Plan for the Cod Avoidance in Connection with Article 13 (2)

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Plan for the cod avoidance in connection with Article 13 (2)

TR2 with Norway lobster fisheries in the Kattegat and the North Sea

The objective of this plan is to reduce the cod by-catches in the Norway lobster fisheries, reduce and the rolling stock to be covered by this scheme, in addition of fishing effort, in accordance with Article 13 (1) and the conditions referred to in paragraph (4).This objective should be pursued through the additional use of a selektionsgitters in accordance with Appendix 2 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 shall be achieved.Data on the selection of this type of fishing gear is the STECF and the Commission and has already led to the relief referred to in Article 11 for a number of Swedish vehicles that has been transposed by Regulation (EC) No 754/2009.

In the framework of the recovery plan for cod have 9 vessels have the necessary authorisation in the Kattegat fishing with the gear grouping TR2 to be active.In 2011, 4 vessels fished TR2 in the Kattegat.

In the North Sea are 33 vehicles have the necessary authorisation with the gear grouping TR2 to fish in year 2011 16 vehicles of which have exercised the vessels.

Procedure:

The vessels that want to participate in this vermeidungsplan are subject to special conditions:

 The masters of the vessels concerned will be obliged to use the gear for each voyage.A confirmation of the competent Fisheries Authority that the selective sorting grid is on board the vehicle and is correctly mounted, must be obtained.

 The masters of the vessels concerned are obliged to all discards in their logbook.In addition, it should be indicated that a selective grid is used. Page 3 of13  Vehicles must be equipped with a fully functioning sattelitenanlage be.

In addition, these vehicles increased made subject to random controls.

Logbook data on the catches in the terms of the plan the Commission quartalsbezogen fishing vessels can be made available.

Areas of use:  ICES zones 3aS, 3AN, IVa, IVb, IVc

Fishing gear:  Bottom trawls and seines with mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm (TR2)

At the same time, the use of sorting grids, are only kabeljauvermeidungsplan which comply with the following specifications:

a. The grid is artenselektive in trawls with full square mesh codend with a mesh size equal or larger than 70 mm and less than 90 MM.The minimum length of the codend shall be 8 M. the use of trawl net having in in any circumference of the codend, links and selvedges more than 100 square meshes shall be prohibited.

b. The grid shall be rectangular.The bars of the grid shall be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grid.The bar spacing of the grid shall not exceed 35 MM.One or more hinges in order to facilitate its storage on the drum is permitted.

c. The the grid shall be mounted diagonally in the trawl, upwards, but in any position in front of the codend to the anterior end of the section are not verjüngenden reicht.alle sides of the grid shall be attached to the trawl.

d. In the upper panel of the trawl there shall be related to the A fischauslass gitteroberseite of the case may be.It is thus the posterior side as the width of the grid;Both sides of the the anterior direction along mesh bars from in a tip.

e. In front of the grid a funnel to lead the fish towards the trawl floor and grid.The minimum mesh size of the funnel shall be 70 mm.The guiding funnel towards vertical opening of at least 15 cm.

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