[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR905.4]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 905_USE IN ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS OF INFORMATION COLLECTED BY VOLUNTARY 
FISHERY DATA COLLECTORS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 905.4  Use of information.

    (a) Except as provided for in paragraph (b) of this section, 
information collected by a voluntary fishery data collector may not be 
introduced by the Secretary as evidence against any consenting owner 
that is a party to an enforcement proceeding.
    (b) Provided that all applicable evidentiary requirements are 
satisfied:
    (1) Information collected by a voluntary fishery data collector may 
be introduced in an enforcement proceeding by any party except the 
Secretary;
    (2) If information is introduced pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section, all information collected by a voluntary fishery data 
collector may be introduced by any other party, including the Secretary.
    (c) Independent evidence derived from information collected by a 
voluntary fishery data collector may be introduced by any party, 
including the Secretary, in an enforcement proceeding.