16 U.S.C. § 773: Definitions

“Convention” means the Convention between the United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed at Ottawa, Canada on March 2, 1953 , as amended by the Protocol Amending the Convention, signed at Washington March 29, 1979 , and includes the regulations promulgated thereunder. “Commission” means the International Pacific Halibut Commission provided for by article III of the Convention. “Fishery conservation zone” means the fishery conservation zone of the United States established by section 1811 1 of this title. 1 See References in Text note below. “Convention waters” means the maritime areas off the west coast of the United States and Canada described in article I of the Convention. “Halibut” means fish of the species Hippoglossus stenolepis inhabiting Convention waters. any vessel engaged in catching fish in Convention waters or in processing or transporting fish loaded in Convention waters; any vessel outfitted to engage in any activity described in paragraph (1); or any vessel in normal support of any vessel described in paragraph (1) or (2). “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce. The amendment made by section 301(e)(3) [amending section 1822 of this title ] takes effect on the date of enactment of this Act [ Mar. 9, 1992 ], and the amendments made by the other provisions of this title [amending this section and sections 773e, 1151, 1362, 1801, 1802, 1811, 1821, 1822, 1824, 1853, 1857, 1861, 3631, and 3636 of this title and sections 1122 and 1124a of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters], except as provided in subsection (b), shall be effective on the date on which the Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990 , enters into force for the United States. The authority to prescribe regulations to implement the amendments made by this title shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act [ Mar. 9, 1992 ], but no such regulation may be effective until the date on which the Agreement described in subsection (a) enters into force for the United States.”