# The Sea Fishing Operations (Monitoring Devices) (Wales) Order 2022, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“fishing operations” (“gweithrediadau pysgota”) means catching fish and includes activities ancillary thereto;
“Fleet Register Number” (“Rhif Cofrestr Fflyd”) means—
(a) the United Kingdom fleet register number assigned to the vessel by the Secretary of State as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218; or
(b) the common fleet register number assigned to the vessel by a member State as referred to in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218 on the Union fishing fleet register ;
“IRCS” (“IRCS”) means the international radio call sign of the fishing boat;
“length” (“hyd”) in relation to a fishing boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 defining characteristics for fishing vessels;
“monitoring device” (“dyfais fonitro”) means a device which has a unique identification number and is capable of transmitting the required information every 30 seconds;
“relevant fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota perthnasol”) means a fishing vessel of less than 12 metres in length which is licensed under section 15 or section 17 of the Fisheries Act 2020, other than a Welsh fishing boat;
“the person in charge” (“person sydd â gofal”) means the owner, master and charterer, if any, of the fishing boat;
“the required information” (“yr wybodaeth ofynnol”) means the information specified in article 4;
“Welsh fishing boat” (“cwch pysgota Cymreig”) means a fishing vessel of less than 12 metres in length which is—
(a) registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in that register specifies a port in Wales at which the vessel is to be treated as belonging; and
(b) licensed under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/70/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-operations-monitoring-devices-wales-order-2022/article-2
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