Division 3 Hake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries

United Kingdom

Fishing zones	Gear Code	Fishing gear description	Mesh Size	Species to be landed
Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016 and for 2019 the reference period shall be 2016/2017.
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^f1 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

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f1: Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016 and for 2019 the reference period shall be 2016/2017.