{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-455/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-455/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/455",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/455 of 26 March 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in the Baltic Sea and other waters, and Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in Union and non‐Union waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-455",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2020/123",
  "text": "Regulation (EU) 2020/123 is amended as follows:\n(a) in Article 10, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:\n‘6. In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 8a and 8b, a maximum of two specimens of European seabass may be caught and retained per fisherman per day. The minimum size of European seabass retained shall be 42 cm. This paragraph shall not apply to fixed nets, which may not be used to catch or retain European seabass.’;\n(b) the following Article is inserted:\n‘ Mobulid rays\nArticle 28a 1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship, to land, to store, to offer for sale or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays (Mobulidae family which includes the genera Manta and Mobula), except for fishing vessels carrying out subsistence fishery (where the fish caught are consumed directly by the families of the fishermen).\nBy way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Mobulid rays that are unintentionally caught by artisanal fishing (fisheries other than longline or surface fisheries, i.e. purse seines, pole and line, gillnet fisheries, handline and trolling vessels, and registered in the IOTC record of authorised vessels) may be landed for purposes of local consumption only.\n2. All fishing vessels, other than those carrying out subsistence fishery, shall promptly release alive and unharmed, to the extent practicable, Mobulid rays as soon as they are seen in the net, on the hook, or on the deck, and shall do so in a manner that will result in the least possible harm to the individuals captured.’;\n(c) Article 30 is deleted;\n(d) Annexes IA, ID, IK and VI are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.",
  "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/2020/455/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:44.812047+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."
}