16 U.S.C. § 1081
Section 1081 · 1081 to 1086. Repealed. Pub. L. 94265, title IV, 402(b), Apr. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 360
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Douglas v. Seacoast Products, Inc. (1977)
Most recently applied in Stepniewski v. Gagnon (April 1984)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 1081, Pub. L. 88–308, § 1, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 194; Pub. L. 90–427, July 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 445; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, dealt with prohibition against foreign fishing within the territorial waters of the United States and conditions under which exceptions to prohibition will be recognized. See sections 1821 to 1825 of this title. Section 1082, Pub. L. 88–308, § 2, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 195; Pub. L. 91–514, § 1, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1296, covered violations and penalties, seizure, forfeiture, and condemnation of property belonging to anyone violating the provisions relating to the territorial waters of the United States. See sections 1857 to 1860 of this title. Section 1083, Pub. L. 88–308, § 3, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 195; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402, Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 91–514, § 2, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1297, related to enforcement responsibilities and joint responsibility of the Secretaries of Commerce, Treasury, and the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. See section 1861 of this title. Section 1084, Pub. L. 88–308, § 4, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 196; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, covered authority of Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury to jointly or severally issue regulations under this chapter. Section 1085, Pub. L. 88–308, § 5, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 93–242, § 15, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1068, covered definitions of Continental Shelf fishery resource, fisheries, Continental Shelf, and authorized Secretary of Commerce to enlarge list of covered organisms. See section 1802 of this title. Section 1086, Pub. L. 88–308, § 6, as added Pub. L. 91–514, § 3, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1297, authorized Secretary of the Treasury to pay up to $5,000 to an informer for original information concerning violations under this chapter.