16 U.S.C. § 1156 : US Code - Section 1156: Enforcement provisions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 1156 : US Code - Section 1156: Enforcement provisions

(a) Search of vessels; certificate of identification; exhibition to
master
Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter
who has reasonable cause to believe that any vessel outfitted for
the harvesting of living marine resources and subject to the
jurisdiction of any of the parties to the Convention is violating
the provisions of article III of the Convention may, except within
the areas in which another State exercises fisheries jurisdiction,
board and search such vessel. Such person shall carry a special
certificate of identification issued by the Secretary or Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating which shall
be in English, Japanese, and Russian and which shall be exhibited
to the master of the vessel upon request.
(b) Seizure; arrest; notice; delivery of vessel or person to
authorized officials; custody
If, after boarding and searching such vessel, such person
continues to have reasonable cause to believe that such vessel, or
any person onboard, is violating said article, he may seize such
vessel or arrest such person, or both. The Secretary of State
shall, as soon as practicable, notify the party having jurisdiction
over the vessel or person of such seizure or arrest.
The Secretary or the Secretary of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating, upon request of the Secretary of State,
shall deliver the seized vessel or arrested person, or both, as
promptly as practicable to the authorized officials of said party:
Provided, That whenever said party cannot immediately accept such
delivery, the Secretary or the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating may, upon the request of the Secretary
of State, keep the vessel or person in custody within the United
States.
(c) Testimony of enforcement agents
At the request of said party, the Secretary or the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall direct
the person authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter to
attend the trial as a witness in any case arising under said
article or give testimony by deposition, and shall produce such
records and files or copies thereof as may be necessary to
establish the offense.