Marlins
Article 13
Member States shall encourage the use of monofilament streamer lines on swivels so that live blue marlins and white marlins may be easily released.
Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 CHAPTER 4 — Species not targeted and sport and recreational fishing
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Sharks
Article 14
1. Member States shall encourage the release of live sharks captured accidentally, in particular juveniles. 2. Member States shall encourage the reduction of discards of sharks by improving the selectivity of fishing gears.
Sea turtles
Article 15
Member States shall encourage the release of live sea turtles captured accidentally.
Sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean
Article 16
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to prohibit the use in the Mediterranean for sport and recreational fishing activities of towed nets, encircling nets, purse seines, dredges, gill nets, trammel nets and longlines to fish for tuna and related species. 2. Member States shall ensure that tuna and related species captured during sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean are not marketed.
Report
Article 17
Member States shall send the Commission not later than 15 August each year a report on the implementation of this Chapter.
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