Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/2034 (repealed)Show full title

Article 9 Specific technical measures in the Celtic Sea Protection Zone

1. From 1 July 2019, fishing vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines in the Celtic Sea Protection Zone shall use one of the following gear options:

(a) 110 mm cod-end with 120 mm squared mesh panel(1);

(b) 100 mm T90 cod-end;

(c) 100 mm cod-end with 160 mm squared mesh panel.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 5 % of Norway lobster shall use one of the following gear options:

(a) 300 mm squared mesh panel; vessels below 12 meters in length over all may use a 200 mm square mesh panel;

(b) Seltra panel;

(c) Sorting grid with a 35 mm bar spacing as defined in the Annex XIVa to Regulation (EC) No 850/98(2) or a similar Netgrid selectivity device;

(d) 100 mm cod-end with a 100 mm square mesh panel.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 55 % of whiting or 55 % of anglerfish, hake or megrim combined, shall use one of the following gear options:

(a) 100 mm cod-end with a 100 mm squared mesh panel;

(b) 90 mm T90 cod-end and extension;

(c) 80 mm cod-end with a 160 mm squared mesh panel;

(d) 80 mm cod-end with a 2 m multiplied by 100 mm squared mesh cylinder.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising less than 10 % of gadoids (Gadidae) in ICES division 7f East of 5° West, shall use 80 mm cod-end fitted with a 120 mm square mesh panel.

5. A selective gear or device assessed by the STECF as having the same or higher selectivity characteristics for cod, haddock and whiting may be added as an alternative gear to the above.

(1)

Squared mesh panels shall be fitted in accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1).

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1).