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Article 6 Survivability exemption for catch and by-catch of plaice

United Kingdom

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1.

The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the F1United Kingdom waters of ICES F2... subarea 4 to:

(a)

plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) caught with nets (GNS, GTR, GTN, GEN);

(b)

plaice caught with Danish seines;

F3(c)

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2.

The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to:

F4(a)

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(b)

plaice caught with trawls (OTB, PTB) with a mesh size of at least F580 mm targeting flatfish or roundfish in the United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4.

3.

When discarding plaice caught in the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the plaice shall be released immediately F6and in the case referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1, the plaice must be released during the net hauling process wherever this is reasonably possible.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 5(6)(a)

F2

Words in Art. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 5(6)(b)

F3

Art. 6(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(f), Sch. 11 para. 12(3)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F4

Art. 6(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 5(6)(c)

F5

Word in Art. 6(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(f), Sch. 11 para. 12(3)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)

F6

Words in Art. 6(3) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1429), regs. 1(1), 8(4)

F7

Art. 6(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(f), Sch. 11 para. 12(3)(c) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)