Prohibitions
Article 45
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 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4; (b) the following species of sawfish in Union waters: (i) pointed sawfish ( Anoxypristis cuspidata ), (ii) dwarf sawfish ( Pristis clavata ), (iii) smalltooth sawfish ( Pristis pectinata ), (iv) largetooth sawfish ( Pristis pristis ), (v) 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 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; (e) tope shark ( Galeorhinus galeus ) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14; (f) smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus pusillus ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14; (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 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4 and 14; (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) hornback ray ( Raja clavata ) in Union waters of ICES division 3a; (m) Norwegian skate ( Dipturus nidarosiensis ) in Union waters of ICES divisions 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7k; (n) undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 9 and 10 and white skate ( Rostroraja alba ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; (o) guitarfishes ( Rhinobatidae ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12; (p) picked dogfish ( Squalus acanthias ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; (q) 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.