Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters

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Article 10U.K.Measures on European seabass fisheries

1.[F1Until the end of 2021 it is] prohibited for [F2United Kingdom] fishing vessels, as well as for any commercial fisheries from shore, to fish for European seabass in ICES divisions 4b and 4c, and in ICES subarea 7. [F3During that period it is] prohibited to retain, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area.

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, [F4until the end of January 2021] and from [F51st April to the end of December 2021], [F6United Kingdom] fishing vessels in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h and in waters within 12 nautical miles from baselines under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions 7a and 7g may fish for European seabass, and retain, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area with the following gear and within the following limits:

(a)using demersal trawls(1), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 520 kilogrammes per two months and 5 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel per fishing trip;

(b)using seines(2), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 520 kilogrammes per two months and 5 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel per fishing trip;

(c)using hooks and lines(3), not exceeding 5,7 tonnes per vessel per year;

(d)using fixed gillnets(4), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 1,4 tonnes per vessel per year.

The derogations set out in the first subparagraph F7... apply to [F6United Kingdom] fishing vessels that have recorded catches of European seabass over the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016: in point (c) with recorded catches using hooks and lines, and in point (d) with recorded catches using fixed gillnets. In the case of a replacement of a [F6United Kingdom] fishing vessel, [F8a fisheries administration] may allow the derogation to apply to another fishing vessel provided that the number of [F6United Kingdom] fishing vessels subject to the derogation and their overall fishing capacity do not increase.

3.The catch limits set out in paragraph 2 [F9are not] transferable between vessels and, where a monthly limit applies, from one month to another. For [F10United Kingdom] fishing vessels using more than one gear in a single calendar month, the lowest catch limit set out in paragraph 2 for either gear shall apply.

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5.In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, [F137a and 7d to 7j]:

(a)[F14until the end of February 2021] and [F15for the whole of December 2021], only catch-and-release fishing with a rod or a handline for European seabass [F16is permitted]. During those periods, it [F17is] prohibited to retain, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;

(b)from [F181st March to the end of November 2021], not more than two specimens of European seabass may be caught and retained per fisherman per day; the minimum size of European seabass [F19which may be retained is] 42 cm.

Point (b) of the first subparagraph [F20does] not apply to fixed nets, which may not be used to catch or retain European seabass during the period referred to in that point.

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Textual Amendments

F1Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(a)(i)

F2Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(a)(ii)

F3Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(a)(iii)

F4Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(b)(i)(aa)

F5Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(b)(i)(bb)

F6Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(b)(ii)

F7Word in Art. 10(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(b)(iii)(aa)

F8Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(b)(iii)(bb)

F9Words in Art. 10(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(8)(c)(i)