Decree No. 651 of 2000 relative to joint arrangements for small trawl fleets.

This Decree applies to owners of fishing vessels which have obtained cod trawling licences in the sense of the Decree relative granting of permission to fish with trawling gear of 1986 and article 3 of Decree relative to unit quotas for cod trawling fleets (being defined as "small trawlers" having a quota factor less than 1 assigned to them). This Decree allows for such small trawlers to fix a permanently increased quota factor in relation with unit quota rules for fish landing by uniting resources of various ship owners in relation with withdrawal of vessels from the ship register. (5 sections)