§7701 Definitions

Summary

Defines the main words used in the chapter so people know what they mean. Commission means the North Pacific Fisheries Commission. Commissioner means a United States Commissioner appointed under section 7702(a). Convention Area means the area covered by the Convention under Article 4. Council means one of three regional fishery councils (North Pacific, Pacific, or Western Pacific), as required, established under section 1852. Exclusive economic zone means, for the United States, the zone set by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030 of March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 1453 note), and for other countries a similar zone under international law. Fisheries resources means fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and other marine species caught in the Convention Area and their products, but it excludes certain sedentary species subject to coastal-state rights (Article 77, paragraph 4 of the 1982 Convention) and indicator species listed under Article 13, paragraph 5 of the North Pacific Fisheries Convention, plus catadromous species, marine mammals, marine reptiles, seabirds, and species already covered by other international fishing agreements. Fishing activities means searching for or catching fish, doing things likely to result in catching them, processing at sea, transshipment, or sea operations that directly support those tasks, but not emergency operations for crew or vessel safety. Fishing vessel means any vessel used or intended for those activities, including processing vessels, support ships, or carrier vessels. High seas means areas outside any country’s exclusive economic zone. North Pacific Fisheries Convention means the Convention adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, including annexes, amendments, or protocols in force for the United States. Person means any individual, any corporation/partnership/association or other entity, or any federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign government or its entity. Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce unless the law says otherwise. State means each U.S. State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and other U.S. commonwealths, territories, or possessions. Straddling stock means a fish stock that moves between one or more parties’ exclusive economic zones and the Convention Area. Transshipment means unloading fisheries resources taken in the Convention Area from one fishing vessel to another at sea or in port. 1982 Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982.