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COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2018/120

of 23 January 2018

fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127







TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

1. This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities available in Union waters and to Union fishing vessels in certain non-Union waters, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks.

2. The fishing opportunities referred to in paragraph 1 include:

(a) catch limits for the year 2018 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2019;

(b) fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019, except where other periods are established for effort limits in Articles 26, 27 and 39, and in Annex IIE, as well as regarding fish-aggregating devices (FADs);

(c) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area;

(d) fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the IATTC Convention Area set out in Article 28 for the periods in 2018 and 2019 specified in that Article.

Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to the following vessels:

(a) Union fishing vessels;

(b) third-country vessels in Union waters.

2. This Regulation shall also apply to recreational fisheries where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply. In addition, the following definitions apply:

(a) ‘third-country vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country;

(b) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources such as for recreation, tourism or sport;

(c) ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

(d) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means:

(i) in fisheries subject to the landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that can be caught from each stock each year;

(ii) in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that can be landed from each stock each year;

(e) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(f) ‘analytical assessments’ means quantitative evaluations of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock's biology and exploitation, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice on options for future catches;

(g) ‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 ( 1 );

(h) ‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(i) ‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 4

Fishing zones

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions apply:

(a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 ( 2 );

(b) ‘Skagerrak’ means the geographical area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from that point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(c) ‘Kattegat’ means the geographical area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from that point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(d) ‘Functional Unit 16 of ICES subarea 7’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

— 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W,

— 53° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,

— 51° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,

— 51° 30′ N 13° 00′ W,

— 51° 00′ N 13° 00′ W,

— 51° 00′ N 15° 00′ W,

— 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W;

(e) ‘Functional Unit 26 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

— 43° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,

— 43° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;

(f) ‘Functional Unit 27 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

— 42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,

— 42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 38° 30′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 38° 30′ N 9° 00′ W,

— 40° 00′ N 9° 00′ W,

— 40° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;

(g) ‘Functional Unit 30 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area under the jurisdiction of Spain in the Gulf of Cádiz and in the adjacent waters of 9a;

(h) ‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division 9a east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W;

(i) CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 );

(j) NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 );

(k) ‘SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean ( 5 );

(l) ‘ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ( 6 );

(m) ‘CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 ( 7 );

(n) ‘IATTC (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica ( 8 );

(o) ‘IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Area of Competence’ is the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ( 9 );

(p) ‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean ( 10 );

(q) ‘WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean ( 11 );

(r) ‘GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) geographical subareas’ are the areas defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 ).

(s) ‘high seas of the Bering Sea’ is the geographical area of the high seas of the Bering Sea beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured;

(t) ‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC’ is the geographical area defined by the following limits:

— longitude 150° W,

— longitude 130° W,

— latitude 4° S,

— latitude 50° S.







TITLE II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS







CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 5

TACs and allocations

1. The TACs for Union fishing vessels in Union waters or certain non-Union waters and the allocation of such TACs among Member States, and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in Annex I.

2. Union fishing vessels shall be authorised to make catches, within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the condition set out in Article 15 of, and Annex III to, this Regulation and in Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 ( 13 ) and its implementing provisions.

Article 6

TACs to be determined by Member States

1. The TACs for certain fish stocks shall be determined by the Member State concerned. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.

2. The TACs to be determined by a Member State shall:

(a) be consistent with the principles and rules of the CFP, in particular the principle of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and

(b) result:

(i) if analytical assessments are available, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with maximum sustainable yield from 2018 onwards, with as high a probability as possible; or

(ii) if analytical assessments are unavailable or incomplete, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.

3. By 15 March 2018, each Member State concerned shall submit the following information to the Commission:

(a) the TACs adopted;

(b) the data collected and assessed by the Member State concerned on which the TACs adopted are based;

(c) details on how the TACs adopted comply with paragraph 2.

Article 7

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

1. Catches that are not subject to the landing obligation established in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be retained on board or landed only if they:

(a) have been taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota has not been exhausted; or

(b) consist of a share in a Union quota which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that Union quota has not been exhausted.

2. The stocks of non-target species within safe biological limits referred to in Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are identified in Annex I to this Regulation for the purposes of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quotas provided for in that Article.

Article 8

Fishing effort limits

For the periods referred to in Article 1(2)(b), the following fishing effort measures shall apply:

(a) Annex IIA for the management of plaice and sole stocks in ICES subarea 4;

(b) Annex IIB for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES divisions 8c and 9a, with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;

(c) Annex IIC for the management of the sole stock in ICES division 7e.

Article 9

Measures on European seabass fisheries

1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels, as well as for any commercial fisheries from shore, to fish for European seabass in ICES divisions 4b and 4c, and in ICES subarea 7. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area.

2. By derogation from paragraph 1, in January 2018 and from 1 April to 31 December 2018, Union fishing vessels in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h and in waters within 12 nautical miles from baselines under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions 7a and 7g may fish for European seabass, and retain on board, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area with the following gears and within the following limits:

(a) using demersal trawls ( 14 ), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 100 kilogrammes per month and 1 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel in any single day;

(b) using seines ( 15 ), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 180 kilogrammes per month and 1 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel in any single day;

(c) using hooks and lines ( 16 ), not exceeding 5 tonnes per vessel per year;

(d) using fixed gillnets ( 17 ), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 1,2 tonnes per vessel per year.

The derogations set out in the first subparagraph shall apply to Union fishing vessels that have recorded catches of European seabass over the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016: in point (c) with recorded catches using hooks and lines, and in point (d) with recorded catches using fixed gillnets. In the case of a replacement of a Union fishing vessel, Member States may allow the derogation to apply to another fishing vessel provided that the number of Union fishing vessels subject to the derogation and their overall fishing capacity do not increase.

3. The catch limits set in paragraph 2 shall not be transferable between vessels and, where a monthly limit applies, from one month to another. For Union fishing vessels using more than one gear in a single calendar month, the lowest catch limit set in paragraph 2 for either gear shall apply.

Member States shall report to the Commission all catches of European seabass per type of gear not later than 15 days after the end of each month.

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4. In recreational fisheries, including from shore:

(a) from 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7a to 7k, only catch-and-release fishing for European seabass shall be allowed. During that period, it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;

(b) from 1 October to 31 December 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k, not more than one specimen of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day.

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5. In recreational fisheries in ICES divisions 8a and 8b, a maximum of three specimens of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day.

Article 10

Measures on European eel fisheries

It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels and third country vessels, as well as for any commercial fisheries from shore, to fish for European eel of an overall length of 12 cm or longer in Union waters of ICES area, including in the Baltic Sea, for a consecutive three-month period to be determined by each Member State between 1 September 2018 and 31 January 2019. Member States shall communicate the determined period to the Commission not later than 1 June 2018.

Article 11

Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

1. The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:

(a) exchanges made pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b) deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(c) reallocations made pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008;

(d) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(e) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(f) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(g) quota transfers and exchanges pursuant to Article 15 of this Regulation.

2. Stocks which are subject to precautionary or analytical TACs are identified in Annex I to this Regulation for the purposes of the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

3. Except where otherwise specified in Annex I to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to a precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to an analytical TAC.

4. Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply where a Member State uses the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

Article 12

Closed fishing seasons

1. It shall be prohibited to fish or retain on board any of the following species in the Porcupine Bank during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2018: cod, megrims, anglerfish, haddock, whiting, hake, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, skates and rays, common sole, tusk, blue ling, ling and picked dogfish.

For the purposes of this paragraph, the Porcupine Bank shall comprise the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:







Point Latitude Longitude 1 52° 27′ N 12° 19′ W 2 52° 40′ N 12° 30′ W 3 52° 47′ N 12° 39,600′ W 4 52° 47′ N 12° 56′ W 5 52° 13,5′ N 13° 53,830′ W 6 51° 22′ N 14° 24′ W 7 51° 22′ N 14° 03′ W 8 52° 10′ N 13° 25′ W 9 52° 32′ N 13° 07,500′ W 10 52° 43′ N 12° 55′ W 11 52° 43′ N 12° 43′ W 12 52° 38,800′ N 12° 37′ W 13 52° 27′ N 12° 23′ W 14 52° 27′ N 12° 19′ W

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, transit through the Porcupine Bank while carrying on board the species referred to in that subparagraph, shall be permitted in accordance with Article 50(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

2. Commercial fishing for sandeel with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited in ICES divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4 from 1 January to 31 March 2018 and from 1 August to 31 December 2018.

The prohibition set out in the first subparagraph shall also apply to third-country vessels authorised to fish for sandeel and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES subarea 4.

Article 13

Prohibitions

1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species:

(a) starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4;

(b) white shark (Carcharodon carcharías) in all waters;

(c) leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;

(d) Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;

(e) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in all waters;

(f) kitefin shark (Dalatias licha) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;

(g) birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;

(h) common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(i) great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;

(j) smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;

(k) tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;

(l) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in all waters;

(m) reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) in all waters;

(n) giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in all waters;

(o) the following species of Mobula rays in all waters:

(i) devil fish (Mobula mobular),

(ii) lesser Guinean devil ray (Mobula rochebrunei),

(iii) spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica),

(iv) smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni),

(v) longhorned mobula (Mobula eregoodootenkee),

(vi) Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana),

(vii) Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana),

(viii) shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii),

(ix) lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma);

(p) the following species of sawfish (Pristidae) in all waters:

(i) pointed sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata),

(ii) dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata),

(iii) smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata),

(iv) largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis),

(v) green sawfish (Pristis zijsron);

(q) thornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division 3a;

(r) Norwegian skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7k;

(s) undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 and 10;

(t) white skate (Rostroraja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(u) guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12;

(v) picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, with the exception of avoidance programmes as set out in Annex IA;

(w) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters;

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(x) whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in all waters.

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2. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Article 14

Data transmission

When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States submit to the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.







CHAPTER II

Fishing authorisations in third-country waters

Article 15

Fishing authorisations

1. The maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels fishing in waters of a third country is set out in Annex III.

2. Where one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (‘swap’) in the fishing areas set out in Annex III to this Regulation on the basis of Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the transfer shall include an appropriate transfer of fishing authorisations and shall be notified to the Commission. However, the total number of fishing authorisations for each fishing area, as set out in Annex III to this Regulation, shall not be exceeded.







CHAPTER III

Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Article 16

Quota transfers and exchanges

1. Where, under the rules of a regional fisheries management organisation (‘RFMO’), quota transfers or exchanges between the Contracting Parties to the RFMO are permitted, a Member State (‘the Member State concerned’) may discuss with a Contracting Party to the RFMO and, as appropriate, establish a possible outline of an intended quota transfer or exchange.

2. Upon notification to the Commission by the Member State concerned, the Commission may endorse the outline of the intended quota transfer or exchange that the Member State has discussed with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO. Thereupon, the Commission shall express, without undue delay, the consent to be bound by such quota transfer or exchange with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO. The Commission shall notify the secretariat of the RFMO of the agreed quota transfer or exchange in accordance with the rules of that organisation.

3. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the agreed quota transfer or exchange.

4. The fishing opportunities received from or transferred to the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO under the quota transfer or exchange shall be deemed to be quotas allocated to, or deducted from, the allocation of the Member State concerned, as of the moment that the quota transfer or exchange takes effect in accordance with the terms of the agreement reached with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO or in accordance with the rules of the relevant RFMO, as appropriate. Such allocation shall not change the existing distribution key for the purpose of allocating fishing opportunities among Member States in accordance with the principle of relative stability of fishing activities.

5. This Article shall apply until 31 January 2019 for quota transfers from a RFMO Contracting Party to the Union and their subsequent allocation to Member States.







Section 1

ICCAT Convention Area

Article 17

Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations

1. The number of Union bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Eastern Atlantic shall be limited as set out in point 1 of Annex IV.

2. The number of Union coastal artisanal fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Mediterranean shall be limited as set out in point 2 of Annex IV.

3. The number of Union fishing vessels fishing for bluefin tuna in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm shall be limited as set out in point 3 of Annex IV.

4. The number and total capacity in gross tonnage of fishing vessels authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean shall be limited as set out in point 4 of Annex IV.

5. The number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery shall be limited as set out in point 5 of Annex IV.

6. The bluefin tuna farming capacity, the fattening capacity and the maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna allocated to the farms in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean shall be limited as set out in point 6 of Annex IV.

7. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 shall be limited as set out in point 7 of Annex IV to this Regulation.

8. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 metres length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be limited as set out in point 8 of Annex IV.

Article 18

Recreational fisheries

Where appropriate, Member States shall allocate a specific share for recreational fisheries from their allocated quotas as set out in Annex ID.

Article 19

Sharks

1. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus) in any fishery shall be prohibited.

2. It shall be prohibited to undertake a directed fishery for species of thresher sharks of the Alopias genus.

3. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of hammerhead sharks of the Sphyrnidae family (except for the Sphyrna tiburo) in association with fisheries in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be prohibited.

4. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) taken in any fishery shall be prohibited.

5. Retaining on board silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) taken in any fishery shall be prohibited.







Section 2

CCAMLR Convention Area

Article 20

Prohibitions and catch limitations

1. Direct fishing of the species set out in Part A of Annex V, shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out therein.

2. For exploratory fisheries, the TACs and by-catch limits set out in Part B of Annex V, shall apply in the subareas set out therein.

Article 21

Exploratory fisheries

1. Member States may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a outside areas of national jurisdiction in 2018. If a Member State intends to participate in such fisheries, it shall notify the CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with Articles 7 and 7a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 and in any case no later than 1 June 2018.

2. With regard to FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a, TACs and by-catch limits per subarea and division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them, shall be as set out in Part B of Annex V. Fishing in any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the specified TAC, and the SSRU shall be closed to fishing for the remainder of the season.

3. Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information necessary to determine fishery potential and to avoid over-concentration of catch and fishing effort. However, fishing in FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a shall be prohibited in depths less than 550 metres.

Article 22

Krill fishery during the 2018/2019 fishing season

1. If a Member State intends to fish for krill (Euphausia superba) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2018/2019 fishing season, it shall notify the Commission, no later than 1 May 2018, of its intention to fish for krill, using the format laid down in Part C of Annex V to this Regulation. On the basis of the information provided by Member States, the Commission shall submit the notifications to the CCAMLR Secretariat no later than 30 May 2018.

2. The notification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall include the information provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 for each vessel to be authorised by the Member State to participate in the krill fishery.

3. A Member State intending to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention Area shall notify its intention to do so only in respect of authorised vessels either flying its flag at the time of the notification or flying the flag of another CCAMLR member that are expected, at the time the fishery takes place, to be flying the flag of that Member State.

4. Member States shall be entitled to authorise participation in a krill fishery by vessels other than those notified to CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, if an authorised vessel is prevented from participation due to legitimate operational reasons or force majeure. In such circumstances the Member States concerned shall immediately inform the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission, providing:

(a) full details of the intended replacement vessel(s), including information provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

(b) a comprehensive account of the reasons justifying the replacement and any relevant supporting evidence or references.

5. Member States shall not authorise a vessel on any CCAMLR illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) Vessel List to participate in krill fisheries.







Section 3

IOTC Area of Competence

Article 23

Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence

1. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels fishing for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 1 of Annex VI.

2. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels fishing for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the IOTC Area of Competence and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 2 of Annex VI.

3. Member States may re-allocate vessels assigned to one of the two fisheries referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the other fishery, provided that they can demonstrate to the Commission that this change does not lead to an increase of fishing effort on the fish stocks involved.

4. Member States shall ensure that, where there is a proposed transfer of capacity to their fleet, vessels to be transferred are on the IOTC Record of Vessels or on the record of vessels of other tuna RFMOs. Furthermore, no vessels featuring on the list of vessels engaged in IUU fishing activities of any RFMO may be transferred.

5. Member States may only increase their fishing capacity beyond the ceilings referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within the limits set out in the development plans submitted to the IOTC.

Article 24

Drifting FADs and supply vessels

1. A purse-seine vessel shall not deploy more than 350 active drifting FADs at any time.

2. The number of supply vessels shall be no more than one supply vessel in support of not less than two purse-seine vessels, all flying the flag of the same Member State. This provision shall not apply to Member States using only one supply vessel.

3. A single purse seine vessel shall not be supported by more than one single supply vessel of the same flag State at any time.

4. As from 1 January 2018, no new or additional supply vessel shall be registered in the IOTC Record of Authorised Vessels.

Article 25

Sharks

1. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of thresher sharks of all the species of the Alopiidae family in any fishery shall be prohibited.

2. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) in any fishery shall be prohibited, except for vessels under 24 metres overall length engaged solely in fishing operations within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Member State whose flag they fly, and provided that their catch is destined solely for local consumption.

3. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.







Section 4

SPRFMO Convention Area

Article 26

Pelagic fisheries

1. Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 may fish for pelagic stocks in that area in accordance with the TACs set out in Annex IJ.

2. Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall limit the total level of gross tonnage of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2017 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area.

3. The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IJ may only be used under the condition that Member States send to the Commission the list of vessels actively fishing or engaged in transhipment in the SPRFMO Convention Area, records from vessel monitoring systems, monthly catch reports and, where available, port calls, at the latest by the fifth day of the following month, with the aim of communicating that information to the SPRFMO Secretariat.

Article 27

Bottom fisheries

1. Member States shall limit their bottom fishing catch or effort in 2017 in the SPRFMO Convention Area to those parts of the Convention Area where bottom fishing has occurred from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 and to a level that does not exceed the annual average levels of catches or effort parameters in that period. They may fish beyond the track record only if SPRFMO endorses their plan to fish beyond the track record.

2. Member States without a track record in bottom fishing catch or effort in the SPRFMO Convention Area over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 shall not fish, unless SPRFMO endorses their plan to fish without the track record.







Section 5

IATTC Convention Area

Article 28

Purse-seine fisheries

1. Fishing by purse-seine vessels for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) shall be prohibited:

(a) from 29 July 00:00 hours to 8 October 2018 24:00 hours or from 9 November 2018 00:00 hours to 19 January 2019 24:00 hours in the area defined by the following limits:

— the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,

— longitude 150° W,

— latitude 40° N,

— latitude 40° S;

(b) from 9 October 2018 00:00 hours to 8 November 2018 24:00 hours in the area defined by the following limits:

— longitude 96° W,

— longitude 110° W,

— latitude 4° N,

— latitude 3° S.

2. For each of their vessels, Member States concerned shall notify to the Commission before 1 April 2018 the selected period of closure referred to in paragraph 1. All the purse-seine vessels of the Member States concerned shall stop purse-seine fishing in the areas defined in paragraph 1 during the selected period.

3. Purse-seine vessels fishing for tuna in the IATTC Convention Area shall retain on board and then land or tranship all yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack tuna caught.

4. Paragraph 3 shall not apply in the following cases:

(a) where the fish is considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size; or

(b) during the final set of a trip when there may be insufficient well space remaining to accommodate all the tuna caught in that set.

Article 29

Drifting FADs

1. A purse-seine vessel shall not have more than 450 FADs active at any time in the IATTC Convention Area. A FAD is considered active when it is deployed at sea, starts transmitting its location and is being tracked by the vessel, its owner or operator. A FAD shall only be activated on board a purse-seine vessel.

2. A purse-seine vessel may not deploy FADs during 15 days before the start of the selected closure period set out in Article 28(1)(a) and it shall recover the same number of FADs as initially deployed within 15 days prior to the start of the closure period.

3. Member States shall report to the Commission, on a monthly basis, daily information on all active FADs as required by the IATTC. The reports shall be submitted with a delay of at least 60 days, but not longer than 75 days. The Commission shall transmit that information to the IATTC Secretariat without delay.

Article 30

Catch limits for bigeye tuna in long-line fisheries

The total annual catches of bigeye tuna by longline vessels of each Member State in the IATTC Convention Area shall not exceed 500 metric tons or their respective yearly catches of bigeye tuna in 2001.

Article 31

Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks

1. It shall be prohibited to fish for oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the IATTC Convention Area, and to retain on board, to tranship, to store, to offer to sell, to sell or to land any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks caught in that area.

2. When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released by vessel operators.

3. Vessel operators shall:

(a) record the number of releases with indication of status (dead or alive);

(b) report the information specified in point (a) to the Member State of which they are nationals. Member States shall transmit the information collected during the previous year to the Commission by 31 January.

Article 32

Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays

It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels in the IATTC Convention Area to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship, to land, to store, to offer to sell or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays (family Mobulidae, which includes the genera Manta and Mobula). As soon as Union fishing vessels notice that Mobulid rays have been caught, Union fishing vessels shall, wherever possible, promptly release them alive and unharmed.







Section 6

SEAFO Convention Area

Article 33

Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks

Directed fishing for the following deep water sharks in the SEAFO Convention Area shall be prohibited:

— ghost catshark (Apristurus manis),

— blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi),

— shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus),

— great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps),

— smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus),

— skates (Rajidae),

— velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus),

— deep-sea sharks of the Selachimorpha super-order,

— picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias).







Section 7

WCPFC Convention Area

Article 34

Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries

1. Member States shall ensure that the number of fishing days allocated to purse-seine vessels fishing for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located in the high seas between 20° N and 20° S does not exceed 403 days.

2. Union fishing vessels shall not target south Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the WCPFC Convention Area south of 20° S.

3. Member States shall ensure that catches of bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) by longliners do not exceed 2 000 tonnes in 2018.

Article 35

Management of fishing with FADs

1. In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20° N and 20° S, it shall be prohibited for purse-seine vessels to deploy, service or set on FADs between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2018 and 24:00 hours of 30 September 2018.

2. In addition to the prohibition set in paragraph 1, it shall be prohibited to set on FADs on the high seas of the WCPFC Convention Area, between 20° N and 20° S, for an additional two months: either from 00:00 hours of 1 April 2018 to 24:00 hours of 31 May 2018, or from 00:00 hours of 1 November 2018 to 24:00 hours of 31 December 2018. The choice for the additional two months shall be notified to the Commission before 31 January 2018.

3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following cases:

(a) in the final set of a trip, if the vessel has insufficient well space left to accommodate all fish;

(b) where the fish is unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size; or

(c) when a serious malfunction of freezer equipment occurs.

4. Member States shall ensure that each of its purse-seine vessels have deployed at sea, at any time, no more than 350 FADs with activated instrumented buoys. The buoy shall be activated exclusively onboard a vessel.

5. All purse-seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area referred to in paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught.

Article 36

Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish

The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as set out in Annex VII.

Article 37

Catch limits for swordfish in long-line fisheries south of 20°S

Member States shall ensure that catches of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) south of 20°S by long-liners do not exceed in 2018 the limit set out in Annex IH. Member States shall also ensure that there is no shift of the fishing effort for swordfish to the area north of the 20°S, as a result of that measure.

Article 38

Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks

1. Retaining on board, transhipping, storing or landing any part or whole carcass of the following species in the WCPFC Convention Area shall be prohibited:

(a) silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis),

(b) oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus).

2. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Article 39

Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC

1. Vessels listed exclusively in the WCPFC register shall apply the measures set out in this Section when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(s).

2. Vessels listed in both the WCPFC register and the IATTC register and vessels listed exclusively in the IATTC register shall apply the measures set out in Article 28(1)(a), (2), (3) and (4) and Articles 29, 30 and 31 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(s).







Section 8

GFCM Agreement Area

Article 40

Small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18

1. Catches of small pelagic stocks by Union fishing vessels in the geographical subareas 17 and 18 shall not exceed the levels exerted in 2014, reported in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011, as set out in Annex IL to this Regulation.

2. Union fishing vessels targeting small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18 shall not exceed 180 fishing days per year. Within that total of 180 fishing days, a maximum of 144 fishing days targeting sardine and a maximum of 144 fishing days targeting anchovy shall apply.







Section 9

Bering Sea

Article 41

Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea

Fishing for pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the high seas of the Bering Sea shall be prohibited.







TITLE III

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS

Article 42

TACs

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Union waters within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.

Article 43

Fishing authorisations

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008. The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters shall be as set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Article 44

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

The conditions specified in Article 7 shall apply to catches and by-catches of third-country vessels fishing under the authorisations specified in Article 43.

Article 45

Prohibitions

1. It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species whenever they are found in Union waters:

(a) starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4;

(b) the following species of sawfish in Union waters:

(i) pointed sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata),

(ii) dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata),

(iii) smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata),

(iv) largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis),

(v) green sawfish (Pristis zijsron);

(c) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Union waters;

(d) common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(e) tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;

(f) smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;

(g) kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4 and 14;

(h) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in Union waters;

(i) reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) in Union waters;

(j) giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in Union waters;

(k) the following species of Mobula rays in Union waters:

(i) devil fish (Mobula mobular),

(ii) lesser Guinean devil ray (Mobula rochebrunei),

(iii) spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica),

(iv) smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni),

(v) longhorned mobula (Mobula eregoodootenkee),

(vi) Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana),

(vii) Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana),

(viii) shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii),

(ix) lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma);

(l) hornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division 3a;

(m) Norwegian skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7k;

(n) undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 9 and 10 and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(o) guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12;

(p) picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(q) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters;

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2. When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.







TITLE IV

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2017

Article 46

Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/127

The fishing opportunities table for turbot and brill in Union waters of IIa and IV in Annex IA to Regulation (EU) 2017/127 is replaced by the following table:







Species: Turbot and brill Psetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus Zone: Union waters of IIa and IV (T/B/2AC4-C) Belgium 434 Denmark 928 Germany 237 France 112 The Netherlands 3 291 Sweden 7 United Kingdom 915 Union 5 924 TAC 5 924 Precautionary TAC







TITLE V

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 47

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture established by Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 48

Transitional provision

Article 9, Article 11(2), Articles 13, 19, 20, 25, 31, 32, 33, 38, 41 and 45 shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, in 2019 until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2019.

Article 49

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2018.

However, Article 8 shall apply from 1 February 2018 and Article 46 shall apply retroactively from 1 January 2017.

The provisions on fishing opportunities set out in Articles 20, 21 and 22 and Annexes IE and V for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area shall apply from 1 December 2017.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.









LIST OF ANNEXES







ANNEX I: TACs applicable to Union fishing vessels in areas where TACs exist by species and by area ANNEX IA: Skagerrak, Kattegat, ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14, Union waters of CECAF, French Guiana waters ANNEX IB: North East Atlantic and Greenland, ICES subareas 1, 2, 5, 12 and 14 and Greenland waters of NAFO 1 ANNEX IC: North West Atlantic — NAFO Convention Area ANNEX ID: ICCAT Convention Area ANNEX IE: Antarctic — CCAMLR Convention Area ANNEX IF: South-East Atlantic Ocean — SEAFO Convention Area ANNEX IG: Southern bluefin tuna — areas of distribution ANNEX IH: WCPFC Convention Area ANNEX IJ: SPRFMO Convention Area ANNEX IK IOTC Area of Competence ANNEX IL GFCM Agreement Area ANNEX IIA: Fishing effort for vessels in ICES subarea 4 ANNEX IIB: Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the recovery of certain Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in ICES divisions 8c and 9a excluding the Gulf of Cádiz ANNEX IIC: Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of Western Channel sole stocks in ICES division 7e ANNEX IID: Management areas for sandeel in ICES divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4 ANNEX III: Maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in third-country waters ANNEX IV: ICCAT Convention Area ANNEX V: CCAMLR Convention Area ANNEX VI: IOTC Area of Competence ANNEX VII: WCPFC Convention Area ANNEX VIII: Quantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters









ANNEX I

TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

The tables in Annexes IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IF, IG, IJ, IK and IL set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and, where appropriate, the conditions functionally linked thereto.

All fishing opportunities set out in this Annex shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 ( 18 ), and in particular Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation.

The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified. Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. Only Latin names identify species for regulatory purposes; vernacular names are provided for ease of reference.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:







Scientific name Alpha-3 code Common name Amblyraja radiata RJR Starry ray Ammodytes spp. SAN Sandeels Argentina silus ARU Greater silver smelt Beryx spp. ALF Alfonsinos Brosme brosme USK Tusk Caproidae BOR Boarfish Centrophorus squamosus GUQ Leafscale gulper shark Centroscymnus coelolepis CYO Portuguese dogfish Chaceon spp. GER Deep sea red crab Chaenocephalus aceratus SSI Blackfin icefish Champsocephalus gunnari ANI Mackerel icefish Channichthys rhinoceratus LIC Unicorn icefish Chionoecetes spp. PCR Snow crab Clupea harengus HER Herring Coryphaenoides rupestris RNG Roundnose grenadier Dalatias licha SCK Kitefin shark Deania calcea DCA Birdbeak dogfish Dicentrarchus labrax BSS European seabass Dipturus batis (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) RJB Common skate complex Dissostichus eleginoides TOP Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni TOA Antarctic toothfish Dissostichus spp. TOT Toothfish Engraulis encrasicolus ANE Anchovy Etmopterus princeps ETR Great lanternshark Etmopterus pusillus ETP Smooth lanternshark Euphausia superba KRI Krill Gadus morhua COD Cod Galeorhinus galeus GAG Tope shark Glyptocephalus cynoglossus WIT Witch flounder Hippoglossoides platessoides PLA American plaice Hippoglossus hippoglossus HAL Atlantic halibut Hoplostethus atlanticus ORY Orange roughy Illex illecebrosus SQI Shortfin squid Lamna nasus POR Porbeagle Lepidorhombus spp. LEZ Megrims Leucoraja naevus RJN Cuckoo ray Limanda ferruginea YEL Yellowtail flounder Lophiidae ANF Anglerfish Macrourus spp. GRV Grenadiers Makaira nigricans BUM Blue marlin Mallotus villosus CAP Capelin Manta birostris RMB Giant manta ray Martialia hyadesi SQS Squid Melanogrammus aeglefinus HAD Haddock Merlangius merlangus WHG Whiting Merluccius merluccius HKE Hake Micromesistius poutassou WHB Blue whiting Microstomus kitt LEM Lemon sole Molva dypterygia BLI Blue ling Molva molva LIN Ling Nephrops norvegicus NEP Norway lobster Notothenia gibberifrons NOG Humped rockcod Notothenia rossii NOR Marbled rockcod Notothenia squamifrons NOS Grey rockcod Pandalus borealis PRA Northern prawn Paralomis spp. PAI Crabs Penaeus spp. PEN ‘Penaeus’ shrimps Pleuronectes platessa PLE Plaice Pleuronectiformes FLX Flatfish Pollachius pollachius POL Pollack Pollachius virens POK Saithe Psetta maxima TUR Turbot Pseudochaenichthys georgianus SGI South Georgia icefish Pseudopentaceros spp. EDW Pelagic armourhead Raja alba RJA White skate Raja brachyura RJH Blonde ray Raja circularis RJI Sandy ray Raja clavata RJC Thornback ray Raja fullonica RJF Shagreen ray Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis JAD Norwegian skate Raja microocellata RJE Small-eyed ray Raja montagui RJM Spotted ray Raja undulata RJU Undulate ray Rajiformes SRX Skates and rays Reinhardtius hippoglossoides GHL Greenland halibut Sardina pilchardus PIL Sardine Scomber scombrus MAC Mackerel Scophthalmus rhombus BLL Brill Sebastes spp. RED Redfish Solea solea SOL Common sole Solea spp. SOO Sole Sprattus sprattus SPR Sprat Squalus acanthias DGS Picked dogfish Tetrapturus albidus WHM White marlin Thunnus maccoyii SBF Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus obesus BET Bigeye tuna Thunnus thynnus BFT Bluefin tuna Trachurus murphyi CJM Jack mackerel Trachurus spp. JAX Horse mackerel Trisopterus esmarkii NOP Norway pout Urophycis tenuis HKW White hake Xiphias gladius SWO Swordfish

The following comparative table of common names and Latin names is provided exclusively for explanatory purposes:







Common name Alpha-3 code Scientific name Alfonsinos ALF Beryx spp. American plaice PLA Hippoglossoides platessoides Anchovy ANE Engraulis encrasicolus Anglerfish ANF Lophiidae Antarctic toothfish TOA Dissostichus mawsoni Atlantic halibut HAL Hippoglossus hippoglossus Bigeye tuna BET Thunnus obesus Birdbeak dogfish DCA Deania calcea Blackfin icefish SSI Chaenocephalus aceratus Blonde ray RJH Raja brachyura Blue ling BLI Molva dypterygia Blue marlin BUM Makaira nigricans Blue whiting WHB Micromesistius poutassou Bluefin tuna BFT Thunnus thynnus Boarfish BOR Caproidae Brill BLL Scophthalmus rhombus Capelin CAP Mallotus villosus Cod COD Gadus morhua Common skate complex RJB Dipturus batis (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) Common sole SOL Solea solea Crabs PAI Paralomis spp. Cuckoo ray RJN Leucoraja naevus Deep sea red crab GER Chaceon spp. Flatfish FLX Pleuronectiformes Giant manta ray RMB Manta birostris Great lanternshark ETR Etmopterus princeps Greater silver smelt ARU Argentina silus Greenland halibut GHL Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Grenadiers GRV Macrourus spp. Grey rockcod NOS Notothenia squamifrons Haddock HAD Melanogrammus aeglefinus Hake HKE Merluccius merluccius Herring HER Clupea harengus Horse mackerel JAX Trachurus spp. Humped rockcod NOG Notothenia gibberifrons Jack mackerel CJM Trachurus murphyi Kitefin shark SCK Dalatias licha Krill KRI Euphausia superba Leafscale gulper shark GUQ Centrophorus squamosus Lemon sole LEM Microstomus kitt Ling LIN Molva molva Mackerel MAC Scomber scombrus Mackerel icefish ANI Champsocephalus gunnari Marbled rockcod NOR Notothenia rossii Megrims LEZ Lepidorhombus spp. Northern prawn PRA Pandalus borealis Norway lobster NEP Nephrops norvegicus Norway pout NOP Trisopterus esmarkii Norwegian skate JAD Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis Orange roughy ORY Hoplostethus atlanticus Patagonian toothfish TOP Dissostichus eleginoides Pelagic armourhead EDW Pseudopentaceros spp. ‘Penaeus’ shrimps PEN Penaeus spp. Picked dogfish DGS Squalus acanthias Plaice PLE Pleuronectes platessa Pollack POL Pollachius pollachius Porbeagle POR Lamna nasus Portuguese dogfish CYO Centroscymnus coelolepis Redfish RED Sebastes spp. Roundnose grenadier RNG Coryphaenoides rupestris Saithe POK Pollachius virens Sandeels SAN Ammodytes spp. Sandy ray RJI Raja circularis Sardine PIL Sardina pilchardus European seabass BSS Dicentrarchus labrax Shagreen ray RJF Raja fullonica Shortfin squid SQI Illex illecebrosus Skates and rays SRX Rajiformes Small-eyed ray RJE Raja microocellata Smooth lanternshark ETP Etmopterus pusillus Snow crab PCR Chionoecetes spp. Sole SOO Solea spp. South Georgia icefish SGI Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Southern bluefin tuna SBF Thunnus maccoyii Spotted ray RJM Raja montagui Sprat SPR Sprattus sprattus Squid SQS Martialia hyadesi Starry ray RJR Amblyraja radiata Swordfish SWO Xiphias gladius Thornback ray RJC Raja clavata Toothfish TOT Dissostichus spp. Tope shark GAG Galeorhinus galeus Turbot TUR Psetta maxima Tusk USK Brosme brosme Undulate ray RJU Raja undulata Unicorn icefish LIC Channichthys rhinoceratus White hake HKW Urophycis tenuis White marlin WHM Tetrapturus albidus White skate RJA Raja alba Whiting WHG Merlangius merlangus Witch flounder WIT Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Yellowtail flounder YEL Limanda ferruginea









ANNEX IA

SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, ICES SUBAREAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 AND 14, UNION WATERS OF CECAF, FRENCH GUIANA WATERS

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Species: Sandeel and associated by-catches Ammodytes spp. Zone: Union waters of 2a, 3a and 4 (1) Denmark 195 875 (2) United Kingdom 4 282 (2) Germany 300 (2) Sweden 7 193 (2) Union 207 650 TAC 207 650 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) Excluding waters within six nautical miles of the UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula. (2) Up to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and mackerel (OT1/*2A3A4). By-catches of whiting and mackerel counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota. Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following sandeel management areas, as defined in Annex IID:



Zone: Union waters of sandeel management areas 1r 2r (1) 3r 4 5r 6 7r (SAN/234_1R) (SAN/234_2R) (SAN/234_3R) (SAN/234_4) (SAN/234_5R) (SAN/234_6) (SAN/234_7R) Denmark 126 837 4 717 8 177 55 979 0 165 0 United Kingdom 2 772 103 179 1 224 0 4 0 Germany 194 7 13 86 0 0 0 Sweden 4 658 173 300 2 056 0 6 0 Union 134 461 5 000 8 669 59 345 0 175 0 Total 134 461 5 000 8 669 59 345 0 175 0 (1) In management area 2r the TAC may only be fished as a monitoring TAC with an associated sampling protocol for the fishery.

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Species: Greater silver smelt Argentina silus Zone: Union and international waters of 1 and 2 (ARU/1/2.) Germany 24 France 8 The Netherlands 19 United Kingdom 39 Union 90 TAC 90 Precautionary TAC

▼M1







Species: Greater silver smelt Argentina silus Zone: Union waters of 3a and 4 (ARU/3A4-C) Denmark 1 093 Germany 11 France 8 Ireland 8 The Netherlands 51 Sweden 43 United Kingdom 20 Union 1 234 TAC 1 234 Precautionary TAC

▼B







Species: Greater silver smelt Argentina silus Zone: Union and international waters of 5, 6 and 7 (ARU/567.) Germany 355 France 7 Ireland 329 The Netherlands 3 710 United Kingdom 260 Union 4 661 TAC 4 661 Precautionary TAC







Species: Tusk Brosme brosme Zone: Union and international waters of 1, 2 and 14 (USK/1214EI) Germany 6 (1) France 6 (1) United Kingdom 6 (1) Others 3 (1) Union 21 (1) TAC 21 Precautionary TAC (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

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Species: Tusk Brosme brosme Zone: 3a (USK/03A.) Denmark 15 Sweden 8 Germany 8 Union 31 TAC 31 Precautionary TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

▼B







Species: Tusk Brosme brosme Zone: Union waters of 4 (USK/04-C.) Denmark 68 Germany 20 France 47 Sweden 7 United Kingdom 102 Others 7 (1) Union 251 TAC 251 Precautionary TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

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Species: Tusk Brosme brosme Zone: Union and international waters of 5, 6 and 7 (USK/567EI.) Germany 17 Spain 60 France 705 Ireland 68 United Kingdom 340 Others 17 (5) Union 1 207 Norway 2 923 (1) (2) (3) (4) TAC 4 130 Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. (2) To be fished in Union waters of 2a, 4, 5b, 6 and 7 (USK/*24X7C). (3) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in 5b, 6 and 7. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in 5b, 6 and 7 shall not exceed the following amount, in tonnes (OTH/*5B67-): 3 000 . By-catch of cod under this provision in area 6a may not be more than 5 %. ( 4 ) Including ling. The following quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in 5b, 6 and 7:



Ling (LIN/*5B67-) 7 500 Tusk (USK/*5B67-) 2 923 . (5) The tusk and ling quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following amount, in tonnes: 2 000 .

▼B







Species: Tusk Brosme brosme Zone: Norwegian waters of 4 (USK/04-N.) Belgium 0 Denmark 165 Germany 1 France 0 The Netherlands 0 United Kingdom 4 Union 170 TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply







Species: Boarfish Caproidae Zone: Union and international waters of 6, 7 and 8 (BOR/678-) Denmark 5 001 Ireland 14 084 United Kingdom 1 295 Union 20 380 TAC 20 380 Precautionary TAC







Species: Herring (1) Clupea harengus Zone: 3a (HER/03A.) Denmark 20 255 (2) Germany 324 (3) Sweden 21 189 (2) Union 41 768 (2) Norway 6 459 Faroe Islands 200 (2) TAC 48 427 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. (2) Special condition: up to 50 % of this amount may be fished in Union waters of 4 (HER/*04-C.). (3) May only be fished in the Skagerrak (HER/*03AN.).







Species: Herring (1) Clupea harengus Zone: Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N (HER/4AB.) Denmark 111 299 Germany 65 302 France 27 114 The Netherlands 70 776 Sweden 6 105 United Kingdom 79 381 Union 359 977 Faroe Islands 400 Norway 174 171 (2) TAC 600 588 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. (2) Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC. Within the limit of this quota, no more than the following amount may be taken in Union waters of 4a and 4b (HER/*4AB-C): 50 000 . Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:



Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-) (1) Union 50 000 (1) Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.







Species: Herring (1) Clupea harengus Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/04-N.) Sweden 1 239 (1) Union 1 239 TAC 600 588 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for those species.







Species: Herring (1) Clupea harengus Zone: 3a (HER/03A-BC) Denmark 5 692 Germany 51 Sweden 916 Union 6 659 TAC 6 659 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for catches of herring taken as by-catch in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.







Species: Herring (1) Clupea harengus Zone: 4, 7d and Union waters of 2a (HER/2A47DX) Belgium 48 Denmark 9 256 Germany 48 France 48 The Netherlands 48 Sweden 45 United Kingdom 176 Union 9 669 TAC 9 669 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for catches of herring taken as by-catch in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.







Species: Herring (1) Clupea harengus Zone: 4c, 7d (2) (HER/4CXB7D) Belgium 10 139 (3) Denmark 1 718 (3) Germany 1 008 (3) France 16 644 (3) The Netherlands 30 002 (3) United Kingdom 6 529 (3) Union 66 040 TAC 600 588 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. (2) Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by a rhumb line running due south from Landguard Point (51° 56′ N, 1° 19,1′ E) to latitude 51° 33′ N and hence due west to a point on the coast of the United Kingdom. (3) Special condition: up to 50 % of this quota may be taken in 4b (HER/*04B.).







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: Union and international waters of 5b, 6b and 6aN (1) (HER/5B6ANB) Germany 466 (2) France 88 (2) Ireland 630 (2) The Netherlands 466 (2) United Kingdom 2 520 (2) Union 4 170 (2) TAC 4 170 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) Reference is to the herring stock in the part of ICES zone 6a which lies east of the meridian of longitude 7° W and north of the parallel of latitude 55° N, or west of the meridian of longitude 7° W and north of the parallel of latitude 56° N, excluding the Clyde. (2) It shall be prohibited to target any herring in the part of the ICES zones subject to this TAC that lies between 56° N and 57° 30′ N, with the exception of a six nautical mile belt measured from the baseline of the United Kingdom's territorial sea.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: 6aS (1), 7b, 7c (HER/6AS7BC) Ireland 1 482 The Netherlands 148 Union 1 630 TAC 1 630 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) Reference is to the herring stock in 6a south of 56° 00′ N and west of 07° 00′ W.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: 6 Clyde (1) (HER/06ACL.) United Kingdom To be established Union To be established (2) TAC To be established (2) Precautionary TAC Article 6(2) of this Regulation applies. ( 1 ) Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between: — the Mull of Kintyre (55° 17,9′ N, 05° 47,8′ W); — a point at position (55° 04′ N, 05° 23′ W); and — Corsewall Point (55° 00,5′ N, 05° 09,4′ W). (2) Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of the United Kingdom.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: 7a (1) (HER/07A/MM) Ireland 1 826 United Kingdom 5 190 Union 7 016 TAC 7 016 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies ( 1 ) This zone is reduced by the area bounded: — to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N; — to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N; — to the west by the coast of Ireland; — to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: 7e and 7f (HER/7EF.) France 465 United Kingdom 465 Union 930 TAC 930 Precautionary TAC







Species: Herring Clupea harengus Zone: 7g (1), 7h (1), 7j (1) and 7k (1) (HER/7G-K.) Germany 113 France 625 Ireland 8 751 The Netherlands 625 United Kingdom 13 Union 10 127 TAC 10 127 Analytical TAC ►M2 Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies ◄ ( 1 ) This zone is increased by the area bounded: — to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N; — to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N; — to the west by the coast of Ireland; — to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.







Species: Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus Zone: 8 (ANE/08.) Spain 29 700 France 3 300 Union 33 000 TAC 33 000 Analytical TAC

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Species: Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus Zone: 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANE/9/3411) Spain 10 802 (1) Portugal 11 784 (1) Union 22 586 (1) TAC 22 586 (1) Precautionary TAC (1) The quota may only be fished from 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2019.

▼B







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: Skagerrak (COD/03AN.) Belgium 20 Denmark 6 397 Germany 160 The Netherlands 40 Sweden 1 119 Union 7 736 TAC 7 995 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: Kattegat (COD/03AS.) Denmark 389 (1) Germany 8 (1) Sweden 233 (1) Union 630 (1) TAC 630 (1) Precautionary TAC (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: 4; Union waters of 2a; that part of 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat (COD/2A3AX4) Belgium 1 275 Denmark 7 327 Germany 4 645 France 1 575 The Netherlands 4 140 Sweden 49 United Kingdom 16 808 Union 35 819 Norway 7 337 (1) TAC 43 156 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) May be taken in Union waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC. Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:



Norwegian waters of 4 (COD/*04N-) Union 31 132







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N (COD/04-N.) Sweden 382 (1) Union 382 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) By-catches of haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for those species.







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: 6b; Union and international waters of 5b west of 12° 00′ W and of 12 and 14 (COD/5W6-14) Belgium 0 Germany 1 France 12 Ireland 16 United Kingdom 45 Union 74 TAC 74 Precautionary TAC







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: 6a; Union and international waters of 5b east of 12° 00′ W (COD/5BE6A) Belgium 0 Germany 0 France 0 Ireland 0 United Kingdom 0 Union 0 TAC 0 (1) Analytical TAC (1) By-catch of cod in the area covered by this TAC may be landed provided that it does not comprise more than 1,5 % of the live weight of the total catch retained on board per fishing trip. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: 7a (COD/07A.) Belgium 9 (1) France 25 (1) Ireland 459 (1) The Netherlands 2 (1) United Kingdom 200 (1) Union 695 (1) TAC 695 (1) Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: 7b, 7c, 7e-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (COD/7XAD34) Belgium 121 France 1 984 Ireland 757 The Netherlands 0 United Kingdom 214 Union 3 076 TAC 3 076 Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies







Species: Cod Gadus morhua Zone: 7d (COD/07D.) Belgium 74 France 1 456 The Netherlands 43 United Kingdom 160 Union 1 733 TAC 1 733 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (LEZ/2AC4-C) Belgium 8 Denmark 7 Germany 7 France 41 The Netherlands 33 United Kingdom 2 430 Union 2 526 TAC 2 526 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: Union and international waters of 5b; 6; international waters of 12 and 14 (LEZ/56-14) Spain 617 France 2 407 Ireland 704 United Kingdom 1 704 Union 5 432 TAC 5 432 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

▼M2







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: 7 (LEZ/07.) Belgium 333 (1) Spain 3 693 (2) France 4 481 (2) Ireland 2 038 (1) United Kingdom 1 765 (1) Union 12 310 TAC 12 310 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies (1) 5 % of this quota may be used in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE) for by-catches in directed fisheries for sole. (2) 25 % of this quota may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE).

▼B







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/8ABDE.) Spain 674 France 544 Union 1 218 TAC 1 218 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Megrims Lepidorhombus spp. Zone: 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (LEZ/8C3411) Spain 1 280 France 64 Portugal 43 Union 1 387 TAC 1 387 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (ANF/2AC4-C) Belgium 573 (1) Denmark 1 264 (1) Germany 618 (1) France 118 (1) The Netherlands 434 (1) Sweden 15 (1) United Kingdom 13 203 (1) Union 16 225 (1) TAC 16 225 Precautionary TAC (1) Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in: 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (ANF/*56-14).







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: Norwegian waters of 4 (ANF/04-N.) Belgium 51 Denmark 1 305 Germany 21 The Netherlands 18 United Kingdom 305 Union 1 700 TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (ANF/56-14) Belgium 330 Germany 377 Spain 353 France 4 059 Ireland 918 The Netherlands 318 United Kingdom 2 825 Union 9 180 TAC 9 180 Precautionary TAC







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: 7 (ANF/07.) Belgium 3 097 (1) Germany 345 (1) Spain 1 231 (1) France 19 875 (1) Ireland 2 540 (1) The Netherlands 401 (1) United Kingdom 6 027 (1) Union 33 516 (1) TAC 33 516 (1) Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies (1) Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (ANF/*8ABDE).







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (ANF/8ABDE.) Spain 1 368 France 7 612 Union 8 980 TAC 8 980 Precautionary TAC







Species: Anglerfish Lophiidae Zone: 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANF/8C3411) Spain 3 296 France 3 Portugal 656 Union 3 955 TAC 3 955 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

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Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: 3a (HAD/03A.) Belgium 12 Denmark 2 070 Germany 132 The Netherlands 2 Sweden 245 Union 2 461 TAC 2 569 Analytical TAC

▼B







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: 4; Union waters of 2a (HAD/2AC4.) Belgium 241 Denmark 1 657 Germany 1 054 France 1 837 The Netherlands 181 Sweden 167 United Kingdom 27 324 Union 32 461 Norway 9 306 TAC 41 767 Analytical TAC Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:



Norwegian waters of 4 (HAD/*04N-) Union 24 146







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HAD/04-N.) Sweden 707 (1) Union 707 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) By-catches of cod, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for those species.







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: Union and international waters of 6b, 12 and 14 (HAD/6B1214) Belgium 12 Germany 40 France 546 Ireland 429 United Kingdom 4 136 Union 5 163 TAC 5 163 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: Union and international waters of 5b and 6a (HAD/5BC6A.) Belgium 5 (1) Germany 6 (1) France 257 (1) Ireland 762 United Kingdom 3 624 (1) Union 4 654 (1) TAC 4 654 (1) Analytical TAC (1) Not more than 10 % of this quota may be fished in 4; Union waters of 2a (HAD/*2AC4.).







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: 7b-k, 8,9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (HAD/7X7A34) Belgium 77 France 4 606 Ireland 1 536 United Kingdom 691 Union 6 910 TAC 6 910 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies







Species: Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Zone: 7a (HAD/07A.) Belgium 51 France 232 Ireland 1 388 United Kingdom 1 536 Union 3 207 TAC 3 207 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: 3a (WHG/03A.) Denmark 929 The Netherlands 3 Sweden 99 Union 1 031 TAC 1 050 Precautionary TAC







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: 4; Union waters of 2a (WHG/2AC4.) Belgium 442 Denmark 1 912 Germany 497 France 2 873 The Netherlands 1 105 Sweden 4 United Kingdom 13 818 Union 20 651 Norway 1 406 (1) TAC 22 057 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) May be taken in Union waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC. Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:



Norwegian waters of 4 (WHG/*04N-) Union 13 991







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (WHG/56-14) Germany 1 (1) France 26 (1) Ireland 64 (1) United Kingdom 122 (1) Union 213 (1) TAC 213 (1) Analytical TAC (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: 7a (WHG/07A.) Belgium 0 France 3 Ireland 46 The Netherlands 0 United Kingdom 31 Union 80 TAC 80 Analytical TAC







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h, 7j and 7k (WHG/7X7A-C) Belgium 217 France 13 328 Ireland 6 176 The Netherlands 108 United Kingdom 2 384 Union 22 213 TAC 22 213 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies







Species: Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone: 8 (WHG/08.) Spain 1 016 France 1 524 Union 2 540 TAC 2 540 Precautionary TAC







Species: Whiting and pollack Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N (W/P/04-N.) Sweden 190 (1) Union 190 TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC (1) By-catches of cod, haddock and saithe are to be counted against the quota for those species.

▼M1







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: 3a (HKE/03A.) Denmark 2 890 (1) Sweden 246 (1) Union 3 136 TAC 3 136 (2) Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Transfers of this quota may be effected to Union waters of 2a and 4. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission. (2) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 111 785 .

▼B







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (HKE/2AC4-C) Belgium 52 (1) Denmark 2 112 (1) Germany 242 (1) France 468 (1) The Netherlands 121 (1) United Kingdom 658 (1) Union 3 653 (1) TAC 3 653 (2) Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Not more than 10 % of this quota may be used for by-catch in 3a (HKE/*03A.). (2) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 111 785 .







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: 6 and 7; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (HKE/571214) Belgium 575 (1) Spain 18 434 France 28 468 (1) Ireland 3 449 The Netherlands 371 (1) United Kingdom 11 239 (1) Union 62 536 TAC 62 536 (2) Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies (1) Transfers of this quota may be effected to Union waters of 2a and 4. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission. (2) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 111 785 . Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:



8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (HKE/*8ABDE) Belgium 74 Spain 2 974 France 2 974 Ireland 372 The Netherlands 37 United Kingdom 1 673 Union 8 104







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (HKE/8ABDE.) Belgium 19 (1) Spain 13 065 France 29 338 The Netherlands 38 (1) Union 42 460 TAC 42 460 (2) Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Transfers of this quota may be effected to 4 and Union waters of 2a. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission. (2) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 111 785 . Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:



6 and 7; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (HKE/*57-14) Belgium 4 Spain 3 784 France 6 812 The Netherlands 11 Union 10 611







Species: Hake Merluccius merluccius Zone: 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (HKE/8C3411) Spain 5 924 France 569 Portugal 2 765 Union 9 258 TAC 9 258 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone: Norwegian waters of 2 and 4 (WHB/24-N.) Denmark 0 United Kingdom 0 Union 0 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC

▼M1







Species: Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone: Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 (WHB/1X14) Denmark 61 277 (1) Germany 23 825 (1) Spain 51 949 (1) (2) France 42 644 (1) Ireland 47 451 (1) The Netherlands 74 720 (1) Portugal 4 826 (1) (2) Sweden 15 158 (1) United Kingdom 79 513 (1) Union 401 363 (1) (3) Norway 110 000 Faroe Islands 10 000 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Special condition: within a total access quantity of 21 500 tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 9,2 %. (2) Transfers of this quota may be effected to 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission. (3) Special condition: from the EU quotas in Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 (WHB/*NZJM1) and in 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/*NZJM2), the following quantity may be fished in the Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen: 227 975 .

▼B







Species: Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone: 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/8C3411) Spain 42 778 Portugal 10 695 Union 53 473 (1) TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) Special condition: from the EU quotas in Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14 (WHB/*NZJM1) and in 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/*NZJM2), the following quantity may be fished in the Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen: 227 975 .







Species: Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone: Union waters of 2, 4a, 5, 6 north of 56° 30′ N and 7 west of 12° W (WHB/24A567) Norway 227 975 (1) (2) Faroe Islands 21 500 (3) (4) TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) To be counted against Norway's catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement. (2) Special condition: the catch in 4a shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 40 000 . (3) To be counted against the catch limits of the Faroe Islands. (4) Special conditions: may also be fished in 6b (WHB/*06B-C). The catch in 4a shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 5 375 .







Species: Lemon sole and witch flounder Microstomus kitt and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (L/W/2AC4-C) Belgium 346 Denmark 953 Germany 122 France 261 The Netherlands 794 Sweden 11 United Kingdom 3 904 Union 6 391 TAC 6 391 Precautionary TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: Union and international waters of 5b, 6, 7 (BLI/5B67-) Germany 110 Estonia 17 Spain 347 France 7 908 Ireland 30 Lithuania 7 Poland 3 United Kingdom 2 011 Others 30 (1) Union 10 463 Norway 150 (2) Faroe Islands 150 (3) TAC 10 763 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. (2) To be fished in Union waters of 2a, 4, 5b, 6 and 7 (BLI/*24X7C). (3) By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbardfish to be counted against this quota. To be fished in Union waters of 6a north of 56° 30′ N and 6b. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.







Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: International waters of 12 (BLI/12INT-) Estonia 1 (1) Spain 273 (1) France 7 (1) Lithuania 2 (1) United Kingdom 2 (1) Others 1 (1) Union 286 (1) TAC 286 (1) Precautionary TAC (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.







Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: Union and international waters of 2 and 4 (BLI/24-) Denmark 4 Germany 4 Ireland 4 France 23 United Kingdom 14 Others 4 (1) Union 53 TAC 53 Precautionary TAC (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

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Species: Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone: Union and international waters of 3a (BLI/03A-) Denmark 3 Germany 2 Sweden 3 Union 8 TAC 8 Precautionary TAC

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Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: Union and international waters of 1 and 2 (LIN/1/2.) Denmark 8 Germany 8 France 8 United Kingdom 8 Others 4 (1) Union 36 TAC 36 Precautionary TAC (1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

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Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: Union waters of 3a (LIN/03A.) Belgium 6 Denmark 50 Germany 6 Sweden 19 United Kingdom 6 Union 87 TAC 87 Precautionary TAC

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Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: Union waters of 4 (LIN/04-C.) Belgium 25 Denmark 385 Germany 238 France 214 The Netherlands 8 Sweden 16 United Kingdom 2 957 Union 3 843 TAC 3 843 Precautionary TAC







Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: Union and international waters of 5 (LIN/05EI.) Belgium 9 Denmark 6 Germany 6 France 6 United Kingdom 6 Union 33 TAC 33 Precautionary TAC

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Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: Union and international waters of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 (LIN/6X14.) Belgium 48 (1) Denmark 8 (1) Germany 173 (1) Spain 3 498 France 3 730 (1) Ireland 935 Portugal 8 United Kingdom 4 296 (1) Union 12 696 Norway 7 500 (2) (3) (4) Faroe Islands 200 (5) (6) TAC 20 396 Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies (1) Special condition: not more than 15 % of this quota may be fished in Union waters of 4 (LIN/*04-C.). (2) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in 5b, 6 and 7. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in 5b, 6 and 7 shall not exceed the following amount, in tonnes (OTH/*6X14.): 3 000 . By-catch of cod under this provision in area 6a may not be more than 5 %. ( 3 ) Including tusk. The quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in 5b, 6 and 7, and they amount to:



Ling (LIN/*5B67-) 7 500 Tusk (USK/*5B67-) 2 923 . (4) The ling and tusk quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following amount, in tonnes: 2 000 . (5) Including tusk. To be fished in 6b and 6a north of 56° 30′ N (LIN/*6BAN.). (6) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 20 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in 6a and 6b. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in 6a and 6b shall not exceed the following amount, in tonnes (OTH/*6AB.): 75.

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Species: Ling Molva molva Zone: Norwegian waters of 4 (LIN/04-N.) Belgium 9 Denmark 1 187 Germany 33 France 13 The Netherlands 2 United Kingdom 106 Union 1 350 TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: 3a (NEP/03A.) Denmark 8 626 Germany 25 Sweden 3 087 Union 11 738 TAC 11 738 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

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Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (NEP/2AC4-C) Belgium 1 282 Denmark 1 282 Germany 19 France 38 The Netherlands 660 United Kingdom 21 237 Union 24 518 TAC 24 518 Analytical TAC







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: Norwegian waters of 4 (NEP/04-N.) Denmark 758 Germany 0 United Kingdom 42 Union 800 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: 6; Union and international waters of 5b (NEP/5BC6.) Spain 25 France 98 Ireland 164 United Kingdom 11 842 Union 12 129 TAC 12 129 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: 7 (NEP/07.) Spain 1 745 (1) France 7 074 (1) Ireland 10 729 (1) United Kingdom 9 543 (1) Union 29 091 (1) TAC 29 091 (1) Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies ( 1 ) Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:



Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7 (NEP/*07U16): Spain 825 France 516 Ireland 992 United Kingdom 401 Union 2 734







Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (NEP/8ABDE.) Spain 217 France 3 397 Union 3 614 TAC 3 614 Analytical TAC

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Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: 8c (NEP/08C.) Spain 2 (1) France 0 Union 2 (1) TAC 2 (1) Precautionary TAC (1) Exclusively for catches taken as part of a sentinel fishery to collect catch per unit effort (CPUE) data in functional unit 25 during five trips per month in August and September with vessels carrying observers on board.

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Species: Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus Zone: 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (NEP/9/3411) Spain 95 (1) Portugal 286 (1) Union 381 (1) (2) TAC 381 (2) Precautionary TAC (1) Of which no more than 6 % may be taken in Functional Units 26 and 27 of ICES division 9a (NEP/*9U267). (2) Within the limits of the abovementioned TAC, no more than the following amount may be taken in Functional Unit 30 of ICES division 9a (NEP/*9U30): 100.

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Species: Northern prawn Pandalus borealis Zone: 3a (PRA/03A.) Denmark 2 162 Sweden 1 165 Union 3 327 TAC 6 230 Precautionary TAC Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply in respect of transfers from 2019 to 2018

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Species: Northern prawn Pandalus borealis Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (PRA/2AC4-C) Denmark 1 453 The Netherlands 14 Sweden 59 United Kingdom 431 Union 1 957 TAC 1 957 Precautionary TAC







Species: Northern prawn Pandalus borealis Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N (PRA/04-N.) Denmark 211 Sweden 123 (1) Union 334 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for those species.







Species: ‘Penaeus’ shrimps Penaeus spp. Zone: French Guiana waters (PEN/FGU.) France to be established (1) Union to be established (1) (2) TAC to be established (1) (2) Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies (1) Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 metres deep. (2) Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of France.







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: Skagerrak (PLE/03AN.) Belgium 92 Denmark 11 946 Germany 61 The Netherlands 2 297 Sweden 640 Union 15 036 TAC 15 343 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: Kattegat (PLE/03AS.) Denmark 1 320 Germany 15 Sweden 148 Union 1 483 TAC 1 483 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 4; Union waters of 2a; that part of 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (PLE/2A3AX4) Belgium 6 447 Denmark 20 952 Germany 6 044 France 1 209 The Netherlands 40 290 United Kingdom 29 816 Union 104 758 Norway 7 885 TAC 112 643 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:



Norwegian waters of 4 (PLE/*04N-) Union 42 986







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (PLE/56-14) France 9 Ireland 261 United Kingdom 388 Union 658 TAC 658 Precautionary TAC







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 7a (PLE/07A.) Belgium 46 France 20 Ireland 1 255 The Netherlands 14 United Kingdom 458 Union 1 793 TAC 1 793 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 7b and 7c (PLE/7BC.) France 11 Ireland 63 Union 74 TAC 74 Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 7d and 7e (PLE/7DE.) Belgium 1 695 France 5 651 United Kingdom 3 014 Union 10 360 TAC 10 360 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 7f and 7g (PLE/7FG.) Belgium 82 France 148 Ireland 204 United Kingdom 77 Union 511 TAC 511 Precautionary TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 7h, 7j and 7k (PLE/7HJK.) Belgium 8 France 16 Ireland 56 The Netherlands 32 United Kingdom 16 Union 128 TAC 128 Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies







Species: Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone: 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (PLE/8/3411) Spain 66 France 263 Portugal 66 Union 395 TAC 395 Precautionary TAC







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (POL/56-14) Spain 6 France 190 Ireland 56 United Kingdom 145 Union 397 TAC 397 Precautionary TAC







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: 7 (POL/07.) Belgium 378 (1) Spain 23 (1) France 8 712 (1) Ireland 929 (1) United Kingdom 2 121 (1) Union 12 163 (1) TAC 12 163 Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies (1) Special condition: of which up to 2 % may be fished in: 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (POL/*8ABDE).







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (POL/8ABDE.) Spain 252 France 1 230 Union 1 482 TAC 1 482 Precautionary TAC







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: 8c (POL/08C.) Spain 208 France 23 Union 231 TAC 231 Precautionary TAC







Species: Pollack Pollachius pollachius Zone: 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (POL/9/3411) Spain 273 (1) Portugal 9 (1) (2) Union 282 (1) TAC 282 (2) Precautionary TAC (1) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of 8c (POL/*08C.). (2) In addition to this TAC, Portugal may fish quantities of pollack not exceeding 98 tonnes (POL/93411P).







Species: Saithe Pollachius virens Zone: 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a (POK/2C3A4) Belgium 37 Denmark 4 365 Germany 11 024 France 25 943 The Netherlands 110 Sweden 600 United Kingdom 8 452 Union 50 531 Norway 55 262 (1) TAC 105 793 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) May only be taken in Union waters of 4 and in 3a (POK/*3A4-C). Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.







Species: Saithe Pollachius virens Zone: 6; Union and international waters of 5b, 12 and 14 (POK/56-14) Germany 534 France 5 305 Ireland 428 United Kingdom 3 308 Union 9 575 Norway 640 (1) TAC 10 215 Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies (1) To be fished north of 56° 30′ N (POK/*5614N).







Species: Saithe Pollachius virens Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N (POK/04-N.) Sweden 880 (1) Union 880 TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply (1) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting are to be counted against the quota for those species.







Species: Saithe Pollachius virens Zone: 7, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (POK/7/3411) Belgium 6 France 1 245 Ireland 1 491 United Kingdom 434 Union 3 176 TAC 3 176 Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies







Species: Turbot and brill Psetta maxima and Scophthalmus rhombus Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (T/B/2AC4-C) Belgium 521 Denmark 1 113 Germany 284 France 134 The Netherlands 3 945 Sweden 8 United Kingdom 1 097 Union 7 102 TAC 7 102 Precautionary TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies







Species: Skates and rays Rajiformes Zone: Union waters of 2a and 4 (SRX/2AC4-C) Belgium 278 (1) (2) (3) (4) Denmark 11 (1) (2) (3) Germany 14 (1) (2) (3) France 44 (1) (2) (3) (4) The Netherlands 237 (1) (2) (3) (4) United Kingdom 1 070 (1) (2) (3) (4) Union 1 654 (1) (3) TAC 1 654 (3) Precautionary TAC (1) Catches of blonde ray (Raja brachyura) in Union waters of 4 (RJH/04-C.), cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/2AC4-C), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/2AC4-C) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/2AC4-C) shall be reported separately. (2) By-catch quota. Those species shall not comprise more than 25 % by live weight of the catch retained on board per fishing trip. This condition applies only to vessels over 15 metres' length overall. This provision shall not apply for