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Article 10 Fishing – deposits

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(1)

This article applies—

(a)

to the deposit by way of return to the sea—

(i)

of any fish during the course of a fishing operation; or

(ii)

of any other object during the course of a fishing operation,

provided that the fish or other object has not been landed before being so returned;

(b)

to the deposit by way of return to the sea of any fish during the course of fish processing at sea.

(2)

This article does not apply—

(a)

to a deposit of fishing gear made for the purpose of disposal;

(b)

except in the case of a deposit falling within paragraph (1)(a)(ii), to a deposit to the extent that it falls within item 8.