50 CFR § 600.1016 - Enforcement.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s600.1016"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 600.1016 - Enforcement."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "600.1016"
section_name: "Enforcement."
chapter_name: "FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "600"
part_name: "MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "600"
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# 600.1016 Enforcement.
In accordance with applicable law or other authority, NMFS may take appropriate action against each fish seller and/or fish buyer responsible for non-payment, non-collection, non-deposit, and/or non-disbursement of the fee in accordance with this subpart to enforce the collection from such fish seller and/or fish buyer of any fee (including penalties and all costs of collection) due and owing the United States on account of the loan that such fish seller and/or fish buyer should have, but did not, pay, collect, deposit, and/or disburse in accordance with this subpart. All such loan recoveries shall be applied to reduce the unpaid balance of the loan.