{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-4143/attachment-2/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-4143/attachment-2/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1987/4143",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 4143/87 of 14 December 1987 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on fishing off the coast of Mauritania and adopting provisions for its application",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-4143",
  "path": "attachment/2/article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "From 1 July 1987, for a period of three years, the fishing opportunities accorded under Article 2 of the Agreement shall be as follows:\n1.. Specialized vessels\n(a) lobster boats (using pots):\n3 500 GRT/month annual average\n(b) shrimp boats:\n10 000 GRT/month annual average\n(c) black hake trawlers:\n15 000 GRT/month annual average\nBy way of derogation, Community vessels fishing lobster may use gill nets for a total tonnage of no more than 873 GRT in the first year of the Protocol's application.\n2.. Coastal pelagic species\n(a) pelagic seiners:\n2 000 GRT/month annual average\n(b) non-industrial pelagic seiners:\n3 500 GRT/month annual average\n3.. Highly migratory species\n(a) pole-and-line tuna vessels:\n41 vessels\n(b) surface longliners:\n4 vessels\nPole-and-line tuna vessels are also authorized to fish for the live bait needed for their fishing season, subject to the restrictions (zones and mesh) set out in the Annex.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1987/4143/attachment/2/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}