
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 division 2a and subarea 4 that are within United Kingdom waters, in the fisheries set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) In paragraph 1,  “United Kingdom waters” has the meaning it has 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 shall not apply to catches of mackerel and herring in the purse seine fisheries, if all of the following conditions are met:
— the catch is released before a certain percentage (set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 below) of the purse seine is closed (‘the point of retrieval’),
— the purse seine gear is fitted with a visible buoy clearly marking the limit for the point of retrieval,
— the vessel and the purse seine gear are equipped with an electronic recording and documenting system when, where and extent to which the purse seine has been hauled for all fishing operations.
2. The point of retrieval shall be 80 % closure of the purse seine in fisheries for mackerel and it shall be 90 % closure of the purse seine in fisheries for herring.
3. If the surrounded school consists of a mixture of both species the point of retrieval shall be 80 % closure of the purse seine.
4. It shall be prohibited to release catches of mackerel and herring 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.
Article 3 
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Article 3a 
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Article 4 

1. Quantities of fish released under the exemption provided for in Article 2 and the results of the sampling required under Article 2(5) shall be reported in the logbook.
2. Quantities of fish discarded under the exemption provided for in  Article 3a  shall be reported in the logbook.
Article 4a 
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Article 5 
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX


1.. ...
2.. Small pelagic fisheries in ICES IV (North Sea).


                                          Code
                                        
                                          Pelagic fishing gear
                                        
                                          Quota species targeted
                                       

                                          OTM and PTM
                                        
                                          Mid-water otter trawl and mid-water pair trawl (inc. TR3)
                                        
                                          Herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, greater silver smelt, blue whiting, sprat (for human consumption)
                                       

                                          PS
                                        
                                          Purse seine
                                        
                                          Herring, mackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting
                                       

                                          GNS and GND
                                           
                                          Gillnets anchored (set) and gillnets (drift)
                                        
                                          Mackerel, herring
                                       

                                          GTR
                                        
                                          Trammel nets
                                        
                                          Mackerel
                                       

                                          LLS, LHP and LHM
                                        
                                          Set longlines, handlines and pole lines (hand operated) and handlines and pole lines (mechanised)
                                        
                                          Mackerel
                                       

                                          MIS
                                        
                                          Miscellaneous gear, including traps, pots and pound nets
                                        
                                          Herring, sprat (for human consumption)
                                       

3.. Other vessels targeting small pelagic species referred to in  (mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardine, sprat)  that are not covered by  point 2  of this Annex.
4.. Industrial fisheries in  United Kingdom  waters of ICES ... IV:


                                          Code
                                        
                                          Fishing gear
                                        
                                          Quota species targeted
                                       

                                          Any trawl
                                        
                                          Trawl of mesh size less than 32 mm
                                        
                                          Sand eel, sprat, Norway pout
                                       

                                          PS
                                        
                                          Purse seines
                                        
                                          Sand eel, sprat, Norway pout
