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Consolidated text: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/86 of 20 October 2016 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2017/86

of 20 October 2016

establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea

(OJ L 014 18.1.2017, p. 4)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/153 of 23 October 2017

  L 29

1

1.2.2018

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/542 of 22 January 2018

  L 90

61

6.4.2018

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/2036 of 18 October 2018

  L 327

27

21.12.2018

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/4 of 29 August 2019

  L 2

5

6.1.2020



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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2017/86

of 20 October 2016

establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea



Article 1

Implementation of the landing obligation

The landing obligation provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the Mediterranean Sea to the fisheries as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

That landing obligation shall apply to the species referred to in that Annex when caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels outside the Union waters in waters not subject to third countries' sovereignty or jurisdiction.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) 

‘Mediterranean Sea’ means maritime waters of the Mediterranean to the east of line 5°36′ West;

(b) 

‘GFCM Geographical Sub-Areas’ (GSAs) means General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Geographical Sub-Areas as defined in the Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 );

(c) 

►M1  ‘Western Mediterranean Sea’ means GFCM Geographical Sub-Areas 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.1, 11.2 and 12; ◄

(d) 

‘Adriatic Sea’ means GFCM Geographical Sub-Areas 17 and 18;

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(e) 

‘South-eastern Mediterranean Sea’ means GFCM geographical subareas 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.

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Article 3

Survivability exemption

1.  The exemption from the landing obligation pursuant to Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates shall apply to:

(a) 

common sole (Solea solea) caught with rapido (TBB) ( 2 ) in the Adriatic Sea until 31 December 2019;

(b) 

scallop (Pecten jacobeus) caught with mechanised dredges (HMD) in the Western Mediterranean Sea;

(c) 

carpet clams (Venerupis spp.) caught with mechanised dredges (HMD) in the Western Mediterranean Sea;

(d) 

Venus shells (Venus spp.) caught with mechanised dredges (HMD) in the Western Mediterranean Sea;

(e) 

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) caught with all bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX) in the Western Mediterranean Sea, in the Adriatic Sea and in the South-eastern Mediterranean Sea;

(f) 

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) caught with pots and traps (FPO, FIX), in the Western Mediterranean, in the Adriatic Sea and in the South-eastern Mediterranean until 31 December 2019;

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(g) 

red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo) caught with hooks and lines (LHP, LHM, LLS, LLD, LL, LTL, LX) in the western Mediterranean Sea;

(h) 

lobster (Homarus gammarus) caught with nets (GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN) and with pots and traps (FPO, FIX) in the western Mediterranean Sea, in the Adriatic Sea and in the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea;

(i) 

crawfish (Palinuridae) caught with nets (GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN) and with pots and traps (FPO, FIX) in the western Mediterranean Sea, in the Adriatic Sea and in the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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2.  Common sole (Solea solea), scallop (Pecten jacobeus), carpet clams (Venerupis spp.), Venus shells (Venus spp.), Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo), lobster (Homarus gammarus) and crawfish (Palinuridae) caught in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released immediately in the area where they have been caught.

3.  By 1 May 2019, the Member States having a direct management interest in the fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea shall submit to the Commission additional discard data to those provided in the joint recommendations of June 2018 as amended in August 2018, and any other relevant scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraphs 1(a), 1(f), 1(g), 1(h) and 1(i). The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess those data and that information by July 2019 at the latest.

Article 4

De minimis exemption

1.  By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities of species may be discarded pursuant to Article 15(4)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013:

(a) 

in the Western Mediterranean Sea (point 1 of the Annex):

(i) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 6 % for 2019 and 2020 and up to a maximum of 5 % in 2021 of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls;

(ii) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using gillnets and trammel nets;

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(iii) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea), gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using bottom trawls;

(iv) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using gillnets and trammel nets;

(v) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using hooks and lines;

(vi) 

for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), sardine (Sardina pilchardus), mackerel (Scomber spp.) and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual by-catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls;

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(b) 

in the Adriatic Sea (point 2 of the Annex):

(i) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 6 % in 2019 and 2020 and up to a maximum of 5 % in 2021 of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls;

(ii) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using gillnets and trammel nets;

(iii) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using rapido (TBB);

(iv) 

for common sole (Solea solea), up to 3 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls;

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(v) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using bottom trawls;

(vi) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using gillnets and trammel nets;

(vii) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using hooks and lines;

(viii) 

for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), sardine (Sardina pilchardus), mackerel (Scomber spp.) and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual by-catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls;

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(c) 

in the South-eastern Mediterranean Sea (point 3 of the Annex):

(i) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 6 % for 2019 and 2020 and up to a maximum of 5 % in 2021 of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls;

(ii) 

for hake (Merluccius merluccius) and mullets (Mullus spp.), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using gillnets and trammel nets;

(iii) 

for deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris), up to a maximum of 6 % for 2019 and 2020 and up to a maximum of 5 % for 2021 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using bottom trawls;

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(iv) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using bottom trawls;

(v) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using gillnets and trammel nets;

(vi) 

for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), annular seabream (Diplodus annularis), sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris), groupers (Epinephelus spp.), striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus), Spanish seabream (Pagellus acarne), common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), common seabream (Pagrus pagrus), wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), common sole (Solea solea), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species made by vessels using hooks and lines;

(vii) 

for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), sardine (Sardina pilchardus), mackerel (Scomber spp.) and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual by-catches of those species by vessels using bottom trawls.

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2.  By 1 May 2019, the Member States having a direct management interest in the fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea shall submit to the Commission additional discard data to those provided in the joint recommendations of June 2018 as amended in August 2018 and any other relevant scientific information supporting the exemptions laid down in paragraphs 1(a)(iii) to (vi), 1(b)(v) to (viii) and 1(c)(iv) to (vii). The STECF shall assess those data and that information by July 2019 at the latest.

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Article 5

List of vessels

1.  The Member States concerned shall determine, in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Annex, the vessels subject to the landing obligation for each particular fishery.

2.  By 31 December 2016, the Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission and to the other Member States, using the secure Union control website, the lists of all vessels targeting hake, red mullet, common sole and deep-water rose shrimp. They shall keep those lists updated.

Article 6

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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It shall apply from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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ANNEX

1.    Western Mediterranean Sea



Fisheries

Gear code

Fishing gear description

Landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Deep water rose shrimp (Parapaneus longirostris)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus)

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne)

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

By-catches of:

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

European sardine (Sardina pilchardus)

Mackerel (Scomber spp.)

Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)

OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX

All bottom trawls

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp.)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus)

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne)

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

LL, LLS, LLD, LX, LTL, LHP, LHM

All long lines

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp.)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Crawfish (Palinuridae)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus)

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne)

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN

All trammel nets and gill nets

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Scallop (Pecten jacobeus)

Carpet clams (Venerupis spp.)

Venus shells (Venus spp.)

HMD

All mechanised dredges

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Crawfish (Palinuridae)

FPO, FIX

All pots and traps

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

2.    Adriatic Sea



Fisheries

Gear code

Fishing gear description

Landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp.)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Deep water rose shrimp (Parapaneus longirostris)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

By-catches of:

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

European sardine (Sardina pilchardus)

Mackerel (Scomber spp.)

Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)

OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX

All bottom trawls

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

LL, LLS, LLD, LX, LTL, LHP, LHM

All long lines

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp.)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Crawfish (Palinuridae)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis), Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo), White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN

All trammel nets and gill nets

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Scallop (Pecten jacobeus)

Carpet clams (Venerupis spp.)

Venus shells (Venus spp.)

HMD

All mechanised dredges

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Crawfish (Palinuridae)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis), Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo), White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

FPO, FIX, FYK

All pots and traps, fyke nets

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

3.    South-eastern Mediterranean Sea



Fisheries

Gear code

Fishing gear description

Landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp.)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Deep water rose shrimp (Parapaneus longirostris)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus)

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

By-catches of:

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

European sardine (Sardina pilchardus)

Mackerel (Scomber spp.)

Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)

OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX

All bottom trawls

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis), Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

LL, LLS, LLD, LX, LTL, LHP, LHM

All long lines

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Sur and Red Mullets (Mullus spp.)

FAO codes: MUT, MUR, MUX

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Crawfish (Palinuridae)

Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

Groupers (Epinephelus spp.)

Stripped sea bream (Lithognathus mormyrus)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Common sole (Solea vulgaris)

Gilt-head sea bream (Sparus aurata)

GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN

All trammel nets and gill nets

All catches are subject to the landing obligation

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

Crawfish (Palinuridae)

Spanish sea bream (Pagellus acarne),

Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Common sea bream (Pagrus pagrus)

Annular sea bream (Diplodus annularis)

Sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)

White sea bream (Diplodus sargus),

Two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

FPO, FIX, FYK

All pots and traps, fyke nets

All catches are subject to the landing obligation


( 1 ) Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea (OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 44).

( 2 ) Gear codes used in this Regulation refer to the codes in Annex XI to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 122, 30.4.2011, p. 1). For the vessels whose LOA is less than 10 metres, gear codes used in this Regulation refer to the codes from the FAO gear classification.

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