SCHEDULECOMMUNITY CONSERVATION MEASURES (MAXIMUM FINES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION)
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Community conservation measure | Subject matter | Maximum fine on summary conviction |
I. Regulation 894/97 | ||
Article 11 | Provisions relating to drift nets | The statutory maximum |
II. The Council Regulation | ||
1.Article 4, as read with Articles 5 and 10 | Provisions relating to mesh sizes and target species and required catch percentages when using towed gears18. | The statutory maximum |
2.Article 5.3 | Prohibition on transhipment without completing a logbook in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Regulation 2847/93. | £50,000 |
3.Article 6 | Limitation on the maximum number of meshes in certain towed gear. | The statutory maximum |
4.Article 7 | Provisions relating to the inclusion and placement of square mesh panels in specified towed gear. | The statutory maximum |
5.Article 8.1 and 8.2, as read with Article 8.3 | Limitation on the twine thickness of towed gears. | The statutory maximum |
6.Article 9.1, as read with Article 9.2 | Prohibition on the carriage or use of towed gears constructed wholly or in part of netting other than types specified. | The statutory maximum |
7.Article 11, as read with Articles 12 and 13 | Limitations on the use or keeping on board of specified fixed gear19. | The statutory maximum. |
8.Article 14 | Requirement to sort catches immediately after removal from nets. | The statutory maximum |
9.Article15 | Prohibition on the landing or retention of fish in excess of specified percentages. | The statutory maximum |
10.Article16 | Prohibition on devices that obstruct nets. | The statutory maximum |
11.Article 18.3 | Prohibition on the retention and landing of lobsters, crawfish and molluscs unless they are whole. | The statutory maximum |
12.Article 18.4 | Prohibition on the retention and landing of edible crabs unless they are whole, subject to a maximum percentage for the retention and landing of detached claws. | The statutory maximum |
13.Article 19.1, as read with Articles 17, 18.1 and 18.2, 19.2 and 19.3 and 35 | Prohibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of undersized fish20. | The statutory maximum |
14.Article 20.1, as read with Article 20.2 and 20.3 | Prohibition on fishing for herring in specified waters during specified times. | £50,000 |
15.Article 21.1, as read with Article 21.2 | Prohibition on fishing for sprat in specified waters during specified times. | £50,000 |
16.Article 22.1, as read with Article 22.2 and 22.3 | Prohibition on fishing for mackerel in specified waters during specified times. | £50,000 |
17.Article 23.1 | Prohibition on fishing for anchovy with, and the retention on board of anchovy caught using, pelagic trawls in ICES Division VIIIc. | £50,000 |
18.Article 23.2 | Prohibition on the simultaneous carrying on board of pelagic trawls and purse seines and in ICES Division VIIIc . | The statutory maximum |
19.Article 24 | Prohibition on fishing for skipjack and bigeye tuna using specified gear, and the retention on board of such species caught using such gear, in specified areas under the jurisdiction of Spain and Portugal. | £50,000 |
20.Article 25.1, as read with Article 25.2 and 25.3 | Prohibition on retaining on board shrimps caught with specified gear. | £50,000 |
21.Article 26.1 as read with Article 26.2 | Prohibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of salmon and sea trout caught using towed gears or within specified waters. | The statutory maximum |
22.Article 27.1, as read with Article 27.2 | Prohibition on the retention on board of Norway pout caught using towed gears in specified waters. | £50,000 |
23.Article 28.1 | Prohibition on fishing for hake in specified waters during specified times. | £50,000 |
24.Article 28.2 | Prohibition on the carriage of specified gear in specified waters unless lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 20.1 of Regulation 2847/93. | The statutory maximum |
25.Article 29 | Restrictions on the fishing for plaice by certain vessels using specified gear in specified waters. | £50,000 |
26.Article 30.1 | Provisions relating to the use of demersal towed gears. | The statutory maximum |
27.Article 30.2 and 30.3 | Prohibition on the use of certain towed gear in specified waters off the north-east coast of the United Kingdom and in ICES areas Vb and VI. Prohibition on the carriage of certain towed gears in specified waters unless lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation 2847/93 | The statutory maximum |
28.Article 31.1 and 31.2, as read with Article 41 | Prohibition on the use of explosives, stupefying substances or electric current for fishing. Prohibition on the sale, display or offer for sale of any marine organisms caught using methods incorporating the use of any kind of projectile. | The statutory maximum |
29.Article 32.1, as read with Article 32.2 and 32.3 | Provisions relating to the use of automatic grading equipment. | The statutory maximum |
30.Article 33.1, as read with Article 33.2 and 33.3 | Prohibition on the encirclement of marine mammals with purse seines21. | The statutory maximum |
31.Article 34 | Restrictions on the use of beam trawls within 12 miles of the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. | The statutory maximum |
32.Article 35 | Limitations on retention on board, transhipment, storage, transport, display or offer for sale of undersized organisms caught in the Skagerrak and Kattegat. | £50,000 |
33.Article 36 | Prohibition on the landing, retention on board, transhipment, storage, transport, sale, display or offer for sale of salmon and sea trout caught within any part of the Skagerrak and Kattegat situated outside the four-mile limit measured from thebaselines of Member States. | £50,000 |
34.Article 37.1, as read with Article 37.2 | Limitations on the use of certain trawls within 3 miles of the baselines in the Skagerrak and Kattegat between 1 July and 15 September. | £50,000 |
35.Article 38 | Prohibition on the retention on board of herring, mackerel and sprat caught using purse seines or trawls between specified times in the Skagerrak or Kattegat. | £50,000 |
36.Article 39 | Prohibition on the use of beam trawls in the Kattegat. | £50,000 |
37.Article 40 | Prohibition, during the periods and in the areas referred to in Articles 37, 38 and 39 of the Council Regulation where trawls or beam trawls may not be used, on carrying on board such nets unless they are lashed and stowed in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation 2847/93. | The statutory maximum |
38.Article 42.1, as read with Article 42.2 | Prohibition on the physical or chemical processing, or transhipment for processing, of fish (except offal) on board a fishing vessel to produce fish-meal, fish-oil, or similar products. | The statutory maximum |