# 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, Annex

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

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).
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.
The landing obligation for cod shall not apply in ICES subdivision IIIaS.
Fishing gear
Mesh size
Species subject to the landing obligation
Trawls:
OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV
≥ 100 mm
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Trawls:
OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV
70-99 mm
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Trawls:
OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, TBN, TBS, OTM, PTM, TMS, TM, TX, SDN, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV
32-69 mm
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Beam trawls:
TBB
≥ 120 mm
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Beam trawls:
TBB
80-119 mm
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Gillnets, trammel nets and entangling nets:
GN, GNS, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN, GNF
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Hooks and lines:
LLS, LLD, LL, LTL, LX, LHP, LHM
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, hake, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.
Traps:
FPO, FIX, FYK, FPN
All catches of cod, common sole, haddock, plaice, saithe, Northern prawn, and Norway lobster and whiting.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/45/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45/annex
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