16 U.S.C. § 972 : US Code - Section 972: Definitions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 972 : US Code - Section 972: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) The term "Agreement" means the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna
Fishing Agreement, signed in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 15,
1983.
(2) The term "Agreement Area" means the area within a perimeter
determined as follows: From the point on the mainland where the
parallel of 40 degrees north latitude intersects the coast
westward along the parallel of 40 degrees north latitude to 40
degrees north latitude by 125 degrees west longitude, thence
southerly along the meridian of 125 degrees west longitude to 20
degrees north latitude by 125 degrees west longitude, thence
easterly along the parallel of 20 degrees north latitude to 20
degrees north latitude by 120 degrees west longitude, thence
southerly along the meridian of 120 degrees west longitude to 5
degrees north latitude by 120 degrees west longitude, thence
easterly along the parallel of 5 degrees north latitude to 5
degrees north latitude by 110 degrees west longitude, thence
southerly along the meridian of 110 degrees west longitude to 10
degrees south latitude by 110 degrees west longitude, thence
easterly along the parallel of 10 degrees south latitude to 10
degrees south latitude by 90 degrees west longitude, thence
southerly along the meridian of 90 degrees west longitude to 30
degrees south latitude by 90 degrees west longitude, thence
easterly along the parallel of 30 degrees south latitude to the
point on the mainland where the parallel intersects the coast;
but the Agreement Area does not include the zones within twelve
nautical miles of the baseline from which the breadth of
territorial sea is measured and the zones within two hundred
nautical miles of the baselines of Coastal States not signatories
to the Agreement, measured from the same baseline.
(3) The term "designated species of tuna" means yellowfin tuna,
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788); bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus
(Lowe, 1839); albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788);
northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758); southern
bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyil (Castelnau, 1872); skipjack tuna,
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus (!1) 1578); black skipjack,
Euthynnus Lineatus (Kishinouye (!1) 1920); kawakawa, Euthynnus
affinis (Cantor, 1849); bullet tuna, Auxis rochei (Risso,
1810),(!2) frigate tuna, Ausix (!3) thazard (Lacepede, 1800);
eastern Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier in Cuvier and
Valenciennes, 1831); and Indo-Pacific bonito, Sarda orientalis
(Temminck and Schlegel, 1844).
(4) The term "Council" means the body consisting of the
representatives from each Contracting Party to the Agreement
which is a Coastal State of the eastern Pacific Ocean or a member
of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission at the time of
entry into force of the Agreement.