User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../712 - The Implication/@comment-1595565-20130626193244/@comment-1595565-20130701060559

As we saw with Crocodile, Smoker and Tashigi within their authority as Marines stripped him of his Shichibukai status and reinstated his bounty. As we saw when we got to Impel Down, his bounty hadn't changed. So yeah, frozen.