Article 8
1. It is prohibited to deploy any demersal towed net of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm in ICES sub-area IV and/or in ICES Division IIa. However, Community vessels and Norwegian vessels are permitted in 2002 to fish in Community waters of ICES Sub-area IV using demersal towed nets, other than beam trawls, incorporating codends within which no individual mesh shall be of mesh size less than 70 mm and which are constructed entirely of square-meshed netting material. The catch taken with such trawls and retained on board shall consist of at least 30 % of Norway lobsters. 2. The prohibition on fishing with demersal otter trawls, demersal pair trawls and Danish seines in a northern part of ICES Sub-area IV as laid down in Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 shall not apply.