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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 28th February 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No  1393/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in north-western waters is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 3a (de minimis exemptions), omit paragraph (c).
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(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No  1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea is amended as follows.
(2) Omit Article 3a (de minimis exemption).
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(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2020-2021 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 2 (definitions), after paragraph (6) insert— “
(7) ‘the English zone’ has the meaning given in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241”
(3) In Article 8 (survivability exemption for turbot), in paragraph (1), after “subarea 4” insert “, excluding waters within the English zone,”.
(4) In Article 10 (de minimis exemptions)—
(a) omit paragraph (e);
(b) in paragraph (fa), for “4a and 4b” substitute “4a, 4b and 4c”.
Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
28th January 2025