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§108 Fisheries

Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle I— General › Chapter 1— DEFINITIONS › § 108

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines "fisheries" as handling or harvesting fish and other marine life in U.S. waters or EEZ, excluding foreign commerce.

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Title 46, §108

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In this title, the term “fisheries” includes processing, storing, transporting (except in foreign commerce), planting, cultivating, catching, taking, or harvesting fish, shellfish, marine animals, pearls, shells, or marine vegetation in the navigable waters of the United States or in the exclusive economic zone.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10846:12101(a)(1).

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46 U.S.C. § 108

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60