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§ 8001. DefinitionsIn this chapter:
(1) AIS
(2) Combined Maritime Forces
(3) Exclusive economic zone
(A) In generalUnless otherwise specified by the President as being in the public interest in a writing published in the Federal Register, the term “exclusive economic zone” means—
(i) the area within a zone established by a maritime boundary that has been established by a treaty in force or a treaty that is being provisionally applied by the United States; or
(ii) in the absence of a treaty described in clause (i)—(I) a zone, the outer boundary of which is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured; or(II) if the distance between the United States and another country is less than 400 nautical miles, a zone, the outer boundary of which is represented by a line equidistant between the United States and the other country.
(B) Inner boundaryWithout affecting any Presidential Proclamation with regard to the establishment of the United States territorial sea or exclusive economic zone, the inner boundary of the exclusive economic zone is—
(i) in the case of coastal States, a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each such State (as described in section 1312 of title 43);
(ii) in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a line that is 3 marine leagues from the coastline of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(iii) in the case of American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, a line that is 3 geographic miles from the coastlines of American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, respectively; or
(iv) for any possession of the United States not referred to in clause (ii) or (iii), the coastline of such possession.
(C) Rule of construction
(4) Food security
(5) Global record of fishing vessels, refrigerated transport vessels, and supply vessels
(6) IUU fishing
(7) Port State Measures Agreement
(8) Priority flag stateThe term “priority flag state” means a country selected in accordance with section 8032(b)(3) of this title—
(A) whereby the flagged vessels of which actively engage in, knowingly profit from, or are complicit in IUU fishing; and
(B) that is willing, but lacks the capacity, to monitor or take effective enforcement action against its fleet.
(9) Priority regionThe term “priority region” means a region selected in accordance with
(A) that is at high risk for IUU fishing activity or the entry of illegally caught seafood into the markets of countries in the region; and
(B) in which countries lack the capacity to fully address the illegal activity described in subparagraph (A).
(10) Regional Fisheries Management Organization
(11) SeafoodThe term “seafood”—
(A) means marine finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal and plant life, including those grown, produced, or reared through marine aquaculture operations or techniques; and
(B) does not include marine mammals, turtles, or birds.
(12) Transnational organized illegal activity
(13) TransshipmentThe term “transshipment” means the use of refrigerated vessels that—
(A) collect catch from multiple fishing boats;
(B) carry the accumulated catches back to port; and
(C) deliver supplies to fishing boats, which allows fishing vessels to remain at sea for extended periods without coming into port.
(Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXV, § 3532, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1997.)