2 Amendments of Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS related to 2012/0158(COD)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In the light of advice from STECF, stating that "there was no rationale for treating trammel nets differently from gill nets or entangling nets with regard to article 9.4", the use of trammel nets in ICES Subarea IX in waters deeper than 200 m but less than 600 m should be allowed.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(ca) Trammel nets in ICES Subarea IX with a mesh size equal to or greater than 220 mm, provided that: - they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth; - they are no more than 30 meshes deep, having a hanging ratio of not less than 0,44; - they are not rigged with floats or other means of floatation; - they shall each be of a maximum of 5 km in length; the total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 20 km per vessel; - the maximum soak time shall be 72 hours.