TITLE IIIFISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS

Article 41Prohibitions

1

It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species whenever they are found in Union waters:

a

starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV;

b

the following species of sawfish in Union waters:

  1. (i)

    narrow sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata);

  2. (ii)

    dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata);

  3. (iii)

    smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata);

  4. (iv)

    largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis);

  5. (v)

    green sawfish (Pristis zijsron);

c

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Union waters;

d

common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

e

tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

f

smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

g

kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV and XIV;

h

porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in Union waters;

i

reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) in Union waters;

j

giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in Union waters;

k

the following species of Mobula rays in Union waters:

  1. (i)

    devil fish (Mobula mobular);

  2. (ii)

    lesser Guinean devil ray (Mobula rochebrunei);

  3. (iii)

    spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica);

  4. (iv)

    smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni);

  5. (v)

    longhorned mobula (Mobula eregoodootenkee);

  6. (vi)

    Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana);

  7. (vii)

    Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana);

  8. (viii)

    shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii);

  9. (ix)

    lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma);

l

thornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division IIIa;

m

Norwegian skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk;

n

undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, IX and X and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

o

guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;

F1p

picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Union waters of ICES subareas II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

q

angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters.

2

When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.