F2ANNEX IVICCAT CONVENTION AREA311

Annotations:

1.Maximum number of Union 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

60

France

37

Union

97

2.Maximum number of Union 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

364

France

130

Italy

30

Cyprus

20312

Malta

54312

Union

598

This number may increase if a purse seine vessel is replaced by 10 longline vessels in accordance with footnote 4 or footnote 6 of table A in point 4 of this Annex.

3.Maximum number of Union fishing 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

Croatia

16

Italy

12

Union

28

4.F3Maximum number of fishing vessels of each Member State that may be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Table A

Number of fishing vessels313

Cyprus314

Greece315

Croatia

Italy

France

Spain

Malta316

Portugal

Purse Seiners

1

1317

16

19

22

6

1

0

Longliners

23318

0

0

35

8

49

61

0

Baitboat

0

0

0

0

37

69

0

76319

Handline

0

0

12

0

33320

1

0

0

Trawler

0

0

0

0

57

0

0

0

Small scale

0

13

0

0

130

599

52

0

Other artisanal321

0

42

0

0

0

0

0

0

The numbers in this Table A of section 4 may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.

One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels or one small purse seiner and no more than three longline vessels.

One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels or one small size purse seine vessel and three other artisanal vessels.

One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels.

This vessel shall not be used in 2019.

Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment.

Baitboats of the outermost regions of Azores and Madeira.

Line vessels operating in the Atlantic.

Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment (longline, handline, trolling line).

5.Maximum number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery authorised by each Member State

Member State

Number of traps322

Spain

5

Italy

6

Portugal

3

This number may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.

6.Maximum bluefin tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity for each Member State and maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna that each Member State may allocate to its farms in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Table A

Maximum tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity

Number of farms

Capacity (in tonnes)

Spain

10

11 852

Italy

13

12 600

Greece

2

2 100

Cyprus

3

3 000

Croatia

7

7 880

Malta

6

12 300

F3Table B323

Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)

Spain

6 300

Italy

3 764

Greece

785

Cyprus

2 195

Croatia

2 947

Malta

8 786

Portugal

350

The total farming capacity of Portugal of 500 tonnes (corresponding to 350 tonnes of input farming capacity) is covered by the unused capacity of the Union set out in table A.

7.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 shall be as follows:

Member State

Maximum number of vessels

Ireland

50

Spain

730

France

151

United Kingdom

12

Portugal

310

8.Maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 meters length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be as follows:

Member State

Maximum number of vessels with purse seines

Maximum number of vessels with longlines

Spain

23

190

France

11

Portugal

79

Union

34

269