[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: 50CFR300.21]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
        CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
PART 300_INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C_Pacific Tuna Fisheries
 
Sec. 300.21  Definitions.

    In addition to the terms defined in Sec. 300.2, in the Act, and in 
the Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
Commission (Convention), the terms used in this subpart have the 
following meanings. If a term is defined differently in Sec. 300.2, in 
the Act, or in the Convention, the definition in this section shall 
apply.
    Bigeye tuna means the species Thunnus obesus.
    Commission's Yellowfin Regulatory Area (CYRA) means the waters 
bounded by a line extending westward from the mainland of North America 
along the 40[deg] N. latitude parallel, and connecting the following 
coordinates:

40[deg] N. lat., 125[deg] W. long.;
20[deg] N. lat., 125[deg] W. long.;
20[deg] N. lat., 120[deg] W. long.;
5[deg] N. lat., 120[deg] W. long.;
5[deg] N. lat., 110[deg] W. long.;
10[deg] S. lat., 110[deg] W. long.;
10[deg] S. lat., 90[deg] W. long.;
30[deg] S. lat., 90[deg] W. long.; and then eastward along the 30[deg] 
S. latitude parallel to the coast of South America.

    Convention Area means the waters within the area bounded by the 
mainland of the Americas, lines extending westward from the mainland of 
the Americas along the 40[deg] N. lat. and 40[deg] S. lat., and 150[deg] 
W. long.
    Fish aggregating device (FAD) means a manmade raft or other floating 
object used to attract tuna and make them available to fishing vessels.
    Fishing trip means a period of time between landings when fishing is 
conducted.
    Fishing vessel means any vessel, boat, ship, or other craft that is 
used for, equipped to be used for, or of a type that is normally used 
for fishing or for assisting or supporting a vessel engaged in fishing, 
except purse seine skiffs.
    Floating object means any natural object or FAD around which fishing 
vessels may catch tuna.
    Incidental catch or incidental species means species caught while 
fishing with the primary purpose of catching a different species. An 
incidental catch is expressed as a percentage of the weight of the total 
fish on board.
    Land or Landing means to begin transfer of fish from a fishing 
vessel. Once transfer begins, all fish on board the vessel are counted 
as part of the landing.
    Observer means an individual placed aboard a fishing vessel under 
the IATTC observer program or any other international observer program 
in which the United States may participate.
    South Pacific Tuna Treaty means the Treaty on Fisheries Between the 
Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the 
United States of America (50 CFR part 300, subpart D).
    Tender vessel means a vessel that does not engage in purse seine 
fishing but tends to FADs in support of tuna fishing operations.

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    Transship means to unload fish from a vessel that caught fish to 
another vessel.
    Transshipment receiving vessel means any vessel, boat, ship, or 
other craft that is used to receive fish from a fishing vessel.
    Vessel Register means the regional register of vessels authorized to 
purse seine for tuna in the Convention Area, as established by the 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission on June 28, 2002.

[61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 29133, May 28, 1999; 64 
FR 44430, Aug. 16, 1999; 69 FR 67277, Nov. 17, 2004; 70 FR 19010, Apr. 
12, 2005]