S.L. 425.7 ст. 8Fishing Vessels Register.

There shall be identified in the Fishing Vessels Register various categories of fishing vessels equipped for the commercial exploitation of marine biological resources and the Director may register these under appropriate segments as follows: Category A: Commercial Fishing Vessels – Full-time

Category B: Commercial Fishing Vessels – Part-time

Category C: Non-commercial Fishing Vessels:

Provided that work boats registered as such under the Merchant Shipping Act may be permitted by the Director to carry out any operation at sea in support of or in preparation of any activity related to fishing by issuing a fishing licence under article 12 of the Act limited to the period necessary for those activities and limited to specific activities.

9.* (1) If a fishing vessel of Category A or B does not register a catch and sale of fish of value as shown in Schedule III, such vessel shall be recorded in a temporary register where it may remain visible for three (3) years, in which period it shall restart its commercial fishing activity totally or shall otherwise continue to work on a low scale and shall therefore be included in Category C of regulation 8.

(2) A vessel losing its registration in Category A or B of Schedule III and included in Category C of regulation 8 according to sub-regulation (1) shall pay two-thousand, six hundred and eighty-three euro and thirty cents of a euro (€2,683.30) in order to regain its right of registration in the categories for commercial fishing: Provided that, the right provided according to this sub-regulation shall not apply for fishing vessels who have been included in Category C of regulation 8 for a period of five (5) years or more following the application of sub-regulation (1).

* See regulation 4 of Legal Notice 305 of 2021: Transitory provision. With reference to regulation 2 of Legal Notice 305 of 2021 which substitutes regulation 9 of these regulations, anything done or to be done according to the provisions of regulation 9, before the entry into force of Legal Notice 305 of 2021, shall remain unaffected by this regulation and shall continue to apply accordingly: Provided that, according to regulation 9 any period accrued by the time of the coming into force of Legal Notice 305 of 2021, as regards fishing vessels included under Category C of regulation 8, shall be considered included in the calculation of the time period referred in the proviso of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 9 as substituted by Legal Notice 305 of 2021.