# 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, Article 2: Definitions

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

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
(1) ‘Seltra panel’ means a selectivity device which:
consists of a top panel of at least 270 mm mesh size (diamond mesh) placed in a four-panel section and mounted with a joining ratio of three meshes of 90 mm to one mesh of 270 mm, or of a top panel of at least 140 mm mesh size (square mesh),
is at least 3 metres long,
is positioned no more than 4 metres from the cod line, and
is the full width of the top sheet of the trawl (i.e. from selvedge to selvedge).
(2) ‘Netgrid selectivity device’ means a selectivity device consisting of a four-panel section inserted into a two-panel trawl with an inclined sheet of diamond mesh netting with a mesh size of at least 200 mm, leading to an escape hole in the top of the trawl.
(3) ‘Flemish Panel’ means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:
anterior is directly attached to the cod-end,
upper and lower netting sections are constructed of at least 120 mm mesh as measured between the knots,
stretched length is at least 3 m.
(4) ‘SepNep’ means an otter trawl which:
is constructed within the mesh size range of 80 to 99 +≥ 100 mm,
is fitted with multiple cod-ends of mesh sizes ranging from at least 80 to 120 mm attached to a single extension piece, the uppermost cod-end being constructed with a mesh size of at least 120 mm and fitted with a separation panel with a maximum mesh size of 105 mm, and
may also be fitted with an optional selection grid with a bar spacing of at least 17 mm provided it is constructed in such a way so as to allow the escape of small Nephrops.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/45/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45/article-2
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