# Council Regulation (EC) N o 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (revoked) EU Regulation No 1967/2006 ยท adopted 21 December 2006 Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eur_20061967_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (14 August 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eur_20061967_2019-08-14_en.pdf; Revised version (15 July 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eur_20061967_2019-07-15_en.pdf; Revised version (1 June 2015) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eur_20061967_2015-06-01_en.pdf; Revised version (19 January 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eur_20061967_2012-01-19_en.pdf; Revised version (29 January 2007) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eur_20061967_2007-01-29_en.pdf; Correction slip (8 February 2007) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eurcs_20061967_en_001.pdf; Correction slip (28 July 2011) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967/pdf/eurcs_20061967_en_002.pdf ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) N o 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITATS ## 3 Protected species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Protected habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: FISHING PROTECTED AREAS ## 5 Information procedure establishing fishing protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Union fishing protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 National fishing protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING FISHING GEARS ## 8 Prohibited fishing gears and practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Minimum mesh sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Minimum hook size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Attachments to and rigging of trawl nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Dimensions of fishing gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Minimum distances and depths for the use of fishing gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Transitional derogations to the minimum mesh size and minimum distance from the coast for the use of fishing gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14a Procedure for adopting technical measures in the context of discard plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: MINIMUM SIZES OF MARINE ORGANISMS ## 15 Minimum sizes of marine organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15a Procedure for establishing minimum conservation reference sizes in the context of discard plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Direct restocking and transplantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: NON-COMMERCIAL FISHING ## 17 Leisure fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: MANAGEMENT PLANS ## 18 Union -level management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Management plans for certain fisheries in territorial waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: CONTROL MEASURES ## 20 Catch of target species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Transhipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Designated ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Monitoring of catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Register of vessels authorised to fish in the GFCM Agreement area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: MEASURES FOR HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES ## 25 Swordfish fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: MEASURES FOR THE WATERS AROUND MALTA ## 26 The 25-mile management zone around Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Dolphinfish fishery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 28 Decision-making procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Implementing rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29a Exercise of delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: Technical conditions for attachments to and rigging of trawl nets ## Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (A) Authorised attachments to trawl nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (B) Rigging requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: Requirements relating to the characteristics of fishing gear ## Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Dredges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Surrounding nets (purse seines and seines without purse lines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Bottom-set nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Trammel nets and bottom-set gillnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Combined bottom-set nets (trammel nets plus gillnets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Bottom-set longline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Traps for deep-water crustacean fishery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surface-set longline (floating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Trawl nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III Minimum conservation reference sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV Measurement of the size of a marine organism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The size of a Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) shall be measured as shown in Figure 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The size of a lobster (Homarus gammarus) shall be measured as shown in Figure 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: 25-mile management zone around Maltese Islands ## (a) Authorised trawlable areas to the approaches of the Maltese islands: geographic coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## (b) Geographic coordinates of some way-points along the 200m isobath within the 25-mile management zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI Correlation table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1967 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1967 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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