(a) The Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs shall have the authority and responsibility for the management, control and use of all islands and cays off the shores of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John, owned by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands.
(b) The Commissioner of Conservation and Cultural Affairs shall issue regulations, not inconsistent with law or other regulations authorized by law pertaining to the management, use or control of the offshore islands and cays owned by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, including but not limited to, the designation of game preserves and wildlife sanctuaries, and the designation of inviolate sanctuaries where human activities are prohibited. The provisions of this section shall also include other inland areas which are declared to be wildlife sanctuaries.
(c) For the protection of rare or interesting plant species and for other reasons in the public interest, the Commissioner of Conservation and Cultural Affairs may provide for the removal of goats and other animals from the islands and cays indicated in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Whoever knowingly or willfully—
(1) kills, wounds, captures, takes or destroys any wild bird or game of any description or the eggs, nest or offspring of any such wild bird, or has in his possession or offers for sale or purchase such wild bird or game or the eggs, nest, or offspring of such wild bird or game, or any part thereof, in violation of a regulation issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; or
(2) violates any other regulation issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section pertaining to the management, use and control of the offshore islands and cays owned by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands—
shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 60 days or both.