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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238 of 1 October 2019 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2020-2021
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1.The carrying on board or the use of any trawl, Danish seine, beam trawl or similar towed net having a mesh size of less than 120 mm shall be prohibited in the Skagerrak.
2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following trawls may be used:
(a)trawls with a cod-end having a mesh size of at least 90 mm, provided they are equipped with a Seltra panel or a sorting grid with no more than 35 mm bar spacing.
(b)trawls with a cod-end having a mesh size of at least 70 mm (square mesh), equipped with a sorting grid with no more than 35 mm bar spacing;
(c)trawls with a minimum mesh sizes of less than 70 mm when fishing for pelagic or industrial species, provided that more than 80 % of the catch consists of one or more pelagic or industrial species;
(d)trawls with a cod-end of at least 35 mm mesh size when fishing for Northern prawn, provided the trawl is equipped with a sorting grid with a maximum bar spacing of 19 mm.
3.A fish retention device may be used when fishing for Northern prawn in accordance with paragraph 2(d), provided there are adequate fishing opportunities to cover by-catch and that the retention device is:
(a)constructed with a top panel with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm square mesh;
(b)at least 3 metres long; and
(c)at least as wide as the sorting grid.
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