Council Regulation (EU) No 1124/2010 of 29 November 2010 fixing for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea

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Article 1 Subject matter

This Regulation fixes for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea.

Article 2 Scope

This Regulation shall apply to EU vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.

Article 3 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 of 21 December 2005 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound  ( 5 ) ;

(b)

‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES Subdivisions 22-32;

(c)

‘EU vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State and registered in the Union;

(d)

‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;

(e)

‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(f)

‘day absent from port’ means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the vessel is absent from port.

Article 4 TACs and allocations

The TACs, the allocation of such TACs among Member States, and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in Annex I.

Article 5 Special provisions on allocations

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 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(b)

reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(c)

additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(d)

quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(e)

deductions made pursuant to Articles 37, 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

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 to stocks subject to analytical TAC.

Article 6 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

Fish from stocks for which catch limits are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:

(a)

the catches have been taken by vessels 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.

Article 7 Fishing effort limits

1.   Fishing effort limits are set out in Annex II.

2.   The limits referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply to ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 in so far as the Commission has not taken a decision in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 to exclude those Subdivisions from the restrictions provided for in Article 8(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) and Article 13 of that Regulation.

3.   The limits referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to ICES Subdivision 28.1 in so far as the Commission has not taken a decision in accordance with Article 29(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 that the restrictions provided for in Article 8(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 shall apply to that Subdivision.

Article 8 Data transmission

When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send 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.

Article 9 Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2011.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

TACS APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACS EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate.

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. The following table of correspondences of Latin names and common names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

Scientific name

Alpha-3 code

Common name

Clupea harengus

HER

Herring

Gadus morhua

COD

Cod

Pleuronectes platessa

PLE

Plaice

Salmo salar

SAL

Atlantic salmon

Sprattus sprattus

SPR

Sprat

Species

:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

:

Subdivisions 30-31

HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.

Finland

85 568

Analytical TAC

Sweden

18 801

EU

104 369

TAC

104 369

Species

:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

:

Subdivisions 22-24

HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.

Denmark

2 227

Analytical TAC

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

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

Germany

8 763

Finland

1

Poland

2 067

Sweden

2 826

EU

15 884

TAC

15 884

Species

:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32

HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.;

HER/3D28.; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.

Denmark

2 363

Analytical TAC

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

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

Germany

627

Estonia

12 068

Finland

23 557

Latvia

2 978

Lithuania

3 136

Poland

26 763

Sweden

35 928

EU

107 420

TAC

Not relevant

Species

:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

:

Subdivision 28.1

HER/03D.RG

Estonia

16 809

Analytical TAC

Latvia

19 591

EU

36 400

TAC

36 400

Species

:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivisions 25-32

COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.;

COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.;

COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.

Denmark

13 544

Analytical TAC

Germany

5 388

Estonia

1 320

Finland

1 036

Latvia

5 036

Lithuania

3 318

Poland

15 595

Sweden

13 721

EU

58 957

TAC

Not relevant

Species

:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivisions 22-24

COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.

Denmark

8 206

Analytical TAC

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

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

Germany

4 012

Estonia

182

Finland

161

Latvia

679

Lithuania

440

Poland

2 196

Sweden

2 924

EU

18 800

TAC

18 800

Species

:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivisions 22-32

PLE/3B23.; PLE/3C22.; PLE/3D24.; PLE/3D25.;

PLE/3D26.; PLE/3D27.; PLE/3D28.; PLE/3D29.;

PLE/3D30.; PLE/3D31.; PLE/3D32.

Denmark

2 179

Precautionary TAC

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

Germany

242

Poland

456

Sweden

164

EU

3 041

TAC

3 041

Species

:

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivisions 22-31

SAL/3B23.; SAL/3C22.; SAL/3D24.; SAL/3D25.;

SAL/3D26.; SAL/3D27.; SAL/3D28.; SAL/3D29.;

SAL/3D30.; SAL/3D31.

Denmark

51 829  ( 1 )

Analytical TAC

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

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

Germany

5 767  ( 1 )

Estonia

5 267  ( 1 )

Finland

64 627  ( 1 )

Latvia

32 965  ( 1 )

Lithuania

3 875  ( 1 )

Poland

15 723  ( 1 )

Sweden

70 056  ( 1 )

EU

250 109  ( 1 )

TAC

Not relevant

Species

:

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivision 32

SAL/3D32.

Estonia

1 581  ( 2 )

Analytical TAC

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

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

Finland

13 838  ( 2 )

EU

15 419  ( 2 )

TAC

Not relevant

Species

:

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone

:

EU waters of Subdivisions 22-32

SPR/3B23.; SPR/3C22.; SPR/3D24.; SPR/3D25.;

SPR/3D26.; SPR/3D27.; SPR/3D28.; SPR/3D29.;

SPR/3D30.; SPR/3D31.; SPR/3D32.

Denmark

28 485

Analytical TAC

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

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

Germany

18 046

Estonia

33 077

Finland

14 911

Latvia

39 949

Lithuania

14 451

Poland

84 780

Sweden

55 067

EU

288 766

TAC

Not relevant

( 1 )   Expressed by number of individual fish.

( 2 )   Expressed by number of individual fish.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

FISHING EFFORT LIMITS

1.

For vessels flying their flag, Member States shall ensure that fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gear of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with bottom set lines, longlines except drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment shall be permitted for a maximum number of:

(a)

163 days absent from port in Subdivisions 22-24 with the exception of the period from 1 to 30 April when Article 8(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies, and

(b)

160 days absent from port in Subdivisions 25–28 with the exception of the period from 1 July to 31 August when Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies.

2.

The maximum number of days absent from port per year for which a vessel may be present within the two areas defined in point 1(a) and (b) fishing with the gears referred to in point 1 may not exceed the maximum number of days allocated for one of the two areas.