# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2239 of 1 October 2019 specifying details of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in North-Western waters for the period 2020-2021, Article 10: Specific technical measures in the Irish Sea

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

1. Fishing vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines in ICES division 7a (Irish Sea) shall comply with the technical measures set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.
2. Vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with a cod-end mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 100 mm and with catches comprising more than 5 % of Norway lobster shall use one of the following gear options:
(a) 300 mm square mesh panel; vessels below 12 meters in length over all may use a 200 mm squared mesh panel;
(b) Seltra panel;
(c) Sorting grid with 35 mm bar spacing as referred to in Annex VI Part B to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241;
(d) CEFAS Netgrid;
(e) Flip-flap trawl.
3. Vessels equal to or greater than 12 meters in length over all operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 10 % of haddock, cod and skates and rays combined, shall use one of the following gear options:
(a) 120 mm cod-end;
(b) an eliminator trawl with 600 mm large mesh panels and a 100 mm cod-end.
4. Vessels equal to or greater than 12 meters in length over all operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising less than 10 % of haddock, cod and skates and rays combined shall apply a cod-end mesh size of 100 mm with a 100 mm squared mesh panel. This provision shall not apply to vessels with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster or more than 85 % of Queen scallops.
5. A selective gear or device assessed by a fisheries administration as having the same or higher selectivity characteristics for cod, haddock and whiting than the gear options set out in pargraphs 1 to 4 may be used as an alternative to those gear options

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2239/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2239/article-10
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