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1. Baseline mesh sizes for towed gear The following mesh sizes shall apply in the Mediterranean Sea.

2. Baseline mesh size for surrounding nets 3. Baseline mesh sizes for static nets The following mesh sizes for bottom set gillnets shall apply in the Mediterranean Sea.

4. Existing derogations from the provisions set out in points 1, 2 and 3 for boat seines and shore seines which are affected by a management plan as referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 and issued within the framework of Article 9 of that Regulation shall continue to apply unless otherwise determined through Article 15 of this Regulation. PART C Restrictions on the use of fishing gear 1. Restrictions on the use of dredges The maximum breadth of dredges shall be 3 m, except for dredges used for directed fishing of sponges.

2. Restrictions on the use of purse seines The length of purse seines and seines without purse lines shall be restricted to 800 m with a drop of 120 m, except in the case of purse seines used for directed fishing of tuna.

3. Restrictions on the use of static nets

3.1. It shall be prohibited to use the following static nets:

(a) A trammel net with a drop of more than 4 m;

(b) A bottom set gillnet or combined trammel and gillnet with a drop of more than 10 m except when such nets are shorter than 500 m, where a drop of not more than 30 m is permitted.

3.2. It shall be prohibited to use any gillnet, entangling net or trammel net constructed with a twine thickness greater than 0,5 mm.

3.3. It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 2 500 m of combined gillnets and trammel nets and 6 000 m of any gillnet, entangling net or trammel net.

4. Restrictions on the use of longlines 4.1. It shall be prohibited for vessels fishing with bottom-set longlines to have on board or deploy more than 5 000 hooks except for vessels undertaking fishing trips of more than 3 days which may have on board or deploy no more than 7 000 hooks.

4.2. It shall be prohibited for vessels fishing with surface-set longlines to have on board or deploy more than the number of hooks per vessel as follows:

(a) 2 500 hooks when directed fishing for swordfish; and (b) 5 000 hooks when directed fishing for albacore tuna.

4.3. A vessel undertaking fishing trips longer than 2 days may have on board an equivalent number of spare hooks.

5. Restrictions on the use of pots and creels It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 250 pots or creels per vessel to catch deepwater crustaceans.

6. Restrictions on the directed fishing for red sea bream The directed fishing for red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo) with the following gear shall be prohibited:

— gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets having a mesh size of less than 100 mm;

— longlines with hooks of a total length of less than 3,95 cm and a width of less than 1,65 cm.

7. Restrictions on fishing with spear guns It shall be prohibited to fish with spear guns if used in conjunction with underwater breathing apparatus (aqualung) or at night from sunset to dawn.