Article 9 General restrictions on the use of static nets and driftnets

United Kingdom

It shall be prohibited to have on board or deploy one or more driftnets the individual or total length of which is more than 2,5 km.

It shall be prohibited to use driftnets to fish for the species listed in Annex III.

F13.

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It shall be prohibited to use bottom-set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets to catch the following species:

(a)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga);

(b)

Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus);

(c)

Ray’s bream (Brama brama);

(d)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius);

(e)

Sharks belonging to the following species or families Hexanchus griseus; Cetorhinus maximus; all species of Alopiidae; Carcharhinidae; Sphyrnidae; Isuridae; Lamnidae.

F25.

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It shall be prohibited to deploy any bottom set gillnet, entangling net and trammel net at any position where the charted depth is greater than 200 m.

Notwithstanding paragraph 6 of this Article:

(a)

specific derogations as set out in point 6.1 of Part C of Annex V, point 9.1 of Part C of Annex VI and point 4.1 of Part C of Annex VII shall apply where the charted depth is between 200 and 600 m;

F3(b)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 9(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1312), regs. 1(3), 5(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Art. 9(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1312), regs. 1(3), 5(9)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Art. 9(7)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1312), regs. 1(3), 5(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)