Seabird mitigation measures for longliners
Article 9
1. All Union fishing vessels using longlines shall be subject to the seabird mitigation measures set out in this Article. 2. All Union fishing vessels using demersal longlines shall use line weights and tori (bird scaring) lines. 3. Union fishing vessels shall not set longlines during the hours of darkness. 4. Line weighting shall be rigged in accordance with Annex I. 5. Bird scaring lines shall be rigged in accordance with Annex II. 6. Union fishing vessels shall be prohibited from discharging offal during shooting and hauling. Where this is not feasible and when it is necessary to discharge biological waste due to operational safety concerns, vessels shall batch waste for two hours or longer.