Council Regulation (EU) No 23/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009

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Council Regulation (EU) No 23/2010

of 14 January 2010

fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks(1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) According to Article 43(3) of the Treaty, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities.

(2) Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy(2) requires the Council to establish measures governing access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities, taking into account available scientific, technical and economic advice and in particular reports drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).

(3) It is incumbent upon the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TAC) by fishery or group of fisheries. Fishing opportunities should be distributed among Member States in such a way as to assure each Member State relative stability of fishing activities for each stock or fishery and having due regard to the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy established in Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. Moreover, in order for the fishing opportunities to be optimal and applied in an effective way, certain conditions essential to and functionally linked to them should be fixed.

(4) The TACs should be established on the basis of the available scientific advice and by taking into account the biological and socio-economic aspects whilst ensuring fair treatment between fishing sectors. In this regard, it is necessary to take account of the opinions expressed during the consultation of stakeholders, in particular at the meeting on 23 July 2009 with the Advisory Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, the concerned Regional Advisory Councils and Member States and on 29 September 2009 with the Advisory Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture and the concerned Regional Advisory Councils.

(5) For stocks subject to specific multiannual plans, the TACs should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in those plans. Consequently, the TACs for stocks of hake, of Norway lobster, of sole in the Bay of Biscay, the Western Channel and the North Sea, of plaice in the North Sea, of herring to the west of Scotland and of cod in the Kattegat, North Sea, Skagerrak, eastern Channel, to the west of Scotland and in the Irish Sea should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of the Northern hake stock(3), Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 of 20 December 2005 establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian Peninsula(4), Council Regulation (EC) No 388/2006 of 23 February 2006 establishing a multiannual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Bay of Biscay(5), Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2007 of 7 May 2007 establishing a multi-annual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Western Channel(6), Council Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 of 11 June 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea(7), Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock(8), Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean(9) respectively.

(6) In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, the stocks that are subject to the various measures referred to therein must be identified.

(7) Fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations should not be included in the scope of this Regulation, with the exception of the operations carried out by vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries.

(8) For certain species, such as certain species of sharks, even a limited fishing activity could result in a serious risk to their conservation. Fishing opportunities for such species should therefore be fully restricted through a general prohibition to fish those species.

(9) It is necessary to establish the maximum allowable effort ceilings for 2010 in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 5 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009, while taking into account Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 of 27 July 2009 excluding certain groups of vessels from the fishing effort regime laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008(10).

(10) It is necessary, following the advice from the ICES, to maintain and revise a system to manage the fishing effort on sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV.

(11) In the light of the most recent scientific advice from the ICES and in accordance with the international commitments in the context of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (NEAFC), it is necessary to limit the fishing effort on certain deep-sea species.

(12) Fishing opportunities should be used in accordance with the Union legislation on the subject, and in particular with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States’ catches of fish(11), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels(12), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels(13), Article 21 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(14), Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing permits(15), Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms(16), Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks(17), Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources(18), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems(19), Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(20), Council Regulation (EC) No 2115/2005 of 20 December 2005 establishing a recovery plan for Greenland halibut in the framework of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation(21), Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, Regulation (EC) No 388/2006, Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 of 21 December 2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing(22), Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea(23), Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species(24), Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Council Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007 of 22 October 2007 laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation(25), Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing(26), Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third country vessels to Community waters(27), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 of 3 November 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing(28), Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008, Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (recast)(29), Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (recast)(30), Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (recast)(31), Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy(32).

(13) In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreements or protocols on fisheries relations with Norway(33), the Faroe Islands(34) and Greenland(35), the Union has held consultations on fishing rights with those partners. The consultations with Greenland were concluded on 25 November 2009 with the establishment of the fishing opportunities available for 2010 for EU vessels in Greenland waters. The consultations with the Faroe Islands and Norway have not been finalised and the arrangements for 2010 with those partners are expected to be concluded early 2010. In order to avoid interruption of Union fishing activities whilst allowing for the necessary flexibility for the conclusion of those arrangements early 2010, it is appropriate for the Union to establish the fishing opportunities for stocks subject to those arrangements on a provisional basis awaiting their conclusion.

(14) The Union is a contracting party to several fisheries organisations and participates in other organisations as a cooperating non-party. Moreover, by virtue of the 2003 Act of Accession fisheries agreements previously concluded by the Republic of Poland, such as the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock resources in the central Bering Sea, are as from the date of accession of Poland to the European Union managed by the Union. Those fisheries organisations have recommended the introduction for 2010 of a number of measures, including fishing opportunities for EU vessels. Those fishing opportunities should be implemented by the Union.

(15) The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) failed to adopt catch limitations for yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and skipjack tuna at its Annual Meeting in 2009, and although the Union is not a member of the IATTC, it is necessary to regulate the fishing opportunities for resource under the jurisdiction of the IATTC in order to ensure its sustainable management.

(16) At its Annual Meeting in 2009, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted tables indicating the under-utilisation and over-utilisation of the fishing possibilities of the ICCAT contracting parties. In that context, ICCAT adopted a decision observing that during the year 2008, the Union had under-exploited its quota for Northern and Southern swordfish, bigeye tuna and Northern albacore. In order to respect the adjustments to the Union quotas established by the ICCAT, it is necessary for the distribution of the fishing opportunities arising from this under-utilisation to be carried out on the basis of the respective contribution of each Member State towards the under-utilisation without modifying the distribution key established in this Regulation concerning the annual allocation of TACs. At the same meeting the recovery plan for bluefin tuna was amended. ICCAT further adopted a recommendation on the conservation of bigeye thresher sharks. In order to contribute to the conservation of fish stocks it is necessary to implement those measures.

(17) During the Third International Meeting, held in May 2007, for the creation of a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) in the high seas of the South Pacific, the participants adopted interim measures, including fishing opportunities, in order to regulate pelagic fishing activities as well as bottom fisheries in that area until the establishment of such RFMO. Those measures were revised during the Eighth International Meeting for the creation of that SPRFMO held in November 2009. According to the agreement reached by the participants, those interim measures are voluntary and are not legally binding under international law. It is nevertheless advisable, in the light of the related provisions of the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement, to incorporate those measures into Union law.

(18) At its Annual Meeting in 2009, the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) adopted catch limits for two additional fish stocks in the SEAFO Convention Area. It is necessary to implement those catch limits into Union law.

(19) For continuity reasons, certain third-country fishing vessels should be allowed to fish in EU waters under certain conditions and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 and its implementing provisions.

(20) Within the context of establishing fishing opportunities and in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, the Council may, on the basis of information provided by Member States and assessed by the STECF, exclude certain groups of vessels from the effort regime established in that Regulation, provided that appropriate data is available on cod catches and discards of the vessels concerned, that the percentage of cod catches does not exceed 1,5 % of the total catches of the group of vessels and that the inclusion of the group in the effort regime would constitute an administrative burden disproportionate to its overall impact on cod stocks. Poland provided information on the cod catches by a group of vessels consisting of one vessel targeting saithe in the North Sea with bottom trawls of mesh size equal to or larger than 100 mm. The United Kingdom provided information on the cod catches of two groups of vessels using bottom trawls to the west of Scotland. On the basis of that information as assessed by STECF, it can be established that the cod catches, including discards, of those groups of vessels do not exceed 1,5 % of their total catches. Having moreover regard to control and monitoring measures in place ensuring the monitoring and control of the fishing activities of those groups of vessels and considering that the inclusion of these groups would constitute an administrative burden disproportionate to the overall impact of that inclusion on cod stocks, it is appropriate to exclude those groups of vessels from the application of Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, thus allowing to establish the effort limits for the concerned Member States accordingly.

(21) In accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty, the measures necessary for the fixing of the catch limits for certain short-lived stocks should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(36) for reasons of urgency,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE ISCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1Subject matter

1.This Regulation fixes the following fishing opportunities and the conditions functionally linked to the use of those fishing opportunities:

for the year 2010, fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, and
for the year 2011, certain effort limitations, and, for the periods set out in Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II and in Annexes IE and V, fishing opportunities for certain Antarctic stocks.

2.This Regulation also fixes provisional fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks or groups of fish stocks subject to the bilateral fisheries agreements with Norway and the Faroe Islands, pending the consultations on the arrangements for 2010.

Article 2Scope

1.If not otherwise provided for, this Regulation shall apply to:

(a)EU vessels; and

(b)fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in, third countries (‘third-country vessels’) in EU waters.

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Regulation, except footnote 1 to the table set out in Part B of Annex V, shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State whose flag the vessel concerned is flying and of which the Commission and the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance. Member States conducting fishing operations for the purpose of scientific investigations shall inform the Commission, the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out, ICES and STECF of all catches from such fishing operations.

3.Paragraph 2 shall not apply to fishing operations by vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries where such fisheries benefit from additional quotas.

Article 3Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘EU vessels’ means fishing vessels defined in Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(b)

‘EU waters’ means waters defined in Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(c)

‘total allowable catches’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each stock each year;

(d)

‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, Member States or third countries;

(e)

‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

(f)

‘mesh size’ means the mesh size as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets(37).;

(g)

‘EU fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(h)

‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 4Fishing zones

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions shall apply:

(a)

ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009;

(b)

‘Skagerrak’ means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(c)

‘Kattegat’ means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(d)

‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the area of ICES zone IXa east of longitude 7^o 23' 48″ W;

(e)

CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 216/2009;

(f)

NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 217/2009;

(g)

SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Convention Area is as defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean(38);

(h)

the ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Convention Area is as defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas(39);

(i)

CCAMLR (Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area is as defined in Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

(j)

the IATTC (Inter American Tropical Tuna Convention) Convention Area is as defined in the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica(40);

(k)

the IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Area is as defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission(41);

(l)

‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ means the high seas area south of 10^o N, north of the CCAMLR Convention Area, east of the SIOFA Convention Area as defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement(42), and west of the areas of fisheries jurisdictions of South American States;

(m)

the WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention) Convention Area is as defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean(43).

(n)

‘high seas of the Bering Sea’ means the area of the high seas of the Bering Sea beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured.

TITLE IIFISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS

CHAPTER IGeneral provisions

Article 5Catch limits and allocations

1.The catch limits for EU vessels in EU waters or in certain non-EU waters and the allocation of such catch limits among Member States and additional conditions in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are set out in Annex I.

2.EU vessels are hereby authorised to make catches, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the conditions set out in Article 12 of and Annex III to this Regulation and in Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 and its implementing provisions.

3.The Commission shall fix the catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV according to the rules laid down in point 6 of Annex IID.

4.The Commission shall fix catch limits for capelin in Greenland waters of ICES zones V and XIV available to the Union at 7,7 % of the capelin TAC as soon as the TAC has been established.

5.Catch limits for the stock of Norway pout in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV and for the stock of sprat in EU waters of ICES zones IIa and IV may be revised by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 in the light of scientific information collected during the first half of 2010.

6.As a consequence of a revision of the stock of Norway pout in accordance with paragraph 5, the catch limits for the stocks of whiting in EU waters of ICES zone IIa, IIIa and IV and for the stocks of haddock in EU waters of ICES zone IIa, III and IV may be revised by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 to take into account industrial by-catches in the Norway pout fishery.

7.The Commission may fix the catch limits for the stock of anchovy in ICES zone VIII in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 in the light of scientific information collected during the first half of 2010.

Article 6Prohibited species

It shall be prohibited for EU vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land the following species:

(a)

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all EU and non-EU waters;

(b)

angel shark (Squatina squatina) in all EU waters;

(c)

common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(d)

undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in EU waters of ICES zones VI, VII, VIII, IX and X, and

(e)

porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in international waters.

Article 7Special provisions on allocations

1.The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in Annex I shall be without prejudice to:

(a)exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

(b)reallocations made pursuant to Article 21(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 or pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008;

(c)additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(d)quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(e)deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

2.Except where otherwise specified in Annex I of this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation to stocks subject to analytical TAC.

Article 8Fishing effort limits

From 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011, the fishing effort measures laid down in:

(a)

Annex IIA shall apply for the management of certain stocks in the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zones IV, VIa, VIIa, VIId and EU waters of ICES zones IIa and Vb;

(b)

Annex IIB shall apply for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES zones VIIIc and IXa with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;

(c)

Annex IIC shall apply for the management of the sole stock in ICES zone VIIe;

(d)

Annex IID shall apply for the management of sandeel stocks in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV.

Article 9Catch and effort limits deep-sea fisheries

1.In addition to the catch limits laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing for 2009 and 2010 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks(44), it shall be prohibited to catch and to retain on board, to tranship or to land any aggregate quantity of the deep-sea species and of Greenland halibut in excess of 100 kg in each sea trip, unless the vessel in question holds a deep-sea permit issued in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002.

2.Member States shall ensure that fishing activities which lead to catches and retention on board of more than 10 tonnes each calendar year of deep-sea species and of Greenland halibut by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory shall be subject to a deep-sea fishing permit.

3.Member States shall ensure that for 2010 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits do not exceed 65 % of the average annual fishing effort deployed by the vessels of the Member State concerned in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held and/or deep-sea species, as listed in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, were caught. This paragraph shall apply only to fishing trips on which more than 100 kg of deep-sea species, other than greater silver smelt, were caught.

Article 10Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

1.Fish from stocks for which catch limits are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:

(a)the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or

(b)the catches consist of a share in a Union quota which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that Union quota has not been exhausted.

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following fish may be retained on board and landed even if a Member State has no quotas or the quotas or shares are exhausted:

(a)species, other than herring and mackerel, where

(i)

they are caught mixed with other species with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98; and

(ii)

the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing;

(b)mackerel, where

(i)

they are caught mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard;

(ii)

they do not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board; and

(iii)

the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing.

3.All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Union quota has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Union quota, except for catches made in accordance with paragraph 2.

4.The percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be determined in accordance with Articles 4 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98.

Article 11Restrictions on the use of certain fishing opportunities

During the period from 1 May to 31 July 2010 it shall be prohibited to fish for or retain on board any marine organisms other than herring, mackerel, pilchard/sardines, horse mackerel, sprat, blue whiting and argentines within the area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	52^o 27' N	12^o 19' W
2	52^o 40' N	12^o 30' W
3	52^o 47' N	12^o 39,600' W
4	52^o 47' N	12^o 56' W
5	52^o 13,5' N	13^o 53,830' W
6	51^o 22' N	14^o 24' W
7	51^o 22' N	14^o 03' W
8	52^o 10' N	13^o 25' W
9	52^o 32' N	13^o 07,500' W
10	52^o 43' N	12^o 55' W
11	52^o 43' N	12^o 43' W
12	52^o 38,800' N	12^o 37' W
13	52^o 27' N	12^o 23' W
14	52^o 27' N	12^o 19' W

Article 12Unsorted landings in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa

1.When catch limits of a Member State for herring in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa are exhausted, vessels flying the flag of that Member State, registered in the Union and operating within the fisheries to which the relevant catch limitations apply shall be prohibited from landing catches which are unsorted and which contain herring.

2.Member States shall ensure that an adequate sampling programme is in place allowing an efficient monitoring of unsorted landings by species caught in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa.

3.Unsorted catches in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa shall be landed only at ports and landing locations where a sampling programme as referred to in paragraph 2 is in place.

Article 13Data transmission

When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

CHAPTER IIFishing authorisation in third-country waters

Article 14Fishing authorisations

1.The maximum number of fishing authorisations for EU vessels fishing in waters of a third country is set out in Annex III.

2.Where one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (swap) in the fishing areas set out in Annex III on the basis of Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the transfer shall include an appropriate transfer of fishing authorisations and shall be notified to the Commission. However, the total number of fishing authorisations for each fishing area, as set out in Annex III, shall not be exceeded.

CHAPTER IIIFishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Section 1ICCAT convention Area

Article 15Limitations to the number of vessels authorised to fish for bluefin tuna

The maximum number of the following vessels shall be limited as set out in Annex IV:

EU bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Eastern Atlantic;
EU coastal artisanal fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Mediterranean;
EU vessels fishing for bluefin tuna in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm.

Article 16Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID

In addition to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009, purse-seine fishing for bluefin tuna shall be prohibited in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean during the period from 15 April to 15 May 2010.

Article 17Recreational and sport fisheries

Member States shall allocate a specific quota of bluefin tuna for recreational and sport fisheries from their quotas allocated set out in Annex ID.

Article 18Sharks

1.Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of bigeye thresher sharks (Alopias superciliosus) in any fishery shall be prohibited.

2.It shall be prohibited to undertake a directed fishery for species of thresher sharks of the genus Alopias.

Section 2CCAMLR convention Area

Article 19Prohibitions and catch limitations

1.Direct fishing of the species set out in Annex V, Part A, shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out in that Annex.

2.For new and exploratory fisheries, the catch and by-catch limits set out in Annex V, Part B, shall apply in the subareas set out in that Part.

Article 20Exploratory fisheries

1.Fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in a Member State that have been notified to CCAMLR in accordance with Articles 7 and 7a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in FAO Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 outside areas of national jurisdiction.

2.With regard to FAO Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 total catch and by-catch limits per subarea and division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them, shall be as set out in Annex V, Part B. Fishing in any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the specified catch limit, and that SSRU shall be closed to fishing for the remainder of the season.

3.Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information necessary to determine fishery potential and to avoid over-concentration of catch and fishing effort. However, fishing in FAO Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 shall be prohibited in depths less than 550 m.

Article 21Krill fishery during the 2010/2011 fishing season

1.Only those Member States which are Members of the CCAMLR Commission may fish for krill (Euphausia superba) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2010/2011 fishing season. If such a Member State intends to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention Area, it shall notify the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission in accordance with Article 5a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 and in any case no later than 1 June 2010:

(a)of its intention to fish for krill, using the format laid down in Annex V, Part C;

(b)of the net configuration form, using the format laid down in Annex V, Part D.

2.The notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the information provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 for each vessel to be authorised by the Member State to participate in the krill fishery.

3.Member States intending to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention Area shall only notify authorised vessels flying its flag at the time of the notification.

4.Member States shall be entitled to authorise participation in a krill fishery by a vessel other than those notified to CCAMLR in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, if an authorised vessel is prevented from participation due to legitimate operational reasons or force majeure. In such circumstances the Member State concerned shall immediately inform the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission, providing:

(a)full details of the intended replacement vessel(s) referred to in paragraph 2, including information provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

(b)a comprehensive account of the reasons justifying the replacement and any relevant supporting evidence or references.

5.Member States shall not authorise a vessel on either of the CCAMLR IUU Vessel Lists to participate in krill fisheries.

Article 22Closure of all fisheries

1.Following notification by the CCAMLR Secretariat of the closure of a fishery due to the exhaustion of the TAC as set out in Annex IE, Member States shall ensure that all vessels flying their flag and fishing in the area, management area, subarea, division, SSRU or other management unit, subject to the closure notice, shall remove all their fishing gear from the water by the notified closure date and time.

2.On receipt of such notification by the vessel, no further longlines may be set within 24 hours of the notified date and time. If such notification is received less than 24 hours before the closure date and time, no further longlines may be set following receipt of that notification.

3.In the case of closure of the fishery referred to in paragraph 1, all vessels shall depart from the fishing area as soon as all fishing gear has been removed from the water.

4.Where a vessel is unable to remove all its fishing gear from the water by the notified closure date and time for reasons relating to:

(a)the safety of the vessel and crew;

(b)the limitations which may arise from adverse weather conditions;

(c)sea-ice cover; or

(d)the need to protect the Antarctic marine environment,

the vessel shall notify its flag Member State of the situation. The Member States shall promptly notify the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission. The vessel shall nonetheless make all reasonable efforts to remove all its fishing gear from the water as soon as possible.

5.If paragraph 4 applies, Member States shall carry out an investigation of the vessel’s actions and, according to its domestic procedures, report the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission of its findings no later than before the next CCAMLR meeting. The final report shall assess whether the vessel made all reasonable efforts to remove all its fishing gear from the water:

(a)by the notified closure date and time; and

(b)as soon as possible after the notification referred to in paragraph 4.

6.Where a vessel does not depart from the closed area as soon as all fishing gear has been removed from the water, the flag Member State shall ensure that the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission are informed.

Section 3IOTC Area

Article 23Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area

1.The maximum number of EU vessels fishing for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage (GT) shall be as set out in point 1 of Annex VI.

2.The maximum number of EU vessels fishing for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the IOTC Area and the corresponding capacity in GT shall be as set out in point 2 of Annex VI.

3.Member States may change the number of vessels referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 by gear type provided that they can demonstrate to the Commission that this change does not lead to an increase of fishing effort on the fish stocks involved.

4.Member States shall ensure that, where there is a proposed transfer of capacity to their fleet, vessels to be transferred are on the IOTC Record of Vessels or on the record of vessels of other tuna regional fisheries organisations. No vessels featuring on the list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities (IUU vessels) of any regional fisheries management organisation may be transferred.

5.In order to take into account the implementation of the development plans submitted to the IOTC, Member States may only increase the limitations of fishing capacity, as mentioned in this Article, within the limits set out in those development plans.

Section 4SPRFMO convention Area

Article 24Pelagic fisheries – capacity limitation

Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 shall limit the total level of GT of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2010 to the levels of total 78 610 GT in the SPRFMO Convention Area in such manner that sustainable exploitation of the pelagic fishery resources in South Pacific is ensured.

Article 25Pelagic fisheries - catch limits

1.Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in the years 2007, 2008 or 2009, as referred to in Article 24, may fish for pelagic stocks in this Area in accordance with the catch limits set out in Annex IJ.

2.Member States shall notify the Commission on a monthly basis of the names and characteristics, including GT, of their vessels engaged in the fishery referred to in this Article.

3.For the purpose of monitoring the fishery referred to in this Article, Member States shall send to the Commission, for forwarding to the SPRFMO Interim Secretariat, records from vessel monitoring systems (VMS), monthly catch reports and, where available, port calls at the latest by the fifteenth day of the following month.

Article 26Bottom fisheries

Member States shall limit bottom fishing effort or catch in the SPRFMO Convention Area to the average annual levels over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 in terms of the number of fishing vessels and other parameters that reflect the level of catch, fishing effort and fishing capacity and to only those parts of the SPRFMO Convention Area where bottom fisheries has occurred during the previous fishing season.

Section 5IATTC convention Area

Article 27Purse-seine fisheries

1.The fishing by purse-seine vessels for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) shall be prohibited:

(a)either from 29 July to 28 September 2010 or from 10 November 2010 to 18 January 2011 in the area defined by the following limits:

(a)the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,
longitude 150° W,
latitude 40° N,
latitude 40° S;

(b)from 29 September to 29 October 2010 in the area defined by the following limits:

(b)longitude 94° W,
longitude 110° W,
latitude 3° N,
latitude 5° S.

2.The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure referred to in paragraph 1(a) before 1 April 2010. All the purse-seine vessels of the Member States concerned shall stop purse-seine fishing in the defined area during the period selected.

3.Purse-seine vessels fishing for tuna in the IATTC Regulatory Area shall retain on board and then land all yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack tuna caught, except fish considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size. A single exception shall be the final set of a trip when there may be insufficient well space remaining to accommodate all the tuna caught in that set.

Section 6SEAFO convention Area

Article 28Measures for the protection of deep water sharks

Directed fishing for the following deep water sharks in the SEAFO Convention Area shall be prohibited: skates (Rajidae), spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi), shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus), great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), ghost catshark (Apristurus manis), velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus) and deep-sea sharks of super-order Selachimorpha.

Section 7WCPFC convention Area

Article 29Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore

Member States shall ensure that the total fishing effort for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) and south Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the WCPFC Convention Area is limited to the fishing effort provided for in fisheries partnership agreements between the Union and coastal States in the region.

Article 30Closed area for FAD fishing

1.In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20° N and 20° S, fishing activities of purse-seine vessels making use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours on 1 July 2010 and 24:00 hours on 30 September 2010. During this period, a purse-seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Convention Area if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that at no time does the vessel:

(a)deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device;

(b)fish on schools in association with FADs.

2.All purse-seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area referred to in paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught.

3.Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following cases:

(a)in the final set of a trip, if the vessel has insufficient well space left to accommodate all fish;

(b)where the fish is unfit for human consumption for reasons other than those connected with size; or

(c)when a serious malfunction of freezer equipment occurs.

Article 31Limitations to the number of vessels authorised to fish swordfish

The maximum number of EU vessels authorised to fish for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as indicated in Annex VII.

Section 8Bering Sea

Article 32

Prohibition to fish in the high seas of the Bering Sea

Fishing for pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the high seas of the Bering Sea shall be prohibited.

TITLE IIIFISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS

Article 33Catch limits

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in EU waters within the catch limits set out in Annex I and subject to the conditions provided for in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 and in this Title.

Article 34Fishing authorisations

1.The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in EU waters is laid down in Annex VIII.

2.Fish from stocks for which catch limits are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless the catches have been taken by third-country vessels having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.

Article 35Prohibited species

It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land the following species:

(a)

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all EU waters;

(b)

angel shark (Squatina squatina) in all EU waters;

(c)

common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X; and

(d)

undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in EU waters of ICES zones VI, VII, VIII, IX and X.

TITLE IVFINAL PROVISIONS

Article 36Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008

In Part 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008, the entry concerning roundnose grenadier in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of ICES subarea III is replaced by the following:

‘Species:	Roundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris
^a No directed fishery for roundnose grenadier shall be conducted in ICES zone IIIa pending consultations between the European Union and Norway.’
Year	2009	2010
Denmark	804	804
Germany	5	5
Sweden	41	41
EC	850	850

Article 37Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009, the following points are added:

‘c)

the group of vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from the United Kingdom dated 18 June 2009, targeting Norway lobster and using bottom trawls and seines of mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm in the West of Scotland, in particular in the Minch (ICES statistical rectangles 42 E3, 42 E4, 43 E3, 43 E4, 44 E3, 44 E4, 45 E3);

the group of vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from the United Kingdom dated 18 June 2009, targeting Norway lobster and using bottom trawls and seines of mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm in the West of Scotland, in particular in the Firth of Clyde (ICES statistical rectangles 39 E5 and 40 E5);

the group of vessels flying the flag of Poland, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from Poland dated 24 April 2009 as completed by correspondence dated 11 July 2009, targeting saithe and using bottom trawls of mesh size equal to or larger than 100 mm in the North Sea and EU waters of ICES zone IIa with full-time observer coverage.’.

Article 38Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 of 20 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2010(45) is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2Scope

1.This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels (“Community vessels”) operating in the Baltic Sea.

2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State whose flag the vessel concerned is flying and of which the Commission and the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance. Member States conducting fishing operations for the purpose of scientific investigations shall inform the Commission, the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out, ICES and STECF of all catches from such fishing operations.

3.Paragraph 2 shall not apply to fishing operations by vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries where such fisheries benefit from additional quotas.’

Article 39Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009 of 27 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2010(46) is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2Scope

1.This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels (“Community vessels”) operating in the Black Sea.

3.Paragraph 2 shall not apply to fishing operations by vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries where such fisheries benefit from additional quota.’

Article 40Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Where the fishing opportunities for the CCAMLR Convention Area are set for periods starting before 1 January 2010, Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II and Annexes IE and V shall apply with effect from the beginning of the respective periods of application of those fishing opportunities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 January 2010.

For the Council

The President

M. A. Moratinos

ANNEX ICATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST AND FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (iN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)

All catch limits set out in this Annex shall be considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 5 of this Regulation and shall therefore be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular Articles 33 and 34 thereof.

The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.

Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. The following table of correspondences of Latin names and common names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

Scientific name	Alpha-3 code	Common name
Amblyraja radiata	RJR	Starry ray
Ammodytes spp.	SAN	Sandeels
Argentina silus	ARU	Greater silver smelt
Beryx spp.	ALF	Alfonsinos
Brosme brosme	USK	Tusk
Centrophorus squamosus	GUQ	Leafscale gulper shark
Centroscymnus coelolepis	CYO	Portuguese dogfish
Chaceon (Geryon) quinquedens	CRR	Deep sea red crab
Champsocephalus gunnari	ANI	Antarctic icefish
Chionoecetes spp.	PCR	Snow crab
Clupea harengus	HER	Herring
Coryphaenoides rupestris	RNG	Roundnose grenadier
Dalatias licha	SCK	Kitefin shark
Deania calcea	DCA	Birdbeak dogfish
Dipturus batis	RJB	Common skate
Dissostichus eleginoides	TOP	Patagonian toothfish
Engraulis encrasicolus	ANE	Anchovy
Etmopterus princeps	ETR	Great lanternshark
Etmopterus pusillus	ETP	Smooth lanternshark
Euphausia superba	KRI	Krill
Gadus morhua	COD	Cod
Galeorhinus galeus	GAG	Tope shark
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	WIT	Witch flounder
Hippoglossoides platessoides	PLA	American plaice
Hippoglossus hippoglossus	HAL	Atlantic halibut
Hoplostethus atlanticus	ORY	Orange roughy
Illex illecebrosus	SQI	Shortfin squid
Lamna nasus	POR	Porbeagle
Lepidonotothen squamifrons	NOS	Grey rockcod
Lepidorhombus spp.	LEZ	Megrims
Leucoraja circularis	RJI	Sandy ray
Leucoraja fullonica	RJF	Shagreen ray
Leucoraja naevus	RJN	Cuckoo ray
Limanda ferruginea	YEL	Yellowtail flounder
Limanda limanda	DAB	Dab
Lophiidae	ANF	Anglerfish
Macrourus spp.	GRV	Grenadiers
Makaira nigricans	BUM	Blue marlin
Mallotus villosus	CAP	Capelin
Martialia hyadesi	SQS	Squid
Melanogrammus aeglefinus	HAD	Haddock
Merlangius merlangus	WHG	Whiting
Merluccius merluccius	HKE	Hake
Micromesistius poutassou	WHB	Blue whiting
Microstomus kitt	LEM	Lemon sole
Molva dypterygia	BLI	Blue ling
Molva molva	LIN	Ling
Nephrops norvegicus	NEP	Norway lobster
Pandalus borealis	PRA	Northern prawn
Paralomis spp.	PAI	Crabs
Penaeus spp.	PEN	‘Penaeus’ shrimps
Platichthys flesus	FLE	Flounder
Pleuronectes platessa	PLE	Plaice
Pleuronectiformes	FLX	Flatfish
Pollachius pollachius	POL	Pollack
Pollachius virens	POK	Saithe
Psetta maxima	TUR	Turbot
Raja brachyura	RJH	Blonde ray
Raja clavata	RJC	Thornback ray
Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis	JAD	Norwegian skate
Raja microocellata	RJE	Small-eyed ray
Raja montagui	RJM	Spotted ray
Raja undulata	RJA	Undulate ray
Rajiformes - Rajidae	SRX-RAJ	Skates and rays
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	GHL	Greenland halibut
Rostroraja alba	RJA	White skate
Scomber scombrus	MAC	Mackerel
Scophthalmus rhombus	BLL	Brill
Sebastes spp.	RED	Redfish
Solea solea	SOL	Common sole
Soleidae.	SOX	Sole
Sprattus sprattus	SPR	Sprat
Squalus acanthias	DGS	Spurdog/dogfish
Tetrapturus albidus	WHM	White marlin
Thunnus maccoyii	SBF	Southern bluefin tuna
Thunnus obesus	BET	Bigeye tuna
Thunnus thynnus	BFT	Bluefin tuna
Trachurus spp.	JAX	Horse mackerel
Trisopterus esmarkii	NOP	Norway pout
Urophycis tenuis	HKW	White hake
Xiphias gladius	SWO	Swordfish

The following table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given exclusively for explanatory purposes:

Alfonsinos	ALF	Beryx spp.
American plaice	PLA	Hippoglossoides platessoides
Anchovy	ANE	Engraulis encrasicolus
Anglerfish	ANF	Lophiidae
Antarctic icefish	ANI	Champsocephalus gunnari
Atlantic halibut	HAL	Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Bigeye tuna	BET	Thunnus obesus
Birdbeak dogfish	DCA	Deania calcea
Blonde ray	RJH	Raja brachyura
Blue ling	BLI	Molva dypterygia
Blue marlin	BUM	Makaira nigricans
Blue whiting	WHB	Micromesistius poutassou
Bluefin tuna	BFT	Thunnus thynnus
Brill	BLL	Scophthalmus rhombus
Capelin	CAP	Mallotus villosus
Cod	COD	Gadus morhua
Common skate	RJB	Dipturus batis
Common sole	SOL	Solea solea
Crabs	PAI	Paralomis spp.
Cuckoo ray	RJN	Leucoraja naevus
Dab	DAB	Limanda limanda
Deep sea red crab	CRR	Chaceon (Geryon) quinquedens
Flatfish	FLX	Pleuronectiformes
Flounder	FLE	Platichthys flesus
Great lanternshark	ETR	Etmopterus princeps
Greater silver smelt	ARU	Argentina silus
Greenland halibut	GHL	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Grenadiers	GRV	Macrourus spp.
Grey rockcod	NOS	Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Haddock	HAD	Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hake	HKE	Merluccius merluccius
Herring	HER	Clupea harengus
Horse mackerel	JAX	Trachurus spp.
Kitefin shark	SCK	Dalatias licha
Krill	KRI	Euphausia superba
Leafscale gulper shark	GUQ	Centrophorus squamosus
Lemon sole	LEM	Microstomus kitt
Ling	LIN	Molva molva
Mackerel	MAC	Scomber scombrus
Megrims	LEZ	Lepidorhombus spp.
Northern prawn	PRA	Pandalus borealis
Norway lobster	NEP	Nephrops norvegicus
Norway pout	NOP	Trisopterus esmarkii
Norwegian skate	JAD	Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis
Orange roughy	ORY	Hoplostethus atlanticus
Patagonian toothfish	TOP	Dissostichus eleginoides
‘Penaeus’ shrimps	PEN	Penaeus spp.
Plaice	PLE	Pleuronectes platessa
Pollack	POL	Pollachius pollachius
Porbeagle	POR	Lamna nasus
Portuguese dogfish	CYO	Centroscymnus coelolepis
Redfish	RED	Sebastes spp.
Roundnose grenadier	RNG	Coryphaenoides rupestris
Saithe	POK	Pollachius virens
Sandeels	SAN	Ammodytes spp.
Sandy ray	RJI	Leucoraja circularis
Shagreen ray	RJF	Leucoraja fullonica
Shortfin squid	SQI	Illex illecebrosus
Skates and rays	SRX-RAJ	Rajiformes - Rajidae
Small-eyed ray	RJE	Raja microocellata
Smooth lanternshark	ETP	Etmopterus pusillus
Snow crab	PCR	Chionoecetes spp.
Sole	SOX	Soleidae
Southern bluefin tuna	SBF	Thunnus maccoyii
Spotted ray	RJM	Raja montagui
Sprat	SPR	Sprattus sprattus
Spurdog/dogfish	DGS	Squalus acanthias
Squid	SQS	Martialia hyadesi
Starry ray	RJR	Amblyraja radiata
Swordfish	SWO	Xiphias gladius
Thornback ray	RJC	Raja clavata
Tope shark	GAG	Galeorhinus galeus
Turbot	TUR	Psetta maxima
Tusk	USK	Brosme brosme
Undulate ray	RJA	Raja undulata
White hake	HKW	Urophycis tenuis
White marlin	WHM	Tetrapturus albidus
White skate	RJA	Rostroraja alba
Whiting	WHG	Merlangius merlangus
Witch flounder	WIT	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yellowtail flounder	YEL	Limanda ferruginea

ANNEX IASkagerrak, Kattegat, ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF, French Guyana waters

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(SAN/04-N.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU waters of IIa, IIIa and IV^a(SAN/2A3A4.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	108 834	^a
United Kingdom	2 379	^a
Germany	166	^a
Sweden	3 996	^a
EU	115 375	^a
TAC	200 000		Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		EU and international waters of I and II(ARU/1/2.)
Germany	30
France	10
The Netherlands	24
United Kingdom	48
EU	112
TAC	112	Precautionary TAC

Species:		EU waters of III and IV(ARU/3/4.)
Denmark	1 134
Germany	11
France	8
Ireland	8
The Netherlands	53
Sweden	44
United Kingdom	20
EU	1 278
TAC	1 278	Precautionary TAC

Species:		EU and international waters of V, VI and VII(ARU/567.)
Germany	389
France	8
Ireland	360
The Netherlands	4 057
United Kingdom	285
EU	5 099
TAC	5 099	Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU and international waters of I, II and XIV(USK/1214EI.)
^a Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Germany	6	^a
France	6	^a
United Kingdom	6	^a
Others	3	^a
EU	21	^a
TAC	21		Analytical TAC

Species:		EU waters of III(USK/03-C.)
Denmark	12
Sweden	6
Germany	6
EU	24
TAC	24	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IV(USK/04-C.)
^a Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Denmark	53
Germany	16
France	37
Sweden	5
United Kingdom	80
Others	5	^a
EU	196
TAC	196		Analytical TAC

Species:			EU and international waters of V, VI and VII(USK/567EI.)
^a Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	4	^b
Spain	14	^b
France	165	^b
Ireland	16	^b
United Kingdom	80	^b
Others	4	^a ^b
EU	283	^b
TAC	3 217		Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(USK/04-N.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	0	^a
Denmark	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			IIIa(HER/03A.)
^a Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	10 147	^b
Germany	163	^b
Sweden	10 614	^b
EU	20 924	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU waters of IV north of 53° 30' N(HER/04A.), (HER/04B.)
^a Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States must inform the Commission of their landings of herring distinguishing between divisions IVa and IVb.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	15 259	^b
Germany	9 595	^b
France	6 547	^b
The Netherlands	14 637	^b
Sweden	1 131	^b
United Kingdom	16 429	^b
EU	63 598	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters south of 62° N(HER/04-N.)
^a By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant	^b	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			By-catches in IIIa(HER/03A-BC)
^a Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	4 652	^b
Germany	42	^b
Sweden	748	^b
EU	5 442	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			By-catches in EU waters of IIa and IV; VIId(HER/2A47DX)
^a Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	51	^b
Denmark	9 948	^b
Germany	51	^b
France	51	^b
The Netherlands	51	^b
Sweden	49	^b
United Kingdom	189	^b
EU	10 390	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			VIId; IVc^b(HER/4CXB7D)
^a Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.
^b Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by a line running due south from Landguard Point (51° 56' N, 1° 19,1' E) to latitude 51° 33' N and hence due west to a point on the coast of the United Kingdom.
^c Up to 50 % of this quota may be taken in EU waters of IVb. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (HER/*04B.).
^d Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	4 615	^c ^d
Denmark	218	^c ^d
Germany	137	^c ^d
France	3 550	^c ^d
The Netherlands	5 557	^c ^d
United Kingdom	1 242	^c ^d
EU	15 319	^d
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN^a(HER/5B6ANB)
^a Reference is to the herring stock in VIa north of 56° 00' N and in that part of VIa which is situated east of 07° 00' W and north of 55° 00' N, excluding the Clyde.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	1 533	^b
France	290	^b
Ireland	2 072	^b
The Netherlands	1 533	^b
United Kingdom	8 287	^b
EU	13 715	^b
TAC	24 420		Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIb, VIIc; VIaS^a(HER/6AS7BC)
^a Reference is to the herring stock in VIa south of 56° 00' N and west of 07° 00' W.
Ireland	6 774
The Netherlands	677
EU	7 451
TAC	7 451	Analytical TAC

Species:		VI Clyde^a(HER/06ACL.)
^a Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between the Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point.
United Kingdom	720
EU	720
TAC	720	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIa^a(HER/07A/MM)
^a This zone is reduced by the area added to VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk bounded: to the north by latitude 52° 30' N, to the south by latitude 52° 00' N, to the west by the coast of Ireland, to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.
Ireland	1 250
United Kingdom	3 550
EU	4 800
TAC	4 800	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIe and VIIf(HER/7EF.)
France	500
United Kingdom	500
EU	1 000
TAC	1 000	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIg^a, VIIh^a, VIIj^a and VIIk^a(HER/7G-K.)
^a This zone is increased by the area bounded: to the north by latitude 52° 30' N, to the south by latitude 52° 00' N, to the west by the coast of Ireland, to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.
Germany	113
France	627
Ireland	8 770
The Netherlands	627
United Kingdom	13
EU	10 150
TAC	10 150	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIII(ANE/08.)
Spain	6 300
France	700
EU	7 000
TAC	7 000	Analytical TAC

Species:		IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(ANE/9/3411)
Spain	3 826
Portugal	4 174
EU	8 000
TAC	8 000	Analytical TAC

Species:			Skagerrak(COD/03AN.)
^a The use of this quota is subject to the conditions set out in point 1 of the Appendix to this Annex.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	7	^a ^b
Denmark	2 140	^a ^b
Germany	54	^a ^b
The Netherlands	13	^a ^b
Sweden	374	^a ^b
EU	2 588	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		Kattegat(COD/03AS.)
Denmark	234
Germany	5
Sweden	140
EU	379
TAC	379	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat(COD/2A3AX4)
^a The use of this quota is subject to the conditions set out in point 1 of the Appendix to this Annex.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	553	^a ^b
Denmark	3 178	^a ^b
Germany	2 015	^a ^b
France	683	^a ^b
The Netherlands	1 796	^a ^b
Sweden	21	^a ^b
United Kingdom	7 290	^a ^b
EU	15 536	^a ^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters south of 62° N(COD/04-N.)
^a By-catches of haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		VIb; EU and international waters of Vb west of 12° 00' W and of XII and XIV(COD/561214)
Belgium	0
Germany	1
France	13
Ireland	18
United Kingdom	48
EU	80
TAC	80	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIa; EU and international waters of Vb east of 12° 00' W(COD/5B6A-C)
Belgium	0
Germany	4
France	38
Ireland	53
United Kingdom	145
EU	240
TAC	240	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIa(COD/07A.)
Belgium	9
France	25
Ireland	444
The Netherlands	2
United Kingdom	194
EU	674
TAC	674	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(COD/7XAD34)
Belgium	167
France	2 735
Ireland	825
The Netherlands	1
United Kingdom	295
EU	4 023
TAC	4 023	Analytical TAC

Species:			VIId(COD/07D.)
^a The use of this quota is subject to the conditions set out in point 2 of the Appendix to this Annex.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	47	^a ^b
France	916	^a ^b
The Netherlands	27	^a ^b
United Kingdom	101	^a ^b
EU	1 091	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC

Species:		EU waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII(POR/3-12)
Denmark	0
France	0
Germany	0
Ireland	0
Spain	0
United Kingdom	0
EU	0
TAC	Not relevant	Precautionary TAC

Species:		EU waters of IIa and IV(LEZ/2AC4-C)
Belgium	5
Denmark	5
Germany	5
France	29
The Netherlands	23
United Kingdom	1 690
EU	1 757
TAC	1 757	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(LEZ/561 214)
Spain	350
France	1 364
Ireland	399
United Kingdom	966
EU	3 079
TAC	3 079	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VII(LEZ/07.)
Belgium	494
Spain	5 490
France	6 663
Ireland	3 029
United Kingdom	2 624
EU	18 300
TAC	18 300	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe(LEZ/8ABDE.)
Spain	1 176
France	949
EU	2 125
TAC	2 125	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(LEZ/8C3411)
Spain	1 188
France	59
Portugal	40
EU	1 287
TAC	1 287	Analytical TAC

Species:		EU waters of IIa and IV(D/F/2AC4-C)
Belgium	513
Denmark	1 927
Germany	2 890
France	200
The Netherlands	11 654
Sweden	6
United Kingdom	1 620
EU	18 810
TAC	18 810	Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(ANF/2AC4-C)
^a Of which up to 5 % may be fished in VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (ANF/*561214)
Belgium	401	^a
Denmark	884	^a
Germany	432	^a
France	82	^a
The Netherlands	303	^a
Sweden	10	^a
United Kingdom	9 233	^a
EU	11 345	^a
TAC	11 345		Precautionary TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(ANF/04-N.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	0	^a
Denmark	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(ANF/561214)
Belgium	200
Germany	228
Spain	214
France	2 462
Ireland	557
The Netherlands	193
United Kingdom	1 713
EU	5 567
TAC	5 567	Precautionary TAC

Species:			VII(ANF/07.)
^a Of which up to 5 % may be fished in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (ANF/*8ABDE).
Belgium	2 984	^a
Germany	333	^a
Spain	1 186	^a
France	19 149	^a
Ireland	2 447	^a
The Netherlands	386	^a
United Kingdom	5 807	^a
EU	32 292	^a
TAC	32 292	^a	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe(ANF/8ABDE.)
Spain	1 387
France	7 721
EU	9 108
TAC	9 108	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(ANF/8C3411)
Spain	1 247
France	1
Portugal	248
EU	1 496
TAC	1 496	Analytical TAC

Species:			IIIa, EU waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId(HAD/3A/BCD)
^a Excluding an estimate of 172 tonnes of industrial by-catches.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	7	^b
Denmark	1 213	^b
Germany	77	^b
The Netherlands	1	^b
Sweden	143	^b
EU	1 441	^a ^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(HAD/2AC4.)
^a Excluding an estimate of 485 tonnes of industrial by-catches.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	225	^b
Denmark	1 549	^b
Germany	986	^b
France	1 718	^b
The Netherlands	169	^b
Sweden	109	^b
United Kingdom	16 485	^b
EU	21 241	^a ^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters south of 62° N(HAD/04-N.)
^a By-catches of cod, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		EU and international waters VIb, XII and XIV(HAD/6B1214)
Belgium	11
Germany	13
France	551
Ireland	393
United Kingdom	4 029
EU	4 997
TAC	4 997	Analytical TAC

Species:		EU and international waters of Vb and VIa(HAD/5BC6A.)
Belgium	3
Germany	4
France	147
Ireland	438
United Kingdom	2 081
EU	2 673
TAC	2 673	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(HAD/7X7A34)
Belgium	129
France	7 719
Ireland	2 573
United Kingdom	1 158
EU	11 579
TAC	11 579	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIa(HAD/07A.)
Belgium	23
France	103
Ireland	617
United Kingdom	681
EU	1 424
TAC	1 424	Precautionary TAC

Species:			IIIa(WHG/03A.)
^a Excluding an estimate of 503 tonnes of industrial by-catch.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	151	^b
The Netherlands	1	^b
Sweden	16	^b
EU	168	^a ^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(WHG/2AC4.)
^a Excluding an estimate of 691 tonnes of industrial by-catches.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
^c The use of this quota is subject to the conditions set out in point 3 of the Appendix to this Annex.
Belgium	250	^b ^c
Denmark	1 082	^b ^c
Germany	282	^b ^c
France	1 627	^b ^c
The Netherlands	626	^b ^c
Sweden	1	^b ^c
United Kingdom	4 317	^b ^c
EU	8 185	^a ^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(WHG/561 214)
Germany	3
France	53
Ireland	129
United Kingdom	246
EU	431
TAC	431	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIa(WHG/07A.)
Belgium	0
France	5
Ireland	91
The Netherlands	0
United Kingdom	61
EU	157
TAC	157	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIb, VIIc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk(WHG/7X7A.)
Belgium	133
France	8 180
Ireland	4 565
The Netherlands	66
United Kingdom	1 463
EU	14 407
TAC	14 407	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIII(WHG/08.)
Spain	1 296
France	1 944
EU	3 240
TAC	3 240	Precautionary TAC

Species:		IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(WHG/9/3411)
Portugal	588
EU	588
TAC	588	Precautionary TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters south of 62° N(W/P/04-N.)
^a By-catches of cod, haddock and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Precautionary TAC

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId(HKE/3A/BCD)
^a Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.
Denmark	1 531
Sweden	130
EU	1 661
TAC	1 661	^a	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(HKE/2AC4-C)
^a Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.
Belgium	28
Denmark	1 119
Germany	128
France	248
The Netherlands	64
United Kingdom	348
EU	1 935
TAC	1 935	^a	Analytical TAC

Species:			VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(HKE/571214)
^a Transfers of this quota may be effected to EU waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission.
^b Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.
Belgium	284	^a
Spain	9 109
France	14 067	^a
Ireland	1 704
The Netherlands	183	^a
United Kingdom	5 553	^a
EU	30 900
TAC	30 900	^b	Analytical TAC

Special condition:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe(HKE/*8ABDE)
Belgium	37
Spain	1 469
France	1 469
Ireland	184
The Netherlands	18
United Kingdom	827
EU	4 004

Species:			VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe(HKE/8ABDE.)
^a Transfers of this quota may be effected to IV and EU waters of IIa. However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission.
^b Within an overall TAC of 55 105 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.
Belgium	9	^a
Spain	6 341
France	14 241
The Netherlands	18	^a
EU	20 609
TAC	20 609	^b	Analytical TAC

Special condition:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	VI and VII; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(HKE/*57-14)
Belgium	2
Spain	1 837
France	3 305
The Netherlands	6
EU	5 150

Species:		VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(HKE/8C3411)
Spain	5 952
France	571
Portugal	2 777
EU	9 300
TAC	9 300	Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters of II and IV(WHB/4AB-N.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV(WHB/1X14)
^a Of which up to 68 % may be fished in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (WHB/*NZJM1). This condition will only be applicable as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010.
^b Of which up to 27 % may be fished in Faroese waters (WHB/*05B-F). This condition will only be applicable as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with the Faroe Islands for 2010.
^c Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	7 349	^a ^b ^c
Germany	2 858	^a ^b ^c
Spain	6 231	^a ^b ^c
France	5 115	^a ^b ^c
Ireland	5 691	^a ^b ^c
The Netherlands	8 962	^a ^b ^c
Portugal	579	^a ^b ^c
Sweden	1 818	^a ^b ^c
United Kingdom	9 535	^a ^b ^c
EU	48 138	^a ^b ^c
TAC	540 000		Analytical TAC

Species:			VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(WHB/8C3411)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
^b Of which up to 68 % may be fished in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (WHB/*NZJM2). This condition will only be applicable as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010.
^c Of which up to 27 % may be fished in Faroese waters (WHB/*05B-F.). This condition will only be applicable as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with the Faroe Islands for 2010.
Spain	7 881	^a
Portugal	1 970	^a
EU	9 851	^a ^b ^c
TAC	540 000		Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of II, IVa, V, VI north of 56° 30' N and VII west of 12° W(WHB/24A567)
^a This quota will become available as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010. To be counted against Norway's catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement.
^b The catch in IV shall be no more than 22 175 tonnes, i.e. 25 % of Norway's access level.
Norway	88 701	^a ^b
TAC	540 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		EU waters of IIa and IV(L/W/2AC4-C)
Belgium	353
Denmark	973
Germany	125
France	266
The Netherlands	810
Sweden	11
United Kingdom	3 983
EU	6 521
TAC	6 521	Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU waters and international waters of VI, VII(BLI/67-)
^a Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	21	^b
Estonia	3	^b
Spain	67	^b
France	1 536	^b
Ireland	6	^b
Lithuania	1	^b
Poland	1	^b
United Kingdom	391	^b
Others	6	^a ^b
EU	2 032	^b
TAC	1 732		Analytical TAC

Species:			EU and international waters of I and II(LIN/1/2.)
^a Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Denmark	8
Germany	8
France	8
United Kingdom	8
Others	4	^a
EU	38
TAC	38		Analytical TAC

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId(LIN/03.)
^a Quota may be fished in EU waters of IIIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId only.
Belgium	7	^a
Denmark	51
Germany	7	^a
Sweden	20
United Kingdom	7	^a
EU	92
TAC	92		Analytical TAC

Species:		EU waters of IV(LIN/04.)
Belgium	16
Denmark	243
Germany	150
France	135
The Netherlands	5
Sweden	10
United Kingdom	1 869
EU	2 428
TAC	2 428	Analytical TAC

Species:		EU and international waters of V(LIN/05.)
Belgium	10
Denmark	6
Germany	6
France	6
United Kingdom	6
EU	34
TAC	34	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU and international waters of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV(LIN/6X14.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	26	^a
Denmark	5	^a
Germany	95	^a
Spain	1 930	^a
France	2 057	^a
Ireland	516	^a
Portugal	5	^a
United Kingdom	2 369	^a
EU	7 003	^a
TAC	14 164		Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(LIN/04-N.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	0	^a
Denmark	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId(NEP/3A/BCD)
^a Quota may be fished in EU waters of IIIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId only.
Denmark	3 800
Germany	11	^a
Sweden	1 359
EU	5 170
TAC	5 170		Precautionary TAC

Species:		EU waters of IIa and IV(NEP/2AC4-C)
Belgium	1 291
Denmark	1 291
Germany	19
France	38
The Netherlands	665
United Kingdom	21 384
EU	24 688
TAC	24 688	Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(NEP/04-N.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb(NEP/5BC6.)
Spain	33
France	130
Ireland	217
United Kingdom	15 677
EU	16 057
TAC	16 057	Analytical TAC

Species:		VII(NEP/07.)
Spain	1 346
France	5 455
Ireland	8 273
United Kingdom	7 358
EU	22 432
TAC	22 432	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe(NEP/8ABDE.)
Spain	234
France	3 665
EU	3 899
TAC	3 899	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIIc(NEP/08C.)
Spain	97
France	4
EU	101
TAC	101	Analytical TAC

Species:		IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(NEP/9/3411)
Spain	84
Portugal	253
EU	337
TAC	337	Analytical TAC

Species:			IIIa(PRA/03A.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	2 621	^a
Sweden	1 412	^a
EU	4 033	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		EU waters of IIa and IV(PRA/2AC4-C)
Denmark	3 145
The Netherlands	29
Sweden	127
United Kingdom	932
EU	4 233
TAC	4 233	Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters south of 62° N(PRA/04-N.)
^a By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^b
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			French Guyana waters(PEN/FGU.)
^a Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than30 meters deep.
France	4 108	^a
EU	4 108	^a
TAC	4 108	^a	Precautionary TAC

Species:			Skagerrak(PLE/03AN.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	36	^a
Denmark	4 733	^a
Germany	24	^a
The Netherlands	910	^a
Sweden	253	^a
EU	5 956	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Kattegat(PLE/03AS.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	1 353	^a
Germany	15	^a
Sweden	152	^a
EU	1 520	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat(PLE/2A3AX4)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	2 100	^a
Denmark	6 824	^a
Germany	1 968	^a
France	394	^a
The Netherlands	13 123	^a
United Kingdom	9 711	^a
EU	34 120	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(PLE/561214)
France	10
Ireland	280
United Kingdom	417
EU	707
TAC	707	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIa(PLE/07A.)
Belgium	42
France	18
Ireland	1 063
The Netherlands	13
United Kingdom	491
EU	1 627
TAC	1 627	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIb and VIIc(PLE/7BC.)
France	16
Ireland	64
EU	80
TAC	80	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIId and VIIe(PLE/7DE.)
Belgium	699
France	2 332
United Kingdom	1 243
EU	4 274
TAC	4 274	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIf and VIIg(PLE/7FG.)
Belgium	67
France	120
Ireland	201
United Kingdom	63
EU	451
TAC	451	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIh, VIIj and VIIk(PLE/7HJK.)
Belgium	7
France	14
Ireland	156
The Netherlands	27
United Kingdom	14
EU	218
TAC	218	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(PLE/8/3411)
Spain	67
France	269
Portugal	67
EU	403
TAC	403	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(POL/561214)
Spain	6
France	194
Ireland	57
United Kingdom	148
EU	405
TAC	405	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VII(POL/07.)
Belgium	428
Spain	26
France	9 864
Ireland	1 051
United Kingdom	2 401
EU	13 770
TAC	13 770	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe(POL/8ABDE.)
Spain	257
France	1 255
EU	1 512
TAC	1 512	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIIc(POL/08C.)
Spain	212
France	24
EU	236
TAC	236	Precautionary TAC

Species:		IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(POL/9/3411)
Spain	278
Portugal	10
EU	288
TAC	288	Precautionary TAC

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IV(POK/2A34.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	29	^a
Denmark	3 394	^a
Germany	8 572	^a
France	20 172	^a
The Netherlands	86	^a
Sweden	466	^a
United Kingdom	6 572	^a
EU	39 291	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC

Species:			VI; EU and international waters of Vb; EU and international waters of XII and XIV(POK/561214)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	621	^a
France	6 163	^a
Ireland	206	^a
United Kingdom	1 503	^a
EU	8 493	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC

Species:			Norwegian waters south of 62° N(POK/04-N.)
^a By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:		VII, VIII, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(POK/7/3411)
Belgium	6
France	1 428
Ireland	1 525
United Kingdom	452
EU	3 411
TAC	3 411	Precautionary TAC

Species:		EU waters of IIa and IV(T/B/2AC4-C)
Belgium	347
Denmark	742
Germany	189
France	89
The Netherlands	2 633
Sweden	5
United Kingdom	732
EU	4 737
TAC	4 737	Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(SRX/2AC4-C)
^a Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/2AC4-C), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/2AC4-C), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/2AC4-C), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/2AC4-C) and starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) (RJR/2AC4-C) shall be reported separately.
^b By-catch quota. These species shall not comprise more than 25 % by live weight of the catch retained on board. This condition applies only to vessels over 15 metres' length overall.
^c Does not apply to common skate (Dipturus batis). Catches of this species may not be retained on board and shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable. Fishers shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.
Belgium	235	^a ^b ^c
Denmark	9	^a ^b ^c
Germany	12	^a ^b ^c
France	37	^a ^b ^c
The Netherlands	201	^a ^b ^c
United Kingdom	903	^a ^b ^c
EU	1 397	^a ^c
TAC	1 397	^c	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIIa(SRX/03-C.)
^a Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/03-C.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/03-C.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/03-C.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/03-C.) and starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) (RJR/03-C.) shall be reported separately.
^b Does not apply to common skate (Dipturus batis). Catches of this species may not be retained on board and shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable. Fishers shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.
Denmark	45	^a ^b
Sweden	13	^a ^b
EU	58	^a ^b
TAC	58	^b	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k(SRX/67AKXD)
^a Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/67AKXD), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/67AKXD), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/67AKXD), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/67AKXD), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) (RJE/67AKXD), sandy ray (Leucoraja circularis) (RJI/67AKXD) and shagreen ray (Leucoraja fullonica) (RJF/67AKXD) shall be reported separately.
^b Does not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata), common skate (Dipturus batis), Norwegian skate (Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis) and white skate (Rostroraja alba). Catches of these species may not be retained on board and shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable. Fishers shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.
^c Of which up to 5 % may be fished in EU waters of VIId (SRX/*07D.).
Belgium	1 209	^a ^b ^c
Estonia	7	^a ^b ^c
France	5 425	^a ^b ^c
Germany	16	^a ^b ^c
Ireland	1 747	^a ^b ^c
Lithuania	28
Netherlands	5	^a ^b ^c
Portugal	30	^a ^b ^c
Spain	1 460	^a ^b ^c
United Kingdom	3 460	^a ^b ^c
EU	13 387	^a ^b ^c
TAC	13 387	^b	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of VIId(SRX/07D)
^a Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/07D.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/07D.), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/07D.), spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/07D.) and starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) (RJR/07D.) shall be reported separately.
^b Does not apply to common skate (Dipturus batis) and undulate ray (Raja undulata). Catches of these species may not be retained on board and shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable. Fishers shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.
^c Of which up to 5 % may be fished in EU waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/*67AKD).
Belgium	80	^a ^b ^c
France	670	^a ^b ^c
The Netherlands	4	^a ^b ^c
United Kingdom	133	^a ^b ^c
EU	887	^a ^b ^c
TAC	887	^b	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of VIII and IX(SRX/89-C.)
^a Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/89-C.), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/89-C.) shall be reported separately.
^b Does not apply to undulate ray (Raja undulata), common skate (Dipturus batis) and white skate (Rostroraja alba). Catches of these species may not be retained on board and shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable. Fishers shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.
Belgium	11	^a ^b
France	2 070	^a ^b
Portugal	1 678	^a ^b
Spain	1 688	^a ^b
United Kingdom	12	^a ^b
EU	5 459	^a ^b
TAC	5 459	^b	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV; EU and international waters of Vb and VI(GHL/2A-C46)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	3	^a
Germany	5	^a
Estonia	3	^a
Spain	3	^a
France	45	^a
Ireland	3	^a
Lithuania	3	^a
Poland	3	^a
United Kingdom	176	^a
EU	244	^a
TAC	612		Analytical TAC

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IV(MAC/2A34.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	324	^a
Denmark	8 537	^a
Germany	337	^a
France	1 019	^a
The Netherlands	1 026	^a
Sweden	3 049	^a
United Kingdom	951	^a
EU	15 243	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Special condition:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	IIIa and IVbc (EU waters)(MAC/*3A4BC)(¹)	IVb (EU waters)(MAC/*04B.)(¹)	IVc(MAC/*04C.)(¹)	VI; international waters of IIa from 1 January to 31 March 2010(MAC/*2A6.)(¹)
Denmark	2 684			2 613
France	319
The Netherlands	319
Sweden		254	7
United Kingdom	319

Species:			VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV(MAC/2CX14-)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	12 884	^a
Spain	13	^a
Estonia	107	^a
France	8 590	^a
Ireland	42 947	^a
Latvia	79	^a
Lithuania	79	^a
The Netherlands	18 788	^a
Poland	907	^a
United Kingdom	118 101	^a
EU	202 495	^a
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Special condition:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone specified and only during the periods from 1 January to 15 February and 1 October to 31 December.

	EU waters of IVa(MAC/*04A-C)
Germany	3 888	(¹)
France	2 592	(¹)
Ireland	12 960	(¹)
The Netherlands	5 670	(¹)
United Kingdom	35 639	(¹)
EC EU	60 749	(¹)

Species:			VIIIc, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(MAC/8C3411)
^a Quantities subject to exchanges with other Member States may be taken in VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId (MAC/*8ABD.). However, the quantities provided by Spain, France or Portugal for exchange purposes and to be taken in VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId shall not exceed 25 % of the quotas of the donor MemberState.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Spain	26 577	^a ^b
France	176	^a ^b
Portugal	5 493	^a ^b
EU	32 246	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Special condition:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	VIIIb(MAC/*08B.)
Spain	1 984	(²)
France	13	(²)
Portugal	410	(²)

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId(SOL/3A/BCD)
^a Quota may be fished in EU waters of IIIa, IIIb, IIIc and IIId only.
^b Of which no more than 620 tonnes may be fished in IIIa.
Denmark	588
Germany	34	^a
The Netherlands	56	^a
Sweden	22
EU	700
TAC	700	^b	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of II and IV(SOL/24.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	753	^a
Denmark	344	^a
Germany	603	^a
France	151	^a
The Netherlands	6 803	^a
United Kingdom	388	^a
EU	9 042	^a
TAC	14 100		Analytical TAC

Species:		VI; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(SOL/561214)
Ireland	49
United Kingdom	12
EU	61
TAC	61	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIa(SOL/07A.)
Belgium	186
France	2
Ireland	73
The Netherlands	58
United Kingdom	83
EU	402
TAC	402	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIb and VIIc(SOL/7BC.)
France	10
Ireland	35
EU	45
TAC	45	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIId(SOL/07D.)
Belgium	1 136
France	2 272
United Kingdom	811
EU	4 219
TAC	4 219	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIe(SOL/07E.)
Belgium	22
France	233
United Kingdom	363
EU	618
TAC	618	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIf and VIIg(SOL/7FG.)
Belgium	621
France	62
Ireland	31
United Kingdom	279
EU	993
TAC	993	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIh, VIIj, and VIIk(SOL/7HJK.)
Belgium	41
France	83
Ireland	225
The Netherlands	66
United Kingdom	83
EU	498
TAC	498	Precautionary TAC

Species:		VIIIa and VIIIb(SOL/8AB.)
Belgium	60
Spain	11
France	4 426
The Netherlands	332
EU	4 829
TAC	4 829	Analytical TAC

Species:		VIIIc, VIIId, VIIIe, IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1(SOX/8CDE34)
Spain	412
Portugal	682
EU	1 094
TAC	1 094	Precautionary TAC

Species:			IIIa(SPR/03A.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	22 649	^a
Germany	47	^a
Sweden	8 569	^a
EU	31 265	^a
TAC	Not established		Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(SPR/2AC4-C)
^a Including sandeel.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
^c Preliminary TAC. The final TAC will be established in the light of new scientific advice during the first half of 2010.
Belgium	1 118	^b
Denmark	88 513	^b
Germany	1 118	^b
France	1 118	^b
The Netherlands	1 118	^b
Sweden	1 330	^a ^b
United Kingdom	3 690	^b
EU	98 005	^b
TAC	170 000	^c	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		VIId and VIIe(SPR/7DE.)
Belgium	28
Denmark	1 798
Germany	28
France	387
The Netherlands	387
United Kingdom	2 904
EU	5 532
TAC	5 532	Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIIa(DGS/03A-C.)
^a By-catches are permitted up to 10 % of the 2009 quotas established in AnnexIa to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 under the following conditions: a maximum landing size of 100 cm (total length) is respected, and he by-catches comprise less than 10 % of the total weight of marine organisms on board the fishing vessel. Catches not complying with these conditions or exceeding these quantities shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable.
Denmark	0	^a
Sweden	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa and IV(DGS/2AC4-C)
^a By-catches are permitted up to 10 % of the 2009 quotas established in AnnexIa to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 under the following conditions: catches taken with longlines of tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) are included, a maximum landing size of 100 cm (total length) is respected, and the by-catches comprise less than 10 % of the total weight of marine organisms on board the fishing vessel. Catches not complying with these conditions or exceeding these quantities shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable.
Belgium	0	^a
Denmark	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
Sweden	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV(DGS/15X14)
^a By-catches are permitted up to 10 % of the 2009 quotas established in AnnexIa to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 under the following conditions: catches taken with longlines of tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus), Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) are included, a maximum landing size of 100 cm (total length) shall be respected, and the by-catches comprise less than 10 % of the total weight of marine organisms on board the fishing vessel. Catches not complying with these conditions or exceeding these quantities shall be promptly released unharmed to the extent practicable.
Belgium	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
Spain	0	^a
France	0	^a
Ireland	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
Portugal	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a	Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IVb, IVc and VIId(JAX/4BC7D)
^a Up to 5 % of this quota fished in division VIId may be accounted for in the quota concerning the zone: EU waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (JAX/*2A-14).
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	33	^b
Denmark	14 350	^b
Germany	1 267	^a ^b
Spain	266	^b
France	1 190	^a ^b
Ireland	903	^b
The Netherlands	8 640	^a ^b
Portugal	30	^b
Sweden	49	^b
United Kingdom	3 415	^a ^b
EU	30 143	^b
TAC	47 454		Analytical TAC

Species:			EU waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; EU and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV(JAX/2AX14-)
^a Up to 5 % of this quota fished in EU waters of divisions IIa or IVa before June 30 may be accounted for in the quota concerning the zone: EU waters of IVb, IVc and VIId. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (JAX/*2A4A).
^b Up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in division VIId. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (JAX/*07d)
^c Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	9 836	^a ^c
Germany	7 675	^a ^b ^c
Spain	10 468	^c
France	3 950	^a ^b ^c
Ireland	25 560	^a ^c
The Netherlands	30 794	^a ^b ^c
Portugal	1 008	^c
Sweden	439	^a ^c
United Kingdom	9 256	^a ^b ^c
EU	98 986	^c
TAC	159 881		Analytical TAC

Species:			VIIIc(JAX/08c.)
^a Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.
^b Up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in zone IX. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (JAX/*09).
Spain	22 676	^a ^b
France	393	^a
Portugal	2 241	^a ^b
EU	25 310
TAC	25 310		Analytical TAC

Species:			IX(JAX/09.)
^a Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.
^b Up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in zone VIIIc. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (JAX/*08C).
Spain	8 057	^a ^b
Portugal	23 085	^a ^b
EU	31 142
TAC	31 142		Analytical TAC

Species:			X; EU waters of CECAF^a(JAX/X34PRT)
^a Waters adjacent to the Azores.
^b Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.
Portugal	3 072	^b
EU	3 072
TAC	3 072		Precautionary TAC

Species:			EU waters of CECAF^a(JAX/341PRT)
^a Waters adjacent to Madeira.
^b Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the landings shall be 1,20.
Portugal	1 229	^b
EU	1 229
TAC	1 229		Precautionary TAC

Species:		EU waters of CECAF^a(JAX/341SPN)
^a Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands.
Spain	1 229
EU	1 229
TAC	1 229	Precautionary TAC

Species:			IIIa; EU waters of IIa and IV(NOP/2A3A4.)
^a This quota may be fished in EU waters of IIa, IIIa and IV only.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	75 818	^b
Germany	14	^a ^b
The Netherlands	56	^a ^b
EU	75 888	^b
TAC	Not established		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(NOP/04-N.)
^a Including inextricably mixed horse mackerel.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a ^b
United Kingdom	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^a ^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(I/F/04-N.)
^a By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Sweden	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:

Combined quota

Zone:

EU waters of Vb, VI and VII(R/G/5B67-C)

Not relevant

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC

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

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

Species:			Norwegian waters of IV(OTH/04-N.)
^a Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of ‘other species’ at a traditional level.
^b Including fisheries not specifically mentioned, exceptions may be introduced after consultations as appropriate.
^c Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	0	^c
Denmark	0	^c
Germany	0	^c
France	0	^c
The Netherlands	0	^c
Sweden	Not relevant	^a ^c
United Kingdom	0	^c
EU	0	^b ^c
TAC	Not relevant		Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
EU	Not relevant	^a
TAC	Not relevant

ANNEX IBNORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND

ICES zones I, II, V, XII, XIV and Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1

Species:	Snow crabChionoecetes spp.			Zone:	Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1(PCR/N01GRN)
Ireland		62
Spain		437
EU		500
TAC		Not relevant

Species:			EU and international waters of I and II(HER/1/2.)
^a When reporting catches to the Commission, the quantities fished in each of the following areas shall also be reported: NEAFC Regulatory Area, EU waters, Faroese waters, Norwegian waters, the fishery zone around Jan Mayen, the fishery protection zone around Svalbard.
^b This quota will become available as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010. Catches taken against this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This quota may be fished in EU waters north of 62° N.
Belgium	34	^a
Denmark	33 079	^a
Germany	5 793	^a
Spain	109	^a
France	1 427	^a
Ireland	8 563	^a
The Netherlands	11 838	^a
Poland	1 674	^a
Portugal	109	^a
Finland	512	^a
Sweden	12 257	^a
United Kingdom	21 148	^a
EU	96 543	^a
Norway	86 889	^b
TAC	1 483 000		Analytical TAC

Special condition:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	Norwegian waters north of 62° N and the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (HER/*2AJMN)
^a This quota will become available as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010.
^b When the sum of the catches of all Member tates has reached pm tonnes, no further catches shall be permitted.
Belgium	30	^a ^b
Denmark	29 771	^a ^b
Germany	5 214	^a ^b
Spain	98	^a ^b
France	1 284	^a ^b
Ireland	7 707	^a ^b
The Netherlands	10 654	^a ^b
Poland	1 507	^a ^b
Portugal	98	^a ^b
Finland	461	^a ^b
Sweden	11 032	^a ^b
United Kingdom	19 033	^a ^b

Species:			Norwegian waters of I and II(COD/1N2AB.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a
Greece	0	^a
Spain	0	^a
Ireland	0	^a
France	0	^a
Portugal	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1; Greenland waters of V and XIV(COD/N01514)
^a To be fished south of 61° N in West Greenland and south of 62° N in East Greenland.
^b Vessels may have a scientific observer on board.
^c Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	1 595	^a ^b ^c
United Kingdom	355	^a ^b ^c
EU	2 500	^a ^b ^c
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			International waters of I and IIb(COD/1/2B.)
^a Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
^b The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Union in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island is entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.
Germany	3 928
Spain	10 155
France	1 676
Poland	1 838
Portugal	2 144
United Kingdom	2 515
All Member States	100	^a
EU	22 356	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters of Vb(C/H/05B-F.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a To be fished by no more than six EU demersal longliners targeting Atlantic halibut. Catches of associated species to be counted against this quota.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Portugal	650	^a ^b
EU	Not relevant	^b
TAC	Not relevant

Species:
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
EU	49	^a
TAC	Not relevant

Species:	CapelinMallotus villosus			Zone:	IIb(CAP/02B.)
EU		0
TAC		0

Species:	CapelinMallotus villosus			Zone:	Greenland waters of V and XIV(CAP/514GRN)
All Member States		0
EU		0
TAC		Not relevant

Species:			Norwegian waters of I and II(HAD/1N2AB.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters(WHB/2A4AXF)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters of Vb(B/L/05B-F.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Greenland waters of V and XIV(PRA/514GRN)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	703	^a
France	703	^a
EU	Not relevant	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1(PRA/N01GRN)
Denmark	2 000
France	2 000
EU	4 000
TAC	Not relevant	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters of Vb(FLX/05B-F.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters of I and II(POK/1N2AB.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant

Species:			Faroese waters of Vb(POK/05B-F.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
The Netherlands	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters of I and II(GHL/1N2AB.)
^a Only as by-catch.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a ^b
United Kingdom	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^a ^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant

Species:			Greenland waters of V and XIV(GHL/514GRN)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	4 076	^a
United Kingdom	215	^a
EU	Not relevant	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1(GHL/N01GRN)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	1 008	^a
EU	Not relevant	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Norwegian waters of IIa(MAC/02A-N.)
^a May also be fished in Norwegian waters of IV and in international waters of IIa (MAC/*4N-2A).
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^a ^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters of Vb(MAC/05B-F.)
^a May be fished in EU waters of IVa (MAC/*04A.).
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Denmark	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^a ^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

No more than 70 % of the quota may be taken within the area bounded by the following coordinates and no more than 15 % of the quota may be taken within that area during the period from 1 April to 10 May (RED/*5X14.).

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	64° 45'	28° 30'
2	62° 50'	25° 45'
3	61° 55'	26° 45'
4	61° 00'	26° 30'
5	59° 00'	30° 00'
6	59° 00'	34° 00'
7	61° 30'	34° 00'
8	62° 50'	36° 00'
9	64° 45'	28° 30'

Species:

RedfishSebastes spp.

Zone:

EU and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV(RED/51214.)

Estonia

210

Germany

4 266

Spain

749

France

398

Ireland

Latvia

The Netherlands

Poland

384

Portugal

896

United Kingdom

6 992

TAC

46 000

Analytical TAC

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

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

Species:			Norwegian waters of I and II(RED/1N2AB.)
^a Only as by-catch.
Germany	0	^a
Spain	0	^a
France	0	^a
Portugal	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			International waters of I and II(RED/1/2INT)
^a The fishery will only take place within the period from 15 August to 30 November 2010. The fishery will be closed when the TAC is fully utilised by NEAFC Contracting Parties. The Commission shall inform Member States of the date on which the Secretariat of NEAFC has notified NEAFC Contracting Parties that the TAC has been fully utilised. From this date Member States shall prohibit directed fishery for redfish by vessels flying their flag.
^b Vessels shall limit their by-catches of redfish in other fisheries to a maximum of 1 % of the total catch retained on board.
EU	Not relevant	^a ^b
TAC	8 600		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

May only be fished by pelagic trawl. May be fished East or West. The quota may be taken in the NEAFC Regulatory Area on the condition that Greenlandic reporting conditions are fulfilled (RED/*51214).

Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	64° 45'	28° 30'
2	62° 50'	25° 45'
3	61° 55'	26° 45'
4	61° 00'	26° 30'
5	59° 00'	30° 00'
6	59° 00'	34° 00'
7	61° 30'	34° 00'
8	62° 50'	36° 00'
9	64° 45'	28° 30'

Species:

RedfishSebastes spp.

Zone:

Greenland waters of V and XIV(RED/514GRN)

Germany

3 082

^a ^b

France

^a ^b

United Kingdom

^a ^b

Not relevant

^a ^b ^c

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC

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

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

Species:			Icelandic waters of Va(RED/05A-IS)
^a Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
^b To be fished between July and December.
^c Provisional quota pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Iceland for 2010.
Belgium	0	^a ^b ^c
Germany	0	^a ^b ^c
France	0	^a ^b ^c
United Kingdom	0	^a ^b ^c
EU	0	^a ^b ^c
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters Vb(RED/05B-F.)
^a Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Belgium	0	^a
Germany	0	^a
France	0	^a
United Kingdom	0	^a
EU	0	^a
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a By-catches are defined as any catches of species not covered by the vessel's target species indicated on the fishing authorisation. May be fished East or West.
^b Of which pm tonnes of roundnose grenadier are allocated to Norway. To be fished in V, XIV and NAFO 1 only.
EU	2 300	^a ^b
TAC	Not relevant

Species:			Norwegian waters of I and II(OTH/1N2AB.)
^a Only as by-catch.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^a ^b
France	0	^a ^b
United Kingdom	0	^a ^b
EU	0	^a ^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:			Faroese waters of Vb(OTH/05B-F.)
^a Excluding fish species of no commercial value.
^b Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).
Germany	0	^b
France	0	^b
United Kingdom	0	^b
EU	0	^b
TAC	Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

ANNEX ICNORTH WEST ATLANTIC
NAFO Convention Area

All TACs and associated conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO.

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Species:
^a Directed fishery for cod in NAFO 3M shall be permitted until the moment when the estimated catches, including by-catches, to be taken in the remainder of the year equal 100 % of the allocated quota. After that date, only by-catches shall be permitted within a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is greater, within the quota allocated to the flag Member State.
^b Including the fishing entitlements of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania of 61 tonnes respectively and the allocation for Poland of 209 tonnes in accordance with sharing arrangements for the former USSR adopted by the NAFO Fisheries Commission in 2003, following the accession of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to the European Union.
^c By-catches of cod when fishing for other species in NAFO 3M for Member States which do not have a quota allocation for cod shall be limited to a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
Estonia	61	^a ^b
Germany	247	^a
Latvia	61	^a ^b
Lithuania	61	^a ^b
Poland	209	^a ^b
Spain	796	^a
France	110	^a
Portugal	1 070	^a
United Kingdom	521	^a
EU	3 136	^a ^b ^c
TAC	5 500	^a ^b

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Species:			NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4(SQI/N34.)
^a To be fished between 1 July and 31 December.
^b No specified Union share; an amount of 29 458 tonnes is available to Canada and the EU Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Estonia	128	^a
Latvia	128	^a
Lithuania	128	^a
Poland	227	^a
EU		^a ^b
TAC	34 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a Despite having access to a shared quota of 85 tonnes for the Union, it is decided to set this amount to 0. There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
^b Catches taken by vessels under this quota shall be reported to the flag Member State and forwarded to the Executive Secretary of NAFO via the Commission at 48-hour intervals.
EU	0	^a ^b
TAC	17 000

Species:
^a There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the limits defined in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007.
EU	0	^a
TAC	0	^a

Not including the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47° 20' 0	46° 40' 0
2	47° 20' 0	46° 30' 0
3	46° 00' 0	46° 30' 0
4	46° 00' 0	46° 40' 0

Except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Species:

Northern prawnPandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 3L^a(PRA/N3L.)

Estonia

334

Latvia

334

Lithuania

334

Poland

334

All Member States

334

1 670

TAC

30 000

Analytical TAC

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

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

Vessels may also fish this stock in Division 3L in the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47° 20' 0	46° 40' 0
2	47° 20' 0	46° 30' 0
3	46° 00' 0	46° 30' 0
4	46° 00' 0	46° 40' 0

Moreover, fishing for shrimp shall be prohibited from 1 June to 31 December 2010 in the area bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47° 55' 0	45° 00' 0
2	47° 30' 0	44° 15' 0
3	46° 55' 0	44° 15' 0
4	46° 35' 0	44° 30' 0
5	46° 35' 0	45° 40' 0
6	47° 30' 0	45° 40' 0
7	47° 55' 0	45° 00' 0

Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort. The Member States concerned shall issue special fishing permits for their fishing vessels engaging in this fishery, and shall notify those permits to the Commission prior to the commencement of the vessel's activity, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Maximum number of fishing days
Denmark	2	65
Estonia	8	833
Spain	10	128
Latvia	4	245
Lithuania	7	289
Poland	1	50
Portugal	1	34

Each Member State shall, within 25 days following the calendar month in which the catches are made, report monthly to the Commission the number of fishing days and the catches made in Division 3M and in the area defined in footnote (1).

Species:

Northern prawnPandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 3M^a(PRA/*N3M.)

TAC

Not relevant

Species:		NAFO 3LMNO(GHL/N3LMNO)
Estonia	321,3
Germany	328
Latvia	45,1
Lithuania	22,6
Spain	4 396,5
Portugal	1 837,5
EU	6 951
TAC	11 856	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		NAFO 3LNO(SRX/N3LNO.)
Spain	5 833
Portugal	1 132
Estonia	485
Lithuania	106
EU	7 556
TAC	12 000	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:
^a Directed fishery for redfish in NAFO 3LN shall be permitted until the moment when the estimated catches, including by-catches, to be taken in the remainder of the year equal 100 % of the allocated quota. After that date, only by-catches shall be permitted within a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is greater, within the quota allocated to the flag Member State.
^b Including the fishing entitlements of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania of 173 tonnes respectively in accordance with sharing arrangements for the former USSR adopted by the NAFO Fisheries Commission in 2003, following the accession of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to the European Union.
^c By-catches of redfish when fishing for other species in NAFO 3LN for Member States which do not have a quota allocation for redfish shall be limited to a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.
Estonia	173	^a ^b
Germany	119	^a
Latvia	173	^a ^b
Lithuania	173	^a ^b
EU	638	^a ^b ^c
TAC	3 500	^a ^b

Species:			NAFO 3M(RED/N3M.)
^a This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC of 10 000 tonnes established for this stock for all NAFO Contracting Parties. Upon exhaustion of the TAC, the directed fishery for this stock shall be stopped irrespective of the level of catches.
Estonia	1 571	^a
Germany	513	^a
Spain	233	^a
Latvia	1 571	^a
Lithuania	1 571	^a
Portugal	2 354	^a
EU	7 813	^a
TAC	10 000	^a	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:		NAFO 3O(RED/N3O.)
Spain	1 771
Portugal	5 229
EU	7 000
TAC	20 000	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Species:	RedfishSebastes spp.			Zone:	NAFO Subarea 2, Divisions IF and 3K(RED/N1F3K.)
Latvia		269
Lithuania		2 234
TAC		2 503

Species:		NAFO 3NO(HKW/N3NO.)
Spain	1 528
Portugal	2 001
EU	3 529
TAC	6 000	Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

ANNEX IDHIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH – All areas

TACs in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC.

Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

Within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex IV (BFT/*8301):

Spain	367,23
France	165,69
EU	532,92

Within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex IV (BFT/*641):

^c This quantity may be revised by the Commission upon request of France, up to an amount of 100 tonnes as indicated by ICCAT Recommendation 08-05.
France	45^a
EU	45

Within this TAC, the following the catch limit and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg and 30 kg by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex IV (BFT/*8302):

Spain	50,52
France	49,84
Italy	39,34
Cyprus	1,40
Malta	3,23
EU	144,34

Italy	39,34
EU	39,34

Species:

Bluefin tunaThunnus thynnus

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean(BFT/AE045W)

Cyprus

70,18

Greece

130,30

Spain

2 526,06

^b ^d

France

2 021,93

^b ^c ^d

Italy

1 937,5

^d ^e

Malta

161,34

Portugal

237,66

All Member States

28,18

7 113,15

^b ^c ^d ^e

TAC

13 500

Species:
^a Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch.
Spain	6 869,8
Portugal	1 408,5
All Member States	357,5	^a
EU	8 635,7
TAC	13 700

Species:	SwordfishXiphias gladius			Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N(SWO/AS05N)
Spain		6 299,8
Portugal		338,6
EU		6 638,4
TAC		15 000

The number of EU vessels fishing for northern albacore as a target species is fixed to 1 253 in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007.

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 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007:

Member State	Maximum number of vessels
Ireland	50
Spain	730
France	151
United Kingdom	12
Portugal	310

Species:

Northern albacoreThunnus alalunga

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N(ALB/AN05N)

Ireland

4 355,9

Spain

14 659,9

France

5 967,1

United Kingdom

309,4

Portugal

2 624,6

27 916,8

TAC

28 000

Species:	Southern albacoreThunnus alalunga			Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N(ALB/AS05N)
Spain		943,7
France		311
Portugal		660
EU		1 914,7
TAC		29 900

Species:	Bigeye tunaThunnus obesus			Zone:	Atlantic Ocean(BET/ATLANT)
Spain		17 012,7
France		8 026,9
Portugal		6 160,4
EU		31 200
TAC		85 000

Species:	Blue marlinMakaira nigricans			Zone:	Atlantic Ocean(BUM/ATLANT)
EU		103
TAC		Not relevant

Species:	White marlinTetrapturus albidus			Zone:	Atlantic Ocean(WHM/ATLANT)
EU		46,5
TAC		Not relevant

ANNEX IEANTARCTIC
CCAMLR Convention Area

These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Union share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, which will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion.

Species:	Antarctic icefishChampsocephalus gunnari			Zone:	FAO 48.3 Antarctic(ANI/F483.)
TAC		1 548

Species:
^a For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as that portion of FAO statistical division 58.5.2 that lies within the area enclosed by a line: (a) starting at the point where the meridian of longitude 72° 15' E intersects the Australia-France Maritime Delimitation Agreement Boundary then south along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 53° 25' S; (b) then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 74° E; (c) then northeasterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 52° 40' S and the meridian of longitude 76° E; (d) then north along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 52° S; (e) then northwesterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 51° S with the meridian of longitude 74° 30' E; and (f) then southwesterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
^b This TAC is applicable for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC	1 658	^b

Species:
^a This TAC is applicable for longline fishery for the period from 1 May to 31 August 2010 and for pot fishery for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC	3 000	^a
Special conditions: Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the Subareas specified:
Management Area A: 48^o W to 43^o 30' W – 52^o 30' S to 56^o S (TOP/*F483A)	0
Management Area B: 43^o 30' W to 40^o W – 52^o 30' S to 56^o S (TOP/*F483B)	900
Management Area C: 40^o W to 33^o 30' W – 52^o 30' S to 56^o S (TOP/*F483C)	2 100

Species:	Antarctic toothfishDissostichus eleginoides			Zone:	FAO 48.4 Antarctic(TOP/F484.)
TAC		75

Species:	Antarctic toothfishDissostichus eleginoides			Zone:	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(TOP/F5852.)
^a This TAC is applicable for west of 79° 20' E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited (see Annex IX).
TAC		2 550	^a

Species:
^a This TAC is applicable for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC	3 470 000	^a
Special conditions: Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:
Division 48.1 (KRI/F48.1.)	155 000
Division 48.2 (KRI/F48.2.)	279 000
Division 48.3 (KRI/F48.3.)	279 000
Division 48.4 (KRI/F48.4.)	93 000

Species:
^a This TAC is applicable for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC	440 000	^a
Special conditions: Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:
Division 58.4.1 west of 115° E (KRI/*F-41W)	277 000
Division 58.4.1 east of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E)	163 000

Species:
^a This TAC is applicable for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC	2 645 000	^a
Special conditions: Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:
Division 58.4.2 west of 55° E (KRI/*F-42W)	1 448 000
Division 58.4.2 east of 55° E (KRI/*F-42E)	1 080 000

Species:	Grey rockcodLepidonotothen squamifrons			Zone:	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(NOS/F5852.)
TAC		80

Species:	CrabsParalomis spp.			Zone:	FAO 48.3 Antarctic(PAI/F483.)
^a This TAC is applicable for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC		1 600	^a

Species:	GrenadiersMacrourus spp.			Zone:	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(GRV/F5852.)
TAC		360

Species:	Other species			Zone:	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(OTH/F5852.)
TAC		50

Species:	Skates and raysRajidae			Zone:	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(SRX/F5852.)
^a This TAC is applicable for the period from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2010.
TAC		120	^a

ANNEX IFSOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN
SEAFO Convention Area

These TACs are not allocated to the members of SEAFO and hence the Union share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of SEAFO, who will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion.

Species:	AlfonsinosBeryx spp.			Zone:	SEAFO(ALF/SEAFO)
TAC		200			Analytical TAC

Species:	Deep-sea red crabChaceon (Geryon) quinquedens			Zone:	SEAFO Sub-Division B1^a(CRR/F47NAM)
^a For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as having: its western boundary on the longitude 0° E, its northern boundary on the latitude 20° S, its southern boundary on the latitude 28° S, and the eastern boundary outer limits of the Namibian EEZ.
TAC		0			Analytical TAC

Species:	Deep-sea red crabChaceon (Geryon) quinquedens			Zone:	SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1(CRR/F47X)
TAC		200			Analytical TAC

Species:	Patagonian toothfishDissostichus eleginoides			Zone:	SEAFO(TOP/SEAFO)
TAC		200			Analytical TAC

Species:	Orange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus			Zone:	SEAFO Sub-Division B1^a(ORY/F47NAM)
^a For the purpose of this Annex, the area open to the fishery is defined as having: its western boundary on the longitude 0° E, its northern boundary on the latitude 20° S, its southern boundary on the latitude 28° S, and the eastern boundary outer limits of the Namibian EEZ.
TAC		0			Analytical TAC

Species:	Orange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus			Zone:	SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1(ORY/F47X)
TAC		50			Analytical TAC

ANNEX IGSOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA – All areas

Species:			All areas(SBF/F41-81)
^a Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
EU	10	^a
TAC	9 449		Analytical TAC

ANNEX IHWCPFC Convention Area

Species:	SwordfishXiphias gladius			Zone:	WCPFC Convention Area south of 20° S(F7120S)
EU		Not established
TAC		Not established			Analytical TAC

ANNEX IJSPRFMO Convention Area

Species:	Jack mackerelTrachurus murphyi			Zone:	SPRFMO Convention Area(CJM)
Germany		49 553
The Netherlands		47 449
Lithuania		37 998
Poland		44 000
EU		179 000

Appendix to annex I

1.Cod selectivity in the North Sea and Skagerrak

1.1.Member States shall take measures to distribute, in the course of the year 2010, the use of cod quotas by vessels flying their flag, operating in the North Sea and Skagerrak and using bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar towed gear, with the exception of beam trawls, and to limit cod discards by those vessels, in accordance with conditions set out in points 1.2 to 1.6.

1.2.Member States shall adapt the use of the gears mentioned in point 1.1 in respect of the utilisation of their cod quotas. For this purpose, Member States shall establish utilisation targets of their cod quotas by the end of each quarter of 2010, and communicate these to the Commission by 1 February 2010.

1.3.If, at the end of any of the first three quarters of 2010, the utilisation of the cod quota is more than 10 % above the target quantity, the Member State concerned shall put in place measures to ensure that its vessels referred to in point 1.1 apply technical changes to their fishing gears deployed which allow for a reduction in cod by-catches to such an extent as sufficient to meet the target for the utilisation of the quota at the end of the following quarter.

1.4.Within one month from the end of the quarter in which the target quantity has been exceeded, Member States shall inform the Commission of the measures referred to in point 1.3, outlining the technical changes that are to be introduced to the gears and the vessels that will be affected, together with supporting evidence of the likely effect on catch rates of cod.

1.5.Where the cod quota of a Member State has been utilised up to a level of 90 % at any time before 15 October 2010, it shall be obligatory for all vessels of that Member State referred to in point 1.1 using gears with a mesh size of 80 mm or greater, with the exception of vessels using Danish seines, to use for the remainder of the year the fishing gear described in Appendix 4 to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 or any other gear the technical attributes of which result in similar catch rates of cod, as confirmed by STECF, or, for vessels targeting Norway lobster, a sorting grid as described in Appendix 3 to that Annex or any other gear with a proven equivalent escapement capability.

1.6.Notwithstanding point 1.5, Member States may also apply the measures referred to in that point to individual vessels or to groups of vessels that, at any time before 15 November 2010, have used 90 % of the part of the national cod quota that was made available to them in accordance with the national method of allocating fishing opportunities.

1.7.Notwithstanding points 1.3 and 1.5, Member States may also apply the measures referred to in those points with respect to individual vessels or to groups of vessels to which part of the national cod quota has been made available in accordance with the national method of allocating fishing opportunities.

2.Cod selectivity in Eastern Channel

2.1.Member States shall take measures to distribute, in the course of the year 2010, the use of cod quotas by vessels flying their flag, operating in the Eastern Channel and using bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar towed gear, with the exception of beam trawls, and to limit cod discards by those vessels, in accordance with conditions set out in points 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.

2.2.Member States shall adapt the use of the gears mentioned in point 2.1 in respect of the utilisation of its cod quota. For this purpose, Member States shall establish utilisation targets of its cod quotas by the end of each quarter of 2010, and communicate these to the Commission by 1 February 2010.

2.3.If, at the end of any of the second and third quarters of 2010, the utilisation of the cod quota is more than 10 % above the target quantity, the Member State concerned shall put in place measures, including real time closures, to ensure that the vessels referred to in point 2.1 flying their flag avoid cod by-catches and target non quota species, to such an extent as sufficient to meet the target for the utilisation of the cod quota at the end of the following quarter.

2.4.On request from the Commission, Member States shall inform the Commission of the measures referred to in point 2.3.

ANNEX IIAFISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN STOCKS IN ICES ZONES IIIa, IV, VIa, VIIa, VIId, AND EU WATERS OF ICES ZONES IIa AND Vb

1.Scope

1.1.This Annex shall apply to EU vessels carrying on board or deploying any of the gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and present in any of the geographical areas referred to in point 2 of that Annex.

1.2.This Annex shall not apply to vessels of less than 10 metres' length overall. These vessels shall not be required to carry special fishing permits issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94. Member States concerned shall assess the fishing effort of those vessels by effort groups to which they belong, using appropriate sampling methods. During 2010, the Commission shall seek scientific advice for evaluating the effort deployment of those vessels, with a view to their future inclusion into the effort regime.

2.Regulated gears and geographical areas

For the purposes of this Annex, the regulated gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and geographical areas referred to in point 2 of that Annex shall apply.

3.Maximum allowable fishing effort

3.1.The maximum allowable effort referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 for the 2010 management period, from 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011, for each of the effort groups of each Member State is set out in Appendix 1.

3.2.The maximum levels of annual fishing effort set in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 shall not affect the maximum allowable fishing effort set in this Annex.

4.Member States' obligations

4.1.Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Articles 4 and 13 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 26 to 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

4.2.Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood, for the purpose of cod management, as each of the geographical areas referred to in point 2 and, for the purpose of sole and plaice management, as ICES zone IV.

5.Allocation of fishing effort

5.1.If a Member State deems so appropriate in order to reinforce the sustainable implementation of this effort regime, it shall not permit fishing with a regulated gear in any of the geographical areas to which this Annex applies by any of its vessels which has no record of such fishing activity, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.

5.2.A Member State may establish management periods for allocating all or parts of the maximum allowable effort to individual vessels or groups of vessels. In such case, the number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned. During any such management periods, the Member State may reallocate effort between individual vessels or groups of vessels.

5.3.If a Member State authorises vessels to be present within an area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days in accordance with the conditions referred to in point 4. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of effort within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

6.Communication of relevant data

6.1.Without prejudice to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States shall transmit to the Commission on its request the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels in the previous month and the months before, using the reporting format set out in Appendix 2.

6.2.The data shall be sent to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which the Commission shall communicate to the Member States. When a data transfer to the Fisheries Data Exchange System (or any future data system decided by the Commission) will become operational, the Member State shall transmit the data to the system before the fifteenth of each month, referring to the effort deployed up to the end of the previous month. The Commission shall notify Member States the date at which the system shall be used for transmission at least two months in advance of the first due date. The first fishing effort declaration that will be sent to the system shall include the effort deployed since 1 February 2010. Member States shall transmit to the Commission on its request the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels during the month of January 2010.

Appendix 1 to annex IIAMaximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days

Geographical area:	Regulated gear	DK	DE	SE
(a)Kattegat	TR1	197 929	4 212	16 610
	TR2	1 475 629	9 316	582 233
	TR3	523 126	0	55 853
	BT1	0	0	0
	BT2	0	0	0
	GN	115 456	26 534	13 102
	GT	22 645	0	22 060
	LL	1 100	0	25 339

Geographical area	Regulated gear	BE	DK	DE	ES	FR	IE	NL	SE	UK
(b)Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; ICES zone IV and EU waters of ICES zone IIa; ICES zone VIId	TR1	432	4 892 761	1 379 121	2 036	2 214 240	227	371 757	248 638	8 938 164
	TR2	279 868	4 106 634	516 154	0	9 638 858	15 861	1 080 920	872 900	7 409 969
	TR3	0	4 391 356	3 501	0	107 041	0	48 508	263 772	21 511
	BT1	1 427 574	1 157 265	29 271	0	0	0	999 808	0	1 739 759
	BT2	6 229 751	88 645	1 691 253	0	829 504	0	34 923 335	0	7 337 669
	GN	163 531	2 307 977	224 484	0	222 598	0	438 664	74 925	546 303
	GT	0	224 124	467	0	2 374 073	0	0	48 968	14 004
	LL	0	56 312	0	245	71 448	0	0	110 468	134 880

Geographical area	Regulated gear	BE	FR	IE	UK
(c)ICES zone VIIa	TR1	0	138 714	59 625	603 719
	TR2	17 409	552	845 598	1 934 646
	TR3	0	0	8 433	1 588
	BT1	0	0	0	0
	BT2	843 782	0	514 584	111 693
	GN	0	158	18 255	5 970
	GT	0	0	0	158
	LL	0	0	0	70 614

Geographical area	Regulated gear	DE	ES	FR	IE	UK
(d)ICES zone VIa and EU waters of ICES zone Vb	TR1	16 569	0	3 387 803	221 346	1 836 929
	TR2	0	0	7 415	479 043	2 972 845
	TR3	0	0	0	20 355	30 042
	BT1	0	0	7 161	0	117 544
	BT2	0	0	13 211	3 801	4 626
	GN	35 442	13 836	400 503	5 697	213 454
	GT	0	0	0	1 953	145
	LL	0	1 402 142	54 917	4 250	630 040

Appendix 2 to annex IIA

Table II

Reporting format

Country	Gear	Area	Year	Month	Cumulative declaration
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

Table III

Data format

Name of field	Maximum number of characters/digits	Alignment^aL(eft)/R(ight)	Definition and comments
^a Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
(1)Country	3	—	Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered
(2)Gear	3	—	one of the following gear types TR1 TR2 TR3 BT1 BT2 GN1 GT1 LL1
(3)Area	8	L	one of the following areas 03AS 02A0407D 07A 06A
(4)Year	4	—	the year of the month for which the declaration is done
(5)Month	2	—	month for which the fishing effort declaration is done (expressed by two digits between 01 and 12)
(6)Cumulative declaration	13	R	cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days from 1 January of the year (4) until the end of the month (5)

ANNEX IIBFISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CADIZ

1.Scope

This Annex shall apply to EU vessels of 10 metres’ length overall or more carrying on board or deploying trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom longlines, and present in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz.

2.Definitions

For the purposes of this Annex:

(a)

‘gear grouping’ means the grouping of trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;

(b)

‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

(c)

‘area’ means ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz;

(d)

‘2010 management period’ means the period from 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011;

(e)

‘special conditions’ means the special conditions set out in point 5.2;

3.Vessels concerned by fishing effort limitations

3.1.A Member State shall not authorise fishing with a regulated gear in the area by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 or 2009 in the area, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.

3.2.A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with a regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted according to the Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea according to point 10 or 11 of this Annex.

4.General obligations and limitation in activity

4.1.Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 and Articles 26 to 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

4.2.Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, EU vessels flying its flag shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified in point 5.

4.3.Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the area defined in point 2.

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS

5.Maximum number of days

5.1.During the 2010 management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

5.2.For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea an EU vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:

(a)

the total landings of hake in the year 2007 or 2008 made by the vessel shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight consigned in the fishing logbook, and

(b)

the total landings of Norway lobster in the year 2007 or 2008 made by the vessel shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight consigned in the fishing logbook.

5.3.The special condition referred to in point 5.2 might be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the weights specified in point 5.2.

5.4.A Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations according to a kilowatt days system. By that system it may authorise any vessel concerned for any regulated gear and special conditions as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear and to the special condition referred to in point 5.2 is respected.

This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear and, where applicable, the special condition. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if this point were not applied. For as long as the number of days is unlimited according to Table I, the relevant number of days the vessel would benefit from is 360.

5.5.A Member State wishing to benefit from point 5.4 shall submit a request to the Commission with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping and special condition as laid down in Table I the details of the calculation based on:

list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power,
track records of 2007, 2008 and 2009 for such vessels reflecting the catch composition defined in special conditions 5.2(a) or (b), if these vessels are qualified for such special condition,
the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 5.4.

On the basis of that description, the Commission may authorise that Member State to benefit from point 5.4.

6.Management periods

6.1.A Member State may divide the days present within the area given in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

6.2.The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

In case that a Member State authorises vessels to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 4.1. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area that do not coincide with the end of a 24-hour period.

7.Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities

7.1.An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2004 either in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 of 24 July 2008 instituting a temporary specific action aiming to promote the restructuring of the European Community fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis(47), or resulting from other circumstances duly motivated by Member States. Any vessels that can be shown to have been definitively withdrawn from the area may also be considered.

The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gears in question shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using those gears during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 3 or 5.3, or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

7.2.Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1 shall submit a request to the Commission with reports in electronic format containing, for the gear grouping and special condition as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

lists of withdrawn vessels with their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power,
the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears and if necessary special condition.

7.3.On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 5.1 for that Member State in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

7.4.During the 2010 management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional numbers of days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears. Additional days stemming from a withdrawn vessel that benefited from a special condition 5.2(a) or (b) may not be allocated to a vessel remaining active that does not benefit from a special condition.

7.5.A Member State may not reallocate in the 2010 management period any additional number of days resulting from a permanent cessation of activity previously allocated by the Commission, unless the Commission has taken a decision that reassesses those additional numbers of days on the basis of the current gear groupings and limitations in days at sea. Upon the Member State's request to reassess the number of days, the Member State is provisionally authorised to reallocate 50 % of the additional number of days, until the Commission's decision is taken.

8.Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage

8.1.Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying onboard any regulated gear may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy(48) and its implementing rules for national programmes.

Observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the vessel and any crew member.

8.2.Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1 shall submit a description of their enhanced observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

8.3.On the basis of this description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 5.1 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of observers in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

8.4.If an enhanced observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State wishes to continue its application without changes, the Member State shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

9.Special conditions for the allocation of days

9.1.If a vessel has received an unlimited number of days resulting from compliance with the special conditions, the vessel’s landings in the 2010 management period shall not exceed 5 tonnes live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes live weight of Norway lobster.

9.2.The vessel shall not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel.

9.3.When either of these conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the allocation of days corresponding to the given special condition.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year

Special condition	Regulated gear	Maximum number of days
	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥60 mm and bottom longlines	158
5.2(a) and 5.2(b)	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥60 mm and bottom longlines	Unlimited

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS

10.Transfer of days between vessels flying the flag of a Member State

10.1.A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the EU fishing fleet register.

10.2.The total number of days present within the area transferred under point 10.1 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel shall not be higher than the donor vessel’s average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

10.3.The transfer of days as described in point 10.1 shall be permitted only between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

10.4.Transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without special condition.

10.5.On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. Formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information referred to in the present point may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

11.Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 3.1, 3.2, and 10 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission, before the transfer takes place, the details of the transfer, including the number of days, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

12.Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kW.

13.Communication of relevant data

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with the data referred to in point 12 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission's request, also send to the Commission detailed information on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2009 and 2010 management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II

Reporting format kW-day information by year

Country	Gear	Year	Cumulative effort declaration
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Table III

Data format kW-day information by year

Name of field	Maximum number of characters/digits	Alignment^aL(eft)/R(ight)	Definition and comments
^a Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
(1)Country	3		Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered
(2)Gear	2		one of the following gear types: TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines
(3)Year	4		either 2006 or 2007 or 2008 or 2009 or 2010
(4)Cumulative effort declaration	7	R	cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 January until 31 December of the year

Table IV

Reporting format for vessel-related information

Country	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear notified				Special condition applying to notified gear(s)				Days eligible using notified gear(s)				Days spent with notified gear(s)				Transfer of days
Country	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	Transfer of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(8)	(8)	(8)	(8)	(9)

Table V

Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field	Maximum number of characters/digits	Alignment^aL(eft)/R(ight)	Definition and comments
^a Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
(1)Country	3		Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered.
(2)CFR	12		EU fishing fleet register number Unique identification number of a fishing vessel. Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.
(3)External marking	14	L	Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87.
(4)Length of management period	2	L	Length of the management period measured in months
(5)Gears notified	2	L	One of the following gear types TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines
(6)Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	2	L	Indication of which, if any, of the special condition a-b referred to in point 7.2 of Annex IIB that apply
(7)Days eligible using notified gear(s)	3	L	Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIB for the choice of gears and length of management period notified
(8)Days spent with notified gear(s)	3	L	Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period
(9)Transfers of days	4	L	For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’.

ANNEX IICFISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS ICES ZONE VIIe

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.Scope

1.1.This Annex shall apply to EU vessels of 10 metres' length overall or more carrying on board or deploying any of the gears defined in point 3, and present in zone VIIe. For the purposes of this Annex, a reference to the 2010 management period means the period from 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011.

1.2.Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole according to the fishing logbook in 2004 shall be exempt from the provisions of this Annex on the conditions that:

(a)

such vessels catch less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2010 management period;

(b)

such vessels shall not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel; and

(c)

each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission by 31 July 2010 and 31 January 2011 on these vessels' track records for sole in 2004 and catches of sole in 2010.

When either of these conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall with immediate effect cease to be exempted from the provisions of this Annex.

2.Fishing gear

For the purposes of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

(a)

beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;

(b)

static nets including gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size less than 220 mm.

3.General obligations and limitation in activity

3.1.Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with Articles 26 to 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

3.2.Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the ICES zone VIIe.

IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS

4.Vessels concerned by fishing effort limitations

4.1.Vessels using gear types identified in point 2 and fishing in areas defined in point 1 shall hold a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.

4.2.A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear belonging to a grouping of fishing gears defined in point 2 in the area by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 or 2009 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.

4.3.However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear belonging to a grouping of fishing gears defined in point 2 may be authorised to use a different fishing gear, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.

4.4.A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area defined in point 1 shall not be permitted to fish in that area with a gear belonging to a grouping of fishing gear defined in point 2, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted according to the Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea according to point 10 or 11 of this Annex.

5.Limitations in activity

Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the groupings of fishing gears referred to in point 2, fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days set out in point 6.

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS

6.Maximum number of days

6.1.During the 2010 management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board and used any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 2 is shown in Table I.

6.2.During the 2010 management period, the number of days at sea for which a vessel is present within the total area covered by this Annex and Annex IIA shall not exceed the number shown in Table I of this Annex. However, where the vessel is subject to allocations of maximum effort for its presence in areas covered by Annex IIA alone, it shall comply with the maximum effort thus fixed.

6.3.During the 2010 management period, a Member State may manage its fishing effort allocation according to a kilowatt days system. By that system it may authorise any vessel concerned to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in Table I for any one of the groupings of fishing gears laid down in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to such a grouping is respected.

For a specific grouping of fishing gears, the overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of the Member State concerned and qualified for that specific grouping. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if this point were not applied.

6.4.A Member State wishing to benefit from point 6.3 shall submit a request to the Commission with reports in electronic format containing for each grouping of fishing gears the details of the calculation based on:

list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power,
the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 6.3.

On the basis of that description, the Commission may authorise that Member State to benefit from point 6.3.

7.Management periods

7.1.A Member State may divide the days present within the area given in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

7.2.The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned.

In case that a Member State authorises vessels to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 3. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area that do not coincide with the end of a 24-hours-period.

8.Allocation of additional days for permanent cessations of fishing activities

8.1.An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the geographical area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 2 may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2004 either in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 or Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008, or resulting from other circumstances duly motivated by Member States.

The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 4.2 or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

8.2.Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1 shall submit a request to the Commission with reports in electronic format containing for each grouping of fishing gears the details of the calculation based on:

lists of withdrawn vessels with their EU fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power,
the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea by concerned grouping of fishing gears.

8.3.On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 6.2 for that Member State in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

8.4.During the 2010 management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional numbers of days at sea to all or parts of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the relevant grouping of fishing gears.

8.5.A Member State may not reallocate in the 2010 management period any additional number of days resulting from a permanent cessation of activity previously allocated by the Commission, unless the Commission has taken a decision that reassesses those additional numbers of days on the basis of the current gear groupings and limitations in days at sea. Upon the Member State's request to reassess the number of days, the Member State is provisionally authorised to reallocate 50 % of the additional number of days, until the Commission's decision is taken.

9.Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage

9.1.Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying onboard any of the groupings of fishing gear referred to in point 2 may be allocated between 1 February 2010 and 31 January 2011 to Member States by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and Regulation (EC) No 665/2008 for national programmes.

Observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the fishing vessel and any crew member.

9.2.Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1 shall submit a description of their enhanced observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

9.3.On the basis of this description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 6.1 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of observers in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

9.4.If an enhanced observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State wishes to continue its application without changes, the Member State shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by gear grouping per year

Gearpoint 3	DenominationOnly the gear groupings as defined in point 3 are used	Western Channel
3(a)	Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm	164
3(b)	Static nets with mesh size < 220 mm	164

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS

10.Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

10.1.A Member State may permit any of its fishing vessels flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another of its vessels flying its flag within the area provided that the product of the days received by a vessel and its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the EU fishing fleet register.

10.2.The total number of days present within the area, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

10.3.The transfer of days as described in point 10.1 shall be permitted only between vessels operating within the same gear grouping referred to in point 2 and during the same management period.

10.4.On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place. A detailed format of spreadsheet for making these reports available to the Commission may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

11.Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.2, 4.4, 6 and 10 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, as a preliminary they shall notify the Commission before the transfer takes place, the details of the transfer, including the number of days transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto, as agreed between them.

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

12.Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect for each annual quarter the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears and effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex.

13.Communication of relevant data

Table II

Reporting format kW-day information by year

Country	Gear	Year	Cumulative effort declaration
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Table III

Data format kW-day information by year

Name of field	Maximum number of characters/digits	Alignment^aL(eft)/R(ight)	Definition and comments
^a Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
(1)Country	3		Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered
(2)Gear	2		one of the following gear types: BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm GN = gillnet < 220 mm TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm
(3)Year	4		either 2006 or 2007 or 2008 or 2009 or 2010
(4)Cumulative effort declaration	7	R	cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 January until 31 December of the year

Table IV

Reporting format for vessel-related information

Country	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear notified				Days eligible using notified gear(s)				Days spent with notified gear(s)				Transfer of days
Country	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	Transfer of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(8)

Table V

Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field	Maximum number of characters/digits	Alignment^aL(eft)/R(ight)	Definition and comments
^a Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
(1)Country	3		Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered.
(2)CFR	12		EU fishing fleet register number Unique identification number of a fishing vessel Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.
(3)External marking	14	L	Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4)Length of management period	2	L	Length of the management period measured in months
(5)Gears notified	2	L	One of the following gear types: BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm GN = gillnet < 220 mm TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm
(6)Special condition applying to notified gear(s)	3	L	Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIC for the choice of gears and length of management period notified
(8)Days spent with notified gear(s)	3	L	Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period
(9)Transfers of days	4	L	For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’.

ANNEX IIDFISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VESSELS FISHING FOR SANDEEL IN ICES ZONES IIa, IIIa AND IV

1.The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to EU vessels fishing in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm.

2.The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to third-country vessels authorised to fish for sandeel in EU waters of ICES zone IV unless otherwise specified, or as a consequence of consultations between the Union and Norway as set out in the Agreed Record of conclusions between the European Union and Norway.

3.For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within the area shall be:

(a)

the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period; or

(b)

any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the fishing logbook between the date and time of departure and the date and time of arrival or any part of any such time period.

4.Each Member State concerned shall maintain a data base containing for EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV and for each vessel flying its flag or registered within the Union which have been fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm, the following information:

(a)

the name and internal registration number of the vessel;

(b)

the installed engine power of the vessel in kilowatts measured in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86;

(c)

the number of days present within the area when fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gear with a mesh size of less than 16 mm;

(d)

the kilowatt-days as the product of the number of days present within the area and the installed engine power in kilowatts.

5.Exploratory fishery relating to sandeel abundance shall start no earlier than 1 April 2010 and end no later than 6 May 2010.

The total ceiling of fishing effort allowed in the exploratory fishery relating to sandeel abundance in 2010 shall be determined on the basis of the total fishing effort deployed by EU vessels in 2007 established in accordance with point 4 and shall be divided among Member States in accordance with the quota allocations for this TAC.

6.The TAC and quotas for sandeel in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV as laid down in Annex I shall be revised by the Commission as early as possible based on advice from ICES and the STECF on the size of the 2009 year class of North Sea sandeel, taking into account the following principles as well as other relevant elements contained in the scientific advice:

The TAC for EU waters of ICES zones IIa and IV shall be established according to the following function:

TAC ₂₀₁₀ = -333+R1,2010*3,692

where R1,2010 is the stock size of age 1 sandeel in billions on 1 January 2010 and the TAC is expressed in 1 000 tonnes.

7.If the TAC calculated in point 6 exceeds 400 000 tonnes, the TAC shall be set at 400 000 tonnes.

8.Commercial fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited from 1 August 2010 until 31 December 2010.

ANNEX IIIQuantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for EU vessels fishing in third-country waters

Area of fishing	Fishery	Number of fishing authorisations	Allocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
^a This allocation is valid for purse-seine and trawl fisheries.
^b To be selected from the 11 fishing authorisations for purse-seine fishery for mackerel south of 62° 00' N.
^c Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for ‘All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.
^d These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.
^e These figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.
^f The fishing authorisations for fishing activities in these waters may only be granted as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010.
^g The fishing authorisations for fishing activities in these waters may only be granted as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with the Faroe Islands for 2010.
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen^f	Herring, north of 62° 00' N	93	DK: 32, DE: 6, FR: 1, IE: 9, NL: 11, PL: 1, SV: 12, UK: 21	69
	Demersal species, north of 62° 00' N	80	DE: 16, IE: 1, ES: 20, FR: 18, PT: 9, UK: 14	50
	Mackerel, south of 62° 00' N, purse-seine fishery	11	DK: 26^a, DE: 1^a, FR: 2^a, NL: 1^a	not relevant
	Mackerel, south of 62° 00' N, trawl fishery	19	DK: 26^a, DE: 1^a, FR: 2^a, NL: 1^a	not relevant
	Mackerel, north of 62° 00' N, purse-seine fishery	11^b	DK: 11	not relevant
	Industrial species, south of 62° 00' N	480	DK: 450, UK: 30	150
Faroese waters^g	All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines	26	BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18	13
Faroese waters^g	Directed fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28' N and east of 6° 30' W	8^c		4
	Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20' N and 62° 00' N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.	70	BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20	26
	Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30' N and west of 9° 00' W and in the area between 7° 00' W and 9° 00' W south of 60° 30' N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30' N, 7° 00' W and 60° 00' N, 6° 00' W	70	DE: 8^d, FR: 12^d, UK: 0^d	20^e
	Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend	70		22^e
	Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting’.	36	DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, NL: 5, UK: 5	20
	Line fisheries	10	UK: 10	6
	Mackerel	12	DK: 12	12
	Herring, north of 61° N	21	DK: 7, DE: 1, IE: 2, FR: 0, NL: 3, SV: 3, UK: 5	21

ANNEX IVICCAT CONVENTION AREA

1.Maximum number of EU bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Eastern Atlantic

Spain	63
France	44
EU	107

2.Maximum number of EU coastal artisanal fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Mediterranean

Spain	139
France	86
Italy	35
Cyprus	25
Malta	89
EU	374

3.Maximum number of EU vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes

Italy	68
EU	68

ANNEX VCCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

Part APROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

Target species	Zone	Period of prohibition
^a Except for scientific research purposes.
^b Excluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).
Sharks (all species)	Convention Area	All year
Notothenia rossii	FAO 48.1 Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area FAO 48.2 Antarctic, around the South Orkneys FAO 48.3 Antarctic, around South Georgia	All year
Finfish	FAO 48.1 Antarctic^a FAO 48.2 Antarctic^a	All year
Gobionotothen gibberifrons Chaenocephalus aceratus Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Lepidonotothen squamifrons Patagonotothen guntheri Electrona carlsbergiv ^a	FAO 48.3	All year
Dissostichus spp.	FAO 48.5 Antarctic	1.12.2009 to 30.11.2010
Dissostichus spp.	FAO 88.3 Antarctic^a FAO 58.5.1 Antarctic^a ^b FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic east of 79° 20' E and outside the EEZ to the west of 79° 20' E^a FAO 88.2 Antarctic north of 65° S^a FAO 58.4.4 Antarctic^a ^b FAO 58.6 Antarctic^a FAO 58.7 Antarctic^a	All year
Lepidonotothen squamifrons	FAO 58.4.4^a ^b	All year
All species except Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic	1.12.2009 to 30.11.2010
Dissostichus mawsoni	FAO 48.4 Antarctic^a within the area bounded by latitudes 55^o 30' S and 57^o 20' S and by longitudes 25^o 30' W and 29^o 30' W	All year

Part BCATCH AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2009/10

Subarea/Division	Region	Season	SSRU	Dissotichus spp. catch limit (tonnes)	By-catch catch limit (tonnes)
^a Rules for catch limits for by-catch species per SSRU, applicable within total by-catch limits per Subarea: skates and rays: 5 % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. or 50 tonnes, whichever is greatest, Macrourus spp.: 16 % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp., other species: 20 tonnes per SSRU.
Subarea/Division	Region	Season	SSRU	Dissotichus spp. catch limit (tonnes)	Skates and rays	Macrourus spp.	Other species
58.4.1	Whole Division	1.12.2009 to 30.11.2010	SSRU A, B, D, F and H: 0 SSRU C: 100 SSRU E: 50 SSRU G: 60	Total 210	All Division: 50	All Division: 33	All Division: 20
58.4.2	Whole Division	1.12.2009 to 30.11.2010	SSRU A: 30 SSRU B, C and D: 0 SSRU E: 40	Total 70	All Division: 50	All Division: 20	All Division: 20
88.1	All Subarea	1.12.2009 to 31.08.2010	SSRU A: 0 SSRUs B, C and G: 372 SSRUs D, E and F: 0 SSRUs H, I and K: 2 104 SSRUs J and L: 374 SSRU M: 0	Total 2 850	142 SSRU A: 0 SSRU B, C and G: 50 SSRU D, E and F: 0 SSRU H, I and K: 105 SSRU J and L: 50 SSRU M: 0	430 SSRU A: 0 SSRU B, C and G: 40 SSRU D, E and F: 0 SSRU H, I and K: 320 SSRU J and L: 70 SSRU M: 0	20 SSRU A: 0 SSRU B, C and G: 60 SSRU D, E and F: 0 SSRU H, I and K: 60 SSRU J and L: 40 SSRU M: 0
88.2	South of 65^o S	1.12.2009 to 31.08.2010	SSRU A and B: 0 SSRUs C, D, F and G: 214 SSRU E: 361	Total 575^a	50^a SSRU A and B: 0 SSRU C, D, F and G: 50 SSRU E: 50	92^a SSRU A and B: 0 SSRU C, D, F and G: 34 SSRU E: 58	20 SSRU A and B: 0 SSRU C, D, F and G: 80 SSRU E: 20

Part CNOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FISHERY FOR EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA

Contracting Party:

Fishing season:

Name of vessel:

Expected level of catch (tonnes):

Fishing technique:	 Conventional trawl
	 Continuous fishing system
	 Pumping to clear codend
	 Other approved methods: Please specify _

Product type	% of catch	Conversion factor^b
Products to be derived from the catch and their conversion factors^a:
^a Information to be provided to the extent possible.
^b Conversion factor = whole weight/processed weight.

Subarea/Division		Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
	48.1
	48.2
	48.3
	48.4
	48.5
	48.6
	58.4.1
	58.4.2
	88.1
	88.2
	88.3
	X	Tick boxes where and when you are most likely to operate.
		Precautionary catch limits not set, therefore considered as exploratory fisheries.

Note that the details you provide here are for information only and do not preclude you from operating in areas or times which you did not specify

Part DNET CONFIGURATION AND USE OF FISHING TECHNIQUES

Net opening (mouth) circumference (m)	Vertical opening (m)	Horizontal opening (m)

Net panel length and mesh size

Panel	Length (m)	Mesh size (mm)
1st panel
2nd panel
3rd panel
…
Final panel (Codend)

Provide diagram of each net configuration used

Use of multiple fishing technique(49): Yes No

	Fishing technique	Expected proportion of time to be used (%)
1
2
3
4
5
…		Total 100 %

Presence of marine mammal exclusion device(50): Yes No

Provide explanation of fishing techniques, gear configuration and characteristics and fishing patterns:

ANNEX VIIOTC AREA

1.Maximum number of EU vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Capacity (GT)
Spain	22	61 364
France	21	31 467
Italy	1	2 137
Portugal	5	1 627
EU	49	96 595

2.Maximum number of EU vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Capacity (GT)
Spain	27	11 600
France	25	1 940
Portugal	15	6 925
United Kingdom	4	1 400
EU	71	21 865

3.The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area.

4.The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area.

ANNEX VIIWCPFC CONVENTION AREA

Maximum number of EU vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area

Spain	14
EU	14

ANNEX VIIIQuantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in EU waters

Flag State	Fishery	Number of fishing authorisations	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
^a The fishing authorisations for fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway may only be granted as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with Norway for 2010.
^b The fishing authorisations for fishing vessels flying the flag of Faroe Islands may only be granted as from the date of conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangement with the Faroe Islands for 2010.
^c To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the vessel owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guyana and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant. The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application. Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall notify this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.
Norway^a	Herring, north of 62° 00' N	20	20
Faroe Islands^b	Mackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30' N); VIIe, f, h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30' N), VIIe, f, h; herring, VIa (north of 56° 30' N)	14	14
	Herring, north of 62° 00' N	21	21
	Herring, IIIa	4	4
	Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30' N); sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)	15	15
	Ling and tusk	20	10
	Blue whiting, II, VIa (north of 56° 30' N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00' W)	20	20
	Blue ling	16	16
Venezuela	Snappers^c (French Guyana waters)	41	pm
Venezuela	Sharks^c (French Guyana waters)	4	pm

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OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 20.

(2)

OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

(3)

OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(4)

OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5.

(5)

OJ L 65, 7.3.2006, p. 1.

(6)

OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 7.

(7)

OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 1.

(8)

OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 6.

(9)

OJ L 96, 15.4.2009, p. 1.

(10)

OJ L 214, 19.8.2009, p. 16.

(11)

OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1.

(12)

OJ L 274, 25.9.1986, p. 1.

(13)

OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9.

(14)

OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

(15)

OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 7.

(16)

OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1.

(17)

OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.

(18)

OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1.

(19)

OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.

(20)

OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 16.

(21)

OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 3.

(22)

OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(23)

OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6.

(24)

OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3.

(25)

OJ L 318, 5.12.2007, p. 1.

(26)

OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1.

(27)

OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33.

(28)

OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 3.

(29)

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1.

(30)

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 42.

(31)

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70.

(32)

OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(33)

Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48).

(34)

Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part (OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 12).

(35)

Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 4) and Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in that Agreement (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 9).

(36)

OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(37)

OJ L 151, 11.6.2008, p. 5.

(38)

Concluded by Council Decision 2002/738/EC (OJ L 234, 31.8.2002, p. 39).

(39)

The European Community acceded by Council Decision 86/238/EEC (OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33).

(40)

Concluded by Council Decision 2006/539/EC (OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 22).

(41)

The European Community acceded by Council Decision 95/399/EC (OJ L 236, 5.10.1995, p. 24).

(42)

Concluded by Council Decision 2008/780/EC (OJ L 268, 9.10.2008, p. 27).

(43)

The European Community acceded by Council Decision 2005/75/EC (OJ L 32, 4.2.2005, p. 1).

(44)

OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 1.

(45)

OJ L 330, 16.12.2009, p. 1.

(46)

OJ L 347, 24.12.2009, p. 1.

(47)

OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 1.

(48)

OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.

(49)

If yes, frequency of switch between fishing techniques:

(50)

If yes, provide design of the device:

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Council Regulation (EU) No 23/2010

of 14 January 2010

fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009

TITLE ISCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1Subject matter

Article 2Scope

Article 3Definitions

Article 4Fishing zones

TITLE IIFISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS

CHAPTER IGeneral provisions

Article 5Catch limits and allocations

Article 6Prohibited species

Article 7Special provisions on allocations

Article 8Fishing effort limits

Article 9Catch and effort limits deep-sea fisheries

Article 10Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

Article 11Restrictions on the use of certain fishing opportunities

Article 12Unsorted landings in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa

Article 13Data transmission

CHAPTER IIFishing authorisation in third-country waters

Article 14Fishing authorisations

CHAPTER IIIFishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Section 1ICCAT convention Area

Article 15Limitations to the number of vessels authorised to fish for bluefin tuna

Article 16Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID

Article 17Recreational and sport fisheries

Article 18Sharks

Section 2CCAMLR convention Area

Article 19Prohibitions and catch limitations

Article 20Exploratory fisheries

Article 21Krill fishery during the 2010/2011 fishing season

Article 22Closure of all fisheries

Section 3IOTC Area

Article 23Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area

Section 4SPRFMO convention Area

Article 24Pelagic fisheries – capacity limitation

Article 25Pelagic fisheries - catch limits

Article 26Bottom fisheries

Section 5IATTC convention Area

Article 27Purse-seine fisheries

Section 6SEAFO convention Area

Article 28Measures for the protection of deep water sharks

Section 7WCPFC convention Area

Article 29Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore

Article 30Closed area for FAD fishing

Article 31Limitations to the number of vessels authorised to fish swordfish

Section 8Bering Sea

Article 32

TITLE IIIFISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS

Article 33Catch limits

Article 34Fishing authorisations

Article 35Prohibited species

TITLE IVFINAL PROVISIONS

Article 36Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008

Article 37Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009

Article 38Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009

‘Article 2Scope

Article 39Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009

‘Article 2Scope

Article 40Entry into force and application

ANNEX ICATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST AND FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (iN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)

ANNEX IASkagerrak, Kattegat, ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF, French Guyana waters

Special condition:

Special condition:

Special condition:

Special condition:

Special condition:

ANNEX IBNORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND

ICES zones I, II, V, XII, XIV and Greenland waters of NAFO 0 and 1

ANNEX ICNORTH WEST ATLANTIC
NAFO Convention Area

ANNEX IEANTARCTIC
CCAMLR Convention Area

ANNEX IFSOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN
SEAFO Convention Area