Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 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
Date: 2021-01-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, catch by species, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2021/92
of 28 January 2021
         
fixing for 2021 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


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)


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












(2)


Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) requires that conservation measures be adopted, taking into account available scientific, technical and economic advice, including, where relevant, reports drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) and other advisory bodies, as well as any advice received from advisory councils.












(3)


It is incumbent upon the Council to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities, including certain conditions functionally linked thereto, as appropriate. Pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, fishing opportunities are to be fixed in accordance with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) set out in Article 2(2) of that Regulation. Pursuant to Article 16(1) of that Regulation, fishing opportunities allocated to Member States are to ensure relative stability of fishing activities of each Member State for each fish stock or fishery.












(4)


The total allowable catch (TAC) should therefore be established, in line with Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, on the basis of available scientific advice, taking into account biological and socio-economic 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 at the meetings of the advisory councils.












(5)


Pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation applies fully from 1 January 2019 and all species subject to catch limits are to be landed. Article 16(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 provides that, when the landing obligation in respect of a fish stock is introduced, fishing opportunities are to be fixed taking into account the change from fixing fishing opportunities that reflect landings to fixing fishing opportunities that reflect catches. On the basis of the joint recommendations submitted by the Member States and in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the Commission adopted a number of delegated regulations laying down details for the implementation of the landing obligation in the form of specific discard plans.












(6)


The fishing opportunities for stocks of species falling under the landing obligation should take into account the fact that discarding is in principle no longer allowed. Therefore, the fishing opportunities should be based on the advice figure for total catches (instead of the advice figure for wanted catches), as provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The quantities that, by way of exception from the landing obligation, may continue to be discarded should be deducted from that advice figure for total catches.












(7)


There are certain stocks for which ICES has issued scientific advice for no catches. If TACs for those stocks are established at the level indicated in the scientific advice, the obligation to land all catches, including by-catches from those stocks, in mixed fisheries would lead to the phenomenon of ‘choke species’. In order to strike the right balance between continuing fisheries in view of the potentially severe socio-economic implications, and the need to achieve a good biological status for those stocks, taking into account the difficulty of fishing all stocks in a mixed fishery at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) at the same time, it is appropriate to establish specific TACs for by-catches for those stocks. The level of those TACs should be such that mortality for those stocks is decreased and that it provides incentives for improvements in selectivity and avoidance.












(8)


In order to guarantee to the extent possible the use of fishing opportunities in mixed fisheries in accordance with Article 16(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, it is appropriate to establish a pool for quota exchanges for those Member States that have no quota to cover their unavoidable by-catches.












(9)


In order to reduce catches of the stocks for which by-catch TACs are established, fishing opportunities for the fisheries in which fish from those stocks is caught should be fixed at levels that help the biomass of vulnerable stocks to recover to sustainable levels. Technical and control measures that are intrinsically linked to fishing opportunities should also be established to prevent illegal discarding.












(10)


In accordance with the Western Waters multiannual plan established by Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) (‘the Western Waters multiannual plan’), the target fishing mortality, in line with the ranges of FMSY defined in Article 2 of that Regulation, was to be achieved as soon as possible, and on a progressive and incremental basis by 2020 for the stocks listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and is to be maintained thereafter within the ranges of FMSY, in accordance with Article 4 of that Regulation. The overall fishing mortality for European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in ICES divisions 8a and 8b should therefore be set in line with MSY, taking into account commercial and recreational catches and including discards (3 108 tonnes altogether according to the ICES advice). Member States are to take appropriate measures to ensure that the fishing mortality from their fleets and from their recreational fishermen does not exceed FMSY point value, as required by Article 4(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/472.












(11)


Measures for recreational fisheries for European seabass should also be continued, taking account of the significant impact of such fisheries on the stocks concerned. Within the limits of the scientific advice, the bag limits should be continued. Considering the lack of sufficient selectivity and that higher number of specimens are likely to be caught than the established limits, fixed nets should be excluded. Having considered environmental, social and economic circumstances, and especially the dependency of commercial fishermen on those stocks in coastal communities, those measures for European seabass would strike an appropriate balance between the interests of commercial and recreational fishermen. In particular, those measures would allow recreational fishermen to exercise their fishing activities by taking into account their impact on those stocks.












(12)


As regards the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) stock, ICES has advised that all anthropogenic mortalities, including those due to recreational and commercial fisheries, should be reduced to zero, or kept as close to zero as possible. Moreover, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) adopted Recommendation GFCM/42/2018/1 establishing management measures for European eel in the Mediterranean. It is appropriate to maintain the level-playing field across the Union and hence to maintain also for the Union waters of the ICES area as well as brackish waters such as estuaries, coastal lagoons and transitional waters a consecutive three-month closure period for all fisheries of European eel at all life stages. As the fishing closure period should be consistent with the conservation objectives set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 (3) and with the temporal migration patterns of European eel, for the Union waters of the ICES area it is appropriate to set it in the period between 1 August 2021 and 28 February 2022.












(13)


For some years, certain TACs for stocks of elasmobranchs (skates, sharks, rays) have been set at zero, with a linked provision establishing an obligation to immediately release accidental catches. The reason for that specific treatment was the poor conservation status of those stocks and the assumption that discarding, because of high survival rates, would not raise fishing mortality rates and would be beneficial for the conservation of those species. As of 1 January 2019, however, catches of those species have to be landed, unless they are covered by any of the derogations from the landing obligation provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Point (a) of Article 15(4) of that Regulation allows such derogations for species in respect of which fishing is prohibited and which are identified as such in a Union legal act adopted in the area of the CFP. Therefore, it is appropriate to prohibit fishing of those species in the areas concerned.












(14)


Pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, for stocks subject to specific multiannual plans the TACs should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in those plans.












(15)


The North Sea multiannual plan was established by Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) and entered into force in 2018. The Western Waters multiannual plan entered into force in 2019. Fishing opportunities for stocks listed in Article 1 of those plans should be fixed in accordance with targets (ranges of FMSY) and safeguards provided for in those plans. The ranges of FMSY have been identified in the relevant ICES advice. Where no adequate scientific information is available, fishing opportunities for by-catch stocks should be fixed in accordance with the precautionary approach, as set out in those multiannual plans.












(16)


In accordance with Article 8 of the Western Waters multiannual plan, where scientific advice indicates that the spawning stock biomass of any of the stocks referred to in Article 1(1) of that plan is below the limit reference point (Blim), further remedial measures are to be taken to ensure rapid return of the stock to levels above the level capable of producing MSY. In particular, those remedial measures may include suspending the targeted fishery for the stock concerned and the adequate reduction of fishing opportunities for those stocks or other stocks in the fisheries.












(17)


The TACs for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).












(18)


On 17 December 2018 ICES published scientific advice on the inter-area flexibility for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) between ICES divisions 8c and 9a. ICES advised the inter-area flexibility between those two stocks should not exceed the difference between the catch corresponding to a fishing mortality of Fp.05 and the established TAC. There should also be no transfer of TAC to a stock with a spawning-stock biomass below the Blim. Under the conditions of that scientific advice, the inter-area flexibility (special condition) for horse mackerel between ICES subarea 9 and ICES division 8c for 2021 should be established at 10 %.












(19)


For stocks for which there is no sufficient or reliable data in order to provide size estimates, management measures and TAC levels should follow the precautionary approach to fisheries management as defined in point (8) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, while taking into account stock-specific factors, including, in particular, available information on stock trends and mixed fisheries considerations.












(20)


Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (6) introduced additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs including, under Articles 3 and 4 of that Regulation, flexibility provisions for precautionary and analytical TACs. Under Article 2 of that Regulation, when establishing the TACs, the Council is to decide to which stocks Article 3 or 4 of that Regulation is not to apply, in particular on the basis of the biological status of the stocks. In 2014, a further year-to-year flexibility mechanism was introduced by Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for all stocks that are subject to the landing obligation. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive flexibility that would undermine the principle of rational and responsible exploitation of marine biological resources, hinder the achievement of the objectives of the CFP and deteriorate the biological status of the stocks, it should be decided that Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply to analytical TACs only where the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 is not used.












(21)


Moreover, given that the biomass of the stocks of COD/03AS, COD/5BE6A, WHG/56-14, WHG/07A and PLE/7HJK is below Blim and that only by-catch and scientific fisheries are permitted in 2021, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden have undertaken not to apply Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 in respect of those stocks for transfers from 2020 to 2021 so that catches in 2021 will not exceed the TAC established for those stocks.












(22)


Where a TAC relating to a stock is allocated to one Member State only, it is appropriate to empower that Member State, in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Treaty, to determine the level of such TAC. Provisions should be made to ensure that, when determining that TAC level, the Member State concerned acts in a manner fully consistent with the principles and rules of the CFP.












(23)


It is necessary to establish the fishing effort ceilings for 2021 in accordance with Articles 5, 6, 7 and 9 of, and Annex I to, Regulation (EU) 2016/1627.












(24)


In order to guarantee full use of fishing opportunities, it is appropriate to allow for the implementation of a flexible arrangement between certain TAC areas where the same biological stock is concerned.












(25)


For certain species, such as certain species of sharks, even a limited fishing activity could result in a serious conservation risk. Fishing opportunities for such species should therefore be fully restricted through a general prohibition on fishing those species.












(26)


At the 12th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, held in Manila from 23 to 28 October 2017, a number of species were added to the lists of protected species in Appendices I and II to that Convention. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide for the protection of those species with respect to Union fishing vessels fishing in all waters and non-Union fishing vessels fishing in Union waters.












(27)


The use of fishing opportunities available to Union fishing vessels set out in this Regulation is subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (7), and in particular to Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation, concerning the recording of catches and fishing effort and the notification of data on the exhaustion of fishing opportunities. It is therefore necessary to specify the codes to be used by Member States when sending data to the Commission relating to landings of stocks subject to this Regulation.












(28)


It is appropriate, following advice from ICES, to maintain a specific system to manage sandeel and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES divisions 2a and 3a and ICES subarea 4. Given that the ICES scientific advice is expected to become available only in February 2021, it is appropriate to establish the TAC and quotas for that stock provisionally at zero until such advice is released.












(29)


The Union TAC for Greenland Halibut in international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 2 is without prejudice to the Union’s position on the appropriate Union share in this fishery.












(30)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) adopted a conservation measure for the two redfish stocks in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters, prohibiting directed fisheries of those stocks. In addition, it prohibited fishing activities in the area where redfish aggregates in order to minimise by-catches. That NEAFC measure, based on the ICES advice for zero catches, should be implemented in Union law. The NEAFC was not able to adopt a recommendation for redfish in ICES subareas 1 and 2. For that stock, the relevant TAC should be established in line with the Union position expressed within the NEAFC.












(31)


Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) annual meeting for 2020 was replaced by a decision-making process by correspondence, which started in October 2020 and which should end in early January 2021. One of the main objectives of that decision-making process was to allow the rollover of existing measures ending in 2020 with minor technical adaptations where necessary.












(32)


ICCAT Recommendation 19-04 for a management plan for bluefin tuna establishes a TAC only for 2019 and 2020. Therefore, a decision is still to be taken by ICCAT on the TAC level for 2021. Considering the decision-making process in 2020, it has been proposed to follow the scientific advice, which recommends that the TAC be maintained at 36 000 tonnes. While there seems to be a consensus on the level of TAC, there is a risk that ICCAT will not formally adopt it before this Regulation is adopted. The TAC should therefore be established at that level, but should be revised as soon as possible if ICCAT adopts a different TAC.












(33)


During the 2020 ICCAT decision-making process, the Union proposed a comprehensive plan that included a TAC with the aim of stopping immediately the overfishing of shortfin mako in the Northern Atlantic, together with a series of flanking measures to reduce its mortality further. In the absence of consensus within ICCAT, and in light of the dire situation of that stock and considering that the Union is responsible for two thirds of the catch level, the Union should establish a unilateral catch limit for that species. That catch limit would correspond to the Union share of the limit as required by the scientific committee at ICCAT level.












(34)


ICCAT Recommendation 17-04 on a harvest control rule (HCR) for North Atlantic albacore only establishes a TAC for the period 2018–2020. Therefore, a decision is still to be taken by ICCAT on the TAC level for 2021. Considering the decision-making process in 2020, it has been proposed to follow the scientific advice, which recommends that the new TAC be established on the basis of the current interim HCR and that a pro-rata increase in the catch and other limits be implemented for one year only. While there seems to be a consensus on the level of TAC, there is a risk that ICCAT will not formally adopt it before this Regulation is adopted. The TAC should therefore be established at that level, but should be revised as soon as possible if ICCAT adopts a different TAC.












(35)


Considering the decision-making process in 2020, ICCAT has not yet formally adopted the TACs for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, blue marlin, and white marlin. While there seems to be a consensus on the level of the TACs, there is a risk that ICCAT will not formally adopt them before this Regulation is adopted. The TACs should therefore be established at that level, but should be revised as soon as possible if ICCAT adopts different TACs.












(36)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the Parties to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) adopted catch limits for both target and by-catch species for the period from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021. The uptake of the quotas during 2020 should be considered when fixing fishing opportunities for 2021.












(37)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) maintained the previously adopted conservation and management measures. Those measures should continue to be implemented in Union law.












(38)


The annual meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) will be held from 21 January to 1 February 2021. The current measures in the SPRFMO Convention Area should be provisionally maintained until such annual meeting is held.












(39)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) did not reach consensus on the extension of the most recent tropical tuna measure, which expired on 31 December 2020. As a result, the tropical tuna fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean will not be regulated as from 1 January 2021. In view of the precautionary principle of the CFP, it is appropriate that the Union continue to apply provisions on tropical tuna as set out in Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 (8) until a new tropical tuna measure is agreed by IATTC.












(40)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) confirmed the TAC for the southern bluefin tuna for 2021 adopted at the annual meeting in 2016. Those measures should be implemented in Union law.












(41)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) decided to apply in 2021 the 2020 TACs for the main species under its purview until its next annual meeting in 2021. Those measures should be implemented in Union law.












(42)


At its annual meeting in 2020, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) extended the conservation and management measures for tropical tunas. It also clarified the catch limits applicable to Union longliners fishing for bigeye tuna. Those measures should be implemented in Union law.












(43)


At its 42nd annual meeting in 2020, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) adopted a number of fishing opportunities for 2021 for certain stocks in subareas 1 to 4 of the NAFO Convention Area. Those measures should be implemented in the Union law.












(44)


The 7th Meeting of the Parties of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) in 2020 maintained the TACs adopted in 2019 for the stocks under the scope of the Agreement. Those measures should be implemented in Union law.












(45)


As regards the fishing opportunities for snow crab around the area of Svalbard, the Treaty of 9 February 1920 relating to Spitsbergen (Svalbard) ('the 1920 Treaty of Paris') grants equal and non-discriminatory access to resources for all Parties to that Treaty, including with respect to fishing. The view of the Union concerning that access, as regards fishing for snow crab on the continental shelf around Svalbard, has been set out in two notes verbales to Norway dated 25 October 2016 and 24 February 2017. In order to ensure that the exploitation of snow crab within the area of Svalbard is made consistent with such non-discriminatory management rules as may be set out by Norway, which enjoys sovereignty and jurisdiction in the area within the limits of that Treaty, it is appropriate to fix the number of vessels that are authorised to conduct such fishery. The allocation of such fishing opportunities among Member States is limited to 2021. It is recalled that in the Union primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with applicable law lies with the flag Member States.












(46)


In accordance with the Declaration addressed to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana (9) issued by the Union, it is necessary to fix the fishing opportunities for snapper available to Venezuela in Union waters.












(47)


Given that certain provisions are to be applied on a continuous basis, and in order to avoid legal uncertainty during the period between the end of 2021 and the date of entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2022, the provisions concerning prohibitions and closed seasons set out in this Regulation should continue to apply at the beginning of 2022, until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2022.












(48)


In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards authorising individual Member States to manage fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt-day system. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10).












(49)


In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the granting of additional days at sea for permanent cessation of fishing activities and for enhanced scientific observer coverage , and as regards the establishment of spreadsheet formats for the collection and transmission of information concerning transfer of days at sea between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.












(50)


In order to avoid the interruption of fishing activities and to ensure the livelihood of the fishermen of the Union, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2021, except for the provisions concerning fishing effort limits, which should apply from 1 February 2021, and certain provisions concerning particular regions, which should have a specific date of application. For reasons of urgency, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication.












(51)


Certain international measures which create or restrict fishing opportunities for the Union are adopted by the relevant regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) at the end of the year and become applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation. It is therefore necessary for the provisions that implement such measures in Union law to apply retroactively. In particular, since the fishing season in the CCAMLR Convention Area runs from 1 December to 30 November, and thus certain fishing opportunities or prohibitions in the CCAMLR Convention Area are laid down for a period of time starting from 1 December 2020, it is appropriate that the relevant provisions of this Regulation apply from that date. Such retroactive application does not prejudice the principle of legitimate expectations as CCAMLR members are forbidden to fish in the CCAMLR Convention Area without authorisation.












(52)


Due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, a large number of stocks are becoming shared stocks. The Commission will undertake bilateral consultations with the United Kingdom, bilateral consultations with Norway and trilateral consultations with the United Kingdom and Norway on the basis of the draft Union position to be endorsed by the Council. As those consultations have not yet been concluded, the Council should, in a manner that fully respects the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the rights and obligations of the coastal States as well as their sovereignty and jurisdiction, establish provisional TACs to be fished in Union and international waters, and waters to which the Union vessels are granted access by third countries.












(53)


The provisional TACs should aim to ensure the continuation of sustainable Union fishing activities until those consultations are concluded in compliance with the Union legal framework and international obligations or, if they cannot be concluded successfully, until the Council establishes unilateral Union TACs in 2021. Those provisional fishing opportunities should in no circumstances impede the fixing definitive fishing opportunities in accordance with international agreements, in particular the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (11), which applies provisionally from 1 January 2021 (12), and the outcome of consultations, the Union legal framework and the scientific advice. As a general approach, they should correspond to 25 % of the Union share of the fishing opportunities fixed for 2020. The Union share of those fishing opportunities was calculated according to the principle of relative stability and the 'Hague Preferences'. This approach is without prejudice to an approach that may be taken in the future international agreements. In a very limited number of cases, a different percentage should be used where the stocks are predominantly fished in the beginning of the year or scientific advice requires severe reductions in fishing opportunities. The Union has consulted the relevant third countries on the approach for establishing provisional TACs.












(54)


According to scientific advice, the spawning-stock biomass of European seabass in the Celtic Sea, Channel, Irish Sea and southern North Sea (ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7a, and 7d to 7h) has been declining since 2009 and is currently below MSY Btrigger and just above Blim. The fishing mortality due to the measures taken by the Union has decreased and is currently below FMSY point value. However, recruitment is low, fluctuating without trend since 2008. Therefore, the catch limits should be provisionally continued pending the consultations with third countries, while ensuring that the target fishing mortality for this stock does not exceed MSY. Provided that European seabass in that area is a stock shared with third countries, provisional measures should be set for the first quarter of 2021 for this stock, pending the outcome of international negotiations and consultations.












(55)


ICES advice for 2021 indicates that the stocks of cod and whiting in the Celtic Sea are below Blim. Specific remedial measures were already taken for those stocks pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/123. The purpose of those measures was to contribute to the recovery of the stocks concerned. The measures for cod aim at improving selectivity by making the usage of gear that has lower levels of by-catches of cod mandatory in the areas where cod catches are significant, thus decreasing the fishing mortality of that stock in mixed fisheries. The measures for whiting consist of technical modifications to characteristics of gear to decrease by-catches of whiting. In accordance with Article 8 of the Western Waters multiannual plan, where scientific advice indicates that the spawning stock biomass of any of the stocks referred to in Article 1(1) of that plan is below Blim, further remedial measures are to be taken to ensure the rapid return of the stock to levels above the level capable of producing MSY. In particular, those remedial measures may include suspending the targeted fishery for the stock concerned and the adequate reduction of fishing opportunities for those stocks or other stocks in the fisheries that have by-catches of cod or whiting.












(56)


The measures to reduce bycatches of gadoids are functionally linked to the TACs of species caught in mixed fisheries together with gadoids (e.g. haddock, megrims, anglerfish and Norway lobster), as, without those measures in place, TAC levels of target species should be reduced to ensure that gadoid stocks are able to recover. It is therefore proposed that those measures also be adopted for 2021, taking into account further assessment of those measures and work undertaken by the Member States of the North Western Waters.












(57)


In line with the regionalisation process of the CFP, the Member States of the North Western Waters have submitted a joint recommendation on a broader range of specific measures to reduce bycatches of cod and whiting in the Celtic Sea and adjacent areas based on the remedial measures that were in place in 2020. Additional selectivity measures aiming to reduce gadoid bycatches in the Irish Sea and West of Scotland are also included in that joint recommendation, based on similar measures that were in place in 2020.












(58)


The STECF considers that, overall, the proposed measures are more selective or at least as selective as the technical measures in Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (13), and the Commission is currently considering including those measures in a delegated act based on the joint recommendation submitted by the Member States having a direct management interest in the North Western Waters.












(59)


As those measures are more comprehensive and will apply on a more stable basis, the functionally linked technical measures should only apply in the absence of a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex VI of that Regulation by introducing corresponding technical measures for the North Western Waters.












(60)


Fishing opportunities should be used in full compliance with Union law,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



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 2021 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2022;










(b)


fishing effort limits for the year 2021, except the fishing effort limits set out in Annex II, which will apply from 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2022;










(c)


fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area.







Article 2

Scope


1.   This Regulation applies to the following vessels:






(a)


Union fishing vessels;










(b)


third-country vessels in Union waters.






2.   This Regulation also applies to:






(a)


recreational fisheries, where such fisheries are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions of this Regulation; and










(b)


commercial fisheries from shore.







Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out 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 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 exemption from the landing obligation referred to in Article 15(4) to (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that may be landed from each stock each year;










(ii)


in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that may be caught 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 assessment’ means quantitative evaluation 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 defined in point (34) of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241;










(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;










(j)


‘instrumented buoy’ means a buoy clearly marked with a unique reference number allowing identification of its owner and equipped with a satellite tracking system to monitor its position;










(k)


‘operational buoy’ means any instrumented buoy, previously activated, switched on and deployed at sea on a drifting fish aggregating device (FAD) or log, which transmits positions and any other available information such as echo-sounder estimates.






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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (14);










(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;














(e)


‘functional unit 25 of ICES division 8c’ means the geographical sea area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:






—


43° 00' N 9° 00' W,










—


43° 00' N 10° 00' W,










—


43° 30' N 10° 00' W,










—


43° 30' N 9° 00' W,










—


44° 00' N 9° 00' W,










—


44° 00' N 8° 00' W,










—


43° 30' N 8° 00' W;














(f)


‘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;














(g)


‘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;














(h)


‘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;










(i)


‘functional unit 31 of ICES division 8c’ means the geographical sea area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:






—


43° 30' N 6° 00' W,










—


44° 00' N 6° 00' W,










—


44° 00' N 2° 00' W,










—


43° 30' N 2° 00' W;














(j)


‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division 9a east of longitude 7o 23' 48″ W;










(k)


‘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 (15);










(l)


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 (16);










(m)


‘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 (17);










(n)


‘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 (18);










(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 (19);










(p)


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 (20);










(q)


‘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 (21);










(r)


‘SIOFA (Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement) Agreement Area’ is the geographic area defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (22);










(s)


‘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 (23);










(t)


‘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 (24);










(u)


‘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 seas of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured;










(v)


‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC’ is the geographical area defined by the following limits:






—


longitude 150o W,










—


longitude 130o W,










—


latitude 4o S,










—


latitude 50o 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 in 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 may be authorised to fish, within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the conditions set out in Article 22 of, and Part A of Annex V to, this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council (25) and its implementing provisions.


3.   Union fishing vessels may be authorised to fish, within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, subject to the conditions set out in Article 22 of this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 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 an analytical assessment is available, in the exploitation of the stock in line with MSY, with as high a probability as possible, or










(ii)


if an analytical assessment is unavailable or incomplete, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.










3.   By 15 March 2021, 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


Application of provisional TACs


1.   Where a reference is made to this paragraph in a fishing opportunities table in Annex IA or Annex IB, the fishing opportunities in that table are provisional and shall apply from 1 January to 31 March 2021. Those provisional fishing opportunities shall be without prejudice to the fixing of definitive fishing opportunities for 2021 in accordance with the outcomes of international negotiations or consultations, the scientific advice, the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and relevant multiannual plans.


2.   Union vessels may fish for stocks in accordance with the provisional fishing opportunities referred to in paragraph 1 in Union and international waters and in waters of third countries that have granted access to their waters for Union vessels.



Article 8

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches


1.   Catches that are not subject to the landing obligation under 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 9

Quota-exchange mechanism for TACs for unavoidable by-catches with regard to the landing obligation


1.   In order to take into account the introduction of the landing obligation and to make quotas for certain by-catches available to Member States without a quota, the quota-exchange mechanism set out in paragraphs 2 to 5 shall apply to the TACs identified in Annex IA.


2.   6 % of each quota from the provisional TACs for cod in the Celtic Sea, cod in the West of Scotland, whiting in the Irish Sea and plaice in ICES divisions 7h, 7j and 7k, and 3 % of each quota from the provisional TAC for West of Scotland whiting, allocated to each Member State, shall be made available for a pool for quota exchanges, which shall open as of 1 January 2021. Member States without quota shall have exclusive access to the quota pool until 31 March 2021.


3.   The quantities drawn from the pool may not be exchanged or transferred to the following year. Any unused quantities shall be returned, after 31 March 2021, to those Member States that have initially contributed to the pool for quota exchanges.


4.   The quotas provided in return shall be preferably taken from a list of TACs identified by each Member State contributing to the pool as listed in the Appendix to Annex IA.


5.   The quotas referred to in paragraph 4 shall be of equivalent commercial value by using a market exchange rate or other mutually acceptable exchange rates. In absence of alternatives, the equivalent economic value in accordance to the average Union prices of the previous year, as provided by the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products, shall be used.


6.   In cases where the quota-exchange mechanism set out in paragraphs 2–5 of this Article does not allow Member States to cover their unavoidable by-catches to a similar extent, Member States shall endeavour to agree on quota exchanges pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, ensuring that quotas exchanged are of equivalent commercial value.



Article 10

Fishing effort limits in ICES division 7e


1.   For the periods referred to in point (b) of Article 1(2), the technical aspects of the rights and obligations related to Annex II for the management of the sole stock in ICES division 7e are set out in Annex II.


2.   The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate a requesting Member State a number of days at sea additional to those referred to in point 5 of Annex II, on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within ICES division 7e when carrying on board any regulated gear, on the basis of such a request by that Member State, in accordance with point 7.4 of that Annex. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 58(2).


3.   The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate a requesting Member State a maximum of three days between 1 February 2021 and 31 January 2022 additional to those referred to in point 5 of Annex II, on which a vessel may be present within ICES division 7e on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage as referred to in point 8.1 of that Annex. Such an allocation shall be done on the basis of the description submitted by that Member State in accordance with point 8.3 of Annex II and following consultation with the STECF. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 58(2).




Article 11


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, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area.


2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in January 2021, Union fishing vessels in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h may fish for European seabass, and retain, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area with the following gear and within the following limits:






(a)


using demersal trawls (26), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 520 kilogrammes per two months and 5 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel per fishing trip;










(b)


using seines (27), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 520 kilogrammes per two months and 5 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel per fishing trip;










(c)


using hooks and lines (28), not exceeding 1,43 tonnes per vessel;










(d)


using fixed gillnets (29), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 0,35 tonnes per vessel.




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 out 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 out in paragraph 2 for either gear shall apply.
Member States shall report to the Commission all catches of European seabass per type of gear no later than 15 days after the end of each month.


4.   France and Spain shall ensure that fishing mortality of European seabass stock in ICES divisions 8a and 8b from their commercial and recreational fisheries do not exceed the FMSY point value resulting in 3 108 tonnes of total catches, as required by Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/472.


5.   In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k:






(a)


from 1 January to 28 February, only catch-and-release fishing with a rod or a handline for European seabass shall be allowed. During that period, it shall be prohibited to retain, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;










(b)


from 1 to 31 March not more than two specimens of European seabass may be caught and retained per fisherman per day; the minimum size of European seabass retained shall be 42 cm.




Point (b) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to fixed nets, which shall not be used to catch or retain European seabass during the period referred to in that point.


6.   In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 8a and 8b, a maximum of two specimens of European seabass may be caught and retained per fisherman per day. This paragraph shall not apply to fixed nets, which shall not be used to catch or retain European seabass.


7.   Paragraphs 5 and 6 shall be without prejudice to more stringent national measures on recreational fisheries.



Article 12

Measures on European eel fisheries in Union waters of the ICES area

Any targeted, incidental and recreational fishery of European eel shall be prohibited in Union waters of the ICES area and brackish waters such as estuaries, coastal lagoons and transitional waters for a consecutive three-month period to be determined by each Member State concerned between 1 August 2021 and 28 February 2022. Member States shall communicate the determined period to the Commission no later than 1 June 2021.


Article 13

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 Articles 12 and 47 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2403;










(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 23 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 14


Closed fishing seasons for sandeels

Commercial fishing for sandeels with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited in ICES divisions 2a and 3a and ICES subarea 4 from 1 January to 31 March 2021.



Article 15


Technical measures for cod and whiting in the Celtic Sea


1.   The following measures shall apply to Union vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines in ICES divisions 7f and 7g, the part of ICES division 7h north of latitude 49° 30' North and the part of ICES division 7j north of latitude 49° 30' North and east of longitude 11° West:






(a)


Union vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines shall use gear with one of the following mesh sizes:






(i)


110 mm cod-end with 120 mm square-mesh panel;










(ii)


100 mm T90 cod-end;










(iii)


120 mm cod-end;










(iv)


100 mm cod-end with 160 mm square-mesh panel;














(b)


in addition to measures referred to in point (a), Union vessels fishing with bottom trawls whose catches, measured before any discards, consist of at least 20 % of haddock shall use:






(i)


a fishing gear that is constructed with a minimum of one metre spacing between the fishing line and ground gear; or










(ii)


any means proven to be at least equally selective for avoidance of cod, according to the assessment by ICES or the STECF, and approved by the Commission.










2.   Member States may exempt from the application of point (b) of paragraph 1 vessels fishing with bottom trawls whose catches, measured before any discards, consist of less than 1,5 % of cod, provided that those vessels are subject to a progressive increase of observer coverage at sea up to at least 20 % of all their fishing trips as of 1 July 2021.


3.   Union vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines in ICES divisions 7f to 7k and in the area west of 5° W longitude in ICES division 7e shall be prohibited from fishing unless they use a minimum cod-end mesh size of at least 100 mm. Nevertheless, that minimum cod-end mesh size requirement shall not apply to vessels whose by-catches of cod do not exceed 1,5 %, according to the assessment by the STECF, when fishing outside the areas referred to in paragraph 1.


4.   Measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall apply to Union vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines in ICES divisions 7b and 7c from 1 June 2021. Union vessels fishing in those areas may also use other fishing gear which, according to the assessment by the STECF, results in the same or better selectivity characteristics in mixed demersal fisheries as that of a minimum cod-end mesh size of at least 100 mm, and which has been approved by the Commission.


5.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in ICES divisions 7f and 7g, the part of ICES division 7h north of latitude 49° 30' North and the part of ICES division 7j north of latitude 49° 30' North and east of longitude 11° West:






(a)


vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster shall use one of the following gear options:






(i)


300 mm squared mesh panel; however, vessels below 12 metres in length overall may use a 200 mm square mesh panel;










(ii)


Seltra panel;










(iii)


sorting grid with a 35 mm bar spacing as referred to in Annex VI Part B of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 or a similar Netgrid selectivity device;










(iv)


100 mm cod-end with a 100 mm square mesh panel;










(v)


dual cod-end with the uppermost cod-end constructed with T90 mesh of at least 90 mm and fitted with a separation panel with a maximum mesh size of 300 mm;














(b)


vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 55 % of whiting or 55 % of anglerfish, hake or megrim combined, shall use one of the following gear options:






(i)


100 mm cod-end with a 100 mm squared mesh panel;










(ii)


100 mm T90 cod-end and extension.










6.   In accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and Article 27(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241, the catch percentages shall be calculated as the proportion by live weight of all marine biological resources landed after each fishing trip.



Article 16

Technical measures in the Irish Sea

The following measures shall apply to Union fishing vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines in ICES division 7a (Irish Sea):






(a)


vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines with a cod-end mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 100 mm and with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster shall use one of the following gear options:






(i)


300 mm square mesh panel; however, vessels below 12 metres in length overall may use a 200 mm squared mesh panel;










(ii)


Seltra panel;










(iii)


sorting grid with 35 mm bar spacing;










(iv)


Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) netgrid;










(v)


flip-flap trawl;














(b)


vessels equal to or greater than 12 metres in length overall operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 10 % of haddock, cod and skates and rays combined, shall use 120 mm cod-end;










(c)


vessels equal to or greater than 12 metres in length overall operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising less than 10 % of haddock, cod and skates and rays combined shall apply a cod-end mesh size of 100 mm with a 100 mm square mesh panel.




Point (c) of the first paragraph shall not apply to vessels with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster or more than 85 % of queen scallops (Aequipecten opercularis).


Article 17

Technical measures in the West of Scotland

The following measures shall apply to Union fishing vessels operating with bottom trawls or seines in ICES divisions 6a and 5b, within Union waters, east of 12°W (West of Scotland) in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) fisheries:






(a)


vessels shall use a square mesh panel (positioning retained) of at least 300 mm for vessels deploying a cod-end mesh size less than 100 mm; however, for vessels below 12 m in length overall or with engine power of 200 kW or less, the panel overall length may be 2 m and the panel 200 mm;










(b)


vessels with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster shall use a square mesh panel (positioning retained) of at least 160 mm for vessels deploying a cod-end mesh size of 100-119 mm.






Article 18

Remedial measures for cod in the North Sea


1.   The closed areas to fishing, except with pelagic gear (purse seines and trawls), and the periods during which the closures apply are set out in Annex IV.


2.   Vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines with minimum mesh size of at least 70 mm in ICES divisions 4a and 4b or at least 90 mm in ICES division 3a, and longlines (30) shall be prohibited from fishing in Union waters of ICES division 4a, north of latitude 58° 30′ 00″ N and south of latitude 61° 30′ 00″ N and in Union waters of ICES divisions 3a.20 (Skagerrak), 4a and 4b, north of latitude 57° 00′ 00″ N and east of longitude 5° 00′ 00″ E.


3.   By way of derogation from paragraph 2, fishing vessels referred to in that paragraph may fish in the areas referred to in that paragraph provided that they fulfil at least one of the following criteria:






(a)


the percentage of cod catches does not exceed 5 % of the total catches per fishing trip; vessels with cod catches that have not exceeded 5 % of their total catches in the period 2017–2019 are presumed to comply with this criterion provided that they continue to use the same gear which they used in that period; this presumption may be rebutted;










(b)


a regulated and highly selective bottom trawl or seine is used, resulting, according to a scientific study, in at least a 30 % reduction in cod catches compared to vessels fishing with the baseline mesh size for towed gears as specified in point 1.1 of Part B of Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241; such studies may be evaluated by the STECF; in the case of a negative evaluation by the STECF, those gears shall no longer be considered to be valid for use in the areas referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article;










(c)


for vessels operating with bottom trawls and seines with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 100 mm (TR1), the following highly selective gears are used:






(i)


belly trawls with a minimum belly mesh size of 600 mm;










(ii)


raised fishing line (0,6 m);










(iii)


horizontal separating panel with large mesh escape panel;














(d)


for vessels operating with bottom trawls and seines with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 70 mm in ICES division 4a and 90 mm in ICES division 3a and less than 100 mm (TR2), the following highly selective gears are used:






(i)


horizontal sorting grid with maximum 50 mm bar spacing separating flatfish and roundfish, with an unblocked fish outlet for roundfish;










(ii)


Seltra panel with 300 mm square-mesh size;










(iii)


sorting grid with maximum 35 mm bar spacing, with an unblocked fish outlet;














(e)


vessels are subject to a national cod avoidance plan to sustain cod catches in line with the fishing mortality corresponding to the fishing opportunities fixed, based on scientific advice levels, through spatial or technical measures, or a combination thereof; such plans should be assessed no later than two months following their implementation, by the STECF in the case of Member States, and by their relevant national scientific body in the case of third countries, and, where deemed necessary, further revised if such assessments consider that the objective of the national cod avoidance plan will not be met.






4.   Member States shall enhance monitoring, control and surveillance of vessels referred to in paragraph 2 to control compliance with the conditions set out in points (a) to (e) of paragraph 3.


5.   The measures provided for in this Article shall not apply to fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations, provided that those investigations are carried out in full compliance with the conditions set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241.



Article 19

Remedial measures for cod in Kattegat


1.   Union vessels fishing in the Kattegat with bottom trawls (gear codes: OTB, OTT, OT, TBN, TBS, TB, TX and PTB) with minimum mesh size of 70 mm shall use one of the following selective gears:






(a)


a sorting grid with maximum 35 mm bar spacing, with an unblocked fish outlet;










(b)


a sorting grid with maximum 50 mm bar spacing separating flatfish and roundfish, with an unblocked fish outlet for roundfish;










(c)


Seltra panel with 300 mm square-mesh size;










(d)


a regulated highly selective gear, the technical attributes of which result, according to the scientific study assessed by the STECF, in catches of less than 1,5 % of cod, if it is the only gear that the vessel carries on board.






2.   Those Union vessels participating in a project of a Member State concerned and having functioning equipment for fully documented fisheries may use a gear in accordance with Part B of Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241. Member States concerned shall communicate the list of those vessels to the Commission.


3.   The measures provided for in this Article shall not apply to fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations, provided that those investigations are carried out in full compliance with the conditions set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241.



Article 20

Prohibited species


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










(b)


splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) in NAFO subarea 6;










(c)


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










(e)


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










(f)


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










(g)


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;










(h)


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










(i)


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










(j)


porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in all waters;










(k)


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










(l)


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










(m)


whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in all waters;










(n)


common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) in the Mediterranean;










(o)


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.






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



Article 21

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 and fishing effort, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.




CHAPTER II




Fishing authorisations in third
-
country waters




Article 22

Fishing authorisations


1.   The maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in third-country waters, where applicable, is set out in Part A of Annex V.


2.   Where one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (‘swap’) in the fishing areas set out in Part A of Annex V to this Regulation in accordance with 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 Part A of Annex V to this Regulation, shall not be exceeded.





CHAPTER III




Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations





Section 1




General provisions




Article 23

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 2022 for quota transfers from a RFMO Contracting Party to the Union and their subsequent allocation to Member States.





Section 2




NEAFC Convention Area




Article 24

Closures for redfish in the Irminger

All fishing activities shall be prohibited in the area bounded by following coordinates measured according to the WGS84 system:






Latitude


Longitude




63°00'


-30°00'




61°30'


-27°35'




60°45'


-28°45'




62°00'


-31°35'




63°00'


-30°00'








Section 3




ICCAT Convention Area




Article 25

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 VI.


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 VI.


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 VI.


4.   The number 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 VI.


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


6.   The bluefin tuna total farming and 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 VI.


7.   The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 (31) shall be limited as set out in point 7 of Annex VI 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 VI.



Article 26

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 27

Sharks


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





Section 4




CCAMLR Convention Area




Article 28

Exploratory fisheries notifications for toothfish

Member States may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for toothfishes (Dissostichus spp.) in FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in FAO divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a outside areas of national jurisdiction in 2021. If a Member State intends to participate in such exploratory fisheries, it shall notify the CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with Articles 7 and 7a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 no later than 1 June 2021.


Article 29

Limits on exploratory fisheries for toothfish


1.   Fishing for toothfish during the 2020–2021 fishing season shall be limited to the Member States, subareas and number of vessels set out in table A of Annex VII for the species, TACs and by-catch limits set out in table B of that Annex.


2.   Direct fishing of shark species for purposes other than scientific research shall be prohibited. Any by-catch of shark, especially juveniles and gravid females, taken accidentally in the toothfish fishery shall be released alive.


3.   Where applicable, fishing in any small-scale research unit (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.


4.   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 FAO divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a, where permitted in accordance with Article 28, shall be prohibited in depths less than 550 metres.



Article 30

Krill fishery during the 2020–2021 fishing season


1.   If a Member State intends to fish for krill (Euphausia superba) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2020–2021 fishing season, it shall notify the Commission, no later than 1 May 2021, of its intention to fish for krill, using the format laid down in Part B of the Appendix to Annex VII. 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 2021.


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 placed on any CCAMLR illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessel list to participate in krill fisheries.





Section 5




IOTC Area of Competence




Article 31

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 VIII.


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 VIII.


3.   Member States may reallocate 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 such 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 authorised vessels or on the record of vessels of other tuna RFMOs. Furthermore, no vessels placed 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 32

Drifting FADs and supply vessels


1.   Drifting FADs shall be equipped with instrumented buoys. The use of any other buoys, such as radio buoys, shall be prohibited.


2.   A purse seine vessel shall not follow more than 300 operational buoys at any one time.


3.   The maximum number of instrumented buoys that may be acquired annually for each purse seine vessel shall be 500. No purse seine vessel shall have more than 500 instrumented buoys (buoy in stock and operational buoy) at any time.


4.   The maximum number of supply vessels shall be two supply vessels in support of not less than five purse seiners, all flying the flag of a Member State. This provision shall not apply to Member States using only one supply vessel.


5.   A single purse seine vessel shall not be supported by more than one single supply vessel flying the flag of a Member State at any time.


6.   The Union shall not register new or additional supply vessels in the IOTC record of authorised vessels.



Article 33

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.



Article 34

Mobulid rays


1.   It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship, to land, to store, to offer for sale or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays (Mobulidae family which includes the genera Manta and Mobula), except for fishing vessels carrying out subsistence fishery (i.e. where the fish caught are consumed directly by the families of the fishermen).
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Mobulid rays that are unintentionally caught through artisanal fishing (i.e. fisheries other than longline or surface fisheries, i.e. purse seines, pole and line, gillnet fisheries, handline and trolling vessels, and registered in the IOTC record of authorised vessels) may be landed for purposes of local consumption only.


2.   All fishing vessels, other than those carrying out subsistence fishery, shall promptly release alive and unharmed, to the extent practicable, Mobulid rays as soon as they are seen in the net, on the hook, or on the deck, and shall do so in a manner that will result in the least possible harm to the individuals captured.





Section 6




SPRFMO Convention Area




Article 35

Pelagic fisheries


1.   Only those Member States which have 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 IH.


2.   The 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 2021 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area.


3.   The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IH 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 36

Bottom fisheries


1.   Member States shall limit their bottom fishing catch or effort in 2021 in the SPRFMO Convention Area to those parts of that 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 a track record.



Article 37

Exploratory fisheries


1.   Member States may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for toothfishes (Dissostichus spp.) in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2021 only if the SPRFMO has approved their application for such fisheries that includes a fisheries operation plan and commitment to implement a data collection plan.


2.   Fishing shall take place only in the research blocks specified by SPRFMO. Fishing shall be prohibited in depths less than 750 metres and more than 2 000 metres.


3.   The TAC shall be as set out in Annex IH. Fishing shall be limited to one trip of a maximum duration of 21 consecutive days and to a maximum number of 5 000 hooks per set, with a maximum of 20 sets per research block. Fishing shall cease either when the TAC is reached or if 100 sets have been set and hauled, whichever is earlier.





Section 7




IATTC Convention Area




Article 38

Purse-seine fisheries


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






(a)


from 00.00 hours on 29 July 2021 to 24.00 hours on 8 October 2021 or from 00.00 hours on 9 November 2021 to 24.00 hours on 19 January 2022 in the area defined by the following limits:






—


the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,










—


longitude 150o W,










—


latitude 40o N,










—


latitude 40o S;














(b)


from 00.00 hours on 9 October 2021 to 24.00 hours on 8 November 2021 in the area defined by the following limits:






—


longitude 96o W,










—


longitude 110o W,










—


latitude 4o N,










—


latitude 3o S.










2.   For each of their vessels, Member States concerned shall notify to the Commission before 1 April 2021 the selected period of closure referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1. All 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 39

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 shall be 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 the 15 days before the start of the selected closure period referred to in point (a) of Article 38(1), 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 40

Catch limits for bigeye tuna in longline fisheries

The total annual catches of bigeye tuna by longline vessels of each Member State in the IATTC Convention Area are established in Annex IL.


Article 41

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 land, to store, to offer for sale or to sell 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 42

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 for sale or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays (Mobulidae family which includes the genera Manta and Mobula). As soon as Union fishing vessels notice that Mobulid rays have been caught, they shall, wherever possible, promptly release them alive and unharmed.




Section 8




SEAFO Convention Area




Article 43

Prohibition of fishing for deep-water sharks

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






(a)


ghost catshark (Apristurus manis);










(b)


blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi);










(c)


shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus);










(d)


great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps);










(e)


smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus);










(f)


skates (Rajidae);










(g)


velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus);










(h)


deep-sea sharks of the Selachimorpha super-order;










(i)


picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias).








Section 9




WCPFC Convention Area




Article 44

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 in 2021 do not exceed the limits set out in the table of Annex IG.



Article 45

Management of fishing with FADs


1.   In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20o N and 20o S, it shall be prohibited for purse seine vessels to deploy, service or set on FADs between 00.00 hours on 1 July 2021 and 24.00 hours on 30 September 2021.


2.   In addition to the prohibition set out in paragraph 1, it shall be prohibited to set on FADs on the high seas of the WCPFC Convention Area, between 20o N and 20o S, for an additional two months: either from 00.00 hours on 1 April 2021 to 24.00 hours on 31 May 2021, or from 00.00 hours on 1 November 2021 to 24.00 hours on 31 December 2021.


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 seiners have deployed at sea, at any time, no more than 350 FADs with activated instrumented buoys. The buoy shall be activated exclusively on board a vessel.


5.   All purse seiners fishing in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area referred to in paragraph 1 shall retain on board, tranship and land all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught.



Article 46

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 IX.


Article 47

Catch limits for swordfish in longline fisheries south of 20° S

Member States shall ensure that catches of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) south of 20° S by longliners do not exceed in 2021 the limit set out in Annex IG. 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 48

Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks


1.   Retaining on board, transhipping, landing or storing 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 49

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.


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 point (a) of Article 38(1), Article 38(2), (3) and (4) and Articles 39, 40 and 41 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC.





Section 10




Bering Sea




Article 50

Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea

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




Section 11




SIOFA Agreement Area




Article 51

Limits to bottom fishing

Member States shall ensure that vessels flying their flag that are fishing in the SIOFA Agreement Area:






(a)


limit their annual bottom fishing effort and catch to their average annual level for those years where their vessels were active in the SIOFA Agreement Area, over a representative period for which data declared to the Commission exists;










(b)


do not expand the spatial distribution of bottom fishing effort, excluding long-line and trap methods, beyond areas fished in recent years;










(c)


are not authorised to fish in the interim protected areas of Atlantis Bank, Coral, Fools Flat, Middle of What, Walter’s Shoal, as defined in Annex IK, except with long-line and traps methods and on condition of having a scientific observer on board at all times while fishing in those areas.









TITLE III


FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS



Article 52

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands may be authorised to fish 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 Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.


Article 53

Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom and licensed by a United Kingdom fisheries administration

Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom and licensed by a fisheries administration of the United Kingdom may be authorised to fish 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 Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.


Article 54

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.


Article 55

Fishing authorisations

The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters shall be as set out in Part B of Annex V.


Article 56

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

The conditions specified in Article 8 shall apply to catches and by-catches of third-country vessels fishing under the authorisations referred to in Article 55.


Article 57

Prohibited species


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










(b)


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;










(c)


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;










(d)


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;










(e)


porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in Union waters;










(f)


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










(g)


undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 9 and 10;










(h)


common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) in the Mediterranean;










(i)


whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in all waters;










(j)


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






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




TITLE IV


FINAL PROVISIONS



Article 58

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 59

Transitional provision

Articles 11, 19, 20, 27, 33, 34, 41, 42, 43, 48, 50 and 57 shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, in 2022 until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2022.
Articles 15, 16 and 17 shall apply until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex VI of that Regulation by introducing corresponding technical measures for the North Western Waters becomes applicable.


Article 60

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
However, Article 11(1), (2), (3) and (5), Articles 14 and 18 shall apply from 1 January to 31 March 2021.
The provisions on fishing opportunities set out in Articles 28, 29 and 30 and Annex VII for stocks indicated in that Annex in the CCAMLR Convention Area shall apply from 1 December 2020.
The provisions on fishing effort limits set out in Annex II shall apply from 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2022.





This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 January 2021.


For the Council


The President

A. P. ZACARIAS
            





(1)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

(2)  Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/1139 and (EU) 2018/973, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008 (OJ L 83, 25.3.2019, p. 1).

(3)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel (OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 17).

(4)  Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 establishing a multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation in the North Sea and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 676/2007 and (EC) No 1342/2008 (OJ L 179, 16.7.2018, p. 1).

(5)  Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 1).

(6)  Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3).

(7)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).

(8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 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 (OJ L 25, 30.1.2020, p. 1).

(9)  Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565 of 14 September 2015 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana (OJ L 244, 19.9.2015, p. 55).

(10)  Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

(11)  
            OJ L 444, 31.12.2020, p. 14.

(12)  Council Decision (EU) 2020/2252 of 29 December 2020 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and on provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information (OJ L 444, 31.12.2020, p. 2).

(13)  Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).

(14)  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 (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70).

(15)  Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 (OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 16).

(16)  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 (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1).

(17)  Concluded by Council Decision 2006/539/EC of 22 May 2006 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community of 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 (OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 22).

(18)  The Union acceded to that Convention by means of Council Decision 86/238/EEC of 9 June 1986 on the accession of the Community to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, as amended by the Protocol annexed to the Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the States Parties to the Convention signed in Paris on 10 July 1984 (OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33).

(19)  The Union acceded to that Agreement by means of Council Decision 95/399/EC of 18 September 1995 on the accession of the Community to the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (OJ L 236, 5.10.1995, p. 24).

(20)  Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 42).

(21)  Concluded by means of Council Decision 2002/738/EC of 22 July 2002 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean (OJ L 234, 31.8.2002, p. 39).

(22)  The Union acceded to that Agreement by means of Council Decision 2008/780/EC of 29 September 2008 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (OJ L 268, 9.10.2008, p. 27).

(23)  The Union acceded to that Convention by means of Council Decision 2012/130/EU of 3 October 2011 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (OJ L 67, 6.3.2012, p. 1).

(24)  The Union acceded to that Convention by means of Council Decision 2005/75/EC of 26 April 2004 on the accession of the Community to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (OJ L 32, 4.2.2005, p. 1).

(25)  Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 81).

(26)  All types of demersal trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBB, TBN, TBS and TB).

(27)  All types of seines (SSC, SDN, SPR, SV, SB and SX).

(28)  All long lines or pole and line or rod and line fisheries (LHP, LHM, LLD, LL, LTL, LX and LLS).

(29)  All fixed gillnets and traps (GTR, GNS, GNC, FYK, FPN and FIX).

(30)  Gear codes: OTB, OTT, OT, TBN, TBS, TB, TX, PTB, SDN, SSC, SX, LL, LLS.

(31)  Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 (OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3).




ANNEX
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:


South-East Atlantic Ocean – SEAFO Convention Area




ANNEX IF:


Southern bluefin tuna – areas of distribution




ANNEX IG:


WCPFC Convention Area




ANNEX IH:


SPRFMO Convention Area




ANNEX IJ:


IOTC Area of Competence




ANNEX IK:


SIOFA Agreement Area




ANNEX IL:


IATTC Convention Area




ANNEX II:


Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of Western Channel sole stocks in ICES division 7e




ANNEX III:


Management areas for sandeel in ICES divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4




ANNEX IV:


Seasonal closures to protect spawning cod




ANNEX V:


Fishing authorisations




ANNEX VI:


ICCAT Convention Area




ANNEX VII:


CCAMLR Convention Area




ANNEX VIII:


IOTC Area of Competence




ANNEX IX:


WCPFC Convention Area









ANNEX I
TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA
The tables in the Annexes 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 the Annexes shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular Articles 33 and 34 thereof.
The references to fishing zones in the Annexes are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified. Within each area, fish stocks are referred to according to the alphabetical order of the scientific names of the species. Only scientific names identify species for regulatory purposes. Common names are provided for ease of reference.
Annexes IA to IL are part of Annex I.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of scientifc names and common names of the species is provided:







Scientific name


Alpha-3 code


Common name





Ammodytes spp.


SAN


Sandeels





Argentina silus



ARU


Greater silver smelt





Beryx spp.


ALF


Alfonsinos





Brosme brosme



USK


Tusk





Caproidae



BOR


Boarfishes





Centrophorus squamosus



GUQ


Leafscale gulper shark





Centroscymnus coelolepis



CYO


Portuguese dogfish





Chaceon spp.


GER


Deep sea red crabs





Chaenocephalus aceratus



SSI


Blackfin icefish





Champsocephalus gunnari



ANI


Mackerel icefish





Channichthys rhinoceratus



LIC


Unicorn icefish





Chionoecetes spp.


PCR


Snow crabs





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


Toothfishes





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





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


Anglerfishes





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


Flatfishes





Pollachius pollachius



POL


Pollack





Pollachius virens



POK


Saithe





Scophthalmus maximus



TUR


Turbot





Pseudochaenichthys georgianus



SGI


South Georgia icefish





Pseudopentaceros spp.


EDW


Pelagic armourheads





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 radiata



RJR


Starry 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


Redfishes





Solea solea



SOL


Common sole





Solea spp.


SOO


Sole





Sprattus sprattus



SPR


Sprat





Squalus acanthias



DGS


Picked dogfish





Tetrapturus albidus



WHM


White marlin





Thunnus alalunga



ALB


Albacore





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 scientific names of the species is provided exclusively for explanatory purposes:







Common name


Alpha-3 code


Scientific name




Albacore


ALB



Thunnus alalunga





Alfonsinos


ALF



Beryx spp.




American plaice


PLA



Hippoglossoides platessoides





Anchovy


ANE



Engraulis encrasicolus





Anglerfishes


ANF



Lophiidae





Antarctic toothfish


TOA



Dissostichus mawsoni





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





Boarfishes


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 crabs


GER



Chaceon spp.




European seabass


BSS



Dicentrarchus labrax





Flatfishes


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 armourheads


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





Redfishes


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





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 crabs


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



Raja radiata





Swordfish


SWO



Xiphias gladius





Thornback ray


RJC



Raja clavata





Toothfishes


TOT



Dissostichus spp.




Tope shark


GAG



Galeorhinus galeus





Turbot


TUR



Scophthalmus maximus





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









Species:


Sandeels and associated by-catches

Ammodytes spp.



Zone:


Union waters of 2a, 3a and 4 (1)




Denmark


0


(2)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


0


(2)




Sweden


0


(2)




Union


0


(2)




 




United Kingdom


0


(2)


 




 




TAC


0


 


 




(1)


Excluding waters within six nautical miles of the United Kingdom's baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.




(2)


Up to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and mackerel (OT1/*2A3A4X). 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 III:
Zone: Union waters of sandeel management areas












 


1r


2r


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


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Germany


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Sweden


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




Union


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




United Kingdom


0


0


0


0


0


0


0




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total


0


0


0


0


0


0


0
















Species:


Greater silver smelt

Argentina silus



Zone:


Union and international waters of 1 and 2
(ARU/1/2.)




Germany


6


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


2


 




Netherlands


5


 




Union


13


 




United Kingdom


10


 




 




TAC


23


 
















Species:


Greater silver smelt

Argentina silus



Zone:


Union waters of 3a and 4
(ARU/3A4-C)




Denmark


273


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


3


 




France


2


 




Ireland


2


 




Netherlands


13


 




Sweden


11


 




Union


304


 




United Kingdom


5


 




 




TAC


309


 
















Species:


Greater silver smelt

Argentina silus



Zone:


Union and international waters of 5, 6 and 7
(ARU/567.)




Germany


71


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


2


 




Ireland


66


 




Netherlands


742


 




Union


881


 




United Kingdom


52


 




 




TAC


933


 
















Species:


Tusk

Brosme brosme



Zone:


Union and international waters of 1, 2 and 14
(USK/1214EI)




Germany


2


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


2


(1)




Others


1


(1)




Union


5


(1)




United Kingdom


2


(1)




 




TAC


7


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (USK/1214EI_AMS).
















Species:


Tusk

Brosme brosme



Zone:


Union waters of 4
(USK/04-C.)




Denmark


17


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


5


 




France


12


 




Sweden


2


 




Others


2


(1)




Union


38


 




United Kingdom


26


 




 




TAC


64


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (USK/04-C_AMS).
















Species:


Tusk

Brosme brosme



Zone:


Union and international waters of 5, 6 and 7
(USK/567EI.)




Germany


4


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




Spain


15


 




France


176


 




Ireland


17


 




Others


4


(1)




Union


216


 




Norway


731


(2 )(3) (4) (5)




United Kingdom


85


 




 




TAC


1 032 


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (USK/567EI_AMS).




(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 vessel, 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 quantity given below, in tonnes (OTH/*5B67-). By-catch of cod under this provision in 6a shall not be more than 5 %.




750


 


 




(4)


Including ling. The following quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in 5b, 6 and 7:




 


 


 


 




 


Ling (LIN/*5B67-)


2 000 


 




 


Tusk (USK/*5B67-)


731


 




(5)


The tusk and ling quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following quantity, in tonnes:




500


 


 
















Species:


Tusk

Brosme brosme



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4
(USK/04-N.)




Belgium


0


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


41


 




Germany


0


 




France


0


 




Netherlands


0


 




Union


41


 




United Kingdom


1


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Boarfishes

Caproidae



Zone:


Union and international waters of 6, 7 and 8
(BOR/678-)




Denmark


1 175 


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Ireland


3 309 


 




Union


4 484 


 




United Kingdom


304


 




 




TAC


4 788 


 
















Species:


Herring (1)

Clupea harengus



Zone:


3a
(HER/03A.)




Denmark


2 577 


(2)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


41


(2)




Sweden


2 696 


(2)




Union


5 314 


(2)




Norway


818


 




Faroe Islands


0


(3)




 




TAC


6 132 


 




(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 quantity 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 53o30' N
(HER/4AB.)




Denmark


14 867 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


9 851 


 




France


5 168 


 




Netherlands


12 929 


 




Sweden


978


 




Union


43 793 


 




Faroe Islands


63


 




Norway


27 913 


(2)




United Kingdom


13 896 


 




TAC


96 252 


 




(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 quantity given below, in tonnes, may be taken in Union waters of 4a and 4b (HER/*4AB-C). An additional quantity of maximum 10 000  tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by Norway.




12 500 


 


 


 




Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken by the Union in Norwegian waters south of 62°N. An additional quantity of maximum 2 500  tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by the Union.




Norwegian waters south of 62oN (HER/*4N-S62)


 


 


 




Union


12 500 


 


 


 
















Species:


Herring

Clupea harengus



Zone:


Norwegian waters south of 62oN
(HER/4N-S62)




Sweden


237


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


237


 




 




TAC


96 252 


 




(1)


By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
















Species:


Herring (1)

Clupea harengus



Zone:


3a
(HER/03A-BC)




Denmark


1 423 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


13


 




Sweden


229


 




Union


1 665 


 




 




TAC


1 665 


 




(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


11


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


2 143 


 




Germany


11


 




France


11


 




Netherlands


11


 




Sweden


11


 




Union


2 198 


 




United Kingdom


41


 




 




TAC


2 239 


 




(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


2 158 


(3)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


200


(3)




Germany


133


(3)




France


2 569 


(3)




Netherlands


4 541 


(3)




Union


9 601 


(3)




United Kingdom


988


(3)




 




TAC


96 252 


 




(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


97


(2)


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


19


(2)




Ireland


132


(2)




Netherlands


97


(2)




Union


345


(2)




United Kingdom


526


(2)




 




TAC


871


 




(1)


Reference is to the herring stock in the part of ICES zone 6a which lies east of the meridian of longitude 7oW and north of the parallel of latitude 55oN, or west of the meridian of longitude 7oW and north of the parallel of latitude 56oN, 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 56oN and 57o30' 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 and 7c
(HER/6AS7BC)




Ireland


309


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Netherlands


31


 




Union


340


 




 




TAC


340


 




(1)


Reference is to the herring stock in 6a south of 56o00' N and west of 07o00' W.
















Species:


Herring

Clupea harengus



Zone:


7a (1)
(HER/07A/MM)




Ireland


525


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


525


 




United Kingdom


1 491 


 




 




TAC


2 016 


 




(1)


This zone is reduced by the area bounded:






—


to the north by latitude 52o30' N,










—


to the south by latitude 52o00' 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


116


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


116


 




United Kingdom


116


 




 




TAC


232


 
















Species:


Herring

Clupea harengus



Zone:


7g (1), 7h (1), 7j (1) and 7k (1)
(HER/7G-K.)




Germany


3


(2)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


14


(2)




Ireland


188


(2)




Netherlands


14


(2)




Union


219


(2)




United Kingdom


0


(2)




 




TAC


219


(2)




(1)


This zone is increased by the area bounded:






—


to the north by latitude 52o30' N,










—


to the south by latitude 52o00' N,










—


to the west by the coast of Ireland,










—


to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.








(2)


This quota may only be allocated to vessels participating in the sentinel fishery to allow fisheries-based data collection for this stock as assessed by ICES. The Member States concerned shall communicate the name(s) of the vessel(s) to the Commission before allowing any catches.
















Species:


Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus



Zone:


8
(ANE/08.)




Spain


29 700 


 


Analytical TAC




France


3 300 


 




Union


33 000 


 




 




TAC


33 000 


 
















Species:


Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus



Zone:


9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(ANE/9/3411)




Spain


0


(1)


Precautionary TAC




Portugal


0


(1)




Union


0


(1)




 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


Skagerrak
(COD/03AN.)




Belgium


1


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


421


 




Germany


11


 




Netherlands


3


 




Sweden


74


 




Union


510


 




 




TAC


526


 
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


Kattegat
(COD/03AS.)




Denmark


75


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


2


(1)




Sweden


46


(1)




Union


123


(1)




 




TAC


123


(1)




(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


109


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


625


 




Germany


396


 




France


134


(1)




Netherlands


353


(1)




Sweden


4


 




Union


1 621 


 




Norway


626


(2)




United Kingdom


1 433 


(1)




 




TAC


3 680 


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in 7d (COD/*07D.).




(2)


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


2 655 


 


 


 
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


Norwegian waters south of 62oN
(COD/4N-S62)




Sweden


96


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


96


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


6b; Union and international waters of 5b west of 12o00' W and of 12 and 14
(COD/5W6-14)




Belgium


0


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


0


 




France


2


 




Ireland


1


 




Union


3


 




United Kingdom


3


 




 




TAC


6


 
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


6a; Union and international waters of 5b east of 12o00' W
(COD/5BE6A)




Belgium


1


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies
Article 9 of this Regulation applies




Germany


5


(1)




France


51


(1)




Ireland


71


(1)




Union


128


(1)




United Kingdom


193


(1)




 




TAC


321


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches of cod in fisheries for other species. No directed fisheries for cod are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


7a
(COD/07A.)




Belgium


1


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


2


(1)




Ireland


43


(1)




Netherlands


0


(1)




Union


46


(1)




United Kingdom


19


(1)




 




TAC


65


(1)




(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


5


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies
Article 9 of this Regulation applies




France


74


(1)




Ireland


115


(1)




Netherlands


0


(1)




Union


194


(1)




United Kingdom


8


(1)




 




TAC


202


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches of cod in fisheries for other species. No directed fisheries for cod are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


7d
(COD/07D.)




Belgium


9


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


180


(1)




Netherlands


5


(1)




Union


194


(1)




United Kingdom


20


(1)




 




TAC


214


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in: 4; Union waters of 2a; that part of 3a not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat (COD/*2A3X4).
















Species:


Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.


Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(LEZ/2AC4-C)




Belgium


2


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


2


 




Germany


2


 




France


12


 




Netherlands


10


 




Union


28


 




United Kingdom


703


 




 




TAC


731


 
















Species:


Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.


Zone:


Union and international waters of 5b and 6; international waters of 12 and 14
(LEZ/56-14)




Spain


168


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


654


(1)




Ireland


191


 




Union


1 013 


 




United Kingdom


463


(1)




 




TAC


1 476 


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of 2a and 4 (LEZ/*2AC4C).
















Species:


Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.


Zone:


7
(LEZ/07.)




Belgium


127


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


1 405 


(2)




France


1 705 


(2)




Ireland


775


(2)




Union


4 012 


 




United Kingdom


671


(2)




 




TAC


4 683 


 




(1)


10 % of this quota may be used in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE) for by-catches in directed fisheries for sole.




(2)


35 % of this quota may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE).
















Species:


Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.


Zone:


8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
(LEZ/8ABDE.)




Spain


248


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


200


 




Union


448


 




 




TAC


448


 
















Species:


Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.


Zone:


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(LEZ/8C3411)




Spain


1 912 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




France


96


 




Portugal


64


 




Union


2 072 


 




 




TAC


2 158 


 
















Species:


Anglerfishes

Lophiidae



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(ANF/2AC4-C)




Belgium


125


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


275


(1)




Germany


134


(1)




France


26


(1)




Netherlands


94


(1)




Sweden


3


(1)




Union


657


(1)




United Kingdom


2 865 


(1)




 


 




TAC


3 522 


 




(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:


Anglerfishes

Lophiidae



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4
(ANF/04-N.)




Belgium


13


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


326


 




Germany


5


 




Netherlands


5


 




Union


349


 




United Kingdom


76


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Anglerfishes

Lophiidae



Zone:


6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
(ANF/56-14)




Belgium


72


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


82


(1)




Spain


77


 




France


881


(1)




Ireland


199


 




Netherlands


69


(1)




Union


1 380 


 




United Kingdom


613


(1)




 




TAC


1 993 


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of 2a and 4 (ANF/*2AC4C).
















Species:


Anglerfishes

Lophiidae



Zone:


7
(ANF/07.)




Belgium


816


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


91


(1)




Spain


324


(1)




France


5 233 


(1)




Ireland


669


(1)




Netherlands


106


(1)




Union


7 239 


(1)




United Kingdom


1 587 


(1)




 




TAC


8 826 


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (ANF/*8ABDE).
















Species:


Anglerfishes

Lophiidae



Zone:


8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
(ANF/8ABDE.)




Spain


343


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


1 909 


 




Union


2 252 


 




 




TAC


2 252 


 
















Species:


Anglerfishes

Lophiidae



Zone:


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(ANF/8C3411)




Spain


2 934 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




France


3


 




Portugal


584


 




Union


3 521 


 




 




TAC


3 672 


 
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


3a
(HAD/03A.)




Belgium


3


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


442


 




Germany


28


 




Netherlands


1


 




Sweden


52


 




Union


526


 




 




TAC


548


 
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


4; Union waters of 2a
(HAD/2AC4.)




Belgium


52


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


354


 




Germany


225


 




France


393


 




Netherlands


39


 




Sweden


36


 




Union


1 099 


 




Norway


1 975 


 




United Kingdom


5 840 


 




 




TAC


8 914 


 




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 (HAD/*04N-)


 


 


 




Union


5 161 


 


 


 
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


Norwegian waters south of 62oN
(HAD/4N-S62)




Sweden


177


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


177


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of cod, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


Union and international waters of 6b, 12 and 14
(HAD/6B1214)




Belgium


6


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


7


 




France


289


 




Ireland


206


 




Union


508


 




United Kingdom


2 111 


 




 




TAC


2 619 


 
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


Union and international waters of 5b and 6a
(HAD/5BC6A.)




Belgium


1


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


1


(1)




France


55


(1)




Ireland


163


(1)




Union


220


 




United Kingdom


774


(1)




 




TAC


994


 




(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


30


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


1 810 


 




Ireland


603


 




Union


2 443 


 




United Kingdom


272


 




 




TAC


2 715 


 
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


7a
(HAD/07A.)




Belgium


13


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


57


 




Ireland


342


 




Union


412


 




United Kingdom


378


 




 




TAC


790


 
















Species:


Whiting

Merlangius merlangus



Zone:


3a
(WHG/03A.)




Denmark


292


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Netherlands


1


 




Sweden


31


 




Union


324


 




 




TAC


415


 
















Species:


Whiting

Merlangius merlangus



Zone:


4; Union waters of 2a
(WHG/2AC4.)




Belgium


82


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


356


 




Germany


93


 




France


535


 




Netherlands


206


 




Sweden


1


 




Union


1 273 


 




Norway


304


(1)




United Kingdom


2 573 


 




 




TAC


4 290 


 




(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 (WHG/*04N-)


 


 




Union


2 700 


 


 


 
















Species:


Whiting

Merlangius merlangus



Zone:


6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
(WHG/56-14)




Germany


1


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies
Article 9 of this Regulation applies




France


14


(1)




Ireland


68


(1)




Union


83


(1)




United Kingdom


151


(1)




 




TAC


234


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches of whiting in fisheries for other species. No directed fisheries for whiting are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Whiting

Merlangius merlangus



Zone:


7a
(WHG/07A.)




Belgium


1


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies
Article 9 of this Regulation applies




France


6


(1)




Ireland


104


(1)




Netherlands


0


(1)




Union


111


(1)




United Kingdom


70


(1)




 




TAC


181


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches of whiting in fisheries for other species. No directed fisheries for whiting are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Whiting

Merlangius merlangus



Zone:


7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h, 7j and 7k
(WHG/7X7A-C)




Belgium


23


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


1 411 


 




Ireland


1 018 


 




Netherlands


12


 




Union


2 464 


 




United Kingdom


252


 




 




TAC


2 716 


 
















Species:


Whiting

Merlangius merlangus



Zone:


8
(WHG/08.)




Spain


880


 


Precautionary TAC




France


1 321 


 




Union


2 201 


 




 




TAC


2 276 


 
















Species:


Whiting and pollack

Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius



Zone:


Norwegian waters south of 62oN
(W/P/4N-S62)




Sweden


48


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


48


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of cod, haddock and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
















Species:


Hake

Merluccius merluccius



Zone:


3a
(HKE/03A.)




Denmark


784


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Sweden


67


(1)




Union


851


 




 




TAC


851


 




(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.
















Species:


Hake

Merluccius merluccius



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(HKE/2AC4-C)




Belgium


14


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


570


(1)




Germany


65


(1)




France


126


(1)




Netherlands


33


(1)




Union


808


(1)




United Kingdom


178


(1)




 




TAC


986


 




(1)


Not more than 10 % of this quota may be used for by-catch in 3a (HKE/*03A.).
















Species:


Hake

Merluccius merluccius



Zone:


6 and 7; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
(HKE/571214)




Belgium


146


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


4 667 


 




France


7 207 


(1)




Ireland


873


 




Netherlands


94


(1)




Union


12 987 


 




United Kingdom


2 845 


(1)




 




TAC


15 832 


 




(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.




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


19


 


 


 




Spain


753


 


 


 




France


753


 


 


 




Ireland


94


 


 


 




Netherlands


10


 


 


 




Union


1 629 


 


 


 




United Kingdom


424


 


 


 
















Species:


Hake

Merluccius merluccius



Zone:


8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
(HKE/8ABDE.)




Belgium


5


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


3 249 


 




France


7 296 


 




Netherlands


10


(1)




Union


10 560 


 




 




TAC


10 560 


 




(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.




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


1


 


 


 




Spain


941


 


 


 




France


1 694 


 


 


 




Netherlands


3


 


 


 




Union


2 639 


 


 


 
















Species:


Hake

Merluccius merluccius



Zone:


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(HKE/8C3411)




Spain


5 320 


 


Precautionary TAC




France


511


 




Portugal


2 483 


 




Union


8 314 


 




 




TAC


8 517 


 
















Species:


Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 2 and 4
(WHB/24-N.)




Denmark


0


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


0


 




United Kingdom


0


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















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


32 399 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


12 597 


(1)




Spain


27 468 


(1) (2)




France


22 547 


(1)




Ireland


25 089 


(1)




Netherlands


39 507 


(1)




Portugal


2 552 


(1) (2)




Sweden


8 015 


(1)




Union


170 174 


(1) (3)




Norway


64 935 


 




Faroe Islands


6 500 


 




United Kingdom


42 040 


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Special condition: within a total access limit of 24 375  tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 14,3 %.




(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 Union 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:




 


124 026 


 


 


 
















Species:


Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou



Zone:


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(WHB/8C3411)




Spain


8 952 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Portugal


2 238 


 




Union


11 189 


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Special condition: from the Union 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:




124 026 


 


 


 
















Species:


Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou



Zone:


Union waters of 2, 4a, 5 and 6 north of 56° 30' N and 7 west of 12° W
(WHB/24A567)




Norway


124 026 


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Faroe Islands


24 375 


(3) (4)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


To be counted against quota established by Norway.




(2)


Special condition: the catch in 4a shall be no more than the following quantity (WHB/*04A-C):




26 000 


 


 


 




This catch restriction in 4a amounts to the following percentage of Norway's access limit:




18 %


 


 


 




(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 quantity (WHB/*04A-C):




6 094 


 


 


 
















Species:


Lemon sole and witch flounder

Microstomus kitt and

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(L/W/2AC4-C)




Belgium


92


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


253


 




Germany


33


 




France


69


 




Netherlands


211


 




Sweden


3


 




Union


661


 




United Kingdom


1 036 


 




 




TAC


1 697 


 
















Species:


Blue ling

Molva dypterygia



Zone:


Union and international waters of 5b, 6 and 7
(BLI/5B67-)




Germany


28


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Estonia


4


 




Spain


89


 




France


2 032 


 




Ireland


8


 




Lithuania


2


 




Poland


1


 




Others


8


(1)




Union


2 172 


 




Norway


63


(2)




Faroe Islands


38


(3)




United Kingdom


517


 




 




TAC


2 790 


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (BLI/5B67_AMS).




(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


0


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


33


(1)




France


1


(1)




Lithuania


0


(1)




Others


0


(1)




Union


34


(1)




United Kingdom


0


(1)




 




TAC


34


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (BLI/12INT_AMS).
















Species:


Blue ling

Molva dypterygia



Zone:


Union and international waters of 2 and 4
(BLI/24-)




Denmark


1


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


1


 




Ireland


1


 




France


4


 




Others


1


(1)




Union


8


 




United Kingdom


2


 




 




TAC


10


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (BLI/24_AMS).
















Species:


Blue ling

Molva dypterygia



Zone:


Union and international waters of 3a
(BLI/03A-)




Denmark


1


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


0


 




Sweden


1


 




Union


2


 




 




TAC


2


 
















Species:


Ling

Molva molva



Zone:


Union and international waters of 1 and 2
(LIN/1/2.)




Denmark


7


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


7


 




France


7


 




Others


3


(1)




Union


24


 




United Kingdom


7


 




 




TAC


31


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (LIN/1/2_AMS).
















Species:


Ling

Molva molva



Zone:


Union waters of 3a
(LIN/03A-C.)




Belgium


3


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


25


 




Germany


3


 




Sweden


10


 




Union


41


 




United Kingdom


3


 




 




TAC


44


 
















Species:


Ling

Molva molva



Zone:


Union waters of 4
(LIN/04-C.)




Belgium


7


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


106


(1)




Germany


66


(1)




France


59


 




Netherlands


2


 




Sweden


5


(1)




Union


245


 




United Kingdom


815


(1)




 




TAC


1 060 


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 25 % but no more than 75 tonnes may be fished in: Union waters of 3a (LIN/*03A-C).
















Species:


Ling

Molva molva



Zone:


Union and international waters of 5
(LIN/05EI.)




Belgium


2


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


2


 




Germany


2


 




France


2


 




Union


8


 




United Kingdom


2


 




 




TAC


10


 
















Species:


Ling

Molva molva



Zone:


Union and international waters of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14
(LIN/6X14.)




Belgium


12


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


2


(1)




Germany


42


(1)




Ireland


225


 




Spain


840


 




France


896


(1)




Portugal


2


 




Union


2 019 


 




Norway


2 000 


(2) (3) (4)


 




Faroe Islands


50


(5) (6)


 




United Kingdom


1 032 


(1)




 




TAC


5 101 


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 35 % 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 vessel, 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 quantity given below, in tonnes (OTH/*6X14.). By-catch of cod under this provision in area 6a shall not be more than 5 %.




750


 


 


 




(3)


Including tusk. The following quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in 5b, 6 and 7:




 


 


 


 


 




 


Ling (LIN/*5B67-)


2 000 


 


 




 


Tusk (USK/*5B67-)


731


 


 




(4)


The ling and tusk quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following quantity, in tonnes:




500


 


 




(5)


Including tusk. To be fished in 6b and 6a north of 56o30' N (LIN/*6BAN.).




(6)


Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 20 % per vessel, 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 quantity, in tonnes (OTH/*6AB.):
19
















Species:


Ling

Molva molva



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4
(LIN/04-N.)




Belgium


2


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


297


 




Germany


8


 




France


3


 




Netherlands


1


 




Union


311


 




United Kingdom


27


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


3a
(NEP/03A.)




Denmark


9 084 


 


Analytical TAC




Germany


26


 




Sweden


3 250 


 




Union


12 360 


 




 




TAC


12 360 


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(NEP/2AC4-C)




Belgium


301


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


301


 




Germany


5


 




France


9


 




Netherlands


155


 




Union


771


 




United Kingdom


4 981 


 




 




TAC


5 752 


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4
(NEP/04-N.)




Denmark


142


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


0


 




Union


142


 




United Kingdom


8


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


6; Union and international waters of 5b
(NEP/5BC6.)




Spain


8


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


32


 




Ireland


54


 




Union


94


 




United Kingdom


3 881 


 




 




TAC


3 975 


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


7
(NEP/07.)




Spain


252


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


1 022 


(1)




Ireland


1 550 


(1)




Union


2 824 


(1)




United Kingdom


1 379 


(1)




 




TAC


4 203 


(1)




(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


199


 




France


125


 




Ireland


239


 




Union


563


 




United Kingdom


97


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
(NEP/8ABDE.)




Spain


239


 


Analytical TAC




France


3 745 


 




Union


3 984 


 




 




TAC


3 984 


 
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


8c
(NEP/08C.)




Spain


2,4


(1)


Precautionary TAC




France


0,0


(1)




Union


2,4


(1)




 




TAC


2,4


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for catches taken as part of a sentinel fishery to collect catch per unit effort (CPUE) data with vessels carrying observers on board:
– 1,7 tonnes in functional unit 25 during five trips per month in August and September,
– 0,7 tonnes in functional unit 31 during 7 days in July.
















Species:


Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus



Zone:


9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(NEP/9/3411)




Spain


94


(1)


Precautionary TAC




Portugal


280


(1)




Union


374


(1) (2)




 




TAC


374


(1) (2)




(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 quantity may be taken in functional unit 30 of ICES division 9a (NEP/*9U30): 65
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


3a
(PRA/03A.)




Denmark


531


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Sweden


286


 




Union


817


 




 




TAC


1 529 


 
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(PRA/2AC4-C)




Denmark


45


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Netherlands


0


 




Sweden


2


 




Union


47


 




United Kingdom


13


 




 




TAC


60


 
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


Norwegian waters south of 62oN
(PRA/4N-S62)




Denmark


50


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Sweden


31


(1)




Union


81


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for these species.
















Species:


‘Penaeus’ shrimps

Penaeus spp.


Zone:


French Guiana waters
(PEN/FGU.)




France


To be established


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 6 of this Regulation applies




Union


To be established


(1) (2)




 




TAC


To be established


(1) (2)




(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


26


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


3 308 


 




Germany


17


 




Netherlands


636


 




Sweden


177


 




Union


4 164 


 




 




TAC


4 912 


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


Kattegat
(PLE/03AS.)




Denmark


369


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




Germany


4


 




Sweden


41


 




Union


414


 




 




TAC


719


 
















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


1 381 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


4 487 


 




Germany


1 294 


 




France


259


 




Netherlands


8 627 


 




Union


16 048 


 




Norway


2 570 


(1)




United Kingdom


6 385 


 




 




TAC


36 713 


 




(1)


Of which no more than 75 tonnes may be fished in the Skagerrak (PLE/*03AN.).




 




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


14 010 


 


 


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


6; Union and international waters of 5b;
international waters of 12 and 14
(PLE/56-14)




France


2


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Ireland


65


 




Union


67


 




United Kingdom


97


 




 




TAC


164


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


7a
(PLE/07A.)




Belgium


29


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


13


 




Ireland


361


 




Netherlands


9


 




Union


412


 




United Kingdom


287


 




 




TAC


699


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


7b and 7c
(PLE/7BC.)




France


4


 


Precautionary TAC




Ireland


15


 




Union


19


 




 




TAC


19


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


7d and 7e
(PLE/7DE.)




Belgium


375


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


1 248 


 




Union


1 623 


 




United Kingdom


666


 




 




TAC


2 289 


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


7f and 7g
(PLE/7FG.)




Belgium


117


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


211


 




Ireland


64


 




Union


392


 




United Kingdom


110


 




 




TAC


502


 
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


7h, 7j and 7k
(PLE/7HJK.)




Belgium


1


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies
Article 9 of this Regulation applies




France


2


(1)




Ireland


8


(1)




Netherlands


4


(1)




Union


15


(1)




United Kingdom


2


(1)




 




TAC


17


(1)




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches of plaice in fisheries for other species. No directed fisheries for plaice are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa



Zone:


8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(PLE/8/3411)




Spain


26


 


Precautionary TAC




France


103


 




Portugal


26


 




Union


155


 




 




TAC


155


 
















Species:


Pollack

Pollachius pollachius



Zone:


6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
(POL/56-14)




Spain


1


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


29


 




Ireland


9


 




Union


39


 




United Kingdom


22


 




 




TAC


61


 
















Species:


Pollack

Pollachius pollachius



Zone:


7
(POL/07.)




Belgium


95


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


6


(1)




France


2 178 


(1)




Ireland


232


(1)




Union


2 511 


(1)




United Kingdom


530


(1)




 




TAC


3 041 


 




(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


 


Precautionary TAC




France


1 230 


 




Union


1 482 


 




 




TAC


1 482 


 
















Species:


Pollack

Pollachius pollachius



Zone:


8c
(POL/08C.)




Spain


149


 


Precautionary TAC




France


17


 




Union


166


 




 




TAC


166


 
















Species:


Pollack

Pollachius pollachius



Zone:


9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(POL/9/3411)




Spain


196


(1)


Precautionary TAC




Portugal


7


(1) (2)




Union


203


(1)




 




TAC


203


(2)




(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


7


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


823


 




Germany


2 079 


 




France


4 892 


 




Netherlands


21


 




Sweden


113


 




Union


7 935 


 




Norway


10 426 


(1)




United Kingdom


1 594 


 




 




TAC


19 955 


 




(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


88


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


870


 




Ireland


100


 




Union


1 058 


 




Norway


235


(1)




United Kingdom


778


 




 




TAC


2 071 


 




(1)


To be fished north of 56o30' N (POK/*5614N).
















Species:


Saithe

Pollachius virens



Zone:


Norwegian waters south of 62oN
(POK/4N-S62)




Sweden


220


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


220


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting are to be counted against the quota for these species.
















Species:


Saithe

Pollachius virens



Zone:


7, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(POK/7/3411)




Belgium


2


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


311


 




Ireland


373


 




Union


686


 




United Kingdom


109


 




 




TAC


795


 
















Species:


Turbot and brill

Scophthalmus maximus and Scophthalmus rhombus



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(T/B/2AC4-C)




Belgium


119


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


255


 




Germany


65


 




France


31


 




Netherlands


902


 




Sweden


2


 




Union


1 374 


 




United Kingdom


251


 




 




TAC


1 625 


 
















Species:


Skates and rays

Rajiformes



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(SRX/2AC4-C)




Belgium


73


(1) (2) (3) (4)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


3


(1) (2) (3)




Germany


4


(1) (2) (3)




France


12


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Netherlands


62


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Union


154


(1) (3)




United Kingdom


281


(1) (2) (3) (4)




 




TAC


435


(3)




(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. These 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 catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.




(3)


This shall not apply to blonde ray (Raja brachyura) in Union waters of 2a and small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) in Union waters of 2a and 4. When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.




(4)


Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in Union waters of 7d (SRX/*07D2.), without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 20 and 57 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. Catches of blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/*07D2.), cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*07D2.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*07D2.) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*07D2.) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) and undulate ray (Raja undulata).
















Species:


Skates and rays

Rajiformes



Zone:


Union waters of 3a
(SRX/03A-C.)




Denmark


9


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Sweden


3


(1)




Union


12


(1)




 




TAC


12


 




(1)


Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/03A-C.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/03A-C.) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/03A-C.) shall be reported separately.
















Species:


Skates and rays

Rajiformes



Zone:


Union waters of 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k
(SRX/67AKXD)




Belgium


230


(1) (2) (3) (4)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Estonia


1


(1) (2) (3) (4)




France


1 032 


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Germany


3


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Ireland


332


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Lithuania


5


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Netherlands


1


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Portugal


6


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Spain


278


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Union


1 888 


(1) (2) (3) (4)




United Kingdom


658


(1) (2) (3) (4)




 




TAC


2 546 


(3) (4)




(1)


Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/67AKXD), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/67AKXD), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/67AKXD), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/67AKXD), sandy ray (Raja circularis) (RJI/67AKXD) and shagreen ray (Raja fullonica) (RJF/67AKXD) shall be reported separately.




(2)


Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of 7d (SRX/*07D.), without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 20 and 57 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*07D.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*07D.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/*07D.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*07D.), sandy ray (Raja circularis) (RJI/*07D.) and shagreen ray (Raja fullonica) (RJF/*07D.) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) and undulate ray (Raja undulata).




(3)


This shall not apply to small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata), except in Union waters of 7f and 7g. When accidentally caught, this species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species. Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities of small-eyed ray in Union waters of 7f and 7g (RJE/7FG.) given below may be taken:




Species:


Small-eyed ray

Raja microocellata



Zone:


Union waters of 7f and 7g
(RJE/7FG.)




Belgium


4


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Estonia


0




France


20




Germany


0




Ireland


6




Lithuania


0




Netherlands


0




Portugal


0




Spain


5




Union


35




United Kingdom


13




 


 




TAC


48


 




Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of 7d and reported under the following code: (RJE/*07D.). This special condition is without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 20 and 57 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.




(4)


This shall not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata).
















Species:


Skates and rays

Rajiformes



Zone:


Union waters of 7d
(SRX/07D.)




Belgium


33


(1) (2) (3) (4)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


278


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Netherlands


2


(1) (2) (3) (4)




Union


313


(1) (2) (3) (4)




United Kingdom


56


(1) (2) (3) (4)




 




TAC


369


(4)




(1)


Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/07D.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/07D.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/07D.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/07D.) and small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/07D.) shall be reported separately.




(2)


Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k (SRX/*67AKD). Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*67AKD), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*67AKD), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/*67AKD) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*67AKD) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) and to undulate ray (Raja undulata).




(3)


Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in Union waters of 2a and 4 (SRX/*2AC4C). Catches of blonde ray (Raja brachyura) in Union waters of 4 (RJH/*04-C.), cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*2AC4C), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*2AC4C) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*2AC4C) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata).




(4)


This shall not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata).
















Species:


Undulate ray

Raja undulata



Zone:


Union waters of 7d and 7e
(RJU/7DE.)




Belgium


5


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Estonia


0


(1)




France


26


(1)




Germany


0


(1)




Ireland


7


(1)




Lithuania


0


(1)




Netherlands


0


(1)




Portugal


0


(1)




Spain


6


(1)




Union


44


(1)




United Kingdom


15


(1)




 




TAC


59


(1)




(1)


This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC and may only be landed whole or gutted. This is without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 20 and 57 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.
















Species:


Skates and rays

Rajiformes



Zone:


Union waters of 8 and 9
(SRX/89-C.)




Belgium


3


(1) (2)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


451


(1) (2)




Portugal


366


(1) (2)




Spain


368


(1) (2)




Union


1 188 


(1) (2)




United Kingdom


3


(1) (2)




 




TAC


1 191 


(2)




(1)


Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/89-C.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/89-C.) and thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/89-C.) shall be reported separately.




(2)


This shall not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. In cases where it is not subject to the landing obligation, by-catch of undulate ray in subareas 8 and 9 may only be landed whole or gutted. The catches shall remain under the quotas set out in the table below. These provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 20 and 57 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. By-catches of undulate ray shall be reported separately under the codes indicated in the tables below. Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities of undulate ray given below may be taken:




 


Species:


Undulate ray

Raja undulata



Zone:


Union waters of 8
(RJU/8-C.)




Belgium


0


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


3




Portugal


3




Spain


3




Union


9




United Kingdom


0




 


 




TAC


9


 




 


Species:


Undulate ray

Raja undulata



Zone:


Union waters of 9
(RJU/9-C.)




Belgium


0


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


5




Portugal


4




Spain


4




Union


13




United Kingdom


0




 


 




TAC


13


 
















Species:


Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4; Union and international waters of 5b and 6
(GHL/2A-C46)




Denmark


4


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


6


 




Estonia


4


 




Spain


4


 




France


58


 




Ireland


4


 




Lithuania


4


 




Poland


4


 




Union


88


 




Norway


313


(1)




United Kingdom


228


 




 




TAC


629


 




(1)


To be taken in Union waters of 2a and 6. In 6, this quantity may only be fished with long-lines (GHL/*2A6-C).
















Species:


Mackerel

Scomber scombrus



Zone:


3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and subdivisions 22-32
(MAC/2A34.)




Belgium


378


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


12 999 


(1) (2)




Germany


394


(1) (2)




France


1 190 


(1) (2)




Netherlands


1 197 


(1) (2)




Sweden


3 548 


(1) (2) (3)




Union


19 705 


(1) (2)




Norway


124 188 


(4)




United Kingdom


1 109 


(1) (2)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may also be taken in the two following zones:




 


Norwegian waters of 2a (MAC/*02AN-)


Faroese waters (MAC/*FRO1)




Belgium


51


52




Denmark


1 752 


1 791 




Germany


53


55




France


161


164




Netherlands


161


165




Sweden


478


489




Union


2 656 


2 716 




United Kingdom


150


153




(2)


May also be taken in Norwegian waters of 4a (MAC/*4AN.).




(3)


Special condition: including the following quantity, in tonnes to be taken in Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a (MAC/*2A4AN):




176


 




When fishing under this special condition, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for those species.




(4)


To be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This quantity includes the following Norwegian share in the North Sea TAC :




36 008 


 




This quota may be fished in 4a only (MAC/*04A.), except for the following quantity, in tonnes, which may be fished in 3a (MAC/*03A.):




1 950 


 




Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:










 


3a


3a and 4bc


4b


4c


6; international waters of 2a
During the periods from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 September to 31 December




 


(MAC/*03A.)


(MAC/*3A4BC)


(MAC/*04B.)


(MAC/*04C.)


(MAC/*2A6.)




Denmark


0


2 685 


0


0


7 799 




France


0


319


0


0


0




Netherlands


0


319


0


0


0




Sweden


0


0


254


7


2 023 




United Kingdom


0


319


0


0


0




Norway


1 950 


0


0


0


0
















Species:


Mackerel

Scomber scombrus



Zone:


6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14
(MAC/2CX14-)




Germany


15 220 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


16


(1)




Estonia


127


(1)




France


10 148 


(1)




Ireland


50 734 


(1)




Latvia


94


(1)




Lithuania


94


(1)




Netherlands


22 196 


(1)




Poland


1 072 


(1)




Union


99 701 


(1)




Norway


10 720 


(2) (3)




Faroe Islands


22 656 


(4)




United Kingdom


139 521 


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Special condition: of which up to 25 % can be made available for exchanges to be fished by Spain, France and Portugal in 8c, 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (MAC/*8C910).




(2)


May be fished in 2a, 6a north of 56° 30' N, 4a, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h (MAC/*AX7H).




(3)


The quantity of access limit indicated below (MAC/*N5630), in tonnes, may be fished by Norway north of 56°30' N. The quantities not counted under footnote 2 shall be counted against the catch limit established by Norway.




24 838 


 




(4)


This quantity shall be deducted from the Faroe Islands' catch limit (access quota). It may be fished only in 6a north of 56° 30' N (MAC/*6AN56). However, from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December this quota may also be fished in 2a and 4a north of 59o (EU zone) (MAC/*24N59).




Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones and periods:








 


Union waters of 2a; Union and Norwegian waters of 4a
During the periods from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 September to 31 December


Norwegian waters of 2a


Faroese waters




 


(MAC/*4A-EN)


(MAC/*2AN-)


(MAC/*FRO2)




Germany


9 186 


1 238 


1 266 




France


6 124 


824


844




Ireland


30 620 


4 127 


4 221 




Netherlands


13 396 


1 804 


1 847 




Union


59 326 


7 993 


8 178 




United Kingdom


84 207 


11 351 


11 609 
















Species:


Mackerel

Scomber scombrus



Zone:


8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(MAC/8C3411)




Spain


22 560 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


150


(1)




Portugal


4 663 


(1)




Union


27 373 


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Special condition: quantities subject to exchanges with other Member States may be taken in 8a, 8b and 8d (MAC/*8ABD.). However, the quantities provided by Spain, Portugal or France for exchange purposes and to be taken in 8a, 8b and 8d shall not exceed 25 % of the quotas of the donor Member State.




Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:






8b (MAC/*08B.)




Spain


1 895 




France


12




Portugal


391
















Species:


Mackerel

Scomber scombrus



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a
(MAC/2A4A-N)




Denmark


9 394 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


9 394 


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


3a; Union waters of subdivisions 22-24
(SOL/3ABC24)




Denmark


500


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




Germany


29


(1)




Netherlands


48


(1)




Sweden


19


 




Union


596


 




 




TAC


596


 




(1)


This quota may be fished in Union waters of 3a, subdivisions 22-24 only.
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(SOL/24-C.)




Belgium


365


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


167


 




Germany


292


 




France


73


 




Netherlands


3 299 


 




Union


4 196 


 




Norway


3


(1)




United Kingdom


188


 




 




TAC


4 387 


 




(1)


May be fished only in Union waters of 4 (SOL/*04-C.).
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
(SOL/56-14)




Ireland


12


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


12


 




United Kingdom


3


 




 




TAC


15


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


7a
(SOL/07A.)




Belgium


53


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


1


 




Ireland


19


 




Netherlands


17


 




Union


90


 




United Kingdom


24


 




 




TAC


114


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


7b and 7c
(SOL/7BC.)




France


6


 


Precautionary TAC




Ireland


36


 




Union


34


 




 




TAC


34


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


7d
(SOL/07D.)




Belgium


188


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


377


 




Union


565


 




United Kingdom


135


 




 




TAC


700


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


7e
(SOL/07E.)




Belgium


13


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


139


 




Union


152


 




United Kingdom


218


 




 




TAC


370


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


7f and 7g
(SOL/7FG.)




Belgium


258


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


26


 




Ireland


13


 




Union


297


 




United Kingdom


116


 




 




TAC


413


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


7h, 7j and 7k
(SOL/7HJK.)




Belgium


7


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


14


 




Ireland


37


 




Netherlands


11


 




Union


69


 




United Kingdom


14


 




 




TAC


83


 
















Species:


Common sole

Solea solea



Zone:


8a and 8b
(SOL/8AB.)




Belgium


42


 


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




Spain


8


 




France


3 116 


 




Netherlands


233


 




Union


3 399 


 




 




TAC


3 483 


 
















Species:


Sole

Solea spp.


Zone:


8c, 8d, 8e, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(SOO/8CDE34)




Spain


258


 


Precautionary TAC




Portugal


428


 




Union


686


 




 




TAC


686


 
















Species:


Sprat and associated by-catches

Sprattus sprattus



Zone:


3a
(SPR/03A.)




Denmark


0


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC




Germany


0


(1) (2)




Sweden


0


(1) (2)




Union


0


(1) (2)




 




TAC


0


(2)




(1)


Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and haddock (OTH/*03A.). By-catches of whiting and haddock 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.




(2)


This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
















Species:


Sprat and associated by-catches

Sprattus sprattus



Zone:


Union waters of 2a and 4
(SPR/2AC4-C)




Belgium


0


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC




Denmark


0


(1) (2)




Germany


0


(1) (2)




France


0


(1) (2)




Netherlands


0


(1) (2)




Sweden


0


(1) (2) (3)




Union


0


(1)(2)




Norway


0


(1)




Faroe Islands


0


(1) (4)




United Kingdom


0


(1) (2)




 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.




(2)


Up to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting (OTH/*2AC4C). By-catches of whiting 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.




(3)


Including sandeel.




(4)


May contain up to 4 % of by-catch of herring.
















Species:


Sprat

Sprattus sprattus



Zone:


7d and 7e
(SPR/7DE.)




Belgium


2


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


122


 




Germany


2


 




France


26


 




Netherlands


26


 




Union


178


 




United Kingdom


198


 




 




TAC


376


 
















Species:


Picked dogfish

Squalus acanthias



Zone:


Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14
(DGS/15X14)




Belgium


5


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


1


(1)




Spain


3


(1)




France


21


(1)




Ireland


13


(1)




Netherlands


0


(1)




Portugal


0


(1)




Union


43


(1)




United Kingdom


25


(1)




 




TAC


68


(1)




(1)


Picked dogfish shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries where picked dogfish is not subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately, as required by Articles 20 and 57 of this Regulation. By derogation from Article 14, a vessel engaged in the by-catch avoidance programme that has been positively assessed by the STECF may land not more than 2 tonnes per month of picked dogfish that is dead at the moment when the fishing gear is hauled on board. Member States participating in the by-catch avoidance programme shall ensure that the total annual landings of picked dogfish on the basis of this derogation do not exceed the above quantities. They shall communicate the list of participating vessels to the Commission before allowing any landings. Member States shall exchange information about avoidance areas.
















Species:


Horse mackerel and associated by-catches

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


Union waters of 4b, 4c and 7d
(JAX/4BC7D)




Belgium


3


(1)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


1 328 


(1)




Germany


117


(1) (2)




Spain


25


(1)




France


110


(1) (2)




Ireland


84


(1)




Netherlands


799


(1) (2)




Portugal


3


(1)




Sweden


19


(1)




Union


2 488 


 




Norway


638


(3)




United Kingdom


316


(1) (2)




 




TAC


3 442 


 




(1)


Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of boarfish, haddock, whiting and mackerel (OTH/*4BC7D). By-catches of boarfish, haddock, 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.




(2)


Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in division 7d may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the following zone: Union waters of 2a, 4a, 6, 7a-c,7e-k, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14 (JAX/*7D-EU).




(3)


May be fished in Union waters of 4a, but shall not be fished in Union waters of 7d (JAX/*04-C.).
















Species:


Horse mackerel and associated by-catches

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


Union waters of 2a, 4a; 6, 7a-c,7e-k, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14
(JAX/2A-14)




Denmark


4 434 


(1) (3)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


3 459 


(1) (2) (3)




Spain


4 719 


(3) (5)




France


1 780 


(1) (2) (3) (5)




Ireland


11 522 


(1) (3)




Netherlands


13 881 


(1) (2) (3)




Portugal


454


(3) (5)




Sweden


439


(1) (3)




Union


40 688 


(3)




Faroe Islands


1 040 


(4)




United Kingdom


4 172 


(1) (2) (3)




 




TAC


45 900 


 




(1)


Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in Union waters of 2a or 4a before 30 June may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the zone of Union waters of 4b, 4c and 7d (JAX/*2A4AC).




(2)


Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in 7d (JAX/*07D.). Under this special condition, and in accordance with footnote 3, by-catches of boarfish and whiting shall be reported separately under the following code: (OTH/*07D.).




(3)


Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of boarfish, haddock, whiting and mackerel (OTH/*2A-14). By-catches of boarfish, haddock, 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.




(4)


Limited to 4a, 6a (north of 56° 30’ N only), 7e, 7f and 7h.




(5)


Special condition: up to 80 % of this quota may be fished in 8c (JAX/*08C2). Under this special condition, and in accordance with footnote 3, by-catches of boarfish and whiting shall be reported separately under the following code: (OTH/*08C2).
















Species:


Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


8c
(JAX/08C.)




Spain


2 504 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


44


 




Portugal


248


(1)




Union


2 796 


 




 




TAC


2 796 


 




(1)


Special condition: up to 10 % of this quota may be fished in 9 (JAX/*09.).
















Species:


Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


9
(JAX/09.)




Spain


31 834 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 8(2) of this Regulation applies




Portugal


91 211 


(1)




Union


123 045 


 




 




TAC


128 627 


 




(1)


Special condition: up to 10 % of this quota may be fished in 8c (JAX/*08C.).
















Species:


Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


10; Union waters of CECAF(1)
(JAX/X34PRT)




Portugal


To be established


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 6 of this Regulation applies




Union


To be established


(2)




 




TAC


To be established


(2)




(1)


Waters adjacent to the Azores.




(2)


Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Portugal.
















Species:


Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


Union waters of CECAF(1)
(JAX/341PRT)




Portugal


To be established


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 6 of this Regulation applies




Union


To be established


(2)




 




TAC


To be established


(2)




(1)


Waters adjacent to Madeira.




(2)


Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Portugal.
















Species:


Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.


Zone:


Union waters of CECAF (1)
(JAX/341SPN)




Spain


To be established


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 6 of this Regulation applies




Union


To be established


(2)




 




TAC


To be established


(2)




(1)


Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands.




(2)


Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain.
















Species:


Norway pout and associated by-catches

Trisopterus esmarkii



Zone:


3a; Union waters of 2a and 4
(NOP/2A3A4_Q1)




Year


2021


 


 




 


 


 


 




Denmark


5 620 


(1) (3)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


1


(1) (2) (3)




Netherlands


4


(1) (2) (3)




Union


5 625 


(1) (3)




Norway


pm


(4)




Faroe Islands


pm


(5)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of haddock and whiting (OT2/*2A3A4_Q1). By-catches of haddock and whiting 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.




(2)


This quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones 2a, 3a and 4 only.




(3)


Union quota may only be fished from 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2021.




(4)


A sorting grid shall be used.




(5)


A sorting grid shall be used. It includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.
















Species:


Industrial fish


Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4
(I/F/04-N.)




Sweden


200


(1) (2)


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


200


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe to be counted against the quotas for these species.




(2)


Special condition: of which no more than the following quantity of horse mackerel (JAX/*04-N.):




100


 


 
















Species:


Other species


Zone:


Union waters of 5b, 6 and 7
(OTH/5B67-C)




Union


Not relevant


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Norway


70


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Taken with long-lines only.
















Species:


Other species


Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4
(OTH/04-N.)




Belgium


15


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


1 375 


 




Germany


155


 




France


64


 




Netherlands


110


 




Sweden


Not relevant


(1)




Union


1 719 


(2)




United Kingdom


1 031 


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of "other species" at a traditional level.




(2)


Including fisheries not specifically mentioned. Exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as appropriate.
















Species:


Other species


Zone:


Union waters of 2a, 4 and 6a north of 56° 30' N
(OTH/2A46AN)




Union


Not relevant


 


Precautionary TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Norway


1 688 


(1) (2)




Faroe Islands


38


(3)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Limited to 2a and 4 (OTH/*2A4-C).




(2)


Including fisheries not specifically mentioned. Exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as appropriate.




(3)


To be fished in 4 and 6a north of 56o30' N (OTH/*46AN).







Appendix

The TACs referred to in Article 9(4) are the following:






 


For Belgium: common sole in 7a; common sole in 7f and 7g; common sole in 7e; common sole in 8a and 8b; megrims in 7; haddock in 7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1; Norway lobster in 7; cod in 7a; plaice in 7f and 7g; plaice in 7h, 7j and 7k; skates and rays in 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k.










 


For France: mackerel in 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and subdivisions 22-32; herring in 4, 7d and Union waters of 2a; horse mackerel in Union waters of 4b, 4c and 7d; whiting in 7b-k; haddock in 7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1; common sole in 7f and 7g; whiting in 8; red seabream in Union and international waters of 6, 7 and 8; boarfish in Union and international waters of 6, 7 and 8; mackerel in 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14; skates and rays in Union waters of 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k; skates and rays in Union waters of 7d; skates and rays in Union waters of 8 and 9; undulate ray in Union waters of 7d and 7e.










 


For Ireland: anglerfish in 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14; anglerfish in 7; Norway lobster in functional unit 16 of ICES subarea 7.











ANNEX IB
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND, ICES SUBAREAS 1, 2, 5, 12 AND 14 AND GREENLAND WATERS OF NAFO 1









Species:


Herring

Clupea harengus



Zone:


Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2
(HER/1/2-)




Belgium


3


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


2 931 


(1)




Germany


513


(1)




Spain


10


(1)




France


127


(1)




Ireland


759


(1)




Netherlands


1 049 


(1)




Poland


148


(1)




Portugal


10


(1)




Finland


45


(1)




Sweden


1 086 


(1)




Union


6 681 


(1)




United Kingdom


1 874 


(1)




Faroe Islands


1 750 


(2) (3)




Norway


7 699 


(2) (4)




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


When reporting catches to the Commission the quantities fished in each of the following areas shall also be reported: NEAFC Regulatory Area and Union waters.




(2)


May be fished in Union waters north of 62° N.




(3)


To be counted against the catch limits of the Faroe Islands.




(4)


To be counted against the catch limits of Norway.




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 north of 62° N and the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (HER/*2AJMN)




 


7 699 


 


 


 




2, 5b north of 62° N (Faroese waters) (HER/*25B-F)




Belgium


1


 


Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Denmark


600


 




Germany


105


 




Spain


2


 




France


26


 




Ireland


155


 




Netherlands


215


 




Poland


30


 




Portugal


2


 




Finland


9


 




Sweden


222


 




United Kingdom


383


 
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
(COD/1N2AB.)




Germany


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
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Greece


81


 




Spain


725


 




Ireland


81


 




France


597


 




Portugal


725


 




Union


2 859 


 




United Kingdom


2 522 


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14
(COD/N1GL14)




Germany


pm


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Union


pm


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Except for by-catches, the following conditions shall apply to these quotas:




 








—


they shall not be fished between 1 April and 31 May,








 








—


Union vessels may choose to fish in either or both of the following areas:








 


Reporting code


Geographical limits




 


COD/GRL1


The part of the Greenlandic fishing zone that lies within NAFO subarea 1F west of 44° 00' W and south of 60° 45' N, the portion of NAFO subarea 1 that lies south of the parallel of 60° 45' north latitude (Cape Desolation) and the part of the Greenlandic fishing zone within ICES division 14b that lies east of 44° 00' W and south of 62° 30' N.




 


COD/GRL2


The part of the Greenlandic fishing area that lies within ICES division 14b north of 62° 30' N.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


1 and 2b
(COD/1/2B.)




Germany


6 482 


(3)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Spain


13 085 


(3)




France


3 060 


(3)




Poland


2 693 


(3)




Portugal


2 627 


(3)




Other Member States


484


(1) (3)




Union


28 431 


(2) (3)




United Kingdom


4 323 


(3)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (COD/1/2B_AMS).




(2)


The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Union in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island and the associated by-catches of haddock are without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.




(3)


By-catches of haddock may represent up to 14 % per haul. The by-catch quantities of haddock are in addition to the quota for cod.
















Species:


Cod and haddock

Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


Faroese waters of 5b
(C/H/05B-F.)




Germany


5


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


27


 




Union


32


 




United Kingdom


190


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant
















Species:


Grenadiers

Macrourus spp.


Zone:


Greenland waters of 5 and 14
(GRV/514GRN)




Union


pm


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 




TAC


Not relevant


(2)




(1)


Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514GRN) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514GRN) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.




(2)


The quantity below, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway. Special condition for this quantity: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514GRN) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514GRN) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.




 


 


25


 


 
















Species:


Grenadiers

Macrourus spp.


Zone:


Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(GRV/N1GRN.)




Union


pm


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 




TAC


Not relevant


(2)




(1)


Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/N1GRN.) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/N1GRN.) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.




(2)


The quantity below, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway. Special condition for this quantity: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/N1GRN.) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/N1GRN.) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.




 


 


40


 


 
















Species:


Capelin

Mallotus villosus



Zone:


2b
(CAP/02B.)




Union


0


 


Analytical TAC




 


 


 




TAC


0


 
















Species:


Capelin

Mallotus villosus



Zone:


Greenland waters of 5 and 14
(CAP/514GRN)




Denmark


pm


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


pm


 




Sweden


pm


 




All Member States


pm


(1)




Union


pm


(2)




Norway


pm


(2)




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Denmark, Germany and Sweden may access the ‘All Member States’ quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the ‘All Member States’ quota at all. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (CAP/514GRN_AMS).




(2)


For a fishing period from 20 June 2021 to 30 April 2022.
















Species:


Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
(HAD/1N2AB.)




Germany


59


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


36


 




Union


95


 




United Kingdom


181


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou



Zone:


Faroese waters
(WHB/2A4AXF)




Denmark


275


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


19


 




France


30


 




Netherlands


26


 




Union


350


(1)




United Kingdom


275


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable by-catches of greater silver smelt.
















Species:


Ling and blue ling

Molva molva and molva dypterygia



Zone:


Faroese waters of 5b
(B/L/05B-F.)




Germany


138


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


306


 




Union


444


(1)




United Kingdom


27


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbardfish may be counted against this quota, up to the following limit (OTH/*05B-F):




 


166


 


 


 
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


Greenland waters of 5 and 14
(PRA/514GRN)




Denmark


pm


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


pm


 




Union


pm


 




Norway


pm


 




Faroe Islands


pm


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(PRA/N1GRN.)




Denmark


pm


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


pm


 




Union


pm


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Saithe

Pollachius virens



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
(POK/1N2AB.)




Germany


510


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


82


 




Union


592


 




United Kingdom


46


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Saithe

Pollachius virens



Zone:


International waters of 1 and 2
(POK/1/2INT)




Union


0


 


Analytical TAC




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Saithe

Pollachius virens



Zone:


Faroese waters of 5b
(POK/05B-F.)




Belgium


13


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


81


 




France


393


 




Netherlands


13


 




Union


500


 




United Kingdom


151


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
(GHL/1N2AB.)




Germany


6


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Union


6


(1)




United Kingdom


6


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Zone:


International waters of 1 and 2
(GHL/1/2INT)




Union


1 800 


(1)


Precautionary TAC




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Zone:


Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(GHL/N1G-S68)




Germany


pm


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Union


pm


(1)




Norway


pm


(1)




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


To be fished south of 68oN.
















Species:


Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Zone:


Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14
(GHL/5-14GL)




Germany


pm


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Union


pm


(1)




Norway


pm


 




Faroe Islands


pm


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


To be fished by no more than six vessels at the same time.
















Species:


Redfishes (shallow pelagic)

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


Union and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14
(RED/51214S)




Estonia


0


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


0


 




Spain


0


 




France


0


 




Ireland


0


 




Latvia


0


 




Netherlands


0


 




Poland


0


 




Portugal


0


 




Union


0


 




 


 


 




TAC


0


 
















Species:


Redfishes (deep pelagic)

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


Union and international waters of 5; international waters of 12 and 14
(RED/51214D)




Estonia


0


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


0


(1) (2)




Spain


0


(1) (2)




France


0


(1) (2)




Ireland


0


(1) (2)




Latvia


0


(1) (2)




Netherlands


0


(1) (2)




Poland


0


(1) (2)




Portugal


0


(1) (2)




Union


0


(1) (2)




 


 


 




TAC


0


(1) (2)




(1)


May only be taken within the area bounded by the lines joining the following coordinates:




 


Point


Latitude


Longitude


 




 


1


64° 45' N


28° 30' W


 




 


2


62° 50' N


25° 45' W


 




 


3


61° 55' N


26° 45' W


 




 


4


61° 00' N


26° 30' W


 




 


5


59° 00' N


30° 00' W


 




 


6


59° 00' N


34° 00' W


 




 


7


61° 30' N


34° 00' W


 




 


8


62° 50' N


36° 00' W


 




 


9


64° 45' N


28° 30' W


 




(2)


May only be taken from 10 May to 31 December.
















Species:


Redfish

Sebastes mentella



Zone:


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
(REB/1N2AB.)




Germany


192


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Spain


24


 




France


21


 




Portugal


101


 




Union


338


 




United Kingdom


38


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Redfishes

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


International waters of 1 and 2
(RED/1/2INT)




Union


To be established


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 




TAC


16 540 


(3)




(1)


The fishery will be closed when the TAC is fully utilised by NEAFC Contracting Parties. From the closure date, Member States shall prohibit directed fishery for redfish by vessels flying their flag.




(2)


Vessels shall limit their by-catches of redfish in other fisheries to a maximum of 1 % of the total catch retained on board.




(3)


Provisional catch limit to cover catches of all NEAFC Contracting Parties.
















Species:


Redfishes (pelagic)

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5, 12 and 14
(RED/N1G14P)




Germany


pm


(1) (2) (3)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


pm


(1) (2) (3)




Union


pm


(1) (2) (3)




Norway


pm


(1) (2)




Faroe Islands


pm


(1) (2) (4)




 




TAC


Not relevant




(1)


May only be fished from 10 May to 31 December.




(2)


May only be fished in Greenland waters within the Redfish Conservation Area bounded by the lines joining the following coordinates:




 


Point


Latitude


Longitude


 




 


1


64° 45' N


28° 30' W


 




 


2


62° 50' N


25° 45' W


 




 


3


61° 55' N


26° 45' W


 




 


4


61° 00' N


26° 30' W


 




 


5


59° 00' N


30° 00' W


 




 


6


59° 00' N


34° 00' W


 




 


7


61° 30' N


34° 00' W


 




 


8


62° 50' N


36° 00' W


 




 


9


64° 45' N


28° 30' W


 




(3)


Special condition: this quota may also be fished in international waters of the Redfish Conservation Area mentioned above (RED/*5-14P).




(4)


May only be fished in Greenland Waters of 5 and 14 (RED/*514GN).
















Species:


Redfishes (demersal)

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of 5 and 14
(RED/N1G14D)




Germany


pm


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


pm


(1)




Union


pm


(1)




 




TAC


Not relevant




(1)


May only be fished by trawl, and only north and west of the line defined by the following coordinates:




 


Point


Latitude


Longitude


 




 


1


59° 15' N


54° 26' W


 




 


2


59° 15' N


44° 00' W


 




 


3


59° 30' N


42° 45' W


 




 


4


60° 00' N


42° 00' W


 




 


5


62° 00' N


40° 30' W


 




 


6


62° 00' N


40° 00' W


 




 


7


62° 40' N


40° 15' W


 




 


8


63° 09' N


39° 40' W


 




 


9


63° 30' N


37° 15' W


 




 


10


64° 20' N


35° 00' W


 




 


11


65° 15' N


32° 30' W


 




 


12


65° 15' N


29° 50' W


 
















Species:


Redfishes

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


Faroese waters of 5b
(RED/05B-F.)




Belgium


0


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




Germany


23


 




France


2


 




Union


25


 




United Kingdom


0


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Other species


Zone:


Norwegian waters of 1 and 2
(OTH/1N2AB.)




Germany


29


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


12


(1)




Union


41


(1)




United Kingdom


47


 




 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
















Species:


Other species (1)


Zone:


Faroese waters of 5b
(OTH/05B-F.)




Germany


70


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


63


 




Union


133


 




United Kingdom


42


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Excluding fish species of no commercial value.
















Species:


Flatfish


Zone:


Faroese waters of 5b
(FLX/05B-F.)




Germany


2


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 7(1) of this Regulation applies




France


2


 




Union


4


 




United Kingdom


9


 




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


By-catches (1)


Zone:


Greenland waters
(B-C/GRL)




Union


pm


 


Precautionary TAC




 


 


 


Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




TAC


Not relevant


 


Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




(1)


By-catches of grenadiers (Macrourus spp.) shall be reported in line with the following fishing opportunities tables: grenadiers in Greenland waters of 5 and 14 (GRV/514GRN) and grenadiers in Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (GRV/N1GRN.)









ANNEX IC
NORTH WEST ATLANTIC – NAFO CONVENTION AREA









Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


NAFO 2J3KL
(COD/N2J3KL)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 


 


 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


NAFO 3NO
(COD/N3NO.)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 


 


 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the limits of a maximum of 1 000  kg or 4 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Cod

Gadus morhua



Zone:


NAFO 3M
(COD/N3M.)




Estonia


17


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


70


(1) (2)




Latvia


17


(1) (2)




Lithuania


17


(1) (2)




Poland


57


(1) (2)




Spain


215


(1) (2)




France


30


(1) (2)




Portugal


293


(1) (2)




Union


716


(1) (2)




 


 


 




TAC


1 500 


(1) (2)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota between 24:00 UTC on 31 December 2020 and 24:00 UTC on 31 March 2021.




(2)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota between 1 January and 31 March 2021. During this period this stock shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater, calculated in accordance with point (a) of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/833.
















Species:


Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



Zone:


NAFO 3L
(WIT/N3L.)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 


 


 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus



Zone:


NAFO 3NO
(WIT/N3NO.)




Estonia


52


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Latvia


52


 




Lithuania


52


 




Union


156


 




 


 


 




TAC


1 175 


 
















Species:


American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides



Zone:


NAFO 3M
(PLA/N3M.)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides



Zone:


NAFO 3LNO
(PLA/N3LNO.)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Shortfin squid

Illex illecebrosus



Zone:


NAFO subareas 3 and 4
(SQI/N34.)




Estonia


128


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Latvia


128


(1)




Lithuania


128


(1)




Poland


227


(1)




Other Member States


29 467 


(1) (2)




Union


30 078 


(1) (3)




TAC


34 000 


 




(1)


No vessel may fish for squid between 00:01 UTC on 1 January to 24:00 UTC on 30 June.




(2)


This quantity is available to Canada and the Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (SQI/N34_AMS).




(3)


Corresponds to the sum of the quotas of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and the Union’s unspecified share available to Canada and the Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
















Species:


Yellowtail flounder

Limanda ferruginea



Zone:


NAFO 3LNO
(YEL/N3LNO.)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 


 


 




TAC


17 000 


 




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 2 500  kg or 10 %, whichever is greater. However, if the Union is assigned an “Others” quota, once the “Others” quota is exhausted, the by-catch limits shall be a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Capelin

Mallotus villosus



Zone:


NAFO 3NO
(CAP/N3NO.)




Union


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 


 


 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


NAFO 3LNO (1) (2)
(PRA/N3LNOX)




Estonia


0


(3)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Latvia


0


(3)




Lithuania


0


(3)




Poland


0


(3)




Spain


0


(3)




Portugal


0


(3)




Union


0


(3)




 


 


 




TAC


0


(3)




(1)


Not including the box bounded by the following coordinates:




Point No


Latitude N


Longitude W


 




1


47° 20' 0


46° 40' 0


 




2


47° 20' 0


46° 30' 0


 




3


46° 00' 0


46° 30' 0


 




4


46° 00' 0


46° 40' 0


 




(2)


Fishing is prohibited at a depth less than 200 metres in the area west of a line bound by the following coordinates:




Point No


Latitude N


Longitude W


 




1


46° 00' 0


47° 49' 0


 




2


46° 25' 0


47° 27' 0


 




3


46 °42' 0


47° 25' 0


 




4


46° 48' 0


47° 25' 50


 




5


47° 16' 50


47° 43' 50


 




(3)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis



Zone:


NAFO 3M (1)
(PRA/*N3M.)




TAC


Not relevant


(2)


Analytical TAC




(1)


Vessels may also fish this stock in division 3L in the box bounded by the following coordinates:




Point No


Latitude N


Longitude W


 




1


47° 20' 0


46° 40' 0


 




2


47° 20' 0


46° 30' 0


 




3


46° 00' 0


46° 30' 0


 




4


46° 00' 0


46° 40' 0


 




Moreover, fishing for shrimp is prohibited from 1 June to 31 December in the area bounded by the following coordinates:




Point No


Latitude N


Longitude W


 




1


47° 55' 0


45° 00' 0


 




2


47° 30' 0


44° 15' 0


 




3


46° 55' 0


44° 15' 0


 




4


46° 35' 0


44° 30' 0


 




5


46° 35' 0


45° 40' 0


 




6


47° 30' 0


45° 40' 0


 




7


47° 55' 0


45° 00' 0


 




(2)


Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort (EFF/*N3M.). The Member States concerned shall issue fishing authorisations for their fishing vessels engaging in this fishery and shall notify those authorisations to the Commission prior to the beginning of the vessel’s activity, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.




Member State


Maximum number of fishing days


 




 


Denmark


33


 




Estonia


391


*




Spain


64


 




Latvia


123


 




Lithuania


145


 




Poland


25


 




Portugal


17


 




 








*


The NAFO Commission agreed at its 2020 Annual Meeting that the Union (Estonia) will transfer 25 fishing days of its fishing days allocation for 2021 to France, in respect of St Pierre et Miquelon. Those 25 fishing days have been deducted from Estonia’s number of fishing days, which would otherwise have been 416 days, under this interim regime for 2020 that will not create any catch history.




















Species:


Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides



Zone:


NAFO 3LMNO
(GHL/N3LMNO)




Estonia


331


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


338


 




Latvia


47


 




Lithuania


24


 




Spain


4 533 


 




Portugal


1 895 


 




Union


7 168 


 




 


 


 




TAC


12 225 


 
















Species:


Skates

Rajidae



Zone:


NAFO 3LNO
(SKA/N3LNO.)




Estonia


283


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Lithuania


62


 




Spain


3 403 


 




Portugal


660


 




Union


4 408 


 




 


 


 




TAC


7 000 


 
















Species:


Redfishes

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


NAFO 3LN
(RED/N3LN.)




Estonia


895


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


615


 




Latvia


895


 




Lithuania


895


 




Union


3 300 


 




 


 


 




TAC


18 100 


 
















Species:


Redfishes

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


NAFO 3M
(RED/N3M.)




Estonia


1 571 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Germany


513


(1)




Latvia


1 571 


(1)




Lithuania


1 571 


(1)




Spain


233


(1)




Portugal


2 354 


(1)




Union


7 813 


(1)




 


 


 




TAC


8 448 


(1)




(1)


This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC, which is established for this stock for all NAFO Contracting Parties. Within this TAC, no more than the following mid-term limit may be fished before 1 July 2020: pm
















Species:


Redfishes

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


NAFO 3O
(RED/N3O.)




Spain


1 771 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Portugal


5 229 


 




Union


7 000 


 




 


 


 




TAC


20 000 


 
















Species:


Redfishes

Sebastes spp.


Zone:


NAFO subarea 2, divisions 1F and 3K
(RED/N1F3K.)




Latvia


0


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Lithuania


0


(1)




Union


0


(1)




 


 


 




TAC


0


(1)




(1)


No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
















Species:


White hake

Urophycis tenuis



Zone:


NAFO 3NO
(HKW/N3NO.)




Spain


255


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Portugal


333


 




Union


588


(1)




 


 


 




TAC


1 000 


 




(1)


Where, in accordance with Annex IA of the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures, a positive vote by the Contracting Parties confirms the TAC to be 2 000  tonnes, the corresponding Union and Member State quotas shall be as below:




Spain


509


 


 




Portugal


667


 


 




Union


1 176 


 


 









ANNEX ID
ICCAT CONVENTION AREA










Species:


Bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean
(BFT/AE45WM)




Cyprus


169,35


(4)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Greece


314,77


(7)




Spain


6 107,60 


(2) (4) (7)




France


6 026,60 


(2) (3) (4)




Croatia


952,53


(6)




Italy


4 756,49 


(4) (5)




Malta


390,24


(4)




Portugal


574,31


(7)




Other Member States


68,11


(1)




Union


19 360,00 


(2) (3) (4) (5)




Special additional allocation


100,00


(7)




TAC


36 000,00 


 




(1)


Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (BFT/AE45WM_AMS).




(2)


Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex VI (BFT/*8301):




Spain


925,33


 


 




France


429,87


 


 




Union


1 355,20 


 


 




(3)


Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex VI (BFT/*641):




France


100,00


 


 




Union


100,00


 


 




(4)


Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex VI (BFT/*8302):




Spain


122,15


 


 




France


120,53


 


 




Italy


95,13


 


 




Cyprus


3,39


 


 




Malta


7,80


 


 




Union


349,01


 


 




(5)


Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex VI (BFT/*643):




Italy


95,13


 


 




Union


95,13


 


 




(6)


Special Condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex VI for farming purposes (BFT/*8303F):




Croatia


857,28


 


 




Union


857,28


 


 




(7)


In 2021 the Union will receive, in addition to the allocated quota of 19 360  tonnes, an extra allocation of 100 tonnes, exclusively for artisanal vessels from specific archipelagos in Greece (Ionian Islands), Spain (Canary Islands) and Portugal (Azores and Madeira). The specific allocation of this additional quantity to the Member States concerned shall be as follows (BFT/AVARCH):




Greece


4,5


 




Spain


87,3


 




Portugal


8,2


 




Union


100,0


 
















Species


Swordfish

Xiphias gladius



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
(SWO/AN05N)




Spain


6 535,59 


(2)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Portugal


1 010,39 


(2)




Other Member States


139,72


(1) (2)




Union


7 685,70 


(3)




TAC


13 200,00 


 




(1)


Except Spain and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (SWO/AN05N_AMS).




(2)


Special condition: up to 2,39 % of this quantity may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, south of 5o N (SWO/*AS05N). Catches to be counted against the special condition of the shared quota shall be reported separately (SWO/*AS05N_AMS).




(3)


After transfer of 40 tonnes to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (ICCAT Rec. 17-02).
















Species:


Swordfish

Xiphias gladius



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N
(SWO/AS05N)




Spain


4 945,07 


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Portugal


298,12


(1)




Union


5 243,19 


 




TAC


14 000,00 


 




(1)


Special condition: up to 3,51 % of this quantity may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5o N (SWO/*AN05N).
















Species


Swordfish

Xiphias gladius



Zone:


Mediterranian Sea
(SWO/MED)




Croatia


14,16


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.




Cyprus


52,23


(1)




Spain


1 613,44 


(1)




France


112,45


(1)




Greece


1 068,06 


(1)




Italy


3 307,68 


(1)




Malta


392,41


(1)




Union


6 560,44 


(1)




TAC


8 808,66 


 




(1)


This quota may only be fished from 1 April to 31 December.
















Species:


Northern albacore

Thunnus alalunga



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
(ALB/AN05N)




Ireland


3 141,05 


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Spain


17 704,08 


 




France


5 568,22 


 




Portugal


1 941,74 


 




Union


28 355,08 


(1)




TAC


37 801,00 


 




(1)


The number of Union fishing vessels fishing for northern albacore as a target species, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007, shall be as follows:
1 241 
















Species:


Southern albacore

Thunnus alalunga



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N
(ALB/AS05N)




Spain


905,86


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


297,70


 




Portugal


633,94


 




Union


1 837,50 


 




TAC


24 000,00 


 
















Species:


Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean
(BET/ATLANT)




Spain


7 604,35 


(1) (2)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


3 230,00 


(1) (2)




Portugal


3 133,93 


(1) (2)




Union


13 968,28 


(1) (2) (3)




TAC


61 500,00 


(1) (2)




(1)


Catches of bigeye tuna by purse seiners (BET/*ATLPS) and long liners with an overall length of 20 metres and above (BET/ *ATLLL) shall be reported separately.




(2)


As of June 2021, when catches reach 80 % of the quota, Member States are required to transmit the catches for these vessels on a weekly basis.




(3)


After transfer of 300 tonnes from Japan.
















Species:


Blue marlin

Makaira nigricans



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean
(BUM/ATLANT)




Spain


23,24


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




France


380,36


 




Portugal


46,21


 




Union


449,80


(1)




TAC


1 670,00 


 




(1)


After transfer of two tonnes to Trinidad & Tobago (ICCAT Rec. 19-05).
















Species:


White marlin

Tetrapturus albidus



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean
(WHM/ATLANT)




Spain


32,94


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Portugal


21,06


 




Other


1,00


 




Union


55,00


 




TAC


355,00


 
















Species:


Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacares



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean
(YFT/ATLANT)




TAC


110 000 


(1)


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)


Catches of yellowfin tuna by purse seiners (YFT/*ATLPS) and long liners with an overall length of 20 metres and above (YFT/ *ATLLL) shall be reported separately.
















Species:


Sailfish

Istiophorus albicans



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, east of 45°W
(SAI/AE45W)




TAC


pm


 


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:


Sailfish

Istiophorus albicans



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, west of 45°W
(SAI/AW45W)




TAC


1 030 


 


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:


Blue shark

Prionace glauca



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
(BSH/AN05N)




Ireland


1


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Spain


27 062 


 




France


152


 




Portugal


5 363 


(1)




Union


32 578 


 




TAC


39 102 


 




(1)


The time period and the calculation method used by ICCAT to set the catch limit for North Atlantic blue shark shall be without prejudice to the time period and the calculation method used to define any future allocation key at Union level.
















Species:


Blue shark

Prionace glauca



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N
(BSH/AS05N)




TAC


28 923 


(1)


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)


The time period and the calculation method used by ICCAT to set the catch limit for North Atlantic blue shark shall be without prejudice to the time period and the calculation method used to define any future allocation key at Union level.




Catches of shortfin mako by Union vessels shall not exceed the catch limits set out in this Annex.









Species:


Shortfin mako

Isurus oxyrinchus



Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
(SMA/AN05N)




Union


288,537 


(1) (2)


Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




 


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


Only fish already dead when brought alongside the vessel can be retained on-board under this catch limit.




(2)


Only vessels with either an observer or a functioning electronic monitoring system on board, which can identify whether the fish is dead or alive, can retain on-board shortfin mako.









ANNEX IE
SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN – SEAFO CONVENTION AREA
The TACs set out in this Annex are not allocated to the members of SEAFO and hence the Union’s share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the SEAFO Secretariat which will communicate to the Contracting Parties when fishing is to be ceased due to a TAC exhaustion.









Species:


Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.


Zone:


SEAFO
(ALF/SEAFO)




TAC


200


(1)


Precautionary TAC










(1)


No more than 132 tonnes may be taken in subdivision B1 (ALF/*F47NA).




















Species:


Deep-sea red crabs

Chaceon spp.


Zone:


SEAFO subdivision B1 (1)
(GER/F47NAM)




TAC


171


(1)


Precautionary TAC










(1)


For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as having:










—


its western boundary on the longitude 0° E,










—


its northern boundary on the latitude 20° S,










—


its southern boundary on the latitude 28° S, and










—


the eastern boundary outer limits of the Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone.




















Species:


Deep-sea red crabs

Chaceon spp.


Zone:


SEAFO, excluding subdivision B1
(GER/F47X)




TAC


200


 


Precautionary TAC
















Species:


Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides



Zone:


SEAFO subarea D
(TOP/F47D)




TAC


275


 


Precautionary TAC
















Species:


Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides



Zone:


SEAFO, excluding subarea D
(TOP/F47-D)




TAC


0


 


Precautionary TAC
















Species:


Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus



Zone:


SEAFO subdivision B1 (1)
(ORY/F47NAM)




TAC


0


(2)


Precautionary TAC










(1)


For the purpose of this Annex, the area open to the fishery is defined as having:










—


its western boundary on the longitude 0° E,










—


its northern boundary on the latitude 20° S,










—


its southern boundary on the latitude 28° S, and










—


the eastern boundary outer limits of the Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone.










(2)


Except for a by-catch allowance of four tonnes (ORY/*F47NA).




















Species:


Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus



Zone:


SEAFO, excluding subdivision B1
(ORY/F47X)




TAC


50


 


Precautionary TAC
















Species:


Pelagic armourheads

Pseudopentaceros spp.


Zone:


SEAFO
(EDW/SEAFO)




TAC


135


 


Precautionary TAC









ANNEX IF
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA – AREAS OF DISTRIBUTION









Species:


Southern bluefin tuna

Thunnus maccoyii



Zone:


All areas of distribution (SBF/F41-81)




Union


11


(1)


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




TAC


17 647 


 




(1)


Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.









ANNEX IG
WCPFC CONVENTION AREA









Species:


Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus



Zone:


WCPFC Convention Area south of 20° S
(BET/F7120S)




Portugal


2 000 


(1)


Precautionary TAC




Spain


2 000 


(1)


 




Union


4 000 


(1)


 




TAC


Not relevant


(1)


 










(1)


This quota may only be fished by vessels using longlines.




















Species:


Swordfish

Xiphias gladius



Zone:


WCPFC Convention Area south of 20°S
(SWO/F7120S)




Union


3 170,36 


 


Precautionary TAC




TAC


Not relevant


 









ANNEX IH
SPRFMO CONVENTION AREA









Species:


Jack mackerel

Trachurus murphyi



Zone:


SPRFMO Convention Area
(CJM/SPRFMO)




Germany


To be established


 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Netherlands


To be established


 




Lithuania


To be established


 




Poland


To be established


 




Union


To be established


 




TAC


Not relevant


 
















Species:


Toothfishes

Dissostichus spp.


Zone:


SPRFMO Convention Area
(TOT/SPR-AE)




TAC


To be established


(1)


Precautionary TAC










(1)


This TAC is for exploratory fisheries only. Fishing shall only take place within the following research blocks (A-E):






—


research block A: area bounded by latitudes 47° 15' S and 48° 15' S and by longitudes 146° 30' E and 147° 30' E,










—


research block B: area bounded by latitudes 47° 15' S and 48° 15' S and by longitudes 147° 30' E and 148° 30' E,










—


research block C: area bounded by latitudes 47° 15' S and 48° 15' S and by longitudes 148° 30' E and 150° 00' E,










—


research block D: area bounded by latitudes 48° 15' S and 49° 15' S and by longitudes 149° 00' E and 150° 00' E,










—


research block E: area bounded by latitudes 48° 15' S and 49° 30' S and by longitudes 150° 00' E and 151° 00' E.

















ANNEX IJ
IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE
Catches of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) by Union vessels fishing with purse seiners shall not exceed the catch limits set out in this Annex.








Species:


Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacares



Zone:


IOTC Area of Competence
(YFT/IOTC)




France


29 501 


Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Italy


2 515 




Spain


45 682 




 


 




Union


77 698 




 


 




TAC


Not relevant









ANNEX IK
SIOFA AGREEMENT AREA









Species


Toothfishes

Dissostichus spp.


Zone:


Del Cano Area (1)
(TOT/F517DC)




Union


18,33


(2)


Precautionary TAC




TAC


55


(2)










(1)


International waters in FAO subarea 51.7 bounded between -44° S and -45° S latitude, and the adjacent exclusive economic zones to the east and west.














(2)


May only be fished by vessels with observers on board and using longlines during the fishing season from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021. Longlines shall not exceed 3 000  hooks per line and shall be set at minimum three nautical miles from each other.
Catches of vessels not targeting this species shall not exceed 0,5 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. per fishing season. When a vessel reaches this limit, it may no longer fish in Del Cano Area.





















Species:


Toothfishes

Dissostichus spp.


Zone:


Williams Ridge (1)
(TOT/F574WR)




TAC


140


(2)


Precautionary TAC




(1)


Area of FAO subarea 57.4 bounded by the following coordinates:




Point


Latitude


Longitude




1


52° 30' 00" S


80° 00' 00" E




2


55° 00' 00" S


80° 00' 00" E




3


55° 00' 00" S


85° 00' 00" E




4


52° 30' 00" S


85° 00' 00" E




(2)


The TAC set out above is not allocated between SIOFA Parties, hence the Union’s share is undetermined. It may only be fished by vessels with observers on board during the fishing season from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021. No more than two longlines not exceeding 6 250  hooks are set per grid cell established by SIOFA and an interval of at least 30 days is applied between fishing trips according to the access conditions established by SIOFA. Catches of vessels not targeting this species shall not exceed 0,5 tonnes of Dissostichus spp. per fishing season. When a vessel reaches this limit, it may no longer fish in Williams Ridge.




Interim Protected Areas
Atlantis Bank







Point


Latitude (S)


Longitude (E)




1


32° 00'


57° 00'




2


32° 50'


57° 00'




3


32° 50'


58° 00'




4


32° 00'


58° 00'




Coral







Point


Latitude (S)


Longitude (E)




1


41° 00'


42° 00'




2


41° 40'


42° 00'




3


41° 40'


44° 00'




4


41° 00'


44° 00'




Fools Flat







Point


Latitude (S)


Longitude (E)




1


31° 30'


94° 40'




2


31° 40'


94° 40'




3


31° 40'


95° 00'




4


31° 30'


95° 00'




Middle of What







Point


Latitude (S)


Longitude (E)




1


37° 54'


50° 23'




2


37° 56.5'


50° 23'




3


37° 56.5'


50° 27'




4


37° 54'


50° 27'




Walter’s Shoal







Point


Latitude (S)


Longitude (E)




1


33° 00'


43° 10'




2


33° 20'


43° 10'




3


33° 20'


44° 10'




4


33° 00'


44° 10'









ANNEX IL
IATTC CONVENTION AREA









Species:


Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus



Zone:


IATTC Convention Area
(BET/IATTC)




Union


500


(1)


Precautionary TAC




TAC


Not relevant


 




(1)


This quota may only be fished by vessels using longlines.









ANNEX II

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION 7e

CHAPTER I

General provisions

1.   SCOPE








1.1.


This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels of 10 metres length overall or more carrying on board or deploying beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and static nets, including gillnets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/472, and present in ICES division 7e.












1.2.


Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole per year during the three previous years, according to their fishing records, shall be exempt from the application of this Annex subject to the following conditions:






(a)


such vessels caught less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2019 management period;










(b)


such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;










(c)


by 31 July 2021 and 31 January 2022 each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission on those vessels’ catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2021.




Where any of those conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall cease to be exempt from the application of this Annex, with immediate effect.




2.   DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions apply:






(a)


‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:






(i)


beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm; and










(ii)


static nets, including gillnets, trammel nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm;














(b)


‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;










(c)


‘the area’ means ICES division 7e;










(d)


‘current management period’ means the period from 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2022.




3.   LIMITATION IN ACTIVITY
Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, Union fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days set out in Chapter III of this Annex.
CHAPTER II

Authorisations

4.   AUTHORISED VESSELS








4.1


A Member State shall not authorise fishing with regulated gear in the area by any vessel flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity in the area in the period from 2002 to 2018, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.












4.2


However, a vessel with a track record of using a regulated gear may be authorised to use a different fishing gear, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the regulated gear.












4.3


A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 10 or 11 of this Annex.




CHAPTER III

Number of days present within the area allocated to Union fishing vessels

5.   MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS
From 1 January to 31 March 2021, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area carrying on board any regulated gear is set out in Table I.

Table I


Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by category of regulated gear from 1 January to 31 March 2021








Regulated gear


Maximum number of days




Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm


Belgium


44




France


47




Static nets with mesh size ≤ 220 mm


Belgium


44




France


48




6.   KILOWATT DAY SYSTEM








6.1.


During the current management period, a Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear is respected.












6.2.


This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of the Member State concerned and qualified for the regulated gear. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 6.1 were not applied.












6.3.


A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1 shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear as set out in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on:






(a)


the list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;










(b)


the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea from which each vessel would benefit in application of point 6.1.
















6.4.


On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 6 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise the Member State concerned to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1.




7.   ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES








7.1.


An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place during the preceding management period either in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) or with Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 (2). Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly reasoned request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.












7.2.


The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using a given gear grouping shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear grouping during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.












7.3.


Points 7.1 and 7.2 shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 4.2, or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.












7.4.


A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1 shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping as set out in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:






(a)


lists of withdrawn vessels with their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;










(b)


the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gear.
















7.5.


During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate any additionally granted days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in its fleet and qualified for the regulated gear.












7.6.


When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the preceding management period the maximum number of days per Member State and gear set out in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the current management period.




8.   ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR ENHANCED SCIENTIFIC OBSERVER COVERAGE








8.1.


Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated between 1 February 2021 and 31 January 2022 to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) and its implementing rules for national programmes.












8.2.


Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the fishing vessel and any crew member.












8.3.


A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1 shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.












8.4.


If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.




CHAPTER IV

Management

9.   GENERAL OBLIGATION
Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
10.   MANAGEMENT PERIODS








10.1.


A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.












10.2.


The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.












10.3.


Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 9. Upon the request of the Commission, the Member State concerned shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.




CHAPTER V

Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

11.   TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE








11.1.


A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the number of days received by a vessel and its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the number of days transferred by the donor vessel and its engine power in kilowatts. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Union fishing fleet register.












11.2.


The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 11.1, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel’s average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.












11.3.


The transfer of days in accordance with point 11.1 shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.












11.4.


Upon the request of the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. Formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of that information may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 58(2).




12.   TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES
Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.1, 4.3, 5, 6 and 10 apply. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission, before the transfer takes place, of the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.
CHAPTER VI

Reporting obligations

13.   FISHING EFFORT REPORT
Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the area defined in point 2 of this Annex.
14.   COLLECTION OF RELEVANT DATA
Member States shall collect on a quarterly basis information about total fishing effort deployed within the area by vessels using towed gear and static gear, effort deployed within the area by vessels using different types of gear, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex.
15.   COMMUNICATION OF RELEVANT DATA
Upon the request of the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 14 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the request of the Commission, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2019 and 2020 management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II


Reporting format kW-day information by management period









Member State


Gear


Management period


Cumulative effort declaration




(1)


(2)


(3)


(4)








Table III


Data format kW-day information by management period









Name of field


Maximum number of characters/digits


Alignment (4)

L(eft)/R(ight)


Definition and comments










(1)


Member State






3


 


Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered










(2)


Gear






2


 


One of the following gear types:
BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm
GN = gillnet < 220 mm
TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm










(3)


Management period






4


 


One year in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period










(4)


Cumulative effort declaration






7


R


Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 February until 31 January of the relevant management period








Table IV


Reporting format for vessel-related information






















Member State


CFR


External marking


Length of management period


Gear notified


Days eligible using notified gear(s)


Days spent with notified gear(s)


Transfer of days




No 1


No 2


No 3


…


No 1


No 2


No 3


…


No 1


No 2


No 3


…




(1)


(2)


(3)


(4)


(5)


(5)


(5)


(5)


(6)


(6)


(6)


(6)


(7)


(7)


(7)


(7)


(8)








Table V


Data format for vessel-related information









Name of field


Maximum number of characters/digits


Alignment (5)

L(eft)/R(ight)


Definition and comments










(1)


Member State






3


 


Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered










(2)


CFR






12


 


Union fishing fleet register number (CFR)
Unique identification number of a fishing vessel
Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (nine characters). Where a series has fewer than nine characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side










(3)


External marking






14


L


Under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 (6)











(4)


Length of management period






2


L


Length of the management period measured in months










(5)


Gear notified






2


L


One of the following gear types:
BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm
GN = gillnet < 220 mm
TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm










(6)


Special condition applying to notified gear(s)






3


L


Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex II for the choice of gear and length of management period notified










(7)


Days spent with notified gear(s)






3


L


Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period










(8)


Transfers of days






4


L


For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’






(1)  Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 149 20.5.2014, p. 1).

(2)  Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 of 24 July 2008 instituting a temporary specific action aiming to promote the restructuring of the European Community fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis (OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 1).

(3)  Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 (OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, p. 1).

(4)  Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

(5)  Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

(6)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1).





ANNEX III
MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEELS IN ICES DIVISIONS 2a, 3a AND ICES SUBAREA 4
For the purposes of the management of the fishing opportunities of sandeels in ICES Divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4 fixed in Annex IA, the management areas within which specific catch limits apply are defined as set out in this Annex and the Appendix thereto:






Management area for sandeels


ICES statistical rectangles




1r


31–33 E9–F4; 33 F5; 34–37 E9–F6; 38–40 F0–F5; 41 F4–F5




2r


35 F7–F8; 36 F7–F9; 37 F7–F8; 38-41 F6–F8; 42 F6–F9; 43 F7–F9; 44 F9–G0; 45 G0–G1; 46 G1




3r


41–46 F1–F3; 42–46 F4–F5; 43–46 F6; 44–46 F7–F8; 45–46 F9; 46–47 G0; 47 G1 and 48 G0




4


38–40 E7–E9 and 41–46 E6–F0




5r


47–52 F1–F5




6


41–43 G0–G3; 44 G1




7r


47–52 E6–F0






Appendix












ANNEX IV
SEASONAL CLOSURES TO PROTECT SPAWNING COD
The areas set out in the table below shall be closed for all gear, except pelagic gear (purse seines and trawls), during the identified period:









Time-limited closures




No


Area name


Coordinates


Period


Additional comment




1


Stanhope ground


60o 10' N - 01o 45' E
60o 10' N - 02o 00' E
60o 25' N - 01o 45' E
60o 25' N - 02o 00' E


1 January to 30 April


 




2


Long Hole


59o 07,35' N - 0o 31,04' W
59o 03,60' N - 0o 22,25' W
58o 59,35' N - 0o 17,85' W
58o 56,00' N - 0o 11,01' W
58o 56,60' N - 0o 08,85' W
58o 59,86' N - 0o 15,65' W
59o 03,50' N - 0o 20,00' W
59o 08,15' N - 0o 29,07' W


1 January to 31 March


 




3


Coral edge


58o 51,70' N - 03o 26,70' E
58o 40,66' N - 03o 34,60' E
58o 24,00' N - 03o 12,40' E
58o 24,00' N - 02o 55,00' E
58o 35,65' N - 02o 56,30' E


1 January to 28 February


 




4


Papa Bank


59o 56' N - 03o 08' W
59o 56' N - 02o 45' W
59o 35' N - 03o 15' W
59o 35' N - 03o 35' W


1 January to 15 March


 




5


Foula Deeps


60o 17,50' N - 01o 45' W
60o 11,00' N - 01o 45' W
60o 11,00' N - 02o 10' W
60o 20,00' N - 02o 00' W
60o 20,00' N - 01o 50' W


1 November to 31 December


 




6


Egersund Bank


58o 07,40' N - 04o 33,00' E
57o 53,00' N - 05o 12,00' E
57o 40,00' N - 05o 10,90' E
57o 57,90' N - 04o 31,90' E


1 January to 31 March


(10 x 25 nautical miles)




7


East of Fair Isle


59o 40' N - 01o 23' W
59o 40' N - 01o 13' W
59o 30' N - 01o 20' W
59o 10' N - 01o 20' W
59o 30' N - 01o 28' W
59o 10' N - 01o 28' W


1 January to 15 March


 




8


West Bank


57o 15' N - 05o 01' E
56o 56' N - 05o 00' E
56o 56' N - 06o 20' E
57o 15' N - 06o 20' E


1 February to 15 March


(18 x 4 nautical miles)




9


Revet


57o 28,43' N - 08o 05,66' E
57o 27,44' N - 08o 07,20' E
57o 51,77' N - 09o 26,33' E
57o 52,88' N - 09o 25,00' E


1 February 15 March


(1,5 x 49 nautical miles)




10


Rabarberen


57o 47,00' N - 11o 04,00' E
57o 43,00' N - 11o 04,00' E
57o 43,00' N - 11o 09,00' E
57o 47,00' N - 11o 09,00' E


1 February – 15 March


East of Skagen
(2,7 x 4 nautical miles)









ANNEX V
FISHING AUTHORISATIONS
PART A

Maximum number of fishing authorisations for union fishing vessels fishing in third-country waters











Area of fishing


Fishery


Number of fishing authorisations


Allocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States


Maximum number of vessels present at any time




Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen


Herring, north of 62° 00' N


69


DK


25


51




DE


5




FR


1




IE


8




NL


9




PL


1




SV


10




 


Demersal species, north of 62° 00' N


66


DE


16


41




IE


1




ES


20




FR


18




PT


9




Unallocated


2




 


Mackerel (1)



Not relevant


Not relevant


70




Industrial species, south of 62° 00' N


450


DK


450


141




Faroese waters


All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines


8


BE


0


4




DE


4




FR


4




 


Directed fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W


8 (2)



Not relevant


4




 


Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, those vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines


70


BE


0


18




DE


10




FR


40




 


Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30′ N and west of 9° 00′ W and in the area between 7° 00′ W and 9° 00′ W south of 60° 30′ N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60°00′ N, 6°00′ W


70


DE (3)



8


20 (4)





FR (3)



12




Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the cod-end


70


Not relevant


22 (4)





 


Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels in order for vessels to form pairs should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting’


27


DE


2


16




DK


5




FR


4




NL


6




SE


1




ES


4




IE


4




PT


1




 


Mackerel


14


DK


2


8




BE


1




DE


2




FR


2




IE


3




NL


2




SE


2




 


Herring, north of 62° 00' N


16


DK


5


16




DE


2




IE


2




FR


1




NL


2




PL


1




SE


3




1, 2b (5)



Fishery for snow crab with pots


20


EE


1


Not applicable




ES


1




LV


11




LT


4




PL


3




PART B

Maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in union waters









Flag State


Fishery


Number of fishing authorisations


Maximum number of vessels present at any time




Norway


Herring, north of 62° 00' N


To be established


To be established




Faroe Islands


Mackerel, 6a (north of 56° 30' N), 2a, 4a (north of 59o N)
Horse mackerel, 4, 6a (north of 56° 30' N), 7e, 7f, 7h


20


14




Herring, north of 62° 00' N


20


To be established




Herring, 3a


4


4




Industrial fishing for Norway pout, 4, 6a (north of 56° 30' N) (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)


14


14




Ling and tusk


20


10




Blue whiting, 2, 4a, 5, 6a (north of 56° 30' N), 6b, 7 (west of 12° 00' W)


20


20




Blue ling


16


16




Venezuela (6)



Snappers (French Guiana waters)


45


45






(1)  Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.

(2)  Those figures are included in the figures for all trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines.

(3)  Those figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

(4)  Those figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.

(5)  The allocation of fishing opportunities available to the Union in the zone of Svalbard is without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.

(6)  To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the vessel owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking’s plant. Such a contract must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guianese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.





ANNEX VI
ICCAT CONVENTION AREA (1)


1.   
Maximum 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






Spain


60




France


55




Union


115






2.   
Maximum 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






Spain


364




France


140 (2)




Italy


30




Cyprus


20 (2)





Malta


54(2)




Union


684






3.   
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes






Croatia


18




Italy


12




Union


28






4.   
Maximum number of fishing vessels of each Member State that may be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Table A





This table will be established following the approval of the Union fishing plan by ICCAT in 2021, in accordance with the applicable ICCAT recommendations and Union rules.






5.   
Maximum number of traps engaged in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery authorised by each Member State (3)







Member State


Number of traps (4)





Spain


5




Italy


6




Portugal


2






6.   
Maximum bluefin tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity for each Member State and maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna that each Member State may allocate to its farms in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Table A







Maximum tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity




 


Number of farms


Capacity (in tonnes)




Spain


10


11 852 




Italy


13


12 600 




Greece


2


2 100 




Cyprus


3


3 000 




Croatia


7


7 880 




Malta


6


12 300 




Table B (5)







Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes) (6)





Spain


6 300 




Italy


3 764 




Greece


785




Cyprus


2 195 




Croatia


2 947 




Malta


8 786 




Portugal


350






7.   
The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for Northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 shall be as follows:






Member State


Maximum number of vessels




Ireland


50




Spain


730




France


151




Portugal


310






8.   
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 meters length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be as follows:







Member State


Maximum number of vessels with purse seines


Maximum number of vessels with longlines




Spain


23


190




France


11


 




Portugal


 


79




Union


34


269







(1)  The numbers shown in points 1, 2 and 3 may decrease in order to comply with international obligations of the Union.

(2)  This number may increase if a purse seiner is replaced by 10 longline vessels in accordance with the table A in point 4 of this Annex once that table is established.

(3)  The numbers in section 5 must be adapted in light of fishing plans submitted by Member states by 31 January 2021 for endorsement by Panel 2 of ICCAT.

(4)  This number may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.

(5)  The total farming capacity of Portugal of 500 tonnes (corresponding to 350 tonnes of input farming capacity) is covered by the unused capacity of the Union set out in table A.

(6)  The figures in table B in section 6 must be adapted in light of the farming plans submitted by Member States by 31 January 2021.





ANNEX VII
CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA
Exploratory fishing for toothfish in the CCAMLR Convention Area in 2020/2021 shall be limited to the following:

Table A


Authorised Member States, subareas and maximum number of vessels








Member State


Subarea


Maximum number of vessels




Spain


48.6


1




Spain


88.1


1








Table B


TACs and by-catch limits

The TACs set out in the table below, which are adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to CCAMLR members and hence the Union’s share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the CCAMLR Secretariat, which will communicate to the Contracting Parties when fishing is to be ceased due to TAC exhaustion













Subarea


Region


Season


SSRUs (48.6) or research blocks (88.1)


Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) catch limit (in tonnes)/SSRUs (48.6) or research blocks (88.1)


Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) catch limit (in tonnes)/whole subarea


By-catch limit (in tonnes)/SSRUs (48.6) or research blocks (88.1)




Skates and rays

(Rajiformes)



Grenadiers (Macrourus spp.) (1)



Other species




48.6


Whole subarea


1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021


48.6_2


112


568


6


18


18




48.6_3


30


2


5


5




48.6_4


163


8


26


26




48.6_5


263


13


42


42




88.1.


Whole subarea


1 December 2020 to 31 August 2021


A, B, C, G (2)



597


3 140 (3)



30


96


30




G, H, I, J, K (4)



2 072 


104


317


104




Special Research Zone of the Ross Sea Region marine protected area


406


20


72


20






Appendix
PART A

Research blocks 48.6 coordinates

Research block 48.6_2 coordinates
54° 00' S 01° 00' E
55° 00' S 01° 00' E
55° 00' S 02° 00' E
55° 30' S 02° 00' E
55° 30' S 04° 00' E
56° 30' S 04° 00' E
56° 30' S 07° 00' E
56° 00' S 07° 00' E
56° 00' S 08° 00' E
54° 00' S 08° 00' E
54° 00' S 09° 00' E
53° 00' S 09° 00' E
53° 00' S 03° 00' E
53° 30' S 03° 00' E
53° 30' S 02° 00' E
54° 00' S 02° 00' E
Research block 48.6_3 coordinates
64° 30' S 01° 00' E
66° 00' S 01° 00' E
66° 00' S 04° 00' E
65° 00' S 04° 00' E
65° 00' S 07° 00' E
64° 30' S 07° 00' E
Research block 48.6_4 coordinates
68° 20' S 10° 00' E
68° 20' S 13° 00' E
69° 30' S 13° 00' E
69° 30' S 10° 00' E
69° 45' S 10° 00' E
69° 45' S 06° 00' E
69° 00' S 06° 00' E
69° 00' S 10° 00' E
Research block 48.6_5 coordinates
71° 00' S 15° 00' W
71° 00' S 13° 00' W
70° 30' S 13° 00' W
70° 30' S 11° 00' W
70° 30' S 10° 00' W
69° 30' S 10° 00' W
69° 30' S 09° 00' W
70° 00' S 09° 00' W
70° 00' S 08° 00' W
69° 30' S 08° 00' W
69° 30' S 07° 00' W
70° 30' S 07° 00' W
70° 30' S 10° 00' W
71° 00' S 10° 00' W
71° 00' S 11° 00' W
71° 30' S 11° 00' W
71° 30' S 15° 00' W
List of small-scale research units (SSRUs)







Region


SSRU


Boundary line




88.1


A


From 60° S 150° E, due east to 170° E, due south to 65° S, due west to 150° E, due north to 60° S.




B


From 60° S 170° E, due east to 179° E, due south to 66°40' S, due west to 170° E, due north to 60° S.




C


From 60° S 179° E, due east to 170° W, due south to 70° S, due west to 178° W, due north to 66°40' S, due west to 179° E, due north to 60° S.




D


From 65° S 150° E, due east to 160° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 150° E, due north to 65° S.




E


From 65° S 160° E, due east to 170° E, due south to 68° 30' S, due west to 160° E, due north to 65° S.




F


From 68° 30' S 160° E, due east to 170° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 160° E, due north to 68° 30' S.




G


From 66° 40' S 170° E, due east to 178° W, due south to 70° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due south to 70° 50' S, due west to 170° E, due north to 66°40' S.




H


From 70° 50' S 170° E, due east to 178° 50' E, due south to 73° S, due west to coast, northward along coast to 170° E, due north to 70° 50' S.




I


From 70° S 178° 50' E, due east to 170° W, due south to 73° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due north to 70° S.




J


From 73° S at coast near 170° E, due east to 178° 50' E, due south to 80° S, due west to 170° E, northward along coast to 73° S.




K


From 73° S 178° 50' E, due east to 170° W, due south to 76° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due north to 73° S.




L


From 76° S 178° 50' E, due east to 170° W, due south to 80° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due north to 76° S.




M


From 73° S at coast near 169° 30' E, due east to 170° E, due south to 80° S, due west to coast, northward along coast to 73° S.




PART B

Notification of intent to participate in a fishery for krill (euphausia superba)


General information
Member:…
Fishing season:…
Name of vessel: …
Expected level of catch (tonnes): …
Vessel’s daily processing capacity (tonnes in green weight): …
Intended fishing subareas and divisions
This conservation measure applies to notifications of intentions to fish for krill in subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4 and divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2. Intentions to fish for krill in other subareas and divisions must be notified under CCAMLR Conservation Measure 21-02 (2019).






Subarea/division


Tick the appropriate boxes




48.1


☐




48.2


☐




48.3


☐




48.4


☐




58.4.1


☐




58.4.2


☐













Fishing technique:


Tick the appropriate boxes




☐ Conventional trawl




☐ Continuous fishing system




☐ Pumping to clear cod-end




☐ Other method (please specify)




Product types and methods for direct estimation of green weight of krill caught






Product type


Method for direct estimation of green weight of krill caught, where relevant (refer to Annex 21-03/B) (5)





Whole frozen


 




Boiled


 




Meal


 




Oil


 




Other product (please specify)


 




Net configuration











Net measurements


Net 1


Net 2


Other net(s)




Net opening (mouth)


 


 


 




Maximum vertical opening (m)


 


 


 




Maximum horizontal opening (m)


 


 


 




Net circumference at mouth (6) (m)


 


 


 




Mouth area (m2)


 


 


 




Panel average mesh size (8) (mm)


Outer (7)



Inner (7)



Outer (7)



Inner (7)



Outer (7)



Inner (7)





1st panel


 


 


 


 


 


 




2nd panel


 


 


 


 


 


 




3rd panel


 


 


 


 


 


 




…


 


 


 


 


 


 




Final panel (cod-end)


 


 


 


 


 


 




Net diagram(s):…
For each net used, or any change in net configuration, refer to the relevant net diagram in the CCAMLR fishing gear library if available (www.ccamlr.org/node/74407), or submit a detailed diagram and description to the forthcoming meeting of the Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM). Net diagram(s) must include:






1.


Length and width of each trawl panel (in sufficient detail to allow calculation of the angle of each panel with respect to water flow).










2.


Mesh size (inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in CCAMLR Conservation Measure 22-01 (2019)), shape (e.g. diamond shape) and material (e.g. polypropylene).










3.


Mesh construction (e.g. knotted, fused).










4.


Details of streamers used inside the trawl (design, location on panels, indicate ‘nil’ if streamers are not in use); streamers prevent krill fouling the mesh or escaping.




Marine mammal exclusion device
Device diagram(s):…
For each type of device used, or any change in device configuration, refer to the relevant diagram in the CCAMLR fishing gear library if available (www.ccamlr.org/node/74407), or submit a detailed diagram and description to the forthcoming meeting of WG-EMM.
Collection of acoustic data
Provide information on the echosounders and sonars used by the vessel








Type (e.g. echosounder, sonar)


 


 


 




Manufacturer


 


 


 




Model


 


 


 




Transducer frequencies (kHz)


 


 


 




Collection of acoustic data (detailed description):…
Outline steps which will be taken to collect acoustic data to provide information on the distribution and abundance of krill (Euphausia superba) and other pelagic species such as myctophids and salps (SC-CAMLR-XXX, paragraph 2.10).
GUIDELINES FOR ESTIMATING THE GREEN WEIGHT OF KRILL CAUGHT










Method


Equation (kg)


Parameter




Description


Type


Estimation method


Unit




Holding tank volume


W*L*H*ρ*1 000 


W = tank width


Constant


Measure at the start of fishing


m




L = tank length


Constant


Measure at the start of fishing


m




ρ = volume-to-mass conversion factor


Variable


Volume-to-mass conversion


kg/litre




H = depth of krill in tank


Haul-specific


Direct observation


m




Flow meter (9)



V*Fkrill*ρ


V = volume of krill and water combined


Haul (9)-specific


Direct observation


litre




Fkrill = fraction of krill in the sample


Haul (9)-specific


Flow meter volume correction


 




ρ = volume-to-mass conversion factor


Variable


Volume-to-mass conversion


kg/litre




Flow meter (10)



(V*ρ)–M


V = volume of krill paste


Haul (9)-specific


Direct observation


litre




M = amount of water added to the process, converted to mass


Haul (9)-specific


Direct observation


kg




ρ = density of krill paste


Variable


Direct observation


kg/litre




Flow scale


M*(1–F)


M = mass of krill and water combined


Haul (10)-specific


Direct observation


kg




F = fraction of water in the sample


Variable


Flow scale mass correction


 




Plate tray


(M–Mtray)*N


Mtray = mass of empty tray


Constant


Direct observation prior to fishing


kg




M = mean mass of krill and tray combined


Variable


Direct observation, prior to freezing with water drained


kg




N = number of trays


Haul-specific


Direct observation


 




Meal conversion


Mmeal*MCF


Mmeal = mass of meal produced


Haul-specific


Direct observation


kg




MCF = meal conversion factor


Variable


Meal to whole krill conversion


 




Cod-end volume


W*H*L*ρ*π/4*1 000 


W = cod-end width


Constant


Measure at the start of fishing


m




H = cod-end height


Constant


Measure at the start of fishing


m




ρ = volume-to-mass conversion factor


Variable


Volume-to-mass conversion


kg/litre




L = cod-end length


Haul-specific


Direct observation


m




Other


Please specify


 


 


 


 




Observation steps and frequency






Holding tank volume




At the start of fishing


Measure the width and length of the holding tank (if the tank is not rectangular in shape, then additional measurements may be required; precision ±0,05 m)




Every month (11)



Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the holding tank




Every haul


Measure the depth of krill in the tank (if krill are held in the tank between hauls, then measure the difference in depth; precision ±0,1 m)




Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)




Flow meter (11)





Prior to fishing


Ensure that the flow meter is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)




More than once per month (11)



Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion (ρ) derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the flow meter




Every haul (12)



Obtain a sample from the flow meter and:










—


measure the volume (e.g. 10 litres) of krill and water combined,














—


estimate the flow meter volume correction derived from the drained volume of krill








Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)




Flow meter (12)





Prior to fishing


Ensure that both flow meters (one for the krill product and one for the water added) are calibrated (i.e. show the same, correct reading)




Every week (11)



Estimate the density (ρ) of the krill product (ground krill paste) by measuring the mass of a known volume of krill product (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the corresponding flow meter




Every haul (12)



Read both flow meters, and calculate the total volumes of the krill product (ground krill paste) and that of the water added; density of the water is assumed to be 1 kg/litre




Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)




Flow scale




Prior to fishing


Ensure that the flow scale is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)




Every haul (12)



Obtain a sample from the flow scale and:










—


measure the mass of krill and water combined,














—


estimate the flow scale mass correction derived from the drained mass of krill








Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)




Plate tray




Prior to fishing


Measure the mass of the tray (if trays vary in design, then measure the mass of each type; precision ±0,1 kg)




Every haul


Measure the mass of krill and tray combined (precision ±0,1 kg)




Count the number of trays used (if trays vary in design, then count the number of trays of each type)




Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)




Meal conversion




Every month (11)



Estimate the meal to whole krill conversion by processing 1 000  to 5 000  kg (drained mass) of whole krill




Every haul


Measure the mass of meal produced




Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)




Cod-end volume




At the start of fishing


Measure the width and height of the cod-end (precision ±0,1 m)




Every month (11)



Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the cod-end




Every haul


Measure the length of cod-end containing krill (precision ±0,1 m)




Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)








(1)  In area 88.1, where the catch of grenadiers (Macrourus spp.) taken by a single vessel in any two 10-day periods (i.e. from day 1 to day 10, day 11 to day 20, or day 21 to the last day of the month) in any SSRU exceeds 1 500 kg in each 10-day period and exceeds 16 % of the catch of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) by that vessel in that SSRU, the vessel shall cease fishing in that SSRU for the remainder of the season.

(2)  All areas outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area and north of 70° S.

(3)  The target species is Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). Any Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) caught shall be counted towards the overall catch limit for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni).

(4)  All areas outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area and south of 70° S.

(5)  If the method is not listed in Annex 21-03/B, then please describe in detail.

(6)  Expected in operational conditions.

(7)  Size of outer mesh, and inner mesh where a liner is used.

(8)  Inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in CCAMLR Conservation Measure 22-01 (2019.

(9)  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

(10)  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a two-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

(11)  A new period will commence when the vessel moves to a new subarea or division.

(12)  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.





ANNEX VIII
IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE

1.   
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence







Member State


Maximum number of vessels


Capacity (gross tonnage)




Spain


22


61 364 




France


27


45 383 




Portugal


5


1 627 




Italy


1


2 137 




Union


55


110 511 






2.   
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area of Competence







Member State


Maximum number of vessels


Capacity (gross tonnage)




Spain


27


11 590 




France


41 (1)



7 882 




Portugal


15


6 925 




Union


83


26 397 






3.   

The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area of Competence.



4.   

The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence.




(1)  This figure does not include vessels registered in Mayotte; it may be increased in the future in accordance with Mayotte’s fleet development plan.





ANNEX IX
WCPFC CONVENTION AREA
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area






Spain


14




Union


14




Maximum number of Union purse seiners authorised to fish for tropical tuna in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area






Spain


4




Union


4