§ 931. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC931]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 15A--GREAT LAKES FISHERIES
Sec. 931. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term--
(a) ``Convention'' means the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries
between the United States of America and Canada signed at Washington,
September 10, 1954;
(b) ``Commission'' means the Great Lakes Fishery Commission provided
for by article II of the convention;
(c) ``United States Section'' means the United States Commissioners
on the Commission;
(d) ``Great Lakes State'' means any of the following States:
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or
Wisconsin;
(e) ``Great Lakes'' means any of the following bodies of water: Lake
Ontario (including the Saint Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the
forty-fifth parallel of latitude), Lake Erie, Lake Huron (including Lake
Saint Clair), Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior.
(June 4, 1956, ch. 358, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 242.)
Short Title
Section 1 of act June 4, 1956, provided: ``That this Act [enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the `Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956'.''
Separability
Section 14 of act June 4, 1956, provided that: ``If any provision of
this Act [this chapter] or the application of such provision to any
circumstances or persons shall be held invalid, the validity of the
remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other
circumstances or persons shall not be affected thereby''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 1962d-22.
