CHAPTER IU.K. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1U.K.Scope

This Regulation establishes the criteria and procedures for a system relating to the management of fishing effort in [F1those parts of ] ICES areas V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X and CECAF divisions 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 [F2which are within United Kingdom waters].

Article 2U.K.Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

ICES and CECAF zones are as defined in [F3Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic];

(b)

‘fishing effort’ means the product of the capacity and the activity of a fishing vessel; for a group of vessels it means the sum of fishing effort exerted by each vessel of the group.

[F4For the calculation of fishing effort, as defined in point (b), the fishing capacity of a vessel must be measured as the installed power expressed in kilowatts (kW).]