{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-189/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-189/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/189",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/189 of 23 November 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-189",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX\n1.. Small pelagic fisheries in ICES IIIa (Skagerrak and Kattegat):\nBottom otter and bottom pair trawl with mesh size < 70 mm\nMesh size 50 – 99 mm\nCode\nPelagic fishing gear\nSpecies targeted\nOTM and PTM\nMid-water trawl and mid-water pair trawl\nHerring, mackerel, blue whiting, horse mackerel, sprat (for human consumption)\nPS\nPurse seine\nHerring, mackerel, horse mackerel, sprat (for human consumption)\nOTB and PTB\nBottom otter and bottom pair trawl\nHerring, mackerel, sprat (for human consumption)\nGNS and GND\nGillnets anchored (set), and gillnets (drift)\nMackerel, herring\nLLS, LHP\nSet longlines, handlines and pole lines (hand operated) and handlines and pole lines (mechanised)\nMackerel\nMIS\nMiscellaneous gear, including traps, pots and pound nets\nMackerel, herring, sprat (for human consumption)\n2.. Small pelagic fisheries in ICES IV (North Sea).\nMesh size 50 – 90 mm\nCode\nPelagic fishing gear\nQuota species targeted\nOTM and PTM\nMid-water otter trawl and mid-water pair trawl (inc. TR3)\nHerring, mackerel, horse mackerel, greater silver smelt, blue whiting, sprat (for human consumption)\nPS\nPurse seine\nHerring, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting\nGNS and GND\nGillnets anchored (set) and gillnets (drift)\nMackerel, herring\nGTR\nTrammel nets\nMackerel\nLLS, LHP and LHM\nSet longlines, handlines and pole lines (hand operated) and handlines and pole lines (mechanised)\nMackerel\nMIS\nMiscellaneous gear, including traps, pots and pound nets\nHerring, sprat (for human consumption)\n3.. Other vessels targeting small pelagic species referred to in Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 that are not covered by points 1 and 2 of this Annex.\n4.. Industrial fisheries in Union waters of ICES IIIa and IV:\nCode\nFishing gear\nQuota species targeted\nAny trawl\nTrawl of mesh size less than 32 mm\nSand eel, sprat, Norway pout\nPS\nPurse seines\nSand eel, sprat, Norway pout\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Bottom otter and bottom pair trawl with mesh size < 70 mm"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Mesh size 50 – 99 mm"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Mesh size 50 – 90 mm"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/189/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:16.945018+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."
}