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46 U.S.C. § 10101 — Definitions

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46 U.S.C. § 10101 — Definitions

In this part— (1) “master” means the individual having command of a vessel. (2) “owner” means the person to whom the vessel belongs. (3) “seaman” means an individual (except scientific personnel, a sailing school instructor, or a sailing school student) engaged or employed in any capacity on board a vessel. (4) “fishing vessel” includes— (A) a fish tender vessel; or (B) a fish processing vessel entered into service before January 1, 1988, and not more than 1,600 gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim), or an alternate tonnage measured under [section 14302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14302&num=0&edition=prelim) as prescribed by the Secretary under [section 14104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14104&num=0&edition=prelim) or entered into service after December 31, 1987, and having not more than 16 individuals on board primarily employed in the preparation of fish or fish products.

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46 U.S.C. § 14302 — Measurement

**(a)** The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter and the Convention. **(b)** A vessel measured under this chapter may not be required to be measured under another law. **(c)** Unless otherwise provided by law, the measurement of a vessel under this chapter applies to a law of the United States whose applicability depends on a vessel’s tonnage, if that law— (1) becomes effective after July 18, 1994; or (2) is in effect before July 19, 1994, is not enumerated in [section 14305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14305&num=0&edition=prelim), and is identified by the Secretary by regulation as a law to which this chapter applies.

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46 U.S.C. § 14502 — Measurement

The Secretary shall measure a vessel to which this chapter applies in the way provided by this chapter.

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46 U.S.C. § 14104 — Measurement to determine application of a law

**(a)** When the application of a law of the United States to a vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage, the vessel shall be measured under this part. **(b)** If a statute allows for an alternate tonnage to be prescribed under this section, the Secretary may prescribe it by regulation. Any such regulation shall be considered to be an interpretive regulation for purposes of [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim). Until an alternate tonnage is prescribed, the statutorily established tonnage shall apply to vessels measured under chapter 143 or chapter 145 of this title. **(c)** The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that regulations issued by the agency that specify particular tonnages comply with the alternate tonnages implemented by the Secretary.

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46 U.S.C. § 10101 — Definitions

Page 175 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 10103 no more than $10,000 for each day during which the violation occurs. (c) A person violating a regulation prescribed under section 9303 of this title is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of no more than $10,000. (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 560; Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, § 4108(b), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 515.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source section (U.S. Code) 9308 .............................................. 46:216e(a)–(c) Section 9308 prescribes the penalties for violations of sections 9302 and 9303. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1990—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 101–380 substituted ‘‘no more than $10,000’’ for ‘‘$500’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. PART G—MERCHANT SEAMEN PROTECTION AND RELIEF HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Part G provides for a number of measures for the pro- tection and relief of merchant seamen by requiring cer- tain contractual obligations between the master who represents the vessel owner’s interest and the seamen who are engaged or employed on board a vessel, by re- quiring certain proceedings when a seaman dies or a vessel is suspected of being unseaworthy, by requiring certain standards for accommodations, medicine, cloth- ing, miscellaneous merchandise, and for the handling of special and unique problems of seamen. It also provides for a method of imposing disciplinary controls through the logging of offenses and provides penalties for speci- fied offenses, and certain relat

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