{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/45",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/45 of 20 October 2017 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea and in Union waters of ICES Division IIa for the year 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Gear codes used in this Table refer to those codes in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1).\nFor the vessels whose LOA is less than 10 metres, gear codes used in this table refer to the codes from the FAO gear classification.\nThe landing obligation for cod shall not apply in ICES subdivision IIIaS.\nFishing gear\nMesh size\nSpecies subject to the landing obligation\nTrawls:\nOTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV\n≥ 100 mm\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nTrawls:\nOTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV\n70-99 mm\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nTrawls:\nOTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV\n32-69 mm\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nBeam trawls:\nTBB\n≥ 120 mm\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nBeam trawls:\nTBB\n80-119 mm\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nGillnets, trammel nets and entangling nets:\nGN, GNS, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN, GNF\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nHooks and lines:\nLLS, LLD, LL, LTL, LX, LHP, LHM\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, hake, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.\nTraps:\nFPO, FIX, FYK, FPN\nAll catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Gear codes used in this Table refer to those codes in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the vessels whose LOA is less than 10 metres, gear codes used in this table refer to the codes from the FAO gear classification."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The landing obligation for cod shall not apply in ICES subdivision IIIaS."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/45/annex",
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  },
  "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."
}