# 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 6: Survivability exemption for catch and by-catch of plaice

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

1. The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the United Kingdom waters of ICES ... subarea 4 to:
(a) plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) caught with nets (GNS, GTR, GTN, GEN);
(b) plaice caught with Danish seines;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to:
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) plaice caught with trawls (OTB, PTB) with a mesh size of at least 80 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 and 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2238/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2238/article-6
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