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 90 STAT. 336

use prec. title 1.

PUBLIC LAW 94-265—APR. 13, 1976 (19) The term "person" means any individual (whether or not a citizen or national of the United States), any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (whether or not organized or existing under the laws of any State), and any Federal, State, local, or foreign government or any entity of any such government. (20) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce or his designee. (21) The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. (22) The term "stock of fish" means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping, or other category of fish capable of management as a unit. (23) The term "treaty" means any international fishery agreement which is a treaty within the meaning of section 2 of article II of the Constitution. (24) The term "United States", when used in a geographical context, means all the States thereof. (25) The term "vessel of the United States" means any vessel documented under the laws of the United States or registered under the laws of any State.

TITLE I—FISHERY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES 16 USC 1811.

16 USC 1812.

16 USC 1813.

16 USC 1811 note.

SEC. 101. FISHERY CONSERVATION ZONE. There is established a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States to be known as the fishery conservation zone. The inner boundary of the fishery conservation zone is a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each of the coastal States, and the outer boundary of such zone is a line drawn in such a manner that each point on it is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured. SEC. 102. EXCLUSIVE FISHERY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY The United States shall exercise exclusive fishery management authority, in the manner provided for in this Act, over the following: (1) All fish within the fishery conservation zone. (2) All anadromous species throughout the migratory range of each such species beyond the fishery conservation zone; except that such management authority shall not extend to such species during the time they are found within any foreign nation's territorial sea or fishery conservation zone (or the equivalent), to the extent that such sea or zone is recognized by the United States. (3) All Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond the fishery conservation zone. SEC. 103. HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES. The exclusive fishery management authority of the United States shall not include, nor shall it be construed to extend to, highly migratory species of fish. SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATE. This title shall take effect March 1, 1977. '

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