THE NATIONAL FISHING ORDER CURRENTLY REQUIRES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOST COMPLETE HARMONIZATION OF THE FISHING POLICY OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OF CANARY ISLANDS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL.

GIVEN THE URGENT NEED TO REGULATE THE DIFFERENT FISHERIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED IN THE CANARY ARCHIPELAGO, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY HAS PROCEEDED TO DICTATE THE OPPORTUNITIESWITHIN ITS SPHERE OF COMPETENCE. IN VIEW OF THIS, THE STATE ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY AT THE SAME TIME TO COLLECT IN THIS PROVISION THE RULES ESTABLISHING MINIMUM SIZES FOR THE CAPTURE OF CERTAIN SPECIES IN THE WATERS OF THE CORRESPONDING SPANISH TERRITORIAL SEA. THE CANARY ISLANDS, EXCLUDING INLAND WATERS.

IN ITS VIRTUE, ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD AND AFTER DELIBERATION BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AT ITS MEETING ON 19 SEPTEMBER 1986, I HAVE:

ARTICLE 1. MINIMUM CATCH SIZES FOR FISH OF FISH OF INTEREST IN THE WATERS OF THE SPANISH TERRITORIAL SEA CORRESPONDING TO THE CANARY ARCHIPELAGO, EXCLUDING THEIR INLAND WATERS, ARE HEREBY ESTABLISHED AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THE PRESENT ROYAL DECREE.

THEY WILL ALSO APPLY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE.

ART. 2. 1. CATCHES OF SPECIMENS OF THE SPECIES LISTED IN THE ANNEX, WHERE THEIR SIZE IS LOWER THAN THAT OF REGULATION, SHALL BE SANCTIONED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF LAW 53/1982 OF 13 JULY ON INFRINGEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF SEA FISHING AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS OF THE SAME 2. COPIES OF A SIZE LOWER THAN THAT LAID DOWN IN THIS ROYAL DECREE MAY NOT BE KEPT ON BOARD OR BE SOLD, BUT MUST BE IMMEDIATELY THROWN INTO THE SEA.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD MAY, WHERE APPROPRIATE AND FOR EACH SPECIES, TERMINATE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGES OF CATCHES OF LESS THAN THOSE OF THE RULES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ARTICLE. COMPATIBILITY WITH COMMUNITY LAW AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY.

ART. 3. 1. PELAGIC SPECIES WITH A SIZE LOWER THAN THAT REGULATED IN THIS ROYAL DECREE MAY BE CAUGHT, WHEN THE SAME ONES ARE INTENDED TO BE USED AS BAIT, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, THEIR BEING TOTALLY PROHIBITED. MARKETING OR CONSUMPTION.

2. ONCE DEFINED BY THE RESPECTIVE LOCAL FISHING BOARD OF EACH ISLAND THE ZONE OR ZONES RESERVED FOR THE CAPTURE OF BAIT, SUCH ACTIVITY SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED OUTSIDE OF THE SAME, NOT BEING ABLE IN SUCH ZONES TO TURN ON LIGHTS TO CALM THE ART TO BE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE BREEDING GROUNDS OR IN THE COAST NEAR THE COAST, WHEN THE OBJECT OF HEATING AN ART IS NOT TO CAPTURE BAIT AND IT IS NECESSARY TO GIVE UP LIGHTS, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE LIT AT A DISTANCE FROM THE COAST LESS THAN ONE AND A HALF MILES, AS WELL AS THE DISTANCE OF 500 METRES FROM ONE VESSEL TO ANOTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 15 OF ROYAL DECREE 2349/1984 OF 28 NOVEMBER ON THE REGULATION OF PURSE SEINE FISHING NATIONAL.

ADDITIONAL FIRST STEPS. THE CAPTURE OF THE SPECIES CALLED , (ATHERINA SP. SP.) IS RESERVED SOLELY FOR USE AS BAIT, BEING TOTALLY PROHIBITED ITS MARKETING OR CONSUMPTION.

SECOND. THE MINIMUM CATCH SIZES OF THOSE SPECIES WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS ROYAL DECREE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE RULES IN FORCE REGULATING THEM.

FINAL DISPOSITION THE PRESENT ROYAL DECREE WILL TAKE EFFECT THE DAY AFTER ITS PUBLICATION IN THE .

GIVEN IN MADRID TO 19 SEPTEMBER 1986.

JOHN CARLOS R.

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD, CARLOS ROMERO HERRERA