ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II 1. Fishing effort limits 1.1. Fishing with trawls, seines or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set lines or long lines shall be prohibited: (a) from 1 to 7 January, 31 March to 1 May and 31 December in Subdivisions 22 to 24; and (b) from 1 to 7 January, 5 to 10 April, 1 July to 31 August and 31 December in Subdivisions 25 to 27. 1.2. For fishing vessels flying their flag, Member States shall ensure that fishing with trawls, seines or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set lines or long lines shall also be prohibited for: (a) 77 calendar days in subdivisions 22 to 24 outside the period referred to in point 1.1(a); and (b) 67 calendar days in subdivisions 25 to 27 outside the period referred to in point 1.1(b). Member States shall divide the days referred to in points (a) and (b) into periods of not less than 5 days. 1.3. Member States shall, not later than 7 January 2007, notify to the Commission and make available on their websites the precise dates of the calendar days referred to in point 1.2 which should be identical for fishing vessels flying the flag of the respective Member State. 1.4. By way of derogation from points 1.1 and 1.2, Community fishing vessels with an overall length of less than 12 metres and fishing within the territorial sea shall be permitted to retain on board and land up to 20 kg or 10 % cod by live weight, whatever is the higher, when fishing with gillnets, entangling nets and/or trammel nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 110 mm.