the owner and/or the master or other individual aboard and in charge of that vessel.

Overall length of a vessel means the horizontal distance, rounded to the nearest foot, between the foremost part of the stem and the aftermost part of the stern (excluding bowsprits, rudders, outboard motor brackets, and similar fittings or attachments).

Person includes an individual, corporation, firm, or association.

Regulatory area means an area referred to in §301.6.

Setline gear means one or more stationary, buoyed, and anchored lines with hooks attached.

Sport fishing means all fishing other than commercial fishing and treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence fishing.