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Consolidated text: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2374 of 12 October 2016 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/2374

of 12 October 2016

establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters

(OJ L 352 23.12.2016, p. 33)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

 M1

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2017/2167 of 5 July 2017

  L 306

2

22.11.2017

►M2

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/44 of 20 October 2017

  L 7

1

12.1.2018

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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/1253 of 28 June 2018

  L 237

3

20.9.2018


Corrected by:

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Corrigendum, OJ L 022, 26.1.2018, p.  45 (2018/44)



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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2016/2374

of 12 October 2016

establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters



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 ICES subareas VIII, IX, X and CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 to the fisheries set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Survivability exemption

1.  The exemption from the landing obligation provided for in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates shall apply to Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) caught in ICES subareas VIII and IX with trawls (gear codes ( 1 ): OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT and TX).

2.  Member States having a direct management interest in south-western waters shall submit, before 1 May 2017, additional scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess the provided scientific information before 1 September 2017.

Article 3

De minimis exemptions

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

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(a) for hake (Merluccius merluccius), up to a maximum of 6 % in 2018 of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using trawls and seins (gear codes: OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX and SV) to catch hake in ICES subareas VIII and IX;

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(b) for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using beam trawl (gear code: TBB) and bottom trawls (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT and TX) targeting that species in ICES divisions VIIIa and VIIIb;

(c) for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using trammel nets and gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR and GEN) targeting that species in ICES divisions VIIIa and VIIIb.

2.  Before 1 May ►M2  2018 ◄ , Member States having a direct management interest in the South-Western waters shall submit to the Commission additional discard data and any other relevant scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1(a). The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess those data and that information before 1 September ►M2  2018 ◄ .

Article 4

Vessels subject to the landing obligation

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

Vessels that were subject to the landing obligation in certain fisheries in 2016 shall remain subject to the landing obligation in those fisheries.

Before 31 December 2016, the Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission and other Member States, using the secure Union control website, the lists of vessels determined pursuant the paragraph 1 for each particular fishery set out in Annex. They shall keep those lists updated.

Article 5

Repeal

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2439 is repealed.

Article 6

Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2018.

Article 4 shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

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

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ANNEX

Fisheries subject to the landing obligation

1.    Common sole (Solea solea) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e

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

All Bottom Trawls

Mesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide

All catches of common sole

TBB

All Beam trawls

Mesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide

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

All Trammel nets & Gill nets

Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide

2.    Common sole (Solea solea) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES division IXa

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

All Trammel nets & Gill nets

Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm

All catches of common sole and plaice

3.    Hake (Merluccius merluccius) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e

OTT, OTB, PTB, SDN, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV

All Bottom Trawls & Seines

Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide

All catches of hake

LL, LLS

All Long lines

All

GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN

All Gill Nets

Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide

ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa

OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV

All Bottom Trawls and Seines

►M3  Use mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm ◄

All catches of hake

GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN

All Gill Nets

Mesh size between 80 and 99 mm wide

LL, LLS

All Long lines

Hook size bigger than 3,85 cm +/– 1,15 cm length and 1,6 cm +/– 0,4 cm width

(1)    ►C1  Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016. ◄

4.    Anglerfish (Lophiidae) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e

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

All Trammel nets and Gill Nets

Mesh size larger of equal to 170 mm wide

All catches of anglerfish

ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa

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

All Trammel nets and Gill Nets

Mesh size larger of equal to 170 mm wide

All catches of anglerfish

5.    Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e (only inside functional units)

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

All Bottom Trawls

Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm

All catches of Norway lobster

ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa (only inside functional units)

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

All Bottom Trawls

Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm

All catches of Norway lobster

6.    Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES divisions VIIIc, IX, X and CECAF zone 34.1.2

LLS, DWS

Deepwater set-longlines

—

All catches of black scabbardfish where the total landings per vessel of all species in 2014 and 2015 (1) consisted of more than 20 % of black scabbardfish

(1)    ►C1  Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016. ◄

7.    Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES division IX

LLS, DWS

Deepwater set-longlines

Hook size bigger than 3,95 cm length and 1,65 cm width

All catches of red seabream where the total landings per vessel of all species in 2014 and 2015 (1) consisted of more than 20 % of red seabream

(1)    ►C1  Reference period for the year 2017. For 2018 the reference period shall be 2015/2016. ◄

8.    Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) fisheries



Fishing zones

Gear Code

Fishing gear description

Mesh Size

Species to be landed

ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa

OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV

All Bottom Trawls and Seines

All

All catches of blue whiting


( 1 ) Gear codes used in this Regulation are defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

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