Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 53/2010
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 is amended as follows: 1. Article 15 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 15 Fishing and farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna 1. The number of EU 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 EU 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 EU 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.’ 2. Annex IA is amended as follows: (a) the entry for whiting in zone IV; EU waters of IIa is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Whiting Merlangius merlangus Zone : IV; EU waters of IIa (WHG/2AC4.) Belgium 240 ( 7 ) Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Denmark 1 036 ( 7 ) Germany 270 ( 7 ) France 1 557 ( 7 ) the Netherlands 599 ( 7 ) Sweden 2 ( 7 ) United Kingdom 7 490 ( 7 ) EU 11 194 ( 8 ) Norway 640 ( 9 ) TAC 12 897 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 (WHG/*04N-) EU 8 203 ’ (b) the entry for plaice in zone IV; EU water of IIa, that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone : IV; EU waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (PLE/2A3AX4) Belgium 3 671 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Denmark 11 931 Germany 3 442 France 688 the Netherlands 22 946 United Kingdom 16 979 EU 59 657 Norway 4 168 TAC 63 825 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-) EU 24 439 ’ (c) the entry for mackerel in zone IIIa and IV; EU waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Mackerel Scomber scombrus Zone : IIIa and IV; EU waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId (MAC/2A34.) Belgium 475 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Denmark 12 529 ( 10 ) Germany 495 France 1 496 the Netherlands 1 507 Sweden 4 485 ( 11 ) ( 12 ) United Kingdom 1 395 EU 22 382 ( 11 ) ( 13 ) Norway 103 374 ( 14 ) TAC Not relevant 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 31 March 2010 and in December 2010 (MAC/*2A6.) Denmark 4 130 5 360 France 490 the Netherlands 490 Sweden 390 10 1 697 United Kingdom 490 Norway 3 000 ’ 3. Annex IB is amended as follows: (a) the entry for cod in zone Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1; Greenland waters of V and XIV is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Cod Gadus morhua Zone : Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1; Greenland waters of V and XIV (COD/N01514) Germany 1 636 ( 15 ) ( 16 ) Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. United Kingdom 364 ( 15 ) ( 16 ) EU 2 500 ( 15 ) ( 16 ) ( 17 ) TAC Not relevant (b) the entry for cod in zone Norwegian waters of I and II is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Cod Gadus morhua Zone : Norwegian waters of I and II (COD/1N2AB.) Germany 2 486 Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 847/96 does not apply. Greece 308 Spain 2 773 Ireland 308 France 2 281 Portugal 2 773 United Kingdom 9 642 EU 20 571 TAC Not relevant’ 4. Annex IC is amended as follows: (a) the entry for cod in zone NAFO 3M is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Cod Gadus morhua Zone : NAFO 3M (COD/N3M.) Estonia 61 ( 18 ) ( 19 ) Germany 247 ( 18 ) Latvia 61 ( 18 ) ( 19 ) Lithuania 61 ( 18 ) ( 19 ) Poland 209 ( 18 ) ( 19 ) Spain 796 ( 18 ) France 110 ( 18 ) Portugal 1 070 ( 18 ) United Kingdom 521 ( 18 ) EU 3 136 ( 18 ) ( 19 ) TAC 5 500 ( 18 ) ( 19 ) (b) the entry for redfish in zone NAFO 3LN is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Redfish Sebastes spp. Zone : NAFO 3LN (RED/N3LN.) Estonia 173 ( 20 ) ( 21 ) Germany 119 ( 20 ) Latvia 173 ( 20 ) ( 21 ) Lithuania 173 ( 20 ) ( 21 ) EU 638 ( 20 ) ( 21 ) TAC 3 500 ( 20 ) ( 21 ) 5. In Annex ID, the entry for bluefin tuna in zone Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean is replaced by the following: ‘Species : Bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus Zone : Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean (BFT/AE045W) Cyprus 70,18 ( 25 ) Greece 130,30 Spain 2 526,06 ( 23 ) ( 25 ) France 2 021,93 ( 23 ) ( 24 ) ( 25 ) Italy 1 937,50 ( 25 ) ( 26 ) Malta 161,34 ( 25 ) Portugal 237,66 All Member States 2,41 ( 22 ) EU 7 087,38 ( 23 ) ( 24 ) ( 25 ) ( 26 ) TAC 13 500 6. Appendix 1 to Annex IIA is amended as follows: (a) in table (b), the columns concerning Germany (DE) and the Netherlands (NL) are replaced by the following: ‘Regulated gear DE NL TR 1 1 269 111 371 757 TR 2 516 154 1 080 920 TR 3 3 501 48 508 BT 1 29 271 999 808 BT 2 1 691 253 34 743 212 GN 224 484 438 664 GT 467 0 LL 0 0’ (b) in table (c), the column concerning Ireland (IE) is replaced by the following and the following column for the Netherlands (NL) is added: ‘Regulated gear IE NL TR 1 59 625 0 TR 2 778 729 0 TR 3 8 433 0 BT 1 0 0 BT 2 514 584 200 000 GN 18 255 0 GT 0 0 LL 0 0 ’ (c) in table (d), the columns concerning Germany (DE) and France (FR) are replaced by the following: ‘Regulated gear DE FR TR 1 11 151 2 685 733 TR 2 0 7 415 TR 3 0 0 BT 1 0 7 161 BT 2 0 13 211 GN 35 442 400 503 GT 0 0 LL 0 54 917 ’ 7. Annex III is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX III Quantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for EU vessels fishing in third-country waters Area of fishing Fishery Number of fishing authori-sations 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 93 ( 27 ) DK: 32, DE: 6, FR: 1, IE: 9, NL: 11, PL: 1, SV: 12, UK: 21 69 Demersal species, north of 62°00′ N 80 ( 27 ) DE: 16, IE: 1, ES: 20, FR: 18, PT: 9, UK: 14 50 Mackerel 97 ( 28 ) DK: 15, DE: 4, FR: 2, IE: 23, NL: 11, SE: 6, UK: 36 70 Industrial species, south of 62°00′ N 480 ( 27 ) DK: 450, UK: 30 150 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, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18 13 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 ( 29 ) 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, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20 26 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: 8 ( 30 ) , FR: 12 ( 30 ) , UK: 0 ( 30 ) 20 ( 31 ) 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 22 ( 31 ) 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”. 36 DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, NL: 5, UK: 5 20 Line fisheries 10 UK: 10 36 Mackerel 12 DK: 12 12 Herring, north of 61° N 21 DK: 7, DE: 1, IE: 2, FR: 0, NL: 3, SV: 3, UK: 5 21 8. Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) the table in point 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Spain 139 France 86 Italy 35 Cyprus 25 Malta 83 EU 368 ’ (b) the following points are added: ‘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 Cyprus Greece Italy France Spain Malta Purse Seiners 1 1 24 19 6 0 Longliners 12 0 30 0 81 83 Bait boat 0 0 0 8 61 0 Handline 0 0 0 29 2 0 Trawler 0 0 0 78 ( *3 ) 0 0 Other artisanal 0 256 ( *2 ) 0 87 33 0 Table B Total capacity in gross tonnage Cyprus Greece Italy France Spain Malta Purse Seiners 51 260 ( *4 ) 4 826 1 608 0 Longliners 409 — 1 196 0 4 416,73 1 365,64 Bait boat — — — 243 10 335,58 0 Handline — — — 1 436 20,96 0 Trawler — — — 9 212 0 0 Other artisanal — 3 343,21 ( *5 ) — 943 489,83 0 5. Maximum number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery authorised by each Member State Number of traps Spain 6 Italy 6 Portugal 1 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 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 Malta 8 768 ’