ANNEX XIIIMITIGATION MEASURES TO REDUCE INCIDENTAL CATCHES OF SENSITIVE SPECIES

PART CMarine turtles

1.Fisheries in which the use of a turtle excluder device is mandatory.

1.1.It shall be prohibited for vessels to use the fishing gear specified below in specific areas as defined below without the simultaneous use of a turtle excluder device.

Area

Species

Gear

Union waters in the Indian Ocean and the West Atlantic

Shrimps (Penaeus spp., Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)

Any shrimp trawl

1.2.

The Commission may adopt implementing acts establishing detailed rules for the specification of the device referred to in point 1.1.