NPFC CONVENTION AREA
ANNEX IMSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IM NPFC CONVENTION AREA Table 1 Species: Chub mackerel Scomber japonicus Zone: NPFC Convention area Union 0 ( 1 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply NPFC Contracting Parties, including Union 0 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) TAC Not relevant ( 1 ) May only be fished from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. ( 2 ) Special condition: under this catch limit no more than the quantities given below may be taken by the following vessels: Trawlers ( *3 ) (MAS/NPFC-TR) Purse seiners ( *3 ) (MAS/NPFC-PS) 0 0 ( *3 ) The fisheries under those catch limits will be closed by NPFC Contracting Parties, including for the Union by the Commission, within two days from the issue date of the notice of the NPFC Executive Secretary that the utilisation of those catch limits has reached 95 %. ( 3 ) Only one trawler flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorised to fish for chub mackerel at any time. That applies without prejudice to any allocation of future fishing opportunities by the Union in the NPFC Convention area, in particular to the Member State authorised to fish in the period from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. ( 4 ) Union fishing vessels over 10 000 gross tonnage shall not be authorised to fish for chub mackerel. ( 5 ) Catches under this quota shall be reported separately (MAS/NPFC-EU).