Article 1 Definitions

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

1. (a)

   ‘position message’ means the report on the position of a vessel automatically transmitted by the satellite-tracking device of the vessel to the Fisheries Monitoring Centre of F1a fisheries administration;

2. (b)

   ‘position report’ means the report made by the master of a vessel as provided for in Article 25 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011^f1;

3. (c)

   F2“UKFR number” means the United Kingdom fleet register number of the vessel as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218;

4. (d)

   “United Kingdom fishing vessel” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. A reference to the ‘fleet’ of a fisheries administration is a reference to all United Kingdom fishing vessels which are—

   1. (i)

      in the case of the Secretary of State and the Marine Management Organisation, registered to a port in England,

   2. (ii)

      in the case of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, registered to a port in Northern Ireland,

   3. (iii)

      in the case of the Scottish Ministers, registered to a port in Scotland, or

   4. (iv)

      in the case of the Welsh Ministers registered to a port in Wales.