Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1856 of 28 June 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 such fishing opportunities
Date: 2024-06-28
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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2024/1856


1.7.2024







            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2024/1856
         
of 28 June 2024
         
amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 such fishing opportunities


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)


Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 (1) fixes for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters. Those fishing opportunities, including certain measures functionally linked thereto, should be amended to take into account the publication of scientific advice, as well as the outcomes of consultations with third countries and regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) meetings.












(2)


Regulation (EU) 2024/257 provisionally set at zero the total allowable catches (TAC) for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries (CECAF) division 34.1.1 for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, pending the publication by ICES of its scientific advice for anchovy in ICES division 9a for that period. To allow fishing to continue until the TAC for that stock for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 is set, a provisional TAC at the level of 4 997 tonnes for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024 should be set. That level corresponds to Member States’ catches of that stock in the third quarter of 2023.












(3)


On 28 March 2024, the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) published its opinion on the socio-economic impact of setting the TAC for pollack (Pollachius pollachius) in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e for 2024 at the level advised by ICES and indicating the level of that TAC required to avoid the phenomenon of ‘choke species’ (2). Therefore, the definitive TAC for 2024 should be set, replacing the provisional TAC set by Regulation (EU) 2024/257 for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2024. Pursuant to Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), that TAC should be set at a level of 959 tonnes, which, according to that opinion of the STECF, will allow the fleets to continue operating until the fourth quarter of the year and therefore reduce: (i) the phenomenon of ‘choke species’ and a premature closure of the relevant fisheries; and (ii) associated socio-economic impacts on the fisheries sector.












(4)


On 18 and 19 June 2024, the Union and Norway held consultations on: (i) the level of the overall fishing opportunities for Northern prawn in ICES divisions 3a and 4a east for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025; and (ii) the level of the TAC for Northern prawn in ICES division 3a. The outcome of those consultations was documented in an Agreed Record signed on 19 June 2024. The TAC for Northern prawn in ICES division 3a should therefore be set at the level agreed with Norway. The Union and Norway also considered transfers of Northern prawn in Norwegian waters of the North Sea south of 62oN from Norway to the Union, in addition to the level set out in Table 2 of the Agreed Record of fisheries consultations between the Union and Norway for 2024, signed on 8 December 2023. The Member States quotas for Northern prawn in Greenland waters of ICES subareas 5 and 14 should be amended accordingly.












(5)


Between 23 May and 4 June 2024, the Union, the United Kingdom and Norway held consultations on: (i) the level of the overall fishing opportunities for sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4 and division 2a and in Union and Norwegian waters of ICES division 3a for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025; and (ii) the levels of the TACs for sprat in those areas. The outcome of those consultations was documented in an Agreed Record signed on 11 June 2024. The TACs for sprat and associated by-catches for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 in: (i) Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES subarea 4 and division 2a; and (ii) Union and Norwegian waters of ICES division 3a, should therefore be set at the levels agreed with the United Kingdom and Norway.












(6)


Between 14 and 24 May 2024, the Union and the United Kingdom held consultations pursuant to Article 498(2), (4) and (6) 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 (4) (the ‘Agreement’) on the level of the TAC for sprat in ICES divisions 7d and 7e for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. The outcome of those consultations was documented in a Written Record signed on 30 May 2024. The TAC for sprat and associated by-catches in ICES divisions 7d and 7e for that period should therefore be set at the level agreed with the United Kingdom.












(7)


The Union and the United Kingdom agreed, in paragraph (m) of the EU-UK Written Record of fisheries consultations between the United Kingdom and the European Union for 2024, to submit a joint request to ICES to publish a revised advice based on the outcome of the benchmark and to amend the TAC for common sole (Solea solea) in the Irish Sea (SOL/07A.) in line with that revised advice. On 13 June 2024 the Union and the United Kingdom held consultations pursuant to Article 498(5) of the Agreement with the aim of agreeing on an amended TAC for common sole (Solea solea) in ICES division 7a for 2024. The outcome of those consultations was documented in a Written Record signed on 17 June 2024. It is therefore appropriate to amend the level of that TAC and set it at the level agreed with the United Kingdom.












(8)


To allow fishing to start on 1 July 2024, the Union quota for redfish (Sebastes spp.) in international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 2 should be set for 2024. That Union quota should be set at the level of 6 000 tonnes, i.e. at the same level as for 2023, pending the availability of scientific advice and to allow to maintenance at historic level of the Union fishing activities for the stock in international waters.












(9)


At is 2024 annual meeting, the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) amended measures for chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) in the NPFC Convention area and, for the first time, established catch limits for that stock available to all NPFC Contracting Parties, including the Union, for trawlers and purse seiners respectively for the period from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025. In addition, the NPFC established an additional amount of that stock for the Union for that same period. It also established associated effort limits. Moreover, the NPFC established measures functionally linked to those catch limits and to that additional amount, without which: (i) those catch limits for all NPFC Contracting Parties could not have been established; and (ii) the fishing opportunities for chub mackerel in the NPFC Convention area would have to be reduced to protect the non-target species. Those fishing opportunities and functionally linked measures should be implemented in Union law. Regarding the catch limits and the additional amount for the Union, as Member States have not fished for that stock in the past, those fishing opportunities should be allocated at Union level.












(10)


Regulation (EU) 2024/897 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) inter alia amends Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) by inserting a new provision which prohibits Union vessels from harming shortfin mako sharks caught in the Atlantic Ocean north of 5oN, and requires Union vessels to release promptly such shortfin mako sharks into the sea, while giving due consideration to the safety of crew members. To avoid overlapping provisions on the same subject matter, it is appropriate to delete Article 27(6) of Regulation (EU) 2024/257.












(11)


Articles 32 and 34 to 36 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 already prohibit Union vessels from retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus), oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus), hammerhead sharks of the Sphyrnidae family and silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis), caught in association with fisheries in the ICCAT Convention area, and require prompt release of unharmed specimens back into the sea. To avoid overlapping provisions on the same subject matter, it is appropriate to delete Article 27(1) and (3) to (5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/257.












(12)


Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), certain Member States submitted to the Commission revised annual fishing and capacity management plans with requests to carry-over 5 % of their annual quota of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Atlantic Ocean, east of 45oW, and the Mediterranean from 2023 to 2024. Based on those plans, on 23 May 2024 the Commission submitted to the ICCAT Secretariat a revised Union annual plan for 2024 for approval by ICCAT. On 24 May 2024, ICCAT approved that plan. In order to ensure consistency with the revised Union annual plan approved by ICCAT, the TAC for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of 45oW, and the Mediterranean for 2024 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(13)


Pursuant to Article 15(7) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2053, certain Member States submitted to the Commission revised farming management plans for bluefin tuna in the ICCAT Convention area. Based on those revised plans, on 23 May 2024 the Commission submitted to the ICCAT Secretariat a revised Union annual plan for 2024 for approval by ICCAT. On 24 May 2024, ICCAT approved that plan. The Union’s maximum farming input and capacity should therefore be amended in line with that plan. That is without prejudice to Member States’ right to prepare and submit their farming management plans for the next years according to Article 15(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2053.












(14)


Article 20(1) and certain TAC tables in Annexes IA, Part B, and IK to Regulation (EU) 2024/257, and Article 18(1) and Annex IA, Part D, to Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 (8) contain certain errors as regards fishing opportunities levels, species, application areas and reporting codes. It is therefore appropriate to correct those provisions accordingly.












(15)


Regulations (EU) 2023/194 and (EU) 2024/257 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(16)


Certain provisions of this Regulation amending provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/257 concerning fishing opportunities for toothfishes (Dissostichus spp.) in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) area should apply from 1 December 2023, in line with the application period of the amended provisions. In addition, the provisions of this Regulation amending provisions of Regulations (EU) 2023/194 and (EU) 2024/257 concerning: (i) pollack in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; (ii) bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of 45oW, and the Mediterranean; and (iii) other provisions subject to corrections of errors, should apply from 1 January 2024, in line with the application period of the provisions concerned. Such retroactive application does not affect the principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations, as the level or area of application of the fishing opportunities or farming limits are increased.












(17)


Given the urgency of avoiding interruptions to fishing activities, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2024/257

Regulation (EU) 2024/257 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 1(2), the following point is added:






‘(d)


fishing opportunities for the period from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 in the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) Convention area.’




;










(2)


in Article 4, the following point is inserted:






‘(ra)


“NPFC Convention area” means the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean (*1).





(*1)  
                                             OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 14. The Union acceded to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean by means of Council Decision (EU) 2022/314 of 15 February 2022 on the accession of the European Union to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean (OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 12);’;"
                        










(3)


the following Article is inserted:

‘Article 12a
Measures on pollack in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
A minimum conservation reference size of 42 cm shall apply for the catches of pollack in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e.’
;









(4)


in Article 20(1), points (c) to (f) are deleted;










(5)


Article 27 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 27
Sharks
In addition to the prohibitions established in Articles 32 to 36 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2107, it shall also be prohibited to engage in directed fishery for species of thresher sharks of the Alopias genus.’
;









(6)


the following Section is inserted:


                                       ‘SECTION 11A


NPFC CONVENTION AREA



Article 48a
Chub mackerel fishery

1.   For Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area, flag Member States shall transmit the following aggregated data to the Commission by the following dates:






(a)


monthly catches under the catch limits for chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) for all NPFC Contracting Parties for trawlers and purse seiners respectively, as set out in Annex IM when utilisation of those catch limits is below 60 %, by the seventh day of the following month; and










(b)


weekly catches of chub mackerel under those catch limits when utilisation of those catch limits is above 60 % and below 95 %, by Tuesday of the following week.




The Commission shall compile and promptly transmit that information to the NPFC Executive Secretary.


2.   Within two days from the issue date of notifications of the NPFC Executive Secretary that the utilisation of those catch limits has reached 95 %, the Commission shall close the fisheries under those catch limits.


3.   The Commission shall compile and transmit annual catches of chub mackerel in the NPFC Convention area to the NPFC Executive Secretary by the end of February of the following year.


4.   This Article shall apply in addition to the reporting obligations on fishing opportunities set out in Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (*2).



Article 48b
Protection of sharks in the NPFC Convention area

1.   Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land sharks in the NPFC Convention area.


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



Article 48c
Protection of anadromous fish in the NPFC Convention area

1.   Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) and Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).


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




(*2)  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).’;"
                        










(7)


in Article 55(1), point (d) is deleted;










(8)


in Article 59, the third paragraph is amended as follows:






(a)


the following point is inserted after point (a):






‘(aa)


Article 12a shall apply from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex VII, Part A, of that Regulation regarding the minimum conservation reference size for pollack in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;’




;










(b)


the following point is inserted after point (g):






‘(ga)


Section 11a shall apply from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 or until the date on which a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;’




;










(c)


the following point is inserted after point (j):






‘(ja)


Annexes IM and Xa shall apply from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025;’




;














(9)


Annexes IA, IB, ID, IK and VI are amended in accordance with Annex I, part I, to this Regulation;










(10)


Annexes IM and Xa are inserted in accordance with Annex I, parts II and III, to this Regulation.






Article 2

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2023/194

Regulation (EU) 2023/194 is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 18(1), point (p) is replaced by the following:






‘(p)


deep-sea species listed in Annex IA, Part D, in Union, United Kingdom and international waters of ICES zones: 1; 2, except UK waters of division 2a; 5 to 10; 12 and 14, and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2. In addition, in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4, where specified in that Annex.’




;










(2)


in Article 55(1), point (k) is replaced by the following:






‘(k)


deep-sea sharks listed in Annex IA, Part D, in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 to 10 and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2. In addition, in Union waters of ICES subarea 4, where specified in that Annex.’




;










(3)


Annex IA is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.






Article 3

Entry into force and application

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 December 2023. However, Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2024.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2024.


For the Council


The President

H. LAHBIB
            





(1)  Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 of 10 January 2024 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 (OJ L, 2024/257, 11.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/257/oj).

(2)  
            ‘Choke species’ is a species with a lack of quota that can cause one or more fishing vessels to stop fishing even if they still have quota for other species.

(3)  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).

(4)  
            OJ L 149, 30.4.2021, p. 10.

(5)  Regulation (EU) 2024/897 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (OJ L, 2024/897, 19.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/897/oj).

(6)  Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017 laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007 (OJ L 315, 30.11.2017, p. 1).

(7)  Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 (OJ L 238, 27.9.2023, p. 1).

(8)  Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 of 30 January 2023 fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, as well as fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities for certain deep-sea fish stocks (OJ L 28, 31.1.2023, p. 1).




ANNEX I






I.


Annexes IA, IB, ID, IK and VI to Regulation (EU) 2024/257 are amended as follows:






(1)


in Annex IA, Part A, Table 2 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




2





Species:


Anchovy


Zone:


9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1





Engraulis encrasicolus



(ANE/9/3411)




Spain


2 390 



 (1)



Analytical TAC




Portugal


2 607 



 (1)



 




Union


4 997 



 (1)



 




TAC


4 997 



 (1)



 




’;










(2)


in Annex IA, Part A, Table 17 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




17





Species:


Pollack


Zone:


8a, 8b, 8d and 8e





Pollachius pollachius



(POL/8ABDE.)




Spain


163



 (2)



Analytical TAC




France


796



 (2)



 




Union


959



 (2)



 




TAC


959



 (2)



 




’;










(3)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 77 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




77





Species:


Northern prawn


Zone:


3a





Pandalus borealis



(PRA/03A.)




Denmark


1 107 



 (3)



Analytical TAC




Sweden


596



 (3)



Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Union


1 703 



 (3)



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




TAC


3 190 



 (3)



 




’;










(4)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 103 is replaced by the following:
‘

















Table




103





Species:


Mackerel


Zone:


3a; United Kingdom, Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c, 3d and 4; Norwegian waters 2a and 4a





Scomber scombrus



(MAC/2A34-N.)




Belgium


476



 (4)
 (5)



Analytical TAC




Denmark


27 882 



 (4)
 (5)
 (7)



Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies




Germany


496



 (4)
 (5)



 




France


1 498 



 (4)
 (5)



 




Netherlands


1 508 



 (4)
 (5)



 




Sweden


4 569 



 (4)
 (5)
 (6)



 




Union


36 429 



 (4)
 (5)



 




TAC


739 386 


 


 




’;










(5)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 108 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




108





Species:


Common sole


Zone:


7a





Solea solea



(SOL/07A.)




Belgium


280


 


Analytical TAC




France


4


 


 




Ireland


95


 


 




Netherlands


89


 


 




Union


468


 


 




United Kingdom


145


 


 




TAC


625


 


 




’;










(6)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 113 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




113





Species:


Sprat and associated by-catches


Zone:


3a





Sprattus sprattus



(SPR/03A.)




Denmark


9 236 



 (8)
 (9)
 (10)



Analytical TAC




Germany


19



 (8)
 (9)
 (10)



 




Sweden


3 495 



 (8)
 (9)
 (10)



 




Union


12 750 



 (8)
 (9)
 (10)



 




TAC


13 784 



 (9)



 




’;










(7)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 114 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




114





Species:


Sprat and associated by-catches


Zone:


United Kingdom and Union waters of 4; United Kingdom waters of 2a





Sprattus sprattus



(SPR/2AC4-C)




Belgium


696



 (11)
 (12)



Analytical TAC




Denmark


55 072 



 (11)
 (12)



 




Germany


696



 (11)
 (12)



 




France


696



 (11)
 (12)



 




Netherlands


696



 (11)
 (12)



 




Sweden


1 330 



 (11)
 (12)
 (13)



 




Union


59 186 



 (11)
 (12)



 




Norway


0



 (11)



 




Faroe Islands


0



 (11)
 (14)



 




United Kingdom


2 351 



 (11)



 




TAC


61 537 



 (11)



 




’;










(8)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 115 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




115





Species:


Sprat


Zone:


7d and 7e





Sprattus sprattus



(SPR/7DE.)




Belgium


9



 (15)



Analytical TAC




Denmark


620



 (15)



 




Germany


9



 (15)



 




France


134



 (15)



 




Netherlands


134



 (15)



 




Union


906



 (15)



 




United Kingdom


4344



 (15)



 




TAC


5250



 (15)



 




’;










(9)


in Annex IA, Part B, Table 123 is replaced by the following:
‘














Table




123





Species:


Industrial fish


Zone:


Norwegian waters of 4




 


(I/F/04-N.)




Sweden


800



 (16)
 (17)



Precautionary TAC




Union


800


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 


 




’;










(10)


in Annex IB, Table 13 is replaced by the following:
‘










Table




13





Species:


Northern prawn


Zone:


Greenland waters of 5 and 14





Pandalus borealis



(PRA/514GRN)




Denmark


1 725 


 


Analytical TAC




France


1 725 


 


Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Union


3 450 


 


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




Norway


1 700 


 


 




Faroe Islands


0


 


 




TAC


Not relevant


 


 




’;










(11)


in Annex IB, Table 23 is replaced by the following:
‘










Table




23





Species:


Redfish


Zone:


International waters of 1 and 2





Sebastes spp.


(RED/1/2INT)




Union


6 000 



 (18)



Analytical TAC




Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




TAC


Not relevant


 


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




’;










(12)


in Annex ID, Table 12 is replaced by the following:
‘













Table




12





Species:


Bluefin tuna


Zone:


Atlantic Ocean, east of 45oW, and Mediterranean





Thunnus thynnus



(BFT/AE45WM)




Cyprus


188,48 



 (22)



Analytical TAC




Greece


357,49 


 


Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply




Spain


6 904,70 



 (20)
 (22)



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




France


6 807,40 



 (20)
 (21)
 (22)



 




Croatia


1 101,24 



 (24)



 




Italy


5 440,04 



 (22)
 (23)



 




Malta


438,06 



 (22)



 




Portugal


643,03 


 


 




Other Member States


79,60 



 (19)



 




Union


21 960,05 



 (20)
 (21)
 (22)
 (23)



 




TAC


40 570,00 



 (19)



 




’;










(13)


in Annex IK, Table 1, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
‘








(1)




Area bounded:






—


to the south, by latitude 36o00'S,










—


to the east, by longitude 49o00'E,










—


to the west, by longitude 40o00'E,










—


to the north, by the adjacent exclusive economic zones.








’;










(14)


in Annex IK, Table 2, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
‘








(1)




Area bounded:






—


to the north, by latitude 44o00'S when west of 44o09'E and by latitude 43o30'S when east of 44o09'E,










—


to the south, by latitude 45o00'S,










—


to the west and east by the adjacent exclusive economic zones.








’;










(15)


in Annex IK, Table 3, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
‘








(1)




Area bounded by the following coordinates:







Point


Latitude


Longitude




1


52o50'00''S


80o00'00''E




2


55o00'00''S


80o00'00''E




3


55o00'00''S


85o00'00''E




4


52o50'00''S


85o00'00''E








’;










(16)


in Annex VI, point 4 is replaced by the following:






‘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













 


Number of fishing vessels (25)





 


Greece (26)



Spain


France


Croatia


Italy


Cyprus (27)



Malta (28)



Portugal




Purse seiners (29)



0


7


22


18


21


1


2


0




Longliners


0


38


23


0


40


17


63


0




Baitboats


0


66


8


0


0


0


0


0




Handline


0


1


47


24


0


0


0


0




Trawlers


0


0


56


0


0


0


0


0




Small-scale coastal


64


696


89


20


0


0


0


0




Other artisanal (30)



41


0


60


0


142


0


240


76








’;










(17)


in Annex VI, point 6 is replaced by the following:






‘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)




Greece


0


0




Spain


6


14 752,70 




Croatia


4


7 092,00 




Italy


2


1 160,00 




Cyprus


0


0




Malta


5


17 213,00 




Portugal


2


740,00 







Table B






Maximum input of wild-caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)




Greece


0




Spain


8 744,10 




Croatia


2 945,60 




Italy


610,00 




Cyprus


0




Malta


12 295,00 




Portugal


517,00 








’.














II.


The following Annex is inserted after Annex IL:


‘ANNEX IM
NPFC CONVENTION AREA












Table




1





Species:


Chub mackerel

(Scomber japonicus)



Zone:


NPFC Convention area




Union


6 000 



 (32)
 (33)
 (34)



Precautionary TAC




NPFC Contracting Parties, including Union


94 000 



 (31)
 (32)
 (33)



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




TAC


Not relevant


 


 




’.












III.


The following Annex is inserted after Annex X:


‘ANNEX Xa
NPFC CONVENTION AREA
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to undertake bottom fishing in the NPFC Convention area:






Union


0




’.








(1)  This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024.

(2)  Of which up to 500 tonnes may be taken in directed fisheries. The remaining 459 tonnes may exclusively be taken as by-catch, which shall be reported separately (POL/*8ABDE-BC) and no directed fisheries are permitted. For the 500 tonnes, the following shall apply:






Spain


85




France


415




Union


500





(3)  This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

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










 


3a
(MAC/*03A.)


United Kingdom and Union waters of 3a, 4b and 4c
(MAC/*3A4BC)


4b
(MAC/*04B.)


4c
(MAC/*04C.)


United Kingdom and international waters of 2a, 5b, 6, 7, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14
(MAC/*2AX14)




Belgium


0


0


0


0


286




Denmark


0


4 130 


0


0


9 774 




Germany


0


0


0


0


298




France


0


490


0


0


899




Netherlands


0


490


0


0


905




Sweden


0


0


390


10


2 741 




Union


0


5 110 


390


10


14 903 





(5)  Within the limits of those quotas, and in agreement with the relevant coastal State, no more than the quantities given below may also be taken in the following two zones:







 


Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a (MAC/ *02A4AN-)


Faroese waters (MAC/*FRO1)




Belgium


0


To be established




Denmark


0


To be established




Germany


0


To be established




France


0


To be established




Netherlands


0


To be established




Sweden


0


To be established




Union


0


To be established





(6)  Special condition: including the following tonnage to be taken in Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a (MAC/*2A4AN):
322
When fishing under this special condition, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for those species.

(7)  Within the limits of this quota, the following transfers are made by Denmark to be fished in United Kingdom and Union waters of 6, 7, 8d; Union waters of 8a, 8b and 8e; international waters of 12 and 14; and United Kingdom and international waters of 2a and 5b (MAC/*2A14):






Germany


531




Spain


1




Estonia


4




France


354




Ireland


1 769 




Latvia


3




Lithuania


3




Netherlands


774




Poland


37





(8)  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.

(9)  This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

(10)  Transfers of this quota may be effected to United Kingdom and Union waters of 2a and 4. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission and to the United Kingdom.

(11)  This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

(12)  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.

(13)  Including sandeels.

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

(15)  This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

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

(17)  Special condition: of which no more than the following amount of horse mackerel (JAX/*04-N.):
400

(18)  May only be fished from 1 July to 31 December. Fishing vessels shall limit their by-catches of redfish in other fisheries to a maximum of 1 % of the total catch retained on board.

(19)  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).

(20)  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


1 049,60 




France


487,60 




Union


1 537,20 





(21)  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 





(22)  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


138,09 




France


136,15 




Italy


108,80 




Cyprus


3,77 




Malta


8,76 




Union


395,57 





(23)  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


108,80 




Union


108,80 





(24)  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


991,12 




Union


991,12 





(25)  The numbers in this table may be further increased, provided that the Union’s international obligations are complied with.

(26)  One medium-size purse seiner has been replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels, or by one small purse seiner and three other artisanal vessels.

(27)  One medium-size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels, or by one small purse seiner and no more than three longline vessels.

(28)  One medium-size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels.

(29)  The individual numbers of purse seiners in this table are the result of transfers between Member States and do not constitute historical rights for the future.

(30)  Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment (longline, handline, trolling line).

(31)  Special condition: Under this catch limit no more than the quantities given below may be taken by the following vessels:






Trawlers*
(MAS/NPFC-TR)


Purse seiners*
(MAS/NPFC-PS)




14 000 


80 000 










*


The fisheries under those catch limits will be closed by NPFC Contracting Parties, including for the Union by the Commission, within two days from the issue date of the notice of the NPFC Executive Secretary that the utilisation of those catch limits has reached 95 %.





(32)  Only one trawler flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorised to fish for chub mackerel at any time. That applies without prejudice to any allocation of future fishing opportunities by the Union in the NPFC Convention area, in particular to the Member State authorised to fish in the period from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025.

(33)  Union fishing vessels over 10 000 gross tonnage shall not be authorised to fish for chub mackerel.

(34)  Catches under this quota shall be reported separately (MAS/NPFC-EU).





ANNEX II
Annex IA to Regulation (EU) 2023/194 is amended as follows:
Part D is replaced by the following:


‘PART D


Deep-sea species

(1)   Deep-sea sharks








Scientific name


Alpha-3 code


Common name





Apristurus spp.


API


Deep-sea catsharks





Centrophorus spp. (1)



CWO


Gulper sharks





Centroscyllium fabricii



CFB


Black dogfish





Centroscymnus coelolepis
 (2)



CYO


Portuguese dogfish





Centroscymnus crepidater



CYP


Longnose velvet dogfish





Chlamydoselachus anguineus



HXC


Frilled shark





Dalatias licha
 (3)



SCK


Kitefin shark





Deania calcea
 (4)



DCA


Birdbeak dogfish





Etmopterus princeps



ETR


Great lanternshark





Etmopterus spinax



ETX


Velvet belly





Galeus melastomus



SHO


Blackmouth dogfish





Galeus murinus



GAM


Mouse catshark





Hexanchus griseus



SBL


Bluntnose six-gill shark





Oxynotus paradoxus



OXN


Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark)





Scymnodon ringens



SYR


Knifetooth dogfish





Somniosus microcephalus



GSK


Greenland shark




(2)   Deep-sea rays (Rajiformes)








Scientific name


Alpha-3 code


Common name





Raja fyllae



RJY


Round skate





Raja hyperborea



RJG


Arctic skate





Raja nidarosiensis



JAD


Norwegian skate




(3)   Deep-sea Chimaeras









Scientific name


Alpha-3 code


Common name





Chimaera monstrosa



CMO


Rabbit fish





Chimaera opalescens



WCH


Opal chimaera





Harriotta haeckeli



HCH


Smallspine spookfish





Harriotta raleighana



HCR


Narrownose chimaera





Hydrolagus affinis



CYA


Small-eyed rabbitfish





Hydrolagus lusitanicus



KXA


Portuguese rabbitfish





Hydrolagus mirabilis



CYH


Large-eyed rabbit fish (ratfish)





Hydrolagus pallidus



CYZ


Pale chimaera





Rhinochimaera atlantica



RCT


Straightnose rabbitfish




’.



(1)  Shall also apply to leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4.

(2)  Shall also apply in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4.

(3)  Shall also apply in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4.

(4)  Shall also apply in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4.



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