[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR300.11]

[Page 712]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
        CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
PART 300_INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_High Seas Fisheries
 
Sec. 300.11  Definitions.

    In addition to the terms defined in section 300.2 and those in the 
Act and the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International 
Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High 
Seas, adopted by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations on November 24, 1993 (Agreement), the terms used 
in this subpart have the following meanings. If a term is defined 
differently in Sec. 300.2, the Act, or the Agreement, the definition in 
this section shall apply.
    High seas means the waters beyond the territorial sea or exclusive 
economic zone (or the equivalent) of any Nation, to the extent that such 
territorial sea or exclusive economic zone (or the equivalent) is 
recognized by the United States.
    High seas fishing vessel means any vessel of the United States used 
or intended for use on the high seas for the purpose of the commercial 
exploitation of living marine resources as a harvesting vessel, 
mothership, or any other support vessel directly engaged in a fishing 
operation.
    International conservation and management measures means measures to 
conserve or manage one or more species of living marine resources that 
are adopted and applied in accordance with the relevant rules of 
international law, as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on 
the Law of the Sea, and that are recognized by the United States.
    Regional Administrator means any one of the Directors of the five 
NMFS regional offices, defined under Sec. 300.2, serving as the issuing 
office.