Offload
Offload or offloading means to begin to remove, to remove, to pass over the rail, or otherwise take away fish from any vessel. For purposes of the surfclam and ocean quahog fishery, it means to separate physically a cage from a vessel, such as by removing the sling or wire used to remove the cage from the harvesting vessel.
Source
50 CFR § 648.2
Scoping language
In addition to the definitions in the Magnuson Act and in 600.10 of this chapter, the terms used in this part have the following meanings: