art 3 Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid
British fishing boats are prohibited from carrying or deploying a net, whose mesh measures between 16 and 31 millimetres unless — (a) netting, the mesh of which measures at least twice that of the codend and nor more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that — (i) fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and (ii) there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the netting are able to escape; (b) a rigid grid, the spacing between the bars of which is no more than 20 millimetres is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that — (i) fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and (ii) there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape. (c) no fish have been retained on board the boat; or (d) where fish have been retained on board the boat, less than 60% by live weight of the total catch retained comprises common shrimps ( Crangon spp.), Aesop shrimps ( Pandalus montagui ) or a combination of the two.