Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Administration means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
The term aquaculture — means any activity involved in the propagation, rearing, or attempted propagation or rearing, of cultured species, including the capture and rearing of broodstock; and does not include the practice of— capturing juvenile finfish to rear to maturity in an aquaculture facility for subsequent commercial sale; or the practice of rearing and releasing cultured species for the purpose of enhancing wild populations. The term aquaculture stakeholder means— an owner or operator of an offshore aquaculture facility; a Regional Fishery Management Council established under section 302(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a) ); an interstate fisheries commission; a conservation organization; a fisheries association; a State or county government; an Indian Tribe; a Native Hawaiian organization; a Native Hawaiian community; a Tribal or Indigenous community; a Federal or State agency with interests in aquaculture; or any other interested party.
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 species propagated and reared for marine aquaculture; includes larval marine shellfish species that self-recruit in the offshore environment; and excludes any member of the class Aves, Reptilia, or Mammalia. The term escape means the escape of juvenile- or adult-farmed organisms, viable gametes, or fertilized eggs spawned by farmed organisms from offshore aquaculture facilities.
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— except as provided by clause (ii), is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured; or if an applicable maritime boundary treaty is in force or is being provisionally applied by the United States, is established by that treaty; or in the absence of such a treaty and in a case in which the distance between the United States and another country is less than 400 nautical miles, is 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 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a line 9 nautical miles from the coastline of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; in the case of American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, or Guam, a line 3 geographic miles from the coastlines of American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, or Guam, respectively; or 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.
Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to diminish the authority of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, or any other Federal agency. The term fishery stakeholders means— subsistence fishery participants and their dependents; fishing vessel crews; fish processor and distribution workers; recreational fisheries; Tribal fisheries; and territorial fishing communities, including such communities in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 201 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). The term Native Hawaiian community means the distinct Native Hawaiian indigenous political community that Congress, exercising its plenary power over Native American affairs, has recognized and with which Congress has implemented a special political and trust relationship.
The term Native Hawaiian organization has the meaning given that term in section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7517 ) and includes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The term national sea grant college program means the program maintained under section 204(a) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1123(a) ). The term offshore aquaculture means aquaculture conducted 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. The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. The term Tribal fishery means a fishery that is— owned, operated, or managed by a Tribal or Indigenous community; or located in an area— that is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe; and for which the Indian Tribe has sovereign authority over fishing activity in the area.
The term Tribal land means land that is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe. The term Tribal or Indigenous community means a population of people who are— enrolled members of an Indian Tribe; members of an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian community or organization; or members of any other community of Indigenous people located in a State.
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