The Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Interpretation of Part 2

4.  In this Part—

“fishing trip” means any voyage of a relevant scallop boat during which a relevant scallop dredge operation is conducted and—

(a)

for a relevant Scottish scallop boat, a fishing trip starts when the boat leaves a port and ends on arrival in a port,

(b)

for any other relevant scallop boat, a fishing trip—

(i)

starts when the boat—

(aa)

leaves a port in Scotland, or

(bb)

enters the Scottish zone, and

(ii)

ends—

(aa)

on arrival in a port in Scotland, or

(bb)

when the boat leaves the Scottish zone,

“relevant scallop boat” means—

(a)

any fishing boat which deploys scallop dredges in the Scottish zone, and

(b)

any Scottish fishing boat which deploys scallop dredges outwith the Scottish zone,

“relevant scallop dredge operation” means—

(a)

where any fishing boat deploys scallop dredges in the Scottish zone,

(b)

where any Scottish fishing boat deploys scallop dredges outwith the Scottish zone,

“relevant Scottish scallop boat” means any relevant scallop boat which is a Scottish fishing boat,

“scallop” means a bivalve mollusc of the Pectinidae family, and

“scallop dredge” means an appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for scallops.