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Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007Show full title
Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001
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CHAPTER 4Species not targeted and sport and recreational fishing
Article 13Marlins
Member States shall encourage the use of monofilament streamer lines on swivels so that live blue marlins and white marlins may be easily released.
Article 14Sharks
1.Member States shall encourage the release of live sharks captured accidentally, in particular juveniles.
2.Member States shall encourage the reduction of discards of sharks by improving the selectivity of fishing gears.
Article 15Sea turtles
Member States shall encourage the release of live sea turtles captured accidentally.
Article 16Sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean
1.Member States shall take the measures necessary to prohibit the use in the Mediterranean for sport and recreational fishing activities of towed nets, encircling nets, purse seines, dredges, gill nets, trammel nets and longlines to fish for tuna and related species.
2.Member States shall ensure that tuna and related species captured during sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean are not marketed.
Article 17Report
Member States shall send the Commission not later than 15 August each year a report on the implementation of this Chapter.
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