Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term coastal State has the meaning given the term coastal state in section 304(4) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1453(4) ). The term cultured species means— any finfish, mollusk, crustacean, aquatic plant, alga, echinoderm, zooplankton, diadromous species, or other marine species propagated and reared for marine aquaculture, excluding marine mammals and birds; or a natural set of mussels or other species described in subparagraph
(A)that provide seed for certain types of aquaculture practices, such as rope culture for mussels. Unless otherwise specified by the President in the public interest in a writing published in the Federal Register, the term exclusive economic zone means a zone, the outer boundary of which is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (except as established by a maritime boundary treaty in force or being provisionally applied by the United States or, in the absence of such a treaty, where the distance between the United States and another country is less than 400 nautical miles, a line equidistant between the United States and the other country). Without affecting any Presidential proclamation with regard to the establishment of the United States territorial sea or exclusive economic zone, the inner boundary of the exclusive economic zone is— in the case of the coastal States, a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each such State, as described in section 4 of the Submerged Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1312 ); in the case of Puerto Rico, a line 3 marine leagues from the coastline of Puerto Rico; in the case of American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, a line 3 geographic miles from the coastlines of American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or Guam, respectively; in the case of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands— the coastline of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, until the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is granted authority by the United States to regulate all fishing to a line seaward of its coastline; and upon the United States grant of such authority, the line established by such grant of authority; or for any possession of the United States not under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv), the coastline of such possession. Nothing in this definition may be construed to diminish the authority of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, or any other Federal department or agency. The term lessee means any party to a lease, right-of-use and easement, or right-of-way, or an approved assignment thereof, issued pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). The term marine aquaculture means any activity involved in the propagation, rearing, or attempted propagation or rearing, of cultured species in saltwater or brackish water conditions in the exclusive economic zone, State waters, coastal waters, estuaries, or land-based facilities, including recirculating saltwater facilities directly supporting such activities. The term offshore aquaculture means any activities involved in the propagation, rearing, or attempted propagation or rearing, of cultured species in the exclusive economic zone. The term offshore aquaculture facility means— an installation or structure used, in whole or in part, for offshore aquaculture; or an area of the seabed, water column, or the sediment used for offshore aquaculture. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
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