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Order No. 92-D/2017 amending Order No 1102-G/2000 regulating the Purse seine fishing.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 44, 2 March 2017.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishing gear/fishing method Mesh Marine fishes Bycatch Fishery management and conservation
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Order amends Order No 1102-G/2000 regulating the Purse seine fishing. Amendments establish for the year 2017, an exceptional regime for the capture of by-catch species in purse-seine fisheries, as provided for in art. 7(2) of the Regulation, approved by Order No. 1102-G/2000 of 22 November, amended by Order No. 346/2002, of 2 April and Order No. 397/2007 of 4 April. Article 2 specifies that exceptionally, vessels licensed for Purse seine fishing and subject to the obligation to fill fishing logbooks are allowed to land, on each trip, for a limit of 20 trips by the end of 2017, a percentage of by-catch species greater than 20%. This Order is in force until 31 December 2017.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt

References - Legislation

Amends

Order No. 1102-G/2000 approving the Regulation for Purse seine fishing.

Legislation | Portugal | 2000

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishing gear/fishing method, Mesh, Marine fishes, Bycatch, Fishery management and conservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX