# Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1308 of 28 September 2018 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards fishing opportunities for European seabass, Article 1

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

In Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/120, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. In recreational fisheries, including from shore:
(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;
(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’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1308/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1308/article-1
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