For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘fishing opportunities’ means:

   1. (i)

      total allowable catches (‘TACs’) or the number of vessels authorised to fish and/or the duration of these authorisations;

   2. (ii)

      shares of the TACs available to the Community;

   3. (iii)

      quotas allocated to the Community in third country waters;

   4. (iv)

      allocation of Community fishing opportunities under (ii) and (iii) to Member States in the form of quotas;

   5. (v)

      allocation to third countries of quotas to be fished in Community waters;

2. (b)

   ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

3. (c)

   ‘NAFO Regulatory Area’ means the part of the area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) Convention not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of coastal States;

4. (d)

   ‘Skagerrak’ means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

5. (e)

   ‘Kattegat’ means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

6. (f)

   ‘North Sea’ means ICES Sub-area IV and that part of ICES Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in point (d);

7. (g)

   ‘Gulf of Riga’ means the area bounded on the west bya line drawn from Ovisi lighthouse (57°34.1234′N, 21°42.9574′E) on the west coast of Latvia to the Southern Rock of Cape Loode (57°57.4760′N, 21°58.2789′E) on the island of Saaremaa, then southwards to the southernmost point of the peninsula of Sõrve and then in a north-eastern direction along the east coast of the island of Saaremaa, and in the north by a line drawn from 58°30.0′N 23°13.2′E to 58°30.0′N 23°41′1E;

8. (h)

   ‘Gulf of Cadiz’ means the area of ICES Sub-division IXa east of longitue 7°23′48″W.