Regulation (EU) 2019/833

means any activity where the fishing gear is in contact with or is likely to be in contact with the seafloor during the normal course of fishing operations;

means conservation and enforcement measures in force as adopted by the NAFO Commission;

refers to the Contracting Party that holds an allocation as indicated in Annex I.A and Annex I.B to the CEM, or the Member State that holds a fishing opportunities allocation, and ‘flag State Contracting Party’ refers to the Contracting Party or to the Member State in which the chartered vessel is registered.

means the European Fisheries Control Agency as established by Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means bottom fishing activities conducted outside the footprint, or within the footprint with significant changes to the conduct or in the technology used in the fishery;

means all fish, molluscs and crustaceans within the Convention Area excluding:

means harvesting or processing fishery resources, landing or transhipping of fishery resources or products derived from fishery resources, or any other activity in preparation for, in support of, or relating to the harvesting of fishery resources in the Regulatory Area, including:

means any calendar day or any fraction of a calendar day in which a fishing vessel is present in any Division in the Regulatory Area;

means fishing quotas allocated to a Member State by a Union act in force for the Regulatory Area;

means any Union vessel equipped for, intended for or engaged in fishing activities, including fish processing, transhipment or any other activity in preparation for or related to fishing activities, including experimental or exploratory fishing activities;

refers to the Contracting Party or to the Member State in which the chartered vessel is registered.

means a land-based fisheries monitoring centre of the flag Member State;

means a pelagic longline vessel greater than 24 metres in length overall;

means trawl gear that is designed to fish for pelagic species, no portion of which is designed to be or is operated in contact with the bottom at any time.

means a difference of at least 10 tonnes or 20 %, whichever is greater, between the inspectors’ estimates of processed catch on board, by species or in total, and the figures recorded in the production logbook, calculated as a percentage of the production logbook figures.

means a vessel flying the flag of a State that is not a Contracting Party to NAFO or is not a Member State, or a vessel suspected to be without nationality;

means a person who is authorised and certified by a Member State or a Contracting Party to observe, monitor and collect information on board fishing vessels;

means, inter alia, offshore terminals and other installations for landing, transhipping, packaging, processing, refuelling or resupplying;

means any marine organism that has been physically altered since capture, including fish that has been filleted, gutted, packaged, canned, frozen, smoked, salted, cooked, pickled, dried or prepared for market in any other manner;

means any encircling net the bottom of which is drawn together by means of a purse line at the bottom of the net, which passes through a series of rings along the ground rope, enabling the net to be pursed and closed;’.

means a vessel permanently used for research or a vessel normally used for fishing activities or fisheries support activity that is temporarily used for fisheries research;

means the significant adverse impacts referred to in paragraphs 17 to 20 of the FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep Sea Fisheries in the High Seas;

means the 1979 Convention on Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as amended from time to time;

means the area to which the Convention applies as described in Article IV, paragraph 1 thereof.

means that part of the Convention Area which is beyond national jurisdiction;

means transfer, over the side, from one fishing vessel to another, of fishery resources or products;