[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC972]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 16B--EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA FISHING
Sec. 972. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(1) The term ``Agreement'' means the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuna
Fishing Agreement, signed in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 15, 1983.
(2) The term ``Agreement Area'' means the area within a
perimeter determined as follows: From the point on the mainland
where the parallel of 40 degrees north latitude intersects the coast
westward along the parallel of 40 degrees north latitude to 40
degrees north latitude by 125 degrees west longitude, thence
southerly along the meridian of 125 degrees west longitude to 20
degrees north latitude by 125 degrees west longitude, thence
easterly along the parallel of 20 degrees north latitude to 20
degrees north latitude by 120 degrees west longitude, thence
southerly along the meridian of 120 degrees west longitude to 5
degrees north latitude by 120 degrees west longitude, thence
easterly along the parallel of 5 degrees north latitude to 5 degrees
north latitude by 110 degrees west longitude, thence southerly along
the meridian of 110 degrees west longitude to 10 degrees south
latitude by 110 degrees west longitude, thence easterly along the
parallel of 10 degrees south latitude to 10 degrees south latitude
by 90 degrees west longitude, thence southerly along the meridian of
90 degrees west longitude to 30 degrees south latitude by 90 degrees
west longitude, thence easterly along the parallel of 30 degrees
south latitude to the point on the mainland where the parallel
intersects the coast; but the Agreement Area does not include the
zones within twelve nautical miles of the baseline from which the
breadth of territorial sea is measured and the zones within two
hundred nautical miles of the baselines of Coastal States not
signatories to the Agreement, measured from the same baseline.
(3) The term ``designated species of tuna'' means yellowfin
tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788); bigeye tuna, Thunnus
obesus (Lowe, 1839); albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre,
1788); northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758);
southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyil (Castelnau, 1872); skipjack
tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus \1\ 1578); black skipjack,
Euthynnus Lineatus (Kishinouye \1\ 1920); kawakawa, Euthynnus
affinis (Cantor, 1849); bullet tuna, Auxis rochei (Risso, 1810),\2\
frigate tuna, Ausix \3\ thazard (Lacepede, 1800); eastern Pacific
bonito, Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831);
and Indo-Pacific bonito, Sarda orientalis (Temminck and Schlegel,
1844).
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
\2\ So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.
\3\ So in original. Probably should be ``Auxis''.
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(4) The term ``Council'' means the body consisting of the
representatives from each Contracting Party to the Agreement which
is a Coastal State of the eastern Pacific Ocean or a member of the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission at the time of entry into
force of the Agreement.
(Pub. L. 98-445, Sec. 2, Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1715.)
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-445 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
