Article 49a Separate stowage of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizesF1
United Kingdom
All catches below the applicable minimum conservation reference size retained on board a F2United Kingdom fishing vessel shall be placed in boxes, compartments or containers in such a way that they are identifiable from other boxes, compartments or containers. Those catches shall not be mixed with any other fishery products.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply:
where the catches contain more than 80% of one or more of the following species—
mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardine, sprat (i.e. small pelagic fisheries);
capelin, sandeel, Norwegian pout (i.e. fisheries for industrial purposes);
to fishing vessels of less than 12 metres' length overall where catches below the minimum conservation reference size have been sorted, estimated and recorded in accordance with Article 14 of this Regulation.
In the cases referred to in paragraph 2, F4a fisheries administration must monitor the catch composition by way of sampling.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Words in Art. 49a(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(47)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Art. 49a(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(47)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Words in Art. 49a(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(47)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)