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Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 establishing a multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation in the North Sea and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 676/2007 and (EC) No 1342/2008

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Article 12U.K.Fishing authorisations and capacity ceilings

1.For each of the ICES zones referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation, [F1a fisheries administration must] issue fishing authorisations [F2(which may be contained in a licence granted under section 15 of the Fisheries Act 2020)] in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 for [F3United Kingdom fishing vessels] which engage in fishing activities in that area. In such fishing authorisations, [F4a fisheries administration] may also limit the total capacity expressed in kW of such vessels using a specific gear.

2.For cod in the Eastern Channel (ICES division 7d) F5... the total capacity expressed in kW of the vessels having fishing authorisations issued in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be greater than the maximum capacity of the vessels that have been active in 2006 or 2007 using one of the following gears in the ICES zone concerned:

(a)bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, SDN, SSC, SPR) of mesh:

(i)

equal to or larger than 100 mm;

(ii)

equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm;

(iii)

equal to or larger than 16 mm and less than 32 mm;

(b)beam trawls (TBB) of mesh:

(i)

equal to or larger than 120 mm;

(ii)

equal to or larger than 80 mm and less than 120 mm;

(c)gill nets, entangling nets (GN);

(d)trammel nets (GT);

(e)longlines (LL).

3.[F6A fisheries administration] shall establish and maintain a list of vessels holding the fishing authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 and make it available on its official website F7....

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