Ne glede na odstavek 2(a) se plovilom, ki imajo posebno ribolovno dovoljenje in katerih osnovna dejavnost je lov navadne peščene kozice, dovoli uporaba vlečnih mrež z gredjo, katerih skupna dolžina gredi, merjeno kot vsota dolžin vsake gredi, presega devet metrov, kadar uporabljajo orodja, pri kateri je velikost mrežnih očes med 80 in 99 milimetrov, če je bilo tem plovilom v ta namen izdano dodatno posebno ribolovno dovoljenje.
Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), vessels holding a special fishing permit and whose primary activity is fishing for common shrimp, shall be permitted to use beam trawls of which the aggregate beam length, measured as the sum of the length of each beam, is greater than nine metres when operating with gear having a mesh size between 80 and 99 millimetres, provided that an additional special fishing permit to this effect has been issued to these vessels.