buffer areameans a zone surrounding a fisheries restricted area in order to avoid accidental access to it, enhancing the protection of the surrounded area;
Common Fleet Register (CFR) numbermeans the common fleet register (CFR) number as defined in Article 2, point (l), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218;
Data Collection Reference Framework (DCRF) manualmeans the manual prepared by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and endorsed by the GFCM related to the implementation of the DCRF;
fishing daymeans any continuous period of 24 hours, or part thereof, during which a vessel is present in the GFCM Agreement area and absent from port;
live weightmeans the weight of fresh catches weighed immediately after the end of fishing operations or, in the case of daily fishing trips, before their landing at the designated landing point at the latest;
red coral bankmeans an area of variable size where red coral (Corallium rubrum) colonies are relatively abundant;
red coral colonymeans the biological unit exploited in red coral (Corallium rubrum) fisheries and represents a genetic unit formed by hundreds/thousands of red coral polyps, which can have a tree-like shape with several branches.