Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1726 of 27 June 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 as regards the correction of the territorial scope of provisions concerning short-necked clam and red seabream

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1726
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annexes VI and VII to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 are corrected 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 .

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

(1)

In Annex VI, Part A, the nineteenth entry of the table is replaced by the following:

‘Red seabream ( Pagellus bogaraveo )

36 cm  ( *1 ) ,  ( *2 )

(2)

In Annex VII, Part A, the table is amended as follows:

(a)

the twentieth entry is replaced by the following:

‘Red seabream ( Pagellus bogaraveo )

36 cm  ( *3 ) ,  ( *4 )

(b)

the twenty-sixth entry is replaced by the following:

‘Short-necked clam ( Venerupis philippinarum )

35 mm  ( *5 )

( *1 )   This minimum conservation reference size shall apply to ICES subareas 6 and 7 until 31 December 2025. The minimum conservation reference size of 33 cm shall apply to ICES subarea 5.

( *2 )   In the absence of new rules adopted before 31 December 2025, as of 1 January 2026 the applicable minimum conservation reference size shall be 33 cm.’.

( *3 )   This minimum conservation reference size shall apply to ICES subarea 8 until 31 December 2025. The minimum conservation reference size of 33 cm shall apply to ICES subareas 9 and 10 (Union waters) and CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (Union waters).

( *4 )   In the absence of new rules adopted before 31 December 2025, as of 1 January 2026 the applicable minimum conservation reference size shall be 33 cm.’;

( *5 )   A minimum conservation reference size of 32 mm shall apply to the Arcachon Basin, Statistical Rectangle 18E8 in ICES subarea 8.’.