§ 285.205 - Prohibitions.

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

(a) Import or attempt to import any bluefin tuna into the United States without an accompanying original form of an approved Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document correctly completed with the appropriate certification and government validation.

(b) Import any bluefin tuna into the United States from a country that requires all such tuna to be tagged, without said tag accompanying the bluefin tuna.

(c) Remove a tag from any bluefin tuna imported into the United States accompanied by a tag, prior to its being cut into portions for a destination in the United States or for export.

(d) Fail to write legibly and indelibly the tag number and the issuing country on the outside of any package containing a part or parts of a bluefin tuna that was imported into the United States accompanied by said tag.

(e) Export or re-export from the United States any bluefin tuna without an accompanying original approved Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document correctly completed with the appropriate certification and, if applicable, validated by a designated official of the United States government or an official of an institution authorized by the Regional Director pursuant to § 285.203(c) to validate such documents.

(f) Fail to provide in a timely manner any originals or copies of Bluefin Tuna Statistical Documents required to be submitted to the Regional Director pursuant to § 285.201.

(g) Write false information on or modify any information previously written on any Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document required by this subpart or to validate such document if not authorized to do so by the Regional Director.

(h) Fail to maintain copies of completed Bluefin Tuna Statistical Documents as required under § 285.201.

(i) Import any bluefin tuna in a manner inconsistent with any ports of entry designated by the Assistant Administrator pursuant to § 285.204.

(j) Reuse, or transfer to another dealer, any numbered Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document issued to a dealer under this subpart.

(k) Import any Atlantic bluefin tuna or Atlantic bluefin tuna products into the United States from Belize or Honduras after August 20, 1997 unless a validated Bluefin Statistical Document required under this subpart F, §§ 285.200 through 285.205, shows that a particular shipment of such bluefin tuna was exported prior to August 20, 1997.

(l) Import any Atlantic bluefin tuna or Atlantic bluefin tuna products into the United States from Panama after January 1, 1998, unless a validated Bluefin Statistical Document required under this subpart F, §§ 285.200 through 285.205, shows that a particular shipment of such bluefin tuna was exported prior to January 1, 1998.

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