SCHEDULEMAXIMUM FINES ON SUMMARY CONVICTION [APART FROM FINES RELATED TO VALUE OF FISH]

Articles 2(1) and 4(1)

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Community Provision

Subject matter

Maximum fine on summary conviction

Part I

Regulation 894/97

Article 11

Provisions relating to drift nets.

The statutory maximum

Part II

The Council Regulation

1

Article 4, as read with Articles 5 and 10

Provisions relating to mesh sizes, target species, and required catch percentages when using towed gears.

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 (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 gears.

The statutory maximum

8

Article 14

Requirement to sort catches immediately after removal from nets.

The statutory maximum

9

Article 15

Prohibition on the landing or retention of fish in excess of specified percentages.

The statutory maximum

10

Article 16

Prohibition on devices that obstruct nets.

The statutory maximum

11

Article 18(3)

Prohibition on the retention and landing of lobsters, crawfish, and bivalve and gastropod 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)-(2), 19(2)-(3) and 35

Prohibition on the retention, transhipment, landing, transport, storage, sale, offer for sale and display of undersized fish.

The statutory maximum

14

Article 20(1), as read with Article 20(2) and (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 (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 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 (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 (3)

Prohibition on the use of certain towed gear in specified waters off the north-east coast of the United Kingdom and in ICES Division Vb and ICES sub-area 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 (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 (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 seines.

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 the baselines 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 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)

Prohibitions 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

Part III

Regulation 2742/99

Article 9, as read with:

  1. a

    paragraph 3 of Annex V

Prohibition on all fishing in the Bornholm Deep from 15 May to 31 August 2000 inclusive.

£50,000

b

paragraph 4 of Annex V

Prohibition during the year 2000 on the retention on board or landing of sand eels caught within an area bounded by the east coast of England and Scotland.

£50,000

c

paragraph 6 of Annex V

Minimum mesh size of 90mm applied to fishing for sole in ICES Divisions IVc and VIId during the year 2000.

The statutory maximum

d

paragraph 8 of Annex V

Requirements as to mesh sizes and by-catches in the Skagerrak and Kattegat during the year 2000.

The statutory maximum

e

paragraph 9 of Annex V

Minimum landing size of 27cm for plaice during the year 2000.

The statutory maximum