L 28/12
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
31.1.2023
Article 2 Scope 1.
This Regulation applies to the following fishing vessels:
(a) Union fishing vessels; and (b) third-country vessels in Union waters.
2.
This Regulation also applies to:
(a) certain recreational fisheries expressly referred to in the relevant provisions of this Regulation; and (b) commercial fisheries from shore.
Article 3 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply.
In addition, the following definitions apply: (a) ‘third-country vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country; (b) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources in the context of recreation, tourism or sport; (c) ‘international waters’ means waters outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State; (d) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means: (i) in fisheries subject to the exemption from the landing obligation referred to in Article 15(4) to (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that may be landed from each stock each year; (ii) in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that may be caught from each stock each year; (e) ‘quota’ means a proportion of a TAC that is allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country; (f) ‘analytical assessment’ means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock’s biology and exploitation, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice on options for future catches; (g) ‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as defined in Article 6, point (34), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (19); (h) ‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission pursuant to Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; (i) ‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009; (j) ‘instrumented buoy’ means a buoy clearly marked with a unique reference number allowing identification of its owner and equipped with a satellite tracking system to monitor its position; (k) ‘operational buoy’ means any instrumented buoy, previously activated, switched on and deployed at sea on a drifting fish aggregating device (FAD) or log, which transmits positions and other available information such as echo-sounder estimates.
(19) Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).