Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/117 of 5 September 2016 establishing fisheries conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment in the Baltic Sea and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1778

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/117
• Articles: 8

Article 1 Subject matter and scope

1.   This Regulation establishes fisheries conservation measures necessary for compliance with obligations under Article 6 of Directive 92/43/EEC.

2.   This Regulation applies to fishing vessels in the Baltic Sea.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to those laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011  ( 6 ) :

(a)

‘bottom contacting gear’ means any of the following gear: bottom trawl, beam trawl, bottom otter trawl, otter twin trawl, bottom pair trawl, nephrops trawl, shrimp trawl, seine net, Danish anchor seine, Scottish seine, boat or vessel seine and dredge;

(b)

‘restricted areas’ mean the geographical areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the positions listed in the Annex to this Regulation, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system.

(c)

‘Member States concerned’ means Denmark, Germany and Sweden.

Article 3 Fishing prohibition

1.   It shall be prohibited to carry out any fishing activity with bottom contacting gear in the restricted areas.

2.   Fishing vessels carrying on board any bottom contacting gear may carry out fishing activities in the restricted areas with gears other than those gears, provided that the bottom contacting gears be lashed and stowed in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 4 Transit

Fishing vessels carrying on board any bottom contacting gear may transit across the restricted areas, provided that the bottom contacting gears be lashed and stowed in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 47 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 5 Review

1.   Member States concerned shall assess the implementation of the measures set out in Article 3 and 4 by 30 June 2017, including the control of compliance with the fishing prohibitions.

2.   Member States concerned shall submit a summary report of the review to the Commission by 31 July 2017.

Article 6 Repeal

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1778 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/118  ( 7 ) as appropriate.

Article 7 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Restricted areas: Coordinates of stone reef protection zones

1.    Munkegrund

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

55°57.190′

10°51.690′

2S

55°57.465′

10°51.403′

3S

55°57.790′

10°51.477′

4S

55°57.976′

10°52.408′

5S

55°57.985′

10°54.231′

6S

55°58.092′

10°54.315′

7S

55°58.092′

10°57.432′

8S

55°57.920′

10°57.864′

9S

55°57.526′

10°57.861′

10S

55°56.895′

10°57.241′

11S

55°57.113′

10°53.418′

12S

55°57.050′

10°53.297′

13S

55°57.100′

10°52.721′

14S

55°57.275′

10°52.662′

15S

55°57.296′

10°52.435′

16S

55°57.399′

10°52.244′

17S

55°57.417′

10°52.116′

18S

55°57.251′

10°52.121′

19S

55°57.170′

10°51.919′

20S

55°57.190′

10°51.690′

2.    Hatterbarn

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

55°51.942′

10°49.294′

2S

55°52.186′

10°49.309′

3S

55°52.655′

10°49.509′

4S

55°52.676′

10°49.407′

5S

55°52.892′

10°49.269′

6S

55°52.974′

10°49.388′

7S

55°53.273′

10°49.620′

8S

55°53.492′

10°50.201′

9S

55°53.451′

10°50.956′

10S

55°53.576′

10°51.139′

11S

55°53.611′

10°51.737′

12S

55°53.481′

10°52.182′

13S

55°53.311′

10°52.458′

14S

55°53.013′

10°52.634′

15S

55°52.898′

10°52.622′

16S

55°52.778′

10°52.335′

17S

55°52.685′

10°52.539′

18S

55°52.605′

10°52.593′

19S

55°52.470′

10°52.586′

20S

55°52.373′

10°52.724′

21S

55°52.286′

10°52.733′

22S

55°52.129′

10°52.572′

23S

55°52.101′

10°52.360′

24S

55°52.191′

10°52.169′

25S

55°51.916′

10°51.824′

26S

55°51.881′

10°51.648′

27S

55°51.970′

10°51.316′

28S

55°51.976′

10°51.064′

29S

55°52.325′

10°50.609′

30S

55°52.647′

10°50.687′

31S

55°52.665′

10°50.519′

32S

55°52.091′

10°50.101′

33S

55°51.879′

10°50.104′

34S

55°51.810′

10°49.853′

35S

55°51.790′

10°49.482′

36S

55°51.942′

10°49.294′

3.    Ryggen

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

55°37.974′

10°44.258′

2S

55°37.942′

10°45.181′

3S

55°37.737′

10°45.462′

4S

55°37.147′

10°44.956′

5S

55°36.985′

10°45.019′

6S

55°36.828′

10°44.681′

7S

55°36.521′

10°44.658′

8S

55°36.527′

10°43.575′

9S

55°37.163′

10°43.663′

10S

55°37.334′

10°43.889′

11S

55°37.974′

10°44.258′

4.    Broen

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

55°11.953′

11°0.089′

2S

55°12.194′

11°0.717′

3S

55°12.316′

11°0.782′

4S

55°12.570′

11°1.739′

5S

55°12.743′

11°1.917′

6S

55°12.911′

11°2.291′

7S

55°12.748′

11°2.851′

8S

55°12.487′

11°3.188′

9S

55°12.291′

11°3.088′

10S

55°12.274′

11°3.108′

11S

55°12.336′

11°3.441′

12S

55°12.023′

11°3.705′

13S

55°11.751′

11°2.984′

14S

55°11.513′

11°2.659′

15S

55°11.390′

11°2.269′

16S

55°11.375′

11°2.072′

17S

55°11.172′

11°1.714′

18S

55°11.069′

11°0.935′

19S

55°11.099′

11°0.764′

20S

55°11.256′

11°0.588′

21S

55°11.337′

11°0.483′

22S

55°11.582′

11°0.251′

23S

55°11.603′

11°0.254′

24S

55°11.841′

11°0.033′

25S

55°11.953′

11°0.089′

5.    Ertholmene

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

55°19.496′

15°9.290′

2S

55°20.441′

15°9.931′

3S

55°20.490′

15°10.135′

4S

55°20.284′

15°10.690′

5S

55°20.216′

15°10.690′

6S

55°20.004′

15°11.187′

7S

55°19.866′

15°11.185′

8S

55°19.596′

15°11.730′

9S

55°19.820′

15°12.157′

10S

55°19.638′

15°12.539′

11S

55°19.131′

15°12.678′

12S

55°18.804′

15°11.892′

13S

55°18.847′

15°10.967′

14S

55°19.445′

15°9.885′

15S

55°19.387′

15°9.717′

16S

55°19.496′

15°9.290′

6.    Davids Banke

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

55°20.167′

14°41.386′

2S

55°20.354′

14°40.754′

3S

55°21.180′

14°39.936′

4S

55°22.000′

14°39.864′

5S

55°22.331′

14°39.741′

6S

55°22.449′

14°39.579′

7S

55°23.150′

14°39.572′

8S

55°23.299′

14°39.890′

9S

55°23.287′

14°40.793′

10S

55°23.011′

14°41.201′

11S

55°22.744′

14°41.206′

12S

55°22.738′

14°41.775′

13S

55°22.628′

14°42.111′

14S

55°22.203′

14°42.439′

15S

55°22.050′

14°42.316′

16S

55°21.981′

14°41.605′

17S

55°21.050′

14°41.818′

18S

55°20.301′

14°41.676′

19S

55°20.167′

14°41.386′

7.    Bakkebrædt & Bakkegrund

Point

Latitude N

Longitude E

1S

54°57.955′

14°44.869′

2S

54°58.651′

14°41.755′

3S

54°59.234′

14°41.844′

4S

54°59.458′

14°43.025′

5S

54°59.124′

14°44.441′

6S

54°59.034′

14°44.429′

7S

54°58.781′

14°45.240′

8S

54°58.298′

14°45.479′

9S

54°58.134′

14°45.406′

10S

54°57.955′

14°44.869′