charteringmeans an arrangement by which a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State is contracted for a defined period by an operator in either another Member State or a third country without a change of flag;
discardsmeans catches that are returned to the sea;
fishery productsmeans aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom;
fishing authorisationmeans an authorisation issued in respect of a Union fishing vessel entitling it to carry out specific fishing activities during a specified period, in a given area or for a given fishery under specific conditions;
fishing opportunitymeans a quantified legal entitlement to fish, expressed in terms of catches or fishing effort;
fishing vesselmeans any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources;
hookmeans a bent, sharpened piece of steel wire;
landingmeans the initial unloading of any quantity of fisheries products from on board a fishing vessel to land;
longlinesmeans a fishing gear which comprises a main line carrying numerous hooks on branch lines (snoods) of variable length and spacing depending on the target species;
Mediterranean Seameans maritime waters of the Mediterranean to the East of line 5°36′ West;
recreational fisheriesmeans non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources for recreation, tourism or sport;
rod and linemeans a fishing-line placed in a rod used by anglers and wound on a turning mechanism (reel) used to wind the line.
stockmeans a marine biological resource that occurs in a given management area;
transhipmentmeans the unloading of all or any fisheries products on board a vessel to another vessel;
Union fishing vesselmeans a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;
vessel monitoring system datameans data on the fishing vessel identification, geographical position, date, time, course and speed transmitted by satellite-tracking devices installed on board fishing vessels to the fisheries monitoring centre of the flag Member State;