{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1394/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1394/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1394",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1394/2014 of 20 October 2014 establishing a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in south-western waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1394",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Minimum conservation reference size",
  "text": "The minimum conservation reference size for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) caught in ICES subarea IX and CECAF area 34.1.2 shall be 9 cm.\nBy way of derogation from Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the minimum conservation reference size for horse mackerel ( Trachurus spp.) caught in ICES division VIIIc and ICES subarea IX shall be 12 cm for 5 % of the respective quotas of Spain and Portugal in those areas. Within that limit of 5 %, in the xávega artisanal beach sein fishery in ICES division IXa 1 % of the quota of Portugal may be caught with the size below 12 cm.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2377 of 14 October 2016 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1394/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in South-Western waters."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1394/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:59.324659+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}