Division 5e.5 When a sample referred to in point 5e.3(a) shows a percentage of juveniles that exceeds the trigger level, the Coastal Member State concerned shall prohibit fishing in that area with any fishing gear other than pelagic trawls, purse seines, driftnets and jiggers targeting herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, pots and scallop dredges and gillnets.F1

The closed area shall be based on the following criteria:

• the area shall have 4, 5 or 6 joining points,

• the midpoint of the fishing operation or operations with samples above the trigger level shall equal the midpoint of the closed area,

• when the closed area is based on one sample and lies outside the waters up to 12 miles from the baselines under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the concerned Member State, it shall be 50 square miles, and,

• there shall be a maximum of 3 closures simultaneously in the Skagerrak.