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Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 Article 16

Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 Article 16

Sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean

Article 16

1.   Member States shall take the measures necessary to prohibit the use in the Mediterranean for sport and recreational fishing activities of towed nets, encircling nets, purse seines, dredges, gill nets, trammel nets and longlines to fish for tuna and related species. 2.   Member States shall ensure that tuna and related species captured during sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean are not marketed.

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CitationArticle 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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