Without prejudice to the landing obligation, vessels shall use a mesh size of at least 120 mm F31....

1. (i)

   the associated conditions set out in that table are complied with, and by-catches of cod, haddock and saithe do not exceed 20 % of the total catch in live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip; or

2. (ii)

   other selectivity modifications are used which have been F34authorised by a fisheries administration following scientific assessment and approval. Those selectivity modifications shall result in the same or better selectivity characteristics for cod, haddock and saithe as that of 120 mm.

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, vessels shall use a mesh size of at least 120 mm.

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, and notwithstanding point 2.1, vessels may use smaller mesh sizes as listed in the following table for the North Sea F38... provided that the associated conditions set out in that table are complied with and by-catches of cod, haddock and saithe do not exceed 20 % of the total catch in live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip.

• the east coast of England at latitude 55°30′ N

• 55°30′ N, 01°00′ W

• 58°00′ N, 01°00′ W

• 58°00′ N, 02°00′ W

• the east coast of Scotland at longitude 02°00′ W.

Fisheries for scientific investigation shall be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stock in the area and the effects of the closure.

Vessels shall be prohibited from using any beam trawl inside the areas within 12 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom, measured from the baselines of the territorial waters.

• The engine power of the vessels does not exceed 221 Kw and their overall length does not exceed 24 m; and

• The beam length or aggregated beam length, measured as the sum of each beam, is no more than 9 m, or cannot be extended to a length greater than 9 m, except when directed fishing for common shrimp (Crangon crangon) with a minimum mesh size of less than 31 mm.

• Bottom set gillnets used for directed fishing for hake of a mesh size of at least 100 mm and no more than 100 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 25 km per vessel and the maximum soak time is 24 hours;

• Entangling nets used for directed fishing for anglerfish of a mesh size of at least 250 mm and no more than 15 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 100 km and the maximum soak time is 72 hours.

Directed fishing for deepwater sharks as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 in charted depths of less than 600 m shall be prohibited. When accidentally caught, deepwater sharks classified as prohibited in this Regulation and other F43... legislation shall be recorded, unharmed to the extent possible, and shall be promptly released. Deepwater sharks subject to catch limits shall be retained on board. Such catches shall be landed and counted against quotas. F44... Where accidental catches of deepwater sharks by F45United Kingdom fishing vessels exceed 10 tonnes then those vessels may no longer avail of the derogations set out in point 6.1.

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, vessels shall use a mesh size of at least 120 mm48, or at least 100 mm in ICES sub-area F567d–7j.

1. (i)

   the associated conditions set out in that table are complied with, and by-catches of cod, haddock and saithe do not exceed 20 % of the total catch in live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip; or

2. (ii)

   other selectivity modifications are used which have been F57authorised by a fisheries administration following scientific assessment and approval. Those selectivity modifications shall result in the same or better selectivity characteristics for cod, haddock and saithe as that of 120 mm, or 100 mm in ICES sub-area F587d-7k, respectively.

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, vessels shall use a mesh size of at least 120 mm56.

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, and notwithstanding point 2.1, vessels may use smaller mesh sizes as listed in the following table for the North Western waters provided that the associated conditions set out in that table are complied with, and by-catches of cod, haddock and saithe do not exceed 20 % of the total catch in live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip.

From 1 February to 31 March each year, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity in the following ICES statistical rectangles: 30E4, 31E4 F60and United Kingdom waters of 32E3. This prohibition shall not apply within 6 nautical miles from the baseline.

It shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities using pots and creels within the specified areas and time periods, provided that:

1. (i)

   no fishing gear other than pots and creels are carried on board; and

2. (ii)

   by-catches of a species subject to the landing obligation are landed and counted against quotas.

1. (i)

   no net of mesh size greater than or equal to 55 mm is carried on board; and

2. (ii)

   by-catches of a species subject to the landing obligation are landed and counted against quotas.

In the period from 14 February to 30 April each year it shall be prohibited to use any dermersal trawl, seine or similar towed net, any gillnet, entangling net or trammel net or any fishing gear incorporating hooks F61in United Kingdom waters within that part of ICES division 7a enclosed by the east coast of Ireland and the east coast of Northern Ireland and straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

• a point on the east coast of the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland at 54°30′ N

• 54°30′ N, 04°50′ W

• 53°15′ N, 04°50′ W

• a point on the east coast of Ireland at 53°15′ N.

By way of derogation from point 1, within the area and time period referred to therein the use of demersal trawls shall be permitted provided such trawls are fitted with selective devices that have been F62approved by a fisheries administration following scientific assessment and approval.

Edge of Scottish continental shelf

• 59°58′ N, 07°00′ W

• 59°55′ N, 06°47′ W

• 59°51′ N, 06°28′ W

• 59°45′ N, 06°38′ W

• 59°27′ N, 06°42′ W

• 59°22′ N, 06°47′ W

• 59°15′ N, 07°15′ W

• 59°07′ N, 07°31′ W

• 58°52′ N, 07°44′ W

• 58°44′ N, 08°11′ W

• 58°43′ N, 08°27′ W

• 58°28′ N, 09°16′ W

• 58°15′ N, 09°32′ W

• 58°15′ N, 09°45′ W

• 58°30′ N, 09°45′ W

• 59°30′ N, 07°00′ W

• 59°58′ N, 07°00′ W

Edge of Rosemary bank

• 60°00′ N, 11°00′ W

• 59°00′ N, 11°00′ W

• 59°00′ N, 09°00′ W

• 59°30′ N, 09°00′ W

• 59°30′ N, 10°00′ W

• 60°00′ N, 10°00′ W

• 60°00′ N, 11°00′ W

Not including the area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 system:

• 59°15′ N, 10°24′ W

• 59°10′ N, 10°22′ W

• 59°08′ N, 10°07′ W

• 59°11′ N, 09°59′ W

• 59°15′ N, 09°58′ W

• 59°22′ N, 10°02′ W

• 59°23′ N, 10°11′ W

• 59°20′ N, 10°19′ W

• 59°15′ N, 10°24′ W.

1. (a)

   it shall immediately cease fishing and exit the area in which it is present;

2. (b)

   it may not re-enter either of the areas until its catch has been landed;

3. (c)

   it may not return to the sea any quantity of blue ling.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• a point on the south coast of the United Kingdom at 02°00′ W

• 49° 30′ N, 2° 00′ W

• 49° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W

• 52° 00′ N, 7° 00′ W

• a point on the west coast of the United Kingdom at 52° 00′ N.

• static nets and/or hand lines;

• demersal trawls, Danish seines or other similar towed nets, with a mesh size greater than 80 mm.

Vessels which are not equipped for fishing and to which mackerel are being transhipped shall be permitted within the area defined in point 7.1.

The use of any beam trawl of mesh size less than 100 mm shall be prohibited in ICES division 5b and ICES sub-area 6 north of latitude 56°N.

Vessels shall be prohibited from using any beam trawl inside the areas within 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United Kingdom F64..., measured from the baselines from which the territorial waters are measured.

• The engine power of the vessels does not exceed 221 Kw and their length does not exceed 24 m; and

• The beam length or aggregated beam length, measured as the sum of each beam, is no more than 9 m, or cannot be extended to a length greater than 9 m, except when directed fishing for common shrimp (Crangon crangon) with a codend mesh size of less than 31 mm.

• Bottom set gillnets used for directed fishing for hake with a mesh size of at least 100 mm and no more than 100 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 25 km per vessel and the maximum soak time is 24 hours.

• Entangling nets used for directed fishing for anglerfish with a mesh size of at least 250 mm and no more than 15 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 100 km and the maximum soak time is 72 hours.

Directed fishing for deepwater sharks as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 in charted depths of less than 600 m shall be prohibited. When accidentally caught, deepwater sharks classified as prohibited in this Regulation and other F71... legislation shall be recorded, unharmed to the extent possible, and shall be promptly released. Deepwater sharks subject to catch limits shall be retained on board. Such catches shall be landed and counted against quotas. F72... Where accidental catches of deepwater sharks by F73United Kingdom fishing vessels exceed 10 tonnes then those vessels may no longer avail of the derogations set out in point 9.1.

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, vessels shall use a mesh size of at least 70 mm66M1F77...

1. (i)

   the associated conditions set out in that table are complied with, and by-catches of hake do not exceed 20 % of the total catch in live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip; or

2. (ii)

   other selectivity modifications are used which have been F78approved by a fisheries administration following scientific assessment and approval. Those selectivity modifications shall result in the same or better selectivity characteristics for hake as that of 70 mm F79....

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, vessels shall use a mesh size of at least 100 mm68F82...

Without prejudice to the landing obligation, and notwithstanding point 2.1, vessels may use smaller mesh sizes as listed in the following table for the South Western waters provided that the associated conditions set out in that table are complied with, and by-catches of hake do not exceed 20 % of the total catch in live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip.

• Bottom set gillnets used for directed fishing for hake of a mesh size of at least F88100mm in United Kingdom waters of ICES division 8d and no more than 100 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 25 km per vessel and the maximum soak time is 24 hours.

• Entangling nets used for directed fishing for anglerfish of a mesh size of at least 250 mm and no more than 15 meshes deep, where the total length of all nets deployed does not exceed 100 km and the maximum soak time is 72 hours.

• F89...

Directed fishing for deepwater sharks as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 in charted depths of less than 600 m shall be prohibited. When accidentally caught, deepwater sharks classified as prohibited in this Regulation and other F90... legislation shall be recorded, unharmed to the extent possible, and shall be promptly released. Deepwater sharks subject to catch limits shall be retained on board. Such catches shall be landed and counted against quotas. F91... Where accidental catches of deepwater sharks by F92United Kingdom fishing vessels exceed 10 tonnes then those vessels may no longer avail of the derogations set out in point 4.1.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, it shall be permitted to catch redfish from 11 May to 31 December in the area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 system (the ‘Redfish Conservation Area’):

• 64°45′ N, 28°30′ W

• 62°50′ N, 25°45′ W

• 61°55′ N, 26°45′ W

• 61°00′ N, 26°30′ W

• 59°00′ N, 30°00′ W

• 59°00′ N, 34°00′ W

• 61°30′ N, 34°00′ W

• 62°50′ N, 36°00′ W

• 64°45′ N, 28°30′ W.

Notwithstanding point 1.1, a fishery for redfish may be permitted, by F96regulations made by a fisheries administration, outside the Redfish Conservation Area in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters from 11 May to 31 December each year on the basis of scientific advice and provided that NEAFC has established a recovery plan in respect of redfish in that geographical area. Only F97United Kingdom vessels that have been duly authorised by F98a fisheries administration and notified F99... as required under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010 shall participate in this fishery.

It shall be prohibited to use trawls with a mesh size of less than 100 mm.

The conversion factor to be applied to the gutted and headed presentation, including the Japanese cut presentation, of redfish caught in this fishery shall be 1,70.

Masters of fishing vessels engaged in the fishery outside the Redfish Conservation Area shall transmit the catch report provided for in point (b) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010 on a daily basis after the fishing operations of that calendar day have been completed. It shall indicate the catches on board taken since the last communication of catches.

In addition to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010, an authorisation to fish for redfish shall only be valid if the reports transmitted by vessels are in accordance with Article 9(1) of that Regulation and are recorded in accordance with Article 9(3) thereof.

The reports referred to in point 1.6 shall be made in accordance with the relevant rules.

1. (a)

   Edge of Scottish continental shelf

   • 59°58′ N, 07°00′ W

   • 59°55′ N, 06°47′ W

   • 59°51′ N, 06°28′ W

   • 59°45′ N, 06°38′ W

   • 59°27′ N, 06°42′ W

   • 59°22′ N, 06°47′ W

   • 59°15′ N, 07°15′ W

   • 59°07′ N, 07°31′ W

   • 58°52′ N, 07°44′ W

   • 58°44′ N, 08°11′ W

   • 58°43′ N, 08°27′ W

   • 58°28′ N, 09°16′ W

   • 58°15′ N, 09°32′ W

   • 58°15′ N, 09°45′ W

   • 58°30′ N, 09°45′ W

   • 59°30′ N, 07°00′ W

   • 59°58′ N, 07°00′ W;

2. (b)

   Edge of Rosemary bank

   • 60°00′ N, 11°00′ W

   • 59°00′ N, 11°00′ W

   • 59°00′ N, 09°00′ W

   • 59°30′ N, 09°00′ W

   • 59°30′ N, 10°00′ W

   • 60°00′ N, 10°00′ W

   • 60°00′ N, 11°00′ W

   Not including the area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 system:

   • 59°15′ N, 10°24′ W

   • 59°10′ N, 10°22′ W

   • 59°08′ N, 10°07′ W

   • 59°11′ N, 09°59′ W

   • 59°15′ N, 09°58′ W

   • 59°22′ N, 10°02′ W

   • 59°23′ N, 10°11′ W

   • 59°20′ N, 10°19′ W

   • 59°15′ N, 10°24′ W.

Fishing for blue ling using any fishing gear within the period and areas referred to in point 2.1 shall be prohibited.

When entering and exiting the areas referred to in point 2.1, the master of a fishing vessel shall record the date, time and place of entry and exit in the logbook.

1. (a)

   it shall immediately cease fishing and exit the area in which it is present;

2. (b)

   it may not re-enter either of the areas until its catch has been landed;

3. (c)

   it may not return to the sea any quantity of blue ling.

The observers referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 who are assigned to fishing vessels present in one of the areas referred to in point 1 shall, for appropriate samples of the catches of blue ling, measure the fish in the samples and determine the stage of sexual maturity of subsampled fish. On the basis of F100scientific advice, a fisheries administration must establish detailed protocols for sampling and for the collation of results.

• 60°58.76′ N, 27°27.32′ W

• 60°56.02′ N, 27°31.16′ W

• 60°59.76′ N, 27°43.48′ W

• 61°03.00′ N, 27°39.41′ W

• 60°58.76′ N, 27°27.32′ W.

Directed fishing for redfish in the international waters of ICES sub-areas 1 and 2 shall only be permitted within the period from 1 July to 31 December each year by vessels which have previously been engaged in the redfish fishery in the NEAFC Regulatory Area.

Vessels shall limit their by-catches of redfish in other fisheries to a maximum of 1 % of the total catch retained on board.

The conversion factor to be applied to the gutted and headed presentation, including the Japanese cut presentation, of redfish caught in this fishery shall be 1,70.

By way of derogation from point (b) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010, masters of fishing vessels engaged in this fishery shall report their catches on a daily basis.

In addition to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010, an authorisation to fish for redfish shall only be valid if the reports transmitted by vessels are in accordance with Article 9(1) of that Regulation and are recorded in accordance with Article 9(3) thereof.

F101A fisheries administration must ensure that scientific information is collected by scientific observers on board vessels F102within its fleet. As a minimum, the information collected shall include representative data on sex, age and length composition by depths. This information shall be reported to ICES F103....

F104A fisheries administration must prohibit directed fishery for redfish in the waters referred to in point 3.1 from the date that it is notified by the NEAFC Secretariat that the total allowable catch has been fully utilised.

Point 1.1 shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigation which are carried out with the authorisation and under the authority of the F111fisheries administration concerned and which aim at developing new technical measures to reduce the incidental capture or killing of cetaceans.

F112A fisheries administration must take necessary steps to monitor and assess by means of scientific studies or pilot projects, the effects of acoustic deterrent device use over time in the fisheries and areas concerned.

Point 2.1 shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigation which are carried out with the authorisation and under the authority of the F120fisheries administration concerned and which aim at developing new technical measures to reduce the incidental capture or killing of cetaceans.