{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-III/part-D/division-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-III/part-D/division-16.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/27",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27",
  "path": "annex/III/part/D/division/16",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Trawling ban in waters around the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira",
  "text": "Vessels shall be prohibited from using any bottom trawl or similar towed nets operating in contact with the bottom of the sea in waters under the sovereignty or the jurisdiction of Member States within the areas bounded by a line joining the following coordinates:\n(a) Azores\nLatitude 36°00′N, longitude 23°00′W\nLatitude 42°00′N, longitude 23°00′W\nLatitude 42°00′N, longitude 34°00′W\nLatitude 36°00′N, longitude 34°00′W\nLatitude 36°00′N, longitude 23°00′W\n(b) Canary Islands and Madeira\nLatitude 27°00′N, longitude 19°00′W\nLatitude 26°00′N, longitude 15°00′W\nLatitude 29°00′N, longitude 13°00′W\nLatitude 36°00′N, longitude 13°00′W\nLatitude 36°00′N, longitude 19°00′W\nLatitude 27°00′N, longitude 19°00′W",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/27/annex/III/part/D/division/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:58.558939+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}