{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s7312","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7312.","heading":"Scale of employment","text":"\u00a7\u202f7312.\nScale of employment\n(a) Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014unlimited under\nsection 7307 of this title\n(b) Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014limited under\nsection 7308 of this title\nsection 14502 of this title\nsection 14302 of this title\nsection 14104 of this title\n(c) Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014special under\n(1) all of the able seamen required on a vessel of not more than 500 gross tons as measured under\nsection 14502 of this title\nsection 14302 of this title\nsection 14104 of this title\n(2) not more than 50 percent of the number of able seamen required on board other vessels.\n(d) Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014offshore. supply vessel under\nsection 7310 of this title\nsection 14502 of this title\nsection 14302 of this title\nsection 7308 of this title\nsection 14502 of this title\nsection 14302 of this title\nsection 14104 of this title\n(e) When the service of able seamen\u2014limited or able seamen\u2014special is authorized for only a part of the required number of able seamen on board a vessel, the combined percentage of those individuals so qualified may not be greater than 50 percent of the required number.\n(f) Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014fishing industry under\n(1) all of the able seamen required on a fish processing vessel entered into service before\nJanuary 1, 1988\nsection 14502 of this title\nsection 14302 of this title\nsection 14104 of this title\n(2) all of the able seamen required on a fish processing vessel entered into service after\nDecember 31, 1987\nsection 14502 of this title\nsection 14302 of this title\nsection 14104 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s7312.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7312."},{"t":"heading","text":"Scale of employment"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014unlimited under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7307 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s7307","tail":" may constitute all of the able seamen required on a vessel."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014limited under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7308 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s7308","tail":" may constitute all of the able seamen required on a vessel of less than 1,600 gross tons as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14502","tail":", or an alternate tonnage measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14302 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14302","tail":" as prescribed by the Secretary under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14104 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14104","tail":" or on a vessel operating on the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River as far east as Sept Iles. Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014limited may constitute not more than 50 percent of the number of able seamen required on board other vessels."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014special under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7309 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s7309","tail":" may constitute\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" all of the able seamen required on a vessel of not more than 500 gross tons as measured under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 14502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14502","tail":", or an alternate tonnage measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14302 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14302","tail":" as prescribed by the Secretary under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14104 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14104","tail":" or on a seagoing barge or towing vessel; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" not more than 50 percent of the number of able seamen required on board other vessels.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014offshore. supply vessel under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7310 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s7310","tail":" may constitute all of the able seamen required on board a vessel of less than 500 gross tons as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14502","tail":" or 6,000 gross tons as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14302 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14302","tail":" engaged in support of exploration, exploitation, or production of offshore mineral or energy resources. Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014limited under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 7308 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s7308","tail":" may constitute all of the able seamen required on board a vessel of at least 500 gross tons as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14502","tail":" or 6,000 gross tons as measured under section as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14302 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14302","tail":" as prescribed by the Secretary under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14104 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14104","tail":" engaged in support of exploration, exploitation, or production of offshore mineral or energy resources."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" When the service of able seamen\u2014limited or able seamen\u2014special is authorized for only a part of the required number of able seamen on board a vessel, the combined percentage of those individuals so qualified may not be greater than 50 percent of the required number.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Individuals qualified as able seamen\u2014fishing industry under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7311a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s7311a","tail":" may constitute\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/f/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" all of the able seamen required on a fish processing vessel entered into service before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"January 1, 1988","tail":", and of more than 1,600 gross tons but not more than 5,000 gross tons as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14502","tail":", or an alternate tonnage measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14302 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14302","tail":" as prescribed by the Secretary under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14104 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14104","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s7312/f/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" all of the able seamen required on a fish processing vessel entered into service after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"December 31, 1987","tail":", and having more than 16 individuals on board primarily employed in the preparation of fish or fish products but of not more than 5,000 gross tons as measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14502","tail":", or an alternate tonnage measured under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14302 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14302","tail":" as prescribed by the Secretary under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 14104 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s14104","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}