Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 476/2011 of 17 May 2011 amending Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 as regards catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) No 476/2011
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 is amended as follows:

The entry concerning the species sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV is replaced by the following:

Species

:

Sandeel and associated by-catches

Ammodytes spp.

Zone

:

EU waters of IIa, IIIa and IV  ( 1 )

(SAN/2A3A4.)

Denmark

331 731  ( 2 )

Analytical TAC

United Kingdom

7 251  ( 2 )

Germany

507  ( 2 )

Sweden

12 181  ( 2 )

Not allocated

2 750  ( 3 )

EU

351 670  ( 2 )

( 4 )

Norway

20 000

TAC

374 420

Special conditions:

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

:

EU 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

284 068

28 022

9 434

9 434

0

395

0

United Kingdom

6 209

613

206

206

0

9

0

Germany

435

43

14

14

0

1

0

Sweden

10 431

1 029

346

346

0

15

0

EU

301 143

29 707

10 000

10 000

0

420

0

Norway

16 626

3 774

0

0

0

0

0

Not allocated

2 231

519

0

0

0

0

0

Total

320 000

34 000

10 000

10 000

0

420

0

( 1 )   Excluding waters within six miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.

( 2 )   Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2) of this Regulation.

( 3 )   Unallocated quota in accordance with Article 1(3) of this Regulation

( 4 )   At least 98 % of landed quantities counted against the TAC must be of sandeel. By-catches of dab, mackerel and whiting to be counted against the remaining 2 % of the TAC.