Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1308 of 28 September 2018 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards fishing opportunities for European seabass

‘4 In recreational fisheries, including from shore: (a) from 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7a to 7k, only catch-and-release fishing for European seabass shall be allowed. During that period, it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area; (b) from 1 October to 31 December 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k, not more than one specimen of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.