---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1152"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1152"
heading: "Prohibitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1152"
units:
  - "Chapter 24 — Conservation and Protection of North Pacific Fur Seals"
  - "Subchapter I — Fur Seal Management"
---

# §1152. Prohibitions


It is unlawful, except as provided in this chapter or by regulation of the [Secretary](/usc/16/1151.md?p=l), for any [person](/usc/16/1151.md?p=i) or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to engage in the [taking](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18) of [fur seals](/usc/16/1151.md?p=d) in the [North Pacific Ocean](/usc/16/1151.md?p=g) or on lands or waters under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to use any port or harbor or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States for any purpose connected in any way with such [taking](/usc/16/3102.md?p=18), or for any [person](/usc/16/1151.md?p=i) to transport, [import](/usc/16/1151.md?p=e), offer for sale, or possess at any port or place or on any vessel, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, [fur seals](/usc/16/1151.md?p=d) or the parts thereof, including, but not limited to, raw, dressed, or dyed [fur seal](/usc/16/1151.md?p=d) skins, taken contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the [Convention](/usc/16/1151.md?p=b), or for any [person](/usc/16/1151.md?p=i) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to refuse to permit, except within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States, a duly authorized official of Canada, Japan, or Russia to board and search any vessel which is outfitted for the harvesting of living marine resources and which is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to determine whether such vessel is engaged in [sealing](/usc/16/1151.md?p=k) contrary to the provisions of said [Convention](/usc/16/1151.md?p=b).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–702, title I, § 102, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091; Pub. L. 98–129, § 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 836; Pub. L. 103–199, title VI, § 602(2), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2327.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–199 substituted “Russia” for “the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”.

1983—Pub. L. 98–129 amended section generally, substituting provisions enumerating the activities prohibited under this chapter, which were previously contained in section 1151 of this title, for provisions authorizing sealing by Aleuts, Eskimos, and Indians. See section 1153 of this title.