S.L. 425.8 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Order, unless the content otherwise requires -

"Act" means the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act;

"convention" shall have the same meaning as that assigned to it in the Act; "illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing" or "IUU fishing" means fishing activities which are illegal, unreported or unregulated;

"illegal fishing" means fishing activities:

(a) conducted by national or foreign fishing vessels in the maritime waters under the jurisdiction of a state, without the permission of that state, or in contravention of its laws and regulations;

(b) conducted by fishing vessels flying the flag of states that are contracting parties to a relevant regional fisheries management organization, but which operate in contravention of the conservation and management measures adopted by that organization and by which those states are bound, or of relevant provisions of the applicable international law; or

(c) conducted by fishing vessels in violation of national laws or international obligations, including those undertaken by cooperating states to a relevant regional fisheries management organization; "unreported fishing" means fishing activities:

(a) which have not been reported, or have been misreported, to the relevant national authority, in contravention of national laws and regulations; or

(b) which have been undertaken in the area or competence

*Repealed by Legal Notice 364 of 2022. of a relevant regional fisheries management organization and have not been reported, or have been misreported, in contravention of the reporting procedures of that organization;

"unregulated fishing" means fishing activities:

(a) conducted in the area of application of a relevant regional fisheries management organization by fishing vessels without a nationality, by fishing vessels flying the flag of a state not party to that organization or by any other fishing entity, in a manner that is not consistent with or contravenes the conservation and management measures of that organization; or

(b) conducted in areas or for fish stocks in relation to which there are no applicable conservation or management measures by fishing vessels in a manner that is not consistent with state responsibilities for the conservation of living marine resources under international law.