# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2440 of 22 October 2015 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea and in Union waters of ICES Division IIa, Annex: Fisheries subject to the landing obligation

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

Gear codes used in this Table refer to those codes in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common fisheries policy.
For the vessels whose LOA is less than 10 metres gear codes used in this table refer to the codes from the FAO gear classification.
Vessels are considered as saithe targeting if, when using trawls with mesh size ≥ 100 mm, they have had annual average landings of saithe of ≥ 50 % of all landings by the vessel taken in both EU and third country zone of the North Sea over the period of x-4 to x-2 where x is the year of application; i.e. 2012-2014 for 2016 and 2013-2015 for 2017.
Except in ICES division IIIa when fishing with trawls with a mesh size of at least 90 mm equipped with a top panel of at least 270 mm mesh size (diamond mesh) or at least 140 mm mesh size (square mesh) or 120 mm square mesh panel placed 6 to 9 meters from the cod-end.
Fishing gear
Mesh size
Species concerned
Trawls:
OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV
> 100 mm
All catches of saithe (if caught by a saithe targeting vessel), plaice and haddock.
All by-catches of Northern prawn.
Trawls:
OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV
In ICES Subarea IV and in Union waters of ICES Division IIa:
80-99 mm
In all areas, all catches of Norway lobster and common sole.
All by-catches of Northern prawn.
In ICES Division IIIa: all catches of haddock.
In ICES Division IIIa: 70-99 mm
Trawls:
OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV
32-69 mm
All catches of Northern prawn.
Beam trawls:
TBB
> 120 mm
All catches of plaice.
All by-catches of Northern prawn.
Beam trawls:
TBB
80-119 mm
All catches of common sole.
Any by-catches of Northern prawn.
Gillnets, trammel nets and entangling nets:
GN, GNS, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN, GNF
All catches of common sole.
All by-catches of Northern prawn.
Hooks and lines:
LLS, LLD, LL, LTL, LX, LHP, LHM
All catches of hake.
All by-catches of Northern prawn.
Traps:
FPO, FIX, FYK, FPN
All catches of Norway lobster.
All by-catches of Northern prawn.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2440/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2440/annex
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