Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Advisory Committee means the advisory committee established under section 3. The term Commission means the North Pacific Fisheries Commission established pursuant to the North Pacific Fisheries Convention. The term Commissioner means a U.S. Commissioner appointed under section 3. The term Convention Area means the waters of the high seas areas of the North Pacific Ocean, excluding the high seas areas of the Bering Sea and other high seas areas that are surrounded by the exclusive economic zone of a single nation, which are bounded to the south by a continuous line beginning at the seaward limit of waters under the jurisdiction of the United States around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands at 20 degrees North latitude, then proceeding East and connecting the coordinates: 20°00’00”, 180°00’00”E/W; 10°00’00”N 180°00’00”E/W; 10°00’00”N, 140°00’00”W; 20°00’00”N, 140°00’00”W; and thence East to the seaward limit of waters under the fisheries jurisdiction of Mexico.

The term Council means the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, or the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. The term exclusive economic zone means the zone established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030 of March 10, 1983. The term fisheries resources means all fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and other marine species caught by a fishing vessel within the Convention Area. The term fisheries resources does not include— sedentary species insofar as they are subject to the sovereign rights of coastal nations consistent with Article 77, paragraph 4 of the 1982 Convention and indicator species of vulnerable marine ecosystems as listed in, or adopted pursuant to, Article 13, paragraph 5 of the North Pacific Fisheries Convention; catadromous species; marine mammals, marine reptiles, or seabirds; or other marine species already covered by pre-existing international fisheries management instruments within the area of competence of such instruments.

The term fishing activities means— the actual or attempted searching for, catching, taking, or harvesting of fisheries resources; engaging in any activity that can reasonably be expected to result in the locating, catching, taking, or harvesting of fisheries resources for any purpose; the processing of fisheries resources at sea; the transhipment of fisheries resources at sea or in port; and any operation at sea in direct support of, or in preparation for, any activity described in clauses

(i)through (iv), including transshipment. The term fishing activities does not include any operation related to an emergency involving the health or safety of a crew member or the safety of a fishing vessel. The term fishing vessel means any vessel used or intended for use for the purpose of engaging in fishing activities, including a processing vessel, a support ship, a carrier vessel, or any other vessel directly engaged in such fishing activities. The term North Pacific Fisheries Convention means the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean (including any annexes, amendments, or protocols that are in force, or have come into force) for the United States, which was adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012. The term person means— any individual, whether or not a citizen or national of the United States; any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity, whether or not organized or existing under the laws of any State; and any Federal, State, local, tribal, or foreign government or any entity of such government. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce. The term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. The term transshipment means the unloading of any fisheries resources taken in the Convention Area from 1 fishing vessel to another fishing vessel either at sea or in port. The term 1982 Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982.