# Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, Article 3: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out 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 such as recreation, tourism or sport;
(c)‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;
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(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as defined in point (34) of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
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(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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 FAD or log, which transmits positions and any other available information such as echo-sounder estimates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/123/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-123/article-3
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