# Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 establishing a multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation in the North Sea and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 676/2007 and (EC) No 1342/2008, Article 5: Management of by-catch stocks

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

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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/973/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-973/article-5
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