CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Scope
Article 2
1
This Regulation applies in relation to swordfish and bigeye tuna which is imported into the United Kingdom, transhipped at a United Kingdom port, or exported, or re-exported, from the United Kingdom.
2
This Regulation does not apply to—
a
the import, transhipment, export or re-export of swordfish or bigeye tuna fish parts other than the meat and for these purposes “fish parts other than the meat” include heads, eyes, roes, guts and tails;
b
bigeye tuna caught by purse seiners or by baitboats which is destined to be processed and canned at a cannery in the ICCAT Convention area or in the IOTC Area of Competence.
3
In this Article—
a
“
purse seiner
” means a fishing boat that uses a purse seine and “
purse seine
” has the same meaning as in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures;
b
“
baitboat
” means a fishing boat using pole and line fishing with bait in the water to attract schools of tuna.
Art. 2 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/439), regs. 1(1), 3(3)