Article 1
Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 894/97 shall be replaced by the following:
Article 11
1
“Drift net” means: any gillnet held on the sea surface or at a certain distance below it by floating devices, drifting with the current, either independently or with the boat to which it may be attached. It may be equipped with devices aiming to stabilise the net or to limit its drift.
2
No vessel may keep on board, or use for fishing, one or more drift nets whose individual or total length is more than 2,5 kilometres.