Exemption from the landing obligation for salmon with high survival rates
Article 3
1. The landing obligation provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall not apply to salmon caught in the Baltic Sea with one of the following devices: (a) all trap nets; with the exception of the following categories: (i) pound nets; (ii) pontoon traps unless they are: — fitted with an attached pontoon knotless bag to which salmon is channelled without being lifted above the water surface, or — combined with a water hold in the fishing vessel where the salmon is directly placed; the water hold shall be filled with water and be large enough to hold and keep immersed in the water all the salmon coming from the trap; (b) fyke nets. 2. The exemption provided for in paragraph 1 shall, for each Member State concerned, apply to a maximum of 8 % of the total annual catches of salmon in, respectively, ICES subdivisions 22-31 and ICES subdivision 32. 3. When discarding salmon caught with trap nets and fyke nets, the salmon shall be released immediately back into the sea.