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Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94
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1. The following shall not be used for fishing or kept on board:
(a) toxic, soporific or corrosive substances;
(b) electric shock generators;
(c) explosives;
(d) substances that can explode if mixed;
(e) towed devices for harvesting red coral or other type of corals or coral-like organisms;
(f) pneumatic hammers or other percussive instruments for the collection, in particular, of bivalve molluscs digging within the rocks;
(g) St Andrew's cross and similar grabs for harvesting, in particular, red coral or other type of corals or coral-like organisms;
(h) panels of netting smaller than 40mm mesh size opening for bottom trawlers.
2. Bottom-set nets shall not be used to catch the following species: albacore ( Thunnus alalunga ), bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ), swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ), ray's bream ( Brama brama ), sharks ( Hexanchus griseus; Cetorhinus maximus ; Alopiidae; Carcharhinidae; Sphyrnidae; Isuridae and Lamnidae).
By way of derogation, accidental by-catches of no more than three specimens of the shark species referred to in the first subparagraph above may be retained on board or landed provided that they are not protected species under [F1Union] law.
3. The catching, keeping on board, transhipping, landing, storing, selling and displaying or offering for sale of date shell ( Lithophaga litophaga ) and common piddock ( Pholas dactylus ) shall be prohibited.
4. Spear-guns shall be prohibited if used in conjunction with underwater breathing apparatus (aqualung) or at night from sunset to dawn.
5. The catching, keeping on board, transhipping, landing, storing, selling and displaying or offering for sale of berried female crawfish ( Palinuridae spp.) and berried female lobster ( Homarus gammarus ) shall be prohibited. Berried female crawfish and berried female lobster shall be returned to sea immediately after accidental catching or may be used for direct restocking and transplantation within management plans established pursuant to either Articles 18 or 19 of this Regulation.]
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (Official Journal of the European Union L 409 of 30 December 2006).
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.
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