Brattenmeans the geographical area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the positions listed in Annex III to this Regulation, measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system;
gillnets and entangling netsmeans any of the following gears: gillnets (GN), set (anchored) gillnets (GNS), driftnets (GND), encircling gillnets (GNC), trammel nets (GTR) and combined trammel and gillnets (GTN);
Member States concernedmeans Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
mobile bottom contacting gearmeans any of the following gears: bottom trawl (TB), beam trawl (TBB), bottom otter trawl (OTB), otter twin trawl (OTT), bottom pair trawl (PTB), nephrops trawl (TBN), shrimp trawl (TBS), seine (SX), Danish anchor seine (SDN), Scottish seine (SSC), Scottish pair seine (SPR), boat or vessel seine (SV), beach seine (SB), boat dredge (DRB), hand dredge used on board a vessel (DRH) and mechanised dredge including suction dredge (HMD);