Certified charter vessel
Certified charter vessel means a fishing vessel of a non-U.S. flag nation, which is operating under the jurisdiction of the marine mammal laws and regulations of another, harvesting, nation by a formal declaration entered into by mutual agreement of the nations.
Source
50 CFR § 216.3
Scoping language
In addition to definitions contained in the MMPA, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this part 216: