# Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (repealed) EU Regulation No 850/1998 · adopted 30 March 1998 Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (14 August 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2019-08-14_en.pdf; Revised version (1 June 2015) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2015-06-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2014) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2014-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2013-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2011) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2011-07-01_en.pdf; Revised version (17 January 2006) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2006-01-17_en.pdf; Revised version (5 October 2005) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2005-10-05_en.pdf; Revised version (23 August 2004) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2004-08-23_en.pdf; Revised version (26 May 2001) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2001-05-26_en.pdf; Revised version (2 May 2001) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2001-05-02_en.pdf; Revised version (12 July 2000) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2000-07-12_en.pdf; Revised version (21 April 2000) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2000-04-21_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2000) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_2000-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (4 May 1998) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eur_19980850_1998-05-04_en.pdf; Correction slip (27 November 1998) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850/pdf/eurcs_19980850_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: DEFINITIONS ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: NETS AND CONDITIONS FOR THEIR USE ### Chapter I: PROVISIONS FOR TOWED GEARS ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: PROVISIONS FOR FIXED GEARS ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: GENERAL PROVISIONS ON NETS AND CONDITIONS FOR THEIR USE ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: MINIMUM SIZE OF MARINE ORGANISMS ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18a Procedure for establishing minimum conservation reference sizes in the context of discard plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IIIa: MEASURES TO REDUCE DISCARDING ## 19a Prohibition of highgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19b Moving-on provisions and prohibition on slipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FISHING FOR CERTAIN MARINE ORGANISMS ## 20 Restrictions on fishing for herring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20a Restrictions on fishing for herring in Union waters of ICES division IIa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Restrictions on fishing for sprat to protect herring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Restrictions on fishing for mackerel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Restrictions on fishing for anchovy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Restrictions on fishing for tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Restrictions on fishing for shrimps to protect flatfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Restrictions on fishing for salmon and sea trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Restrictions on fishing for Norway pout to protect other roundfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Restrictions on fishing for hake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Conditions applicable in a major plaice nursery area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29a Closure of an area for sand eel fisheries in ICES sub-area IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29b Restrictions on fishing for Norway lobster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29c Rockall haddock box in ICES sub-area VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29d Restrictions on fishing for cod, haddock and whiting in ICES sub-area VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29e Restrictions on fishing for cod in ICES sub-area VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29f Special rules for the protection of blue ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29g Measures for the redfish fishery in international waters of ICES sub-areas I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29h Measures for the redfish fishery in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TYPES OF FISHING AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES ## 30 Restrictions on the use of demersal towed gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Unconventional fishing methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31a Electric fishing in ICES divisions IVc and IVb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Restrictions on the use of automatic grading equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32a Catch handling and discharge restrictions on pelagic vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Restrictions on the use of purse seines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Restrictions on fishing activities in the 12-mile zone around the United Kingdom and Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34a Technical conservation measures in the Irish Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34b Use of gillnets in ICES divisions IIIa, IVa, Vb, VIa, VIb, VIIb, c, j, k and ICES sub-areas VIII, IX, X and XII east of 27° W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34c Condition for fisheries using certain towed gears authorised in the Bay of Biscay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34d Measures for the protection of vulnerable deep-sea habitats in the NEAFC Regulatory Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34e Measures for the protection of vulnerable deep-sea habitats in ICES divisions VIIc, j and k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34f Measures for the protection of a vulnerable deep-sea habitat in ICES division VIIIc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34g Restrictions on fishing activities in the 24-mile zone around Mayotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE SKAGERRAK AND KATTEGAT ## 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: TECHNICAL PROVISIONS ## 42 Processing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Scientific research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Artificial restocking and transplantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Procedure for adopting technical measures in the context of discard plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48a Exercise of delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I TOWED GEARS: Regions 1 and 2, except Skagerrak and Kattegat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II TOWED GEAR: Region 3, except ICES Division IXa east of longitude 7o 23′ 48″ W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III TOWED GEARS: ICES Division IXa east of longitude 7o 23′ 48″ W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV TOWED GEARS: — Skagerrak and Kattegat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V TOWED GEARS: Regions 4, 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII FIXED GEARS: Region 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII Permitted combinations of mesh size ranges for Regions 1 and 2, except Skagerrak and Kattegat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX Permitted combinations of mesh size ranges for Region 3, except ICES Division IXa east of longitude 7o 23′ 48″ W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division A: CONDITIONS FOR USE OF CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF MESH SIZE IN REGIONS 1 AND 2, EXCEPT SKAGERRAK AND KATTEGAT ## 1 Mesh size combination: 16 to 31 mm + ≥ 100 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Mesh size combination: 32 to 54 mm + > = 100 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Mesh size combination: 70 to 79 mm + > = 100 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Mesh size combination: 80 to 99 mm + ≥ 100 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B CONDITIONS FOR USE OF CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF MESH SIZE IN SKAGERRAK AND KATTEGAT Mesh size combination < = 89 mm + > = 90 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division A: CONDITIONS FOR USE OF CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF MESH SIZE IN REGION 3, EXCEPT ICES DIVISION IXa EAST OF LONGITUDE 7o 23′ 48″ W ## 1 Mesh size combination: 16 to 31 mm + > = 70 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Mesh size combination: 32 to 54 mm + > = 70 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Mesh size combination: 55-59 mm + > = 70 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Mesh size combination: 60 to 69 mm + > = 70 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B CONDITIONS FOR USE OF CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF MESH SIZE IN ICES DIVISION IXa EAST OF LONGITUDE 7o 23′ 48″ W Mesh size combination 40-54mm + > = 55 mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XII a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIII MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF A MARINE ORGANISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIV VERNACULAR AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIVa: SPECIFICATIONS FOR A SORTING GRID ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 It shall be permitted to attach in front of the grid a funnel to lead the fish towards the trawl floor and grid. The minimum mesh size of the funnel shall be 70 millimetres. The minimum vertical opening of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be 15 centimetres. The width of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be the grid width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIVb: CONDITIONS FOR FISHERIES WITH CERTAIN TOWED GEARS AUTHORISED IN THE BAY OF BISCAY ## 1 Specifications of the top square mesh panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Location of the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Size of the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Netting of the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Insertion of the panel into the diamond mesh netting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIVc: SQUARE MESH PANEL FOR VESSELS OF MORE THAN 15 METRES ## 1 Specifications of the top square mesh panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Location of the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Insertion of the panel into the diamond mesh netting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIVd: SQUARE MESH PANEL FOR VESSELS OF LESS THAN 15 METRES ## 1 Specifications of the top square mesh panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Location of the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Insertion of the panel into the diamond mesh netting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XV CORRELATION TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/850 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-850 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.