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Regulations means regulations contained in the annex to the Convention;
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Approved means approved by the Party in accordance with these regulations;
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Skipper means the person having command of a fishing vessel;
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Officer means a member of the crew, other than the skipper, designated as such by national law or regulations or, in the absence of such designation, by collective agreement or custom;
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Chief engineer officer means the senior engineer officer responsible for the mechanical propulsion and operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical installations of the vessel;
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Second engineer officer means the engineer officer next in rank to the chief engineer officer and upon whom the responsibility for the mechanical propulsion and the operation and maintenance of the mechanical and electrical installations of the vessel will fall in the event of the incapacity of the chief engineer officer;
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Radio operator means a person holding an appropriate certificate issued or recognized by an Administration under the provisions of the
Radio Regulations;
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Radio Regulations means the Radio Regulations complementing the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union which is in force at any given time;
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Month means a calendar month or 30 days made up of periods of less than one month;
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Seagoing service means service on board a vessel relevant to the issue or revalidation of a certificate or other qualification;
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Propulsion power means the total maximum continuous rated output power, in kilowatts, of all the vessel's main propulsion machinery which appears on the vessel's certificate of registry or other official document;
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Limited waters means those waters in the vicinity of a Party as defined by its Administration within which a degree of safety is considered to exist which enables the standards of qualification and certification for all fishing vessel personnel to be set at a lower level than for service outside the defined limits. In determining the extent of limited waters, the Administration shall take into consideration the guidelines developed by the Organization;
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Unlimited waters mean waters beyond limited waters;
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Length (L) shall be taken as 96% of the total length on a waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the keel line, or as the length from the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In vessels designed with rake of keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline;
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Moulded depth is the vertical distance measured from the keel line to the top of the working deck beam at side;
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STCW-F Code means the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel Code, as adopted by resolution MSC.562(108), as may be amended by the Organization;
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Owner means the owner of the fishing vessel or any other organization or person, such as the manager, agent, operator, company, authorized representative or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the vessel from the owner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over the duties and responsibilities imposed on fishing vessel owners in accordance with the Convention, regardless of whether any other organization or person fulfils certain of the duties or responsibilities on behalf of the fishing vessel owner;
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Fishing vessel personnel means every person employed or engaged in any capacity or carrying out an occupation on board any fishing vessel, including persons working on board who are paid on the basis of a share of the catch but excluding pilots, naval personnel, other persons in the permanent service of a government, shore-based persons carrying out work aboard a fishing vessel and fisheries observers;
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Function means a group of tasks, duties and responsibilities, as specified in the STCW-F Code, necessary for fishing vessel operation, safety of life at sea or protection of the marine environment;
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Fishing training vessel means a dedicated training vessel, designed for catching and storing fish, which provides a training opportunity for demonstration and assessment of the competences required by the provisions of chapter II of this annex;
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Certificate of competency means a certificate issued and endorsed for skippers, officers and GMDSS radio operators in accordance with the provisions of chapter II of this annex and entitling the lawful holder thereof to serve in the capacity and perform the functions involved at the level of responsibility specified therein; and
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Certificate of proficiency means a certificate, other than a certificate of competency issued to fishing vessel personnel, stating that the relevant requirements of training, competencies or seagoing service in the Convention have been met.