31.1.2023
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EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 28/25
The Commission shall inform the Member States of any agreed quota transfer or exchange.
4.
The fishing opportunities received or transferred by the Member State concerned under the quota transfer or exchange shall be deemed to be quotas added to, or deducted from, its allocation as of the moment when the transfer or exchange takes effect under the terms of the agreement with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO or in accordance with the rules of the relevant RFMO, as appropriate.
Such transfers and exchanges shall not affect the distribution key for allocating fishing opportunities among Member States in accordance with the principle of relative stability of fishing activities.
Section 2 N E A F C C o n ve n t i on a r e a
Article 22 Redfish in the Irminger Sea 1.
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′
2.
Vessels shall be prohibited from fishing, retaining on board, transhipping or landing in Union ports and Union fishing vessels also in third-country ports shallow pelagic and deep pelagic beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) from the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters (ICES subareas 5, 12 and 14, and NAFO subareas 1 and 2). 3.
Union fishing vessels shall be prohibited from participating in transhipment operations involving the stocks referred to in paragraph 2.
Section 3 I C C AT C o n ve n t i o n a r e a
Article 23 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations 1.
The number of Union bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) 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.