Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. As used in this Act:

(a) Aquaculture refers to fishery operations involving all forms of farming fish and other aquatic plants and animals in fresh, brackish, and marine waters;

(b) Aquatic resources refer to fish and other living resources of the aquatic environment that have or will have commercial value when utilized;

(c) Fisheries refers to all activities relating to the science and act or business of fishing, culturing, preserving, processing, marketing, developing, conserving, and managing of aquatic resources and environment;

(d) Fisheries sector refers to the sector engaged in the production, growing, harvesting, processing, marketing, developing, conserving, and managing of aquatic resources and environment;

(e) Fisheries profession refers to the practice of the science and technical knowledge and skills of all areas of fisheries (catching, farming, processing, marketing, management, and conservation of aquatic resources and environment);

(f) Fisheries professional refers to a person who is technically qualified and competent to practice the fisheries;

(g) Accredited and Integrated Professional Organization (AIPO) refers to an integrated national organization, association, or society that is granted accreditation by the Board and the Commission as the Accredited Integrated Professional Organization of Fisheries Professionals; and

(h) Scope of examination refers to the range of topics or subjects provided by the Board in the syllabi of the four (4) areas of scope of examination for fisheries professionals in Sections 8(m) and 14 of this Act.