
Article 1 

1. Vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are hereby prohibited from using pelagic trawls with a mesh size of less than 35 millimetres when fishing for blue whiting in that part of the Convention area which extends beyond the maritime waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Contracting Parties to the Convention.The area covered by the Convention is defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85.
2. A vessel shall be deemed to be fishing for blue whiting if it has on board a quantity of blue whiting which exceeds 50 % by weight of the total quantity of blue whiting and other species on baord.A pelagic trawl is hereby defined as a towed net designed to catch fish species schooling at mid-water levels, including waters close to the surface.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Luxembourg, 9 June 1987.
For the Council
The President
H. DE CROO