Measures on European eel fisheries in Union waters of the ICES area
Article 13
Any targeted, incidental and recreational European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ) fishing activity, as defined in Article 4(1), point (28), of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, shall be prohibited in Union waters of the ICES area and brackish waters such as estuaries, coastal lagoons and transitional waters for a consecutive three-month period. Each Member State concerned shall determine that period, which shall fall between 1 August 2022 and 28 February 2023, to ensure that the prohibition covers the periods of the highest migration of European eel. Member States shall no later than 1 June 2022 communicate the determined period to the Commission together with the supporting information justifying the chosen prohibition period.