Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005Show full title

Article 3 U.K. Definitions

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

(a)

‘fishing opportunities’ means:

(i)

total allowable catches (‘TACs’) or the number of vessels authorised to fish and/or the duration of these authorisations;

(ii)

shares of the TACs available to the Community;

(iii)

quotas allocated to the Community in third country waters;

(iv)

allocation of Community fishing opportunities under (ii) and (iii) to Member States in the form of quotas;

(v)

allocation to third countries of quotas to be fished in Community waters;

(b)

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

(c)

‘NAFO Regulatory Area’ means the part of the area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) Convention not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of coastal States;

(d)

‘Skagerrak’ means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(e)

‘Kattegat’ means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(f)

‘North Sea’ means ICES Sub-area IV and that part of ICES Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in point (d);

(g)

‘Gulf of Riga’ means the area bounded on the west bya line drawn from Ovisi lighthouse (57°34.1234′N, 21°42.9574′E) on the west coast of Latvia to the Southern Rock of Cape Loode (57°57.4760′N, 21°58.2789′E) on the island of Saaremaa, then southwards to the southernmost point of the peninsula of Sõrve and then in a north-eastern direction along the east coast of the island of Saaremaa, and in the north by a line drawn from 58°30.0′N 23°13.2′E to 58°30.0′N 23°41′1E;

(h)

‘Gulf of Cadiz’ means the area of ICES Sub-division IXa east of longitue 7°23′48″W.