Conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms: conditions

PURPOSE: to conserve fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 724/2001/EC amending Regulation 850/98/EC CONTENT: The main porvisions of the Regulation relate to the following: - for each fishing voyage during which only towed nets of one range of mesh size are used, landings shall be prohibited whenever the catch taken in each of the regions or areas mentioned in Annex 1, and retained on board, does not comply with the corresponding conditions laid down in the relevant annex - the carrying on board or the use of any demersal trawl, Danish seine or similar towed net having more than 100 meshes in any circumference of the cod-end stricto sensu; - fishing with dredges; - the weight for catches of edible crabs made by pots or creels; - the weight for catches of edible crabs made by any fishing gear other than pots or creels; - mesh size combinations - the minimum size of plaice in Regions 1 to 5 except the Skagerrak and Kattegat shall be 27 cm; - no minimm size will apply to horse mackeral in waters adjacent to the Azories islands and under the sovereignity or jurisdication of Portugal; - the minimum size of crawfish in Regions 1 to 5 except for Skagerak and Kattegat shall be 95 mm; - coordinates restricting the fishing for the species Edible crab; - the size of a crawfish shall be measured as the length of the carapace from the tip of the rostrum to the midpoint of the distal edge of the carapace. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 2.05.2001