# Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2115/2005 and (EC) No 1386/2007, Article 13: Mesh sizes

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

1. For the purpose of this Article, mesh size shall be measured, using gauges specified by Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008, in accordance with Annex III.A to the CEM referred to in point 10 of the Annex to this Regulation.
2. No vessel shall fish with a net having a mesh size smaller than prescribed for each of the following species:
(a) 40 mm for Northern prawns and prawns (PRA);
(b) 60 mm for short finned squid (SQI);
(c) 280 mm in the codend and 220 mm in all other parts of the trawl for skate (SKA);
(d) 130 mm for all other groundfish, as listed in Annex I.C of CEM referred to in point 11 of the Annex to this Regulation;
(e) 100 mm for pelagic Sebastes mentella (REB) in Subarea 2 and Divisions 1F and 3K; and
(f) 90 mm for redfish (RED) in the fishery using mid-water trawls in Divisions 3O, 3M and 3LN.
3. A vessel conducting a fishery for a species referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article that has on board nets having a mesh size smaller than that specified in that paragraph, shall ensure such nets are securely lashed and stowed and are not available for immediate use during that fishery.
4. A vessel conducting a directed fishery for species other than those identified in paragraph 2 of this Article is, however, permitted to take regulated species with nets having a mesh size less than that specified in that paragraph, provided that the by-catch requirements laid down in Article 7(3) are complied with.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/833/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-833/article-13
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