Council Regulation (EU) No 1225/2010 of 13 December 2010 fixing for 2011 and 2012 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for fish stocks of certain deep-sea fish species
Date: 2010-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: catch quota, common fisheries policy, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing regulations, sea fish




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1225/2010
of 13 December 2010
         
fixing for 2011 and 2012 the fishing opportunities for EU vessels for fish stocks of certain deep-sea fish species


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


According to Article 43(3) of the Treaty, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, is to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities.












(2)


Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1) requires that measures governing access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities be established taking into account available scientific, technical and economic advice and in particular reports drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).












(3)


It is incumbent upon the Council to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities by fishery or group of fisheries, including certain conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate. Fishing opportunities should be distributed among Member States in such a way as to assure each Member State relative stability of fishing activities for each stock or fishery and having due regard to the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy established by Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.












(4)


The total allowable catches (TACs) should be established on the basis of the available scientific advice, by taking into account the biological and socioeconomic aspects whilst ensuring fair treatment between fishing sectors, as well as in the light of the opinions expressed during the consultation of stakeholders, in particular those of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture and of the Regional Advisory Councils concerned.












(5)


Fishing opportunities should be in accordance with international agreements and principles, such as the 1995 United Nations agreement concerning the conservation and management of straddling stocks and highly migratory fish stocks (2), and the detailed management principles laid down in the 2008 International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, according to which, in particular, a regulator should be more cautious when information is uncertain, unreliable or inadequate. The absence of adequate scientific information should not be used as a reason for postponing or failing to take conservation and management measures.












(6)


The latest scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (3) and from the STECF (4) indicates that most deep-sea stocks are harvested unsustainably and that fishing opportunities for those stocks, in order to assure their sustainability, should be reduced until the evolution of the stock sizes show a positive trend. The ICES has further advised that no directed fishery should be allowed for orange roughy.












(7)


Concerning deep sea sharks, the main commercial species are considered depleted, and therefore no directed fishing should take place. Until the amount of unavoidable by-catch will have been established by means of selectivity projects and other technical measures, no by-catch should be allowed to be landed.












(8)


The fishing opportunities for deep-sea species, as listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (5), are decided on a bi-annual basis. Nevertheless, an exception is made for the stocks of greater silver smelt and the main fishery of blue ling, for which the fishing opportunities depend on the outcome of the annual negotiations with Norway. The fishing opportunities for those stocks are therefore established in another relevant annual regulation fixing fishing opportunities.












(9)


In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (6), the stocks that are subject to the various measures referred to therein must be identified.












(10)


To ensure the livelihood of Union fishermen, it is important to open these fisheries on 1 January 2011,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Subject-matter

This Regulation fixes for the years 2011 and 2012 the annual fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for fish stocks of certain deep-sea species in EU waters and in certain non-EU waters where catch limits are required.


Article 2

Definitions


1.   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:






(a)


‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;










(b)


‘EU waters’ means the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States with the exception of waters adjacent to the territories mentioned in Annex II to the Treaty;










(c)


‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each stock each year;










(d)


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










(e)


‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State.






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






(a)


ICES zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (recast) (7);










(b)


CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (recast) (8).







Article 3

TACs and allocations

The TACs for deep-sea species caught by EU vessels in EU waters and certain non-EU waters, the allocation of such TACs among Member States and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in the Annex.


Article 4

Special provisions on allocations

The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States provided for in the Annex shall be without prejudice to:






(a)


exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;










(b)


deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (9) or pursuant to Article 10(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third country vessels to Community waters (10);










(c)


additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;










(d)


quantities withheld pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;










(e)


deductions made pursuant to Articles 105 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.






Article 5

Relationship with Regulation (EC) No 847/96

For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, all quotas in the Annex to this Regulation shall be considered analytical quotas.


Article 6

Conditions for landing catch and by-catch

Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed by this Regulation shall be retained on board or landed only if they were taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota which is not exhausted.


Article 7

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2010.


For the Council


The President

K. PEETERS
            





(1)  
            OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

(2)  Agreement on the implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks (OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 16).

(3)  Report of the ICES Advisory Committee on widely distributed and migratory stocks, book 9, June 2010.

(4)  JRC Scientific and Technical Reports, Review of scientific advice for 2011, part 2, July 2010.

(5)  
            OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.

(6)  
            OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.

(7)  
            OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70.

(8)  
            OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1.

(9)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(10)  
            OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.




ANNEX
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.

PART 1


Definition of species and species groups









1.


In the list set out in Part 2 of this Annex, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. However, deep-sea sharks are placed at the beginning of that list. A table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given below for the purposes of this Regulation:






Common name


Scientific name




Black scabbardfish



Aphanopus carbo





Alfonsinos



Beryx spp.




Roundnose grenadier



Coryphaenoides rupestris





Orange roughy



Hoplostethus atlanticus





Blue ling



Molva dypterygia





Red seabream



Pagellus bogaraveo





Forkbeards



Phycis spp.
















2.


For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘deep-sea sharks’ means the following list of species:






Common name


Scientific name




Deep-water catsharks



Apristurus spp.




Frilled shark



Chlamydoselachus anguineus





Gulper shark



Centrophorus granulosus





Leafscale gulper shark



Centrophorus squamosus





Portuguese dogfish



Centroscymnus coelolepis





Longnose velvet dogfish



Centroscymnus crepidater





Black dogfish



Centroscyllium fabricii





Birdbeak dogfish



Deania calcea





Kitefin shark



Dalatias licha





Greater lanternshark



Etmopterus princeps





Velvet belly



Etmopterus spinax





Blackmouth catshark (Blackmouth dogfish)



Galeus melastomus





Mouse catshark



Galeus murinus





Six-gilled shark



Hexanchus griseus





Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark)



Oxynotus paradoxus





Knifetooth dogfish



Scymnodon ringens





Greenland shark



Somniosus microcephalus










PART 2


Annual fishing opportunities applicable for EU vessels in areas where TACs exist by species and by area (in tonnes live weight)
















Species


:


Deep-sea sharks













Zone


:


EU and international waters of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (DWS/56789-)








Year


2011 (1)



2012


 




Germany


0 


0 


 




Estonia


0 


0 


 




Ireland


0 


0 


 




Spain


0 


0 


 




France


0 


0 


 




Lithuania


0 


0 


 




Poland


0 


0 


 




Portugal


0 


0 


 




United Kingdom


0 


0 


 




EU


0 


0 


 




TAC


0 


0 


 






















Species


:


Deep-sea sharks













Zone


:


EU and international waters of X (DWS/10-)








Year


2011 (2)



2012


 




Portugal


0 


0 


 




EU


0 


0 


 




TAC


0 


0 


 






















Species


:


Deep-sea sharks and Deania hystricosa and Deania profundorum














Zone


:


International waters of XII (DWS/12-)








Year


2011 (3)



2012


 




Ireland


0 


0 


 




Spain


0 


0 


 




France


0 


0 


 




United Kingdom


0 


0 


 




EU


0 


0 


 




TAC


0 


0 


 






















Species


:


Black scabbardfish

Aphanopus carbo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of I, II, III and IV (BSF/1234-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Germany


4 


3 


 




France


4 


3 


 




United Kingdom


4 


3 


 




EU


12 


9 


 




TAC


12 


9 


 






















Species


:


Black scabbardfish

Aphanopus carbo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of V, VI, VII and XII (BSF/56712-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Germany


27 


25 


 




Estonia


13 


12 


 




Ireland


67 


62 


 




Spain


134 


124 


 




France


1 884 


1 743 


 




Latvia


88 


81 


 




Lithuania


1 


1 


 




Poland


1 


1 


 




United Kingdom


134 


124 


 




Others (4)



7 


6 


 




EU


2 356 


2 179 


 




TAC


2 356 


2 179 


 






















Species


:


Black scabbardfish

Aphanopus carbo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of VIII, IX and X (BSF/8910-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Spain


11 


11 


 




France


26 


26 


 




Portugal


3 311 


3 311 


 




EU


3 348 


3 348 


 




TAC


3 348 


3 348 


 






















Species


:


Black scabbardfish

Aphanopus carbo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of CECAF 34.1.2. (BSF/C3412-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Portugal


4 071 


3 867 


 




EU


4 071 


3 867 


 




TAC


4 071 


3 867 


 






















Species


:


Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.













Zone


:


EU and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (ALF/3X14-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Ireland


10 


10 


 




Spain


74 


74 


 




France


20 


20 


 




Portugal


214 


214 


 




United Kingdom


10 


10 


 




EU


328 


328 


 




TAC


328 


328 


 






















Species


:


Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris














Zone


:


EU and international waters of I, II and IV (RNG/124-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Denmark


2 


1 


 




Germany


2 


1 


 




France


9 


10 


 




United Kingdom


2 


1 


 




EU


15 


13 


 




TAC


15 


13 


 






















Species


:


Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris














Zone


:


EU and international waters of III (RNG/03-) (5)









Year


2011


2012


 




Denmark


804 


804 


 




Germany


5 


5 


 




Sweden


41 


41 


 




EU


850 


850 


 




TAC


850 


850 


 






















Species


:


Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris














Zone


:


EU and international waters of Vb, VI, VII (RNG/5B67)








Year


2011 (6)



2012 (6)



 




Germany


5 


5 


 




Estonia


43 


38 


 




Ireland


190 


165 


 




Spain


48 


41 


 




France


2 409 


2 096 


 




Lithuania


55 


48 


 




Poland


28 


25 


 




United Kingdom


141 


123 


 




Others (7)



5 


5 


 




EU


2 924 


2 546 


 




TAC


2 924 


2 546 


 






















Species


:


Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris














Zone


:


EU and international waters of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (RNG/8X14-)








Year


2011 (8)



2012 (8)



 




Germany


30 


26 


 




Ireland


6 


6 


 




Spain


3 286 


2 857 


 




France


151 


132 


 




Latvia


53 


46 


 




Lithuania


6 


6 


 




Poland


1 028 


894 


 




United Kingdom


13 


12 


 




EU


4 573 


3 979 


 




TAC


4 573 


3 979 


 






















Species


:


Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus














Zone


:


EU and international waters of VI (ORY/06-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Ireland


0 


0 


 




Spain


0 


0 


 




France


0 


0 


 




United Kingdom


0 


0 


 




EU


0 


0 


 




TAC


0 


0 


 






















Species


:


Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus














Zone


:


EU and international waters of VII (ORY/07-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Ireland


0 


0 


 




Spain


0 


0 


 




France


0 


0 


 




United Kingdom


0 


0 


 




Others


0 


0 


 




EU


0 


0 


 




TAC


0 


0 


 






















Species


:


Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus














Zone


:


EU and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (ORY/1CX14C)








Year


2011


2012


 




Ireland


0 


0 


 




Spain


0 


0 


 




France


0 


0 


 




Portugal


0 


0 


 




United Kingdom


0 


0 


 




EU


0 


0 


 




TAC


0 


0 


 






















Species


:


Blue ling

Molva dypterygia














Zone


:


EU and international waters of II and IV (BLI/24-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Denmark


4 


4 


 




Germany


4 


4 


 




Ireland


4 


4 


 




France


25 


25 


 




United Kingdom


15 


15 


 




Others (9)



4 


4 


 




EU


56 


56 


 




TAC


56 


56 


 






















Species


:


Blue ling

Molva dypterygia














Zone


:


EU and international waters of III (BLI/03-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Denmark


4 


3 


 




Germany


2 


2 


 




Sweden


4 


3 


 




EU


10 


8 


 




TAC


10 


8 


 






















Species


:


Red seabream

Pagellus bogaraveo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII (SBR/678-)








Year


2011 (10)



2012 (10)



 




Ireland


6 


6 


 




Spain


172 


172 


 




France


9 


9 


 




United Kingdom


22 


22 


 




Others (11)



6 


6 


 




EU


215 


215 


 




TAC


215 


215 


 






















Species


:


Red seabream

Pagellus bogaraveo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of IX (SBR/09-)








Year


2011 (12)
 (13)



2012 (12)
 (13)



 




Spain


614 


614 


 




Portugal


166 


166 


 




EU


780 


780 


 




TAC


780 


780 


 






















Species


:


Red seabream

Pagellus bogaraveo














Zone


:


EU and international waters of X (SBR/10-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Spain


10 


10 


 




Portugal


1 116 


1 116 


 




United Kingdom


10 


10 


 




EU


1 136 


1 136 


 




TAC


1 136 


1 136 


 






















Species


:


Forkbeards

Phycis spp.













Zone


:


EU and international waters of I, II, III and IV (GFB/1234-)








Year


2011


2012


 




Germany


9 


9 


 




France


9 


9 


 




United Kingdom


13 


13 


 




EU


31 


31 


 




TAC


31 


31 


 






















Species


:


Forkbeards

Phycis spp.













Zone


:


EU and international waters of V, VI and VII (GFB/567-)








Year


2011 (14)



2012 (14)



 




Germany


10 


10 


 




Ireland


260 


260 


 




Spain


588 


588 


 




France


356 


356 


 




United Kingdom


814 


814 


 




EU


2 028 


2 028 


 




TAC


2 028 


2 028 


 






















Species


:


Forkbeards

Phycis spp.













Zone


:


EU and international waters of VIII and IX (GFB/89-)








Year


2011 (15)



2012 (15)



 




Spain


242 


242 


 




France


15 


15 


 




Portugal


10 


10 


 




EU


267 


267 


 




TAC


267 


267 


 






















Species


:


Forkbeards

Phycis spp.













Zone


:


EU and international waters of X and XII (GFB/1012-)








Year


2011


2012


 




France


9 


9 


 




Portugal


36 


36 


 




United Kingdom


9 


9 


 




EU


54 


54 


 




TAC


54 


54 


 






(1)  By-catches of up to 3 % of 2009 quotas are permitted:
For reference: quotas 2009






Germany


20 




Estonia


1 




Ireland


55 




Spain


93 




France


339 




Lithuania


1 




Poland


1 




Portugal


127 




United Kingdom


187 





(2)  By-catches of up to 3 % of 2009 quotas are permitted:
For reference: quota 2009






Portugal


10





(3)  By-catches of up to 3 % of 2009 quotas are permitted:
For reference: quotas 2009






Ireland


1 




Spain


17 




France


6 




United Kingdom


1 





(4)  By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(5)  No directed fishery for roundnose grenadier shall be conducted in ICES zone IIIa pending consultations between the European Union and Norway.

(6)  A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV

(7)  By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(8)  A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of Vb, VI, VII

(9)  By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(10)  A minimum landing size of 35 cm (total length) shall be respected. However, 15 % of fish landed may have a minimum landing size of at least 30 cm (total length).

(11)  By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(12)  A minimum landing size of 35 cm (total length) shall be respected. However, 15 % of fish landed may have a minimum landing size of at least 30 cm (total length).

(13)  A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of VI, VII and VIII

(14)  A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of VIII and IX.

(15)  A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in EU and international waters of V, VI, VII.