- appropriate tribal coordinating body
means the Columbia River tribal coordinating body or the Washington tribal coordinating body, as the context requires.
- charter fishing
means fishing undertaken aboard charter vessels.
- charter vessel
means any vessel licensed by the State to carry passengers for hire for the purpose of recreational salmon fishing.
- Columbia River conservation area
means—
- 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.
- commercial fishing
means fishing for the purpose of sale or barter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- qualified individual
means an individual who is knowledgeable with regard to the management, conservation, or harvesting of the salmon and steelhead resources of the conservation areas.
- recreational fishing
means fishing for personal use and enjoyment using conventional angling gear, and not for sale or barter.
- salmon
means any anadromous species of the family Salmonidae and Genus Oncorhynchus, commonly known as Pacific salmon.
- salmon or steelhead resource
means any stock of salmon or steelhead.
- steelhead
means the anadromous rainbow trout species Salmo gairdneri, commonly known as steelhead.
- stock
means a species, subspecies, race, geographical grouping, run, or other category of salmon or steelhead.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.