Fishing boat - meaning and illustration

"fishing boat" means any ship, boat, canoe or other craft used for the taking of fish for sale or barter;

✏️ Source -- Nigeria Sea Fisheries Act, 1992, Section 12 ( Nigeria Sea Fisheries Act, 1992 )

“fishing ^ boat” means any vessel which is used for catching fish in the sea or the transport of such fish;

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

“Scottish fishing boat” means a fishing vessel which is registered in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and whose entry in the register specifies a port in Scotland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging,

✏️ Source -- Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013, Section 3, Sub-section 4, Sub-paragraph 53 ( Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 )

“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat—
(a) which is registered in the United Kingdom under Part 2 of the Merchant
Shipping Act 1995,
(b) which is British-owned, or
(c) which is registered under the law of Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man; 

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

“fishing boat” means a vessel of whatever size, and in whatever way propelled, which is for the time being employed in sea fishing;

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

“Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging; 

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

“Scottish 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 Scotland as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging; 

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

“Welsh 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 Wales as the port to which the boat is to be treated as belonging 

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