The Sea Fishing Operations (Monitoring Devices) (Wales) Order 2022

Interpretation

2.  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(1); 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 (2);

“IRCS” (“IRCS”) means the international radio call sign of the fishing boat(3);

“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(4);

“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(5), 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(6) 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.

(1)

EUR 2017/218.

(2)

OJ No. L 34, 9.2.2017, p. 9.

(3)

The international radio call sign is allocated to a fishing boat by the national telecommunications authority to all vessels with radio equipment on board, as part of the radio licensing process. Each country is allocated a call sign series by the International Telecommunication Union.

(4)

EUR 2017/1130.

(5)

2020 c. 22.

(6)

1995 c. 21. Part 2 has been amended by S.I. 2002/794 and S.I 2015/664.