Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1357 of 25 May 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards king scallops (Pecten maximus) in the English Channel

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1357
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

In Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241, in Part C, the following point is added:

‘11.

Conservation measures for the king scallop ( Pecten maximus ) stock in ICES divisions 7d and 7e.

11.1.

Stock recovery area for the king scallop stock in Union waters of ICES division 7d in the eastern English Channel south of latitude 49°42′ N and up to the limit of the French territorial waters:

(a)

Each year, from 15 May to 15 October, it shall be prohibited to conduct any king scallop fishing with dredges.

11.2.

Closed season in the king scallop fishery in Union waters of ICES divisions 7d and 7e:

(a)

Each year, from 15 May to 30 September, it shall be prohibited to conduct any king scallop fishing with dredges in Union waters of ICES division 7d (corresponding to the eastern English Channel), not covered by the stock recovery area referred to in point 11.1.

(b)

Each year, from 15 May to 30 September it shall be prohibited to conduct any king scallop fishing with dredges within the boundaries of the North Finistère area in Union waters of ICES division 7e (corresponding to the western English Channel) and within a perimeter of one nautical mile to the northern boundary, within the area enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following coordinates, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

48°54′23″ N, 5°00′00″ W

49°22′34.576″ N, 4°02′45.078″ W

49°22′54.465″ N, 3°49′14.415″ W

49°22′20″ N, 3°44′18.999″ W

49°23′51″ N, 3°36′54″ W

49°06′32.121″ N, 3°13′01.174″ W

49°06′03.993″ N, 3°23′27.255″ W

49°04′52.068″ N, 3°37′04.22″ W

48°59′49.782″ N, 3°57′07.907″ W

49°01′13.191″ N, 3°57′47.006″ W

48°43′55.255″ N, 4°20′24.785″ W

48°42′16.586″ N, 4°31′04.325″ W

48°39′34″ N, 4°36′25.999″ W

48°39′26.901″ N, 4°44′39.883″ W

48°36′17″ N, 4°49′32″ W

48°52′36″ N, 4°52′45″ W

48°49′07″ N, 4°59′26″ W’.