(5)To fight illegal fishing and to reduce the impact of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear on marine life and ecosystems in line with the objectives of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote, and in accordance with Article 55(6) of the Control Regulation, detailed rules should be established for marking gear used in recreational fisheries that is not handheld. Such gears are mainly passive gear e.g. nets, longlines, traps, pots and creels. These rules should ensure that the fishing gear can be traced back to the physical or legal person who is using or owning it, and that the presence of a fishing gear is indicated to others.
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