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46 U.S.C. § 55115 — Supplies on fish processing vessels

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46 U.S.C. § 55115 — Supplies on fish processing vessels

[Section 55102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55102&num=0&edition=prelim) does not apply to supplies aboard a United States documented fish processing vessel that are necessary and used for processing or assembling fishery products aboard such a vessel.

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46 U.S.C. § 55102 — Transportation of merchandise

**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “merchandise” includes— (1) merchandise owned by the United States Government, a State, or a subdivision of a State; and (2) valueless material. **(b) Requirements.—** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or chapter 121 of this title, a vessel may not provide any part of the transportation of merchandise by water, or by land and water, between points in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port, unless the vessel— (1) is wholly owned by citizens of the United States for purposes of engaging in the coastwise trade; and (2) has been issued a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 or is exempt from documentation but would otherwise be eligible for such a certificate and endorsement. **(c) Penalty.—** Merchandise transported in violation of subsection (b) is liable to seizure by and forfeiture to the Government. Alternatively, an amount equal to the value of the merchandise (as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security) or the actual cost of the transportation, whichever is greater, may be recovered from any person transporting the merchandise or causing the merchandise to be transported.

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46 U.S.C. § 55115 — Supplies on fish processing vessels

Page 482 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 55114 same privileges accorded to vessels of the for- eign country under this section. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1638.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 55113 .......... 46:12101 note. Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1117, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3973. § 55114. Unloading fish from foreign vessels (a) PROHIBITIONS.—Except as otherwise pro- vided by this section or a treaty or convention to which the United States is a party, a foreign vessel may not unload, in a port of the United States— (1) its catch of fish taken on board on the high seas or fish products processed from that catch of fish; or (2) fish or fish products taken on board that vessel on the high seas from a vessel engaged in fishing operations or the processing of fish or fish products. (b) REGULATIONS ON OBTAINING INFORMATION.— The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe regu- lations the Secretary considers necessary to ob- tain information on the transportation of fish products by vessels of the United States for for- eign fish processing vessels to points in the United States. (c) VIRGIN ISLANDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—A foreign vessel of not more than 50 feet overall in length may unload its catch of fresh fish (whole or with the heads, viscera, or fins removed, but not frozen, other- wise processed, or further advanced) in a port of the Virgin Islands for immediate consump- tion in those islands. Fish unloaded under this paragraph may be sold or transferred only for immediate consumption. In the absence of sat- isfactory evidence that a sale or transfer to an agent, representative, or employee of a freezer or cannery is for immediate consumption, the sale or transfer is de

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