# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238 of 1 October 2019 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2020-2021, Article 10: De minimis exemptions

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

By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded pursuant to Article 15(4)(c) of that Regulation:
(a)in fisheries for common sole by vessels using trammel nets and gill nets (GN, GNS, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN, GNF) in United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a, and ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of common sole below and above the minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 3 % of the total annual catches of that species;
(b)in fisheries for common sole by vessels using beam trawl (TBB) of mesh size 80-119 mm equipped with a Flemish panel, in the United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of common sole below the minimum conservation reference sizes, which shall not exceed 5 % of the total annual catches of that species;
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(fa)in the mixed demersal fisheries in United Kingdom waters of ICES divisions 4a, 4b and 4c, by vessels using bottom trawls or seines (OTB, OTT, SDN, SSC) with a mesh size of 70-99 mm:
a quantity of whiting below the minimum conservation reference size, which must not exceed 5 % of the total annual catches of whiting;
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(h)in the demersal mixed fishery by vessels using beam trawls with a mesh size of 80-119 mm in United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of whiting below the minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 2 % of the total annual catches of plaice and sole;
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(i)in the fisheries for Norway lobster by vessels using bottom trawls with a mesh size of 80-99 mm, equipped with a SepNep, in the United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of plaice below the minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 3 % of the total annual catches of saithe, plaice, haddock, whiting, cod, Northern prawn, common sole and Norway lobster;
(j)in the fisheries for brown shrimp by vessels using beam trawls, in the United Kingdom waters of ICES divisions 4b and 4c:
any species subject to catch limits may be discarded, provided the total amount of each species discarded does not exceed 5 % of the total annual catches of that species;
(k)in the demersal mixed fishery with bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBB) with a mesh size between 80 and 99 mm (TR2, BT2) in ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), which shall not exceed 6 % of the total annual catches of horse mackerel made in that fishery;
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(l)in the demersal mixed fishery with bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBB) with a mesh size between 80 and 99 mm in ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of mackerel (Scomber scombrus), which shall not exceed 6 % of the total annual catches of mackerel made in that fishery;
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(m)in the demersal mixed fishery with trawls (OTB, OTM, OTT, PTB, PTM, SDN, SPR, SSC, TB, TBN) with mesh sizes above 80 mm in ... ICES subarea 4 and in the fishery for Northern prawn carried out using gears with a sorting grid with a maximum bar spacing of 19 mm or equivalent selectivity device and a fish retention device with a mesh size above 32 mm in ICES subarea 4:
a combined quantity of sprat, sandeel, norway pout and blue whiting, which shall not exceed 1 % of the total annual catches made in mixed demersal fishery and in the fishery for Northern prawn;
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(n)in the demersal fishery for hake by vessels using longlines (LLS) in ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of ling (Molva molva) below the minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 3 % of the total annual catches of ling made in that demersal fishery;
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(o)in fisheries by vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TB, TBN) of mesh size 80-99mm in the United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4 and ICES Division 2a:
a quantity of Norway lobster below the minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 2% of the total annual catches of that species.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2238/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2238/article-10
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