---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 7406"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "7406"
heading: "Prohibited acts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/7406"
units:
  - "Chapter 93 — Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing"
---

# §7406. Prohibited acts


It is unlawful for any [person](/usc/16/7402.md?p=5) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—

- (1) to violate any provision of this chapter or the regulations issued under this chapter;
- (2) to refuse to permit any authorized officer to board, search, or inspect a [vessel](/usc/16/7402.md?p=8) that is subject to the [person](/usc/16/7402.md?p=5)’s control in connection with the enforcement of this chapter or the regulations issued under this chapter;
- (3) to submit false information pursuant to any requirement under this chapter or the regulations issued under this chapter; or
- (4) to commit any offense enumerated in paragraph [(4)](/usc/16/707.md), [(5)](/usc/16/707.md), [(7)](/usc/16/707.md), or [(9)](/usc/16/707.md) of section 707(a)[^1] of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act ([16 U.S.C. 6906(a)](/usc/16/6906.md?p=a)).

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 307, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 667.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 707(a) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, referred to in par. (4), probably means section 507(a) of title V of Pub. L. 109–479, which is classified to section 6906(a) of this title.