Document ID: 32015R0104

Reference:
28.1.2015
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 22/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2015/104
of 19 January 2015
fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters, amending Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 779/2014
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 in the light of 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. In accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, fishing opportunities should be fixed in accordance with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy established in Article 2(2) of that Regulation. In accordance with Article 16(1) of that Regulation fishing opportunities should be allocated to Member States in such a way as to ensure relative stability of fishing activities of each Member State for each fish stock or fishery.
(4)
The total allowable catch (TACs) 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)
The landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 is introduced on a fishery-by-fishery basis. In the region covered by this Regulation, when a fishery falls under the landing obligation, all species in that fishery subject to catch limits should be landed. As of 1 January 2015, the landing obligation applies to small pelagic fisheries (i.e. fisheries for mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardine and sprat), to large pelagic fisheries (i.e. fisheries for bluefin tuna, swordfish, albacore tuna, bigeye tuna and blue and white marlin), to fisheries for industrial purposes (e.g. fisheries for capelin, sandeel and Norwegian pout). 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.
(6)
For some years, certain TACs for stocks of elasmobranchs (skates, sharks, rays) have been set at 0, with a linked provision establishing an obligation to immediately release accidental catches. The reason for this specific treatment is that those stocks are in a poor conservation status and, because of their high survival rates, discards will not raise fishing mortality rates for them; discards are deemed as beneficial for the conservation of these species. As of 1 January 2015, however, catches of these species in pelagic fisheries will have to be landed, unless they are covered by any of the derogations from the landing obligation foreseen in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Article 15(4)(a) 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 Common Fisheries Policy. Therefore, it is appropriate to prohibit the fishing of these species in the areas concerned.
(7)
In recent years, the TAC for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay has been set in a separate fishing opportunities regulation applicable from 1 July of one year to 30 June of the following year. In 2014, STECF concluded that changing the management period to a normal calendar year (January to December) considerably reduces conservation risks for this stock. Following consultations with Spain, France and the South Western Waters Advisory Council (SWWAC), the change proposed by STECF was positively assessed. On this basis it is appropriate to repeal Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 (2) and to introduce a new TAC for the stock of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for 2015 in this Regulation.
(8)
In addition, 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. Consequently, the TACs for stocks of Southern hake and Norway lobster, of sole in the Western Channel, of plaice and sole in the North Sea, of herring to the west of Scotland, of cod in the Kattegat, to the west of Scotland, the Irish Sea, the North Sea, Skagerrak and the Eastern Channel and of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in Council Regulations (EC) No 2166/2005 (3), (EC) No 509/2007 (4), (EC) No 676/2007 (5), (EC) No 1300/2008 (6), (EC) No 1342/2008 (7) (the ‘Cod Plan’) and (EC) No 302/2009 (8).
(9)
With regard, however, to the stocks of northern hake (Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 (9)) and sole in the Bay of Biscay (Council Regulation (EC) No 388/2006 (10)), the minimum targets of the relevant recovery and management plans have been reached and, therefore, it is appropriate to follow scientific advice provided in order to achieve or maintain the TACs at maximum sustainable yield levels, as the case may be.
(10)
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 Article 4(1)(8) 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.
(11)
Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 (11) introduced additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs, including flexibility provisions under Articles 3 and 4 for precautionary and analytical stocks respectively. Under Article 2 of that Regulation, when fixing the TACs, the Council is to decide to which stocks Articles 3 and 4 do not apply, in particular on the basis of the biological status of the stocks. More recently, a flexibility mechanism was introduced for all catches covered by the landing obligation by Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive flexibility, which would undermine the conservation objectives set out in the Common Fisheries Policy, and to prevent negative impacts on the biological state of the stocks, Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 may apply to TACs only where Member States do not use the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(12)
In accordance with the outcome of consultations between the Union and Norway, the Union may authorise fishing of Northern prawn in area IIIa by Union vessels of up to 10 per cent beyond the quota available to the Union, provided that any quantities used beyond the quota available to the Union would be deduced from its quota for 2015. It is appropriate to enable such flexibility in the fixing of those fishing opportunities in order the ensure a level-playing field for Union vessels by allowing the Member States concerned to opt for the use of a flexibility quota. Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(13)
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 fixing that TAC level, the Member State concerned acts in a manner fully consistent with the principles and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
(14)
It is necessary to establish the fishing effort ceilings for 2015 in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 5 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009, while taking into account Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 (12).
(15)
In the light of the most recent scientific advice from International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and in accordance with the international commitments in the context of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (NEAFC), it is necessary to limit the fishing effort on certain deep-sea species.
(16)
For certain species, such as certain species of sharks, even a limited fishing activity could result in a serious risk to their conservation. Fishing opportunities for such species should therefore be fully restricted through a general prohibition on fishing those species.
(17)
At the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, held in Quito from 3 to 9 November 2014, a number of species was added to the lists of protected species in Appendices I and II of the Convention, with effect from 8 February 2015. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide for the protection of those species with respect to Union vessels fishing in all waters and non-Union vessels fishing in Union waters.
(18)
The use of fishing opportunities available to Union vessels set out in this Regulation is subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (13), 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.
(19)
For certain TACs Member States should be allowed to grant additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries. The aim of those trials is to test a catch-quota system in fisheries that are not yet under the landing obligation set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, i.e. a system where all catches should be landed and counted against quotas in order to avoid discards and the waste of otherwise usable fish resources they entail. Uncontrolled discards of fish are a threat to the long term sustainability of fish as a public good and thus to the Common Fisheries Policy objectives. By contrast, catch-quota systems inherently present the fishers with an incentive to optimise the catch selectivity of their operations. For the purpose of monitoring compliance with the conditions to which the fully documented fisheries trials are subject, Member States should ensure detailed and accurate documentation of all fishing trips and adequate capacity and means, such as observers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and others. In doing so, Member States should respect the principle of efficiency and proportionality. For the use of CCTV systems, the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (14) should be complied with.
(20)
In order to ensure that trials of fully documented fisheries can effectively evaluate the potential of catch-quota systems to control the absolute fishing mortality of the stocks concerned, it is necessary for all fish caught in those trials, including those under minimum landing size, to be counted against the total allocation assigned to the participating vessel, and for fishing operations to cease when that total allocation has been fully utilised by that vessel. It is also appropriate to allow transfers of allocations between vessels participating in the fully documented fisheries trials and non-participating vessels provided that it can be demonstrated that discards by non-participating vessels do not increase.
(21)
It is appropriate, following advice from the ICES, to maintain a specific system to manage sandeel in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa and IIIa and ICES subarea IV. Given that the ICES scientific advice is expected to become available only in February 2015, it is appropriate to set the TAC and quotas provisionally at zero until such advice is released.
(22)
In order to guarantee full use of fishing opportunities, it is appropriate to allow for the implementation of a flexible arrangement between some of the TAC areas where the same biological stock is concerned.
(23)
In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreements or protocols on fisheries relations with Norway (15) and the Faroe Islands (16) the Union has held consultations on fishing rights with those partners. In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreement and protocol on fisheries relations with Greenland (17), the Joint Committee has established the level of fishing opportunities available for the Union in Greenland waters in 2015. It is therefore necessary to include these fishing opportunities in this regulation.
(24)
At its Annual Meeting in 2014, NEAFC adopted a conservation measure on the redfish stock in the Irminger Sea fixing for 2015 the TAC and quotas for the contracting parties, including the Union. Furthermore, consultations between NEAFC Coastal States will continue in 2015 on fishing opportunities for Atlanto-Scandian herring for that year. It is therefore appropriate to fix provisional catch limits for Atlanto-Scandian herring as a percentage of the Union quota in place for 2014, whilst awaiting a revision following the outcome of the NEAFC Coastal States consultations.
(25)
At its Annual Meeting in 2014, NEAFC did not adopt a conservation measure on the redfish stock in ICES international waters of I and II fixing the TAC and quotas for the Contracting Parties. Consultations will continue in 2015 on fishing opportunities for this redfish stock. As the fishery occurs in the second half of the year, catch limits for this stock will be fixed during 2015, taking account of the outcome of the NEAFC Coastal States consultations.
(26)
At its Annual Meeting in 2014, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted an increase of the TACs and quotas for bluefin tuna over a period of three years, and confirmed TACs and quotas for North-Atlantic swordfish, Southern-Atlantic swordfish, Southern-Atlantic Albacore and North-Atlantic Albacore at the current level for the 2015-2016 period. Furthermore, as it is already the case for the stock of bluefin tuna, it is appropriate that catches in recreational and sport fisheries performed on all other ICCAT stocks included in Annex ID should also be subject to the catch limits adopted by that organisation in order to guarantee that the Union does not exceed its quotas. All these measures should be implemented in the law of the Union.
(27)
At its Annual Meeting in 2014, the Parties to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) adopted catch limits for both target and by-catch species, including a by-catch quota for the years 2015 and 2016 for certain exploratory fisheries in subarea 88.2. The uptake of such quota during 2015 should be considered when setting fishing opportunities for the year 2016.
(28)
At its Annual Meeting in 2014, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) did not modify the conservation and management measures in place. It is however necessary to fix the capacity limits in Annex VI to this Regulation taking into account the inclusion of Mayotte as an outermost region in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 as modified by Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 (18).
(29)
The third Annual Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) will be held in February 2015. It is appropriate that current measures in the SPRFMO Convention Area are provisionally maintained until such Annual Meeting is held. However, the stock of jack mackerel should not be targeted before a TAC is set as a result of that Annual Meeting.
(30)
At its 87th Annual Meeting in 2014, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) maintained its conservation measures for yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and skipjack tuna. IATTC also maintained its resolution on the conservation of oceanic whitetip sharks. Those measures should continue to be implemented in the law of the Union.
(31)
At its Annual Meeting in 2014, the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) adopted a recommendation for new biennial TACs for alfonsinos, orange roughy and pelagic armourhead, while the existing TACs for Patagonian toothfish and deep-sea red crab remained in force. The currently applicable measures on allocation of fishing opportunities adopted by SEAFO should be implemented in the law of the Union.
(32)
At its 9th Annual Meeting, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) adopted a conservation and management measure for the protection of whale sharks from purse seine fishing operations. At its 10th Annual Meeting, WCPFC adopted catch limits for longliners fishing for bigeye tuna. The 11th Annual Meeting of the WCPFC in 2014 did not modify its measures adopted in 2013 as regards fishing opportunities. All these measures should be implemented in the law of the Union.
(33)
At its Annual Meeting in 2013, the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock resources in the central Bering Sea did not modify its measures regarding fishing opportunities. Those measures should be implemented in the law of the Union.
(34)
At its 36th Annual Meeting in 2014, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) adopted a number of fishing opportunities for 2015 of certain stocks in Subareas 1-4 of the NAFO Convention Area. In that context, NAFO adopted a moratorium for the shrimp fishery in Division 3L, increased the TAC for redfish in Division 3M in order to cover certain by-catches and reopened the fishery for witch flounder in Division 3NO.
(35)
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 the law of the Union to apply retroactively. In particular, since the fishing season in 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 2014, it is appropriate that the relevant provisions of this Regulation apply from that date. Such retroactive application will be without prejudice to the principle of legitimate expectations as CCAMLR members are forbidden to fish in the CCAMLR Convention Area without authorisation.
(36)
In accordance with the declaration by the Union 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 (19), it is necessary to fix the fishing opportunities for snappers available to Venezuela in Union waters.
(37)
In order to ensure uniform conditions for granting an individual Member State an authorisation to benefit from the system of managing its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.
(38)
In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission relating to the granting of additional days at sea for permanent cessation of fishing activities and for enhanced scientific observer coverage as well as to establish the formats of spreadsheet 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (20).
(39)
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 2015, except for the provisions concerning fishing effort limits, which should apply from 1 February 2015, and certain provisions in particular regions, which should have a specific date of application. For reasons of urgency, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication.
(40)
Fishing opportunities should be used in full compliance with the applicable law of the Union,
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 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 2015 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2016;
(b)
fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2015 to 31 January 2016, except where other periods are established for effort limits in Articles 9, 29 and 31;
(c)
fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area;
(d)
fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the IATTC Convention Area set out in Article 32 for the periods in 2015 and 2016 specified in that provision.
Article 2
Scope
This Regulation shall apply to the following vessels:
(a)
Union vessels;
(b)
third-country vessels in Union waters.
Article 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
‘Union vessel’ means a Union fishing vessel as defined in Article 4(1)(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(b)
‘third-country vessel’ means a fishing vessel as defined in Article 4(1)(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country;
(c)
‘Union waters’ means the Union waters as defined in Article 4(1)(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(d)
‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;
(e)
‘stock’ means the stock as defined in Article 4(1)(14) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(f)
‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means:
(i)
in fisheries subject to the landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity that can be caught from each stock each year;
(ii)
in all other fisheries, the quantity that can be landed from each stock each year;
(g)
‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
(h)
‘analytical assessment’ means a 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;
(i)
‘precautionary approach to fisheries management’, means the precautionary approach to fisheries management as defined in Article 4(1)(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(j)
‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 (21);
(k)
‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(l)
‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Article 4
Fishing zones
For the purposes of this Regulation the following zone definitions shall 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 (22);
(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 this 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 this 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 VII’ 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,
—
53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W.
(e)
‘Functional Unit 26 of ICES division IXa’ 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;
(f)
‘Functional Unit 27 of ICES division IXa’ 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;
(g)
‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division IXa east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W;
(h)
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 (23);
(i)
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 (24);
(j)
‘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 (25);
(k)
‘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 (26);
(l)
‘CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 (27);
(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 (‘the Antigua Convention’) (28);
(n)
‘IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (29);
(o)
‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ is the high seas geographical area south of 10° N, north of the CCAMLR Convention Area, east of the SIOFA Convention Area as defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (30), and west of the areas of fisheries jurisdictions of South American States;
(p)
‘the 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 (31);
(q)
‘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 sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured;
(r)
‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC’ is the geographical area defined by the following limits:
—
longitude 150° W,
—
longitude 130° W,
—
latitude 4° S,
—
latitude 50° S.
TITLE II
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION VESSELS
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Article 5
TACs and allocations
1.   The TACs for Union vessels in Union waters or 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 vessels shall be authorised to make catches, within the TACs set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the condition set out in Article 19 of and Annex III to this Regulation and in Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (32) and its implementing provisions.
3.   For the purposes of the special condition laid down in Annex IA for the stock of sandeel in Union waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV, the management areas defined in Annex IID shall apply.
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 Common Fisheries Policy, in particular the principle of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and
(b)
result:
(i)
if analytical assessments are available, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with maximum sustainable yield from 2015 onwards, with as high a probability as possible;
(ii)
if analytical assessments are unavailable or incomplete, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.
3.   By 15 March 2015, 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
Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
1.   Fish from stocks for which TACs are established that have been caught in the fisheries specified in Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are subject to the landing obligation as established in Article 15 of that Regulation (‘the landing obligation’).
2.   Fish from other stocks for which TACs are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:
(a)
the catches have been taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or
(b)
the catches 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.
3.   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 for the purposes of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quotas provided for in that Article.
Article 8
Fishing effort limits
For the periods referred to in Article 1(2)(b), the following fishing effort measures shall apply:
(a)
Annex IIA for the management of certain cod, sole, and plaice stocks in the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES subarea IV and ICES divisions VIa, VIIa and VIId and Union waters of ICES divisions IIa and Vb;
(b)
Annex IIB for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa, with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;
(c)
Annex IIC for the management of the sole stock in ICES division VIIe.
Article 9
Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries
1.   Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 (33) establishing the requirement of holding a deep-sea fishing permit shall apply to Greenland halibut. The catching, retaining on board, transhipping and landing of Greenland halibut shall be subject to the conditions referred to in that Article.
2.   Member States shall ensure that for 2015 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, do not exceed 65 % of the average annual fishing effort deployed by the vessels of the Member State concerned in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held or deep-sea species, as listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation, were caught. This paragraph shall apply only to fishing trips on which more than 100 kg of deep-sea species, other than greater silver smelt, are caught.
Article 10
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 Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008;
(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 19 of this Regulation;
(h)
additional allocations pursuant to Article 14 of this Regulation.
2.   Except where otherwise specified in Annex I to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to analytical TAC. 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 11
Closed fishing seasons
1.   It shall be prohibited to fish or retain on board any of the following species in the Porcupine Bank during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2015: cod, megrims, anglerfish, haddock, whiting, hake, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, skates and rays, common sole, tusk, blue ling, ling and spurdog.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the Porcupine Bank shall comprise the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
Point
Latitude
Longitude
1
52° 27′ N
12° 19′ W
2
52° 40′ N
12° 30′ W
3
52° 47′ N
12° 39,600′ W
4
52° 47′ N
12° 56′ W
5
52° 13,5′ N
13° 53,830′ W
6
51° 22′ N
14° 24′ W
7
51° 22′ N
14° 03′ W
8
52° 10′ N
13° 25′ W
9
52° 32′ N
13° 07,500′ W
10
52° 43′ N
12° 55′ W
11
52° 43′ N
12° 43′ W
12
52° 38,800′ N
12° 37′ W
13
52° 27′ N
12° 23′ W
14
52° 27′ N
12° 19′ W
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, transit through the Porcupine Bank while carrying on board the species referred to in that paragraph, shall be permitted in accordance with Article 50(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
2.   Commercial fishing for sandeel with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited in ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and ICES subarea IV from 1 January to 31 March 2015 and from 1 August to 31 December 2015.
The prohibition set out in the first subparagraph shall also apply to third-country vessels authorised to fish for sandeel in Union waters of ICES subarea IV.
Article 12
Prohibitions
1.   It shall be prohibited for Union vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species:
(a)
starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV;
(b)
the following species of sawfish in all waters:
(i)
narrow sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidate);
(ii)
dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata);
(iii)
smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata);
(iv)
largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis);
(v)
green sawfish (Pristis zijsron);
(c)
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all waters;
(d)
common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;
(e)
tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;
(f)
smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;
(g)
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 IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;
(h)
porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in all waters;
(i)
reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) in all waters;
(j)
giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in all waters;
(k)
the following species of Mobula rays in all waters:
(i)
devil fish (Mobula mobular);
(ii)
lesser Guinean devil ray (Mobula rochebrunei);
(iii)
spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica);
(iv)
smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni);
(v)
longhorned mobula (Mobula eregoodootenkee);
(vi)
Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana);
(vii)
Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana);
(viii)
shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii);
(ix)
lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma);
(l)
thornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division IIIa;
(m)
Norwegian skate (Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk;
(n)
undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI and X and white skate (Raja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;
(o)
guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;
(p)
angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters.
2.   When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.
Article 13
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, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
CHAPTER II
Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries
Article 14
Additional allocations
1.   For certain stocks, a Member State may grant an additional allocation to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.
2.   The additional allocation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed the overall limit set out in Annex I as a percentage of the quota allocated to that Member State.
Article 15
Conditions for additional allocations
1.   The additional allocation referred to in Article 14 shall comply with the following conditions:
(a)
Member States shall ensure detailed and accurate documentation of all fishing trips and adequate capacity and means, such as observers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and others. In doing so, Member States shall respect the principle of efficiency and proportionality;
(b)
the additional allocation granted to an individual vessel that participates in trials on fully documented fisheries shall not exceed any of the following limits:
(i)
75 % of the discards of the stock, as estimated by the relevant Member State, produced by the type of vessel to which the individual vessel that has been granted the additional allocation belongs;
(ii)
30 % of the vessel's individual allocation prior to participating in the trials;
(c)
all catches by the vessel from the stock subject to the additional allocation, including fish that are under minimum landing size as defined in Annex XII of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (34), shall be counted against the individual allocation of the vessel, as resulting from any additional allocation granted under Article 14 of this Regulation;
(d)
once the individual allocation for any stock subject to the additional allocation has been fully utilised by a vessel, the vessel in question must cease all fishing activity in the relevant TAC area;
(e)
in respect of the stocks for which this Article may be used, Member States may allow transfers of the individual allocation or any part thereof from vessels not participating in trials on fully documented fisheries to vessels participating in those trials provided that it can be demonstrated that discards by the non-participating vessels do not increase.
2.   Notwithstanding paragraph 1(b)(i), a Member State may exceptionally grant to a vessel flying its flag an additional allocation exceeding 75 % of the estimated discards of the stock produced by the type of vessel to which the individual vessel that has been granted the additional allocation belongs, provided that:
(a)
the rate of stock discards, as estimated for the relevant type of vessel, is less than 10 %;
(b)
the inclusion of that type of vessel is important to evaluate the potential of the monitoring means used in accordance with Article 15(1)(a);
(c)
an overall limit of 75 % of the estimated stock discards produced by all vessels participating in the trials is not exceeded.
3.   Prior to granting the additional allocation referred to in Article 14, a Member State shall submit the following information to the Commission:
(a)
the list of vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries;
(b)
the specifications of the remote electronic monitoring equipment installed on board those vessels;
(c)
the capacity, type and specification of gears used by those vessels;
(d)
the estimated discards for each type of vessel participating in the trials;
(e)
the amount of catches of the stock subject to the relevant TAC made in 2014 by the vessels participating in the trials.
Article 16
Processing of personal data
To the extent that the recordings obtained in accordance with Article 15(1)(a) of this Regulation involve the processing of personal data within the meaning of Directive 95/46/EC, that Directive shall apply to the processing of such data.
Article 17
Withdrawal of additional allocations
Where a Member State detects that a vessel participating in trials on fully documented fisheries fails to comply with the conditions set out in Article 15, it shall immediately withdraw the additional allocation granted to that vessel and exclude it from participation in those trials for the remainder of the year 2015.
Article 18
Scientific review of discard assessments
The Commission may request any Member State that avails itself of this Chapter to submit its assessment of the discards produced per type of vessel to a scientific advisory body for review, in order to monitor the implementation of the requirement set out in Article 15(1)(b)(i). In the absence of an assessment confirming such discards, the Member State concerned shall take any appropriate measure to ensure compliance with that requirement and shall inform the Commission thereof.
CHAPTER III
Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Article 19
Fishing authorisations
1.   The maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union vessels fishing in waters of a third country is set out in Annex III.
2.   Where one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (‘swap’) in the fishing areas set out in Annex III of this Regulation on the basis of 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 that Annex, shall not be exceeded.
CHAPTER IV
Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Article 20
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 exchange, 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 then give notification of the agreed quota transfer or exchange to the secretariat of the RFMO 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.
Section 1
ICCAT Convention Area
Article 21
Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
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 IV.
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 IV.
3.   The number of Union 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 IV.
4.   The number and total capacity in gross tonnage 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 IV.
5.   The number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery shall be limited as set out in point 5 of Annex IV.
6.   The bluefin tuna farming capacity, the 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 IV.
Article 22
Recreational and sport fisheries
Where appropriate, Member States shall allocate a specific quota for recreational and sport fisheries from their quotas allocated in Annex ID.
Article 23
Sharks
1.   Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus) 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) in association with 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) taken in any fishery shall be prohibited.
Section 2
CCAMLR Convention Area
Article 24
Prohibitions and catch limitations
1.   Direct fishing of the species set out in Part A of Annex V, shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out therein.
2.   For exploratory fisheries, the TACs and by-catch limits set out in Part B of Annex V, shall apply in the subareas set out therein.
Article 25
Exploratory fisheries
1.   Only those Member States which are members of the CCAMLR Commission may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a outside areas of national jurisdiction in 2015. If such a Member State intends to participate in such fisheries, it shall notify the CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with Articles 7 and 7a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 and in any case no later than 1 June 2015.
2.   With regard to FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as divisions 58.4.1,58.4.2 and 58.4.3a TACs and by-catch limits per subarea and division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them, shall be as set out in Part B of Annex V. Fishing in any 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.
3.   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 divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a shall be prohibited in depths less than 550 m.
Article 26
Krill fishery during the 2015/2016 fishing season
1.   Only those Member States which are members of the CCAMLR Commission may fish for krill (Euphausia superba) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2015/2016 fishing season. If such a Member State intends to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention Area, it shall notify the Commission, no later than 1 May 2015 and using the format laid down in Part C of Annex V to this Regulation, of its intention to fish for krill. 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 2015.
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 only notify its intention to do so 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 on any CCAMLR illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) Vessel List to participate in krill fisheries.
Section 3
IOTC Convention Area
Article 27
Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
1.   The maximum number of Union vessels fishing for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 1 of Annex VI.
2.   The maximum number of Union vessels fishing for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the IOTC Convention Area and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 2 of Annex VI.
3.   Member States may re-allocate 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 this 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 Vessels or on the record of vessels of other tuna regional fisheries organisations. Furthermore, no vessels featuring on the list of vessels engaged in IUU fishing activities (IUU vessels) of any RFMO may be transferred.
5.   In order to take into account the implementation of the development plans submitted to the IOTC, Member States may only increase their fishing capacity beyond the ceilings referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within the limits set out in those plans.
Article 28
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, transshipping 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 paragraph 1 and 2 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.
Section 4
SPRFMO Convention Area
Article 29
Pelagic fisheries — capacity limitation
Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 shall limit the total level of gross tonnage of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2015 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area.
Article 30
Pelagic fisheries — TACs
1.   Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009, as specified in Article 29, may fish for pelagic stocks in that area in accordance with the TACs set out in Annex IJ.
2.   The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IJ may only be fished under the condition that Member States send the list of vessels actively fishing or engaged in transhipment in the SPRFMO Convention Area, records from vessel monitoring systems (VMS), monthly catch reports and, where available, port calls at the latest by the fifth day of the following month to the Commission, in order to communicate them to the SPRFMO Secretariat.
Article 31
Bottom fisheries
Member States with 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 limit their bottom fishing catch or effort in 2015 in the Convention Area to those parts of the Convention Area where bottom fishing has occurred in that period and to a level that does not exceed the annual average levels of catches or effort parameters over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006.
Section 5
IATTC Convention Area
Article 32
Purse-seine fisheries
1.   The fishing by purse-seine vessels for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) shall be prohibited:
(a)
from 29 July to 28 September 2015 or from 18 November 2015 to 18 January 2016 in the area defined by the following limits:
—
the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,
—
longitude 150° W,
—
latitude 40° N,
—
latitude 40° S;
(b)
from 29 September to 29 October 2015 in the area defined by the following limits:
—
longitude 96° W,
—
longitude 110° W,
—
latitude 4° N,
—
latitude 3° S.
2.   The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure referred to in paragraph 1 before 1 April 2015. All the 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 33
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 store, to offer to sell, to sell or to land any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks 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, who shall also:
(a)
record the number of releases with indication of status (dead or alive);
(b)
report the information specified in paragraph (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 2015.
Section 6
SEAFO Convention Area
Article 34
Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Directed fishing for the following deep water sharks in the SEAFO Convention Area shall be prohibited:
—
skates (Rajidae),
—
spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias),
—
blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi),
—
shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus),
—
great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps),
—
smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus),
—
ghost catshark (Apristurus manis),
—
velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus),
—
deep-sea sharks of the Selachimorpha super-order.
Section 7
WCPFC Convention Area
Article 35
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 in the high seas and located between 20° N and 20° S does not exceed 403 days. In these fisheries, it shall be prohibited to set a purse seine on a school of tuna associated with a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) if the animal is sighted prior to the commencement of the set.
2.   Union 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 do not exceed 2,000 tonnes in 2015.
Article 36
Closed area for FAD fishing
1.   In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20° N and 20° S, fishing activities of purse-seine vessels making use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2015 and 24:00 hours of 31 October 2015. During that period, a purse-seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Convention Area if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that the vessel does not, at any time:
(a)
deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device;
(b)
fish on schools in association with FADs.
2.   All purse-seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area referred to in paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught.
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.
Article 37
Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
1.   Vessels listed exclusively in the WCPFC register shall apply the measures set out in Articles 35 to 38 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(r).
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 Article 32(1)(a) and (2) to (4) and Article 33 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(r).
Article 38
Limitations to the number of Union vessels authorised to fish swordfish
The maximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as indicated in Annex VII.
Article 39
Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks
1.   Retaining on board, transhipping, storing or landing 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.
Section 8
Bering Sea
Article 40
Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
Fishing for pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the high seas of the Bering Sea shall be prohibited.
TITLE III
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS
Article 41
TACs
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Union waters within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.
Article 42
Fishing authorisations
The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters is laid down in Annex VIII.
Article 43
Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
The conditions specified in Article 7 shall apply to catches and by-catches of third-country vessels fishing under the authorisations specified in Article 42.
Article 44
Prohibitions
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 (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV;
(b)
the following species of sawfish in Union waters:
(i)
narrow sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidate);
(ii)
dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata);
(iii)
smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata);
(iv)
largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis);
(v)
green sawfish (Pristis zijsron);
(c)
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Union waters;
(d)
common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;
(e)
tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;
(f)
smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;
(g)
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 IIa and ICES subareas I, IV and XIV;
(h)
porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in Union waters;
(i)
reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) in Union waters;
(j)
giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in Union waters;
(k)
the following species of Mobula rays in Union waters:
(i)
devil fish (Mobula mobular);
(ii)
lesser Guinean devil ray (Mobula rochebrunei);
(iii)
spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica);
(iv)
smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni);
(v)
longhorned mobula (Mobula eregoodootenkee);
(vi)
Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana);
(vii)
Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana);
(viii)
shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii);
(ix)
lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma);
(l)
thornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division IIIa;
(m)
Norwegian skate (Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk;
(n)
undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, IX and X and white skate (Raja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;
(o)
guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;
(p)
angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters.
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 45
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 46
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 43/2014
In paragraph 1 of Article 18a of Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 the following point is added:
‘(o)
Northern prawn in area IIIa.’
Article 47
Repeal
Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2015.
Article 48
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2015.
However, Article 8 shall apply from 1 February 2015.
Points (b), (i) and (k) of Article 12 and points (b), (i) and (k) of Article 44 shall apply from 8 February 2015.
Article 46 shall apply from 1 January 2014.
The provisions on fishing opportunities set out in Articles 23, 24 and 25 and Annexes IE and V for the CCAMLR Convention Area shall apply from the dates specified therein.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 January 2015.
For the Council
The President
E. RINKĒVIČS
(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)  Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 of 17 July 2014 fixing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for the 2014/15 fishing season (OJ L 212, 18.7.2014, p. 1).
(3)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 of 20 December 2005 establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5).
(4)  Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2007 of 7 May 2007 establishing a multi-annual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Western Channel (OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 7).
(5)  Council Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 of 11 June 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea (OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 1).
(6)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock (OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 6).
(7)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 20).
(8)  Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (OJ L 96, 15.4.2009, p. 1).
(9)  Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of the northern hake stock (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
(10)  Council Regulation (EC) No 388/2006 of 23 February 2006 establishing a multiannual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Bay of Biscay (OJ L 65, 7.3.2006, p. 1).
(11)  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).
(12)  Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 of 27 July 2009 excluding certain groups of vessels from the fishing effort regime laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 (OJ L 214, 19.8.2009, p. 16).
(13)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, 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).
(14)  Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31).
(15)  Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48).
(16)  Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part (OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 12).
(17)  Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 4) and Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in that Agreement (OJ L 293, 23.10.2012, p. 5).
(18)  Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 of 17 December 2013 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009, (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, following the amendment of the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 86).
(19)  OJ L 6, 10.1.2012, p. 9.
(20)  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).
(21)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets (OJ L 151, 11.6.2008, p. 5).
(22)  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).
(23)  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).
(24)  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).
(25)  Concluded by Council Decision 2002/738/EC (OJ L 234, 31.8.2002, p. 39).
(26)  The Union acceded by Council Decision 86/238/EEC (OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33).
(27)  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).
(28)  Concluded by Council Decision 2006/539/EC (OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 22).
(29)  The Union acceded by Council Decision 95/399/EC (OJ L 236, 5.10.1995, p. 24).
(30)  Concluded by Council Decision 2008/780/EC (OJ L 268, 9.10.2008, p. 27).
(31)  The Union acceded by Council Decision 2005/75/EC (OJ L 32, 4.2.2005, p. 1).
(32)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third-country vessels to Community waters, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93 and (EC) No 1627/94 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 3317/94 (OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33).
(33)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6).
(34)  Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1).
LIST OF ANNEXES
ANNEX I:
TACs applicable to Union vessels in areas where TACs exist by species and by area
ANNEX IA:
Skagerrak, Kattegat, ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, Union waters of CECAF, French Guiana waters
ANNEX IB:
North East Atlantic and Greenland, ICES subareas I, II, V, XII and XIV and Greenland waters of NAFO 1
ANNEX IC:
North West Atlantic — NAFO Convention Area
ANNEX ID:
Highly migratory fish — all areas
ANNEX IE:
Antarctic — CCAMLR Convention Area
ANNEX IF:
South-East Atlantic Ocean — SEAFO Convention Area
ANNEX IG:
Southern bluefin tuna — all areas
ANNEX IH:
WCPFC Convention Area
ANNEX IJ:
SPRFMO Convention Area
ANNEX IIA:
Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of certain cod, plaice and sole stocks in ICES divisions IIIa, VIa, VIIa, VIId, ICES subarea IV and Union waters of ICES divisions IIa and Vb
ANNEX IIB:
Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the recovery of certain Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz
ANNEX IIC:
Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of Western Channel sole stocks in ICES division VIIe
ANNEX IID:
Management areas for sandeel in ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and ICES subarea IV
ANNEX III:
Maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union vessels in third-country waters
ANNEX IV:
ICCAT Convention Area
ANNEX V:
CCAMLR Convention Area
ANNEX VI:
IOTC Convention Area
ANNEX VII:
WCPFC Convention Area
ANNEX VIII:
Quantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters
ANNEX I
TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA
The tables in Annexes IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IF, IG, IJ set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate.
All fishing opportunities set out in this Annex shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation.
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified. Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. Only Latin names identify species for regulatory purposes; vernacular names are provided for ease of reference.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:
Scientific name
Alpha-3 code
Common name
Amblyraja radiata
RJR
Starry ray
Ammodytes spp.
SAN
Sandeels
Argentina silus
ARU
Greater silver smelt
Beryx spp.
ALF
Alfonsinos
Brosme brosme
USK
Tusk
Caproidae
BOR
Boarfish
Centrophorus squamosus
GUQ
Leafscale gulper shark
Centroscymnus coelolepis
CYO
Portuguese dogfish
Chaceon spp.
GER
Deep sea red crab
Chaenocephalus aceratus
SSI
Blackfin icefish
Champsocephalus gunnari
ANI
Mackerel icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus
LIC
Unicorn icefish
Chionoecetes spp.
PCR
Snow crab
Clupea harengus
HER
Herring
Coryphaenoides rupestris
RNG
Roundnose grenadier
Dalatias licha
SCK
Kitefin shark
Deania calcea
DCA
Birdbeak dogfish
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
Toothfish
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
Gobionotothen gibberifrons
NOG
Humped rockcod
Hippoglossoides platessoides
PLA
American plaice
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
HAL
Atlantic halibut
Hoplostethus atlanticus
ORY
Orange roughy
Illex illecebrosus
SQI
Shortfin squid
Lamna nasus
POR
Porbeagle
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
NOS
Grey rockcod
Lepidorhombus spp.
LEZ
Megrims
Leucoraja naevus
RJN
Cuckoo ray
Limanda ferruginea
YEL
Yellowtail flounder
Limanda limanda
DAB
Common dab
Lophiidae
ANF
Anglerfish
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 rossii
NOR
Marbled rockcod
Pandalus borealis
PRA
Northern prawn
Paralomis spp.
PAI
Crabs
Penaeus spp.
PEN
‘Penaeus’ shrimps
Platichthys flesus
FLE
European flounder
Pleuronectes platessa
PLE
Plaice
Pleuronectiformes
FLX
Flatfish
Pollachius pollachius
POL
Pollack
Pollachius virens
POK
Saithe
Psetta maxima
TUR
Turbot
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
SGI
South Georgia icefish
Pseudopentaceros spp.
EDW
Pelagic armourhead
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 undulata
RJU
Undulate ray
Rajiformes
SRX
Skates and rays
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
GHL
Greenland halibut
Scomber scombrus
MAC
Mackerel
Scophthalmus rhombus
BLL
Brill
Sebastes spp.
RED
Redfish
Solea solea
SOL
Common sole
Solea spp.
SOO
Sole
Sprattus sprattus
SPR
Sprat
Squalus acanthias
DGS
Spurdog/dogfish
Tetrapturus albidus
WHM
White marlin
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 Latin names is provided exclusively for explanatory purposes:
Alfonsinos
ALF
Beryx spp.
American plaice
PLA
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Anchovy
ANE
Engraulis encrasicolus
Anglerfish
ANF
Lophiidae
Antarctic toothfish
TOA
Dissostichus mawsoni
Atlantic halibut
HAL
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
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
Boarfish
BOR
Caproidae
Brill
BLL
Scophthalmus rhombus
Capelin
CAP
Mallotus villosus
Cod
COD
Gadus morhua
Common dab
DAB
Limanda limanda
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 crab
GER
Chaceon spp.
European flounder
FLE
Platichthys flesus
Flatfish
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
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Haddock
HAD
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hake
HKE
Merluccius merluccius
Herring
HER
Clupea harengus
Horse mackerel
JAX
Trachurus spp.
Humped rockcod
NOG
Gobionotothen 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 armourhead
EDW
Pseudopentaceros spp.
‘Penaeus’ shrimps
PEN
Penaeus spp.
Plaice
PLE
Pleuronectes platessa
Pollack
POL
Pollachius pollachius
Porbeagle
POR
Lamna nasus
Portuguese dogfish
CYO
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Redfish
RED
Sebastes spp.
Roundnose grenadier
RNG
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Saithe
POK
Pollachius virens
Sandeels
SAN
Ammodytes spp.
Sandy ray
RJI
Raja circularis
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 crab
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
Spurdog/dogfish
DGS
Squalus acanthias
Squid
SQS
Martialia hyadesi
Starry ray
RJR
Amblyraja radiata
Swordfish
SWO
Xiphias gladius
Thornback ray
RJC
Raja clavata
Toothfish
TOT
Dissostichus spp.
Tope shark
GAG
Galeorhinus galeus
Turbot
TUR
Psetta maxima
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 I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII AND XIV, UNION WATERS OF CECAF, FRENCH GUIANA WATERS
Species:
Sandeel
Ammodytes spp.
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(SAN/04-N.)
Denmark
0
United Kingdom
0
Union
0
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Sandeel
Ammodytes spp.
Zone:
Union waters of IIa, IIIa and IV (1)
Denmark
0 (2)
United Kingdom
0 (2)
Germany
0 (2)
Sweden
0 (2)
Union
0
TAC
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
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 IID:
Zone
:
Union waters of sandeel management areas
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
(SAN/234_1)
(SAN/234_2)
(SAN/234_3)
(SAN/234_4)
(SAN/234_5)
(SAN/234_6)
(SAN/234_7)
Denmark
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
United Kingdom
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
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Species:
Greater silver smelt
Argentina silus
Zone:
Union and international waters of I and II
(ARU/1/2.)
Germany
24
France
8
The Netherlands
19
United Kingdom
39
Union
90
TAC
90
Analytical TAC
Species:
Greater silver smelt
Argentina silus
Zone:
Union waters of III and IV
(ARU/34-C)
Denmark
911
Germany
9
France
7
Ireland
7
The Netherlands
43
Sweden
35
United Kingdom
16
Union
1 028
TAC
1 028
Analytical TAC
Species:
Greater silver smelt
Argentina silus
Zone:
Union and international waters of V, VI and VII
(ARU/567.)
Germany
329
France
7
Ireland
305
The Netherlands
3 434
United Kingdom
241
Union
4 316
TAC
4 316
Analytical TAC
Species:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone:
Union and international waters of I, II and XIV
(USK/1214EI)
Germany
6 (3)
France
6 (3)
United Kingdom
6 (3)
Others
3 (3)
Union
21 (3)
TAC
21
Analytical TAC
Species:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone:
IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32
(USK/3A/BCD)
Denmark
15
Sweden
7
Germany
7
Union
29
TAC
29
Analytical TAC
Species:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone:
Union waters of IV
(USK/04-C.)
Denmark
64
Germany
19
France
44
Sweden
6
United Kingdom
96
Others
6 (4)
Union
235
TAC
235
Analytical TAC
Species:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone:
Union and international waters of V, VI and VII
(USK/567EI.)
Germany
13
Spain
46
France
548
Ireland
53
United Kingdom
264
Others
13 (5)
Union
937
Norway
2 923  (6)
 (7)
 (8)
 (9)
TAC
3 860
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(USK/04-N.)
Belgium
0
Denmark
165
Germany
1
France
0
The Netherlands
0
United Kingdom
4
Union
170
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Boarfish
Caproidae
Zone:
Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII
(BOR/678-)
Denmark
13 079
Ireland
36 830
United Kingdom
3 387
Union
53 296
TAC
53 296
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Herring (10)
Clupea harengus
Zone:
IIIa
(HER/03A.)
Denmark
18 034  (11)
Germany
289 (11)
Sweden
18 865  (11)
Union
37 188  (11)
Norway
5 816
Faroe Islands
600 (12)
TAC
43 604
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:
Herring (1)
Clupea harengus
Zone:
Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N
(HER/4AB.)
Denmark
74 079
Germany
46 703
France
22 488
The Netherlands
57 104
Sweden
4 531
United Kingdom
62 292
Union
267 197
Norway
129 145  (2)
TAC
445 329
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
(1)
Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States shall report separately their catches of herring in IVa (HER/04A.) and IVb (HER/04B.).
(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 may be taken in Union waters of IVa and IVb (HER/*4AB-C).
50 000
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 south of 62° N
(HER/*04N-) (1)
Union
50 000
(1)
Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States shall report separately their catches of herring in IVa (HER/*4AN.) and IVb (HER/*4BN.).
Species:
Herring (13)
Clupea harengus
Zone:
Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(HER/04-N.)
Sweden
1 093  (13)
Union
1 093
TAC
445 329
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:
Herring (14)
Clupea harengus
Zone:
IIIa
(HER/03A-BC)
Denmark
5 692
Germany
51
Sweden
916
Union
6 659
TAC
6 659
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:
Herring (15)
Clupea harengus
Zone:
IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa
(HER/2A47DX)
Belgium
78
Denmark
15 072
Germany
78
France
78
The Netherlands
78
Sweden
74
United Kingdom
286
Union
15 744
TAC
15 744
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(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Herring (16)
Clupea harengus
Zone:
IVc, VIId (17)
(HER/4CXB7D)
Belgium
9 057  (18)
Denmark
1 049  (18)
Germany
661 (18)
France
12 068  (18)
The Netherlands
21 478  (18)
United Kingdom
4 673  (18)
Union
48 986
TAC
445 329
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
Union and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN (19)
(HER/5B6ANB)
Germany
2 536  (20)
France
480 (20)
Ireland
3 427  (20)
The Netherlands
2 536  (20)
United Kingdom
13 711  (20)
Union
22 690  (20)
TAC
22 690
Analytical TAC
Species:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
VIaS (21), VIIb, VIIc
(HER/6AS7BC)
Ireland
0
The Netherlands
0
Union
0
TAC
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
Species:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
VI Clyde (22)
(HER/06ACL.)
United Kingdom
To be established (23)
Union
To be established (24)
TAC
To be established (24)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
VIIa (25)
(HER/07A/MM)
Ireland
1 264
United Kingdom
3 590
Union
4 854
TAC
4 854
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
VIIe and VIIf
(HER/7EF.)
France
465
United Kingdom
465
Union
930
TAC
930
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
VIIg (26), VIIh (26), VIIj (26) and VIIk (26)
(HER/7G-K.)
Germany
174
France
966
Ireland
13 527
The Netherlands
966
United Kingdom
19
Union
15 652
TAC
15 652
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Zone:
VIII
(ANE/08.)
Spain
22 500
France
2 500
Union
25 000
TAC
25 000
Analytical TAC
Species:
Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
Zone:
IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(ANE/9/3411)
Spain
4 618
Portugal
5 038
Union
9 656
TAC
9 656
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
Skagerrak
(COD/03AN.)
Belgium
10 (27)
Denmark
3 336  (27)
Germany
84 (27)
The Netherlands
21 (27)
Sweden
584 (27)
Union
4 035
TAC
4 171
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:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
Kattegat
(COD/03AS.)
Denmark
62 (28)
Germany
1 (28)
Sweden
37 (28)
Union
100 (28)
TAC
100 (28)
Analytical TAC
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat
(COD/2A3AX4)
Belgium
862 (29)
Denmark
4 956  (29)
Germany
3 142  (29)
France
1 065  (29)
The Netherlands
2 800  (29)
Sweden
33 (29)
United Kingdom
11 369  (29)
Union
24 227
Norway
4 962  (30)
TAC
29 189
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
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 IV
(COD/*04N-)
Union
21 057
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(COD/04-N.)
Sweden
382 (31)
Union
382
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
VIb; Union and international waters of Vb west of 12° 00′ W and of XII and XIV
(COD/5W6-14)
Belgium
0
Germany
1
France
12
Ireland
16
United Kingdom
45
Union
74
TAC
74
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
VIa; Union and international waters of Vb east of 12° 00′ W
(COD/5BE6A)
Belgium
0
Germany
0
France
0
Ireland
0
United Kingdom
0
Union
0
TAC
0 (32)
Analytical TAC
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
VIIa
(COD/07A.)
Belgium
2
France
7
Ireland
120
The Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
52
Union
182
TAC
182
Analytical TAC
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(COD/7XAD34)
Belgium
218
France
3 568
Ireland
901
The Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
384
Union
5 072
TAC
5 072
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
VIId
(COD/07D.)
Belgium
73 (33)
France
1 428  (33)
The Netherlands
43 (33)
United Kingdom
157 (33)
Union
1 701
TAC
1 701
Analytical TAC
Species:
Megrims
Lepidorhombus spp.
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(LEZ/2AC4-C)
Belgium
6
Denmark
5
Germany
5
France
34
The Netherlands
27
United Kingdom
2 006
Union
2 083
TAC
2 083
Analytical TAC
Species:
Megrims
Lepidorhombus spp.
Zone:
Union and international waters of Vb; VI; international waters of XII and XIV
(LEZ/56-14)
Spain
469
France
1 830
Ireland
535
United Kingdom
1 295
Union
4 129
TAC
4 129
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Megrims
Lepidorhombus spp.
Zone:
VII
(LEZ/07.)
Belgium
470 (34)
Spain
5 216  (34)
 (35)
France
6 329  (34)
 (35)
Ireland
2 878  (34)
United Kingdom
2 492  (34)
Union
17 385
TAC
17 385
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Megrims
Lepidorhombus spp.
Zone:
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
(LEZ/8ABDE.)
Spain
950
France
766
Union
1 716
TAC
1 716
Analytical TAC
Species:
Megrims
Lepidorhombus spp.
Zone:
VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(LEZ/8C3411)
Spain
1 271
France
64
Portugal
42
Union
1 377
TAC
1 377
Analytical TAC
Species:
Common dab and European flounder
Limanda limanda and Platichthys flesus
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(DAB/2AC4-C) for common dab;
(FLE/2AC4-C) for European flounder
Belgium
503
Denmark
1 888
Germany
2 832
France
196
The Netherlands
11 421
Sweden
6
United Kingdom
1 588
Union
18 434
TAC
18 434
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Anglerfish
Lophiidae
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(ANF/2AC4-C)
Belgium
332 (36)
Denmark
732 (36)
Germany
357 (36)
France
68 (36)
The Netherlands
251 (36)
Sweden
9 (36)
United Kingdom
7 641  (36)
Union
9 390  (36)
TAC
9 390
Analytical TAC
Species:
Anglerfish
Lophiidae
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(ANF/04-N.)
Belgium
45
Denmark
1 152
Germany
18
The Netherlands
16
United Kingdom
269
Union
1 500
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Anglerfish
Lophiidae
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(ANF/56-14)
Belgium
191
Germany
218
Spain
204
France
2 350
Ireland
531
The Netherlands
184
United Kingdom
1 635
Union
5 313
TAC
5 313
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Anglerfish
Lophiidae
Zone:
VII
(ANF/07.)
Belgium
3 097  (37)
 (38)
Germany
345 (37)
 (38)
Spain
1 231  (37)
 (38)
France
19 875  (37)
 (38)
Ireland
2 540  (37)
 (38)
The Netherlands
401 (37)
 (38)
United Kingdom
6 027  (37)
 (38)
Union
33 516  (37)
TAC
33 516  (37)
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Anglerfish
Lophiidae
Zone:
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
(ANF/8ABDE.)
Spain
1 368
France
7 612
Union
8 980
TAC
8 980
Analytical TAC
Species:
Anglerfish
Lophiidae
Zone:
VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(ANF/8C3411)
Spain
2 490
France
2
Portugal
495
Union
2 987
TAC
2 987
Analytical TAC
Species:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
IIIa, Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32
(HAD/3A/BCD)
Belgium
12
Denmark
2 018
Germany
128
The Netherlands
2
Sweden
239
Union
2 399
TAC
2 504
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
IV; Union waters of IIa
(HAD/2AC4.)
Belgium
252
Denmark
1 732
Germany
1 103
France
1 921
The Netherlands
189
Sweden
174
United Kingdom
28 576
Union
33 947
Norway
6 764
TAC
40 711
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
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 of IV
(HAD/*04N-)
Union
25 252
Species:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(HAD/04-N.)
Sweden
707 (39)
Union
707
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
Union and international waters of VIb, XII and XIV
(HAD/6B1214)
Belgium
6
Germany
7
France
285
Ireland
203
United Kingdom
2 079
Union
2 580
TAC
2 580
Analytical TAC
Species:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
Union and international waters of Vb and VIa
(HAD/5BC6A.)
Belgium
5
Germany
6
France
250
Ireland
743
United Kingdom
3 532
Union
4 536
TAC
4 536
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(HAD/7X7A34)
Belgium
93 (40)
France
5 561  (40)
Ireland
1 854  (40)
United Kingdom
834 (40)
Union
8 342  (40)
TAC
8 342
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
VIIa
(HAD/07A.)
Belgium
19
France
85
Ireland
511
United Kingdom
566
Union
1 181
TAC
1 181
Analytical TAC
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
IIIa
(WHG/03A.)
Denmark
929
The Netherlands
3
Sweden
99
Union
1 031
TAC
1 050
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
IV; Union waters of IIa
(WHG/2AC4.)
Belgium
280
Denmark
1 209
Germany
314
France
1 817
The Netherlands
699
Sweden
2
United Kingdom
8 739
Union
13 060
Norway
618 (41)
TAC
13 678
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
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 of IV
(WHG/*04N-)
Union
8 848
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(WHG/56-14)
Germany
2
France
32
Ireland
79
United Kingdom
150
Union
263
TAC
263
Analytical TAC
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
VIIa
(WHG/07A.)
Belgium
0
France
3
Ireland
46
The Netherlands
0
United Kingdom
31
Union
80
TAC
80
Analytical TAC
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
VIIb, VIIc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk
(WHG/7X7A-C)
Belgium
172
France
10 565
Ireland
5 029
The Netherlands
86
United Kingdom
1 890
Union
17 742
TAC
17 742
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
VIII
(WHG/08.)
Spain
1 270
France
1 905
Union
3 175
TAC
3 175
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Whiting
Merlangius merlangus
Zone:
IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(WHG/9/3411)
Portugal
To be established (42)
Union
To be established (43)
TAC
To be established (43)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Whiting and pollack
Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius
Zone:
Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(WHG/04-N.) for whiting;
(POL/04-N.) for pollack
Sweden
190 (44)
Union
190
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
Zone:
IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32
(HKE/3A/BCD)
Denmark
2 523  (46)
Sweden
215 (46)
Union
2 738
TAC
2 738  (45)
Analytical TAC
Species:
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(HKE/2AC4-C)
Belgium
45
Denmark
1 845
Germany
212
France
408
The Netherlands
106
United Kingdom
574
Union
3 190
TAC
3 190  (47)
Analytical TAC
Species:
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
Zone:
VI and VII; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(HKE/571214)
Belgium
468 (48)
 (50)
Spain
15 017  (50)
France
23 192  (48)
 (50)
Ireland
2 810  (50)
The Netherlands
302 (48)
 (50)
United Kingdom
9 155  (48)
 (50)
Union
50 944
TAC
50 944  (49)
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Special condition:
within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
(HKE/*8ABDE)
Belgium
61
Spain
2 422
France
2 422
Ireland
303
The Netherlands
30
United Kingdom
1 363
Union
6 602
Species:
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
Zone:
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
(HKE/8ABDE.)
Belgium
15 (51)
Spain
10 454
France
23 478
The Netherlands
30 (51)
Union
33 977
TAC
33 977  (52)
Analytical TAC
Special condition:
within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:
VI and VII; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(HKE/*57-14)
Belgium
3
Spain
3 028
France
5 451
The Netherlands
9
Union
8 491
Species:
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
Zone:
VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(HKE/8C3411)
Spain
8 848
France
849
Portugal
4 129
Union
13 826
TAC
13 826
Analytical TAC
Species:
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
Zone:
Norwegian waters of II and IV
(WHB/24-N.)
Denmark
0
United Kingdom
0
Union
0
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Species:
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
Zone:
Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV
(WHB/1X14)
Denmark
30 106  (53)
 (55)
Germany
11 706  (53)
 (55)
Spain
25 524  (53)
 (54)
 (55)
France
20 952  (53)
 (55)
Ireland
23 313  (53)
 (55)
The Netherlands
36 711  (53)
 (55)
Portugal
2 371  (53)
 (54)
 (55)
Sweden
7 447  (53)
 (55)
United Kingdom
39 065  (53)
 (55)
Union
197 195  (53)
 (55)
Norway
102 605
Faroe Islands
15 000
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Species:
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
Zone:
VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(WHB/8C3411)
Spain
25 830
Portugal
6 457
Union
32 287  (56)
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Species:
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
Zone:
Union waters of II, IVa, V, VI north of 56° 30′ N and VII west of 12° W
(WHB/24A567)
Norway
0 (57)
 (58)
Faroe Islands
25 000  (59)
 (60)
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Species:
Lemon sole and witch flounder
Microstomus kitt and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(LEM/2AC4-C) for lemon sole;
(WIT/2AC4-C) for witch flounder
Belgium
346
Denmark
953
Germany
122
France
261
The Netherlands
794
Sweden
11
United Kingdom
3 904
Union
6 391
TAC
6 391
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone:
Union and international waters of Vb, VI, VII
(BLI/5B67-)
Germany
50
Estonia
8
Spain
157
France
3 586
Ireland
14
Lithuania
3
Poland
2
United Kingdom
912
Others
14 (61)
Union
4 746
Norway
150 (62)
Faroe Islands
150 (63)
TAC
5 046
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone:
International waters of XII
(BLI/12INT-)
Estonia
1 (64)
Spain
533 (64)
France
13 (64)
Lithuania
5 (64)
United Kingdom
5 (64)
Others
1 (64)
Union
558 (64)
TAC
558 (64)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone:
Union and international waters of II and IV
(BLI/24-)
Denmark
4
Germany
4
Ireland
4
France
23
United Kingdom
14
Others
4 (65)
Union
53
TAC
53
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone:
Union and international waters of III
(BLI/03-)
Denmark
3
Germany
2
Sweden
3
Union
8
TAC
8
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Ling
Molva molva
Zone:
Union and international waters of I and II
(LIN/1/2.)
Denmark
8
Germany
8
France
8
United Kingdom
8
Others
4 (66)
Union
36
TAC
36
Analytical TAC
Species:
Ling
Molva molva
Zone:
IIIa; Union waters of IIIbcd
(LIN/3A/BCD)
Belgium
6 (67)
Denmark
50
Germany
6 (67)
Sweden
19
United Kingdom
6 (67)
Union
87
TAC
87
Analytical TAC
Species:
Ling
Molva molva
Zone:
Union waters of IV
(LIN/04-C.)
Belgium
16
Denmark
243
Germany
150
France
135
The Netherlands
5
Sweden
10
United Kingdom
1 869
Union
2 428
TAC
2 428
Analytical TAC
Species:
Ling
Molva molva
Zone:
Union and international waters of V
(LIN/05EI.)
Belgium
9
Denmark
6
Germany
6
France
6
United Kingdom
6
Union
33
TAC
33
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Ling
Molva molva
Zone:
Union and international waters of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
(LIN/6X14.)
Belgium
32
Denmark
6
Germany
115
Spain
2 332
France
2 487
Ireland
623
Portugal
6
United Kingdom
2 863
Union
8 464
Norway
5 500  (68)
 (69)
 (70)
Faroe Islands
200 (71)
 (72)
TAC
14 164
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Ling
Molva molva
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(LIN/04-N.)
Belgium
7
Denmark
835
Germany
23
France
9
The Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
75
Union
950
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32
(NEP/3A/BCD)
Denmark
3 909
Germany
11
Sweden
1 398
Union
5 318
TAC
5 318
Analytical TAC
Species:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(NEP/2AC4-C)
Belgium
933
Denmark
933
Germany
14
France
27
The Netherlands
480
United Kingdom
15 456
Union
17 843
TAC
17 843
Analytical TAC
Species:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(NEP/04-N.)
Denmark
947
Germany
0
United Kingdom
53
Union
1 000
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb
(NEP/5BC6.)
Spain
29
France
115
Ireland
192
United Kingdom
13 854
Union
14 190
TAC
14 190
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
VII
(NEP/07.)
Spain
1 297
France
5 257
Ireland
7 973
United Kingdom
7 092
Union
21 619
TAC
21 619
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
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 VII
(NEP/*07U16):
Spain
558
France
349
Ireland
671
United Kingdom
272
Union
1 850
Species:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
(NEP/8ABDE.)
Spain
234
France
3 665
Union
3 899
TAC
3 899
Analytical TAC
Species:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
VIIIc
(NEP/08C.)
Spain
58
France
2
Union
60
TAC
60
Analytical TAC
Species:
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Zone:
IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(NEP/9/3411)
Spain
64 (73)
Portugal
190 (73)
Union
254 (73)
TAC
254
Analytical TAC
Species:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
IIIa
(PRA/03A.)
Denmark
2 648
Sweden
1 426
Union
4 074
TAC
7 630
Analytical TAC
Species:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(PRA/2AC4-C)
Denmark
2 429
The Netherlands
23
Sweden
98
United Kingdom
720
Union
3 270
TAC
3 270
Analytical TAC
Species:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(PRA/04-N.)
Denmark
357
Sweden
123 (74)
Union
480
TAC
Not relevant
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:
‘Penaeus’ shrimps
Penaeus spp.
Zone:
French Guiana waters
(PEN/FGU.)
France
To be established (75)
 (76)
Union
To be established (76)
 (77)
TAC
To be established (76)
 (77)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
Skagerrak
(PLE/03AN.)
Belgium
60
Denmark
7 830
Germany
40
The Netherlands
1 506
Sweden
419
Union
9 855
TAC
10 056
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:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
Kattegat
(PLE/03AS.)
Denmark
2 337
Germany
26
Sweden
263
Union
2 626
TAC
2 626
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:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat
(PLE/2A3AX4)
Belgium
7 365
Denmark
23 938
Germany
6 905
France
1 381
The Netherlands
46 035
United Kingdom
34 066
Union
119 690
Norway
8 686
TAC
128 376
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
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 IV
(PLE/*04N-)
Union
49 114
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(PLE/56-14)
France
9
Ireland
261
United Kingdom
388
Union
658
TAC
658
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VIIa
(PLE/07A.)
Belgium
28
France
12
Ireland
768
The Netherlands
9
United Kingdom
281
Union
1 098
TAC
1 098
Analytical TAC
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VIIb and VIIc
(PLE/7BC.)
France
11
Ireland
63
Union
74
TAC
74
Precautionary TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VIId and VIIe
(PLE/7DE.)
Belgium
783 (78)
France
2 611  (78)
United Kingdom
1 393  (78)
Union
4 787
TAC
4 787
Analytical TAC
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VIIf and VIIg
(PLE/7FG.)
Belgium
69
France
125
Ireland
202
United Kingdom
65
Union
461
TAC
461
Analytical TAC
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VIIh, VIIj and VIIk
(PLE/7HJK.)
Belgium
8
France
17
Ireland
59
The Netherlands
34
United Kingdom
17
Union
135
TAC
135
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Zone:
VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(PLE/8/3411)
Spain
66
France
263
Portugal
66
Union
395
TAC
395
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(POL/56-14)
Spain
6
France
190
Ireland
56
United Kingdom
145
Union
397
TAC
397
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Zone:
VII
(POL/07.)
Belgium
420 (79)
Spain
25 (79)
France
9 667  (79)
Ireland
1 030  (79)
United Kingdom
2 353  (79)
Union
13 495  (79)
TAC
13 495
Precautionary TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Zone:
VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe
(POL/8ABDE.)
Spain
252
France
1 230
Union
1 482
TAC
1 482
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Zone:
VIIIc
(POL/08C.)
Spain
208
France
23
Union
231
TAC
231
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Zone:
IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(POL/9/3411)
Spain
273 (80)
Portugal
9 (80)
Union
282 (80)
TAC
282
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32
(POK/2A34.)
Belgium
23
Denmark
2 711
Germany
6 847
France
16 112
The Netherlands
68
Sweden
373
United Kingdom
5 249
Union
31 383
Norway
34 623  (81)
TAC
66 006
Analytical TAC
Species:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV
(POK/56-14)
Germany
269
France
2 668
Ireland
389
United Kingdom
3 022
Union
6 348
Norway
500 (82)
TAC
6 848
Analytical TAC
Species:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(POK/04-N.)
Sweden
880 (83)
Union
880
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
VII, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(POK/7/3411)
Belgium
6
France
1 245
Ireland
1 491
United Kingdom
434
Union
3 176
TAC
3 176
Precautionary TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Turbot and brill
Psetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(TUR/2AC4-C) for turbot;
(BLL/2AC4-C) for brill
Belgium
340
Denmark
727
Germany
186
France
88
The Netherlands
2 579
Sweden
5
United Kingdom
717
Union
4 642
TAC
4 642
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(SRX/2AC4-C)
Belgium
211 (84)
 (85)
Denmark
8 (84)
 (85)
Germany
10 (84)
 (85)
France
33 (84)
 (85)
The Netherlands
180 (84)
 (85)
United Kingdom
814 (84)
 (85)
Union
1 256  (84)
TAC
1 256
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
Union waters of IIIa
(SRX/03A-C.)
Denmark
37 (86)
Sweden
10 (86)
Union
47 (86)
TAC
47
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k
(SRX/67AKXD)
Belgium
725 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Estonia
4 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
France
3 255  (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Germany
10 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Ireland
1 048  (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Lithuania
17 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
The Netherlands
3 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Portugal
18 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Spain
876 (87)
 (88)
 (89)
United Kingdom
2 076  (87)
 (88)
 (89)
Union
8 032  (87)
 (88)
 (89)
TAC
8 032  (88)
Precautionary TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
Union waters of VIId
(SRX/07D.)
Belgium
72 (90)
 (91)
 (92)
France
602 (90)
 (91)
 (92)
The Netherlands
4 (90)
 (91)
 (92)
United Kingdom
120 (90)
 (91)
 (92)
Union
798 (90)
 (91)
 (92)
TAC
798 (91)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
Union waters of VIII and IX
(SRX/89-C.)
Belgium
7 (93)
 (94)
France
1 298  (93)
 (94)
Portugal
1 051  (93)
 (94)
Spain
1 057  (93)
 (94)
United Kingdom
7 (93)
 (94)
Union
3 420  (93)
 (94)
TAC
3 420  (94)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV; Union and international waters of Vb and VI
(GHL/2A-C46)
Denmark
17
Germany
30
Estonia
17
Spain
17
France
278
Ireland
17
Lithuania
17
Poland
17
United Kingdom
1 090
Union
1 500
Norway
1 000  (95)
TAC
2 500
Analytical TAC
Species:
Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Zone:
IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32
(MAC/2A34.)
Belgium
658 (97)
 (99)
Denmark
22 709  (97)
 (99)
Germany
686 (97)
 (99)
France
2 073  (97)
 (99)
The Netherlands
2 088  (97)
 (99)
Sweden
6 191  (96)
 (97)
 (99)
United Kingdom
1 933  (97)
 (99)
Union
36 338  (96)
 (97)
 (99)
Norway
218 398  (98)
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Special condition:
within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:
IIIa
(MAC/*03A.)
IIIa and IVbc
(MAC/*3A4BC)
Ivb
(MAC/*04B.)
IVc
(MAC/*04C.)
VI, international waters of IIa, from 1 January to 15 February 2015 and from 1 September to 31 December 2015
(MAC/*2A6.)
Denmark
0
4 130
0
0
13 625
France
0
490
0
0
0
The Netherlands
0
490
0
0
0
Sweden
0
0
390
10
3 528
United Kingdom
0
490
0
0
0
Norway
3 000
0
0
0
0
Species:
Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Zone:
VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV
(MAC/2CX14-)
Germany
26 766  (4)
Spain
28 (4)
Estonia
223 (4)
France
17 846  (4)
Ireland
89 220  (4)
Latvia
164 (4)
Lithuania
164 (4)
The Netherlands
39 033  (4)
Poland
1 885  (4)
United Kingdom
245 363  (4)
Union
420 692  (4)
Norway
18 852  (100)
 (101)
Faroe Islands
39 824  (102)
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
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 IIa; Union and Norwegian waters of IVa. During the periods from 1 January to 15 February 2015 and from 1 September to 31 December 2015
(MAC/*4A-EN)
Norwegian waters of IIa
(MAC/*2AN-)
Faroese waters
(MAC/*FRO2)
Germany
16 154
2 176
2 228
France
10 770
1 449
1 485
Ireland
53 847
7 254
7 426
The Netherlands
23 557
3 172
3 249
United Kingdom
148 087
19 952
20 424
Union
252 415
34 003
34 812
Species:
Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Zone:
VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(MAC/8C3411)
Spain
39 674  (103)
France
263 (103)
Portugal
8 201  (103)
Union
48 138
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Special condition:
within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:
VIIIb
(MAC/*08B.)
Spain
3 332
France
22
Portugal
689
Species:
Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IIa and IVa
(MAC/2A4A-N)
Denmark
16 521  (104)
Union
16 521  (104)
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32
(SOL/3A/BCD)
Denmark
172
Germany
10 (105)
The Netherlands
17 (105)
Sweden
6
Union
205
TAC
205
Analytical TAC
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(SOL/24-C.)
Belgium
991
Denmark
453
Germany
793
France
198
The Netherlands
8 945
United Kingdom
510
Union
11 890
Norway
10 (106)
TAC
11 900
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(SOL/56-14)
Ireland
46
United Kingdom
11
Union
57
TAC
57
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIIa
(SOL/07A.)
Belgium
22
France
0
Ireland
38
The Netherlands
7
United Kingdom
23
Union
90
TAC
90
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:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIIb and VIIc
(SOL/7BC.)
France
6
Ireland
36
Union
42
TAC
42
Precautionary TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIId
(SOL/07D.)
Belgium
938
France
1 875
United Kingdom
670
Union
3 483
TAC
3 483
Analytical TAC
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIIe
(SOL/07E.)
Belgium
30 (107)
France
320 (107)
United Kingdom
501 (107)
Union
851
TAC
851
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIIf and VIIg
(SOL/7FG.)
Belgium
532
France
53
Ireland
27
United Kingdom
239
Union
851
TAC
851
Analytical TAC
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIIh, VIIj and VIIk
(SOL/7HJK.)
Belgium
32
France
64
Ireland
171
The Netherlands
51
United Kingdom
64
Union
382
TAC
382
Analytical TAC
Article 11 of this Regulation applies
Species:
Common sole
Solea solea
Zone:
VIIIa and VIIIb
(SOL/8AB.)
Belgium
47
Spain
9
France
3 483
The Netherlands
261
Union
3 800
TAC
3 800
Analytical TAC
Species:
Sole
Solea spp.
Zone:
VIIIc, VIIId, VIIIe, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
(SOO/8CDE34)
Spain
403
Portugal
669
Union
1 072
TAC
1 072
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Sprat and associated by-catches
Sprattus sprattus
Zone:
IIIa
(SPR/03A.)
Denmark
22 300  (108)
Germany
47 (108)
Sweden
8 437  (108)
Union
30 784
TAC
33 280
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Sprat and associated by-catches
Sprattus sprattus
Zone
Union waters of IIa and IV
(SPR/2AC4-C)
Belgium
2 506  (110)
Denmark
198 375  (110)
Germany
2 506  (110)
France
2 506  (110)
The Netherlands
2 506  (110)
Sweden
1 330  (109)
 (110)
United Kingdom
8 271  (110)
Union
218 000
Norway
9 000
TAC
227 000
Analytical TAC
Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies
Species:
Sprat
Sprattus sprattus
Zone:
VIId and VIIe
(SPR/7DE.)
Belgium
26
Denmark
1 674
Germany
26
France
361
The Netherlands
361
United Kingdom
2 702
Union
5 150
TAC
5 150
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Spurdog/dogfish
Squalus acanthias
Zone:
Union waters of IIIa
(DGS/03A-C.)
Denmark
0 (111)
Sweden
0 (111)
Union
0 (111)
TAC
0 (111)
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:
Spurdog/dogfish
Squalus acanthias
Zone:
Union waters of IIa and IV
(DGS/2AC4-C)
Belgium
0 (112)
Denmark
0 (112)
Germany
0 (112)
France
0 (112)
The Netherlands
0 (112)
Sweden
0 (112)
United Kingdom
0 (112)
Union
0 (112)
TAC
0 (112)
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:
Spurdog/dogfish
Squalus acanthias
Zone:
Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV
(DGS/15X14)
Belgium
0 (113)
Germany
0 (113)
Spain
0 (113)
France
0 (113)
Ireland
0 (113)
The Netherlands
0 (113)
Portugal
0 (113)
United Kingdom
0 (113)
Union
0 (113)
TAC
0 (113)
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 11 of this Regulation applies.
Species:
Horse mackerel and associated by-catches
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId
(JAX/4BC7D)
Belgium
13 (116)
Denmark
5 519  (116)
Germany
487 (114)
 (116)
Spain
102 (116)
France
458 (114)
 (116)
Ireland
347 (116)
The Netherlands
3 323  (114)
 (116)
Portugal
12 (116)
Sweden
75 (116)
United Kingdom
1 314  (114)
 (116)
Union
11 650
Norway
3 550  (115)
TAC
15 200
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Horse mackerel and associated by-catches
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
Union waters of IIa, IVa; VI, VIIa-c,VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV
(JAX/2A-14)
Denmark
8 320  (117)
 (119)
Germany
6 492  (117)
 (118)
 (119)
Spain
8 855  (119)
 (121)
France
3 341  (117)
 (118)
 (119)
 (121)
Ireland
21 621  (117)
 (119)
The Netherlands
26 046  (117)
 (118)
 (119)
Portugal
853 (119)
 (121)
Sweden
675 (117)
 (119)
United Kingdom
7 829  (117)
 (118)
 (119)
Union
84 032
Faroe Islands
1 700  (120)
TAC
85 732
Analytical TAC
Species:
Horse mackerel
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
VIIIc
(JAX/08C.)
Spain
12 159  (122)
 (123)
France
211 (122)
Portugal
1 202  (122)
 (123)
Union
13 572
TAC
13 572
Analytical TAC
Species:
Horse mackerel
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
IX
(JAX/09.)
Spain
15 394  (124)
 (125)
Portugal
44 106  (124)
 (125)
Union
59 500
TAC
59 500
Analytical TAC
Species:
Horse mackerel
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
X; Union waters of CECAF (126)
(JAX/X34PRT)
Portugal
To be established (127)
 (128)
Union
To be established (129)
TAC
To be established (129)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Horse mackerel
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
Union waters of CECAF (130)
(JAX/341PRT)
Portugal
To be established (131)
 (132)
Union
To be established (133)
TAC
To be established (133)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Horse mackerel
Trachurus spp.
Zone:
Union waters of CECAF (134)
(JAX/341SPN)
Spain
To be established (135)
Union
To be established (136)
TAC
To be established (136)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Norway pout and associated by-catches
Trisopterus esmarki
Zone:
IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV
(NOP/2A3A4.)
Denmark
127 882  (137)
Germany
24 (137)
 (138)
The Netherlands
94 (137)
 (138)
Union
128 000  (137)
Norway
15 000
Faroe Islands
7 000  (139)
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
(4)
Union quota may only be fished from 1 January to 31 October 2015.
Species:
Norway pout and associated by-catches
Trisopterus esmarki
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(NOP/04-N.)
Denmark
0
United Kingdom
0
Union
0
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Industrial fish
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(I/F/04-N.)
Sweden
800 (140)
 (141)
Union
800
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Other species
Zone:
Union waters of Vb, VI and VII
(OTH/5B67-C)
Union
Not relevant
Norway
140 (142)
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Other species
Zone:
Norwegian waters of IV
(OTH/04-N.)
Belgium
40
Denmark
3 625
Germany
409
France
168
The Netherlands
290
Sweden
Not relevant (143)
United Kingdom
2 719
Union
7 250  (144)
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Other species
Zone:
Union waters of IIa, IV and VIa north of 56° 30′ N
(OTH/2A46AN)
Union
Not relevant
Norway
4 000  (145)
 (146)
Faroe Islands
150 (147)
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
(1)  Excluding waters within six nautical miles of the UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.
(2)  Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of dab and whiting may be counted against up to 2 % of the quota (OT1/*2A3A4), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for sandeel is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(3)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(4)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(5)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(6)  To be fished in Union waters of IIa, IV, Vb, VI and VII (USK/*24X7C).
(7)  Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Vb, VI and VII. 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 Vb, VI and VII shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*5B67-): 3 000
(8)  Including ling. The following quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in Vb, VI and VII:
Ling (LIN/*5B67-)
5 500
Tusk (USK/*5B67-)
2 923
(9)  The tusk and ling quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following amount, in tonnes: 2 000
(10)  Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.
(11)  Special condition: up to 50 % of this amount may be fished in Union waters of IV (HER/*04-C.).
(12)  May only be fished in the Skagerrak (HER/*03AN.).
(13)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
(14)  Exclusively for catches of herring taken as by-catch in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.
(15)  Exclusively for catches of herring taken as by-catch in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.
(16)  Exclusively for catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.
(17)  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.
(18)  Special condition: up to 50 % of this quota may be taken in IVb (HER/*04B.).
(19)  Reference is to the herring stock in the part of ICES zone VIa which lies east of the meridian of longitude 7° W and north of the parallel of latitude 55° N, or west of the meridian of longitude 7° W and north of the parallel of latitude 56° N, excluding the Clyde.
(20)  It shall be prohibited to target any herring in the part of the ICES zones subject to this TAC that lies between 56° N and 57° 30′ N, with the exception of a six nautical mile belt measured from the baseline of the United Kingdom's territorial sea.
(21)  Reference is to the herring stock in VIa south of 56° 00′ N and west of 7° 00′ W.
(22)  Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between:
—
the Mull of Kintyre (55° 17,9′ N, 5° 47,8′ W);
—
a point at position (55° 4′ N, 5° 23′ W) and;
—
Corsewall Point (55° 0,5′ N, 5° 9,4′ W).
(23)  Article 6 of this Regulation applies.
(24)  Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.
(25)  This zone is reduced by the area bounded:
—
to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N,
—
to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N,
—
to the west by the coast of Ireland,
—
to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.
(26)  This zone is increased by the area bounded:
—
to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N,
—
to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N,
—
to the west by the coast of Ireland,
—
to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.
(27)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 12 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(28)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(29)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 12 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(30)  May be taken in Union waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.
(31)  By-catches of haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
(32)  By-catch of cod in the area covered by this TAC may be landed provided that it does not comprise more than 1,5 % of the live weight of the total catch retained on board per fishing trip. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.
(33)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 12 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(34)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(35)  5 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (LEZ/*8ABDE).
(36)  Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in: VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (ANF/*56-14).
(37)  Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (ANF/*8ABDE).
(38)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(39)  By-catches of cod, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
(40)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(41)  May be taken in Union waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.
(42)  Article 6 of this Regulation applies.
(43)  Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 1.
(44)  By-catches of cod, haddock and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.
(45)  Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 90 849
(46)  Transfers of this quota may be effected to Union waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.
(47)  Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 90 849
(48)  Transfers of this quota may be effected to Union waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.
(49)  Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 90 849
(50)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(51)  Transfers of this quota may be effected to IV and Union waters of IIa. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.
(52)  Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 90 849
(53)  Special condition: of which up to the following percentage may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (WHB/*NZJM1): 0 %
(54)  Transfers of this quota may be effected to VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.
(55)  Special condition: within a total access quantity of 25 000 tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 12,7 %
(56)  Special condition: of which up to the following percentage may be fished in Norwegian EEZ or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (WHB/*NZJM2): 0 %
(57)  To be counted against Norway's catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement.
(58)  Special condition: the catch in IV shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 0
This catch limit in IV amounts to the following percentage of Norway's access quota: 0 %
(59)  To be counted against the catch limits of the Faroe Islands.
(60)  Special conditions: may also be fished in VIb (WHB/*06B-C). The catch in IVa shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 6 250
(61)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(62)  To be fished in Union waters of IIa, IV, Vb, VI and VII (BLI/*24X7C).
(63)  By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbardfish to be counted against this quota. To be fished in EU waters of VIa north of 56° 30′ N and VIb. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.
(64)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(65)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(66)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(67)  Quota may be fished in Union waters of IIIa and Union waters of IIIbcd only.
(68)  Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Vb, VI and VII. 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 Vb, VI and VII shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*6X14.): 3 000
(69)  Including tusk. The quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in Vb, VI and VII, and they amount to:
Ling (LIN/*5B67-)
5 500
Tusk (USK/*5B67-)
2 923
(70)  The ling and tusk quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following amount, in tonnes: 2 000
(71)  Including tusk. To be fished in VIb and VIa north of 56° 30′ N (LIN/*6BAN.).
(72)  Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 20 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in VIa and VIb. 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 VIa and VIb shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*6AB.): 75
(73)  Of which no more than 6 % may be taken in Functional Units 26 and 27 of ICES division IXa (NEP/*9U267).
(74)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for these species.
(75)  Article 6 of this Regulation applies.
(76)  Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 metres deep.
(77)  Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.
(78)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(79)  Special condition: of which up to 2 % may be fished in: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (POL/*8ABDE).
(80)  Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIIIc (POL/*08C.).
(81)  May only be taken in Union waters of IV and in IIIa (POK/*3A4-C). Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.
(82)  To be fished north of 56° 30′ N (POK/*5614N).
(83)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting are to be counted against the quota for these species.
(84)  Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/2AC4-C), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/2AC4-C), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/2AC4-C) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/2AC4-C) shall be reported separately.
(85)  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.
(86)  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.
(87)  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), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/67AKXD), sandy ray (Raja circularis) (RJI/67AKXD) and shagreen ray (Raja fullonica) (RJF/67AKXD) shall be reported separately.
(88)  Shall not apply to raja undulata (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.
(89)  Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIId (SRX/*07D.). 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.), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/*07D.), sandy ray (Raja circularis) (RJI/*07D.) and shagreen ray (Raja fullonica) (RJF/*07D.) shall be reported separately.
(90)  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.
(91)  Shall not apply to raja undulata (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.
(92)  Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/*67AKD). Catches of Cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/*67AKD), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/*67AKD), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/*67AKD), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/*67AKD) and small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/*67AKD) shall be reported separately.
(93)  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.
(94)  Shall not apply to raja undulata (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.
(95)  To be taken in Union waters of IIa and VI. In VI this quantity may only be fished with long-lines (GHL/*2A6-C).
(96)  Special condition: including the following tonnage to be taken in Norwegian waters south of 62° N (MAC/*04N-): 312
When fishing under this special condition, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for these species.
(97)  May also be taken in Norwegian waters of IVa (MAC/*4AN.).
(98)  To be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This amount includes the following Norwegian share in the North Sea TAC: 63 324
This quota may be fished in IVa only (MAC/*04A.), except for the following amount, in tonnes, which may be fished in IIIa (MAC/*03A.): 3 000
(99)  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 IIa
(MAC/*02AN-)
Faroese waters
(MAC/*FRO1)
Belgium
89
91
Denmark
3 060
3 131
Germany
92
95
France
279
286
The Netherlands
281
288
Sweden
834
854
United Kingdom
260
267
Union
4 895
5 012
(100)  May be fished in IIa, VIa north of 56° 30′ N, IVa, VIId, VIIe, VIIf and VIIh (MAC/*AX7H).
(101)  The following additional amount of access quota, in tonnes, may be fished by Norway North of 56° 30′ N and counted against its catch limit (MAC/*N5630): 43 680
(102)  This amount shall be deducted from the Faroe Islands' catch limit (access quota). It may be fished only in VIa 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 IIa, IVa north of 59° (EU zone) (MAC/*24N59).
(103)  Special condition: quantities subject to exchanges with other Member States may be taken in VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId (MAC/*8ABD.). However, the quantities provided by Spain, Portugal or France for exchange purposes and to be taken in VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId shall not exceed 25 % of the quotas of the donor Member State.
(104)  Catches taken in IIa (MAC/*02A.) and IVa (MAC/*4A.) shall be reported separately.
(105)  Quota may be fished in Union waters of IIIa, Subdivisions 22-32 only.
(106)  May be fished only in Union waters of IV (SOL/*04-C.).
(107)  In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.
(108)  Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of whiting may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OTH/*03A.), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for sprat is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(109)  Including sandeel.
(110)  Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of dab and whiting may be counted against up to 2 % of the quota (OTH/*2AC4C), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for sprat is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(111)  Spurdog shall not be targeted in the area covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately.
(112)  This TAC applies to spurdog and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus). These species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.
(113)  This TAC applies to spurdog and tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus). These species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.
(114)  Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in division VIId may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the following zone: Union waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c,VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (JAX/*2A-14).
(115)  May be fished in Union waters of IVa but may not be fished in Union waters of VIId (JAX/*04-C.).
(116)  Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of boarfish and whiting may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OTH/*4BC7D), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for horse mackerel is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(117)  Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in Union waters of IIa or IVa before 30 June 2015 may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the zone of Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId (JAX/*4BC7D).
(118)  Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIId (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.).
(119)  Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of boarfish and whiting may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OTH/*2A-14), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for horse mackerel is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(120)  Limited to IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N only), VIIe, f, h.
(121)  Special condition: up to 50 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIc (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).
(122)  Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (1), no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1).
(123)  Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in IX (JAX/*09.).
(124)  Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.
(125)  Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIc (JAX/*08C).
(126)  Waters adjacent to the Azores.
(127)  Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.
(128)  Article 6 of this Regulation applies.
(129)  Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3.
(130)  Waters adjacent to Madeira.
(131)  Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.
(132)  Article 6 of this Regulation applies.
(133)  Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3.
(134)  Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands.
(135)  Article 6 of this Regulation applies.
(136)  Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.
(137)  Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of whiting may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OT2/*2A3A4), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for Norway pout is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
(138)  Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV only.
(139)  A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.
(140)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe to be counted against the quotas for these species.
(141)  Special condition: of which no more than the following amount of horse mackerel (JAX/*04-N.): 400
(142)  Taken with long-lines only.
(143)  Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of ‘other species’ at a traditional level.
(144)  Including fisheries not specifically mentioned. Exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as appropriate.
(145)  Limited to IIa and IV (OTH/*2A4-C).
(146)  Including fisheries not specifically mentioned. Exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as appropriate.
(147)  To be fished in IV and VIa north of 56° 30′ N (OTH/*46AN).
ANNEX IB
NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND, ICES SUBAREAS I, II, V, XII AND XIV AND GREENLAND WATERS OF NAFO 1
Species:
Snow crab
Chionoecetes spp.
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(PCR/N1GRN.)
Ireland
16 (1)
Spain
109 (1)
Union
125 (1)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Herring
Clupea harengus
Zone:
Union and international waters of I and II
(HER/1/2-)
Belgium
5 (2)
 (3)
Denmark
4 694  (2)
 (3)
Germany
822 (2)
 (3)
Spain
15 (2)
 (3)
France
202 (2)
 (3)
Ireland
1 215  (2)
 (3)
The Netherlands
1 679  (2)
 (3)
Poland
238 (2)
 (3)
Portugal
15 (2)
 (3)
Finland
73 (2)
 (3)
Sweden
1 739  (2)
 (3)
United Kingdom
3 000  (2)
 (3)
Union
13 697  (2)
 (3)
TAC
Not established
Analytical 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 north of 62° N and the fishery zone around Jan Mayen
(HER/*2AJMN)
0
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
Norwegian waters of I and II
(COD/1N2AB.)
Germany
2 480
Greece
307
Spain
2 766
Ireland
307
France
2 276
Portugal
2 766
United Kingdom
9 622
Union
20 524
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1 and Greenland waters of XIV
(COD/N1GL14)
Germany
1 636  (4)
United Kingdom
364 (4)
Union
2 000  (4)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
I and IIb
(COD/1/2B.)
Germany
6 656  (7)
Spain
13 283  (7)
France
3 154  (7)
Poland
2 728  (7)
Portugal
2 660  (7)
United Kingdom
4 446  (7)
Other Member States
250 (5)
 (7)
Union
33 176  (6)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Cod and haddock
Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
Faroese waters of Vb
(COD/05B-F.) for cod; (HAD/05B-F.) for haddock
Germany
19
France
114
United Kingdom
817
Union
950
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Zone:
Greenland waters of V and XIV
(HAL/514GRN)
Portugal
125
Union
125
Norway
75 (8)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(HAL/N1GRN.)
Union
125
Norway
75 (9)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Grenadiers
Macrourus spp.
Zone:
Greenland waters of V and XIV
(GRV/514GRN)
Union
120 (10)
TAC
Not relevant (11)
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:
Grenadiers
Macrourus spp.
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(GRV/N1GRN.)
Union
120 (12)
TAC
Not relevant (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
Species:
Capelin
Mallotus villosus
Zone:
IIb
(CAP/02B.)
Union
0
TAC
0
Analytical TAC
Species:
Capelin
Mallotus villosus
Zone:
Greenland waters of V and XIV
(CAP/514GRN)
Denmark
0
Germany
0
Sweden
0
United Kingdom
0
All Member States
0 (14)
Union
0
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:
Norwegian waters of I and II
(HAD/1N2AB.)
Germany
257
France
154
United Kingdom
789
Union
1 200
TAC
Not relevant
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 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Species:
Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou
Zone:
Faroese waters
(WHB/2A4AXF)
Denmark
880
Germany
60
France
96
The Netherlands
84
United Kingdom
880
Union
2 000  (15)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Ling and blue ling
Molva molva and molva dypterygia
Zone:
Faroese waters of Vb
(LIN/05B-F.) for ling;
(BLI/05B-F.) for blue ling
Germany
439
France
975
United Kingdom
86
Union
1 500  (16)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
Greenland waters of V and XIV
(PRA/514GRN)
Denmark
825
France
825
Union
1 650
Norway
2 550
Faroe Islands
1 300
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(PRA/N1GRN.)
Denmark
1 000
France
1 000
Union
2 000
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
Norwegian waters of I and II
(POK/1N2AB.)
Germany
2 040
France
328
United Kingdom
182
Union
2 550
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
International waters of I and II
(POK/1/2INT)
Union
0
TAC
Not relevant
Analytical TAC
Species:
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Zone:
Faroese waters of Vb
(POK/05B-F.)
Belgium
60
Germany
372
France
1 812
The Netherlands
60
United Kingdom
696
Union
3 000
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Zone:
Norwegian waters of I and II
(GHL/1N2AB.)
Germany
25 (17)
United Kingdom
25 (17)
Union
50 (17)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Zone:
International waters of I and II
(GHL/1/2INT)
Union
0
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1
(GHL/N1GRN.)
Germany
1 925  (18)
Union
1 925  (18)
Norway
575 (18)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Zone:
Greenland waters of V and XIV
(GHL/514GRN)
Germany
3 686
United Kingdom
194
Union
3 880  (19)
Norway
575
Faroe Islands
110
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Redfish (shallow pelagic)
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV
(RED/51214S)
Estonia
0
Germany
0
Spain
0
France
0
Ireland
0
Latvia
0
The Netherlands
0
Poland
0
Portugal
0
United Kingdom
0
Union
0
TAC
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
Species:
Redfish (deep pelagic)
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV
(RED/51214D)
Estonia
44 (20)
 (21)
Germany
896 (20)
 (21)
Spain
157 (20)
 (21)
France
84 (20)
 (21)
Ireland
0 (20)
 (21)
Latvia
16 (20)
 (21)
The Netherlands
0 (20)
 (21)
Poland
81 (20)
 (21)
Portugal
188 (20)
 (21)
United Kingdom
2 (20)
 (21)
Union
1 468  (20)
 (21)
TAC
9 500  (20)
 (21)
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Norwegian waters of I and II
(RED/1N2AB.)
Germany
766 (22)
Spain
95 (22)
France
84 (22)
Portugal
405 (22)
United Kingdom
150 (22)
Union
1 500  (22)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
International waters of I and II
(RED/1/2INT)
Union
Not relevant (23)
 (24)
TAC
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
Species:
Redfish (pelagic)
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of V and XIV
(RED/N1G14P)
Germany
1 334  (25)
 (26)
 (27)
France
7 (25)
 (26)
 (27)
United Kingdom
9 (25)
 (26)
 (27)
Union
1 350  (25)
 (26)
 (27)
Norway
800 (25)
 (26)
Faroe Islands
50 (25)
 (26)
 (28)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Redfish (demersal)
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of V and XIV
(RED/N1G14D)
Germany
1 976  (29)
France
10 (29)
United Kingdom
14 (29)
Union
2 000  (29)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Icelandic waters of Va
(RED/05A-IS)
Belgium
0 (30)
 (31)
Germany
0 (30)
 (31)
France
0 (30)
 (31)
United Kingdom
0 (30)
 (31)
Union
0 (30)
 (31)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
Faroese waters of Vb
(RED/05B-F.)
Belgium
8
Germany
1 012
France
68
United Kingdom
12
Union
1 100
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Other species
Zone:
Norwegian waters of I and II
(OTH/1N2AB.)
Germany
117 (32)
France
47 (32)
United Kingdom
186 (32)
Union
350 (32)
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Other species (33)
Zone:
Faroese waters of Vb
(OTH/05B-F.)
Germany
322
France
289
United Kingdom
189
Union
800
TAC
Not relevant
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:
Flatfish
Zone:
Faroese waters of Vb
(FLX/05B-F.)
Germany
54
France
42
United Kingdom
204
Union
300
TAC
Not relevant
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)  Fishing is prohibited between 1 January and 31 March in Greenland waters of NAFO Subarea 1 North of 64° 15′ N.
(2)  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.
(3)  Provisional quota pending consultations between NEAFC Coastal States in 2015.
(4)  Except for by-catches, the following conditions shall apply to these quotas:
1.
They may not be fished between 1 April and 31 May 2015.
2.
They may only be fished in Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and ICES XIV in at least 2 of the following 4 areas:
Reporting code
Geographical limits
COD/GRL1
The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the north of 63°45′N and to the south of 67°00′N and to the east of 35°15′W.
COD/GRL2
The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is between 62°30′N and 63°45′N to the east of 44°00′W, and the part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the north of 63°45′N and between 44°00′W and 35°15′W.
COD/GRL3
The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the south of 59°00′N and to the east of 42°00′W, and the part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is between 59°00′N and 62°30′N to the east of 44°00′W.
COD/GRL4
The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is between 60°45′N and 59°00′N to the west of 44°00′W, and the part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the south of 59°00′N and to the west of 42°00′W.
(5)  Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
(6)  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 entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.
(7)  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.
(8)  To be fished with long-lines (HAL/*514GN).
(9)  To be fished with long-lines (HAL/*N1GRN).
(10)  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.
(11)  The total amount below, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway and can be fished in either this TAC zone or Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (GRV/514N1G). Special condition for this amount: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514N1G) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514N1G) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.
60
(12)  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.
(13)  The total amount below, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway and can be fished in either this TAC zone or Greenland waters of V and XIV (GRV/514N1G). Special condition for this amount: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514N1G) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514N1G) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.
60
(14)  Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom 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.
(15)  Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable by-catches of greater silver smelt.
(16)  By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbardfish may be counted against this quota, up to the following limit (OTH/*05B-F): 500
(17)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(18)  To be fished south of 68° N.
(19)  To be fished by no more than 6 vessels at the same time.
(20)  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
(21)  May only be taken from 10 May to 1 July 2015.
(22)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(23)  The fishery may only take place within the period from 1 July to 31 December 2015. The fishery will be closed when the TAC is fully utilised by NEAFC Contracting Parties. The Commission shall inform Member States of the date on which the Secretariat of NEAFC has notified NEAFC Contracting Parties that the TAC has been fully utilised. From that date Member States shall prohibit directed fishery for redfish by vessels flying their flag.
(24)  Vessels shall limit their by-catches of redfish in other fisheries to a maximum of 1 % of the total catch retained on board.
(25)  May only be fished as deep pelagic redfish by pelagic trawl from 10 May to 1 July 2015.
(26)  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
(27)  Special condition: this quota may also be fished in international waters of the Redfish Conservation Area mentioned above (RED/*5-14P).
(28)  May only be fished in Greenland Waters of V and XIV (RED/*514GN).
(29)  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
(30)  Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
(31)  May only be fished between July and December 2015.
(32)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(33)  Excluding fish species of no commercial value.
ANNEX IC
NORTH WEST ATLANTIC
NAFO CONVENTION AREA
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
NAFO 2J3KL
(COD/N2J3KL)
Union
0 (1)
TAC
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
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
NAFO 3NO
(COD/N3NO.)
Union
0 (2)
TAC
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
Species:
Cod
Gadus morhua
Zone:
NAFO 3M
(COD/N3M.)
Estonia
153
Germany
642
Latvia
153
Lithuania
153
Poland
523
Spain
1 975
France
275
Portugal
2 708
United Kingdom
1 285
Union
7 867
TAC
13 795
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:
Witch flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Zone:
NAFO 3L
(WIT/N3L.)
Union
0 (3)
TAC
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
Species:
Witch flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Zone:
NAFO 3NO
(WIT/N3NO.)
Estonia
44
Latvia
44
Lithuania
44
Union
133
TAC
1 000
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:
American plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Zone:
NAFO 3M
(PLA/N3M.)
Union
0 (4)
TAC
0 (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
Species:
American plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Zone:
NAFO 3LNO
(PLA/N3LNO.)
Union
0 (5)
TAC
0 (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
Species:
Shortfin squid
Illex illecebrosus
Zone:
NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4
(SQI/N34.)
Estonia
128 (6)
Latvia
128 (6)
Lithuania
128 (6)
Poland
227 (6)
Union
Not relevant (6)
 (7)
TAC
34 000
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:
Yellowtail flounder
Limanda ferruginea
Zone:
NAFO 3LNO
(YEL/N3LNO.)
Union
0 (8)
TAC
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
Species:
Capelin
Mallotus villosus
Zone:
NAFO 3NO
(CAP/N3NO.)
Union
0 (9)
TAC
0 (9)
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:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
NAFO 3L (10)
(PRA/N3L.)
Estonia
0 (11)
Latvia
0 (11)
Lithuania
0 (11)
Poland
0 (11)
Spain
0 (11)
Portugal
0 (11)
Union
0 (11)
TAC
0 (11)
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:
Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis
Zone:
NAFO 3M (12)
(PRA/*N3M.)
TAC
Not relevant (13)
 (14)
Analytical TAC
Species:
Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Zone:
NAFO 3LMNO
(GHL/N3LMNO)
Estonia
313
Germany
319
Latvia
44
Lithuania
22
Spain
4 281
Portugal
1 789
Union
6 768
TAC
11 543
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:
Skate
Rajidae
Zone:
NAFO 3LNO
(SKA/N3LNO.)
Estonia
283
Lithuania
62
Spain
3 403
Portugal
660
Union
4 408
TAC
7 000
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
NAFO 3LN
(RED/N3LN.)
Estonia
514
Germany
354
Latvia
514
Lithuania
514
Union
1 896
TAC
10 400
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
NAFO 3M
(RED/N3M.)
Estonia
1 571  (15)
Germany
513 (15)
Latvia
1 571  (15)
Lithuania
1 571  (15)
Spain
233 (15)
Portugal
2 354  (15)
Union
7 813  (15)
TAC
6 700  (15)
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
NAFO 3O
(RED/N3O.)
Spain
1 771
Portugal
5 229
Union
7 000
TAC
20 000
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:
Redfish
Sebastes spp.
Zone:
NAFO Subarea 2, Divisions 1F and 3K
(RED/N1F3K.)
Latvia
0 (16)
Lithuania
0 (16)
Union
0 (16)
TAC
0 (16)
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:
White hake
Urophycis tenuis
Zone:
NAFO 3NO
(HKW/N3NO.)
Spain
255
Portugal
333
Union
588 (17)
TAC
1 000
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)  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 the greatest.
(2)  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.
(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 the greatest.
(4)  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 the greatest.
(5)  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 the greatest.
(6)  To be fished between 1 July and 31 December 2015.
(7)  No specified Union's share. The following tonnage is available to Canada and the Member States of the Union except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland: 611
(8)  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 the greatest.
(9)  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 the greatest.
(10)  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
(11)  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 the greatest.
(12)  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 2015 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
(13)  Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort. 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 commencement of the vessel's activity, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Member State
Maximum number of vessels
Maximum number of fishing days
Denmark
0
0
Estonia
0
0
Spain
0
0
Latvia
0
0
Lithuania
0
0
Poland
0
0
Portugal
0
0
(14)  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 the greatest.
(15)  This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC as shown, which is established for this stock for all NAFO Contracting Parties. Within that TAC, no more than the following mid-term limit may be fished before 1 July 2015: 3 350
Upon reaching 6 500 tonnes, the directed fishery for this stock shall be stopped. The remainder of the TAC can be retained as by-catch and shall be limited to 5 % of catches of 3M cod.
(16)  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 the greatest.
(17)  Where, in accordance with footnote 27 of 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 deemed to be as below:
Spain
509
Portugal
667
Union
1 176
ANNEX ID
HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — ALL AREAS
TACs in these areas are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT.
Species:
Bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean
(BFT/AE45WM)
Cyprus
81,99 (4)
Greece
152,39
Spain
2 956,92  (2)
 (4)
France
2 917,71  (2)
 (3)
 (4)
Croatia
461,16 (6)
Italy
2 302,8  (4)
 (5)
Malta
188,93 (4)
Portugal
278,05
Other Member States
32,97 (1)
Union
9 372,92  (2)
 (3)
 (4)
 (5)
TAC
15 821
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:
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N
(SWO/AN05N)
Spain
7 167,47  (8)
Portugal
1 035,24  (8)
Other Member States
144,80 (7)
 (8)
Union
8 347,50
TAC
13 700
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:
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N
(SWO/AS05N)
Spain
5 248,01  (9)
Portugal
447,18 (9)
Union
5 695,19
TAC
15 000
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:
Northern albacore
Thunnus alalunga
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N
(ALB/AN05N)
Ireland
2 510,64  (11)
Spain
17 690,58  (11)
France
4 421,71  (11)
United Kingdom
195,89 (11)
Portugal
2 120,3  (11)
Union
26 939,13  (10)
TAC
28 000
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:
Southern albacore
Thunnus alalunga
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N
(ALB/AS05N)
Spain
847,44
France
278,5
Portugal
593,06
Union
1 719
TAC
24 000
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:
Bigeye tuna
Thunnus obesus
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean
(BET/ATLANT)
Spain
15 158,0
France
8 905,37
Portugal
5 403,73
Union
29 467,10
TAC
85 000
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 marlin
Makaira nigricans
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean
(BUM/ATLANT)
Spain
10,36
France
454,84
Portugal
62,80
Union
528,00
TAC
1 985
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:
White marlin
Tetrapturus albidus
Zone:
Atlantic Ocean
(WHM/ATLANT)
Spain
24,31
Portugal
27,3
Union
51,61
TAC
355
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)  Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch.
(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 IV (BFT/*8301):
Spain
452,12
France
203,99
Union
656,10
(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 IV (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 and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex IV (BFT/*8302):
Spain
59,14
France
58,35
Italy
46,06
Cyprus
3,78
Malta
5,56
Union
172,89
(5)  Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex IV (BFT/*643):
Italy
46,06
Union
46,06
(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 IV for farming purposes (BFT/*8303F):
Croatia
415,04
Union
415,04
(7)  Except Spain and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch.
(8)  Special condition: up to 2,39 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N (SWO/*AS05N).
(9)  Special condition: up to 3,51 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/*AN05N).
(10)  The number of Union vessels fishing for northern albacore as a target species, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 (1), shall be as follows: 1 253
(1)
Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3).
(11)  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:
Member State
Maximum number of vessels
Ireland
50
Spain
730
France
151
United Kingdom
12
Portugal
310
ANNEX IE
ANTARCTIC
CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA
These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Union's share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, which will communicate when fishing shall cease due to TAC exhaustion.
Unless specified otherwise, these TACs are applicable for the period from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015.
Species:
Mackerel icefish
Champsocephalus gunnari
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(ANI/F483.)
TAC
2 659
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:
Mackerel icefish
Champsocephalus gunnari
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic (1)
(ANI/F5852.)
TAC
309
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:
Blackfin icefish
Chaenocephalus aceratus
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(SSI/F483.)
TAC
2 200  (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
Species:
Unicorn icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
(LIC/F5852.)
TAC
150 (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
Species:
Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(TOP/F483.)
TAC
2 400  (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
Special condition:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the Subareas specified:
Management Area A: 48° W to 43° 30′ W – 52° 30′ S to 56° S (TOP/*F483A):
0
Management Area B: 43° 30′ W to 40° W – 52° 30′ S to 56° S (TOP/*F483B):
720
Management Area C: 40° W to 33° 30′ W – 52° 30′ S to 56° S (TOP/*F483C):
1 680
Species:
Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Zone:
FAO 48.4 Antarctic North
(TOP/F484N.)
TAC
42 (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
Species:
Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
(TOP/F5852.)
TAC
4 410  (6)
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:
Antarctic toothfish
Dissostichus mawsoni
Zone:
FAO 48.4 Antarctic South
(TOA/F484S.)
TAC
28 (7)
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:
Krill
Euphausia superba
Zone:
FAO 48
(KRI/F48.)
TAC
5 610 000
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Special condition:
Within the limits of a total combined catch of 620 000  tonnes, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:
Division 48.1 (KRI/*F481.):
155 000
Division 48.2 (KRI/*F482.):
279 000
Division 48.3 (KRI/*F483.):
279 000
Division 48.4 (KRI/*F484.):
93 000
Species:
Krill
Euphausia superba
Zone:
FAO 58.4.1 Antarctic
(KRI/F5841.)
TAC
440 000
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Special condition:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:
Division 58.4.1 west of 115° E (KRI/*F-41W):
277 000
Division 58.4.1 east of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E):
163 000
Species:
Krill
Euphausia superba
Zone:
FAO 58.4.2 Antarctic
(KRI/F5842.)
TAC
2 645 000
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Special condition:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:
Division 58.4.2 west of 55° E (KRI/*F-42W):
260 000
Division 58.4.2 east of 55° E (KRI/*F-42E):
192 000
Species:
Humped rockcod
Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(NOG/F483.)
TAC
1 470  (8)
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:
Grey rockcod
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(NOS/F483.)
TAC
300 (9)
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:
Grey rockcod
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
(NOS/F5852.)
TAC
80 (10)
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:
Grenadiers
Macrourus spp.
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
(GRV/F5852.)
TAC
360 (11)
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:
Grenadiers
Macrourus spp.
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(GRV/F483.)
TAC
120 (12)
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:
Grenadiers
Macrourus spp.
Zone:
FAO 48.4 Antarctic
(GRV/F484.)
TAC
11 (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
Species:
Marbled rockcod
Notothenia rossii
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(NOR/F483.)
TAC
300 (14)
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:
Crabs
Paralomisspp.
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(PAI/F483.)
TAC
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
Species:
South Georgia icefish
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(SGI/F483.)
TAC
300 (15)
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:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
FAO 48.3 Antarctic
(SRX/F483.)
TAC
120 (16)
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:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
FAO 48.4 Antarctic
(SRX/F484.)
TAC
3 (17)
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:
Skates and rays
Rajiformes
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
(SRX/F5852.)
TAC
120 (18)
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:
Other species
Zone:
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
(OTH/F5852.)
TAC
50 (19)
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)  For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is specified as that portion of FAO statistical division 58.5.2 that lies within the area enclosed by a line:
—
starting at the point where the meridian of longitude 72° 15′ E intersects the Australia-France Maritime Delimitation Agreement Boundary then south along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 53° 25′ S,
—
then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 74° E,
—
then northeasterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 52° 40′ S and the meridian of longitude 76° E,
—
then north along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 52° S,
—
then northwesterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 51° S with the meridian of longitude 74° 30′ E, and
—
then southwesterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
(2)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(3)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(4)  This TAC is applicable for longline fishery for the period from 16 April to 31 August 2015 and for pot fishery for the period from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016.
(5)  This TAC is applicable within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30′ S and 57° 20′ S and by longitudes 25° 30′ W and 29° 30′ W.
(6)  This TAC is applicable for west of 79° 20′ E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited.
(7)  This TAC is applicable within the area bounded by latitudes 57° 20′ S and 60° 00′ S and by longitudes 24° 30′ W and 29° 00′ W.
(8)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(9)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(10)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(11)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(12)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(13)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(14)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(15)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(16)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(17)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(18)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
(19)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.
ANNEX IF
SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN
SEAFO CONVENTION AREA
These TACs are not allocated to the members of SEAFO and hence the Union's share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of SEAFO, who will communicate when fishing shall cease due to TAC exhaustion.
Species:
Alfonsinos
Beryx spp.
Zone:
SEAFO
(ALF/SEAFO)
TAC
200 (1)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Deep-sea red crab
Chaceon spp.
Zone:
SEAFO Sub-Division B1 (2)
(GER/F47NAM)
TAC
200
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Deep-sea red crab
Chaceon spp.
Zone:
SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1
(GER/F47X)
TAC
200
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Zone:
SEAFO Sub-Area D
(TOP/F47D)
TAC
276
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides
Zone:
SEAFO, excluding Sub-Area D
(TOP/F47-D)
TAC
0
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Orange roughy
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Zone:
SEAFO Sub-Division B1 (3)
(ORY/F47NAM)
TAC
0 (4)
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Orange roughy
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Zone:
SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1
(ORY/F47X)
TAC
50
Precautionary TAC
Species:
Pelagic armourhead
Pseudopentacerosspp
Zone:
SEAFO
(EDW/SEAFO)
TAC
143
Precautionary TAC
(1)  No more than 132 tonnes may be taken in Division B1.
(2)  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 EEZ.
(3)  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 EEZ.
(4)  Except for a by-catch allowance of 4 tonnes.
ANNEX IG
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA — ALL AREAS
Species:
Southern bluefin tuna
Thunnus maccoyii
Zone:
All areas
(SBF/F41-81)
Union
10 (1)
TAC
14 647
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)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
ANNEX IH
WCPFC CONVENTION AREA
Species:
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Zone:
WCPFC Convention Area south of 20° S
(SWO/F7120S)
Union
3 170,36
TAC
Not relevant
Precautionary TAC
ANNEX IJ
SPRFMO CONVENTION AREA
Species:
Jack mackerel
Trachurus murphyi
Zone:
SPRFMO Convention Area
(CJM/SPRFMO)
Germany
To be established (1)
The Netherlands
To be established (1)
Lithuania
To be established (1)
Poland
To be established (1)
Union
To be established (1)
TAC
Not relevant
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)  To be modified after the third annual meeting of the SPRFMO Commission in February 2015.
ANNEX IIA
FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN COD, PLAICE AND SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS IIIa, VIa, VIIa, VIId, ICES SUBAREA IV AND UNION WATERS OF ICES DIVISIONS IIa AND Vb
1.   Scope
1.1.
This Annex shall apply to Union vessels carrying on board or deploying any of the gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and present in any of the geographical areas specified in point 2 of this Annex.
1.2.
This Annex shall not apply to vessels of less than 10 metres' length overall. Those vessels shall not be required to carry fishing authorisations issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Member States concerned shall assess the fishing effort of those vessels by effort groups to which they belong, using appropriate sampling methods. During the management period specified in Article 8 of this Regulation the Commission shall seek scientific advice for evaluating the effort deployment of those vessels, with a view to their future inclusion into the effort regime.
2.   Regulated gears and geographical areas
For the purposes of this Annex, the gear groupings referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 (‘regulated gear’) and the groupings of geographical areas referred to in point 2 of that Annex shall apply.
3.   Authorisations
If a Member State deems it appropriate in order to reinforce the sustainable implementation of this effort regime, it may introduce a prohibition to fish with regulated gear in any of the geographical areas to which this Annex applies by any of vessels flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in that area.
4.   Maximum allowable fishing effort
4.1.
The maximum allowable effort referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 for the management period specified in Article 8 of this Regulation, for each of the effort groups of each Member State is set out in Appendix 1 to this Annex.
4.2.
The maximum levels of annual fishing effort set in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (1) shall not affect the maximum allowable fishing effort set in this Annex.
5.   Management
5.1.
Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Article 4 and Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
5.2.
A Member State may establish management periods for allocating all or parts of the maximum allowable effort to individual vessels or groups of vessels. In such case, the number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned. During any such management periods, the Member State concerned may reallocate effort between individual vessels or groups of vessels.
5.3.
If a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within an area by hours, it shall continue measuring the consumption of days in accordance with the conditions referred to in point 5.1. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State concerned shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of effort within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.
6.   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, for the purpose of cod management, as each of the geographical areas referred to in point 2 of this Annex.
7.   Communication of relevant data
Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. These data shall be transmitted via the Fisheries Data Exchange System or any future data collection system implemented by the Commission.
(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).
Appendix 1 to Annex IIA
Maximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days
(a)
Kattegat:
Regulated gear
DK
DE
SE
TR1
197 929
4 212
16 610
TR2
830 041
5 240
327 506
TR3
441 872
0
490
BT1
0
0
0
BT2
0
0
0
GN
115 456
26 534
13 102
GT
22 645
0
22 060
LL
1 100
0
25 339
(b)
Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; ICES subarea IV and Union waters of ICES division IIa; ICES division VIId:
Regulated gear
BE
DK
DE
ES
FR
IE
NL
SE
UK
TR1
895
3 385 928
954 390
1 409
1 505 354
157
257 266
172 064
6 185 460
TR2
193 676
2 841 906
357 193
0
6 496 811
10 976
748 027
604 071
5 037 332
TR3
0
2 545 009
257
0
101 316
0
36 617
1 024
8 482
BT1
1 427 574
1 157 265
29 271
0
0
0
999 808
0
1 739 759
BT2
5 401 395
79 212
1 375 400
0
1 202 818
0
28 307 876
0
6 116 437
GN
163 531
2 307 977
224 484
0
342 579
0
438 664
74 925
546 303
GT
0
224 124
467
0
4 338 315
0
0
48 968
14 004
LL
0
56 312
0
245
125 141
0
0
110 468
134 880
(c)
ICES division VIIa:
Regulated gear
BE
FR
IE
NL
UK
TR1
0
48 193
33 539
0
339 592
TR2
10 166
744
475 649
0
1 086 399
TR3
0
0
1 422
0
0
BT1
0
0
0
0
0
BT2
843 782
0
514 584
200 000
111 693
GN
0
471
18 255
0
5 970
GT
0
0
0
0
158
LL
0
0
0
0
70 614
(d)
ICES division VIa and Union waters of ICES division Vb:
Regulated gear
BE
DE
ES
FR
IE
UK
TR1
0
9 320
186 864
1 057 828
428 820
1 033 273
TR2
0
0
0
34 926
14 371
2 203 071
TR3
0
0
0
0
273
16 027
BT1
0
0
0
0
0
117 544
BT2
0
0
0
0
3 801
4 626
GN
0
35 442
13 836
302 917
5 697
213 454
GT
0
0
0
0
1 953
145
LL
0
0
1 402 142
184 354
4 250
630 040
ANNEX IIB
FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CÁDIZ
CHAPTER I
General provisions
1.   Scope
This Annex shall apply to Union vessels of 10 metres' length overall or more carrying on board or deploying trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom longlines in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, and present in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz.
2.   Definitions
For the purposes of this Annex:
(a)
‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:
(i)
trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and
(ii)
gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;
(b)
‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;
(c)
‘area’ means ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz;
(d)
‘current management period’ means the period specified in Article 8;
(e)
‘special conditions’ means the special conditions set out in point 6.1.
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 vessels flying its flag shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified 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 2014, 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.
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 11 or 12 of this Annex.
CHAPTER III
Number of days present within the area allocated to Union vessels
5.   Maximum number of days
5.1.
During the current management period, 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 having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.
5.2.
If a vessel is able to demonstrate that its hake catches represent less than 8 % of the total live weight of fish caught in a given fishing trip, the flag Member State of the vessel shall be allowed not to count the days at sea associated with that fishing trip against the applicable maximum number of days at sea as set out in Table I.
6.   Special conditions for the allocation of days
6.1.
For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea that a Union vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:
(a)
the total landings of hake in the two calendar years 2012 or 2013 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight; and
(b)
the total landings of Norway lobster in the years specified in point (a) above made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight.
6.2.
If a vessel benefits from an unlimited number of days as a result of its compliance with the special conditions, the vessel's landings in the current management period shall not exceed 5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of Norway lobster.
6.3.
When either of the special conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall, with immediate effect, no longer be entitled to the allocation of days corresponding to the given special condition.
6.4.
The application of the special conditions referred to in point 6.1. may be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the quantities specified in point 6.1.
Table I
Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year
Special condition
Regulated gear
Maximum number of days
Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines
ES
114
FR
109
PT
113
6.1.(a) and 6.1.(b)
Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines
Unlimited
7.   Kilowatt day system
7.1.
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 and special conditions 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 and to the special conditions is respected.
7.2.
This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear and, where applicable, the special conditions. 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 7.1. were not applied. For as long as the number of days is unlimited according to Table I, the relevant number of days the vessel would benefit from is 360.
7.3.
A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down 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 track record of the years specified in point 6.1.(a) for such vessels reflecting the catch composition defined in the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b), if these vessels are qualified for such special conditions;
(c)
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 which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 7.1.
7.4.
On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 7 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1.
8.   Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities
8.1.
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 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 (1) or 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 motivated 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.
8.2.
The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the regulated gear shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear 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.
8.3.
Points 8.1. and 8.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 3 or 6.4., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.
8.4.
A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. 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 and special conditions as laid down 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 gears and, if necessary, special conditions.
8.5.
On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).
8.6.
During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears. Additional days stemming from a withdrawn vessel that benefited from a special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) may not be allocated to a vessel remaining active that does not benefit from a special condition.
8.7.
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 shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the current management period.
9.   Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage
9.1.
Three additional days on which a vessel may 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 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 shall go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 (3) and its implementing rules for national programmes.
9.2.
Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the vessel and any crew member.
9.3.
A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.
9.4.
On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).
9.5.
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
10.   General obligation
Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
11.   Management periods
11.1.
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.
11.2.
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.
11.3.
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 10. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State 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
12.   Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a member state
12.1.
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 days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Union fishing fleet register.
12.2.
The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 12.1., 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 specified in point 6.1.(a) multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.
12.3.
The transfer of days as described in point 12.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.
12.4.
The transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without special conditions.
12.5.
On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. The format of spreadsheets for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point 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 45(2).
13.   Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different member states
Member States may permit the 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. and 4.2. and 12 apply mutatis mutandis. 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
14.   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 specified in point 2 of this Annex.
15.   Collection of relevant data
Member States shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, 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.
16.   Communication of relevant data
Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 15 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 Commission's request, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the current and the precedent 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:
TR
=
trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm
GN
=
gillnets ≥ 60 mm
LL
=
bottom longlines
(3)
Management period
4
One management period 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
Special condition applying to notified gear(s)
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
…
No 1
No 2
No 3
…
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(8)
(8)
(8)
(8)
(9)
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 (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side
(3)
External marking
14
L
Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 (6)
(4)
Length of management period
2
L
Length of the management period measured in months
(5)
Gears notified
2
L
One of the following gear types:
TR
=
trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm
GN
=
gillnets ≥ 60 mm
LL
=
bottom longlines
(6)
Special condition applying to notified gear(s)
2
L
Indication of which, if any, of the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) of Annex IIB that apply
(7)
Days eligible using notified gear(s)
3
L
Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIB for the choice of gears and length of management period notified
(8)
Days spent with notified gear(s)
3
L
Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period
(9)
Transfers of days
4
L
For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’
(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, 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)  Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9).
ANNEX IIC
FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION VIIe
CHAPTER I
General provisions
1.   Scope
1.1.
This Annex shall apply to Union 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 gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, and present in ICES division VIIe.
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 2014 management period;
(b)
such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;
(c)
by 31 July 2015 and 31 January 2016 each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission on these vessels' catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2015.
Where any of these 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 shall 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 gill-nets, 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)
‘area’ means ICES division VIIe;
(d)
‘current management period’ means the period from 1 February 2015 to 31 January 2016.
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 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 2014, 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 vessels
5.   Maximum number of days
During the current management period, 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 having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.
Table I
Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by category of regulated gear per year
Regulated gear
Maximum number of days
Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm
BE
164
FR
175
UK
207
Static nets with mesh size ≤220 mm
BE
164
FR
178
UK
164
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 that Member State 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 laid down 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 which each vessel would benefit from 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 that Member State 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 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008. Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated 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 laid down 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 gears.
7.5.
On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).
7.6.
During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears.
7.7.
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 shown 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 2014 and 31 January 2015 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 (EC) No 199/2008 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.
On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 45(2).
8.5.
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 request by the Commission, the Member State 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 days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. 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 as described in point 11.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.
11.4.
On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. Formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point 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 45(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 4.2., 4.4., 5, 6 and 10 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission before the transfer takes place, 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 specified in point 2 of this Annex.
14.   Collection of relevant data
Member States shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, 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 request from 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 Commission's request, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2013 and 2014 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 (1)
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 (2)
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 (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side
(3)
External marking
14
L
Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4)
Length of management period
2
L
Length of the management period measured in months
(5)
Gears 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 IIC for the choice of gears 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)  Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
(2)  Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
ANNEX IID
MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS IIa, IIIa AND ICES SUBAREA IV
For the purposes of the management of the fishing opportunities of sandeel in ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and ICES subarea IV fixed in Annex IA, the management areas within which specific catch limits apply are defined as shown below and in the Appendix to this Annex:
Sandeel management area
ICES statistical rectangles
1
31-34 E9-F2; 35 E9- F3; 36 E9-F4; 37 E9-F5; 38-40 F0-F5; 41 F5-F6
2
31-34 F3-F4; 35 F4-F6; 36 F5-F8; 37-40 F6-F8; 41 F7-F8
3
41 F1-F4; 42-43 F1-F9; 44 F1-G0; 45-46 F1-G1; 47 G0
4
38-40 E7-E9; 41-46 E6-F0
5
47-51 E6 + F0-F5; 52 E6-F5
6
41-43 G0-G3; 44 G1
7
47-51 E7-E9
Appendix 1 to Annex IID
SANDEEL MANAGEMENT AREAS
ANNEX III
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION 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
To be established
DK
To be established
To be established
DE
To be established
FR
To be established
IE
To be established
NL
To be established
PL
To be established
SV
To be established
UK
To be established
Demersal species, north of 62° 00′ N
80
DE
16
50
IE
1
ES
20
FR
18
PT
9
UK
14
Unallocated
2
Mackerel (1)
Not relevant
Not relevant
70
Industrial species, south of 62° 00′ N
480
DK
450
150
UK
30
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
26
BE
0
13
DE
4
FR
4
UK
18
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, these 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
26
DE
10
FR
40
UK
20
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 codend
70
Not relevant
22 (4)
Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting’
34
DE
2
20
DK
5
FR
4
NL
6
UK
7
SE
1
ES
4
IE
4
PT
1
Line fisheries
10
UK
10
6
Mackerel
12
DK
1
12
BE
0
DE
1
FR
1
IE
2
NL
1
SE
1
UK
5
Herring, north of 61° 00′ N
To be established
DK
To be established
To be established
DE
To be established
IE
To be established
FR
To be established
NL
To be established
SE
To be established
UK
To be established
(1)  Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.
(2)  Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock 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)  These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.
(4)  These figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.
ANNEX IV
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
8
Union
68
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
152
France
94
Italy
30
Cyprus
6 (2)
Malta
28 (3)
Union
310
3.   Maximum number of Union 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
11
Italy
12
Union
23
4.   Maximum number and total capacity in gross tonnage 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 (4)
Cyprus (5)
Greece (6)
Croatia
Italy
France
Spain
Malta (7)
Purse Seiners
1
1
11
12
17
6
1
Longliners
6 (8)
0
0
30
8
59
28
Baitboat
0
0
0
0
8
70
0
Handline
0
0
12
0
29
0
0
Trawler
0
0
0
0
57
0
0
Other artisanal (9)
0
21
0
0
94
83
0
Table B
Total capacity in gross tonnage
Cyprus
Croatia
Greece
Italy
France
Spain
Malta
Purse Seiners
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Longliners
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Baitboats
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Handlines
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Trawlers
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Other artisanal
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
5.   Maximum number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery authorised by each Member State
Number of traps (10)
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
14
11 852
Italy
15
13 000
Greece
2
2 100
Cyprus
3
3 000
Croatia
7
7 880
Malta
8
12 300
Table B
Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)
Spain
5 855
Italy
3 764
Greece
785
Cyprus
2 195
Croatia
2 947
Malta
8 768
(1)  The numbers shown in sections 1, 2 and 3 may decrease in order to comply with international obligations of the Union.
(2)  This figure may increase by 10, if Cyprus decides to replace the purse seine vessel by 10 longline vessels as indicated in footnote 5 to table A of section 4.
(3)  This figure may increase by 10, if Malta decides to replace the purse seine vessel by 10 longline vessels as indicated in footnote 7 to table A of section 4.
(4)  The numbers in this Table A of section 4 may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.
(5)  One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels.
(6)  One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 artisanal vessels or by one small size purse seiner and three artisanal vessels.
(7)  One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels.
(8)  Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment.
(9)  Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment (longline, handline, trolling line).
(10)  This number may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.
ANNEX V
CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA
PART A
PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA
Target species
Zone
Period of prohibition
Sharks (all species)
Convention Area
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
Notothenia rossii
FAO 48.1. Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area
FAO 48.2. Antarctic, around the South Orkneys
FAO 48.3. Antarctic, around South Georgia
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
Finfish
FAO 48.1. Antarctic (1)
FAO 48.2. Antarctic (1)
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Chaenocephalus aceratus
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Patagonotothen guntheri
Electrona carlsbergi
 (1)
FAO 48.3.
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
Dissostichus spp.
FAO 48.5. Antarctic
From 1 December 2013 to 30 November 2015
Dissostichus spp.
FAO 88.3. Antarctic (1)
FAO 58.5.1. Antarctic (1)
 (2)
FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic east of 79° 20′ E and outside the EEZ to the west of 79° 20′ E (1)
FAO 58.4.4. Antarctic (1)
 (2)
FAO 58.6. Antarctic (1)
 (2)
FAO 58.7. Antarctic (1)
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
FAO 58.4.4. (1)
 (2)
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
All species except Champsocephalus
gunnari and Dissostichus
eleginoides
FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic
From 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015
Dissostichus mawsoni
FAO 48.4. Antarctic(1) within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30′ S and 57° 20′ S and by longitudes 25° 30′ W and 29° 30′ W
From 1 January to 31 December 2015
PART B
TACs AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2014/15
Subarea/Division
Region
Season
SSRUs
Dissostichus spp. catch limit (in tonnes)
By-catch catch limit (in tonnes) (3)
SSRU
Limit
Skates and rays
Macrourus spp.
Other species
58.4.1.
Whole Division
1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015
A, B, F
0
724
50
116
100 (distribute in 20s, 20 per SSRU except the closed one (ABF)
C (4)
252
D (4)
42
E
315
G (4)
68
H (4)
42
58.4.2.
Whole Division
1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015
A
0
35
50
20
20
B, C, D
0
E (including 58.4.2_1)
35
58.4.3a.
Whole Division
1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015
Not relevant
32
50
26
20
88.1.
Whole Subarea
1 December 2014 to 31 August 2015
A, D, E, F, M
0
3 044  (5)
152
430
160
B, C, G
371
A, D, E, F, M
0
A, D, E, F, M
0
A, D, E, F, M
0
H, I, K
2 099
B, C, G
50
B, C, G
40
B, C, G
60
J, L
306
H, I, K
112
H, I, K
320
H, I, K
60
J, L
50
J, L
70
J, L
40
88.2.
South of 65° S
1 December 2014 to 31 August 2015
A, B, I
0
619
50
99
120
C, D, E, F, G (88.2_1 to 88.2_4)
419
A, B, I
0
A, B, I
0
A, B, I
0
H
200
C, D, E, F, G
50
C, D, E, F, G
67
C, D, E, F, G
100
H
50
H
32
H
20
Appendix to Annex V, Part B
LIST OF SMALL-SCALE RESEARCH UNITS (SSRUs)
Region
SSRU
Boundary line
48.6
A
From 50° S 20° W, due east to 1°30′ E, due south to 60° S, due west to 20° W, due north to 50° S.
B
From 60° S 20° W, due east to 10° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 20° W, due north to 60° S.
C
From 60° S 10° W, due east to 0° longitude, due south to coast, westward along coast to 10° W, due north to 60° S.
D
From 60° S 0° longitude, due east to 10° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 0° longitude, due north to 60° S.
E
From 60° S 10° E, due east to 20° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 10° E, due north to 60° S.
F
From 60° S 20° E, due east to 30° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 20° E, due north to 60° S.
G
From 50° S 1° 30′ E, due east to 30° E, due south to 60° S, due west to 1° 30′ E, due north to 50° S.
58.4.1
A
From 55° S 86° E, due east to 150° E, due south to 60° S, due west to 86° E, due north to 55° S.
B
From 60° S 86° E, due east to 90° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 80° E, due north to 64° S, due east to 86° E, due north to 60° S.
C
From 60° S 90° E, due east to 100° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 90° E, due north to 60° S.
D
From 60° S 100° E, due east to 110° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 100° E, due north to 60° S.
E
From 60° S 110° E, due east to 120° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 110° E, due north to 60° S.
F
From 60° S 120° E, due east to 130° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 120° E, due north to 60° S.
G
From 60° S 130° E, due east to 140° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 130° E, due north to 60° S.
H
From 60° S 140° E, due east to 150° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 140° E, due north to 60° S.
58.4.2
A
From 62° S 30° E, due east to 40° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 30° E, due north to 62° S.
B
From 62° S 40° E, due east to 50° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 40° E, due north to 62° S.
C
From 62° S 50° E, due east to 60° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 50° E, due north to 62° S.
D
From 62° S 60° E, due east to 70° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 60° E, due north to 62° S.
E
From 62° S 70° E, due east to 73° 10′ E, due south to 64° S, due east to 80° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 70° E, due north to 62° S.
58.4.3a
A
Whole division, from 56° S 60° E, due east to 73°10′ E, due south to 62° S, due west to 60° E, due north to 56° S.
58.4.3b
A
From 56° S 73° 10′ E, due east to 79° E, south to 59° S, due west to 73°10′ E, due north to 56° S.
B
From 60° S 73° 10′ E, due east to 86° E, south to 64° S, due west to 73°10′ E, due north to 60° S.
C
From 59° S 73° 10′ E, due east to 79° E, south to 60° S, due west to 73°10′ E, due north to 59° S.
D
From 59° S 79° E, due east to 86° E, south to 60° S, due west to 79° E, due north to 59° S.
E
From 56° S 79° E, due east to 80° E, due north to 55° S, due east to 86° E, south to 59° S, due west to 79° E, due north to 56°S.
58.4.4
A
From 51° S 40° E, due east to 42° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 40° E, due north to 51° S.
B
From 51° S 42° E, due east to 46° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 42° E, due north to 51° S.
C
From 51° S 46° E, due east to 50° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 46° E, due north to 51° S.
D
Whole division excluding SSRUs A, B, C, and with outer boundary from 50° S 30° E, due east to 60° E, due south to 62° S, due west to 30° E, due north to 50° S.
58.6
A
From 45° S 40° E, due east to 44° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 40° E, due north to 45° S.
B
From 45° S 44° E, due east to 48° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 44° E, due north to 45° S.
C
From 45° S 48° E, due east to 51° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 48° E, due north to 45° S.
D
From 45° S 51° E, due east to 54° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 51° E, due north to 45° S.
58.7
A
From 45° S 37° E, due east to 40° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 37° E, due north to 45° S.
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.
88.2
A
From 60° S 170° W, due east to 160° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 170° W, due north to 60° S.
B
From 60° S 160° W, due east to 150° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 160° W, due north to 60° S.
C
From 70° 50′ S 150° W, due east to 140° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 150° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
D
From 70° 50′ S 140° W, due east to 130° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 140° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
E
From 70° 50′ S 130° W, due east to 120° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 130° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
F
From 70° 50′ S 120° W, due east to 110° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 120° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
G
From 70°50′ S 110° W, due east to 105° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 110° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
H
From 65° S 150° W, due east to 105° W, due south to 70° 50′ S, due west to 150° W, due north to 65° S.
I
From 60° S 150° W, due east to 105° W, due south to 65° S, due west to 150°W, due north to 60° S.
88.3
A
From 60° S 105° W, due east to 95° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 105° W, due north to 60° S.
B
From 60° S 95° W, due east to 85° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 95° W, due north to 60° S.
C
From 60° S 85° W, due east to 75° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 85° W, due north to 60° S.
D
From 60° S 75° W, due east to 70° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 75° W, due north to 60° S.
PART C
ANNEX 21-03/A
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FISHERY FOR EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA
General information
Member:
Fishing season:
Name of vessel:
Expected level of catch (tonne):
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 Conservation Measure 21-02.
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 codend
☐ 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) (6)
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 (7) (m)
Mouth area (m2)
Panel average mesh size (9) (mm)
Outer (8)
Inner (8)
Outer (8)
Inner (8)
Outer (8)
Inner (8)
1st panel
2nd panel
3rd panel
…
Final panel (Codend)
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 WG-EMM. Net diagrams 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 Conservation Measure 22-01), 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 Euphausia superba and other pelagic species such as myctophiids and salps (SC-CAMLR-XXX, paragraph 2.10)
ANNEX 21-03/B
GUIDELINES FOR ESTIMATING THE GREEN WEIGHT OF KRILL CAUGHT
Method
Equation (kg)
Parameter
Description
Type
Estimation method
Unit
Holding tank volume
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 (10)
V= volume of krill and water combined
Haul (10)-specific
Direct observation
litre
Fkrill= fraction of krill in the sample
Haul (10)-specific
Flow meter volume correction
—
ρ= volume-to-mass conversion factor
Variable
Volume-to-mass conversion
kg/litre
Flow meter (11)
V= volume of krill paste
Haul (10)-specific
Direct observation
litre
M= amount of water added to the process, converted to mass
Haul (10)-specific
Direct observation
kg
ρ= density of krill paste
Variable
Direct observation
kg/litre
Flow scale
M= mass of krill and water combined
Haul (11)-specific
Direct observation
kg
F= fraction of water in the sample
Variable
Flow scale mass correction
—
Plate tray
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= mass of meal produced
Haul-specific
Direct observation
kg
MCF= meal conversion factor
Variable
Meal to whole krill conversion
—
Codend volume
W= codend width
Constant
Measure at the start of fishing
m
H= codend height
Constant
Measure at the start of fishing
m
ρ= volume-to-mass conversion factor
Variable
Volume-to-mass conversion
kg/litre
L= codend 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 (12)
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 (12)
Prior to fishing
Ensure that the flow meter is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)
More than once per month (12)
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 (13)
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 (13)
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 (12)
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 (13)
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 (13)
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 (12)
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)
Codend volume
At the start of fishing
Measure the width and height of the codend (precision ±0,1 m)
Every month (12)
Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the codend
Every haul
Measure the length of codend containing krill (precision ±0,1 m)
Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
(1)  Except for scientific research purposes.
(2)  Excluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).
(3)  Rules for catch limits for by-catch species per SSRU, applicable within total by-catch limits per Subarea:
—
skates and rays: 5 % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. or 50 tonnes, whichever is greater;
—
Macrourus spp.: 16 % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. or 20 tonnes, whichever is greater, except in Statistical Division 58.4.3a and Statistical Subarea 88.1;
—
other species combined: 20 tonnes per SSRU.
(4)  Includes a catch limit of 42 tonnes to permit Spain to undertake a depletion experiment in 2014/2015.
(5)  A research catch limit of 200 tonnes is set aside for a research survey in Subarea 88.2 SSRUs A and B.
(6)  If the method is not listed in Annex 21-03/B, then please describe in detail
(7)  Expected in operational conditions.
(8)  Size of outer mesh, and inner mesh where a liner is used.
(9)  Inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01.
(10)  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
(11)  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or a two-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
(12)  A new period will commence when the vessel moves to a new subarea or division.
(13)  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
ANNEX VI
IOTC CONVENTION AREA
1.
Maximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area
Member State
Maximum number of vessels
Capacity (gross tonnage)
Spain
22
61 364
France
28
47 520
Portugal
5
1 627
Union
55
110 511
2.
Maximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area
Member State
Maximum number of vessels
Capacity (gross tonnage)
Spain
27
11 590
France
41 (1)
7 882
Portugal
15
6 925
United Kingdom
4
1 400
Union
87
27 797
3.
The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area.
4.
The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area.
(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 VII
WCPFC CONVENTION AREA
Maximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area
Spain
14
Union
14
ANNEX VIII
QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS 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, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), IIa, IVa (north of 59° N)
Horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe, VIIf, VIIh
14
14
Herring, north of 62° 00′ N
To be established
To be established
Herring, IIIa
4
4
Industrial fishing for Norway pout, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N) (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)
14
14
Ling and tusk
20
10
Blue whiting, II, IVa, V, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W)
20
20
Blue ling
16
16
Venezuela (1)
Snappers (French Guiana waters)
45
45
(1)  To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship 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.

Summary:
Fishing opportunities in EU and non-EU waters
Fishing opportunities in EU and non-EU waters
SUMMARY
Fishing needs to be carefully controlled to prevent stocks from collapsing and to ensure the industry remains economically viable. The EU is aiming to ensure sustainable long-term fishing yields where possible for all stocks by the end of 2015, and at the latest by 2020. This is known as the maximum sustainable yield (MSY)*. Each year, European governments determine the total amount of fish that can be caught.
WHAT DOES THE REGULATION DO?
It sets the total allowable catch (TAC) for each species that EU vessels can take from different fishing grounds, both inside and outside the EU.
KEY POINTS
—
TACs are based on the best available scientific evidence. They reflect biological advice, the socio-economic needs of the fishing industry and the principle of ensuring sustainable exploitation of the various stocks in line with MSY.
—
EU governments, on the basis of a European Commission proposal, set the TACs every year.
—
Special multiannual plans apply to certain fish stocks, such as plaice and sole in the North Sea and sole in the Western Channel, to allow them to recover or to manage them in a long term perspective.
—
The TACs specify how much fish certain EU vessels may catch in waters under the jurisdiction of the Faroes, Greenland, Iceland and Norway and the limits for catches by non-EU boats in EU waters.
—
Each individual TAC is divided into quotas for the different EU countries fishing in those waters. Once the quota ceilings have been reached, no more fishing can take place that year.
—
The annual legislation protects certain species, such as the basking shark, porbeagle or skate, which may not be caught either in all, or some specific, EU waters.
—
EU governments may give extra fishing allowances to vessels which are involved in trials using close-circuit television cameras to record and fully document all their on-board fishing and processing activities.
SINCE WHEN DOES THIS REGULATION APPLY?
As of 1 January 2015.
BACKGROUND
—
Managing fish stocks on the European Commission's website
—
TACs and quotas on the European Commission's website
KEY TERM
* Maximum sustainable yield (MSY): the largest yield (catch) that can be taken from the stock of a species over an indefinite period, i.e. without endangering its survival.
ACT
Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 of 19 January 2015 fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters, amending Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 779/2014
REFERENCES
Act
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Regulation (EU) 2015/104
1.1.2015
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OJ L 22, 28.1.2015, pp. 1-163
Amending act(s)
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
Official Journal
Regulation (EU) 2015/523
29.3.2015
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OJ L 84, 28.3.2015, pp. 1-21
Regulation (EU) 2015/960
24.6.2015
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OJ L 157, 23.6.2015, pp. 1-19
last update 02.10.2015