Chapter 25, Section 1978, Subsection (h) · 22 U.S.C. Chapter 25 — PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES

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(h)As used in this section—

(1)The term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.

(2)The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and every other territory and possession of the United States.

(3)The term “international fishery conservation program” means any ban, restriction, regulation, or other measure in effect pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement which is in force with respect to the United States, the purpose of which is to conserve or protect the living resources of the sea, including marine mammals.

(4)The term “international program for endangered or threatened species” means any ban, restriction, regulation, or other measure in effect pursuant to a multilateral agreement which is in force with respect to the United States, the purpose of which is to protect endangered or threatened species of animals.

(5)The term “taking”, as used with respect to animals to which an international program for endangered or threatened species applies, means to—

(A)harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect; or

(B)attempt to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect.

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