33 U.S.C. § 1107 : US Code - Section 1107: Definitions

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1107 : US Code - Section 1107: Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term "marine science"
shall be deemed to apply to oceanographic and scientific endeavors
and disciplines, and engineering and technology in and with
relation to the marine environment; and the term "marine
environment" shall be deemed to include (a) the oceans, (b) the
Continental Shelf of the United States, (c) the Great Lakes, (d)
seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of
the United States to the depth of two hundred meters, or beyond
that limit, to where the depths of the superjacent waters admit of
the exploitation of the natural resources of such areas, (e) the
seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the
coasts of islands which comprise United States territory, and (f)
the resources thereof.