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Boat - A small vessel or craft that is usually open; or a vessel designed for use on inland rivers, lakes or waterways. Related Terms: Boat - craft | inland waterway | vessel | water | Canal - A natural or man-made inland waterway usually connecting other waterways or bodies of water.Related Terms: Canal - barge | dock | inland waterway | pier | ship | vessel | water | Common Fisheries Policy - Established in 1983 for a twenty-year period, and focusing on access to and the preservation of fish stocks. While all EC waters were to be open to all EC fishermen (except for a limited coastal range), fishing was governed by the Total Allowable Catch (TAC), a quota system for Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htmRelated Terms: Common Fisheries Policy - international | trade | Displacement - The weight or amount of water displaced by the hull of a ship.Related Terms: Displacement - ship | water | Gross Laboratory Horsepower - Tested horsepower of a "bare" engine without fan, water pump, alternator, exhaust system or any other accessories. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Gross Laboratory Horsepower - horsepower | sae net horsepower | trucking | Inland - A term used to differentiate between the land and water segments of a transshipment; the domestic segment of a transshipment; a domestic shipment; on land; by land; over land; within the boundaries of a body of land; within a continent, country or region.Related Terms: Inland - domestic | freight | land | shipment | trade | transshipment | water | Inland Waterways - Subject to EC legislation since 1982 in terms of types and specifications of commercial craft, with mutual recognition on navigability and control since 1976. Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htmRelated Terms: Inland Waterways - international | trade | Lock - An enclosure at a dam that allows the water level to be raised or lowered to allow water craft to pass.Related Terms: Lock - canal | craft | river | vessel | Marine - Of or related to the ocean or water; or relating to the branch of military which operates on both land and water.Related Terms: Marine - freight | land | marines | maritime | military | sea | water | Marines - The branch of military that conducts operations on both land and water.Related Terms: Marines - air force | army | marine | military | navy | Navy - The branch of military that conducts operations on water.Related Terms: Navy - air force | army | marine | marines | military | Tonnage - The displacement of a vessel in tons of water; or a duty charged per ton of cargo at a port, pier, dock or canal.Related Terms: Tonnage - canal | displacement | dock | duty | pier | port | vessel | Vessel - A craft designed for water transportation.Related Terms: Vessel - craft | transportation | water | Water - A transportation medium; the hydrosphere; oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, canals, and inland waterways.Related Terms: Water - inland waterway | marine | maritime | ship | transportation | vessel | waterway |
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