# 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 11: Specific technical measures in the West of Scotland

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

1. From 1 July 2020, fishing vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines in ICES divisions 6a and 5b, within the United Kingdom waters, East of 12°W (West of Scotland) shall comply with the following technical measures:
(a) mandatory use of a square mesh panel (positioning retained) of at least 300 mm for vessels deploying a cod-end mesh size less than 100 mm; for vessels below 12 m in length over all and/or with engine power of 200 kW or less, the panel overall length may be 2 m and the panel 200 mm in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries;
(b) mandatory use of a square mesh panel (positioning retained) of at least 160 mm for vessels deploying a cod-end mesh size of 100-119 mm and if catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus).
2. 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 measures set out in paragraph 1 may be used as an alternative to those measures.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2239/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2239/article-11
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