# Council Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing for 2009 and 2010 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks, Article 7: Orange roughy

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Fishing for orange roughy shall be prohibited in the following sea areas:
(a) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
57°00′ N, 11°00′ W
57°00′ N, 8°30′ W
56°23′ N, 8°30′ W
55°00′ N, 8°30′ W
55°00′ N, 11°00′ W
57°00′ N, 11°00′ W;
(b) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
55°30′ N, 15°49′ W
53°30′ N, 14°11′ W
50°30′ N, 14°11′ W
50°30′ N, 15°49′ W;
(c) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
55°00′ N, 13°51′ W
55°00′ N, 10°37′ W
54°15′ N, 10°37′ W
53°30′ N, 11°50′ W
53°30′ N, 13°51′ W.
Those positions and the corresponding rhumb lines and vessel positions shall be measured according to the WGS84 standard.
2. Vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit that have entered the areas defined in paragraph 1 shall not retain on board or tranship any quantity of orange roughy, nor land any quantity of orange roughy at the end of that fishing trip unless:
(a) all gears carried on board are lashed and stowed during the transit in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93; or
(b) the average speed during transit is equal to, or greater than, 8 knots.
3. Member States shall ensure that vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit are properly monitored by the Fisheries Monitoring Centres (FMC), which shall have a system to detect and record the vessels’ entry into, transit through and exit from the areas defined in paragraph 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1359/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1359/article-7
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