Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 of 6 December 1984 on the attachment of devices to trawls, Danish seines and similar nets

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation the word ‘trawl’ shall correspond to the terms ‘trawl, Danish seine or similar net’.

Article 2

Technical terms which are used in this Regulation or which describe some of the devices or constructions which normally form an integral part of, or may be used with, a trawl are defined in the Annex.

Article 3

Article 4 to 15 contain the definitions of certain devices which may be attached to trawls and which are liable to obstruct the mesh in any part of a trawl or to diminish the dimensions of the mesh, and the conditions under which they may be used.

Article 4

Bottom-side chafer

Article 5

Top-side chafer

Article 6

Strengthening bag

Article 7

Chafing or protection piece

Article 8

Codline

Article 9

Lifting straps

Article 10

Round straps

Article 11

Flapper

Article 12

Sieve netting

It may be attached to the trawl at all edges.

Article 13

Strengthening ropes

Article 14

‘Torquette’

Article 15

Median lacing of a trouser codend

Meshes may be laced together in order to build a trouser codend, by joining lengthwise the upper and lower halves of a codend.

Article 16

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 30th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX

The codend is the rearmost part of the trawl, having either a cylindrical shape, i.e. the same circumference throughout or a tapering shape.

The codend includes the codend sensu stricto and the lengthening piece.

Codend sensu stricto : The codend sensu stricto is made up of one or more panels (pieces of netting) of the same mesh size attached to one another along their sides in the axis of the trawl by a lacing where a lacing rope may also be attached.

Lengthening lacing : The lengthening piece is made of one or more panels located just in front of the codend sensu stricto.

Strengthening lacing : A strengthening lacing is made of rows of meshes which may be laced together in order to strengthen the netting.

Lacing rope : A lacing rope is defined as rope running lengthwise along the join between two pieces of netting in the direction of the axis of the trawl.

Float : A float is a buoyant unit used to give lift or to mark the position of a trawl, or both.

Kite : A kite is a unit used to give lift to the trawl.

Electro-mechanical devices : Devices such as transducers which are used to provide information about the position of the net in the water and the extent to which it is filled with fish.