Article 48 Retrieval of lost gear
United Kingdom
A F1United Kingdom fishing vessel shall have the equipment on board to retrieve lost gear.
The master of a F2United Kingdom fishing vessel that has lost gear or part of it shall attempt to retrieve it as soon as possible.
F3If the lost gear cannot be retrieved, the master of the vessel must inform the competent authorities of a fisheries administration, which must then inform the competent authority of the coastal state if the gear is lost in waters outside United Kingdom waters, within 24 hours of the following:
the external identification number and the name of the fishing vessel;
the type of lost gear;
the time when the gear was lost;
the position where the gear was lost;
the measures undertaken to retrieve the gear.
If the gear that is retrieved by the competent authorities of F4a fisheries administration has not been reported as lost, these authorities may recover the cost from the master of the fishing vessel that lost the gear.
A F5fisheries administration may exempt F6United Kingdom fishing vessels of less than 12 metres’ length overall F7... from the requirement set out in paragraph 1 if they:
operate exclusively within the territorial seas of the F8United Kingdom; or
never spend more than 24 hours at sea from the time of departure to the return to port.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 48(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 48(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 48(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Words in Art. 48(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F5
Words in Art. 48(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(e)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F6
Words in Art. 48(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(e)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F7
Words in Art. 48(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(e)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F8
Words in Art. 48(5)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(45)(e)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)