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ANNEXU.K. Fisheries subject to the landing obligation

1. **Common sole (Solea solea) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e	OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX	All Bottom Trawls	Mesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide	All catches of common sole
	TBB	All Beam trawls	Mesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide
	GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN	All Trammel nets & Gill nets	Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide

2. **Common sole (Solea solea) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
ICES division IXa	GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN	All Trammel nets & Gill nets	Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm	All catches of common sole and plaice

3. **Hake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
^a Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016 and for 2019 the reference period shall be 2016/2017.
ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e	OTT, OTB, PTB, SDN, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV	All Bottom Trawls & Seines	Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide	All catches of hake
	LL, LLS	All Long lines	All
	GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN	All Gill Nets	Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa	OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV	All Bottom Trawls and Seines	Vessels which fulfil the following cumulative criteria: 1. Use mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm 2. Total hake landings in the period 2014/2015^a consist of: more than 5 % of all landed species and more than 5 metric tons.	All catches of hake
	GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN	All Gill Nets	Mesh size between 80 and 99 mm wide
	LL, LLS	All Long lines	Hook size bigger than 3,85 cm +/– 1,15 cm length and 1,6 cm +/– 0,4 cm width

4. **Anglerfish (Lophiidae) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e	GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN, GTR	All Trammel nets and Gill Nets	Mesh size larger of equal to 170 mm wide	All catches of anglerfish
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa	GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN, GTR	All Trammel nets and Gill Nets	Mesh size larger of equal to 170 mm wide	All catches of anglerfish

5. **Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e (only inside functional units)	OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX	All Bottom Trawls	Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm	All catches of Norway lobster
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa (only inside functional units)	OTB, PTB, OTT, TBN, TBS, OT, PT, TX TB	All Bottom Trawls	Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm	All catches of Norway lobster

6. **Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
^a Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016 and for 2019 the reference period shall be 2016/2017.
ICES divisions VIIIc, IX, X and CECAF zone 34.1.2	LLS, DWS	Deepwater set-longlines	—	All catches of black scabbardfish where the total landings per vessel of all species in 2014 and 2015^a consisted of more than 20 % of black scabbardfish

7. **Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
^a Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016 and for 2019 the reference period shall be 2016/2017.
ICES division IX	LLS, DWS	Deepwater set-longlines	Hook size bigger than 3,95 cm length and 1,65 cm width	All catches of red seabream where the total landings per vessel of all species in 2014 and 2015^a consisted of more than 20 % of red seabream

8. **Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) fisheries** U.K.

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa	OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV	All Bottom Trawls and Seines	All	All catches of blue whiting

ANNEXU.K. Fisheries subject to the landing obligation

1. Common sole (Solea solea) fisheries U.K.

2. Common sole (Solea solea) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) fisheries U.K.

3. Hake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries U.K.

4. Anglerfish (Lophiidae) fisheries U.K.

5. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries U.K.

6. Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) fisheries U.K.

7. Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) fisheries U.K.

8. Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) fisheries U.K.