Council Regulation (EU) No 23/2010

means ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz;

means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

means the grouping of trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;

means the area of ICES zone IXa east of longitude 7o 23' 48″ W;

means the area of the high seas of the Bering Sea beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured.

means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

means the mesh size as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets.;

means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, Member States or third countries;

means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

means the special conditions set out in point 5.2;

(TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each stock each year;