In addition to the prohibitions specified in Sec. 600.725 of this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
(a) Falsify or fail to make and/or file all reports of western Pacific pelagic MUS landings, containing all data and in the exact manner, as required by applicable state law or regulation, as specified in Sec. 665.14(a), provided that the person is required to do so by applicable state law or regulation.
(b) Use a vessel without a valid permit issued under the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using longline gear, on the high seas, in violation of Sec. Sec. 665.801(a), and 300.15 of this title.
(c) Use a vessel in the EEZ around the Hawaiian Archipelago without a valid Hawaii longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using longline gear, in violation of Sec. 665.801(b)(1).
(d) Use a vessel shoreward of the outer boundary of the EEZ around the Hawaiian Archipelago without a valid Hawaii longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to land or transship western Pacific pelagic MUS that were harvested with longline gear, in violation of Sec. 665.801(b)(2).
(e) Use a vessel in the EEZ around American Samoa without a valid American Samoa longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using longline gear, in violation of Sec. 665.801(c)(1).
(f) Use a vessel shoreward of the outer boundary of the EEZ around American Samoa without a valid American Samoa longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to land western Pacific pelagic MUS that were caught with longline gear within the EEZ around American Samoa, in violation of Sec. 665.801(c)(2).
(g) Use a vessel within the EEZ around American Samoa without a valid American Samoa longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to transship western Pacific pelagic MUS that were caught with longline gear, in violation of Sec. 665.801(c)(3).
(h) Use a vessel in the EEZ around Guam, CNMI, or PRIA (with the exception of Midway Atoll) without either a valid Western Pacific general longline permit, American Samoa longline limited access permit or a Hawaii longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using longline gear, in violation of Sec. 665.801(d)(1).
(i) Use a vessel shoreward of the outer boundary of the EEZ around Guam, CNMI, or PRIA (with the exception of Midway Atoll) without either a valid Western Pacific general longline permit, American Samoa longline limited access permit or a Hawaii longline limited access permit registered for use with that vessel, to land or transship western Pacific pelagic MUS that were harvested using longline gear, in violation of Sec. 665.801(d)(2).
(j) Use a vessel shoreward of the outer boundary of the EEZ around American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, Hawaii, or PRIA, to land or transship western Pacific pelagic MUS caught by other vessels using longline gear, without a valid receiving vessel permit registered for use with that vessel, in violation of Sec. 665.801(e).
(k) Use a vessel in the EEZ around the PRIA employing handline or trolling methods to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS without a valid PRIA pelagic troll and handline fishing permit registered for use for that vessel, in violation of Sec. 665.801(f).
(l) Fish in the fishery after failing to comply with the notification requirements in Sec. 665.803.
(m) Fail to comply with notification requirements set forth in Sec. 665.803 or in any EFP issued under Sec. 665.17.
(n) Fail to comply with a term or condition governing longline gear configuration in Sec. 665.813(k) if using a vessel longer than 40 ft (12.2 m) registered for use with any valid longline permit issued pursuant to Sec. 665.801 to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using longline gear south of the Equator (0[deg] lat.).
(o) Use a fishing vessel to retain on board, transship, or land pelagic MUS captured by longline gear in the WCPFC Convention Area, as defined in Sec. 300.211 of this title, in violation of any restriction announced in accordance with Sec. 665.819(d)(2).
(p)-(u) [Reserved]
(v) Use longline gear to fish within a longline fishing prohibited area in violation of Sec. 665.806, except as allowed pursuant to an exemption issued under Sec. Sec. 665.17 or 665.807.
(w) Fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS with longline gear within the protected species zone, in violation of Sec. 665.806(b).
(x) Fail to comply with a term or condition governing the observer program established in Sec. 665.808, if using a vessel registered for use with a Hawaii longline limited access permit, or a vessel registered for use with a size Class B, C or D American Samoa longline limited access permit, to fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using longline gear.
(y) Fail to comply with other terms and conditions that the Regional Administrator imposes by written notice to either the permit holder or the designated agent of the permit holder to facilitate the details of observer placement.
(z) Fail to fish in accordance with the seabird take mitigation techniques set forth at Sec. Sec. 665.815(a)(1) or 665.815(a)(2) when operating a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit.
(aa)-(bb) [Reserved]
(cc) Own or operate a vessel registered for use under any longline permit issued under Sec. 665.801 while engaged in longline fishing for western Pacific pelagic MUS and fail to be certified for completion of a NMFS protected species workshop, in violation of Sec. 665.814(a).
(dd) Own or operate a vessel registered for use under any longline permit issued under Sec. 665.801 while engaged in longline fishing for western Pacific pelagic MUS without having on board a valid protected species workshop certificate issued by NMFS or a legible copy thereof, in violation of Sec. 665.814(d).
(ee) Possess light sticks on board a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit at any time during a trip for which notification to NMFS under Sec. 665.803(a) indicated that deep-setting would be done, in violation of Sec. 665.813(d).
(ff) Fail to carry, or fail to use, a line clipper, dip net, or dehooker on a vessel registered for use under any longline permit issued under Sec. 665.801, in violation of Sec. 665.812.
(gg)-(hh) [Reserved]
(ii) When operating a vessel registered for use under any longline limited access permit issued under Sec. 665.801, fail to comply with the sea turtle handling, resuscitation, and release requirements, in violation of Sec. 665.812(b).
(jj) Engage in shallow-setting from a vessel registered for use under any longline permit issued under Sec. 665.801 north of the Equator (0[deg] lat.) with hooks other than circle hooks sized 18/0 or larger with an offset not to exceed 10 degrees, in violation of Sec. 665.813(f).
(kk) Engage in shallow-setting from a vessel registered for use under any longline permit issued under Sec. 665.801 north of the Equator (0[deg] lat.) with bait other than mackerel-type bait, in violation of Sec. 665.813(g).
(ll) [Reserved]
(mm) Fail to use a line setting machine or line shooter, with weighted branch lines, to set the main longline when operating a vessel that is registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit and equipped with monofilament main longline, when making deep sets north of 23[deg] N. lat., in violation of Sec. 665.815(a)(1) or (a)(2).
(nn) Fail to employ basket-style longline gear such that the mainline is deployed slack when operating a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access north of 23[deg] N. lat., in violation of Sec. 665.815(a)(2)(v).
(oo) Fail to maintain and use blue dye to prepare thawed bait when operating a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit that is fishing north of 23[deg] N. lat., in violation of Sec. 665.815(a)(2)(vi) through (viii).
(pp) Fail to retain, handle, and discharge fish, fish parts, and spent bait, strategically when operating a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit that is fishing north of 23[deg] N. lat., in violation of Sec. 665.815(a)(2)(i) through (iv).
(qq) Fail to be begin the deployment of longline gear at least 1 hour after local sunset or fail to complete the setting process before local sunrise from a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit while shallow-setting north of 23[deg] N. lat., in violation of Sec. 665.815(a)(4).
(rr) Fail to handle short-tailed albatrosses that are caught by pelagic longline gear in a manner that maximizes the probability of their long-term survival, in violation of Sec. 665.815(b).
(ss) Engage in shallow-setting from a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline limited access permit after the shallow-set longline fishery has been closed pursuant to Sec. 665.813(b), in violation of Sec. 665.813(i).
(tt) Fail to immediately retrieve longline fishing gear upon receipt of actual notice that the shallow-set longline fishery has been closed pursuant to Sec. 665.813(b), in violation of Sec. 665.813(i).
(uu)-(vv) [Reserved]
(ww) Fail to handle seabirds other than short-tailed albatrosses that are caught by pelagic longline gear in a manner that maximizes the probability of their long-term survival, in violation of Sec. 665.815(c).
(xx) Use a large vessel to fish for western Pacific Pelagic MUS within an American Samoa large vessel prohibited area in violation of Sec. 665.806, except as allowed pursuant to an exemption issued under Sec. Sec. 665.17 or 665.818.
(yy) Fish for western Pacific pelagic MUS using gear prohibited under Sec. 665.810 or not permitted by an EFP issued under Sec. 665.17.
(zz) Use a vessel that is greater than 50 ft (15.4 m) LOA to squid jig fish in EEZ waters around American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, Hawaii, or PRIA, without a Western Pacific squid jig fishing permit registered for use with that vessel, in violation of Sec. 665.801(g). [75 FR 2205, Jan. 14, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 37288, June 27, 2011; 76 FR 52889, Aug. 24, 2011; 77 FR 60649, Oct. 4, 2012; 79 FR 64111, Oct. 28, 2014]