Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2014 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2021-2023
Coming into Force | 01 January 2023 |
Published date | 01 January 2023 |
Celex Number | 02020R2014-20230101 |
Date | 01 January 2023 |
02020R2014 — EN — 01.01.2023 — 002.001
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►B | COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2014 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2021-2023 (OJ L 415 10.12.2020, p. 10) |
Amended by:
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No | page | date | ||
►M1 | COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/2062 of 23 August 2021 | L 421 | 4 | 26.11.2021 |
►M2 | COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/2289 of 18 August 2022 | L 303 | 6 | 23.11.2022 |
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/2014
of 21 August 2020
specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2021-2023
Article 1
Implementation of the landing obligation
In Union waters of the North Sea (ICES divisions 2a, 3a and subarea 4), the landing obligation provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to demersal and pelagic fisheries which are subject to catch limits in accordance with this Regulation for the period 2021-2023.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘Netgrid selectivity device’ means a selectivity device consisting of a four panel section inserted into a two-panel trawl with an inclined sheet of diamond mesh netting with a mesh size of at least 200 mm, leading to an escape hole in the top of the trawl;
‘Flemish panel’ means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:
‘Benthos release panel’ means a panel of larger mesh or square mesh netting fitted into the lower panel of a trawl, usually a beam trawl to release any benthic material and seabed debris before it passes into the codend;
‘SepNep’ means an otter trawl which:
Article 3
Survivability exemptions for Norway lobster
The survivability exemption provided for in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the Union waters of the North Sea (ICES divisions 2a, 3a and subarea 4) to the following catches of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus):
catches with pots (FPO ( 1 ));
catches with bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TBN) fitted with:
a cod-end equal or larger than 80 mm; or
a cod-end with a mesh size of at least 70 mm equipped with a species selective grid with a bar spacing of maximum 35 mm.
Article 4
Survivability exemption for common sole
Article 5
Survivability exemption for by-catch of all species subject to catch limits in pots and fyke nets
Article 6
Survivability exemption for catch and by-catch of plaice
The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the Union waters of ICES division 3a and subarea 4 to:
plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) caught with nets (GNS, GTR, GTN, GEN);
plaice caught with Danish seines;
plaice caught with bottom trawls (OTB, PTB):
with a mesh size of at least 120 mm when targeting flatfish or roundfish in the Union waters of ICES division 3a and subarea 4;
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with a mesh size of 90 to 119 mm equipped with a Seltra panel with a top panel of 140 mm mesh size (square mesh), 270 mm mesh size (diamond mesh), 300 mm mesh size (square-mesh), or in sub-division Kattegat, a square mesh panel of at least 120 mm in the period from 1 October to 31 December every year which target flatfish or roundfish in the Union waters of ICES division 3a;
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with a mesh size of 80 to 119 mm targeting flatfish or roundfish in the Union waters of ICES subarea 4.
Article 7
Survivability exemption for plaice below the minimum conservation reference size
The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subarea 4 and to plaice caught which is below the minimum conservation reference size and caught using 80 to 119 mm beam trawls (BT2) if the plaice is caught:
with gears equipped with the flip-up rope or Benthos release panel (BRP) and caught by vessels with an engine power of more than 221 kW; or
by the vessels of Member States implementing the roadmap for the Fully Documented Fisheries.
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