Article 5 Management of by-catch stocks

For the stocks referred to in Article 1(4), management measures including, where appropriate, fishing opportunities, shall be set taking into account the best available scientific advice and shall be consistent with the objectives laid down in Article 3.

Those stocks shall be managed under the precautionary approach to fisheries management F1(within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) when no adequate scientific information is available.

F2The management of mixed fisheries with regard to stocks referred to in Article 1(4) of this Regulation shall take into account the difficulty of fishing all stocks at MSY at the same time, especially in situations where that leads to a premature closure of the fishery.