16 U.S.C. § 5102 : US Code - Section 5102: Definitions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 5102 : US Code - Section 5102: Definitions

In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) The term "coastal fishery management plan" means a plan for
managing a coastal fishery resource, or an amendment to such
plan, prepared and adopted by the Commission, that -
(A) contains information regarding the status of the resource
and related fisheries; and
(B) specifies conservation and management actions to be taken
by the States.
(2) The term "coastal fishery resource" means any fishery, any
species of fish, or any stock of fish that moves among, or is
broadly distributed across, waters under the jurisdiction of two
or more States or waters under the jurisdiction of one or more
States and the exclusive economic zone.
(3) The term "Commission" means the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission established under the interstate compact
consented to and approved by the Congress in Public Laws 77-539
and 81-721.
(4) The term "conservation" means the restoring, rebuilding,
and maintaining of any coastal fishery resource and the marine
environment, in order to assure the availability of coastal
fishery resources on a long-term basis.
(5) The term "Councils" means Regional Fishery Management
Councils established under section 1852 of this title.
(6) The term "exclusive economic zone" means the exclusive
economic zone of the United States established by Proclamation
Number 5030, dated March 10, 1983. For the purposes of this
chapter, the inner boundary of that zone is a line coterminous
with the seaward boundary of each of the coastal States, and the
outer boundary of that zone is a line drawn in such a manner that
each point on it is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from
which the territorial sea is measured.
(7) The term "fish" means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and
all other forms of marine animal life other than marine mammals
and birds.
(8) The term "fishery" means -
(A) one or more stocks of fish that can be treated as a unit
for purposes of conservation and management and that are
identified on the basis of geographical, scientific, technical,
commercial, recreational, or economic characteristics; or
(B) any fishing for such stocks.
(9) The term "fishing" means -
(A) the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish;
(B) the attempted catching, taking, or harvesting of fish;
(C) any other activity that can be reasonably expected to
result in the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish; or
(D) any operations at sea in support of, or in preparation
for, any activity described in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
Such term does not include any scientific research activity or
the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish in an aquaculture
operation.
(10) The term "implement and enforce" means to enact and
implement laws or regulations as required to conform with the
provisions of a coastal fishery management plan and to assure
compliance with such laws or regulations by persons participating
in a fishery that is subject to such plan.
(11) The term "person" means any individual (whether or not a
citizen or national of the United States), any corporation,
partnership, association, or other entity (whether or not
organized or existing under the laws of any State), and any
Federal, State, local, or foreign government or any entity of any
such government.
(12) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce.
(13) The term "State" means Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, the District of Columbia, or the
Potomac River Fisheries Commission.