The details are as follows:
- Closure will be based only on information gathered during inspections at sea
- Fish below the following sizes will be regarded as juveniles:
- Cod 35 cm
- Haddock 30 cm
- Whiting 27 cm
- Saithe 35 cm
- The trigger level will be 10 % by weight of the total of the four species, calculated from a minimum 200 kg sample. However, if the quantity of cod exceeds 75 % of the total, the trigger level will be 7.5 %
- The area will be closed in 21 days
- Inside the area may be used:
- Pelagic trawls
- Purse seines
- Driftnets
- Jiggers targeting pelagic species (herring, mackerel and horse mackerel)
- Pots
- Gillnets may be used if the mesh size is in accordance with technical regulations applicable in the fisheries for:
-cod
-haddock
-whiting
-saithe