Catcher/processors and motherships.

Catcher/processors and motherships. An operator of a catcher/processor or mothership processor vessel is engaged in a fishing trip from the time the harvesting, receiving, or processing of groundfish is begun or resumed in an area until any of the following events occur:
(A) The effective date of a notification prohibiting directed fishing in the same area under § 679.20 or § 679.21;
(B) The offload or transfer of all fish or fish product from that vessel;
(C) The vessel enters or leaves an area where a different directed fishing prohibition applies;
(D) The vessel begins fishing with a different type of authorized fishing gear; or
(E) The end of a weekly reporting period, whichever comes first.

Source

50 CFR § 679.2


Scoping language

In addition to the definitions in the Magnuson-Stevens Act and in part 600 of this chapter, the terms used in this part have the following meanings:

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