tive requirement regarding any coral reef species, so long 
as such requirement is consistent with the international 
obligations of the United States and this Act. 
SEC. 10. RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL FISHERY MANAGE-
MENT PLANS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed or interpreted 
as preempting any fishery management plan developed 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) that contains 
management measures more restrictive than those re-
quired by this Act. 
SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘coral’’ means any living or dead 
specimens, parts or derivatives, or any product con-
taining specimens, parts or derivatives of any species 
of the phylum Cnidaria, including—
(A) 
all 
species 
of 
black 
corals 
(Antipatharia), stony corals (Scleractinia), soft 
corals (Alcyonacea), horny corals (Gorgonacea), 
organ pipe corals (Stolonifera), blue corals 
(Coenothecalia), 
anemones 
(Actiniaria), 
coralliomorphs 
(Coralliomorpharia), 
and 
zooanthids (Zoanthidea) of the class Anthozoa; 
and
(B) 
all 
species 
of 
the 
fire 
corals 
(Milleporina) and lace corals (Stylasterina) of 
the class Hydrozoa. 
(2) The term ‘‘coral reef’’ means any reef, 
shoal, or other natural feature composed in part of 
the solid skeletal structures in which corals are 
major framework constituents. 
(3) The term ‘‘coral reef ecosystem’’ means the 
interacting complex of species (including reef plants 
of 
the 
phyla 
Chlorophyta, 
Phaeophyta, 
and 
Rhodophyta) and nonliving variables associated with 
coral reefs and their habitats which function as an 
ecological unit in nature and which are mutually de-
pendent on this function to survive. 
(4) The term ‘‘coral reef species’’ means—
(A) any species of plant or animal, includ-
ing 
algae, 
seagrasses, 
invertebrates 
and 
vertebrates that live in, on, or near coral reefs 
and are directly dependent on the coral reef 
ecosystem for feeding, reproduction or growth, 
but does not include mammals, reptiles, or 
birds; and 
(B) products derived from coral, such as 
live rock, coral substrate, and coral rock.
(5) The term ‘‘foreign commerce’’ includes any 
transaction between persons within one foreign coun-
try, between persons in 2 or more foreign countries, 
between a person within the United States and a 
person in a foreign country, or between persons 
within the United States, where the coral reef spe-
cies in question is moving in any country or coun-
tries outside the United States. 
(6) The term ‘‘import’’ means to land on, bring 
into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring 
into, or introduce into, any place subject to the ju-
risdiction of the United States, whether or not such 
landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an im-
portation within the meaning of the custom laws of 
the United States. 
(7) The term ‘‘live rock’’ means any hard sub-
strate derived from coral which is grown in the wild 
and which is attached to and supporting any species 
covered under paragraph (4)(A), and includes coral 
rock and coral substrate. 
(8) The term ‘‘ornamental reef fish’’ means any 
finfish collected commercially for the aquarium and 
curio trade, but does not include any fish taken for 
human consumption.
(9) The term ‘‘State’’ means a State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States. 
(10) The term ‘‘take’’ means to capture, catch, 
collect or harvest coral reef species by any means. 
(11) The term ‘‘United States’’ includes the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any other common-
wealth, territory or possession of the United States 
that contains coral within its jurisdiction. 
(12) The term ‘‘waters under the jurisdiction of 
the United States’’ means the belt of seas extending 
to a distance of 200 nautical miles measured from 
the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial 
sea of the United States is measured, except where 
that distance is modified by maritime boundary 
agreements to which the United States is a party.