- authorized enforcement officer
means a person authorized to enforce this chapter, any regulation issued under this chapter, or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention.
- Commission
means the body provided for by Articles V, VI, XIII, XIV, and XV of the Convention.
- Commissioner
means a United States Commissioner to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization appointed under section 5601 of this title.
- Convention
means the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, done at Ottawa on October 24, 1978, and as amended on September 28, 2007.
- Convention Area
means the waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean north of 35°00′ N and west of a line extending due north from 35°00′ N and 42°00′ W to 59°00′ N, thence due west to 44°00′ W, and thence due north to the coast of Greenland, and the waters of the Gulf of St.
- Council
means the New England Fishery Management Council or the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
- fishery resources
means all fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, including any products thereof, within the Convention Area.
- fishing activities
includes—
- fishing vessel
includes a fish processing vessel or a vessel engaged in transshipment or any other activity in preparation for or related to fishing activities, or in experimental or exploratory fishing activities.
- Organization
means the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization provided for by Article V of the Convention.
- person
means any individual (whether or not a citizen or national of the United States), and any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (whether or not organized or existing under the laws of any State).
- Representative
means a United States Representative to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Council appointed under section 5601 of this title.
- Scientific Council
means the Scientific Council provided for by Articles V, VI, and VII of the Convention.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Commerce.
- State
means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
- transshipment
means the unloading of all or any of the fishery resources on board a fishing vessel to another fishing vessel either at sea or in port.