50 CFR § 300.301 - Definitions.

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title: "50 CFR § 300.301 - Definitions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "300.301"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "300"
part_name: "INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 951  16 U.S.C. 1801  16 U.S.C. 5501  16 U.S.C. 2431  31 U.S.C. 9701"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "300"
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# 300.301 Definitions.

In addition to the terms defined in § 300.2, the terms used in this subpart have the following meanings.

*Landing* means to begin to offload fish, or to offload fish from any vessel.

*Listed IUU Vessel* means a vessel that is included on a final IUU vessel list adopted or approved by an RFMO to which the United States is a party.

*Processing* means the preparation or packaging of fish to render it suitable for human consumption, retail sale, industrial uses or long-term storage, including, but not limited to, cooking, canning, smoking, salting, drying, filleting, freezing, or rendering into meal or oil.

*Transshipping* means the offloading, unloading, or transferring of fish or fish products from one vessel to another.