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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  9

CELEX:  02008R0040-20081213

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
1. Fish from stocks for which catch limits are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:
(a) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or (b) the catches consist of a part of a Community share which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that share has not been exhausted.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following fish may be retained on board and landed even if a Member State has no quotas or the quotas or shares are exhausted:
(a) species, other than herring and mackerel, where (i) they are caught mixed with other species with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, and (ii) the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing; or (b) mackerel, where (i) they are caught mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard;
(ii) they do not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and;
(iii) the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing.
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  9

CELEX:  02008R0040-20081213

3. All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of paragraph 2.
4. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Articles 4 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98.