# The Merchant Shipping (Fishing Vessels—Tonnage) Regulations 1988, Paragraph 2: Breadth


“breadth” means the maximum breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a vessel with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a vessel with a shell of any other material and for the purposes of this definition“amidships” means the mid point of the length as defined in paragraph 1 above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1909/schedule/2/paragraph/2. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fishing-vesselstonnage-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-2.
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