Article 7 Survivability exemption for plaice below the minimum conservation reference size
United Kingdom
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 division 2a and ICES subarea 4 and to catches of plaice below the minimum conservation reference size made with 80-119 mm beam trawls (BT2), if the plaice is caught:
with gears equipped with the flip-up rope or Benthos release panel (BRP) and caught by vessels with an engine power of more than 221 kW; F2...
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The exemption referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply for flatfish caught with beam trawl gears (BT2) by vessels with an engine power of not more than 221 kw or less than 24 m in length overall, which are constructed to fish in the twelve miles zone, if the average trawl duration is less than ninety minutes.
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When discarding plaice caught in the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the plaice shall be released immediately.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 5(7)(a)(i)
- F2
Word in Art. 7(1)(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(7)(a)(ii)
- F3
Art. 7(1)(b) 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(7)(a)(iii)
- F4
Art. 7(3) 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(7)(b)