" British fishing boat " means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, exempted from registration by regulations under section 373 of the M1Merchant Shipping Act 1894 or owned wholly by a person who is (within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894) a person qualified to own a British ship, and " foreign fishing boat" means a fishing boat which is not so registered, so exempted or so owned ;

" convention " includes an agreement or other arrangement ;

" convention area " means, in relation to any international convention, the area to which the convention relates;

" enactment " includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;

" fish " includes shellfish, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

" fishing boat " means any vessel for the time being employed in fishing operations or any operations ancillary thereto;

" foreign sea-fishery officer " has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 of this Act;

" master " includes, in relation to any fishing boat, the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;

" the Ministers " means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland and Northern Ireland;

" the outer belt ", subject to subsection (2) below, has the same meaning as in section 1 of the M2Fishery Limits Act 1964;

" products " has the same meaning as in Part I of the M3Sea Fish Industry Act 1951 ;

" Sea Fisheries Acts " means any enactments for the time being in force relating to sea-fishing, including any enactment relating to fishing for shellfish, salmon or migratory trout.