S.L. 425.13 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 425.

(1) In these regulations, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act;

"average e-BCD caging weight" means total weight divided by the total number of pieces in a particular cage as recorded in the caging section within individual eBCDs;

"average harvest weight" means the total live weight of the fish harvested per cage divided by the total number of pieces as recorded during the harvesting process;

"e-BCD" means electronic Bluefin Tuna Catch document as defined in Regulation (EU) 2016/1627;

"Harvest Raised Weight" means the amended e-BCD average weight (with -5% lowest weight range applied as per Annex 9 of ICCAT Recommendation 14-04 implemented through Regulation (EU) 2016/1627) + SCRS growth factor = Harvest Raised Weight in kg;

"maximum harvest raised weight" means the acceptable harvested weight at national level up to 10% from the harvest raised weight as described in paragraph (d);

"Regulation (EU) 2016/1627" means Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of The European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on a Multiannual Recovery Plan for Bluefin Tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009;

"SCRS growth factor" refers to the values listed in tables 1 p.1049 Collective Volume of Scientific Papers ICCAT, (2010) vol. 65(3) – SCRS/2009/192.

*Repealed by Legal Noticec 218 of 2022.

(2) Words and phrases used in these regulations shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in the Act.