priority flag state
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “priority flag state” means a country selected in accordance with section 8032(b)(3) of this title—
(A) whereby the flagged vessels of which actively engage in, knowingly profit from, or are complicit in IUU fishing; and
(B) that is willing, but lacks the capacity, to monitor or take effective enforcement action against its fleet.
Source
- 2019–present16 U.S.C. § 8001Conservation · Definitions · in this chapter