{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-960/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-960/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/960",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2015/960 of 19 June 2015 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 as regards certain fishing opportunities",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-960",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Regulation (EU) 2015/104, the following Article is inserted:\n‘Measures concerning sea bass\nArticle 9a 1. It shall be prohibited for Union vessels to fish, retain on board, relocate, tranship or land quantities exceeding the limits set out in paragraph 2 of sea bass caught in the following areas:\n(a) ICES divisions IVb, IVc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf and VIIh;\n(b) waters within 12 nautical miles from baseline under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg.\n2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the following catch limits shall apply:\nAs per FAO alpha 3 fishing gear codes.\nGear category and code\nMaximum catch of sea bass permitted per vessel per calendar month (in kg)\nMid-water or pelagic trawls, including OTM and PTM\n1 500\nAll types of demersal trawls including Danish/Scottish seines, including OTB, OTT, PTB, TBB, SSC, SDN, SPR, SV, SB, SX, TBN, TBS and TB\n1 800\nAll GN, all drift net and fixed (trammel) net fisheries, including GTR, GNS, GND, FYK, FPN and FIX\n1 000\nAll long lines or pole and line or rod and line fisheries, including LHP, LHM, LLD, LL, LTL, LX and LLS\n1 300\npurse seines, gear codes PS and LA\n3 000\n3. For Union vessels using more than one gear in a single calendar month, the lowest catch limit set in paragraph 2 for either gear shall apply.\n4. The catch limits set in paragraph 2 shall not be transferable from one month to another or between vessels.\n5. It shall be prohibited for Union vessels to retain on board, tranship, relocate or land sea bass caught in ICES divisions VIIb, VIIc, VIIj and VIIk, as well as in the waters of ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg that are more than 12 nautical miles from the baseline under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.\n6. Member States shall report to the Commission catches of sea bass per type of gear not later than 20 days after the end of each month.’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As per FAO alpha 3 fishing gear codes."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/960/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:38.039576+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."
}