Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in Western Waters for the period 2021-2023
Modified by
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2063of 25 August 2021amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in Western Waters for the period 2021-2023, 32021R2063, November 26, 2021
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2290of 19 August 2022amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 as regards certain exemptions to the landing obligation in the Western Waters for 2023, 32022R2290, November 23, 2022
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/828of 2 February 2023correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 as regards the survivability exemption for common sole catches by vessels under 12 metres long and using otter bottom trawls, in the Western Waters, ICES division 7e, for 2023, 32023R0828, April 19, 2023
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1480of 11 May 2023correcting the Dutch language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in the Western Waters for the period 2021-2023, 32023R1480, July 19, 2023
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015of 21 August 2020specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in Western Waters for the period 2021-2023CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1Implementation of the landing obligationIn the Union Waters of North-Western Waters (ICES subareas 5, 6 and 7), of South-Western Waters (ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 (waters around Azores), and of CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (waters around Madeira and the Canary Islands), the landing obligation provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in demersal and pelagic fisheries in accordance with this Regulation for the period 2021-2023.Article 2Definitions1."Flemish panel" means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:posterior is directly attached to the cod-end,upper and lower netting sections are constructed of at least 120 mm mesh as measured between the knots, andstretched length is at least 3 m.2."Seltra panel" means a selectivity device which:consists of a top panel of at least 270 mm mesh size (diamond mesh) or a top panel of at least 300 mm mesh size (square mesh), placed in a four-panel box section, in the straight section of a cod end,is at least 3 metres long,is positioned no more than 4 metres from the cod line, andis the full width of the top sheet of the box section of the trawl (i.e. from selvedge to selvedge).3."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.4."CEFAS Netgrid" means a Netgrid selectivity device developed by The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science for catches of Nephrops in the Irish Sea.5."Flip-flap trawl" means a trawl equipped with a netting grid developed to reduce the capture of cod, haddock and whiting in Norway lobster fisheries.6."Flip-up rope" means a gear modification on demersal beam trawls to help prevent stones and boulders entering the trawl and causing damage to both gear and catches.7."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.8."Celtic Sea Protection Zone" means the waters inside ICES divisions 7f, 7g and the part of 7j that lies North of latitude 50° N and East of 11° W.9."Voracera" means a locally designed and built mechanised hook line, used by the artisanal fleet targeting red seabream in the South of Spain in ICES division 9a.