Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms
Modified by
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 308/1999of 8 February 1999amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 31999R0308, February 12, 1999
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1459/1999of 24 June 1999amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 31999R1459, July 3, 1999
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2723/1999of 17 December 1999amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 31999R2723, December 22, 1999
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2000of 17 April 2000amending Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean and Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 32000R0812, April 20, 2000
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000of 8 June 2000amending for the fifth time Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 32000R1298, June 22, 2000
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 724/2001of 4 April 2001amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 32001R0724, April 12, 2001
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001of 14 May 2001laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species, 32001R0973, May 19, 2001
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 602/2004of 22 March 2004amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the protection of deepwater coral reefs from the effects of trawling in an area north west of Scotland, 32004R0602, April 1, 2004
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1568/2005of 20 September 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the protection of deep-water coral reefs from the effects of fishing in certain areas of the Atlantic Ocean, 32005R1568, September 28, 2005
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005of 20 December 2005establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms, 32005R2166, December 28, 2005
  • Regulation (EU) No 579/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 8 June 2011amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011, 32011R0579, June 24, 2011
  • Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 13 March 2013amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption, 32013R0227, March 20, 2013
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013of 17 December 2013amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009, (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, following the amendment of the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union, 32013R1385, December 28, 2013
  • Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 May 2015amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the landing obligation, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98, 32015R0812, May 29, 2015
  • Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 June 2019on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005, 32019R1241, July 25, 2019
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 707/98 of 30 March 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds, 31998R0850R(01), November 27, 1998
Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98of 30 March 1998for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms TITLE IDEFINITIONS
Article 21.For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions of maritime waters shall apply:(a)Region 1All waters which lie to the north and west of a line running from a point at latitude 48o N, longitude 18o W, thence due north to latitude 60o N, thence due east to latitude 5o W, thence due north to latitude 60o 30′ N, thence due east to longitude 4o W, thence due north to latitude 64o N, thence due east to the coast of Norway.(b)Region 2All waters situated north of latitude 48o N, but excluding the waters in Region 1 and ICES divisions IIIb, IIIc, and IIId.(c)Region 3All waters corresponding to ICES sub-areas VIII and IX.(d)Region 4All waters corresponding to ICES sub-area X.(e)Region 5All waters in that part of the east central Atlantic comprising divisions 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.1.3 and sub-area 34.2.0 of fishing zone 34 of the CECAF region.(f)Region 6All waters off the coasts of the French department of Guyana that come under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of France.(g)Region 7All waters off the coasts of the French departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe that come under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of France.(h)Region 8All waters off the coasts of the French departments of Réunion and Mayotte that fall under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of France.(i)Region 9All waters of the Black Sea corresponding to the geographical sub-area 29 as defined in Annex I to 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 areaOJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 44. and in Resolution GFCM/33/2009/2.2.The geographical areas designated in this Regulation by the letters "ICES"and "CECAF"shall be those defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic, respectively. They are described, subject to any subsequent amendments, in Commission communications No 85/C 335/02OJ C 335, 24.12.1985, p. 2. and No 85/C 347/05OJ C 347, 31.12.1985, p. 14..3.The regions referred to in paragraph 1 may be divided into geographical areas, in particular on the basis of the definitions referred to in paragraph 2, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 48.4.Notwithstanding paragraph 2, for the purposes of this Regulation:the Kattegat is limited in the north by a line drawn from Skagen Lighthouse to the lighthouse in Tistlarna, and from there to the nearest point on the Swedish coast, and in the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre Head to Gniben Point, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg, and from Gilbjerg Head to the Kullen,the Skagerrak is limited in the west by a line drawn form the lighthouse of Hanstholm to the lighthouse of Lindesnes, and in the south by a line drawn form Skagen Lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna, and from there to the nearest point on the Swedish coast,the North Sea shall comprise ICES sub-area IV, the adjacent part of ICES Division IIa lying south of latitude 64o N, and that part of ICES Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in the second indent.
Article 3For the purposes of this Regulation:(a)marine organismsshall mean all marine fish, including anadromous and catadromous species during their marine life, crustaceans and molluscs and parts thereof;(b)mesh sizeof a towed net shall mean the mesh size of any cod-end or extension piece found on board a fishing vessel and attached to or suitable for attachment to any towed net. The mesh size shall be determined by procedures specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/84OJ L 194 24.7.1984, p. 22.. This definition of mesh size shall not be applied to mesh size of square-meshed netting;(c)multiple twine nettingshall mean netting constructed of two or more twines, where the twines can be separated between the knots without damage to the twine structure;(d)square-meshed nettingshall mean a construction of netting mounted so that of the two sets of parallel lines formed by the mesh bars, one set is parallel to, and the other at right angles to, the long axis of the net;(e)mesh size of a square-meshed panel or windowshall mean the largest determinable mesh size of such a panel or window inserted into a towed net. The mesh size shall be determined by procedures in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/84;(f)knotless nettingshall mean netting which is composed of meshes of four sides of approximately equal length in which the corners of the meshes are formed by the interweaving of the twines of two adjacent sides of the mesh;(g)bottom set gill nets or entangling netsshall mean any fixed gear made up of a single piece of net, fixed, or capable of being fixed, by any means to the bottom of the sea;(h)trammel netsshall mean any fixed gear made up of two or more pieces of net hung jointly in parallel on a single headline, fixed, or capable of being fixed, by any means to the bottom of the sea;(i)unintended catchesshall mean incidental catches of marine organisms which, under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22)., must be landed and counted against quotas either because they are below the minimum conservation reference size or because they exceed the quantities permitted under the catch composition and by-catch rules.
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