# 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, Annex Extent: E+W+S+N.I. ‘ANNEX Fisheries subject to the landing obligation 1. Common sole (Solea solea) fisheries Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX All Bottom Trawls Mesh size between 70 mm and100 mm wide All catches of common sole TBB All Beam trawls Mesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN All Trammel nets & Gill nets Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide 2. Common sole (Solea solea) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) fisheries Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES division IXa GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN All Trammel nets & Gill nets Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm All catches of common sole and plaice 3. Hake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries 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. Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e OTT, OTB, PTB, SDN, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV All Bottom Trawls & Seines Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide All catches of hake LL, LLS All Long lines All GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN All Gill Nets Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV All Bottom Trawls and Seines Vessels which fulfil the following cumulative criteria: 1.. Use mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm 2.. Total hake landings in the period 2014/2015 consist of: more than 5 % of all landed species and more than 5 metric tons. All catches of hake GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN All Gill Nets Mesh size between 80 and 99 mm wide LL, LLS All Long lines Hook size bigger than 3,85 cm +/– 1,15 cm length and 1,6 cm +/– 0,4 cm width 4. Anglerfish (Lophiidae) fisheries Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN All Gill Nets Mesh size larger of equal to 200 mm wide All catches of anglerfish ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN All Gill Nets Mesh size larger of equal to 200 mm wide All catches of anglerfish 5. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e (only inside functional units) OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX All Bottom Trawls Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm All catches of Norway lobster ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa (only inside functional units) OTB, PTB, OTT, TBN, TBS, OT, PT, TX TB All Bottom Trawls Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm All catches of Norway lobster 6. Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) fisheries Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES divisions VIIIc, IX, X and CECAF zone 34.1.2 LLS, DWS Deepwater set-longlines — All catches of black scabbardfish 7. Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) fisheries Fishing zones Gear Code Fishing gear description Mesh Size Species to be landed ICES division IX LLS, DWS Deepwater set-longlines Hook size bigger than 3,95 cm length and 1,65 cm width All catches of red seabream ’ --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/2167/annex (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-2167/annex Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.