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)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2019/1089
• Articles: 5

Article 1 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 .

Article 2 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.

Article 3 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.

Article 4 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.

Article 5

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.