Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007Show full title

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

ANNEX IU.K.List of highly migratory species

  • Albacore: Thunnus alalunga

  • Bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus

  • Bigeye tuna: Thunnus obesus

  • Skipjack tuna: Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Atlantic bonito: Sarda sarda

  • Yellowfin tuna: Thunnus albacares

  • Blackfin tuna: Thunnus atlanticus

  • Little tuna: Euthynnus spp.

  • Southern bluefin tuna: Thunnus maccoyii

  • Frigate tuna: Auxis spp.

  • Oceanic sea breams: Bramidae

  • Marlins: Tetrapturus spp.; Makaira spp.

  • Sailfish: Istiophorus spp.

  • Swordfish: Xiphias gladius

  • Sauries: Scomberesox spp.; Cololabis spp.

  • Dolphinfish; common dolphinfish: Coryphaena hippurus; Coryphaena equiselis

  • Sharks: Hexanchus griseus; Cetorhinus maximus; Alopiidae Rhincodon typus; Carcharhinide; Sphyrnidae; Isuridae; Lamnidae

  • Cetaceans (whales and porpoises): Physeteridae; Balenidae; Eschrichtiidae; Monodontidae; Ziphiidae; Delphinidae

ANNEX IIU.K.ICCAT list of tunas and related species

  • Bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus

  • Southern bluefin tuna: Thunnus maccoyii

  • Yellowfin tuna: Thunnus albacares

  • Albacore tuna: Thunnus alalunga

  • Bigeye tuna: Thunnus obesus

  • Blackfin tuna: Thunnus atlanticus

  • Little tuna: Euthynnus alletteratus

  • Skipjack: Katsuwonus pelamis

  • Atlantic bonito: Sarda sarda

  • Frigate tuna: Auxis thazard

  • Frigate tuna: Auxis rochei

  • Palomette: Orcynopsis unicolor

  • Wahoo: Acanthocybium solandri

  • Chub mackerel: Scomberomorus maculatus

  • King mackerel: Scomberomourus cavalla

  • West African Spanish mackerel: Scomberomorus tritor

  • Serra Spanish mackerel: Scomberomorus brasilliensis

  • Cero: Scomberomorus regalis

  • Sailfish: Istiophorus albicans

  • Black marlin: Makaira indica

  • Blue marlin: Makaira nigricans

  • White marlin: Tetrapturus albidus

  • Swordfish: Xiphias gladius

  • Long-bill spearfish: Tetrapturus pfluegeri

ANNEX IIIU.K.Length of vessels (Article 6(2))

ICCAT definition of the length of vessels:

  • for any fishing vessel built after 18 July 1982, 96 % of the total length on a waterline at 85 % of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the foreside of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if this be greater. In ships designed with a rake of keel, the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline,

  • for any fishing vessel built before 18 July 1982, registered length as entered in the national registers or other record of vessels.

ANNEX IVU.K.

MINIMUM SIZES

(Article 8(1))

a

this minimum size is applicable only in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

b

this minimum size is applicable only in the Mediterranean Sea

c

this minimum size is applicable only in the Atlantic Ocean

SpeciesMinimum size
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)a6,4 kg or 70 cm
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)b10 kg or 80 cm
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)c25 kg or 125 cm (lower mandible)