Division 4

For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

1. (a)

   demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm except beam trawls for all areas except Kattegat and Skagerrak where this mesh size shall be equal to or greater than 90mm;

2. (b)

   beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;

3. (c)

   static demersal nets including gill nets, trammel nets and tangle nets;

4. (d)

   demersal longlines;

5. (e)

   demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 70 mm and 99 mm except beam trawls with mesh size between 80 mm and 99 mm for all areas except Kattegat and Skagerrak where this mesh size shall be between 70 mm and 89 mm;

6. (f)

   demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 16 mm and 31 mm except beam trawls.