Retained EU Law 2017 United Kingdom

Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007

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  • Use proper tori line setup to protect seabirds from baited hooks
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  • Allow observers on your fishing vessel and provide assistance
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Time and area closure in relation with the protection of juveniles

  • Do not target tropical tunas with floating objects in the closure area from January to February
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General provisions

  • Release live sharks caught incidentally in non-targeting fisheries
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Responsibilities of scientific observers

  • Ensure observers can access vessel and record fishing data
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s.annex iii para.1

If FAD marking and associated beacon ID are absent or...

s.annex ii para.1

The FAD management plan for CPC purse seine and baitboat...

s.annex ii para.2

Description FAD types: AFAD = anchored; DFAD = drifting Type...

s.annex i para.1

Family Latin name English name Scombridae Acanthocybium solandri Wahoo Allothunnus...

s.annex vi para.1

Regarding safe-handling practices:

s.annex vi para.2

When a sea turtle is to be removed from the ...

s.annex vi para.3

Regarding the use of line cutters:

s.annex vi para.4

Longline vessels shall carry on board line-cutters and use them ...

s.annex vi para.5

Regarding the use of de-hooking devices:

s.annex vi para.6

Longline vessels shall carry on board de-hooking devices to effectively ...

s.annex v para.1

Mitigation measure Description Specification Night setting with minimum deck lighting ...

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Subject matter

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Scope

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Relationship to other legislation

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Definitions

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Restrictions on the number of United Kingdom large-scale catching vessels targeting bigeye tuna

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Specific authorisations for large-scale tropical tuna catching vessels and for support vessels

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ICCAT record of authorised tropical tuna vessels

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List of vessels fishing tropical tunas in a given year

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Management plans in respect of fish-aggregating devices

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Requirements for FADs

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Information on FADs submitted by vessels

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Information on FADs submitted by a fisheries administration

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Logbooks

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Fishing for tropical tunas in certain Portuguese waters

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Identification of IUU fishing

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Restrictions on the number of vessels

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Management plans for North Atlantic swordfish

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Minimum size for North Atlantic swordfish

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Vessels authorised to target Mediterranean swordfish

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By-catch

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Special fishing authorisation

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Closed fishing seasons

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Minimum size for Mediterranean swordfish

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Technical specifications of the fishing gear for vessels authorised to target Mediterranean swordfish

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Reporting obligations for Mediterranean swordfish

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Release of blue marlin and white marlin caught alive

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Landing of blue marlin and white marlin beyond the fishing opportunities

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Recreational fisheries of blue marlin and white marlin

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Porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus)

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Bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus)

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Shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus)

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Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)

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Hammerhead sharks

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Silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis)

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Sampling of shark species by scientific observers and other authorised individuals

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Mitigation measures for seabirds in the area between 20° South and 25° South

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Mitigation measures for seabirds in the area south of 25° South

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Reporting obligations for seabirds

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General provisions for sea turtles

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Reporting obligations for sea turtles

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General principle

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ICCAT record of large-scale fishing vessels

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Scope

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General provisions

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Notification

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Compliance with quotas and minimum size requirements

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Catch sampling

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Catch and fishing effort notification

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Scope

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Transhipment in port

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Transhipment at sea

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ICCAT record of carrier vessels

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Authorisation to large-scale pelagic longline vessels to tranship in the ICCAT Convention area

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Prior authorisation for transhipment at sea

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ICCAT transhipment declaration

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ICCAT regional observer programme for transhipment at sea

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Reporting obligations

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Consistency of reported data

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Establishment of domestic scientific observer programmes

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Qualifications of scientific observers

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Submission of collected information

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Reporting obligations with regard to designated ports and points of contact

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Reporting obligations with regard to port inspections

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Alleged infringements reported by a fisheries administration

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ICCAT draft IUU list

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Alleged non-compliance reported by the ICCAT Executive Secretary

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Alleged infringements reported by a CPC

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Annual report

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Confidentiality

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Procedure for amendments

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Exercise of the delegation

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Committee procedure

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Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001

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Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003

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Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 520/2007

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Entry into force

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