# Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2012 of 24 July 2012 amending Regulations (EU) No 43/2012 and (EU) No 44/2012 as regards the protection of the giant manta ray and certain fishing opportunities, Article 1: Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 43/2012

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

Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 12(1) the following point is added:
(g) ‘giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in all waters.’;
(2) after Article 13 a new article is inserted as follows:
‘Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 754/2009
Article 13a In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009, the following point is added:
(i) the group of vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom identified in the request from the United Kingdom dated 16 March 2012, which participate in a fishery targeting Queen Scallops (Aequipecten opercularis) in the Irish Sea (ICES area VIIa) around the Isle of Man, using a specialised otter trawl gear with an 80-100 mm mesh trawl configured to select against fish catches (2ft low headline, short or no bridles and small trawl mouth);’;’;
(3) Annex I is amended in accordance with the text in Annex I to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/692/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-692/article-1
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