Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters
TITLE I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subject matter
1. This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities available in Union waters and to Union fishing 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 2019 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2020;
(b)
fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2020, except where other periods are established for effort limits in Articles 27, 28 and 41, as well as regarding provisions on fish-aggregating devices (FADs);
(c)
fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area;
(d)
fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the IATTC Convention Area set out in Article 29 for the periods in 2019 and 2020 specified in that Article.
Scope
1. This Regulation shall apply to the following vessels:
(a)
Union fishing vessels;
(b)
third-country vessels in Union waters.
2. This Regulation shall also apply to recreational fisheries where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply. In addition, the following definitions apply:
(a)
‘third-country vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country;
(b)
‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources such as recreation, tourism or sport;
(c)
‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;
(d)
‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means:
(i)
in fisheries subject to the exemption of the landing obligation referred to in Article 15(4) to (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that can be landed from each stock each year;
(ii)
in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that can be caught 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)
‘analytical assessments’ means quantitative evaluations 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;
(g)
‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 ( 15 ) ;
(h)
‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
(i)
‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Fishing zones
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions 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 ( 16 ) ;
(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 that 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 that 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 7’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
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53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W,
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53° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,
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51° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,
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51° 30′ N 13° 00′ W,
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51° 00′ N 13° 00′ W,
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51° 00′ N 15° 00′ W,
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53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W;
(e)
‘Functional Unit 26 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
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43° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,
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43° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,
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42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,
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42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;
(f)
‘Functional Unit 27 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
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42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,
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42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,
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38° 30′ N 10° 00′ W,
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38° 30′ N 9° 00′ W,
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40° 00′ N 9° 00′ W,
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40° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;
(g)
‘Functional Unit 30 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area under the jurisdiction of Spain in the Gulf of Cádiz and in the adjacent waters of 9a;
(h)
‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division 9a east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W;
(i)
‘CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 ( 17 ) ;
(j)
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 ( 18 ) ;
(k)
‘GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) geographical subareas’ are the areas defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 19 ) .
(l)
‘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 ( 20 ) ;
(m)
‘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 ( 21 ) ;
(n)
‘IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Area of Competence’ is the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ( 22 ) ;
(o)
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 ( 23 ) ;
(p)
‘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 ( 24 ) ;
(q)
‘SIOFA Agreement Area’ is the geographic area defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement ( 25 ) ;
(r)
‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean ( 26 ) ;
(s)
‘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 ( 27 ) ;
(t)
‘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;
(u)
‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC’ is the geographical area defined by the following limits:
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longitude 150° W,
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longitude 130° W,
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latitude 4° S,
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latitude 50° S.
TITLE II — FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS
CHAPTER I — General provisions
TACs and allocations
1. The TACs for Union fishing 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 fishing vessels shall be authorised to make catches, within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the condition set out in Article 15 of, and Annex III to, this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 28 ) and its implementing provisions.
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 CFP, 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 2019 onwards, with as high a probability as possible; or
(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 2019, 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.
Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
1. Catches that are not subject to the landing obligation established in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be retained on board or landed only if they:
(a)
have been taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota has not been exhausted; or
(b)
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.
2. 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 to this Regulation for the purposes of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quotas provided for in that Article.
Quota exchanges mechanism for TACs for unavoidable by-catches related to the introduction of the landing obligation
1. In order to take into account the introduction of the landing obligation and to make quotas available to Member States without a quota for certain by-catches, the quota exchange mechanism as defined in this Article shall apply to the TACs identified in Annex IA.
2. 6 % of each quota from the TACs for cod in the Celtic Sea, cod in the West of Scotland, whiting in the Irish Sea and plaice in ICES divisions 7h, 7j and 7k, and 3 % of each quota from the TAC for West of Scotland whiting, allocated to each Member State, shall be made available for a pool for quota exchanges, which shall open as of 1 January 2019. Member States without quota shall have exclusive access to the quota pool until 31 March 2019.
3. The quantities drawn from the pool may not be exchanged or transferred to the following year. Any unused quantities shall be returned to those Member States that have initially contributed to the pool for quota exchanges after 31 March 2019.
4. The quotas provided in return shall be preferably taken from a list of TACs identified by each Member State contributing to the pool as listed in the Appendix to Annex IA.
5. Those quotas shall be of equivalent commercial value by using a market exchange rate or other mutually acceptable exchange rates. In absence of alternatives, the equivalent economic value in accordance to the average Union prices of the previous year, as provided by the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products, shall be used.
6. In cases where the above mechanism does not allow Member States to cover their unavoidable by-catches to a similar extent, Member States shall endeavour to agree on quota exchanges pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, ensuring that quotas exchanged are of equivalent commercial value.
Fishing effort limits
For the periods referred to in point (b) of Article 1(2), the following fishing effort measures shall apply:
(a)
Annex IIA for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES divisions 8c and 9a, with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;
(b)
Annex IIB for the management of the sole stock in ICES division 7e.
Measures on European seabass fisheries
1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels, as well as for any commercial fisheries from shore, to fish for European seabass in ICES divisions 4b and 4c, and in ICES subarea 7. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, in January 2019 and from 1 April to 31 December 2019, Union fishing vessels in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h and in waters within 12 nautical miles from baselines under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions 7a and 7g may fish for European seabass, and retain on board, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area with the following gears and within the following limits:
(a)
using demersal trawls ( 29 ) , for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 400 kilogrammes per two months and 1 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel in any single day;
(b)
using seines ( 30 ) , for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 210 kilogrammes per month and 1 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by that vessel in any single day;
(c)
using hooks and lines ( 31 ) , not exceeding 5,5 tonnes per vessel per year;
(d)
using fixed gillnets ( 32 ) , for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 1,4 tonnes per vessel per year.
The derogations set out in the first subparagraph shall apply to Union fishing vessels that have recorded catches of European seabass over the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016: in point (c) with recorded catches using hooks and lines, and in point (d) with recorded catches using fixed gillnets. In the case of a replacement of a Union fishing vessel, Member States may allow the derogation to apply to another fishing vessel provided that the number of Union fishing vessels subject to the derogation and their overall fishing capacity do not increase.
3. The catch limits set in paragraph 2 shall not be transferable between vessels and, where a monthly limit applies, from one month to another. For Union fishing vessels using more than one gear in a single calendar month, the lowest catch limit set in paragraph 2 for either gear shall apply.
Member States shall report to the Commission all catches of European seabass per type of gear not later than 15 days after the end of each month.
4. In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k:
(a)
from 1 January to 31 March and from 1 November and to 31 December 2019, only catch-and-release fishing allowing high rates of survivability for European seabass shall be allowed. During that period, it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;
(b)
from 1 April to 31 October 2019, not more than one specimen of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day.
5. In recreational fisheries in ICES divisions 8a and 8b, a maximum of three specimens of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day.
Measures on European eel fisheries in Union waters of the ICES area
Any targeted, incidental and recreational fishery of European eel shall be prohibited in Union waters of the ICES area and brackish waters such as estuaries, coastal lagoons and transitional waters for a consecutive three-month period to be determined by each Member State between 1 August 2019 and 29 February 2020. Member States shall communicate the determined period to the Commission not later than 1 June 2019.
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 Articles 12 and 47 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2403;
(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 17 of this Regulation.
2. Stocks which are subject to precautionary or analytical TACs are identified in Annex I to this Regulation for the purposes of the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 847/96.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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 2019: cod, megrims, anglerfish, haddock, whiting, hake, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, skates and rays, common sole, tusk, blue ling, ling and picked dogfish.
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 subparagraph, 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 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4 from 1 January to 31 March 2019 and from 1 August to 31 December 2019.
The prohibition set out in the first subparagraph shall also apply to third-country vessels authorised to fish for sandeel and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES subarea 4.
Prohibitions
1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing 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 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4;
(b)
white shark ( Carcharodon carcharías ) in all waters;
(c)
leafscale gulper shark ( Centrophorus squamosus ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;
(d)
Portuguese dogfish ( Centroscymnus coelolepis ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;
(e)
basking shark ( Cetorhinus maximus ) in all waters;
(f)
kitefin shark ( Dalatias licha ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;
(g)
birdbeak dogfish ( Deania calcea ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;
(h)
common skate ( Dipturus batis ) complex ( Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;
(i)
great lanternshark ( Etmopterus princeps ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 and 14;
(j)
smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus pusillus ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;
(k)
tope shark ( Galeorhinus galeus ) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4 and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;
(l)
porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) in all waters;
(m)
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 ),
(x)
reef manta ray ( Mobula alfredi ),
(xi)
giant manta ray ( Mobula birostris );
(n)
the following species of sawfish (Pristidae) in all waters:
(i)
pointed sawfish ( Anoxypristis cuspidata ),
(ii)
dwarf sawfish ( Pristis clavata ),
(iii)
smalltooth sawfish ( Pristis pectinata ),
(iv)
largetooth sawfish ( Pristis pristis ),
(v)
green sawfish ( Pristis zijsron );
(o)
thornback ray ( Raja clavata ) in Union waters of ICES division 3a;
(p)
Norwegian skate ( Dipturus nidarosiensis ) in Union waters of ICES divisions 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7k;
(q)
undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 and 10;
(r)
whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) in all waters;
(s)
Common guitarfish ( Rhinobatos rhinobatos ) in the Mediterranean;
(t)
white skate ( Rostroraja alba ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;
(u)
guitarfishes ( Rhinobatidae ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12;
(v)
picked dogfish ( Squalus acanthias ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, with the exception of avoidance programmes as set out in Annex IA;
(w)
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.
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 — Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Fishing authorisations
1. The maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union fishing 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 to 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 Annex III to this Regulation, shall not be exceeded.
CHAPTER III — Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Section 1 — General provisions
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 express, 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 notify the secretariat of the RFMO of the agreed quota transfer or exchange 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.
5. This Article shall apply until 31 January 2020 for quota transfers from a RFMO Contracting Party to the Union and their subsequent allocation to Member States.
Section 2 — ICCAT Convention Area
Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations
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 fishing 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.
7. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 ( 33 ) shall be limited as set out in point 7 of Annex IV to this Regulation.
8. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 metres length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be limited as set out in point 8 of Annex IV.
Recreational fisheries
Where appropriate, Member States shall allocate a specific share for recreational fisheries from their allocated quotas as set out in Annex ID.
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 3 — CCAMLR Convention Area
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.
Exploratory fisheries
1. Member States may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for toothfish ( 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 2019. If 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 2019.
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 metres.
Krill fishery during the 2019/2020 fishing season
1. If a Member State intends to fish for krill ( Euphausia superba ) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2019/2020 fishing season, it shall notify the Commission, no later than 1 May 2019, of its intention to fish for krill, using the format laid down in Part C of Annex V to this Regulation. 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 2019.
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 notify its intention to do so only 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 4 — IOTC Area of Competence
Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence
1. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels fishing for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 1 of Annex VI.
2. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels fishing for swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) and albacore ( Thunnus alalunga ) in the IOTC Area of Competence and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 2 of Annex VI.
3. Member States may reallocate 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 RFMOs. Furthermore, no vessels featuring on the list of vessels engaged in IUU fishing activities of any RFMO may be transferred.
5. Member States may only increase their fishing capacity beyond the ceilings referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within the limits set out in the development plans submitted to the IOTC.
Drifting FADs and supply vessels
1. A purse-seine vessel shall not deploy more than 350 active drifting FADs at any time.
2. The number of supply vessels shall be no more than one supply vessel in support of not less than two purse-seine vessels, all flying the flag of the same Member State. This provision shall not apply to Member States using only one supply vessel.
3. A single purse seine vessel shall not be supported by more than one single supply vessel of the same flag State at any time.
4. As from 1 January 2018, the Union shall not register new or additional supply vessels in the IOTC Record of Authorised Vessels.
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, transhipping 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 paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.
Section 5 — SPRFMO Convention Area
Pelagic fisheries
1. Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 may fish for pelagic stocks in that area in accordance with the TACs set out in Annex IJ.
2. Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall limit the total level of gross tonnage of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2019 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area.
3. The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IJ may only be used under the condition that Member States send to the Commission the list of vessels actively fishing or engaged in transhipment in the SPRFMO Convention Area, records from vessel monitoring systems, monthly catch reports and, where available, port calls, at the latest by the fifth day of the following month, with the aim of communicating that information to the SPRFMO Secretariat.
Bottom fisheries
1. Member States shall limit their bottom fishing catch or effort in 2019 in the SPRFMO Convention Area to those parts of the Convention Area where bottom fishing has occurred from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 and to a level that does not exceed the annual average levels of catches or effort parameters in that period. They may fish beyond the track record only if SPRFMO endorses their plan to fish beyond the track record.
2. Member States without 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 not fish, unless SPRFMO endorses their plan to fish without the track record.
Section 6 — IATTC Convention Area
Purse-seine fisheries
1. 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 00:00 hours to 8 October 2019 24:00 hours or from 9 November 2019 00:00 hours to 19 January 2020 24:00 hours in the area defined by the following limits:
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the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,
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longitude 150° W,
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latitude 40° N,
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latitude 40° S;
(b)
from 9 October 2019 00:00 hours to 8 November 2019 24:00 hours in the area defined by the following limits:
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longitude 96° W,
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longitude 110° W,
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latitude 4° N,
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latitude 3° S.
2. For each of their vessels, Member States concerned shall notify to the Commission before 1 April 2019 the selected period of closure referred to in paragraph 1. All 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.
Drifting FADs
1. A purse-seine vessel shall not have more than 450 FADs active at any time in the IATTC Convention Area. A FAD shall be considered active when it is deployed at sea, starts transmitting its location and is being tracked by the vessel, its owner or operator. A FAD shall only be activated on board a purse-seine vessel.
2. A purse-seine vessel may not deploy FADs during the 15 days before the start of the selected closure period set out in point (a) of Article 29(1), and it shall recover the same number of FADs as initially deployed within 15 days prior to the start of the closure period.
3. Member States shall report to the Commission, on a monthly basis, daily information on all active FADs as required by the IATTC. The reports shall be submitted with a delay of at least 60 days, but not longer than 75 days. The Commission shall transmit that information to the IATTC Secretariat without delay.
Catch limits for bigeye tuna in long-line fisheries
The total annual catches of bigeye tuna by longline vessels of each Member State in the IATTC Convention Area shall not exceed 500 tonnes or their respective yearly catches of bigeye tuna in 2001.
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 caught 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.
3. Vessel operators shall:
(a)
record the number of releases with indication of status (dead or alive);
(b)
report the information specified in point (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.
Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays
It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels in the IATTC Convention Area to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship, to land, to store, to offer to sell or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays (family Mobulidae, which includes the genera Manta and Mobula ). As soon as Union fishing vessels notice that Mobulid rays have been caught, Union fishing vessels shall, wherever possible, promptly release them alive and unharmed.
Section 7 — SEAFO Convention Area
Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Directed fishing for the following deep water sharks in the SEAFO Convention Area shall be prohibited:
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ghost catshark ( Apristurus manis ),
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blurred smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus bigelowi ),
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shorttail lanternshark ( Etmopterus brachyurus ),
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great lanternshark ( Etmopterus princeps ),
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smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus pusillus ),
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skates ( Rajidae ),
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velvet dogfish ( Scymnodon squamulosus ),
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deep-sea sharks of the Selachimorpha super-order,
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picked dogfish ( Squalus acanthias ).
Section 8 — WCPFC Convention Area
Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries
1. Member States shall ensure that the total 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 located in the high seas between 20° N and 20° S does not exceed 403 days.
2. Union fishing 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.
Management of fishing with FADs
1. In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20° N and 20° S, it shall be prohibited for purse-seine vessels to deploy, service or set on FADs between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2019 and 24:00 hours of 30 September 2019.
2. In addition to the prohibition set in paragraph 1, it shall be prohibited to set on FADs on the high seas of the WCPFC Convention Area, between 20° N and 20° S, for an additional two months: either from 00:00 hours of 1 April 2019 to 24:00 hours of 31 May 2019, or from 00:00 hours of 1 November 2019 to 24:00 hours of 31 December 2019. The choice for the additional two months shall be notified to the Commission before 31 January 2019.
3. Member States shall ensure that each of its purse-seine vessels have deployed at sea, at any time, no more than 350 FADs with activated instrumented buoys. The buoy shall be activated exclusively onboard a vessel.
4. 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.
5. Paragraph 4 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.
Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish
The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as set out in Annex VII.
Catch limits for swordfish in long-line fisheries south of 20° S
Member States shall ensure that catches of swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) south of 20° S by long-liners do not exceed the limit set out in Annex IH. Member States shall also ensure that there is no shift of the fishing effort for swordfish to the area north of the 20° S, as a result of that measure.
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.
Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
1. Vessels listed exclusively in the WCPFC register shall apply the measures set out in this Section when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in point (u) of Article 4.
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 point (a) of Article 29(1), Article 29(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 30, 31 and 32 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in point (u) of Article 4.
Section 9 — GFCM Agreement Area
Small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18
1. Catches of small pelagic stocks by Union fishing vessels in the geographical subareas 17 and 18 shall not exceed the levels set out in Annex IL to this Regulation.
2. Union fishing vessels targeting small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18 shall not exceed 180 fishing days per year. Within that total of 180 fishing days, a maximum of 144 fishing days targeting sardine and a maximum of 144 fishing days targeting anchovy shall apply.
European eel in the Mediterranean Sea (GSAs 1 to 27)
1. All activities by Union vessels and other Union fishing activities catching European eel, namely targeted, incidental and recreational fisheries, shall be subject to the provisions of this Article.
2. This Article shall apply to the Mediterranean Sea and to brackish waters such as estuaries, coastal lagoons and transitional waters.
3. It shall be prohibited to fish for European eel in Union and international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, for a consecutive three-month period to be determined by each Member State. The fishing closure period shall be consistent with the conservation objectives set out in Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007, with national management plans in place and with the temporal migration patterns of European eel in the Member States concerned. Member States shall communicate the determined period to the Commission no later than one month before the entry into force of the closure and in any case no later than 31 January 2019.
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.
Interim bottom fishing measures
1. Member States whose vessels have fished for more than 40 days in any given year in the SIOFA Agreement Area up to 2016 shall ensure that fishing vessels flying their flag limit their annual bottom fishing effort and/or catch to its average annual level and that fishing activities take place within the area assessed in their impact assessment submitted to SIOFA.
2. Member States whose vessels have not fished for more than 40 days in any given single year in the SIOFA Agreement Area up to 2016 shall ensure that vessels flying its flag limit their bottom fishing effort and/or catch, and spatial distribution, in accordance with their historical fishing record.
TITLE III — FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands
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 shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela
Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.
Fishing authorisations
The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters shall be as set out in Annex VIII.
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 45.
Closed fishing seasons
Third-country vessels authorised to fish for sandeel and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES subarea 4 shall not fish for sandeel in that area with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm from 1 January to 31 March 2019 and from 1 August to 31 December 2019.
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 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4;
(b)
the following species of sawfish in Union waters:
(i)
pointed sawfish ( Anoxypristis cuspidata ),
(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 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;
(e)
tope shark ( Galeorhinus galeus ) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;
(f)
smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus pusillus ) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;
(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 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4 and 14;
(h)
porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) in Union waters;
(i)
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 ),
(x)
reef manta ray ( Mobula alfredi ),
(xi)
giant manta ray ( Mobula birostris );
(j)
hornback ray ( Raja clavata ) in Union waters of ICES division 3a;
(k)
Norwegian skate ( Dipturus nidarosiensis ) in Union waters of ICES divisions 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7k;
(l)
undulate ray ( Raja undulata ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 9 and 10 and white skate ( Rostroraja alba ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;
(m)
guitarfishes ( Rhinobatidae ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12;
(n)
common guitarfish ( Rhinobatos rhinobatos ) in the Mediterranean;
(o)
whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) in all waters;
(p)
picked dogfish ( Squalus acanthias ) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;
(q)
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
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.
Transitional provision
Article 10, Article 12(2), Articles 14, 20, 21, 26, 32, 33, 34, 39, 42, 43 and 50 shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis , in 2020 until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2020.
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 2019.
However, Article 9 shall apply from 1 February 2019. The provisions on fishing opportunities set out in Articles 21, 22 and 23 and Annexes IE and V for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area shall apply from 1 December 2018.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I
TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA
The tables in Annexes IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IF, IG, IJ, IK and IL set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and the 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
Dicentrarchus labrax
BSS
European seabass
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
Hippoglossoides platessoides
PLA
American plaice
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
HAL
Atlantic halibut
Hoplostethus atlanticus
ORY
Orange roughy
Illex illecebrosus
SQI
Shortfin squid
Lamna nasus
POR
Porbeagle
Lepidorhombus spp.
LEZ
Megrims
Leucoraja naevus
RJN
Cuckoo ray
Limanda ferruginea
YEL
Yellowtail flounder
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 gibberifrons
NOG
Humped rockcod
Notothenia rossii
NOR
Marbled rockcod
Notothenia squamifrons
NOS
Grey rockcod
Pandalus borealis
PRA
Northern prawn
Paralomis spp.
PAI
Crabs
Penaeus spp.
PEN
‘Penaeus’ shrimps
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
Sardina pilchardus
PIL
Sardine
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
Picked 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 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 seabass
BSS
Dicentrarchus labrax
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
Notothenia squamifrons
Haddock
HAD
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hake
HKE
Merluccius merluccius
Herring
HER
Clupea harengus
Horse mackerel
JAX
Trachurus spp.
Humped rockcod
NOG
Notothenia 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.
Picked dogfish
DGS
Squalus acanthias
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
Sardine
PIL
Sardina pilchardus
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
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 IIASupplementary provisions
ANNEX IIA
FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS 8c AND 9a EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CÁDIZ
CHAPTER I
General provisions
1. SCOPE
This Annex shall apply to Union fishing 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 gillnets 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 8c and 9a 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)
gillnets 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 8c and 9a excluding the Gulf of Cádiz;
(d)
‘current management period’ means the period specified in Article 1(2)(b) of this Regulation;
(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 fishing 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 2017, 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 fishing 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 fishing 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 each of the two calendar years 2016 and 2017 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
Trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gillnets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines
ES
129
FR
109
PT
113
6.1.(a) and 6.1.(b)
Trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gillnets 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 those 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 34 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 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 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 49(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 (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 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 the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (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 49(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 49(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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 ( 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 IIA that apply
(7)
Days eligible using notified gear(s)
3
L
Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIA 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 ) Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, 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 ) Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 ( OJ L 157, 20.6.2017, 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy ( OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1 ).
ANNEX IIBSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IIB
FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION 7e
CHAPTER I
General provisions
1. SCOPE
1.1.
This Annex shall apply to Union fishing 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 gillnets, 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 7e.
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 2017 management period;
(b)
such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;
(c)
by 31 July 2019 and 31 January 2020 each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission on those vessels' catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2019.
Where any of those 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 gillnets, 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 7e;
(d)
‘current management period’ means the period from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019.
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 fishing 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 2017, 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 fishing 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
176
FR
188
UK
222
Static nets with mesh size ≤ 220 mm
BE
176
FR
191
UK
176
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 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 with 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 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 49(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 2018 and 31 January 2019 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 (EU) 2017/1004 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 49(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 49(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 2018 and 2019 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011
(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 IIB 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 IICSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IIC
MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS 2a, 3a AND ICES SUBAREA 4
For the purposes of the management of the fishing opportunities of sandeel in ICES divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4 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
1r
31–33 E9–F4; 33 F5; 34–37 E9–F6; 38–40 F0–F5; 41 F4–F5
2r
35 F7–F8; 36 F7–F9; 37 F7–F8; 38-41 F6–F8; 42 F6–F9; 43 F7–F9; 44 F9–G0; 45 G0–G1; 46 G1
3r
41–46 F1–F3; 42–46 F4–F5; 43–46 F6; 44–46 F7–F8; 45–46 F9; 46–47 G0; 47 G1 and 48 G0
4
38–40 E7–E9 and 41–46 E6–F0
5r
47–52 F1–F5
6
41–43 G0–G3; 44 G1
7r
47–52 E6–F0
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION FISHING 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
77
DK
25
57
DE
5
FR
1
IE
8
NL
9
PL
1
SV
10
UK
18
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, those 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 62° 00′ N
20
DK
5
20
DE
2
IE
2
FR
1
NL
2
PL
1
SE
3
UK
4
1, 2b ( 5 )
Fishery for snow crab with pots
20
EE
1
Not applicable
ES
1
LV
11
LT
4
PL
3
( 1 ) Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.
( 2 ) Those figures 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 ) Those figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.
( 4 ) Those figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.
( 5 ) The allocation of fishing opportunities available to the Union in the zone of Svalbard is without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the Treaty of Paris of 1920.
ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
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
To be established
France
To be established
Union
To be established
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
To be established
France
To be established
Italy
To be established
Cyprus
To be established ( 2 )
Malta
To be established ( 2 )
Union
To be established
3. Maximum number of Union fishing 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
To be established
Italy
To be established
Union
To be established
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 ( 3 )
Cyprus ( 4 )
Greece ( 5 )
Croatia
Italy
France
Spain
Malta ( 6 )
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 ( 7 )
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Baitboat
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Handline
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established ( 8 )
To be established
To be established
Trawler
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
Other artisanal ( 9 )
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
To be established
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
Member State
Number of traps ( 10 )
Spain
To be established
Italy
To be established
Portugal
To be established
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
To be established
To be established
Italy
To be established
To be established
Greece
To be established
To be established
Cyprus
To be established
To be established
Croatia
To be established
To be established
Malta
To be established
To be established
Table B
( 11 )
Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)
Spain
To be established
Italy
To be established
Greece
To be established
Cyprus
To be established
Croatia
To be established
Malta
To be established
Portugal
To be established
7. 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 shall be as follows:
Member State
Maximum number of vessels
Ireland
To be established
Spain
To be established
France
To be established
United Kingdom
To be established
Portugal
To be established
8. Maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 meters length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be as follows:
Member State
Maximum number of vessels with purse seines
Maximum number of vessels with longlines
Spain
To be established
To be established
France
To be established
To be established
Portugal
To be established
To be established
Union
To be established
To be established
( 1 ) The numbers shown in sections 1, 2 and 3 may decrease in order to comply with international obligations of the Union.
( 2 ) This number may increase if a purse seine vessel is replaced by 10 longline vessels in accordance with footnote 4 or footnote 6 of table A in point 4 of this Annex.
( 3 ) The numbers in this Table A of section 4 may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.
( 4 ) One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels or one small purse seiner and no more than three longline vessels.
( 5 ) One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels or one small size purse seine vessel and three other artisanal vessels.
( 6 ) One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels.
( 7 ) Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment.
( 8 ) Line vessels operating in the Atlantic.
( 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.
( 11 ) The farming capacity of Portugal of 500 tonnes is covered by the unused capacity of the Union set out in table A.
Appendix to Annex V, Part B
ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
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 2019
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 2019
Finfish
FAO 48.1. Antarctic ( 1 )
FAO 48.2. Antarctic ( 1 )
From 1 January to 31 December 2019
Notothenia gibberifrons
Chaenocephalus aceratus
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
Notothenia squamifrons
Patagonotothen guntheri
Electrona carlsbergi
( 1 )
FAO 48.3.
From 1 January to 31 December 2019
Dissostichus spp.
FAO 48.5. Antarctic
From 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019
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 2019
Notothenia squamifrons
FAO 58.4.4. ( 1 )
( 2 )
From 1 January to 31 December 2019
All species except Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides
FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic
From 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019
Dissostichus spp.
FAO 48.4. Antarctic ( 1 ) except within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30′ S and 57° 20′ S and by longitudes 25° 30′ W and 29° 30′ W, and by the latitudes 57° 20′ S and 60° 00′ S and by longitudes 24° 30′ W and 29° 00′ W.
From 1 January to 31 December 2019
PART B
TACs AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2018/2019
Subarea/Division
Region
Season
SSRUs
Dissostichus mawsoni catch limit (in tonnes)
By-catch catch limit (in tonnes)
SSRU
Limit
Skates and rays
Macrourus spp.
Other species
58.4.1.
Whole Division
1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019 (but directed fishing shall not take place in 2018/19)
A, B, D, F, H
0
579
5841-1
6
18
18
C (including 58.4.1_1, 58.4. 1_2)
231
5841-2
6
19
19
5841-3
7
24
24
E (58.4.1_3, 58.4.1_4)
168
5841-4
1
3
3
5841-5
3
8
8
G (including 58.4.1_5, 58.4.1_6)
180
5841-6
7
21
21
58.4.2.
Whole Division
1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019
A, B, C, D
0
50
3
8
8
E (including 58.4.2_1)
50
58.4.3a.
Whole Division 58.4.3a._1
1 December 2018 to 30 November 2019 (but directed fishing shall not take place in 2018/19)
30
2
5
5
88.1.
Whole Subarea
1 December 2018 to 31 August 2019
A, B, C, G, H, I, J, K
2 628 ( 3 )
( 4 )
3 157 ( 5 )
( 6 )
A, B, C, G ( 7 )
30
96
30
G, H, I, J, K ( 8 )
104
317
104
Special Research Zone of the Ross Sea Region marine protected area
464 ( 9 )
Special Research Zone of the Ross Sea Region marine protected area ( 7 )
23
72
23
88.2.
Whole Subarea ( 10 )
1 December 2018 to 31 August 2019
D, E, F, G (882_1)
240
1 000
C, D, E, F, G, H, I
10
32
32
C, D, E, F, G (882_2)
240
C, D, E, F, G (882_3)
160
C, D, E, F, G (882_4)
160
H
200
I
0
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): …
Vessel's daily processing capacity (tonnes in green weight): …
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) ( 11 )
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 ( 12 ) (m)
Mouth area (m 2 )
Panel average mesh size ( 14 ) (mm)
Outer ( 13 )
Inner ( 13 )
Outer ( 13 )
Inner ( 13 )
Outer ( 13 )
Inner ( 13 )
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 * L * H * ρ * 1 000
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 ( 15 )
V * F krill * ρ
V = volume of krill and water combined
Haul ( 15 ) -specific
Direct observation
litre
F krill = fraction of krill in the sample
Haul ( 15 ) -specific
Flow meter volume correction
—
ρ = volume-to-mass conversion factor
Variable
Volume-to-mass conversion
kg/litre
Flow meter ( 16 )
(V * ρ) – M
V = volume of krill paste
Haul ( 15 ) -specific
Direct observation
litre
M = amount of water added to the process, converted to mass
Haul ( 15 ) -specific
Direct observation
kg
ρ = density of krill paste
Variable
Direct observation
kg/litre
Flow scale
M * (1 – F)
M = mass of krill and water combined
Haul ( 16 ) -specific
Direct observation
kg
F = fraction of water in the sample
Variable
Flow scale mass correction
—
Plate tray
(M – M tray ) * N
M tray = 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
M meal * MCF
M meal = mass of meal produced
Haul-specific
Direct observation
kg
MCF = meal conversion factor
Variable
Meal to whole krill conversion
—
Codend volume
W * H * L * ρ * π/4 * 1 000
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 ( 17 )
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 ( 17 )
Prior to fishing
Ensure that the flow meter is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)
More than once per month ( 17 )
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 ( 18 )
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 ( 18 )
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 ( 17 )
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 ( 18 )
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 ( 18 )
Obtain a sample from the flow scale
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 ( 17 )
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 ( 17 )
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 ) Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area.
( 4 ) No more than 587 tonnes is to be taken north of 70° S. If, however, more than 587 tonnes have been taken north of 70° S, then the amount that may be taken south of 70° S is reduced by the amount taken over 587 tonnes north of 70° S.
( 5 ) Including 65 tonnes for Ross Sea survey.
( 6 ) Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area.
( 7 ) Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area and north of 70° S.
( 8 ) Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area and south of 70° S.
( 9 ) Including for 88.2 A within the Special Research Zone of the Ross Sea region marine protected area.
( 10 ) Excluding 88.2 A and B which are included in 88.1.
( 11 ) If the method is not listed in Annex 21-03/B, then please describe in detail
( 12 ) Expected in operational conditions.
( 13 ) Size of outer mesh, and inner mesh where a liner is used.
( 14 ) Inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01.
( 15 ) Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
( 16 ) Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or a two-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
( 17 ) A new period will commence when the vessel moves to a new subarea or division.
( 18 ) Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
ANNEX VISupplementary provisions
ANNEX VI
IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE
1. Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence
Member State
Maximum number of vessels
Capacity (gross tonnage)
Spain
22
61 364
France
27
45 383
Portugal
5
1 627
Italy
1
2 137
Union
55
110 511
2. Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area of Competence
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 Area of Competence.
4. The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence.
( 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 VIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX VII
WCPFC CONVENTION AREA
Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area
Spain
to be established
Union
to be established
ANNEX VIIISupplementary provisions
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, 6a (north of 56° 30′ N), 2a, 4a (north of 59° N)
Horse mackerel, 4, 6a (north of 56° 30′ N), 7e, 7f, 7h
14
14
Herring, north of 62° 00′ N
20
To be established
Herring, 3a
4
4
Industrial fishing for Norway pout, 4, 6a (north of 56° 30′ N) (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)
14
14
Ling and tusk
20
10
Blue whiting, 2, 4a, 5, 6a (north of 56° 30′ N), 6b, 7 (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.
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