§5609 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter about managing fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic. It lists each term and gives a short plain meaning to be used throughout the chapter. 1982 Convention is the UN treaty called the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. Authorized enforcement officer is a person allowed to enforce this chapter, its rules, or any binding measure under the Convention. Commission is the body established by Articles V, VI, XIII, XIV, and XV of the Convention. Commissioner is a United States Commissioner to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization appointed under section 5601. Convention is the Ottawa agreement of 24 October 1978 on multilateral cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic, as amended on 28 September 2007. Convention Area is the waters described by the listed coordinates north of 35°00′ N and up to Greenland, plus the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay south of 78°10′ N. Council is the New England Fishery Management Council or the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Fishery resources are all fish, mollusks, and crustaceans and their products in the Convention Area, but not sedentary species under Article 77 or certain stocks and highly migratory species managed under other treaties and listed in Annex I of the 1982 Convention. Fishing activities are catching, processing, transshipping, or any action to find, catch, or support fishing, but not emergency operations for crew or vessel safety. Fishing vessel is any vessel that is or has been used for fishing, processing, transshipment, or related experimental or support work. Organization is the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization under Article V. Person is any individual or any company, partnership, or other entity, wherever organized. Representative is a U.S. Representative to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Council appointed under section 5601. Scientific Council is the body provided for by Articles V, VI, and VII of the Convention. Secretary is the Secretary of Commerce. State covers each U.S. State, the District of Columbia, and any U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession. Transshipment is unloading any fish from one fishing vessel to another at sea or in port.