Registered vessel - meaning and illustration

registered vessel means a fishing vessel registered with the Department under any of the Regulations listed in subsection 3(4); (bateau enregistré)

✏️ Source -- Canada Fishery (General) Regulations, Section 2 ( Canada Fishery (General) Regulations )

“Seychelles vessel” means a fishing vessel —

• (a)           that holds a valid and applicable registration or identification under the Merchant Shipping Act, (Cap 282) or as may be required by other applicable Seychelles legislation; and
• (b)          includes any local vessel, a Seychelles industrial vessel, a joint venture vessel and a Seychelles registered vessel, but does not include a foreign vessel;

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

“Seychelles registered vessel” means a fishing vessel —

• (a)           that holds a valid and applicable registration under the Merchant Shipping Act, (Cap 282);
• (b)          is licensed for tuna and tuna-like species, in accordance with condition of the licence; and
• (c)           is wholly legally and beneficially owned by one or more foreign citizens only or by a company established under the written laws of Seychelles of which all the shares are beneficially owned by foreign citizens;

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

“English fishing boat” means a fishing boat—
(a) which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and
(b) whose entry in the register specifies a port in England as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging; 

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