---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 2438"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "2438"
heading: "Criminal offenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/2438"
units:
  - "Chapter 44A — Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention"
---

# §2438. Criminal offenses

- (a) **Offenses—** A [person](/usc/16/2432.md?p=8) is guilty of an offense if that [person](/usc/16/2432.md?p=8) commits any act prohibited by paragraph (4), (5), (6), or (7) of [section 2435 of this title](/usc/16/2435.md).
- (b) **Punishment—** Any offense described in [subsection (a)](#a) is punishable by a fine of $50,000, or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.
- (c) **Offenses under other laws—** A conviction under [subsection (a)](#a) for any act shall not be deemed to preclude a conviction for such act under any other law.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–623, title III, § 309, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3403.)