Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/282 of 21 November 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards new mesh sizes in cod fishery and the observer report template
Date: 2024-11-21
Institutions: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, conservation of fish stocks, fishing area, fishing net, fishing rights, international convention, observer, report, sea fish, sea fishing




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/282


10.2.2025







            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2025/282
of 21 November 2024
         
amending Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards new mesh sizes in cod fishery and the observer report template


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2115/2005 and (EC) No 1386/2007 (1), and in particular Article 50(1) and (2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Union is party to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (the NAFO Convention), approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 (2).












(2)


Regulation (EU) 2019/833 implements the NAFO conservation and enforcement measures (‘CEM’) into Union law.












(3)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 (3) supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/833 with a number of additional NAFO conservation and enforcement measures.












(4)


At its annual meeting in September 2024, the NAFO amended its CEM by adding new mesh sizes in cod fishery and amending the observer report template.












(5)


These amendments should be implemented into Union law. Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2019/833 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In Article 13, paragraph 2, of Regulation (EU) 2019/833, the following point (g) is added:






‘(g)


for cod (COD) in Divisions 3L and 3M: 155 mm or 130 mm when using the sorting grid referred to in Article 14(3a).’.






Article 2
The Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 November 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 141, 28.5.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/833/oj.

(2)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 of 28 December 1978 concerning the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1978/3179/oj).

(3)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 of 15 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (OJ L 34 I, 6.2.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/124/oj).




ANNEX
The Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 is amended as follows:






(1)


Point 13, Annex I.D to the CEM referred to in Article 16(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/833 is replaced by the following:
‘Minimum Fish Size (*1)










Species


Gilled and gutted fish whether or not skinned;
fresh or chilled, frozen, or salted




Whole


Head Off


Head and Tail Off


Head Off and Split




Atlantic Cod


41  cm (*3)



27  cm


22  cm


27 /25  cm (*2)





Greenland halibut


30  cm


N/A


N/A


N/A




American plaice


25  cm


19  cm


15  cm


N/A




Yellowtail flounder


25  cm


19  cm


15  cm


N/A














(2)


in Point 35, Observer report in Annex II.M to the CEM referred to in points (a) of Article 27(11) Regulation (EU) 2019/833, in the Standardised Observer Report Template, under Point 1.1., Annex II.M Standardised Observer Trip Report information, Part 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Part 3.   Trip Observations

Enter observation on:







Observations


Y/N


Details




Any instance of obstruction, intimidation, interference with or otherwise prevention of the observer from performing his/her duties.


 


 




Summary of potential non-compliance with the CEM (please include references)


 


 




Functioning of the satellite tracking device (report all interruptions, interference and malfunctions)


 


 




Transshipments (report all)


 


 




At-Sea Inspections (report dates, times and any other observation)


 


 




Waste or other marine debris (include discharging vessel, lat/long, date/time, and description of waste)


 


 




Any other observation’


 


 










(*1)  Fish size refers to fork length for Atlantic cod; whole length for other species.

(*2)  Lower size for green salted fish.

(*3)  43 cm in 3L.’;



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/282/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)