TACS in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC.
| a Cyprus and Malta may fish under the ICCAT ‘Others’ quota in accordance with the ICCAT Compliance Tables adopted at 2003 ICCAT Annual Meeting. | ||
| b Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch. | ||
| SpeciesBluefin tunaThunnus thynnus | ZoneAtlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and MediterraneanBFT/AE045W | |
|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | a | |
| Greece | 323,4 | |
| Spain | 6 276,7 | |
| France | 6 192,7 | |
| Italy | 4 888 | |
| Malta | a | |
| Portugal | 590,2 | |
| All Member States | 60b | |
| EC | 18 331 | |
| TAC | 32 000 | Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply. |
| a Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch. | ||
| SpeciesSwordfishXiphias gladius | ZoneAtlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° NSWO/AN05N | |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 6 541,5 | |
| Portugal | 1 010,4 | |
| All Member States | 148,5a | |
| EC | 7 700,4 | |
| TAC | 14 000 | Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply. |
| SpeciesSwordfishXiphias gladius | ZoneAtlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° NSWO/AS05N | |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 6 595,6 | |
| Portugal | 371,1 | |
| EC | 6 966,7 | |
| TAC | 15 956 | Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply. |
| a It is prohibited to use any gill net, bottom set gill net, trammel net and entangling net. | ||||||||||||||||
| b The number of Community fishing vessels fishing for Northern Albacore as a target species is fixed to pm vessels in accordance with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001. | ||||||||||||||||
| c The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for Northern Albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001:
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| SpeciesNorthern AlbacoreGermo alalunga | ZoneAtlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° NALB/AN05N | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 723,3a c | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | 31 383a c | |||||||||||||||
| France | 8 217a c | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 600,7a c | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 4 129,5a c | |||||||||||||||
| EC | 50 053,5a b | |||||||||||||||
| TAC | 34 500 | Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply. | ||||||||||||||
| SpeciesSouthern AlbacoreGermo alalunga | ZoneAtlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° NALB/AS05N | |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 943,7 | |
| France | 311 | |
| Portugal | 660 | |
| EC | 1 914,7 | |
| TAC | 30 915 | Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply. |
| SpeciesBigeye TunaThunnus obesus | ZoneAtlantic OceanBET/ATLANT | |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 21 526,4 | |
| France | 9 438 | |
| Portugal | 13 511 | |
| EC | 44 475,4 | |
| TAC | 90 000 | Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply. |
| SpeciesBlue marlinMakaira nigricans | ZoneAtlantic OceanBUM/ATLANT | |
|---|---|---|
| EC | 103 | |
| TAC | Not relevant | |
| SpeciesWhite marlinTetrapturus alba | ZoneAtlantic OceanWHM/ATLANT | |
|---|---|---|
| EC | 46,5 | |
| TAC | Not relevant | |