Article 10 Round straps

Round straps are ring-shaped ropes which encircle the codend or the strengthening bag at regular intervals and which are attached to it.

The length of a round strap shall be not less than 40 % of the circumference of the codend, the circumference being measured as the product of the number of meshes in the circumference of the codend multiplied by the actual mesh size, except for the rearmost round strap called ‘back strap’ if it is attached not more than 2 metres from the codline meshes, measured when the meshes are stretched lengthwise.

The distance separating two successive round straps shall be not less than 1 metre.

A round strap may encircle the strengthening bags but may not encircle a top-side or bottom-side chafer.