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1. Fishing for orange roughy shall be prohibited in the following sea areas:

(a) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 57°00′ N, 11°00′ W 57°00′ N, 8°30′ W 56°23′ N, 8°30′ W 55°00′ N, 8°30′ W 55°00′ N, 11°00′ W 57°00′ N, 11°00′ W;

(b) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 55°30′ N, 15°49′ W 53°30′ N, 14°11′ W 50°30′ N, 14°11′ W 50°30′ N, 15°49′ W;

(c) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: 55°00′ N, 13°51′ W 55°00′ N, 10°37′ W 54°15′ N, 10°37′ W 53°30′ N, 11°50′ W 53°30′ N, 13°51′ W. Those positions and the corresponding rhumb lines and vessel positions shall be measured according to the WGS84 standard.

2. Vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit that have entered the areas defined in paragraph 1 shall not retain on board or tranship any quantity of orange roughy, nor land any quantity of orange roughy at the end of that fishing trip unless:

(a) all gears carried on board are lashed and stowed during the transit in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93; or (b) the average speed during transit is equal to, or greater than, 8 knots.

3. Member States shall ensure that vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit are properly monitored by the Fisheries Monitoring Centres (FMC), which shall have a system to detect and record the vessels’ entry into, transit through and exit from the areas defined in paragraph 1.