Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘fishing opportunities’ means: (i) total allowable catches (‘TACs’) or the number of vessels authorised to fish and/or the duration of these authorisations; (ii) shares of the TACs available to the Community; (iii) quotas allocated to the Community in third country waters; (iv) allocation of Community fishing opportunities under (ii) and (iii) to Member States in the form of quotas; (v) allocation to third countries of quotas to be fished in Community waters; (b) ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State; (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; (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; (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; (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); (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; (h) ‘Gulf of Cadiz’ means the area of ICES Sub-division IXa east of longitue 7°23′48″W.