Establishment of fisheries restrictive areas in order to protect deep sea sensitive habitats.
Article 27
1. Fishing with towed dredges and bottom trawl nets shall be prohibited in the areas bounded by lines joining the following coordinates: (a) Deep Sea fisheries restricted area ‘Lophelia reef off Capo Santa Maria di Leuca’ — 39 o 27.72' N, 18 o 10.74' E — 39 o 27.80' N, 18 o 26.68' E — 39 o 11.16' N, 18 o 04.28' E — 39 o 11.16' N, 18 o 35.58' E (b) Deep Sea fisheries restricted area ‘The Nile delta area cold hydrocarbon seeps’ — 31 o 30.00' N, 33 o 10.00' E — 31 o 30.00' N, 34 o 00.00' E — 32 o 00.00' N, 34 o 00.00' E — 32 o 00.00' N, 33 o 10.00' E (c) Deep Sea fisheries restricted area ‘The Eratosthemes Seamount’ — 33 o 00.00' N, 32 o 00.00' E — 33 o 00.00' N, 33 o 00.00' E — 34 o 00.00' N, 33 o 00.00' E — 34 o 00.00' N, 32 o 00.00' E 2. Member States shall take the measures necessary for the protection of deep sea sensitive habitats in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 and in particular shall ensure that they protect these areas from the impacts of any other than fishing activity jeopardizing the conservation of the features that characterize these particular habitats.