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PUBLIC LAW 93-242-JAN. 2, 1974 ^

[87 STAT.

minutes, as these documents may be amended from time to time; (b) the term "shrimp" shall mean the shrimp Penaeus (M.) duorarum notialis, Penaeus brasiliensis, and Penaeus (M.) aztecus subtilis; (c) the term "area of agreement" shall mean the area in which United States vessels carry on a shrimp fishery in the vicinity of Brazil, as described by the following boundaries: the waters off the coast of Brazil having the isobath of thirty meters as the southwest limit, the latitude 1 degree north as the southern limit, the longitude 47 degrees 30 minutes west as the eastern limit, and a line running from the point of 4 degrees 44 minutes north latitude, 51 degrees 30 minutes west longitude at an azimuth of 17 degrees to the point of 4 degrees 51 minutes north latitude, 51 degrees 28 minutes west longitude and thence at an azimuth of 43 degrees to the point of 8 degrees 58 minutes north latitude, 47 degrees 30 minutes west longitude as the northwestern boundary; (d) the term "vessel" shall mean every description of watercraft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation in water,(e) the term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of Commerce or his delegate; (f) the term "transship" shall mean the transfer of shrimp from one vessel to another vessel, or the receipt of shrimp by one vessel from another vessel; (g) the term "fishing" shall mean the taking or attempted taking of shrimp by any means whatsoever; (h) the term "vessel owner" shall mean any person, partnership, corporation, or association which is the owner of record of a vessel documented under the laws of the United States, except that, with respect to sections 4 and 5 hereof, the Secretary may issue such regulations as he deems appropriate to cover applications for and issuance of letters of voluntary compliance and permits with respect to vessels owned by corporations which are owned or controlled by one or more other corporations; (i) the term "regulations" shall mean rules.and regulations issued by the Secretary from time to time as he de«»s necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of the treaty and this Act; and (j) the term "gear" when applied to any vessel involved in a violation shall mean any single set of net and doors for a single trawl vessel, or for a vessel capable of towing more than one set at a time, as many sets of net and doors as the vessel is capable of towing: Provided, That if the vessel owner, master, or other person in charge of the vessel can show that a particular set (or sets) of net and doors was actually involved in the violation, then that set (or sets) shall be deemed to be the gear of the \essel involved in the violation.

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