Regulation (EU) 2018/973 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 12 Fishing authorisations and capacity ceilings

1. For each of the ICES zones referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation, each Member State shall issue fishing authorisations in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 for vessels flying its flag and which engage in fishing activities in that area. In such fishing authorisations, Member States may also limit the total capacity expressed in kW of such vessels using a specific gear.

2. For cod in the Eastern Channel (ICES division 7d), without prejudice to the capacity ceilings set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the total capacity expressed in kW of the vessels having fishing authorisations issued in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be greater than the maximum capacity of the vessels that have been active in 2006 or 2007 using one of the following gears in the ICES zone concerned:

(a) bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, SDN, SSC, SPR) of mesh:

(i)

equal to or larger than 100 mm;

(ii)

equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm;

(iii)

equal to or larger than 16 mm and less than 32 mm;

(b) beam trawls (TBB) of mesh:

(i)

equal to or larger than 120 mm;

(ii)

equal to or larger than 80 mm and less than 120 mm;

(c) gill nets, entangling nets (GN);

(d) trammel nets (GT);

(e) longlines (LL).

3. Each Member State shall establish and maintain a list of vessels holding the fishing authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 and make it available on its official website to the Commission and the other Member States.