Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2169 of 16 June 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an increase of the minimum mesh size when fishing for squid in the North Sea and North Western Waters

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2169
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex V and VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 are 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

Annexes V and VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 are amended as follows:

(1)

in Annex V, Part B, the sixth entry of the table after point 1.4 is replaced by the following:

‘At least 80 mm

ICES subarea 4

Directed fishing for squid ( Loliginidae , Ommastrephidae ).’

(2)

in Annex VI, Part B, the table after point 1.2 is amended as follows:

(a)

the fourth entry of the table is replaced by the following:

‘At least 80 mm

ICES divisions 7d and 7e

Directed fishing for whiting, mackerel and species not subject to catch limits including squids ( Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae ) and which are not covered elsewhere in the table, using bottom trawls.’

(b)

the fifth entry of the table is replaced by the following:

‘At least 80 mm

ICES divisions 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 7g, 7h, 7k

Directed fishing for squid ( Loliginidae , Ommastrephidae ), using bottom trawls and seines.’

(c)

the following entries are added to the table:

‘At least 40 mm

ICES subareas 5, 6

Directed fishing for squid ( Loliginidae , Ommastrephidae ) using any towed gear in ICES subareas 5 and 6.

At least 40mm

ICES division 7e

Directed fishing for squid ( Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae ) using midwater otter trawls (OTM) within 12 nautical miles of the coast of France, measured from the baselines, in ICES division 7e.

At least 40 mm

ICES division 7j

Directed fishing for squid ( Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae ), using bottom trawls and seines in ICES division 7j.’