ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e,OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX,All Bottom Trawls,Mesh size between 70 mm and100 mm wide,All catches of common sole,
TBB,All Beam trawls,Mesh size between 70 mm and 100 mm wide,
GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN,All Trammel nets & Gill nets,Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide,

ICES division IXa,GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN,All Trammel nets & Gill nets,Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm,All catches of common sole and plaice,
    Reference period will be updated accordingly for subsequent years. For 2018 the reference period will be 2015 and 2016 and for 2019 the reference period will be 2016 and 2017.    ,

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e,OTT, OTB, PTB, SDN, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SX, SV,All Bottom Trawls & Seines,Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide,All catches of hake,
LL, LLS,All Long lines,All,
GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN,All Gill Nets,Mesh size larger or equal to 100 mm wide,
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa,OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV,All Bottom Trawls and Seines,  Vessels which fulfil the following cumulative criteria:      Use mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm      Total hake landings in the period 2014/2015 consist of: more than 5 % of all landed species and more than 5 metric tons.    ,All catches of hake,
GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN,All Gill Nets,Mesh size between 80 and 99 mm wide,
LL, LLS,All Long lines,Hook size bigger than 3,85 cm +/– 1,15 cm length and 1,6 cm +/– 0,4 cm width,

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e,GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN,All Gill Nets,Mesh size larger of equal to 200 mm wide,All catches of anglerfish,
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa,GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GEN,All Gill Nets,Mesh size larger of equal to 200 mm wide,All catches of anglerfish,

ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e (only inside functional units),OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TB, OT, PT, TX,All Bottom Trawls,Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm,All catches of Norway lobster,
ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa (only inside functional units),OTB, PTB, OTT, TBN, TBS, OT, PT, TX TB,All Bottom Trawls,Mesh size larger or equal to 70 mm,All catches of Norway lobster,

ICES divisions VIIIc, IX, X and CECAF zone 34.1.2,LLS, DWS,Deepwater set-longlines,—,All catches of black scabbardfish,

ICES division IX,LLS, DWS,Deepwater set-longlines,Hook size bigger than 3,95 cm length and 1,65 cm width,All catches of red seabream,