{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1308/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1308/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/1308",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1308 of 28 September 2018 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards fishing opportunities for European seabass",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1308",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/120, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:\n‘4. In recreational fisheries, including from shore:\n(a) from 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7a to 7k, only catch-and-release fishing for European seabass shall be allowed. During that period, it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;\n(b) from 1 October to 31 December 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k, not more than one specimen of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1308/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:56.533670+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."
}