ANNEX I

Annotations:
CATCH LIMITS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR YEAR-TO-YEAR MANAGEMENT OF CATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO COMMUNITY VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, the allocation to the Member States and associated conditions for year-to-year management of the quotas.

Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. For the purposes of these tables the codes used for the different species are as follows:

Scientific name

Alpha-3 code

Common name

Clupea harengus

HER

Herring

Gadus morhua

COD

Cod

Platichthys flesus

FLX

Flounder

Pleuronectes platessa

PLE

Plaice

Psetta maxima

TUR

Turbot

Salmo salar

SAL

Atlantic salmon

Sprattus sprattus

SPR

Sprat

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus

ZoneSubdivisions 30-31HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.

Finland

84 721

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Sweden

18 615

EC

103 336

TAC

103 336

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus

ZoneSubdivisions 22-24HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.

Denmark

3 181

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

12 519

Finland

2

Poland

2 953

Schweden

4 037

EC

22 692

TAC

22 692

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus

ZoneSubdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.

Denmark

2 780

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

737

Estonia

14 198

Finland

27 714

Latvia

3 504

Lithuania

3 689

Poland

31 486

Sweden

42 268

EC

126 376

TAC

Not relevant

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus

ZoneSubdivision 28,1HER/03D.RG

Estonia

16 809

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Latvia

19 591

EC

36 400

TAC

36 400

SpeciesCodGadus morhua

ZoneEC waters of Subdivisions 25-32COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.

Denmark

11 777

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

4 685

Estonia

1 148

Finland

901

Latvia

4 379

Lithuania

2 885

Poland

13 561

Sweden

11 932

EC

51 267

TAC

Not relevant

SpeciesCodGadus morhua

ZoneEC waters of Subdivisions 22 –24COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.

Denmark

7 726

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

3 777

Estonia

171

Finland

152

Latvia

639

Lithuania

415

Poland

2 067

Sweden

2 753

EC

17 700

TAC

17 700

SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa

ZoneEC waters of Subdivisions 22-32PLE/3B23.; PLE/3C22.; PLE/3D24.; PLE/3D25.; PLE/3D26.; PLE/3D27.; PLE/3D28.; PLE/3D29.; PLE/3D30.; PLE/3D31.; PLE/3D32.

Denmark

2 179

Precautionary TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

242

Poland

456

Sweden

164

EC

3 041

TAC

3 041

SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar

ZoneEC waters of Subdivisions 22-31SAL/3B23.; SAL/3C22.; SAL/3D24.; SAL/3D25.; SAL/3D26.; SAL/3D27.; SAL/3D28.; SAL/3D29.; SAL/3D30.; SAL/3D31.

Denmark

60 97512

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

6 78412

Estonia

6 19712

Finland

76 03112

Latvia

38 78312

Lithuania

X14 55912

Poland

18 49712

Sweden

82 42012

EC

294 24612

TAC

Not relevant

Expressed by number of individual fish.

SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar

ZoneEC waters of Subdivision 32SAL/3D32.

Estonia

1 58113

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Finland

13 83813

EC

15 41913

TAC

Not relevant

Expressed by number of individual fish.

SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus

ZoneEC waters of Subdivisions 22-32SPR/3B23.; SPR/3C22.; SPR/3D24.; SPR/3D25.; SPR/3D26.; SPR/3D27.; SPR/3D28.; SPR/3D29.; SPR/3D30.; SPR/3D31.; SPR/3D32.

Denmark

37 480

Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Germany

23 745

Estonia

43 522

Finland

19 620

Latvia

52 565

Lithuania

19 015

Poland

111 552

Sweden

72 456

EC

379 955

TAC

Not relevant

ANNEX IIFishing effort limits

1.For vessels flying their flag, Member States shall ensure that fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with bottom set lines, longlines except drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment shall be permitted for a maximum number of:

  1. (a)

    181 days absent from port in subdivisions 22-24 with the exception of the period from 1 to 30 April when Article 8(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies; and

  2. (b)

    160 days absent from port in subdivisions 25-28 with the exception of the period from 1 July to 31 August when Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies.

2.

The maximum number of days absent from port per year for which a vessel may be present within the two areas defined in point 1(a) and (b) fishing with the gears referred to in point 1 may not exceed the maximum number of days allocated for one of the two areas.

ANNEX IIITRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL MEASURES

A.Restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot

1.The retention on board of the following species of fish which are caught within the geographical areas and during the periods mentioned below shall be prohibited:

Species

Geographical area

Period

Flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Subdivisions 26, 27, 28 and 29 south of 59°30′N

Subdivision 32

15 February to 15 May

15 February to 31 May

Turbot (Psetta maxima)

Subdivisions 25, 26 and 28 south of 56°50′N

1 June to 31 July

2.

By way of derogation from point 1, when fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gears with a mesh size equal to or greater then 105 mm or with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm, by-catches of flounder and turbot may be retained on board and landed within a limit of 10 % by live weight of the total catch retained on board and landed during the periods of prohibition referred to in point 1.

B.Specifications of top window codend BACOMA

1.

By way of derogation from point 1(e)(i) of Appendix 1 to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005, the meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 120 mm from 1 January in subdivisions 22-24 and from 1 March in subdivisions 25-32.

2.

By way of derogation from point 1(d)(ii) of Appendix 1 to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005, the length of the window shall be at least 5,5 m from 1 January in subdivisions 22-24 and from 1 March in subdivisions 25-32.

3.

By way of derogation from point 2 the length of the window shall be at least 6 m, if a sensor dedicated to the measurement of the volume of the catches is attached to the window from 1 January in subdivisions 22-24 and from 1 March in subdivisions 25-32.

C.Specifications of T90 trawl

By way of derogation from point (b) of Appendix 2 to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005, the mesh size for meshes shall be at least 120 mm from 1 January in subdivisions 22-24 and from 1 March in subdivisions 25-32.