TITLE II

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS TO WATERS AND RESOURCES
CHAPTER III

Marking and identification of United Kingdom fishing vessels and their gear
Section 2

Marking and identification of fishing gear and crafts

Marking of crafts and fish aggregating devices
Article 8
Any craft carried on board United Kingdom fishing vessels and fish aggregating devices shall be marked with external registration letters and numbers of the United Kingdom fishing vessel(s) which use them.

General rules for passive gear and beam trawls
Article 9
1
The provisions contained in Articles 9 to 12 of this Regulation shall apply to United Kingdom fishing vessels fishing in all United Kingdom waters and the provisions contained in Articles 13 to 17 of this Regulation to United Kingdom waters outside 12 nautical miles measured from the base lines ....
2
It shall be prohibited in United Kingdom waters as set down in paragraph 1 to carry out fishing activities with passive gear, buoys, and beam trawls, which are not marked and identifiable in accordance with the provisions of Articles 10 to 17 of this Regulation.
3
It shall be prohibited in United Kingdom waters as set down in paragraph 1 to carry on board:
a
beams of a beam trawl which do not display the external registration letters and numbers in accordance with Article 10 of this Regulation;
b
passive gear which is not labelled in accordance with Article 11(2) of this Regulation;
c
buoys which are not marked in accordance with Article 13(2) of this Regulation.

Rules for beam trawls
Article 10
The master of a United Kingdom fishing vessel or his representative shall ensure that each assembled beam trawl carried on board or used for fishing clearly displays the external registration letters and numbers of that fishing vessel on the beam of each beam trawl assembly.

Rules for passive gear
Article 11
1
The master of a United Kingdom fishing vessel or his representative shall ensure that each passive gear carried on board or used for fishing is clearly marked and identifiable in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
2
Each passive gear used for fishing shall permanently display the external registration letters and numbers displayed on the hull of the fishing vessel to which it belongs:
a
for nets, on a label attached to the upper first row;
b
for lines and long lines, on a label at the point of contact with the mooring buoy;
c
for pots and traps, on a label attached to the ground rope;
d
for passive gear extending more than 1 nautical mile, on labels attached in accordance with (a), (b) and (c) at regular intervals not exceeding 1 nautical mile so that no part of the passive gear extending more than 1 nautical mile shall be left unmarked.

Rules for labels
Article 12
1
Each label shall be:
a
made of durable material;
b
securely fitted to the gear;
c
at least 65 millimetres broad;
d
at least 75 millimetres long.
2
The label shall not be removable, effaced, altered, illegible, covered or concealed.

Rules for buoys
Article 13
1
The master of a United Kingdom fishing vessel or his representative shall ensure that two end marker buoys and intermediary marker buoys, rigged in accordance with Annex IV, are fixed to each passive gear used for fishing and are deployed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
2
Each end marker buoy and intermediary buoy shall display the external registration letters and numbers displayed on the hull of the United Kingdom fishing vessel to which they belong and which has deployed such buoys as follows:
a
letters and numbers shall be displayed as high above the water as possible so as to be clearly visible;
b
in a colour contrasting with the surface on which they are displayed.
3
The letters and numbers displayed on the marker buoy shall not be effaced, altered or allowed to become illegible.

Rules for cords
Article 14
1
The cords linking the buoys to the passive gear shall be of submersible material, or shall be weighted down.
2
The cords linking the end marker buoys to each gear shall be fixed at the ends of that gear.

Rules for end marker buoys
Article 15
1
End marker buoys shall be deployed so that each end of the gear may be determined at any time.
2
The mast of each end marker buoy shall have a height of at least 1 metre above the sea level measured from the top of the float to the lower edge of the bottom most flag.
3
End marker buoys shall be coloured, but may not be red or green.
4
Each end marker buoy shall include:
a
one or two rectangular flag(s); where two flags are required on the same buoy, the distance between them shall be at least 20 centimetres flags indicating the extremities of the same gear shall be of the same colour and may not be white and shall be of the same size;
b
one or two light(s), which shall be yellow and give one flash each 5 seconds (F1 Y 5s), and be visible from a minimum distance of 2 nautical miles.
5
Each end marker buoy may include a top sign on the top of the buoy with one or two striped luminous bands which shall be neither red nor green and shall be at least 6 centimetres broad.

Rules for fixing of end marker buoys
Article 16
1
End marker buoys shall be fixed to passive gear in the following way:
a
the buoy in the western sector (meaning the half compass circle from south through west to and including north) shall be rigged with two flags, two striped luminous bands, two lights and a label in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation;
b
the buoy in the eastern sector (meaning the half compass circle from north through east to and including the south) shall be rigged with one flag one striped luminous band, one light and a label in accordance with Article 12 of this Regulation.
2
The label shall contain the information contained in Article 13(2) of this Regulation.

Intermediary marker buoys
Article 17
1
Intermediary marker buoys shall be fixed to passive gear extending more than 5 nautical miles as follows:
a
intermediary marker buoys shall be deployed at distances of not more than 5 nautical miles so that no part of the gear extending 5 nautical miles or more shall be left unmarked;
b
intermediary marker buoys shall be fitted with a flashing light which shall be yellow and give one flash every 5 seconds (F1 Y 5s) and be visible from a minimum distance of 2 nautical miles. They shall have the same characteristics as those of the end marker buoy in the eastern sector, except that the flag shall be white.
2
By derogation from paragraph 1, in the Baltic Sea intermediary marker buoys shall be fixed to passive gear extending more than 1 nautical mile. Intermediary marker buoys shall be deployed at distances of not more than 1 nautical mile so that no part of the gear extending 1 nautical mile or more shall be left unmarked.
Intermediary marker buoys shall have the same characteristics as those of the end marker buoy in the eastern sector except for the following:
a
the flags shall be white;
b
every fifth intermediary marker buoys shall be fitted with a radar reflector giving an echo of at least 2 nautical miles.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy.
Words in Art. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 9(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(11)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 9(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(11)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(11)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 10 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 13 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Title 2 Ch. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)