Subject-matter and scope
Article 1
1. This Regulation establishes a multiannual plan (‘the plan’) for the following stocks (‘the stocks concerned’) in the Union waters of the Baltic Sea and for the fisheries exploiting the stocks concerned: (a) cod ( Gadus morhua ) in ICES Subdivisions 22-24 (Western Baltic cod); (b) cod ( Gadus morhua ) in ICES Subdivisions 25-32 (Eastern Baltic cod); (c) herring ( Clupea harengus ) in ICES Subdivisions 25, 26, 27, 28.2, 29 and 32 (Central Baltic herring); (d) herring ( Clupea harengus ) in ICES Subdivision 28.1 (Gulf of Riga herring); (e) herring ( Clupea harengus ) in ICES Subdivision 30 (Bothnian Sea herring); (f) herring ( Clupea harengus ) in ICES Subdivision 31 (Bothnian Bay herring); (g) herring ( Clupea harengus ) in ICES Subdivisions 22-24 (Western Baltic herring); (h) sprat ( Sprattus sprattus ) in ICES Subdivisions 22-32 (Baltic sprat). 2. This Regulation also applies to by-catches of plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ), flounder ( Platichthys flesus ), turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ) and brill ( Scophthalmus rhombus ) in ICES Subdivisions 22-32 caught when fishing for the stocks concerned.