Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 40/2013
Article 3
Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 is hereby amended as follows: (1) in Article 4, the following point is added: "(n) ‧overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC‧ is the geographical area defined by the following limits: — longitude 150 ° W, — longitude 130 ° W, — latitude 4 ° S, — latitude 50 ° S." (2) Article 24 is replaced by the following: "Article 24 Pelagic fisheries - capacity limitation Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 shall limit the total level of gross tonnage of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2013 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area." (3) Article 25 is replaced by the following: "Article 25 Pelagic fisheries - TACs 1. Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009, as specified in Article 24, may fish for pelagic stocks in that area in accordance with the TACs set out in Annex IJ. 2. The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IJ may only be fished under the condition that Member States send to the Commission, in order to communicate them to the SPRFMO Secretariat, the list of vessels actively fishing or engaged in transhipment in the SPRFMO Convention Area, records from vessel monitoring systems (VMS), monthly catch reports and, where available, port calls at the latest by the fifth day of the following month." (4) Article 29 is replaced by the following: "Article 29 Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna Member States shall ensure that fishing days allocated to purse-seine vessels fishing for bigeye tuna ( Thunnus obesus ), yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ), and skipjack tuna ( Katsuwonus pelamis ) in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area in the high seas and located between 20 ° N and 20 ° S does not increase." (5) in Article 30 paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20 ° N and 20 ° S, fishing activities of purse-seine vessels making use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2013 and 24:00 hours of 31 October 2013. During that period, a purse-seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Convention Area if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that at no time does the vessel: (a) deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device; (b) fish on schools in association with FADs." (6) the following Article is inserted: "Article 30a Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC 1. Vessels listed exclusively in the WCPFC register shall apply the measures set out in Articles 29 to 31 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in point (n) of Article 4. 2. Vessels listed in both the WCPFC register and the IATTC register and vessels listed exclusively in the IATTC register shall apply the measures set out in point (a) of Article 27(1) and in Article 27(2) to (6) when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in point (n) of Article 4." (7) Annexes IA, IB, ID, IJ, III and VIII are hereby amended in accordance with the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.