# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/44 of 20 October 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters, Division 3: Hake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries

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

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.
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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/44/annex/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-44/annex/division-3
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