# Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007, Article 9: Management plans in respect of fish-aggregating devices

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

1. In respect of purse seine and baitboat catching vessels fishing for tropical tunas in association with fish-aggregating devices (FADs), a fisheries administration must, by 31 January of each year, submit to the ICCAT Secretariat management plans for the use of such FADs by vessels in its fleet. ...
2. The objective of the management plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall be to:
(a) improve the knowledge about FAD characteristics, buoy characteristics, FAD fishing, including fishing effort, and related impacts on targeted and non-targeted species;
(b) effectively manage the deployment and recovery of FADs and beacons and their potential loss;
(c) reduce and limit the impacts of FADs and FAD fishing on the ecosystem, including, where appropriate, by acting on the different components of the fishing mortality (e.g. number of deployed FADs, including number of FAD sets by purse seiners, fishing capacity, number of support vessels).
3. The management plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the information set out in Annex II.
4. A fisheries administration must ensure that no more than 500 instrumental buoys are active at any one time for each United Kingdom purse seiner in its fleet and fishing for tropical tunas in association with FADs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2107/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2107/article-9
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