Conservation of fishery resources: cod stocks in the Irish Sea

PURPOSE : to amend Regulation 2549/2000/EC establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 1456/2001/EC. CONTENT : This Regulation ensures that, when fishing with towed gears in the Irish Sea, certain fishermen are permitted to use a cod-end and/or extension piece of double-twine netting material of which the thickness of any individual twine does not exceed 4mm. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 19/07/2001. �