Regulation 2 Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures

(1)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 6 (definitions)—

(a)

for the full stop at the end of point (55), substitute a semicolon;

(b)

after point (55), insert—

“(56) ‘flyseining gear’ means an encircling and towed gear, operated from a boat by means of two long ropes (seine ropes) designed to herd the fish towards the opening of the seine. The gear is made up of a net which is similar in design to a bottom trawl. This definition includes the use of Danish seines and Scottish seines.”.

(3)

In Part A of Annex 5 (minimum conservation reference sizes), in the table, for the entry relating to Crawfish, in the second column after “(carapace length)” insert “(in the English zone only a minimum conservation reference size of 110 mm shall apply)”.

(4)

In Part A of Annex 6 (minimum conservation reference sizes), in the table—

(a)

in the top row, in the second column after “Whole area” insert “(unless otherwise specified)”;

(b)

for the entry relating to Crawfish, in the second column after “95 mm” insert “(in the English zone only a minimum conservation reference size of 110 mm shall apply)”;

(c)

at the end, insert the following rows—

“Lemon Sole (Microstomus kitt)	25cm applicable in ICES divisions 7d and 7e only
Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)	30cm applicable in ICES divisions 7d and 7e only
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)	30cm applicable in ICES divisions 7d and 7e only”.

(5)

In Part B of Annex 6 (mesh sizes), at the end of the table following point 1.2(ii), insert the following row—

“At least 100mm

ICES divisions 7d and 7e

Directed fishing for all species using flyseining gear”.

(6)

In Part C of Annex 6 (closed or restricted areas), after point 9.2 insert—

“10.

Restrictions on the engine power of vessels using flyseining gear within 12 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions 7d and 7e

Vessels are prohibited from using flyseining gear within 12 nautical miles of the coast of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions 7d and 7e, measured from the baselines from which the territorial waters are measured, unless the engine power^f1 of the vessels does not exceed 221 kW.”.

(7)

In Part A of Annex 7 (minimum conservation reference sizes), in the table, for the entry relating to Crawfish, in the second column for “95” substitute “110”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Engine power” is defined in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 of the European Parliament and of the Council defining characteristics for fishing vessels (EUR 2017/1130); amended by S.I. 2019/739.