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IMPORT WEIGHT . The weights of individual products as 

 received, i.e., fillets, steaks, whole, headed, etc. 



HDUSTRIAL FISHERY PRODUCTS Items processed from 

 fish, shellfish, or other aquatic plants and animals that are not 

 consumed directly by humans. These items contain products 

 from seaweeds, fish meal, fish oils, fish solubles, pearl essence, 

 shark and other aquatic animal skins, and shells. 



NTERNAL WATER PROCESSING (IWPs) An operation in 

 which a foreign vessel is authorized by the governor of a state 

 to receive and process fish in the internal waters of a state. 

 The Magnuson Act refers to internal waters as all waters within 

 the boundaries of a state except those seaward of the baseline 

 from which the territorial sea is measured. 



JOINT VENTURE . An operation authorized under the 

 MFC MA (Magnuson Act) in which a foreign vessel is 

 authorized to receive fish from U.S. fishermen in the U.S. 

 EEZ. The fish received from the U.S. vessel are part of the 

 U.S. harvest 



LANPHGS. COMMERCIAL Quantities of fish, shellfish, and 

 other aquatic plants and animals brought ashore and sold. 

 Landings of fish may be in terms of round (live) weight or 

 dressed weight. Landings of crustaceans are generally on a 

 live-weight basis except for shrimp which may be on a heads- 

 on or heads-off basis. Mollusks are generally landed with the 

 shell on, but for some species only the meats are landed, such 

 as sea scallops. Data for all mollusks are published on a meat- 

 weight basis. 



MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND 



MANAGEMENT ACT Pubfc Law 94-265, as amended. The 

 Magnuson Act provides a national program for the 

 conservation and management of fisheries to allow for an 

 optimum yield (OY) on a continuing basis and to realize the full 

 potential of the Nation's fishery resources. It established the 

 U.S. Exclusive Economics Zone (EEZ) (formerly the FCZ - 

 Fishery Conservation Zone) and a means to control foreign and 

 certain domestic fisheries through PMPs and FMPs. Within 

 the U.S. EEZ, the United States has exclusive management 

 authority over fish (meaning finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and 

 all other forms of marineanimal and plant life other than marine 

 mammals, birds, and highly migratory species of tuna). The 

 Magnuson Act provides further exclusive management 

 authority beyond the U.S. EEZ for all continental shelf fishery 

 resources and all anadromous species throughout the 

 migratory range of each such species, except during the time 



they are found within any foreign nation's territorial sea or 

 fishery conservation zone (or the equivalent), to the extent that 

 such a sea or zone is recognized by the United States. 



MARINE REC REATIONAL FISHING Fishing for pleasure, 

 amusement, relaxation, or home consumption. 



MARINE REC REATIONAL CATCH Quantities of finfish, 

 shellfish and other living aquatic organisms caught, but not 

 necessarily brought ashore, by marine recreational fisherman. 



MARUE REC REATIONAL FISHERMEN Those people who 

 fish in marine waters primarily for recreational purposes. Their 

 catch is primarily for home consumption, although occasionally 

 a part or all of their catch may be sold and enter commercial 

 channels. This definition is used in the NMFS Marine 

 Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey, and is not intended to 

 represent a NMFS policy on the sale of angler-caught fish. 



MAX14UM SUSTAtJABLE YIELD fMSVY MSY from a fishery 

 is the largest annual catch or yield in terms of weight of fish 

 caught by both commercial and recreational fishermen that can 

 be taken continuously from a stock under existing 

 environmental conditions. A determination of MSY, which 

 should be an estimate based upon the best scientific 

 information available, is a biological measure necessary in the 

 development of optimum yield. 



METRIC TONS . A measure of weight equal to 1,000 

 kilograms, 0.984 long tons, 1.1023 short tons, or 2,204.6 

 pounds. 



MOTORBOAT . A motor-driven commercial fishing craft having 

 a capacity of less than 5 net tons, or not officially documented 

 by the Coast Guard. See "boat, other." 



NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ORGANIZATION 



(NAFO). This convention, which entered into force January 1 , 

 1979, replaces ICNAF. NAFO provides a forum for continued 

 multilateral scientific research and investigation of fishery 

 resources that occur beyond the limits of coastal nations' 

 fishery jurisdiction in the northwest Atlantic, and will ensure 

 consistency between NAFO management measures in this 

 area and those adopted by the coastal nations within the limits 

 of their fishery jurisdiction. 



OPTWUM YIELD (OY) . In the MFCMA (Magnuson Act), OY 

 with respect to the yield from a fishery, is the amount of fish that 

 (1 ) will provide the greatest overall benefit to the United States, 

 with particular reference to food production and recreational 

 opportunities; and (2) is prescribed as such on the basis of 



