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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3000 of 19 July 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a derogation from restrictions on fishing for sprat in ICES division 4b

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3000 of 19 July 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a derogation from restrictions on fishing for sprat in ICES division 4b

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3000 · Regulation · 3 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 July 2024.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Point 4 of Part C of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Restrictions on fishing for sprat to protect herring in ICES division 4b Fishing with any towed gear with a codend mesh size of less than 32 mm or static nets less than 30 mm mesh size shall be prohibited within the geographical area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84, from 1 July to 31 October, within the geographical area bounded by the following coordinates: — the west coast of Denmark at latitude 55°30′ N, — latitude 55°30′ N, longitude 7°00′ E, — latitude 57°00′ N, longitude 7°00′ E, — the west coast of Denmark at latitude 57°00′ N. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, that paragraph shall not apply to fishing with the following gear: (a) towed gear with a mesh size of less than 32 mm; (b) purse seines; or (c) gillnets, entangling nets, trammel nets and driftnets with a mesh size of less than 30 mm. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit to the Commission, by 30 April each year, monitoring data supporting the derogation as regards the herring bycatch by the fleets involved in the sprat fishery. Such data could be based on the data collection in sampling programs for industrial fisheries.’

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