Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER VI U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 23 U.K. Prohibited fishing gear and practices

1. The catching of living aquatic resources using methods incorporating the use of explosives, poisonous or stupefying substances, electric current or any kind of projectile shall be prohibited.

2. The sale, display or offer for sale of living aquatic resources caught using methods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be prohibited.

Article 24 U.K. Scientific research

1. This Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations subject to the following conditions:

(a) the fishing operations must be carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State or Member States concerned;

(b) the Member State or Member States in whose waters the research is carried out must have been informed in advance of the fishing operations; and

(c) the vessel conducting the fishing operations must carry on board an authorisation issued by the Member State whose flag the vessel is flying.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, living aquatic resources caught for the purposes specified in paragraph 1 cannot be sold, stored, displayed or offered for sale, unless:

(a) they meet the minimum landing sizes listed in Annex IV and, for resources for which fishing opportunities are fixed, such opportunities are not exhausted; or

(b) they are sold directly for purposes other than human consumption.

Article 25 U.K. Artificial restocking and transplantation

This Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of artificial restocking or transplantation of living aquatic resources which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State or Member States concerned. Where the artificial restocking or transplantation is carried out in the waters of another Member State or Member States, all the Member States concerned shall be informed in advance.

Article 26 U.K. Measures taken by Member States applying solely to fishing vessels flying their flag

1. Member States may, for the conservation and management of stocks or to reduce the effect of fishing on the marine eco-system, take technical measures designed to limit fishing opportunities which:

(a) supplement measures set out in Community fisheries Regulations; or

(b) go beyond minimum requirements set out in Community fisheries Regulations.

2. Measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply solely to the fishermen of the Member State concerned and shall be compatible with Community law.

3. The Member State concerned shall communicate such measures without delay to the other Member States and the Commission.

4. Member States shall supply the Commission, on its request, with all information needed for the assessment of whether the measures comply with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1.

5. If the Commission concludes that the measures do not comply with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 it shall adopt a decision requiring the Member State to withdraw or modify the measures.

Article 27 U.K. Scientific assessment of gear types

By 1 January 2008, the Commission shall ensure that a scientific assessment of the effects of using in particular gillnets, trammel nets and entangling nets on cetaceans is conducted and its findings presented to the European Parliament and Council.