§4102 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used for managing fisheries under this chapter. Federal fishery management plan means a plan made under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Fishery resource covers finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and other marine animals or plants, but not marine mammals or birds. Interjurisdictional fishery resource covers three types: resources fished in state waters and the exclusive economic zone established by Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983; resources covered by an interstate fishery management plan; and resources that migrate between waters of two or more States bordering the Great Lakes. Interstate fishery management plan is a plan made and adopted by an interstate commission. Interstate commission is a body set up by an interstate compact. Interstate compact is an agreement between two or more States to conserve and manage shared fishery resources and must be consented to and approved by Congress. Project is a research program that supports management or an interstate cooperative fishery management agreement. Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce. State means any of the several States of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands. State agency means a state department, agency, commission, or official authorized under state law to regulate or enforce commercial fisheries.