§1826c — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines three key words used nearby. “Fish and fish products” means any water animals or plants and any products made from them that are exported from a country, whether or not they were caught or processed in that country. “Large-scale driftnet fishing” means using drifting gillnets that add up to 2.5 kilometers or more to catch fish by entangling them, but until January 1, 1994 it does not include use in the northeast Atlantic of gillnets up to 5 kilometers if done under European Community rules from the October 28, 1991 decision. “Large-scale driftnet fishing vessel” means any boat used for, equipped for, or normally used for that kind of fishing, or any boat that helps those fishing boats at sea (for example, by supplying, storing, refrigerating, transporting, or processing).

Title 16, §1826c

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In sections 1826a to 1826c of this title, the following definitions apply:

(1)The term “fish and fish products” means any aquatic species (including marine mammals and plants) and all products thereof exported from a nation, whether or not taken by fishing vessels of that nation or packed, processed, or otherwise prepared for export in that nation or within the jurisdiction thereof.

(2)(A)Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “large-scale driftnet fishing” means a method of fishing in which a gillnet composed of a panel or panels of webbing, or a series of such gillnets, with a total length of two and one-half kilometers or more is placed in the water and allowed to drift with the currents and winds for the purpose of entangling fish in the webbing.

(B)Until January 1, 1994, the term “large-scale driftnet fishing” does not include the use in the northeast Atlantic Ocean of gillnets with a total length not to exceed five kilometers if the use is in accordance with regulations adopted by the European Community pursuant to the October 28, 1991, decision by the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the Community.

(3)The term “large-scale driftnet fishing vessel” means any vessel which is—

(A)used for, equipped to be used for, or of a type which is normally used for large-scale driftnet fishing; or

(B)used for aiding or assisting one or more vessels at sea in the performance of large-scale driftnet fishing, including preparation, supply, storage, refrigeration, transportation, or processing.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Sections 1826a to 1826c of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 102–582, Nov. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 4901, which enacted sections 1826a to 1826c of this title and amended section 1371 of this title. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries

Enforcement

Act, and not as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which comprises this chapter.

§1826c Definitions