➡ Refers to the joint France-Cote d´Ivoire-Senegal fleet that targets tropical tunas off Africa.

➡ harvest of uncultured fish from water bodies.

➡ cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.

➡ person who engages in fishing activities, or is 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.

➡  any activity related to the culture, management, harvest, processing or marketing of aquatic animals (finfish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans, etc.) or plants (seaweeds, alga, etc.).

➡ Head of a nation's ministry or paramount department in charge of fisheries.

➡ inspection used to verify compliance with technical specifications. The inspection may be conducted visually or specific instrumentation may be required in order to determine whether fisheries equipment or facility comply with the relevant technical specifications