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Annex IV

United Kingdom

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An encounter with a possible VME is defined as:

  1. (a)

    for a trawl tow, and other fishing gear than longlines: the presence of more than 30 kg of live coral and/or 400 kg of live sponge of VME indicators; and

  2. (b)

    for a longline set: the presence of VME indicators on 10 hooks per 1 000 hook segment or per 1 200 m section of longline, whichever is the shorter.