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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-885/schedule-ANNEX II",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/885",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 November 2011 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (2011/885/EU)",
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  "text": "DATASHEET No 1 – FISHING CATEGORY 1:\nFREEZER, FIN-FISH AND CEPHALOPOD TRAWLERS\n1. Fishing zone\nBeyond 12 nautical miles from the base line, including the Guinea-Bissau/Senegal joint management area, extending north to the azimuth 268°.\n2. Authorised gear\nStandard otter trawls and other selective gear are authorised.\nOutriggers are authorised.\nIn the case of all fishing gear, no methods or devices may be used to seek to obstruct the mesh of the nets or reduce their selective effect. However, in the interests of reducing wear or damage, protective aprons of netting or other material may be attached, but only to the underside of the codend of a bottom trawl. Such aprons must be attached only to the forward and lateral edges of the codend of the trawl. Protective devices may be used for the top of the trawl, but these must consist of a single section of net of the same material as the codend, with the mesh measuring at least 300 millimetres when stretched out.\nDoubling of the codend’s netting yarn, whether single or multiple, shall be prohibited.\n3. Minimum authorised mesh\n70 mm\n4. Biological recovery\nIn accordance with Guinea-Bissau law.\nIn the absence of provisions in Guinea-Bissau law, the two Parties shall agree within the Joint Committee and on the basis of the best available scientific advice approved by the joint scientific meeting, on the most appropriate biological recovery period.\n5. By-catches\nIn accordance with Guinea-Bissau law:\nFin-fish trawlers may not hold on board crustaceans or cephalopods accounting, in each case, for more than 9 % of their total catch in Guinea-Bissau’s fishing zone at the end of a trip as defined in Chapter III of the Annex to this Protocol.\nCephalopod trawlers may not hold on board crustaceans accounting for more than 9 % of their total catch in Guinea-Bissau’s fishing zone at the end of a trip as defined in Chapter III of the Annex to this Protocol.\nWhere these percentages exceed the authorised by-catches, penalties shall be imposed in accordance with Guinea-Bissau law.\nThe two Parties shall consult within the Joint Committee to adjust the authorised rate if necessary.\n6. Authorised tonnage/fees\nAuthorised tonnage (GRT) per year\n4 400\nFees in EUR per GRT per year\n229 EUR per GRT per year\nIn the case of three-month and six-month licences, the fees shall be calculated pro rata temporis, plus 3 % and 2 % respectively to cover recurrent costs in drawing up the licences.\n7. Comments\nThe conditions governing fishing activity by the vessels shall be as laid down in the Annex to the Protocol.\nDATASHEET No 2 – FISHING CATEGORY 2:\nSHRIMP TRAWLERS\n1.\nFishing zone\n2. Authorised gear\nStandard otter trawls and other selective gear are authorised.\nOutriggers are authorised.\nIn the case of all fishing gear, no methods or devices may be used to seek to obstruct the mesh of the nets or reduce their selective effect. However, in the interests of reducing wear or damage, protective aprons of netting or other material may be attached, but only to the underside of the codend of a bottom trawl. Such aprons must be attached only to the forward and lateral edges of the codend of the trawl. Protective devices may be used for the top of the trawl, but these must consist of a single section of net of the same material as the codend, with the mesh measuring at least 300 millimetres when stretched out.\nDoubling of the codend’s netting yarn, whether single or multiple, shall be prohibited.\n3. Minimum authorised mesh\n40 mm\nGuinea-Bissau undertakes to amend its legislation within 12 months of the entry into force of this Protocol in order to apply a 50 mm mesh size in accordance with existing law in the subregion, which will apply to all fleets fishing for crustaceans in the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone.\n4. Biological recovery\nIn accordance with Guinea-Bissau law.\nIn the absence of provisions in Guinea-Bissau law, the two Parties shall agree within the Joint Committee and on the basis of the best available scientific advice approved by the joint scientific meeting, on the most appropriate biological recovery period.\n5. By-catches\nIn accordance with Guinea-Bissau law:\nShrimp trawlers may not hold on board cephalopods or fin-fish accounting, in each case, for more than 50 % of their total catch in Guinea-Bissau’s fishing zone at the end of a trip as defined in Chapter III of the Annex to this Protocol.\nWhere these percentages exceed the authorised by-catches, penalties shall be imposed in accordance with Guinea-Bissau law.\n6. Authorised tonnage/fees\nAuthorised tonnage (GRT) per year\n4 400\nFees in EUR per GRT per year\n307 EUR per GRT per year\nIn the case of three-month and six-month licences, the fees shall be calculated pro rata temporis, plus 3 % and 2 % respectively to cover recurrent costs in drawing up the licences.\n7. Comments\nThe conditions governing fishing activity by the vessels shall be as laid down in the Annex to the Protocol.\nDATASHEET No 3 – FISHING CATEGORY 3:\nPOLE-AND-LINE TUNA VESSELS\n1. Fishing zone:\nBeyond 12 nautical miles from the base line, including the Guinea-Bissau/Senegal joint management area, extending north to the azimuth 268°.\nPole-and-line tuna vessels shall be authorised to fish for live bait with a view to carrying out their fishing activities in Guinea-Bissau’s fishing zone.\n2. Authorised gear and technical measures\nPoles and lines.\nPurse seines with live bait: 16 mm\nVessels fishing for highly migratory species shall comply with the measures and recommendations adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) regarding fishing gear and the technical specifications thereof and all other technical measures applicable to their fishing activities.\n3. By-catches:\nIn accordance with the relevant ICCAT and FAO recommendations, fishing for the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is prohibited.\n4. Authorised tonnage/fees\nFee per tonne caught\n25 EUR per tonne\nAnnual flat-rate fee:\n500 EUR per 20 tonnes\nNumber of vessels authorised to fish\n14\n5. Comments\nThe conditions governing fishing activity by the vessels shall be as laid down in the Annex to the Protocol.\nDATASHEET No 4 – FISHING CATEGORY 4:\nFREEZER TUNA SEINERS AND LONGLINERS\n1. Fishing zone:\nBeyond 12 nautical miles from the base line, including the Guinea-Bissau/Senegal joint management area, extending north to the azimuth 268°.\n2. Authorised gear and technical measures\nSeine and surface longline.\nVessels fishing for highly migratory species shall comply with the measures and recommendations adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) regarding fishing gear and the technical specifications thereof and all other technical measures applicable to their fishing activities.\n3. Minimum authorised mesh\nRecommended ICCAT standard.\n4. By-catches:\nIn accordance with the relevant ICCAT and FAO recommendations, fishing for the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is prohibited.\n5. Authorised tonnage/fees\nFee per tonne caught\n35 EUR per tonne\nAnnual flat-rate fee:\n3 150 EUR per 90 tonnes\nNumber of vessels authorised to fish\n23\n6. Comments\nThe conditions governing fishing activity by the vessels shall be as laid down in the Annex to the Protocol.",
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