Title I, Article 3 · Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104

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Article 3Definitions#

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(a)‘Union vessel’ means a Union fishing vessel as defined in Article 4(1)(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b)‘third-country vessel’ means a fishing vessel as defined in Article 4(1)(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country;

(c)‘Union waters’ means the Union waters as defined in Article 4(1)(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(d)‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

(e)‘stock’ means the stock as defined in Article 4(1)(14) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(f)‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means:

(i)in fisheries subject to the landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity that can be caught from each stock each year;

(ii)in all other fisheries, the quantity that can be landed from each stock each year;

(g)‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(h)‘analytical assessment’ means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock's biology and exploitation, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice on options for future catches;

(i)‘precautionary approach to fisheries management’, means the precautionary approach to fisheries management as defined in Article 4(1)(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(j)‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008^note;

(k)‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(l)‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(m)‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine living aquatic resources such as for recreation, tourism or sport.