# Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005, Division 2: During the transitional period ending 30 June 2021, a fisheries administration may authorise United Kingdom fishing vessels to fish with electric pulse trawl in ICES divisions 4b and 4c ... under the conditions set out in this Part and any conditions defined in regulations made under Article 24 of this Regulation for the purpose specified in paragraph 4(b) of that Article, regarding the characteristics of the pulse used and control monitoring measures in place in United Kingdom waters of the area south of a rhumb line joined by the following points, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

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

a point on east coast of the United Kingdom at latitude 55° N
east to latitude 55° N, longitude 5° E
north to latitude 56° N
east to a point on the west coast of Denmark at latitude 56° N.
The following conditions shall apply:
(a)no more than 5 % of all the beam trawlers in the United Kingdom fleet use the electric pulse trawl;
(b)the maximum electrical power in kW for each beam trawl is no more than the length in metres of the beam multiplied by 1,25;
(c)the effective voltage between the electrodes is no more than 15 V;
(d)the vessel is equipped with an automatic computer management system which records the maximum power used per beam and the effective voltage between electrodes for at least the last 100 tows. It is not possible for non-authorised personnel to modify this automatic computer management system;
(e)it is prohibited to use one or more tickler chains in front of the footrope.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1241/annex/V/part/D/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1241/annex-V/part-D/division-2
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