Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009Show full title

8.2. By way of derogation from point 8.1, within the area and time period referred to therein:

(a)

the use of demersal otter trawls shall be permitted provided that no other type of fishing gear is retained on board and that such nets:

(i)

are of mesh size either 70 mm to 79 mm or 80 mm to 99 mm; and

(ii)

are of only one of the permitted mesh size ranges; and

(iii)

incorporate no individual mesh, irrespective of its position within the net, of mesh size greater than 300 mm; and

(iv)

are deployed only within an area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates:

• 53^o 30' N, 05^o 30' W

• 53^o 30' N, 05^o 20' W

• 54^o 20' N, 04^o 50' W

• 54^o 30' N, 05^o 10' W

• 54^o 30' N, 05^o 20' W

• 54^o 00' N, 05^o 50' W

• 54^o 00' N, 06^o 10' W

• 53^o 45' N, 06^o 10' W

• 53^o 45' N, 05^o 30' W

• 53^o 30' N, 05^o 30' W;

(b)

the use of separator trawls shall be permitted provided that no other type of fishing gear is retained on board and that such nets:

(i)

comply with the conditions laid down in subparagraph (a)(i) to (iv); and

(ii)

are constructed in conformity with the technical details provided in the Annex of Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 of 12 February 2002 establishing measures to be applicable in 2002 for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES division VIIa)(1).

Furthermore, separator trawls may also be used within an area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following coordinates:

• 53^o 45' N, 06^o 00' W

• 53^o 45' N, 05^o 30' W

• 53^o 30' N, 05^o 30' W

• 53^o 30' N, 06^o 00' W

• 53^o 45' N, 06^o 00' W.

(1)

OJ L 41, 13.2.2002, p. 1.