Commission Regulation (EC) No 129/2003 of 24 January 2003 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size and thickness of twine of fishing nets(1) shall apply.
1. Where marine organisms of a species subject to the landing obligation are caught in excess of permitted percentages specified in Annexes II and III, Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply. Those unintended catches shall be landed and counted against quotas.
2. Marine organisms of a species not subject to the landing obligation set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 that are caught in excess of permitted percentages as specified in Annexes II and III to this Regulation shall not be landed but shall be returned immediately to the sea.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the landing obligation, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98.
1.Gear that may not be used within a certain geographical area or during a certain period shall be stowed away in such a manner that it is not ready for use in the prohibited area or during the prohibited period. Reserve gear shall be stowed away separately and in such a manner that it is not ready for use.
2.Fishing gear shall be considered not ready for use if:
(a)in the case of trawls, Danish seines and similar gears with the exception of pair trawl:
the trawl boards are made fast to the inner or outer side of the bulwark or the gallows,
sweep lines or warps are unshackled from the trawl boards or weights;
(b)in the case of pair trawl, the wing tip weights are unshackled and stowed away;
(c)in the case of lines, gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets:
the nets are stowed under a lashed cover,
the lines and hooks are kept in closed boxes;
(d)in the case of purse seines, the main or bottom wire is unshackled from the seine.
3.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where any gear is used for which cod (Gadus morhua) is defined as a target species in accordance with Annexes II or III, no other type of gear shall be kept on board.