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Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down the rules for the application by the Community of the Conservation and Enforcement Measures established by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO).

Article 2Scope1.The provisions in Chapters II to V of this Regulation apply to all commercial fishing activities conducted by Community fishing vessels fishing for species covered by the NAFO Convention in the NAFO Regulatory Area.2.Conservation and management measures pertaining to the taking of fish, in particular concerning mesh size, size limits, closed Areas and seasons do not apply to research vessels active in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

Article 3DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation:1."Fishing vessel" means any vessel which is or has been engaged in fishing activities, including fish processing vessels and vessels engaged in transhipment or any other activity in preparation for or related to fishing, including experimental or exploratory fishing.2."Research vessel" means any permanent research vessel or vessel normally engaged in fishing activities or fisheries support activity employed or chartered for fishery research, which has been duly notified.3."Fishing activities" means fishing, fish processing operations, the transhipment of fish or fish products, and any other activity in preparation for or related to fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area.4."Inspector" means an inspector of the fishery control services of the NAFO Contracting Parties assigned to the Joint Inspection and Surveillance Scheme of NAFO.5."Fishing trip" means the time beginning when a vessel enters the NAFO Regulatory Area and ending when the vessel leaves the Regulatory Area and all catch on board from the Regulatory Area is unloaded or transhipped.6."Non-Contracting Party vessel" means a vessel which has been sighted or by other means identified and reported as having engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area and(a)which flies the flag of a State which is not a Contracting Party to the NAFO Convention; or(b)for which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting it to be without nationality.7."IUU fishing" means illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area.8."IUU vessel" means any Non-Contracting Party vessel engaged in illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area.9."IUU list" means the list containing the particulars of vessels which have been found by NAFO to have engaged in IUU fishing.10."NAFO Regulatory Area" means the Area defined in Article I of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (NAFO Convention).11."Sub-Area" means a Sub-Area as defined in Annex III to the NAFO Convention.12."Division" means a division as defined in Annex III to the NAFO Convention.13."Other quota" means a quota which Community vessels share with vessels flying the flag of other Contracting Parties of NAFO.14."NAFO Scheme" means the Joint Inspection and Surveillance Scheme adopted by the NAFO.15."Conservation and Enforcement Measures of NAFO" means Conservation and Enforcement Measures adopted by the Fisheries Commission and the General Council of NAFO.16."Fishing logbook" means the logbook referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1., in which fishing operations and catches are recorded.17."Production logbook" means the logbook in which the fish in product form is recorded.18."Capacity plan" means the drawing or description indicating the storage capacity in cubic meters of all holds and other storage places on board a fishing vessel.19."Stowage plan" means the drawing that shows the location where fish is stowed in the holds or other storage places on board a fishing vessel.20."Transhipment" means the transfer, over the side, of any quantity of fisheries resources or products thereof retained on board, from one fishing vessel to another.21."Bottom fishing activities" means any fishing activity involving gear that contacts or is likely to contact the ocean bottom during the normal course of fishing operations.22."Existing bottom fishing areas" means areas where, as indicated by VMS and/or other geo-reference data, bottom fishing activities have been conducted at least in two years within a reference period of 1987 to 2007.23."New bottom fishing areas" means any area, other than existing bottom fishing areas, in which bottom fishing activities are conducted.;

Council Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007 of 22 October 2007 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation