Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/86 of 20 October 2016 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea (c. 86)

Article 4 De minimis exemption

By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities of species which define the fisheries as set out in the Annex to this Regulation may be discarded pursuant to Article 15(4)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013:

(a)

in the western Mediterranean Sea (point 1 of the Annex):

(i)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 7 % for 2017 and 2018 and up to a maximum of 6 % in 2019 of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using trawl nets; and

(ii)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using gillnets;

(b)

in the Adriatic Sea (point 2 of the Annex):

(i)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to 7 % for 2017 and 2018 and up to 6 % for 2019 of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using trawl nets;

(ii)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to 1 % of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using gillnets;

(iii)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to 1 % of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using rapido (beam trawl);

(iv)

for common sole (Solea solea), up to 3 % for 2017 and 2018 and up to 2 % for 2019 of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using trawl nets; and

(v)

for common sole (Solea solea), 0 % of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using gillnets;

(c)

in the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea (point 3 of the Annex):

(i)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to 7 % for 2017 and 2018 and up to 6 % for 2019 of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using trawl nets;

(ii)

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and red mullet (Mullus spp.), up to 1 % of the total annual catches of these species by vessels using gillnets; and

(iii)

for deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris), up to 7 % for 2017and 2018 and up to 6 % for 2019 of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using trawl nets.