Definitions
Article 1
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘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; and — stretched 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; and — is 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 cod-end; (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.