Scope
Article 2
1. This Regulation applies to Union fishing vessels exploiting the following fish stocks: (a) European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ), red coral ( Corallium rubrum ) and common dolphinfish ( Coryphaena hippurus ) in the Mediterranean Sea, as defined in Article 4(b); (b) blue and red shrimp ( Aristeus antennatus ), deep-water rose shrimp ( Parapenaeus longirostris ), giant red shrimp ( Aristaeomorpha foliacea ), European hake ( Merluccius merluccius ), Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ) and red mullet ( Mullus barbatus ) in the western Mediterranean Sea, as defined in Article 4(c); (c) anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicolus ) and sardine ( Sardina pilchardus ) in the Adriatic Sea, as defined in Article 4(d); (d) European hake ( Merluccius merluccius ), Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ), common sole ( Solea solea) , deep-water rose shrimp ( Parapenaeus longirostris ), red mullet ( Mullus barbatus ) in the Adriatic Sea, as defined in Article 4(d); (e) giant red shrimp ( Aristaeomorpha foliacea ) and blue and red shrimp ( Aristeus antennatus ) in the Strait of Sicily as defined in Article 4(e), in the Ionian Sea as defined in Article 4(f) and in the Levant Sea as defined in Article 4(g); (f) blackspot seabream ( Pagellus bogaraveo ) in the Alboran Sea, as defined in Article 4(h); (g) sprat ( Sprattus sprattus ) and turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ) in the Black Sea, as defined in Article 4(i). 2. This Regulation also applies to recreational fisheries where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.