Federal · Title 16 — Conservation
16 U.S.C. § 3601: Definitions
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“Act of 1976” means the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the conservation and management of the fisheries, and for other purposes”, approved April 13, 1976 ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); “Commission” means any of the Commissions of the Organization that are established by the Convention; “Commissioner” means a United States Commissioner appointed under section 3602 of this title ; “Convention” means the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean, signed at Reykjavik, Iceland, on March 2, 1982 ; “Council” means the Council established by the Convention; “fishing” has the same meaning as such term has in section 3(10) 1 of the Act of 1976 ( 1 See References in Text note below. 16 U.S.C. 1802(10) ); “Organization” means the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization established under the Convention; “person” has the same meaning as such term has in section 3(19) 1 of the Act of 1976 ( 16 U.S.C. 1802(19) ); and “salmon” means all species of salmon which migrate in or into the waters of the Atlantic Ocean north of 36 degrees north latitude.
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