16 U.S.C. § 960 : US Code - Section 960: Commissions' functions not restrained by this chapter or State laws

Search 16 U.S.C. § 960 : US Code - Section 960: Commissions' functions not restrained by this chapter or State laws

None of the prohibitions contained in this chapter or in the laws
and regulations of the States shall prevent the commissions from
conducting or authorizing the conduct of fishing operations and
biological experiments at any time for the purpose of scientific
investigations as authorized by the conventions, or shall prevent
the commissions from discharging any of its or their functions or
duties prescribed by the conventions.