In the aforesaid Act as extended to the Channel Islands, the following expressions have the meanings hereafter assigned to them except as specifically provided or where the context otherwise requires:—

• “British fishing boat” and “foreign fishing boat” have the meanings assigned respectively to them by section 19 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968;

• “British-owned”, in relation to a fishing boat means owned by a person who is (within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894) a person qualified to own a British ship or owned by two or more persons any one of whom is (within the meaning of that Act) a person so qualified;

• “British sea-fishery officer” means any person who by virtue of section 7 of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 is a British sea-fishery officer;

• “fishing boat” means a vessel of whatever size, and in whatever way propelled which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;

• “master” includes, in relation to any vessel, the person for the time being in command or charge of the vessel;

• “migratory trout” means trout which migrate to or from the sea;

• “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with the sea fishing industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;

• “salmon” includes any fish of the salmon species;

• “sea fish” means fish, whether fresh or cured, of any kind found in the sea, including shellfish, and any parts of any such fish but does not include salmon or migratory trout;

• “shellfish” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any spat or spawn of shellfish;

• “vessel” includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation.

References to the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 are to that Act as extended to Guernsey or Jersey, as the case may be.