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

[F1 Article 8 U.K. Specific conservation measures

1. Where paragraph 3 applies, a fisheries administration may make regulations in order to supplement this Regulation in relation to the rules mentioned in paragraph 5.

2. Where paragraph 3 applies, subject to paragraph 4, the Secretary of State may make regulations in order to supplement this Regulation in relation to the rules mentioned in paragraph 5.

3. This paragraph applies where scientific advice indicates that remedial action is required for the conservation of any of the demersal stocks referred to in Article 1(4) of this Regulation, or when the spawning stock biomass and, in the case of Norway lobster stocks, the abundance of any of the stocks covered by Article 1(1) for a given year are below MSY B_trigger

4. Where the exercise of the power to make regulations under paragraph 1 would be outside the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State under Article 1(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, before making such regulations under the power in paragraph 2 the Secretary of State must obtain the consent of—

(a) the Scottish Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(3) of that Regulation;

(b) the Welsh Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(4) of that Regulation;

(c) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in Northern Ireland, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within its jurisdiction under Article 1(5) of that Regulation.

5. The rules referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are rules regarding—

(a) characteristics of fishing gear, in particular mesh size, hook size, construction of the gear, twine thickness, size of the gear or the use of selectivity devices to ensure or improve selectivity;

(b) use of the fishing gear, in particular immersion time, depth of gear deployment, to ensure or improve selectivity;

(c) prohibition or limitation to fish in specific areas to protect spawning and juvenile fish, fish below the minimum conservation reference size or non-target fish species;

(d) prohibition or limitation on fishing or the use of certain types of fishing gear during specific time periods, to protect spawning fish, fish below the minimum conservation reference size or non-target fish species;

(e) minimum conservation reference sizes, to ensure the protection of juveniles of marine organisms;

(f) other characteristics linked to selectivity.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1312), regs. 1(3), 7(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)