Definitions
Article 2
1
‘Flemish panel’ means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:
- posterior is directly attached to the cod-end;
- upper and lower netting sections are constructed of at least 120 mm mesh as measured between the knots;
- stretched length is at least 3 m.
2
‘Seltra panel’ means a selectivity device which:
a
consists of a top panel of at least 270 mm mesh size (diamond mesh) or a top panel of at least 300 mm mesh size (square mesh), placed in a four-panel box section, in the straight section of a cod-end;
b
is at least 3 metres long;
c
is positioned no more than 4 metres from the cod line; and
d
is the full width of the top sheet of the box section of the trawl (i.e. from selvedge to selvedge).
3
‘Netgrid selectivity device’ means a selectivity device consisting of a four panel section inserted into a two-panel trawl with an inclined sheet of diamond mesh netting with a mesh size of at least 200mm, leading to an escape hole in the top of the trawl;
4
‘CEFAS Netgrid’ means a Netgrid selectivity device developed by The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science for catches of Nephrops in the Irish Sea;
5
‘Flip-flap trawl’ means a trawl equipped with a netting grid developed to reduce the capture of cod, haddock and whiting in Norway lobster fisheries;
6
‘Flip-up rope’ means a gear modification on demersal beam trawls to help prevent stones and boulders entering the trawl and causing damage to both gear and catches;
7
‘Benthos release panel’ means a panel of larger mesh or square mesh netting fitted into the lower panel of a trawl, usually a beam trawl to release any benthic material and seabed debris before it passes into the cod-end;
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9.
‘cod-end’ means the rearmost part of the trawl, having either a cylindrical shape, with the same circumference throughout, or a tapering shape. It may be made up of one or more panels attached to one another along their sides and includes any lengthening piece which is made up of one of more panels located just in front of the cod-end.
Art. 2(8) omitted (5.9.2021) by virtue of The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/698), regs. 1(3), 3(2)
Word in Art. 2(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2021) by The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1429), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(a)
Word in Art. 2(7) substituted (31.12.2021) by The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1429), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(b)
Art. 2(9) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1429), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(c)