Prohibitions
Article 46
1. It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species whenever they are found in Union waters: (a) starry ray ( Amblyraja radiata ) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV; (b) the following species of sawfish in Union waters: — narrow sawfish ( Anoxypristis cuspidate ); — dwarf sawfish ( Pristis clavata ); — smalltooth sawfish ( Pristis pectinata ); — largetooth sawfish ( Pristis pristis ); — green sawfish ( Pristis zijsron ); (c) basking shark ( Cetorhinus maximus ) and white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ) in Union waters; (d) common skate ( Dipturus batis ) complex ( Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia ) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X; (e) tope shark ( Galeorhinus galeus ) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV; (f) smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus pusillus ) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV; (g) kitefin shark ( Dalatias licha ), birdbeak dogfish ( Deania calcea ), leafscale gulper shark ( Centrophorus squamosus ), great lanternshark ( Etmopterus princeps ) and Portuguese dogfish ( Centroscymnus coelolepis ) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV and XIV; (h) porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) in Union waters; (i) reef manta ray ( Manta alfredi ) in Union waters; (j) giant manta ray ( Manta birostris ) in Union waters; (k) the following species of Mobula rays in Union waters: (i) devil fish ( Mobula mobular ); (ii) lesser Guinean devil ray ( Mobula rochebrunei ); (iii) spinetail mobula ( Mobula japanica ); (iv) smoothtail mobula ( Mobula thurstoni ); (v) longhorned mobula ( Mobula eregoodootenkee ); (vi) Munk's devil ray ( Mobula munkiana ); (vii) Chilean devil ray ( Mobula tarapacana ); (viii) shortfin devil ray ( Mobula kuhlii ); (ix) lesser devil ray ( Mobula hypostoma ); (l) thornback ray ( Raja clavata ) in Union waters of ICES division IIIa; (m) Norwegian skate ( Raja ( Dipturus ) nidarosiensis ) in Union waters of ICES divisions VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk; (n) undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, IX and X and white skate ( Raja alba ) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X; (o) guitarfishes ( Rhinobatidae ) in Union waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII; (p) angel shark ( Squatina squatina ) in Union waters. 2. When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.