{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2015/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2015/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/2015",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in Western Waters for the period 2021-2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2015",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Survivability exemption for species caught in pots, traps and creels",
  "text": "1. The survivability exemption provided for in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to species caught with pots, traps and creels (gear codes: FPO, FIX, FYK) in ICES subareas 5 (excluding 5a and including only Union waters of 5b), 6 and 7.\n2. When discarding fish caught in the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the fish shall be released immediately.",
  "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/2020/2015/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:15.102128+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."
}