{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/1579",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Measures on recreational fisheries for cod in subdivisions 22-26",
  "text": "1. In recreational fisheries, no more than five specimens of cod may be retained per fisherman per day in subdivisions 22 and 23 and in subdivision 24 within six nautical miles measured from the baselines, except in the period from 1 February to 31 march 2021, when no more than two specimens of cod may be retained per fisherman per day.\n2. Recreational fishing for cod shall be prohibited in subdivision 24 beyond six nautical miles measured from the baselines and in subdivisions 25 and 26.\n3. This Article is without prejudice to more stringent national measures.",
  "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/2020/1579/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:22.602406+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."
}