# Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required, Article 85: Closed area for FAD fishing

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

1. In the part of the WCPFC Area located between 20°N and 20°S, fishing activities of purse seine vessels making use of FADs shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours on 1 August 2009 and 24:00 hours on 30 September 2009. During this period, a purse seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Area, if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that at no time does the vessel:
deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device,
fish on schools in association with FADs.
2. All purse seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Area referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna.
3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following cases:
in the final set of a trip, if the vessel has insufficient well space left to accommodate all fish,
when the fish is unfit for human consumption for reasons other than those connected with size, or
when a serious malfunction of freezer equipment occurs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/43/article/85 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-43/article-85
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