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in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound, amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 88/98 (repealed) (c. 2187)

CHAPTER IV U.K. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN AREAS, TYPES OF FISHERIES OR LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCES

Article 16 U.K. Prohibited areas

It shall be prohibited throughout the year, to fish with any active gear in the geographical area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

1.

54° 23′ N, 14° 35′ E

2.

54° 21′ N, 14° 40′ E

3.

54° 17′ N, 14° 33′ E

4.

54° 07′ N, 14° 25′ E

5.

54° 10′ N, 14° 21′ E

6.

54° 14′ N, 14° 25′ E

7.

54° 17′ N, 14° 17′ E

8.

54° 24′ N, 14° 11′ E

9.

54° 27′ N, 14° 25′ E

10.

54° 23′ N, 14° 35′ E

Article 17 U.K. Restrictions on fishing for salmon and sea trout

1. The retention on board of salmon (Salmo salar) or sea trout (Salmo trutta) shall be prohibited:

(a) from 1 June to 15 September in waters of subdivisions 22 to 31;

(b) from 15 June to 30 September in waters of subdivision 32.

2. The area of prohibition during the closed season shall be beyond four nautical miles measured from the baselines.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the retention on board of salmon (Salmo salar) or sea trout (Salmo trutta) caught with trap-nets shall be permitted.

Article 18 U.K. Restrictions on fishing for eel

The retention on board of eel caught with any active gear shall be prohibited throughout the year.

[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.

Article 19 U.K. Restrictions on unsorted landings

1. Unsorted catches shall be landed only at ports and landings sites where a sampling programme referred to in paragraph 2 is in operation.

2. Member States shall ensure that an adequate sampling programme allowing effective monitoring of unsorted landings by species is in place.