Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters (c. 57)

TITLE III U.K. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS

Article 37 U.K. Prohibited species

[F1 1. It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species:

(a) basking shark ( Cetorhinus maximus ) and white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ) in all EU waters;

(b) angel shark ( Squatina squatina ) in all EU waters;

(c) common skate ( Dipturus batis ) in EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES Subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(d) undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) and white skate ( Rostroraja alba ) in EU waters of ICES Subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(e) porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) in all EU waters; and

(f) guitarfishes ( Rhinobatidae ) in EU waters of ICES Subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII.]

2. The species referred to in paragraph 1 shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) No 1106/2011 of 20 October 2011 amending Regulations (EU) No 57/2011 and (EC) No 754/2009 as regards the protection of the species ‘porbeagle’, certain TACs and certain fishing effort limits set for Germany and Ireland.