Council Regulation (EU) No 1088/2012 of 20 November 2012 fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea

Subject matter

Article 1

This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2013.

Scope

Article 2

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

Definitions

Article 3

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) zones’ means 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) ‘Union 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 a vessel is absent from port.

TACs and allocations

Article 4

The TACs, the quotas and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in Annex I.

Special provisions on allocations

Article 5

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 a precautionary TAC, and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to an analytical TAC.

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

Article 6

Fish from stocks for which catch limits are established shall be retained on board or landed only if the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.

Fishing effort limits

Article 7

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, unless the Commission has 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), Article 8(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, unless the Commission has 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), and Article 8(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 shall apply to that Subdivision.

Data transmission

Article 8

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.

Entry into force

Article 9

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 2013.

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION 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. 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 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 86 905 Analytical TAC Sweden 19 095 Union 106 000 TAC 106 000 Species : Herring Clupea harengus Zone : Subdivisions 22-24 HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24. Denmark 3 617 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 14 234 Finland 2 Poland 3 357 Sweden 4 590 Union 25 800 TAC 25 800 Species : Herring Clupea harengus Zone : Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.2; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32. Denmark 1 984 Analytical TAC Germany 526 Estonia 10 131 Finland 19 776 Latvia 2 500 Lithuania 2 633 Poland 22 468 Sweden 30 162 Union 90 180 TAC Not relevant Species : Herring Clupea harengus Zone : Subdivision 28.1 HER/03D.RG Estonia 14 120 Analytical TAC Latvia 16 456 Union 30 576 TAC 30 576 Species : Cod Gadus morhua Zone : Union waters of Subdivisions 25-32 COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32. Denmark 14 143 Analytical TAC Germany 5 626 Estonia 1 378 Finland 1 082 Latvia 5 259 Lithuania 3 464 Poland 16 285 Sweden 14 328 Union 61 565 TAC Not relevant Species : Cod Gadus morhua Zone : Subdivisions 22-24 COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24. Denmark 8 749 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 4 277 Estonia 194 Finland 172 Latvia 724 Lithuania 469 Poland 2 341 Sweden 3 117 Union 20 043 TAC 20 043 Species : Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Zone : Union 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 2 443 Precautionary TAC Germany 271 Poland 511 Sweden 184 Union 3 409 TAC 3 409 Species : Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Zone : Union 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 22 538  ( 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 2 508  ( 1 ) Estonia 2 291  ( 1 ) Finland 28 103  ( 1 ) Latvia 14 335  ( 1 ) Lithuania 1 685  ( 1 ) Poland 6 837  ( 1 ) Sweden 30 465  ( 1 ) Union 108 762  ( 1 ) TAC Not relevant Species : Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Zone : Union waters of Subdivision 32 SAL/3D32. Estonia 1 581  ( 2 ) Precautionary TAC Finland 13 838  ( 2 ) Union 15 419  ( 2 ) TAC Not relevant Species : Sprat Sprattus sprattus Zone : Union 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 24 659  ( 3 ) Analytical TAC Germany 15 622  ( 3 ) Estonia 28 634  ( 3 ) Finland 12 908  ( 3 ) Latvia 34 583  ( 3 ) Lithuania 12 510  ( 3 ) Poland 73 392  ( 3 ) Sweden 47 670  ( 3 ) Union 249 978 TAC Not relevant ( 1 )   Expressed by number of individual fish. ( 2 )   Expressed by number of individual fish. ( 3 )   At least 92 % of landings counted against the quota must be of sprat. By-catches of herring are to be counted against the remaining 8 % of the quota (HER/*3BCDC).

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II FISHING EFFORT LIMITS 1. Member States shall allocate the right to vessels flying their flag and 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, to be up to: (a) 163 days absent from port in ICES 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 ICES 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 referred to in point 1(a) and (b) fishing with the gear specified in point 1 may not exceed the maximum number of days absent from port allocated for one of these two areas. 3. By way of derogation from points 1 and 2, and where efficient management of fishing opportunities so requires, a Member State may allocate to vessels flying its flag the right to additional days absent from port where an equal amount of days absent from port is withdrawn from other vessels flying its flag that are subject to effort restriction in the same area and where the capacity, in terms of kW, of each of the donor vessels is equal to, or larger than, that of the receiving vessels. The number of receiving vessels may not exceed 15 % of the total number of vessels of the Member State concerned, as indicated in point 1.