Federal · Title 16 — Conservation

16 U.S.C. § 960: Commissions’ functions not restrained by this chapter or State laws

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None of the prohibitions contained in this chapter or in the laws and regulations of the States shall prevent the commissions from conducting or authorizing the conduct of fishing operations and biological experiments at any time for the purpose of scientific investigations as authorized by the conventions, or shall prevent the commissions from discharging any of its or their functions or duties prescribed by the conventions.

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