{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s773","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f773.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f773.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this subchapter the term:\n(a) \u201cConvention\u201d means the Convention between the United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Ottawa, Canada on\nMarch 2, 1953\nMarch 29, 1979\n(b) \u201cCommission\u201d means the International Pacific Halibut Commission provided for by article III of the Convention.\n(c) \u201cFishery conservation zone\u201d means the fishery conservation zone of the United States established by section 1811\n1\n1 See References in Text note below.\n(d) \u201cConvention waters\u201d means the maritime areas off the west coast of the United States and Canada described in article I of the Convention.\n(e) \u201cHalibut\u201d means fish of the species Hippoglossus stenolepis inhabiting Convention waters.\n(f) \u201cFishing vessel\u201d means\u2014\n(1) any vessel engaged in catching fish in Convention waters or in processing or transporting fish loaded in Convention waters;\n(2) any vessel outfitted to engage in any activity described in paragraph (1); or\n(3) any vessel in normal support of any vessel described in paragraph (1) or (2).\n(g) \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Commerce.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s773.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f773."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this subchapter the term:"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cConvention\u201d means the Convention between the United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Ottawa, Canada on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"March 2, 1953","tail":", as amended by the Protocol Amending the Convention, signed at Washington "},{"t":"text","text":"March 29, 1979","tail":", and includes the regulations promulgated thereunder."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cCommission\u201d means the International Pacific Halibut Commission provided for by article III of the Convention.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cFishery conservation zone\u201d means the fishery conservation zone of the United States established by section 1811\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below.","tail":" of this title."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cConvention waters\u201d means the maritime areas off the west coast of the United States and Canada described in article I of the Convention.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cHalibut\u201d means fish of the species Hippoglossus stenolepis inhabiting Convention waters.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cFishing vessel\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/f/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" any vessel engaged in catching fish in Convention waters or in processing or transporting fish loaded in Convention waters;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/f/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" any vessel outfitted to engage in any activity described in paragraph (1); or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/f/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" any vessel in normal support of any vessel described in paragraph (1) or (2).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s773/g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(g)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Commerce.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}