16 U.S.C. § 3302 : US Code - Section 3302: Definitions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 3302 : US Code - Section 3302: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) The term "appropriate tribal coordinating body" means the
Columbia River tribal coordinating body or the Washington tribal
coordinating body, as the context requires.
(2) The term "charter vessel" means any vessel licensed by the
State to carry passengers for hire for the purpose of
recreational salmon fishing.
(3) The term "charter fishing" means fishing undertaken aboard
charter vessels.
(4) The term "Columbia River conservation area" means -
(A) all habitat within the Columbia River drainage basin; and
(B) those areas in -
(i) the fishery conservation zone over which the Pacific
Fishery Management Council has jurisdiction, and
(ii) the territorial seas of Oregon and Washington,
in which one or more stocks that originate in the habitat
describe (!1) in subparagraph (A) migrate.
(5) The term "Columbia River tribal coordinating body" means
the organization duly authorized by those treaty tribes of the
Columbia River drainage basin to coordinate activities for them
for purposes of this chapter.
(6) The term "commercial fishing" means fishing for the purpose
of sale or barter.
(7) The term "commercial fishing vessel" or "fishing vessel"
means any vessel, boat, ship, or other craft which is licensed
for, and used for, equipped to be used for, or of a type which is
normally used for, commercial salmon fishing.
(8) The term "enhancement" means projects undertaken to
increase the production of naturally spawning or artificially
propagated stocks of salmon or steelhead, or to protect,
conserve, or improve the habitat of such stocks.
(9) The term "habitat" means those portions of the land or
water, including the constituent elements thereof, (A) which
salmon or steelhead occupy at any time during their life cycle,
or (B) which affect the salmon or steelhead resources.
(10) The term "recreational fishing" means fishing for personal
use and enjoyment using conventional angling gear, and not for
sale or barter.
(11) The term "salmon" means any anadromous species of the
family Salmonidae and Genus Oncorhynchus, commonly known as
Pacific salmon.
(12) The term "salmon or steelhead resource" means any stock of
salmon or steelhead.
(13) The term "steelhead" means the anadromous rainbow trout
species Salmo gairdneri, commonly known as steelhead.
(14) The term "stock" means a species, subspecies, race,
geographical grouping, run, or other category of salmon or
steelhead.
(15) The term "treaty" means any treaty between the United
States and any treaty tribe that relates to the reserved right of
such tribe to harvest salmon and steelhead within the Washington
or Columbia River conservation areas.
(16) The term "treaty tribe" means any Indian tribe recognized
by the United States Government, with usual and accustomed
fishing grounds in the Washington or Columbia River conservation
areas, whose fishing right under a treaty has been recognized by
a Federal court.
(17) The term "Washington conservation area" means all salmon
and steelhead habitat within the State of Washington except for
the Columbia River drainage basin, and in the fishery
conservation zone adjacent to the State of Washington which is
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(18) The term "Washington tribal coordinating body" means the
organization duly authorized by the treaty tribes of the
Washington conservation area to coordinate their activities for
them for the purposes of this chapter.
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