---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 905.4"
title: "15"
number: "905.4"
heading: "Use of information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/905.4"
---

# §905.4. Use of information.

- (a) Except as provided for in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, information collected by a voluntary fishery data collector may not be introduced by the Secretary as evidence against any consenting owner that is a party to an enforcement proceeding.
- (b) **Provided that all applicable evidentiary requirements are satisfied—**
  - (1) Information collected by a voluntary fishery data collector may be introduced in an enforcement proceeding by any party except the Secretary;
  - (2) If information is introduced pursuant to [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section, all information collected by a voluntary fishery data collector may be introduced by any other party, including the Secretary.
- (c) Independent evidence derived from information collected by a voluntary fishery data collector may be introduced by any party, including the Secretary, in an enforcement proceeding.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1853(f).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 39251, Aug. 2, 1995, unless otherwise noted.