Vessel master - meaning and illustration

master of a boat means the master or other person for the time being in charge or command of the boat.

✏️ Source -- New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994, Part 1, Section 4 ( New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994 )

"master, in relation to a fishing vessel, means the person for the time being in command or apparently in charge of that vessel;

✏️ Source -- Ghana Fisheries Act, 2002, Part VI, Section 140 ( Ghana Fisheries Act, 2002 )

“master” means the person for the time being having command or charge of the fishing craft;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regulations, 1991, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Craft) Regulations, 1991 )

“master” means the person for the time being having command or charge of the fishing craft;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991 )

“master” means a person in command or in charge or apparently in command of the vessel, aircraft or a vehicle, but does not include a pilot on board a vessel solely for the purpose of navigation;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 )

“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of a ship and, in relation to a fishing vessel, means the skipper;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Merchant Shipping Act, 2009, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Merchant Shipping Act, 2009 )

“master” in relation to a fishing vessel means the person —

• (a)           in charge or in command of a fishing vessel; or
• (b)          for the time being in charge or apparently in command of a fishing vessel;

✏️ Source -- SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025, Part 1, Section 2, Sub-section 1 ( SEYCHELLES FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE ACT, 2025 )

“master” means, in relation to a ship, any person (other than a pilot) having charge or command of such ship;

✏️ Source -- South Africa Merchant Shipping Act, 1951, Section 2, Sub-section i ( South Africa Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 )

“master” means the person having command or control of a fishing boat or vessel;

✏️ Source -- South Africa Sea Fishery Act 1988, Section 1, Sub-section xxiii ( South Africa Sea Fishery Act 1988 )

“master”, in relation to a fishing boat, includes the person for the time being in command or charge of the boat;

✏️ Source -- UK Fisheries Act 2020, Section 52 ( UK Fisheries Act 2020 )