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Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required article 30 CELEX: 02008R0040-20081213 Establishment of fisheries restrictive areas in order to protect the deep-sea sensitive habitats
1. Fishing with towed dredges and bottom trawl nets shall be prohibited in the areas bounded by lines joining the following coordinates: (a) Deep Sea fisheries restricted area ‘Lophelia reef off Capo Santa Maria di Leuca’ — 39° 27,72′ N, 18° 10,74′ E — 39° 27,80′ N, 18° 26,68′ E — 39° 11,16′ N, 18° 32,58′ E — 39° 11,16′ N, 18° 04,28′ E (b) Deep Sea fisheries restricted area ‘The Nile delta area cold hydrocarbon seeps’ — 31° 30.00′ N, 33° 10.00′ E — 31° 30.00′ N, 34° 00.00′ E — 32° 00.00′ N, 34° 00.00′ E — 32° 00.00′ N, 33° 10.00′ E (c) Deep Sea fisheries restricted area ‘The Eratosthemes Seamount’ — 33° 00.00′ N, 32° 00.00′ E — 33° 00.00′ N, 33° 00.00′ E — 34° 00.00′ N, 33° 00.00′ E — 34° 00.00′ N, 32° 00.00′ E
2. Member States shall take the measures necessary for the protection of the deep-sea sensitive habitats in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 and in particular shall ensure that these areas are protected from the impacts of any other activity than fishing activity jeopardizing the conservation of the features that characterize these particular habitats. |