{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-124/annex/division-20/division-Templates",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-124/annex/division-20/division-Templates.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/124",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 of 15 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-124",
  "path": "annex/division/20/division/Templates",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "Templates for the Conduct of Exploratory Bottom Fi",
  "heading": "Exploratory Protocol for New Fishing Areas",
  "text": "The Exploratory Protocol shall consist of:\nA harvesting plan which outlines target species, dates and areas. Area and effort restrictions should be considered to ensure fisheries occur on a gradual basis in a limited geographical area.\nA mitigation plan including measures to prevent significant adverse impact to vulnerable marine ecosystems that may be encountered during the fishery.\nA catch monitoring plan that includes recording/reporting of all species caught, 100 % satellite tracking and 100 % observer coverage. The recording/reporting of catch should be sufficiently detailed to conduct an assessment of activity, if required.\nA data collection plan to facilitate the identification of vulnerable marine ecosystems/species in area fished.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/124/annex/division/20/division/Templates",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:51.433020+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."
}