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

1. (a)

   ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/200918;

2. (b)

   ‘Skagerrak’ means the geographical 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;

3. (c)

   ‘Kattegat’ means the geographical 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;

4. (d)

   ‘Functional Unit 16 of ICES subarea VII’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

   • 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W,

   • 53° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,

   • 51° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,

   • 51° 30′ N 13° 00′ W,

   • 51° 00′ N 13° 00′ W,

   • 51° 00′ N 15° 00′ W,

   • 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W;

5. (e)

   ‘Functional Unit 26 of ICES division IXa’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

   • 43° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,

   • 43° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

   • 42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

   • 42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;

6. (f)

   ‘Functional Unit 27 of ICES division IXa’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

   • 42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,

   • 42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

   • 38° 30′ N 10° 00′ W,

   • 38° 30′ N 9° 00′ W,

   • 40° 00′ N 9° 00′ W,

   • 40° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;

7. (g)

   ‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division IXa east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W;

8. (h)

   CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council19;

9. (i)

   NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council20;

10. (j)

    ‘SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean21;

11. (k)

    ‘ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas22;

12. (l)

    ‘CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 601/200423;

13. (m)

    ‘IATTC (Inter — American Tropical Tuna Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica24;

14. (n)

    ‘IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Area of Competence’ is the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission25;

15. (o)

    ‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ is the high seas geographical area south of 10° N, north of the CCAMLR Convention Area, east of the SIOFA Convention Area as defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement26, and west of the areas of fisheries jurisdictions of South American States;

16. (p)

    ‘WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean27;

17. (q)

    ‘GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) geographical subareas’ are the areas defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council28.

18. (r)

    ‘high seas of the Bering Sea’ is the geographical area of the high seas of the Bering Sea beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured;

19. (s)

    ‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC’ is the geographical area defined by the following limits:

    • longitude 150° W,

    • longitude 130° W,

    • latitude 4° S,

    • latitude 50° S.