{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2167/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2167/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/2167",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2167 of 5 July 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2167",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX\nFisheries subject to the landing obligation\n1.\nCommon sole (Solea solea) fisheries\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e\nOTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX\nAll Bottom Trawls\nMesh size between 70 mm and100 mm wide\nAll catches of common sole\nTBB\nAll Beam trawls\nMesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide\nGNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN\nAll Trammel nets & Gill nets\nMesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide\n2.\nCommon sole (Solea solea) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) fisheries\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES division IXa\nGNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN\nAll Trammel nets & Gill nets\nMesh size larger or equal to 100 mm\nAll catches of common sole and plaice\n3.\nHake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries\nReference period will be updated accordingly for subsequent years. For 2018 the reference period will be 2015 and 2016 and for 2019 the reference period will be 2016 and 2017.\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\nVessels which fulfil the following cumulative criteria:\n1.. Use mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm\n2.. Total hake landings in the period 2014/2015 consist of: more than 5 % of all landed species and more than 5 metric tons.\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\n4.\nAnglerfish (Lophiidae) fisheries\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e\nGNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN\nAll Gill Nets\nMesh size larger of equal to 200 mm wide\nAll catches of anglerfish\nICES divisions VIIIc and IXa\nGNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN\nAll Gill Nets\nMesh size larger of equal to 200 mm wide\nAll catches of anglerfish\n5.\nNorway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e (only inside functional units)\nOTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX\nAll Bottom Trawls\nMesh size larger or equal to 70 mm\nAll catches of Norway lobster\nICES divisions VIIIc and IXa (only inside functional units)\nOTB, PTB, OTT, TBN, TBS, OT, PT, TX TB\nAll Bottom Trawls\nMesh size larger or equal to 70 mm\nAll catches of Norway lobster\n6.\nBlack scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) fisheries\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES divisions VIIIc, IX, X and CECAF zone 34.1.2\nLLS, DWS\nDeepwater set-longlines\n—\nAll catches of black scabbardfish\n7.\nRed seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) fisheries\nFishing zones\nGear Code\nFishing gear description\nMesh Size\nSpecies to be landed\nICES division IX\nLLS, DWS\nDeepwater set-longlines\nHook size bigger than 3,95 cm length and 1,65 cm width\nAll catches of red seabream\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Reference period will be updated accordingly for subsequent years. For 2018 the reference period will be 2015 and 2016 and for 2019 the reference period will be 2016 and 2017."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2167/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:25.764817+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."
}