Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1234/2012

of 19 December 2012

amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/19991, in particular Article 30 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 lays down procedures for the identification of fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing vessels) as well as procedures for establishing a Union list of such vessels. Article 37 of that Regulation provides for actions to be taken against fishing vessels included in that list.

(2)
The first Union list of IUU fishing vessels was established by Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/20102 and subsequently amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/20113.
(3)

According to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the Union list should comprise fishing vessels included in the IUU vessel lists adopted by regional fisheries management organisations.

(4)
All regional fishery management organisations adopted the principle of publishing an IUU vessel list and update their respective list at their annual meetings4.
(5)

According to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, upon the receipt from regional fisheries management organisations of the lists of fishing vessels presumed or confirmed to be involved in the IUU fishing, the Commission shall update the Union list.

(6)

The Commission has received the updated lists from the annual meetings of the regional fisheries management organisations.

(7)

Considering that the same vessel might be listed under different names and/or flags depending on the time of its inclusion on the regional fisheries management organisations lists, the updated Union list should include the different names and/or flags as established by the respective regional fisheries management organisations.

(8)

Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX

‘PART B

Vessels listed in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008
IMO5 ship identification number/RFMO Reference
Vessel’s name (previous name)6

Flag State or Flag Territory [according to a RFMO]6

Listed in RFMO6

20060010 (ICCAT)

ACROS NO. 2

Unknown (latest known flag: Honduras)

ICCAT

20060009 (ICCAT)

ACROS NO. 3

Unknown (latest known flag: Honduras)

ICCAT

7306570

ALBORAN II (WHITE ENTERPRISE)

Panama (previous flag: St. Kitts & Nevis)

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

7424891

ALDABRA (OMOA 1)

Tanzania (previous flags: Togo,Honduras)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

7036345

AMORINN (ICEBERG II, LOME [CCAMLR]/ICEBERG II, NOEMI [SEAFO])

Unknown (previous flags: Togo, Belize)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

12290 (IATTC)/20110011 (ICCAT)

BHASKARA No 10

Unknown (latest known flag: Indonesia)

IATTC, ICCAT

12291 (IATTC)/20110012 (ICCAT)

BHASKARA No 9

Unknown (latest known flag: Indonesia)

IATTC, ICCAT

20060001 (ICCAT)

BIGEYE

Unknown

ICCAT

20040005 (ICCAT)

BRAVO

Unknown

ICCAT

9407 (IATTC)/20110013 (ICCAT)

CAMELOT

Unknown

IATTC,ICCAT

6622642

CHALLENGE (MILA/PERSEVERANCE)

Panama (previous flags: Equatorial Guinea, United Kingdom)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

125 (IATTC)/20110014 (ICCAT)

CHIA HAO No 66

Unknown

IATTC, ICCAT

20080001(ICCAT)

DANIAA (CARLOS)

Republic of Guinea (Conakry)

ICCAT

8422852

DOLPHIN (OGNEVKA)

Unknown (previous flags: Russia, Georgia [NAFO])

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

6163 (IATTC)

DRAGON III

Unknown

IATTC

8604668

EROS DOS (FURABOLOS)

Panama (previous flag: Seychelles)

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

7355662

FU LIEN No 1

Georgia

WCPFC

200800005 (ICCAT)

GALA I (MANARA II/ROAGAN)

Unknown (latest known flags: Libya, Isle of Man)

ICCAT

6591 (IATTC)

GOIDAU RUEY No 1

Unknown

IATTC

7020126

GOOD HOPE (TOTO/SEA RANGER V)

Nigeria [CCAMLR]/Niger [SEAFO] (previous flag: Belize)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

6719419

GORILERO (GRAN SOL)

Unknown (latest known flags: Sierra Leone, Panama [NAFO])

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

2009003 (ICCAT)

GUNUAR MELYAN 21

Unknown

IOTC, ICCAT

7322926

HEAVY SEA [CCAMLR]/HEAVY SEAS [SEAFO]

(DUERO/KETA)

Panama

CCAMLR, SEAFO

201000004 (ICCAT)

HOOM XIANG 11

Unknown (previous flag: Malaysia)

IOTC, ICCAT

7322897

HUANG HE 22 [CCAMLR]/SIMA QIAN BARU 22 [SEAFO] (SIMA QIAN BARU 22, CORVUS [CCAMLR]/CORVUS, GALAXY [SEAFO])

Tanzania (previous flags: North Korea (DPRK), Panama)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

7332218

IANNIS 1

Panama [NAFO, SEAFO]/Unknown [NEAFC]

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

JINN FENG TSAIR No 1

Taiwan

WCPFC

9505 (IATTC)

JYI LIH 88

Unknown

IATTC

7905443

KOOSHA 4

Iran (previous flag: Spain)

CCAMLR

6905408

KUKO (TYPHOON-1, RUBIN [CCAMLR]/TYPHOON-1, ARTIC RANGER [SEAFO])

Unknown (previous flags: Mongolia, Togo,)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

9037537

LANA (ZEUS/TRITON-1)

Unknown (previous flags: Mongolia, Togo)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

20060007 (ICCAT)

LILA NO. 10

Unknown (latest known flag: Panama)

ICCAT

7388267

LIMPOPO (ROSS/ALOS)

Unknown (latest known flags: Togo, Ghana,)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

20040007 (ICCAT)

MADURA 2

Unknown

ICCAT

20040008 (ICCAT)

MADURA 3

Unknown

ICCAT

7325746

MAINE (MAPOSA NOVENO, GUINESPA I [SEAFO])

Republic of Guinea (Conakry)

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

20110001 (ICCAT)

MAR CANTABRICO

Bolivia

ICCAT

20060002 (ICCAT)

MARIA

Unknown

ICCAT

9435 (IATTC)/20110002 (ICCAT)

MARTA LUCIA R

Colombia

IATTC, ICCAT

20060005 (ICCAT)

MELILLA NO. 101

Unknown (latest known flag: Panama)

ICCAT

20060004 (ICCAT)

MELILLA NO. 103

Unknown (latest known flag: Panama)

ICCAT

7385174

MURTOSA

Unknown (latest known flag: Togo [NAFO,]/Portugal [SEAFO])

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO

14613 (IATTC) 20110003 (ICCAT)

NEPTUNE

Georgia

IATTC, ICCAT, WCPFC,

20060003 (ICCAT)

No 101 GLORIA (GOLDEN LAKE)

Unknown (latest known flag: Panama)

ICCAT

20060008 (ICCAT)

No 2 CHOYU

Unknown (latest known flag: Honduras)

ICCAT

20060011 (ICCAT)

No 3 CHOYU

Unknown (latest known flag: Honduras)

ICCAT

9230658

NORTH OCEAN (BOSTON/BOSTON-1)

China (previous flags: Georgia, Russia)

SEAFO

20040006 (ICCAT)

OCEAN DIAMOND

Unknown

ICCAT

7826233

OCEAN LION

Unknown (latest known flag: Equatorial Guinea)

IOTC, ICCAT

11369 (IATTC)

ORCA

Unknown (latest known flag: Belize)

IATTC

20060012 (ICCAT)

ORIENTE NO. 7

Unknown (latest known flag: Honduras)

ICCAT

5062479

PERLON [CCAMLR)/CHERNE [SEAFO] (CHERNE, BIGARO, [CCAMLR]/BIGARO, LUGALPESCA [SEAFO])

Unknown (latest known flags: Mongolia, Togo)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

8713392

PION [CCAMLR]/THE BIRD [SEAFO]

(THE BIRD, CHU LIN [CCAMLR]/(ULYSES, GALE [SEAFO])

Honduras [CCAMLR]/Unknown [SEAFO] (latest known flags: Mongolia, Togo [CCAMLR]/Equatorial Guinea, Uruguay [SEAFO])

CCAMLR, SEAFO

6607666

RAY [CCAMLR]/KILY [SEAFO] (KILY, CONSTANT [CCAMLR]/CONSTANT, ISLA GRACIOSA [SEAFO])

Belize (latest known flags: Mongolia, Equatorial Guinea)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

6706084

RED (KABOU)

Panama (previous flag: Republic of Guinea (Conakry)

NAFO, SEAFO

95 (IATTC)

REYMAR 6

Unknown (latest known flag: Belize)

IATTC

6803961

SEABULL 22

(CARMELA/GOLD DRAGON)

Nigeria (latest known flags: Togo, Equatorial Guinea)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

200800004 (ICCAT)

SHARON 1 (MANARA I/POSEIDON)

Unknown (latest known flags: Libya, United Kingdom)

ICCAT

20050001 (ICCAT)

SOUTHERN STAR 136 (HSIANG CHANG)

Unknown (latest known flag: St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

ICCAT

9405 (IATTC)

TA FU 1

Unknown

IATTC

6818930

TCHAW (INCA, VIKING [CCAMLR]/REX, AROSA CUARTO [SEAFO])

Unknown (latest known flags: Togo, Seychelles)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

13568 (IATTC)

TCHING YE No 6

Unknown (latest known flags: Panama, Belize)

IATTC

129 (IATTC)

WEN TENG No 688

Unknown (latest known flag: Belize)

IATTC

9230672

WEST OCEAN (KIEV/DARVIN)

China (previous flags: Georgia, Russia)

SEAFO

9319856

HUIQUAN (WUTAISHAN ANHUI 44) [CCAMLR]/YANGZI HUA 44 [SEAFO]

(YANGZI HUA 44, TROSKY [CCAMLR]/TROSKY, JIAN HUAN [SEAFO])

Tanzania [CCAMLR]/Unknown [SEAFO] (previous flags: Mongolia,Namibia,)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

9042001

SHAANXI HENAN 33 (XIONG NU BARU 33 DRACO-1, LIBERTY [CCAMLR]/DRACO-1, CARRAN [SEAFO])

Tanzania (previous flags: North Korea (DPRK) Panama)

CCAMLR, SEAFO

YU FONG 168

Taiwan

WCPFC

2009002 (ICCAT)

YU MAAN WON

Unknown (latest known flag: Georgia)

IOTC, ICCAT

7321374

YUCATAN BASIN [NEAFC, SEAFO]/YUCUTAN BASIN [NAFO] (ENXEMBRE/FONTE NOVA)

Panama (previous flag: Morocco)

NEAFC, NAFO, SEAFO’

5

International Maritime Organisation.

6

For any additional information consult the websites of the regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs).