Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 8704: Alien deemed to be employed in the United States
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is a vessel of the United States engaged in the fisheries in the navigable waters of the United States or the exclusive economic zone; and is not engaged in fishing exclusively for highly migratory species (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1802 ).
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