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Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (repealed)
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1.For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions of maritime waters shall apply:
(a)All waters which lie to the north and west of a line running from a point at latitude 48o N, longitude 18o W, thence due north to latitude 60o N, thence due east to latitude 5o W, thence due north to latitude 60o 30′ N, thence due east to longitude 4o W, thence due north to latitude 64o N, thence due east to the coast of Norway.
(b)All waters situated north of latitude 48o N, but excluding the waters in Region 1 and ICES divisions IIIb, IIIc, and IIId.
(c)All waters corresponding to ICES sub-areas VIII and IX.
(d)All waters corresponding to ICES sub-area X.
(e)All waters in that part of the east central Atlantic comprising divisions 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.1.3 and sub-area 34.2.0 of fishing zone 34 of the CECAF region.
(f)All waters off the coasts of the French department of Guyana that come under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of France.
(g)All waters off the coasts of the French departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe that come under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of France.
(h)All waters off the coasts of the French department of Réunion that come under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of France.
(i) All waters of the Black Sea corresponding to the geographical sub-area 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (1) and in Resolution GFCM/33/2009/2.]
2.The geographical areas designated in this Regulation by the letters ‘ICES’and ‘CECAF’shall be those defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic, respectively. They are described, subject to any subsequent amendments, in Commission communications No 85/C 335/02(2) and No 85/C 347/05(3).
3.The regions referred to in paragraph 1 may be divided into geographical areas, in particular on the basis of the definitions referred to in paragraph 2, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 48.
4.Notwithstanding paragraph 2, for the purposes of this Regulation:
the Kattegat is limited in the north by a line drawn from Skagen Lighthouse to the lighthouse in Tistlarna, and from there to the nearest point on the Swedish coast, and in the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre Head to Gniben Point, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg, and from Gilbjerg Head to the Kullen,
the Skagerrak is limited in the west by a line drawn form the lighthouse of Hanstholm to the lighthouse of Lindesnes, and in the south by a line drawn form Skagen Lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna, and from there to the nearest point on the Swedish coast,
the North Sea shall comprise ICES sub-area IV, the adjacent part of ICES Division IIa lying south of latitude 64o N, and that part of ICES Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in the second indent.
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption.
For the purposes of this Regulation:
shall mean all marine fish, including anadromous and catadromous species during their marine life, crustaceans and molluscs and parts thereof;
of a towed net shall mean the mesh size of any cod-end or extension piece found on board a fishing vessel and attached to or suitable for attachment to any towed net. The mesh size shall be determined by procedures specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/84(4). This definition of mesh size shall not be applied to mesh size of square-meshed netting;
shall mean netting constructed of two or more twines, where the twines can be separated between the knots without damage to the twine structure;
shall mean a construction of netting mounted so that of the two sets of parallel lines formed by the mesh bars, one set is parallel to, and the other at right angles to, the long axis of the net;
shall mean the largest determinable mesh size of such a panel or window inserted into a towed net. The mesh size shall be determined by procedures in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/84;
shall mean netting which is composed of meshes of four sides of approximately equal length in which the corners of the meshes are formed by the interweaving of the twines of two adjacent sides of the mesh;
shall mean any fixed gear made up of a single piece of net, fixed, or capable of being fixed, by any means to the bottom of the sea;
shall mean any fixed gear made up of two or more pieces of net hung jointly in parallel on a single headline, fixed, or capable of being fixed, by any means to the bottom of the sea.
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption.
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