F1Square mesh panel requirements for east of the Cod Recovery Line within ICES Division VIa4A.

Any net to which this article applies which has a mesh size of 80 millimetres or more shall have incorporated in it as part of the net a square mesh panel which–

(a)

has a mesh size of not less than 120 millimetres;

(b)

is at least 3 metres in length;

(c)

is positioned so that the rearmost row of meshes of the square mesh panel shall be no more than 12 metres from the codline; and

(d)

has no more than two open diamond meshes between the longitudinal side of the panel and the adjacent selvedge.