Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011Show full title

Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 of 18 January 2011 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters

Article 29U.K.Measures for the protection of deep water sharks

Directed fishing for the following deep water sharks in the SEAFO Convention Area shall be prohibited:

  • skates (Rajidae),

  • spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias),

  • blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi),

  • shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus),

  • great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps),

  • smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus),

  • ghost catshark (Apristurus manis),

  • velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus),

  • and deep-sea sharks of super-order Selachimorpha.