# 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 7: Survivability exemption for plaice below the minimum conservation reference size

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 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:
(a) 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; ...
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2. 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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4. When discarding plaice caught in the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the plaice shall be released immediately.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2238/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2238/article-7
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