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Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 88/98 (repealed)
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a The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 3 % of cod by live weight. | |||||||
b Only trawls, Danish seines and similar gears with Bacoma exit window or with T90 codend and extension piece with mesh size and specifications as laid down in Appendices I and II shall be authorised. | |||||||
c The use of beam trawl shall not be authorised. | |||||||
d The catch retained on board may consist of up to 40 % of whiting by live weight. | |||||||
e The catch retained on board may consist of up to 45 % of herring by live weight. | |||||||
Target species | Mesh size range (mm) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 16 | 16 ≤ and < 32 | 16 ≤ and < 105 | 32 ≤ and < 90 | 32 ≤ and < 105 | ≥ 90c | ≥ 105b c | |
Groups of subdivisions | |||||||
22-32 | 22-27 | 28-32 | 22-23 | 24-27 | 22-23 | 22-32 | |
Minimum percentage of target species | |||||||
90a | 90a e | 90a | 90a d | 90a d | 90 | 100 | |
Sand eels (Ammodytidae) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Herring (Clupea harengus) | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Sole (Solea vulgaris) | * | * | |||||
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | * | * | |||||
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) | * | * | |||||
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) | * | * | |||||
Dab (Limanda limanda) | * | * | |||||
Flounder (Platichthys flesus) | * | * | |||||
Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) | * | * | |||||
Turbot (Psetta maxima) | * | * | |||||
Cod (Gadus morhua) | * |
4 m for a codend of circumference of between 100 and 89 diamond meshes measured in front of the window;
3,5 m for a codend of circumference between 88 and 75 diamond meshes measured in front of the window and;
3 m for a codend of circumference of less than 75 diamond meshes measured in front of the window.
Figure 1
Trawl gear can be divided into three different sections according to shape and function. The trawl body is always a tapered section. The extension piece is an untapered section normally manufactured of either one or two pieces of nets. The codend is also an untapered section often made of double twine in order to have a better resistance against heavy wearing. The part below the lifting strap is called lifting bag.
Figure 2
Extension piece
Codend
Escape window, square mesh panel
Upper panel, maximum 50 open diamond meshes
Lower panel, maximum 50 open diamond meshes
Selvedges
Joining round or lacing
Lifting strap
Back strap
Codline
Distance of window from codline (Figures 3 and 4)
Buoy rope
Codend buoy
Figure 3
MOUNTING OF WINDOW PANEL
110 m square mesh panel (25bars)
Joining of square mesh panel to selvedge
Joining of square mesh panel to diamond mesh net, except edge bars of window from both sides Two diamond meshes/one bar in a square mesh
105 mm diamond mesh net (maximum 50 open meshes)
Distance of the window panel from the codline. The window shall terminate not more than four meshes from the codline, inclusive of the hand-braided row of meshes through which the codline is passed
One row of hand-braided codline meshes
Figure 4
MOUNTING OF WINDOW PANEL
110 mm square mesh panel (20 bars)
Joining of square mesh panel to selvedge
Joining of square mesh panel to diamond mesh net, except edge bars of window from both sides
2 diamond meshes/1 bar in a square mesh
105 mm diamond mesh net (max 50 open meshes)
Distance of the window panel from the codline. The window shall terminate not more than 4 meshes from the codline, inclusive of the hand-braided row of meshes through which the codline is passed
One row of hand-braided codline meshes
Maximum 10 % in both sides of open meshes D
The mesh size shall be at least 110 mm. By way of derogation from Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 129/2003, the mesh size in the codend and the extension piece shall be measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fishing gear.
The material of the yarn of the codend and the extension piece shall be of polyethylene threads with a single twine thickness of no more than 6 mm or with double twine thickness of no more than 4 mm respectively. This provision shall not apply to the rear most row of meshes in the codend if fitted with a codline.
The number of meshes in any circumference in the codend and the extension piece, excluding joinings and selvedges shall be no more than 50.
The forward edge of the panels composing both codend and extension piece shall be fitted out with a braided row of half meshes. The aft edge of codend panel shall be fitted out by a full row of braided meshes able to guide the codline.
The length of the lifting strap shall be no less than 3,5 m.
A codend buoy shall be spherical in shape and have a maximum diameter of 40 cm. It shall be fastened through the buoy rope to the codline.
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