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Council Regulation (EC) No 882/2003 of 19 May 2003 establishing a tuna tracking and verification system article 3 CELEX: 32003R0882 Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. "tuna" means species of the suborder Scombridae, with the exception of the genus Scomber;
2. "dolphin" means species of the Delphinidae family, associated with yellowfin tuna fishing in the Agreement Area;
3. "Agreement area" means the waters of the eastern Pacific as defined in Article 3 of the AIDCP;
4. "dolphin-safe tuna" means tuna captured in sets in which there is no mortality or serious injury of dolphins;
5. "non-dolphin-safe tuna" is tuna captured in sets in which mortality or serious injury of dolphins occurs; any tuna caught in sets in which dolphins were intentionally encircled by vessels without a dolphin mortality limit (DML) or whose captain is not on the list of qualified captains maintained by the secretariat, shall not be considered dolphin safe;
6. "observer" is the person assigned to the vessel by the IATTC or the Contracting Party's national observer programme to record the vessel's fishing activities;
7. "tracking form" is a document presented in accordance with model A in Annex I (dolphin-safe tuna) and model B in Annex II (non-dolphin-safe tuna) hereto; |
Council Regulation (EC) No 882/2003 of 19 May 2003 establishing a tuna tracking and verification system article 3 CELEX: 32003R0882 8. "set" is the act of deploying and retrieving the purse seine in order to catch tuna;
9. "bin" is any container used to store tuna after unloading, during cold storage or for transport to processing. |