Limits to bottom fishing
Article 47
Member States shall ensure that fishing vessels flying their flag that fish in the SIOFA Agreement Area: (a) limit their annual bottom fishing effort to the levels set out in Annex X; (b) do not engage in bottom fishing except using demersal longlines; (c) do not fish in the benthic fishery closures of Gulden Draak, Rusky, Fools-Flat, East Broken Ridge, Mid-Indian Ridge, Atlantis Bank, Bridle, Banana and Middle of What, as defined in Annex IK; (d) do not fish in the benthic fishery closures of Walter’s Shoal, Coral and Magneto, as defined in Annex IK, except with demersal longlines and on condition of having a scientific observer on board at all times while fishing in those areas; and (e) do not fish using demersal longlines in subarea 5, as defined in Annex IK.