{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2374/annex/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2374/annex/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/2374",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 of 12 October 2016 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2374",
  "path": "annex/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Hake ( Merluccius merluccius ) fisheries",
  "text": "Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016.\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e\nOTT, OTB, PTB, SDN, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV\nAll Bottom Trawls & Seines\nMesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide\nAll catches of hake\nLL, LLS\nAll Long lines\nAll\nGNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN\nAll Gill Nets\nMesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide\nICES divisions VIIIc and IXa\nOTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV\nAll Bottom Trawls and Seines\nUse mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm\nAll catches of hake\nGNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN\nAll Gill Nets\nMesh size between 80 and 99 mm wide\nLL, LLS\nAll Long lines\nHook size bigger than 3,85 cm +/– 1,15 cm length and 1,6 cm +/– 0,4 cm width",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/44 of 20 October 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1253 of 28 June 2018 correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/44 of 20 October 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters (Official Journal of the European Union L 7 of 12 January 2018)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2374/annex/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:16.545803+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."
}