Subject matter
Article 1
This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2026.
Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2454 CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Scope
Article 2
1. This Regulation applies to Union fishing vessels operating in the Baltic Sea. 2. This Regulation also applies to recreational fisheries in the Baltic Sea, where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.
Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply. In addition, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘subdivision’ means an International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) subdivision of the Baltic Sea as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) ; (2) ‘total allowable catch (TAC)’ means: (a) in fisheries subject to the exemption from the landing obligation referred to in Article 15(4) to (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that may be landed from each stock each year; (b) in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that may be caught from each stock each year; (3) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country; (4) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources for recreation, tourism or sport; (5) ‘analytical assessment’ means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock’s biology and exploitation, including based on proxies, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice; (6) ‘analytical TAC’ means a TAC for which an analytical assessment is available; (7) ‘precautionary TAC’ means a TAC for which an analytical assessment is not available and for which either an assessment based on the precautionary approach is available or no assessment is available.
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