{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-472/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-472/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/472",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/1139 and (EU) 2018/973, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-472",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Management of by-catch stocks",
  "text": "1. Management measures for the stocks referred to in Article 1(4) including, where appropriate, fishing opportunities shall be set taking into account the best available scientific advice and shall be consistent with the objectives laid down in Article 3.\n2. The stocks referred to in Article 1(4) shall be managed under the precautionary approach to fisheries management (within the meaning given by section 1(11) of the Fisheries Act 2020) when no adequate scientific information is available, and in accordance with Article 3(5) of this Regulation.\n3. The management of mixed fisheries with regard to stocks referred to in Article 1(4) of this Regulation shall take into account the difficulty of fishing all stocks at MSY at the same time, especially in situations where that leads to a premature closure of the fishery.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(f), Sch. 11 para. 10(5)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 31, Sch. 11 para. 15(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(f), Sch. 11 para. 10(5)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 31, Sch. 11 para. 15(4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/472/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:30.519532+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}