Article 3 Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid

England and Wales

(1)

F1Fishing boats are prohibited from carrying or deploying a net, the mesh of which measures between 16 and 31 millimetres unless —

(a)

netting, the mesh of which measures at least twice that of the codend and no more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that —

(i)

fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and

(ii)

there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the netting are able to escape;

(b)

a rigid grid, the spacing between the bars of which is no more than 20 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that —

(i)

fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and

(ii)

there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape;

(c)

no fish have been retained on board the boat; or

(d)

the retention of fish on board the boat is consistent with Article 25(3) of Council Regulation 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles F2of marine organisms M1.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 14(3)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)
F2: Word in art. 3(1)(d) substituted (2.1.2009) by The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3144), arts. 1, 2(2)

Marginal citations

M1: OJ No. L125, 27.4.1998, p.1.