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[CITE: 46USC7311a]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
                CHAPTER 73--MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS
 
Sec. 7311a. Able seamen--fishing industry

    For service on a fish processing vessel, an individual may be rated 
as able seaman--fishing industry if the individual has at least 6 
months' service on deck on board vessels operating on the oceans or the 
navigable waters of the United States (including the Great Lakes).

(Added Pub. L. 98-364, title IV, Sec. 402(9)(D), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 
448.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7312 of this title.
