Sec. 4003. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 4003 DEFINITIONS **[**[16 U.S.C. 1822 note](/us/usc/t16/s1822)**]** As used in this title— ####

(1)Driftnet The term “**driftnet**” means a gillnet composed of a panel of plastic webbing one and one-half miles or more in length. ####

(2)Driftnet fishing The term “**driftnet fishing**” means a fish-harvesting method in which a driftnet is placed in water and allowed to drift with the currents and winds for the purpose of entangling fish in the webbing. ####

(3)Exclusive economic zone of the united states The term “**exclusive economic zone of the United States**” means the zone defined in section 3(6) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act1 (16 U.S.C. 1802(b)). 1So in law. Section 211 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(a), title I of Division A of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–41) provides: Sec. 211.

(a)Effective 15 days after the enactment of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, section 1 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801) shall be amended to read as follows: “**That this Act may be cited as the ‘**Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act**’.**”

(b)Effective 15 days after the enactment of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, all references to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act shall be redesignated as references to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Since such section did not actually amend each occurrence of the short title in law, the former short title appears here. ####

(4)Marine resources The term “**marine resources**” includes fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, and other forms of marine life or waterfowl. ####

(5)Marine resources of the united states The term “**marine resources of the United States**” means— #####

(A)marine resources found in, or which breed within, areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including the exclusive economic zone of the United States; and #####

(B)species of fish, wherever found, that spawn in the fresh or estuarine waters of the United States. ####

(6)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Commerce.

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