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Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 establishing a multiannual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation in the North Sea and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 676/2007 and (EC) No 1342/2008
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1.This Regulation establishes a multiannual plan (‘the plan’) for the following demersal stocks in Union waters of the North Sea (ICES divisions 2a, 3a and subarea 4), including the fisheries exploiting those stocks, and, where those stocks extend beyond the North Sea, in its adjacent waters:
(a)Cod (Gadus morhua) in subarea 4 (North Sea) and divisions 7d (Eastern Channel) and 3a.20 (Skagerrak);
(b)Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in subarea 4 (North Sea) and divisions 6a (West of Scotland) and 3a.20 (Skagerrak);
(c)Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in subarea 4 (North Sea) and division 3a.20 (Skagerrak);
(d)Saithe (Pollachius virens) in subareas 4 (North Sea) and 6 (Rockall and West of Scotland) and division 3a (Skagerrak and Kattegat);
(e)Sole (Solea solea) in subarea 4 (North Sea);
(f)Sole (Solea solea) in division 3a (Skagerrak and Kattegat) and subdivisions 22–24 (Western Baltic Sea);
(g)Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in subarea 4 (North Sea) and division 7d (Eastern English Channel);
(h)Anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) in division 3a (Skagerrak and Kattegat) and subareas 4 (North Sea) and 6 (Rockall and West of Scotland);
(i)Northern Prawn (Pandalus borealis) in divisions 4a East (Northern North Sea, Norwegian Deep) and 3a.20 (Skagerrak);
(j)Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in division 3a (Functional Units 3-4);
(k)Norway lobster in subarea 4 (North Sea) by Functional Unit:
(k)Norway lobster in Botney Gut-Silver Pit (Functional Unit 5);
Norway lobster in Farn Deeps (Functional Unit 6);
Norway lobster in Fladen Ground (Functional Unit 7);
Norway lobster in Firth of Forth (Functional Unit 8);
Norway lobster in Moray Firth (Functional Unit 9);
Norway lobster in Noup (Functional Unit 10);
Norway lobster in Norwegian Deeps (Functional Unit 32);
Norway lobster in Horn's Reef (Functional Unit 33);
Norway lobster in Devil's Hole (Functional Unit 34).
Where scientific advice indicates a change in the geographical distribution of the stocks listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Commission may adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 amending this Regulation by adjusting the areas listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph in order to reflect that change. Such adjustments shall not extend the stock areas beyond Union waters of subareas 2 to 7.
2.Where, on the basis of scientific advice, the Commission considers that the list of stocks set out in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 needs to be amended, the Commission may submit a proposal for the amendment of that list.
3.With respect to adjacent waters referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, only Articles 4 and 6 and the measures related to fishing opportunities under Article 7 shall apply.
4.This Regulation also applies to by-catches caught in the North Sea when fishing for the stocks listed in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1. However, where ranges of FMSY and safeguards linked to biomass are established for those stocks under other Union legal acts establishing multiannual plans, those ranges and safeguards shall apply.
5.This Regulation also specifies details for the implementation of the landing obligation in Union waters of the North Sea for all stocks of species to which the landing obligation applies under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
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