Regulation (EU) 2019/1154

means 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;

means catches that are returned to the sea;

means aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom;

means 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;

means a quantified legal entitlement to fish, expressed in terms of catches or fishing effort;

means any vessel equipped for commercial exploitation of marine biological resources;

means a bent, sharpened piece of steel wire;

means the initial unloading of any quantity of fisheries products from on board a fishing vessel to land;

means 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;

means maritime waters of the Mediterranean to the East of line 5°36′ West;

means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources for recreation, tourism or sport;

means a fishing-line placed in a rod used by anglers and wound on a turning mechanism (reel) used to wind the line.

means a marine biological resource that occurs in a given management area;

means the unloading of all or any fisheries products on board a vessel to another vessel;

means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

means 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;