Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 (repealed)Show full title

[F1 Article 18a U.K. Restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot

1. The retention on board of the following species of fish shall be prohibited where they are caught within the geographical areas and during the periods mentioned below:

Species	Geographical area	Period
Flounder ( Platichthys flesus )	Subdivisions 26, 27, 28 and 29 south of 59° 30′ N	15 February to 15 May
	Subdivision 32	15 February to 31 May
Turbot ( Psetta maxima )	Subdivisions 25, 26 and 28 south of 56° 50′ N	1 June to 31 July

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, when fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gears with a mesh size equal to or greater than 105 mm or with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm, by-catches of flounder and turbot may be retained on board and landed within a limit of 10 % by live weight of the total catch retained on board and landed during the periods of prohibition referred to in paragraph 1.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 1237/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound.