
Article 1 

(1.) This Regulation specifies the details for implementing the landing obligation, provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, from 1 January 2015  and applies to waters within ICES subarea 5B that are within United Kingdom waters and to waters within ICES subareas 6 and 7 that are not within Union waters, in the fisheries set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2.) In paragraph 1,  “United Kingdom waters” and  “Union waters” have the meaning they have in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Article 2 

1. By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation does not apply to:
(a) catches of mackerel and herring in the purse seine fisheries in ICES area 6; or
(b) catches of mackerel, horse mackerel, herring and sprat in the ring net fishery targeting pelagic species not subject to quotas in ICES divisions 7e and 7f,
(1A.) The conditions referred to in paragraph 1 are:
(a) the catch is released before a certain percentage (specified in paragraphs 2 and 3) of the purse seine is closed (“the point of retrieval”);
(b) the purse seine gear is fitted with a visible buoy clearly marking the limit for the point of retrieval; and
(c) the vessel and the purse seine gear are equipped with an electronic system which records and documents information on the time and location that the purse seine is hauled, and the extent to which it is hauled, for all fishing operations.
2. The point of retrieval shall be 80 % closure of the purse seine  where the catch is mostly  mackerel and it shall be 90 % closure of the purse seine where the catch is mostly herring.
3. If the surrounded school consists of  any other combination of mackerel, herring, horse mackerel or sprat,  the point of retrieval shall be 80 % closure of the purse seine.
4. It shall be prohibited to release catches of  mackerel, horse mackerel, herring and sprat  after the point of retrieval.
5. The surrounded school of fish shall be sampled before its release to estimate the species composition, the fish size composition and the quantity.
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Article 3 
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Article 3a 
By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded:

((a)) up to a maximum of ... 5 %, ... of the total annual catches of blue whiting (
                                 Micromesistius poutassou
                              ) in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES divisions Vb, VI and VII, and processing that species on board to obtain surimi base;
((b)) up to a maximum of ... 5 % ... of the total annual catches for albacore tuna (
                                 Thunnus alalunga
                              ) in the albacore tuna directed fisheries using midwater pair trawls (PTM) in ICES subarea VII , if the requirement in Article 4 of this Regulation is met;
((c)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 
Article 4 
Quantities of fish released under the  exemptions  provided for in  Articles 2 and 3a  and the results of the sampling required under Article 2(5) shall be reported in the logbook.
Article 5 
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
1. 


                                       Code
                                     
                                       Pelagic fishing gear
                                     
                                       Quota species targeted
                                    

                                    OTB
                                  
                                    Otter trawls — bottom
                                  
                                    Mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, argentine
                                 

                                    OTM
                                  
                                    Otter trawls midwater, other
                                  
                                    Mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, argentine
                                 

                                    PTB
                                  
                                    Pair trawls — bottom (other)
                                  
                                    Mackerel
                                 

                                    PTM
                                  
                                    Pair trawls — midwater
                                  
                                    Herring, mackerel, horse mackerel
                                 

                                    PS
                                  
                                    Purse seines
                                  
                                    Mackerel, blue whiting
                                 

                                    LHM
                                  
                                    Handline
                                  
                                    Mackerel
                                 

                                    LTL
                                  
                                    Trolling
                                  
                                    Mackerel
                                 

2. 


                                       Code
                                     
                                       Pelagic fishing gear
                                     
                                       Quota species targeted
                                    

                                    LHM
                                  
                                    Handline
                                  
                                    Mackerel
                                 

                                    LTL
                                  
                                    Trolling and poles and lines
                                  
                                    Albacore tuna
                                 

                                    PTM
                                  
                                    Pair trawls — midwater
                                  
                                    Blue whiting, mackerel, horse mackerel, albacore tuna, boarfish, herring
                                 

                                    OTM
                                  
                                    Otter trawls — midwater
                                  
                                    Blue whiting, mackerel, horse mackerel, boarfish, herring, albacore tuna
                                 

                                    OTB
                                  
                                    Otter trawls — bottom
                                  
                                    Herring
                                 

                                    PS
                                  
                                    Purse seines
                                  
                                    Mackerel, horse mackerel
                                  , herring, sprat

3. 


                                       Code
                                     
                                       Pelagic fishing gear
                                     
                                       Quota species targeted
                                    

                                    OTB
                                  
                                    Otter trawls (not specified)
                                  
                                    Sprat
                                 

                                    GND
                                  
                                    Driftnets
                                  
                                    Mackerel, herring
                                 

                                    LHM
                                  
                                    Handlines and polelines
                                  
                                    Mackerel
                                 

                                    OTM
                                  
                                    Otter trawls — midwater (other)
                                  
                                    Sprat, horse mackerel, mackerel, herring, boarfish
                                 

                                    PTM
                                  
                                    Pair trawls — midwater (other)
                                  
                                    Horse mackerel
                                 

                                    PS
                                  
                                    Purse seines
                                  
                                    Mackerel, horse mackerel
                                 

4. 


                                       Code
                                     
                                       Pelagic fishing gear
                                     
                                       Quota species targeted
                                    

                                    OTM
                                  
                                    Otter trawls — midwater
                                  
                                    Herring
                                 

                                    PTM
                                  
                                    Pair trawls — midwater
                                  
                                    Herring
                                 

                                    LHM
                                  
                                    Handlines
                                  
                                    Mackerel
                                 

                                    GNS
                                  
                                    Gillnets
                                  
                                    Herring
