Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1089 of 6 June 2019 on the allocation of fishing opportunities under the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2019-2024)
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Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation ‘highly migratory species’ means the species listed in Annex I to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, except for the family Alopiidae , the family Sphyrnidae , and the following species: Cetorhinus maximus , Rhincodon typus , Carcharodon carcharias , Carcharinus falciformis , Carcharinus longimanus .
Fishing opportunities
The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2019-2024) shall be allocated among the Member States in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of this Regulation.
Demersal and small pelagic species
Fishing opportunities for demersal and small pelagic species shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (1) during the first and second years of application of the Protocol, based on a system of fishing effort (gross register tonnage, GRT): (a) freezer shrimp trawlers: Spain 2 500 GRT; Greece 140 GRT; Portugal 1 060 GRT; (b) freezer fin-fish and cephalopod trawlers: Spain 2 900 GRT; Greece 225 GRT; Italy 375 GRT; (c) small-pelagic trawlers: Spain 3 500 GRT; Portugal 500 GRT; Lithuania 5 000 GRT; Latvia 5 000 GRT; Poland 1 000 GRT; (2) from the third year of application of the Protocol, based on a system setting catch limits for each species (total allowable catch, TAC): (a) freezer shrimp trawlers: Spain: 1 650 tonnes; Greece: 100 tonnes; Portugal: 750 tonnes; (b) freezer fin-fish trawlers: Spain: 9 500 tonnes; Greece: 500 tonnes; Italy: 1 000 tonnes; (c) freezer cephalopod trawlers: Spain: 1 200 tonnes; Greece: 150 tonnes; Italy: 150 tonnes; (d) small-pelagic trawlers: Spain: 3 900 tonnes; Portugal: 700 tonnes; Lithuania: 6 000 tonnes; Latvia: 6 000 tonnes; Poland: 1 400 tonnes.
Highly migratory species
Fishing opportunities for highly migratory species shall be allocated as follows: (a) freezer tuna seiners and surface longliners: Spain: 14 vessels; France: 12 vessels; Portugal: 2 vessels; (b) pole-and-line tuna vessels: Spain: 10 vessels; France: 3 vessels.
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 15 June 2019.
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