Harvesting nation

Harvesting nation means the country under whose flag one or more fishing vessels are documented, or which has by formal declaration agreed to assert jurisdiction over one or more certified charter vessels, from which vessel fish are caught that are a part of any cargo or shipment of fish to be imported into the United States, regardless of any intervening transshipments.

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:

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