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Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1903 of 28 October 2016 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/72
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This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2017.
1.This Regulation shall apply to Union fishing vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.
2.This Regulation shall also apply to recreational fisheries where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the defintions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply. In addition, the following definitions apply:
‘subdivision’ means an ICES subdivision of the Baltic Sea as defined in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005(1);
‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity of each stock that can be caught over the period of a year;
‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources such as for recreation, tourism or sport.
The TACs, the quotas and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in the Annex.
The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States, as set out in this Regulation, shall be without prejudice to:
exchanges made pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 or under Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 or transferred under Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
deductions made pursuant to Articles 105 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
1.Catches of species which are subject to catch limits and which have been caught in fisheries specified in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are subject to the landing obligation, as established in that Article.
2.The stocks of non-target species within the safe biological limits referred to in Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are identified in the Annex of this Regulation for the purpose of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quota provided for in that Article.
1.In recreational fisheries, no more than five specimens of cod may be retained per fisherman per day in subdivisions 22-24.
2.By derogation from paragraph 1, no more than three specimens of cod may be retained per fisherman per day in subdivisions 22-24 in the period from 1 February 2017 to 31 March 2017.
3.Paragraphs 1 and 2 are without prejudice to more stringent national measures.
When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send data relating to quantities of stocks caught or landed to the Commission, they shall use the stock codes set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
1.Except where specified otherwise in the Annex to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TACs and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to an analytical TAC.
2.Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply where a Member State uses the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
In Annex IA to Regulation (EU) 2016/72, the entry for Norway pout in IIIa and Union waters of IIa and IV is replaced by the following:
a Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of whiting may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OT2/*2A3A4), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for Norway pout is accounted for by these catches and by-catches of those species that are accounted for under Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. | |||||
b Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV only. | |||||
c Union quota may only be fished from 1 January to 31 October 2016. | |||||
d A sorting grid shall be used. | |||||
e A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota. | |||||
f Union quota may be fished from 1 November 2016 to 31 October 2017. | |||||
Species: | Norway pout and associated by-catchesTrisopterus esmarkii | Zone: | IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV(NOP/2A3A4.) | ||
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Year | 2016 | 2017 | |||
Denmark | 128 880a c | 99 907a f | |||
Germany | 25a b c | 19a b f | |||
The Netherlands | 95a b c | 74a b f | |||
Union | 129 000a c | 100 000a f | |||
Norway | 15 000d | ||||
Faroe Islands | 6 000e | ||||
TAC | Not relevant | Not relevant | Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply |
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2017, with the exception of Article 10 which shall apply from 1 November 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 October 2016.
For the Council
The President
M. Lajčák
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