Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation No 850/98
Article 34b – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) Trammel nets in ICES Subarea IX with a mesh size equal to or greater than 220 mm, provided that: − they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth, − they are no more than 30 meshes deep, have a hanging ratio of not less than 0,44, − they are not rigged with floats or other means of floatation, − they shall each be of a maximum of 5 km in length. The total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 20 km per vessel, − the maximum soak time shall be 72 hours.