Demersal trawlers with Nordmøre grids
Article 11
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 724/2010, demersal trawlers utilising the following gears are exempt from the prohibition on fishing emanating from the fulfilment of the conditions stipulated in that provision: — demersal trawls within a mesh size of at least 32 mm targeting Northern prawn ( Pandalus borealis ) which are equipped with a Nordmøre sorting grid with a maximum bar spacing of 19mm without a fish retention device; — demersal trawls with a mesh size greater than 70mm targeting Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ) equipped with a Nordmøre grid with a maximum bar spacing of 35mm without a fish retention device. 2. Flag Member States of vessels using gears referred to in paragraph 1 and operating within a real time closure shall establish a specific monitoring programme to verify that catches do not reach the trigger level. If catches reach the trigger level, those vessels shall move out of the closed area for the remainder of the closure period. The results from those programmes shall be transmitted to the Commission no later than 6 months following the starting date of the programme and thereafter every 12 months. If the results from such programmes show that catches exceed the trigger levels, then these gears should no longer be exempted.