{"data":{"id":"us/15-cfr-905.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 CFR 905.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"When used in this part:\nConsenting owner means the owner, operator, or crewmember of a vessel carrying a voluntary fishery data collector.\nEnforcement proceeding means any judicial or administrative trial or hearing, initiated for the purpose of imposing any civil or criminal penalty authorized under the Magnuson Act, MMPA, or ESA, including but not limited to, any proceeding initiated to: Impose a monetary penalty; modify, sanction, suspend or revoke a lease, license or permit; secure forfeiture of seized property; or incarcerate an individual.\nESA means the Endangered Species Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., and implementing regulations.\nInformation means all observations, data, statistics, photographs, film, or recordings collected by a voluntary fishery data collector for conservation and management purposes, as defined by the Magnuson Act, MMPA, or ESA, while onboard the vessel of a consenting owner.\nMagnuson Act means the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and implementing regulations.\nMMPA means the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., and implementing regulations.\nSecretary means the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, their chosen designees, or any other Federal agency authorized to enforce the provisions of the Magnuson Act, MMPA, or ESA.\nVessel means any vessel as defined at 16 U.S.C. 1802(31).\nVoluntary fishery data collector means:\n(1) Any person, including an observer or a sea sampler;\n(2) Placed aboard a vessel by the Secretary;\n(3) For the purpose of collecting information; and\n(4) Whose presence aboard that vessel is not required by the Secretary pursuant to provisions of the Magnuson Act, MMPA, or ESA, or their implementing regulations.","path":["Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade","CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REGULATIONS","PART 905—USE IN ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS OF INFORMATION COLLECTED BY VOLUNTARY FISHERY DATA COLLECTORS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-15.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:24Z","sha256":"61f5430016f5d84322c7d8b5f4021f278983bf2ae4a9386a8eb864fee97b5af2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-cfr-905.1","next":"us/15-cfr-905.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}