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Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 ANNEX ID

Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 ANNEX ID

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ANNEX ID ICCAT CONVENTION AREA Species: Bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus Zone: Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean (BFT/AE45WM) Cyprus 138,65  ( 4 )     Greece 257,70     Spain 5 000,28  ( 2 )  ( 4 )     France 4 933,97  ( 2 )  ( 3 )  ( 4 )     Croatia 779,84  ( 6 )     Italy 3 894,13  ( 4 )  ( 5 )     Malta 319,49  ( 4 )     Portugal 470,19     Other Member States 55,76  ( 1 )     Union 15 850  ( 2 )  ( 3 )  ( 4 )  ( 5 )     TAC 28 200   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Swordfish Xiphias gladius Zone: Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/AN05N) Spain 6 598,43  ( 8 )     Portugal 978,81  ( 8 )     Other Member States 108,47  ( 7 )  ( 8 )     Union 7 685,70     TAC 13 200   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Swordfish Xiphias gladius Zone: Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N (SWO/AS05N) Spain 4 546,08  ( 9 )     Portugal 417,45  ( 9 )     Union 4 963,53     TAC 14 000   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species Swordfish Xiphias gladius Zone: Mediterranean Sea (SWO/MED) Croatia 15,52  ( 10 )     Cyprus 57,23  ( 10 )     Spain 1 767,82  ( 10 )     France 123,21  ( 10 )     Greece 1 170,26  ( 10 )     Italy 3 624,17  ( 10 )     Malta 429,96  ( 10 )     Union 7 188,17  ( 10 )     TAC 10 185   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply. Species: Northern albacore Thunnus alalunga Zone: Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N (ALB/AN05N) Ireland 2 845,21     Spain 15 015,58     France 5 871,12     United Kingdom 239,48     Portugal 2 123,27     Union 26 094,65  ( 11 )     TAC 33 600   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Southern albacore Thunnus alalunga Zone: Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N (ALB/AS05N) Spain 905,86     France 297,70     Portugal 633,94     Union 1 837,50     TAC 24 000   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Zone: Atlantic Ocean (BET/ATLANT) Spain 9 791,92     France 4 159,18     Portugal 3 717,47     Union 17 668,56     TAC 57 850   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Blue marlin Makaira nigricans Zone: Atlantic Ocean (BUM/ATLANT) Spain 0     France 364,31     Portugal 50,44     Union 414,75     TAC 1 985   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: White marlin Tetrapturus albidus Zone: Atlantic Ocean (WHM/ATLANT) Spain 0     Portugal 0     Union 0     TAC 355   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares Zone: Atlantic Ocean, (YFT/ATLANT) TAC 111 000   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Sailfish Istiophorus albicans Zone: Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W (SAI/AE45W) TAC 1 271   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Sailfish Istiophorus albicans Zone: Atlantic Ocean, west of 45° W (SAI/AW45W) TAC 1 030   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Species: Blue shark Prionace glauca Zone: Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N (BSH/AN05N) TAC 39 102  ( 12 )   Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply ( 1 )   Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. ( 2 )   Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex IV (BFT/*8301): Spain 757,57 France 351,93 Union 1 109,50 . ( 3 )   Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex IV (BFT/*641): France 100 Union 100. ( 4 )   Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex IV (BFT/*8302): Spain 100,01 France 98,68 Italy 77,88 Cyprus 6,39 Malta 9,40 Union 292,36. ( 5 )   Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex IV (BFT/*643): Italy 77,88 Union 77,88. ( 6 )   Special Condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex IV for farming purposes (BFT/*8303F): Croatia 701,84 Union 701,84. ( 7 )   Except Spain and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. ( 8 )   Special condition: up to 2,39 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N (SWO/*AS05N). ( 9 )   Special condition: up to 3,51 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/*AN05N). ( 10 )   This quota may only be fished from 1 April 2018 to 31 December 2018. ( 11 )   The number of Union fishing vessels fishing for northern albacore as a target species, in accordance with Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 [1], shall be as follows: 1 253. [1] Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 ( OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3 ). ( 12 )   The time period and the calculation method used by ICCAT to set the catch limit for North Atlantic blue shark shall not prejudge the time period and the calculation method used to define any future allocation key at Union level.

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