Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 SECTION 3 — Conservation measures for the management of vulnerable deep-water habitats and ecosystems

Article 62–Article 63 · 2 articles

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Closed areas

Article 62

All fishing activities for species covered by the SEAFO Convention by Community fishing vessels shall be prohibited in the areas defined below: (a) Sub Division A1 (i) Dampier Seamount 10 o 00'S 02 o 00'W 10 o 00'S 00 o 00'E 12 o 00'S 02 o 00'W 12 o 00'S 00 o 00'E (ii) Malahit Guyot Seamount 11 o 00'S 02 o 00'W 11 o 00'S 04 o 00'W 13 o 00'S 02 o 00'W 13 o 00'S 04 o 00'W (b) Sub-division B1 Molloy Seamount 27 o 00'S 08 o 00'E 27 o 00'S 10 o 00'E 29 o 00'S 08 o 00'E 29 o 00'S 10 o 00'E (c) Division C (i) Schmidt-Ott Seamount & Erica Seamount 37 o 00'S 13 o 00E 37 o 00'S 17 o 00'E 40 o 00'S 13 o 00E 40 o 00'S 17 o 00'E (ii) Africana seamount 37 o 00'S 28 o 00E 37 o 00'S 30 o 00E 38 o 00'S 28 o 00E 38 o 00'S 30 o 00E (iii) Panzarini Seamount 39 o 00'S 11 o 00'E 39 o 00'S 13 o 00'E 41 o 00'S 11 o 00'E 41 o 00'S 13 o 00'E (d) Sub-division C1 (i) Vema Seamount 31 o 00'S 08 o 00'E 31 o 00'S 09 o 00'E 32 o 00'S 08 o 00'E 32 o 00'S 09 o 00'E (ii) Wust Seamount 33 o 00'S 06 o 00'E 33 o 00'S 08 o 00'E 34 o 00'S 06 o 00'E 34 o 00'S 08 o 00'E (e) Division D (i) Discovery, Junoy, Shannon Seamounts 41 o 00'S 06 o 00'W 41 o 00'S 03 o 00'E 44 o 00'S 06 o 00'W 44 o 00'S 03 o 00'E (ii) Schwabenland & Herdman Seamounts 44 o 00'S 01 o 00'W 44 o 00'S 02 o 00'E 47 o 00'S 01 o 00'W 47 o 00'S 02 o 00'E

Resumption of fishing in a closed area

Article 63

1. No fishing shall resume in a closed fishing area referred to in Article 62 until the flag State has identified and mapped vulnerable marine ecosystems, including seamounts, hydrothermal vents and cold water corals in the area and made an assessment on the impact of any resumption of fishing on such vulnerable marine ecosystems. 2. The results of the identification, mapping and impact assessment carried out in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be submitted by the flag State to the Commission for transmission to the Annual Scientific Committee Meeting of SEAFO. 3. Member States may submit Research Fishing Plans to the Commission for evaluation of the impact of the fisheries on the sustainability of the fisheries resources and on vulnerable marine habitats.

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