Permit to operate vessels for scientific purposes.
Section 19
SEC. 19. Permit to operate vessels for scientific purposes.—A permit may be granted by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources free of charge to any person, association or corporation of good repute, permitting the holder to operate a vessel of more than three tons gross for we catching of fish for scientific, educational or personal purposes, or for propagation. Such permits shall be in force for a period of one year only and shall be subject to such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources may deem wise to impose for the proper carrying out of the purposes of this Act. Upon proof that the holder of such permit has caught fish for other than scientific, educational or personal purposes or for propagation the permittee shall be subject to the same penalty as if he had no permit.