- Common information sharing environment
(CISE) means a network of systems with a decentralised set-up developed for the exchange of information between users in order to improve their situational awareness of activities at sea;
- cross-sectoral operations
means those initiatives that mutually benefit different sectors and/or sectoral policies, as referred to in the TFEU, and that cannot be accomplished entirely through measures encompassed within respective policy areas;
- electronic recording and reporting system
(ERS) means a system for the electronic recording and reporting of data as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
- European marine observation and data network
means a network that integrates relevant national marine observation and data programmes into a common and accessible European resource;
- fisheries and aquaculture area
means an area with a sea, river or lake shore, including ponds or a river basin, with a significant level of employment in fisheries or aquaculture, that is functionally coherent in geographical, economic and social terms and is designated as such by a Member State;
- fisherman
means any person engaging in commercial fishing activities, as recognised by the Member State;
- inland fishing
means fishing activities carried out for commercial purposes in inland waters by vessels or other devices, including those used for ice fishing;
- integrated coastal zone management
means strategies and measures such as those described in Recommendation 2002/413/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- integrated maritime governance
means the coordinated management of all sectoral policies at Union level affecting the oceans, seas and coastal regions;
- Integrated Maritime Policy
(IMP) means a Union policy whose aim is to foster coordinated and coherent decision-making to maximise the sustainable development, economic growth and social cohesion of Member States, and notably the coastal, insular and outermost regions in the Union, as well as maritime sectors, through coherent maritime-related policies and relevant international cooperation;
- Integrated maritime surveillance
(IMS) means a Union initiative aimed at enhancing effectiveness and efficiency in surveillance activities in respect of the European seas through information exchange and collaboration across sectors and borders;
- inter-territorial cooperation
means cooperation within a Member State, and the term ‘transnational cooperation’ means cooperation between territories in several Member States or cooperation between at least one territory of a Member State and one or more territories in third countries.
- maritime spatial planning
means a process by which the relevant Member State’s authorities analyse and organise human activities in marine areas in order to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives;
- measure
means a set of operations;
- mutual fund
means a scheme accredited by the Member State, in accordance with its national law, which enables affiliated fishermen to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated fishermen for economic losses caused by the events set out in paragraph 1.
- net revenue
means the income of fishermen from the first sale of the fish or shellfish caught during the introduction and testing of the new technical or organisational knowledge less the selling costs such as auction hall fees.
- small–scale coastal fishing
means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed fishing gear as listed in Table 3 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004;
- transnational cooperation
means cooperation between territories in several Member States or cooperation between at least one territory of a Member State and one or more territories in third countries.
- vessels operating exclusively in inland waters
means vessels engaged in commercial fishing in inland waters and not included in the Union fishing fleet register.
- young fisherman
means a natural person who seeks to acquire a fishing vessel for the first time and who, at the moment of submitting the application, is under 40 years of age and who has worked for at least five years as fisherman, or has acquired equivalent vocational training.