Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123Dangos y teitl llawn

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters

Section 4U.K.IOTC Area of Competence

F1Article 26U.K.Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence

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[F2Article 27U.K. Drifting FADs and supply vessels

1.Drifting FADs shall be equipped with instrumented buoys. The use of any other buoys, such as radio buoys is prohibited.

2.A purse seiner shall not follow more than 300 operational buoys at any one time.

3.The maximum number of instrumented buoys that may be acquired annually for each purse seine vessel is 500. No purse seine vessel shall have more than 500 instrumented buoys (buoy in stock and operational buoy) at any time.

4.The maximum number of supply vessels shall be two supply vessels in support of not less than five purse seiners F3.... This provision shall not apply [F4where only one supply vessel is used].

5.A single purse seiner shall not be supported by more than one single supply vessel F5... at any time.

6.[F6A fisheries administration must] not register new or additional supply vessels in the IOTC record of authorised vessels.]

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Article 28U.K.Sharks

1.Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of thresher sharks of all the species of the Alopiidae family in any fishery shall be prohibited.

2.Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) in any fishery shall be prohibited, except for [F7United Kingdom fishing] vessels under 24 metres overall length engaged solely in fishing operations within [F8United Kingdom waters], and provided that their catch is destined solely for [F9United Kingdom] consumption.

3.When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

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[F10Article 28aU.K. Mobulid rays

1.It shall be prohibited for [F11United Kingdom] fishing vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship, to land, to store, to offer for sale or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays ( Mobulidae family which includes the genera Manta and Mobula ), except for fishing vessels carrying out subsistence fishery (where the fish caught are consumed directly by the families of the fishermen).

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Mobulid rays that are unintentionally caught by artisanal fishing (fisheries other than longline or surface fisheries, i.e. purse seines, pole and line, gillnet fisheries, handline and trolling vessels, and registered in the IOTC record of authorised vessels) may be landed for purposes of local consumption only.

2.All fishing vessels, other than those carrying out subsistence fishery, shall promptly release alive and unharmed, to the extent practicable, Mobulid rays as soon as they are seen in the net, on the hook, or on the deck, and shall do so in a manner that will result in the least possible harm to the individuals captured.]

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