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c) "Processing vessel" means a vessel on board of which fisheries products are subject to one or
more of the following operations, prior to their packaging: filleting or slicing, freezing and/or
processing;
d) "Auxiliary vessel" means any vessel used to transport dead bluefin tuna (not processed) from a
cage to a designated port.
e) "Fishing actively" means, for any catching vessel, the fact that it targets bluefin tuna during a
given fishing season;
f) "Joint fishing operation" means any operation between two or more catching vessels flying the
flag of different flag States CPCs where the catch of one catching vessel is attributed to one or
more other catching vessels in accordance with an allocation key;
g) "Transfer activities" means:
− any transfer of live bluefin tuna from the catching vessel net to the transport cage;
− any transfer of live bluefin tuna from the transport cage to another transport cage;
− any transfer of dead bluefin tuna from the transport cage to an auxiliary vessel.
− any transfer from a bluefin tuna farm or a tuna trap to a processing vessel, transport vessel
or to land.
h) “Tuna trap” means fixed gear anchored to the bottom usually containing a guide net that leads
fish into an enclosure.
i) "Caging" means the transfer of bluefin tuna from the transport cage to the fattening and
farming cages.
j) "Fattening" means caging of bluefin tuna for a short period (usually 2-6 months) aiming
mostly at increasing the fat content of the fish.
k) "Farming" means caging of bluefin tuna for a period longer than one year, aiming to increase
the total biomass.
l) "Transshipment" means the unloading of all or any of the fish on board a fishing vessel to
another fishing vessel at port.
m) "Sport fishery" means a non-commercial fishery whose members adhere to a national sport
organization or are issued with a national sport licence.
n) "Recreational fishery" means a non-commercial fishery whose members do not adhere to a
national sport organization or are not issued with a national sport licence.
Length of vessels
3. All lengths of vessels referred to in this Recommendation shall be understood as length overall.
TAC and quotas
4. The total allowable catches (TACs) are fixed:
2007: 29,500 t
2008: 28,500 t
2009: 22,000 t
Part II
Management measures