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§ 5609. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) 1982 Convention
(2) Authorized enforcement officer
(3) Commission
(4) Commissioner
(5) Convention
(6) Convention Area
(7) Council
(8) Fishery resources
(A) In general
(B) Exclusions
The term “fishery resources” does not include—
(i) sedentary species over which coastal States may exercise sovereign rights consistent with Article 77 of the 1982 Convention; or
(ii) insofar as they are managed under other international treaties, anadromous and catadromous stocks and highly migratory species listed in Annex I of the 1982 Convention.
(9) Fishing activities
(A) In general
(B) Inclusions
The term “fishing activities” includes—
(i) the actual or attempted searching for or catching or taking of fishery resources;
(ii) any activity that can reasonably be expected to result in locating, catching, taking, or harvesting of fishery resources for any purpose; and
(iii) any operation at sea in support of, or in preparation for, any activity described in this paragraph.
(C) Exclusions
(10) Fishing vessel
(A) In general
(B) Inclusions
(11) Organization
(12) Person
(13) Representative
(14) Scientific council
(15) Secretary
(16) State
(17) Transshipment
(Pub. L. 104–43, title II, § 210, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 105–384, title II, § 201(b)(3), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3451; Pub. L. 114–327, title V, § 508, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1996.)