COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/72

of 22 January 2016

fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Article 43(3) of the Treaty provides that the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, is to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities.

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) requires that conservation measures be adopted taking into account available scientific, technical and economic advice, including, where relevant, reports drawn up by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) and other advisory bodies, as well as in the light of any advice received from Advisory Councils.

(3) It is incumbent upon the Council to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities, including certain conditions functionally linked thereto, as appropriate. In accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, fishing opportunities should be fixed in accordance with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy established in Article 2(2) of that Regulation. In accordance with Article 16(1) of that Regulation, fishing opportunities should be allocated to Member States in such a way as to ensure relative stability of fishing activities of each Member State for each fish stock or fishery.

(4) The total allowable catch (TACs) should therefore be established, in line with Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, on the basis of available scientific advice, taking into account biological and socio-economic aspects whilst ensuring fair treatment between fishing sectors, as well as in the light of the opinions expressed during the consultation of stakeholders, in particular at the meetings of the Advisory Councils.

(5) The landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 is introduced on a fishery-by-fishery basis. In the region covered by this Regulation, when a fishery falls under the landing obligation, all species in that fishery subject to catch limits should be landed. From 1 January 2016, the landing obligation applies to the species that define the fisheries. Article 16(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 provides that, when the landing obligation in respect of a fish stock is introduced, fishing opportunities are to be fixed taking into account the change from fixing fishing opportunities that reflect landings to fixing fishing opportunities that reflect catches. On the basis of the joint recommendations submitted by the Member States and in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 the Commission adopted a number of delegated Regulations laying down specific discard plans applicable on a temporary basis for a maximum period of three years, in preparation for the full implementation of the landing obligation.

(6) The fishing opportunities for stocks of species falling under the landing obligation from 1 January 2016 should compensate for former discards and be based on scientific information and advice. In order to ensure fair compensation for the fish that has been previously discarded and that will have to be landed from 1 January 2016, a top-up should be calculated according to the following methodology: the new landings figure should be calculated by subtracting from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) figure of total catches the amounts that will continue to be discarded during the operation of the landing obligation; subsequently a top-up applied to the TAC figure should be proportional to the change between the new calculated landings figure and the previous ICES landings figure.

(7) According to scientific advice, sea bass (

Dicentrarchus labrax

) in the Celtic Sea, Channel, Irish Sea and southern North Sea (ICES divisions IVb, IVc and VIIa, VIId–VIIh) is in a perilous state and stock continues to decline. The conservation actions to prohibit fishing for sea bass in ICES divisions VIIb, VIIc, VIIj and VIIk should be maintained and should include ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg, with the exception of the waters within 12 nautical miles of the baseline under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. Spawning aggregations of sea bass should be protected and no catches should be allowed in the entire distribution area of the stock for the first six months of the year. Due to incidental and unavoidable by-catches of sea bass by vessels using demersal trawls and seines, such by-catches should be limited to 1 % of the weight of the total catch of marine organisms on board. Further restrictions of catches are needed to protect sea bass outside the spawning periods, therefore monthly catch limits should apply in ICES divisions IVb and IVc, as well as VIId, VIIe, VIIf and VIIh, and in the UK territorial sea in ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg. Catches of recreational fishermen should be limited further.

(8) For some years, certain TACs for stocks of elasmobranchs (skates, sharks, rays) have been set at 0, with a linked provision establishing an obligation to immediately release accidental catches. The reason for this specific treatment is that the conservation status of those stocks is poor and, because of their high survival rates, discards will not raise fishing mortality rates for them, but are deemed as beneficial for the conservation of these species. As of 1 January 2015, however, catches of those species in pelagic fisheries have to be landed, unless they are covered by any of the derogations from the landing obligation foreseen in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Article 15(4)(a) of that Regulation allows such derogations for species in respect of which fishing is prohibited and which are identified as such in a Union legal act adopted in the area of the Common Fisheries Policy. Therefore, it is appropriate to prohibit the fishing of those species in the areas concerned.

(9) Pursuant to Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, for stocks subject to specific multiannual plans the TACs should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in those plans. Consequently, the TACs for stocks of sole in the Western Channel, of plaice and sole in the North Sea, of cod in the Kattegat, to the west of Scotland, the Irish Sea, the North Sea, Skagerrak and the Eastern Channel and of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean should be established in accordance with the rules laid down in Council Regulations (EC) No 509/2007(2), (EC) No 676/2007(3), (EC) No 1342/2008(4) (the ‘Cod Plan’) and (EC) No 302/2009(5). The objective for the Southern hake stock as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005(6) is to rebuild the biomass of the stocks concerned to within safe biological limits, while staying in line with the scientific data. In accordance with scientific advice, in the absence of definitive data on a target spawning stock biomass and while taking into account changes in safe biological limits, it is appropriate, in order to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy as defined in Regulation (EU) 1380/2013, to fix the TAC on the basis of maximum sustainable yield advice, as provided by ICES.

(10) As a result of the recent benchmark exercise, as regards the stock of herring to the west of Scotland, ICES has provided advice for the combined herring stocks in Divisions VIa, VIIb and VIIc (West of Scotland, West of Ireland). The advice covers two separate TACs (for VIaS, VIIb and VIIc on the one hand, and for Vb, VIb and VIaN on the other). According to ICES, a rebuilding plan has to be developed for these stocks. Since, according to scientific advice, the management plan for the northern stock(7) cannot be applied to the combined stocks, it is appropriate, in order to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy as defined in Regulation (EU) 1380/2013, to fix the TACs on the basis of the maximum sustainable yield advice.

(11) For stocks for which there is no sufficient or reliable data in order to provide size estimates, management measures and TAC levels should follow the precautionary approach to fisheries management as defined in Article 4(1)(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, while taking into account stock-specific factors, including, in particular, available information on stock trends and mixed fisheries considerations.

(12) Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96(8) introduced additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs including, under Articles 3 and 4, flexibility provisions for precautionary and analytical TACs. Under Article 2 of that Regulation, when fixing the TACs, the Council is to decide to which stocks Articles 3 or 4 shall not apply, in particular on the basis of the biological status of the stocks. More recently, the year-to-year flexibility mechanism was introduced by Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for all stocks that are subject to the landing obligation. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive flexibility that would undermine the principle of rational and responsible exploitation of living marine biological resources, hinder the achievement of the objectives of the CFP and deteriorate the biological status of the stocks, it should be established that Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply to analytical TACs only where the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 is not used.

(13) Where a TAC relating to a stock is allocated to one Member State only, it is appropriate to empower that Member State in accordance with Article 2(1) of the Treaty to determine the level of such TAC. Provisions should be made to ensure that, when fixing that TAC level, the Member State concerned acts in a manner fully consistent with the principles and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.

(14) It is necessary to establish the fishing effort ceilings for 2016 in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 5 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009, while taking into account Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009(9).

(15) In order to guarantee full use of fishing opportunities, it is appropriate to allow for the implementation of a flexible arrangement between some of the TAC areas where the same biological stock is concerned.

(16) In the light of the most recent scientific advice from ICES and in accordance with the international commitments in the context of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (NEAFC), it is necessary to limit the fishing effort on certain deep-sea species.

(17) For certain species, such as certain species of sharks, even a limited fishing activity could result in a serious risk to their conservation. Fishing opportunities for such species should therefore be fully restricted through a general prohibition on fishing those species.

(18) At the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, held in Quito from 3 to 9 November 2014, a number of species were added to the lists of protected species in Appendices I and II of the Convention, with effect from 8 February 2015. Therefore, it is appropriate to provide for the protection of those species with respect to Union fishing vessels fishing in all waters and non-Union fishing vessels fishing in Union waters.

(19) The use of fishing opportunities available to Union fishing vessels set out in this Regulation is subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009(10), and in particular to Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation, concerning the recording of catches and fishing effort and the notification of data on the exhaustion of fishing opportunities. It is therefore necessary to specify the codes to be used by Member States when sending data to the Commission relating to landings of stocks subject to this Regulation.

(20) For certain TACs Member States should be allowed to grant additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries. The aim of those trials is to test a catch-quota system in fisheries that are not yet under the landing obligation set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, i.e. a system where all catches should be landed and counted against quotas in order to avoid discards and the waste of otherwise usable fish resources they entail. Uncontrolled discards of fish are a threat to the long term sustainability of fish as a public good and thus to the Common Fisheries Policy objectives. By contrast, catch-quota systems inherently present the fishers with an incentive to optimise the catch selectivity of their operations. For the purpose of monitoring compliance with the conditions to which the fully documented fisheries trials are subject, Member States should ensure detailed and accurate documentation of all fishing trips and adequate capacity and means, such as observers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and others. In doing so, Member States should respect the principle of efficiency and proportionality. For the use of CCTV systems, the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(11) should be complied with.

(21) In order to ensure that trials of fully documented fisheries can effectively evaluate the potential of catch-quota systems to control the absolute fishing mortality of the stocks concerned, it is necessary for all fish caught in those trials, including those under minimum landing size, to be counted against the total allocation assigned to the participating vessel, and for fishing operations to cease when that total allocation has been fully utilised by that vessel. It is also appropriate to allow transfers of allocations between vessels participating in the fully documented fisheries trials and non-participating vessels provided that it can be demonstrated that discards by non-participating vessels do not increase.

(22) It is appropriate, following advice from the ICES, to maintain a specific system to manage sandeel in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa and IIIa and ICES subarea IV. Given that the ICES scientific advice is expected to become available only in February 2016, it is appropriate to set the TAC and quotas for this stock provisionally at zero until such advice is released.

(23) In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreements or protocols on fisheries relations with Norway(12) and the Faroe Islands(13) the Union has held consultations on fishing rights with those partners. In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreement and protocol on fisheries relations with Greenland(14), the Joint Committee has established the level of fishing opportunities available for the Union in Greenland waters in 2016. It is therefore necessary to include these fishing opportunities in this Regulation.

(24) At its Annual Meeting in 2015, NEAFC adopted a conservation measure on the redfish stock in the Irminger Sea fixing for 2016 the TAC and quotas for the contracting parties, including the Union.

(25) At its Annual Meeting in 2015, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted for the 2016-2018 period a decrease of the TAC and quotas for bigeye tuna and an extension of the TACs and quotas for blue and white marlins. Furthermore, it confirmed for 2016 TACs and quotas previously established for bluefin tuna, North-Atlantic swordfish, Southern-Atlantic swordfish, Southern-Atlantic Albacore and North- Atlantic Albacore. As it is already the case for the stock of bluefin tuna, it is appropriate that catches in recreational fisheries performed on all other ICCAT stocks included in Annex ID also be subject to the catch limits adopted by that organisation in order to guarantee that the Union does not exceed its quotas. All these measures should be implemented in the law of the Union.

(26) At its 34

Annual Meeting in 2015, the Parties to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) adopted catch limits for both target and by-catch species for 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. The uptake of such quota during 2015 should be considered when setting fishing opportunities for the year 2016.

(27) At its Annual Meeting in 2015, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) confirmed the conservation and management measures on capacity in place. The IOTC also adopted a measure on limitation of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs). As the activities of supply vessels and the use of FADs are an integral part of the fishing effort exerted by the purse seine fleet, the measure should be implemented in the law of the Union.

(28) The Annual Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) will be held on 25-29 January 2016. It is appropriate that current measures in the SPRFMO Convention Area are provisionally maintained until such Annual Meeting is held. However, the stock of jack mackerel should not be targeted before a TAC is set as a result of that Annual Meeting.

(29) At its 89th Annual Meeting in 2015, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) maintained its conservation measures for yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and skipjack tuna. IATTC also maintained its resolution on the conservation of oceanic whitetip sharks. Those measures should continue to be implemented in the law of the Union.

(30) At its Annual Meeting in 2015, the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) adopted a conservation measure for TACs for Patagonian toothfish and deep-sea red crab, while the existing TACs for alfonsinos, orange roughy and pelagic armourhead remained in force. The currently applicable measures on allocation of fishing opportunities adopted by SEAFO should be implemented in the law of the Union.

(31) At its 12th Annual Meeting, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) confirmed the conservation and management measures in place. Those measures should continue to be implemented in the law of the Union.

(32) At its Annual Meeting in 2013, the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock resources in the central Bering Sea did not modify its measures regarding fishing opportunities. Those measures should be implemented in the law of the Union.

(33) At its 37th Annual Meeting in 2015, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) adopted a number of fishing opportunities for 2016 of certain stocks in Subareas 1-4 of the NAFO Convention Area. Those measures should be implemented in the law of the Union.

(34) Certain international measures which create or restrict fishing opportunities for the Union are adopted by the relevant Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) at the end of the year and become applicable before the entry into force of this Regulation. It is therefore necessary for the provisions that implement such measures in the law of the Union to apply retroactively. In particular, since the fishing season in CCAMLR Convention Area runs from 1 December to 30 November, and thus certain fishing opportunities or prohibitions in the CCAMLR Convention Area are laid down for a period of time starting from 1 December 2015, it is appropriate that the relevant provisions of this Regulation apply from that date. Such retroactive application does not prejudice the principle of legitimate expectations as CCAMLR members are forbidden to fish in the CCAMLR Convention Area without authorisation.

(35) In accordance with the declaration by the Union addressed to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana(15), it is necessary to fix the fishing opportunities for snapper available to Venezuela in Union waters.

(36) Each year since 2011 Portugal has determined the TAC for the stock of whiting in ICES subareas IX and X and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1, pursuant to relevant Regulations fixing the annual fishing opportunities. Portugal has indicated that the species caught in that area is pollack and not whiting, and ICES has confirmed that whiting is indeed rare in the area concerned. Therefore, no TAC for whiting needs to be set for this area.

(37) Scientific advice received from the STECF indicates that it is in line with the precautionary principle to allow a small by-catch quota for undulate ray (

Raja undulata

) in ICES subarea IX.

(38) In order to ensure uniform conditions for granting an individual Member State an authorisation to benefit from the system of managing its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council(16).

(39) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission relating to the granting of additional days at sea for permanent cessation of fishing activities and for enhanced scientific observer coverage as well as to establish the formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information concerning transfer of days at sea between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State.

(40) In order to avoid the interruption of fishing activities and to ensure the livelihood of the fishermen of the Union, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2016, except for the provisions concerning fishing effort limits, which should apply from 1 February 2016, and certain provisions in particular regions, which should have a specific date of application. For reasons of urgency, this Regulation should enter into force immediately after its publication.

(41) Fishing opportunities should be used in full compliance with the applicable law of the Union.

(42) According to Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96, when more than 75 % of a precautionary TAC has been utilized before 31 October of the year of its application, a Member State with a quota may request an increase in the TAC. The Commission has received a request for a 10 % increase of the 2015 TAC for skates and rays in the Eastern Channel (ICES division VIId). The supporting biological information, submitted with the request, has been verified and validated by experts at the Commission's Joint Research Centre.

(43) Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104(17) should therefore be amended accordingly.

(44) The TAC for skates and rays in the Eastern Channel (ICES division VIId) provided for in Regulation (EU) 2015/104 applies from 1 January 2015. The amending provisions set out in this Regulation should also apply from that date. Such retroactive application does not prejudice the principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations as the fishing opportunities concerned are increased compared to the opportunities established in Regulation (EU) 2015/104,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

1. This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities available in Union waters and, to Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks.

2. The fishing opportunities referred to in paragraph 1 include:

(a) catch limits for the year 2016 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2017;

(b) fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2016 to 31 January 2017, except where other periods are established for effort limits in Articles 9, 31 and 32 and Annex IIE;

(c) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area;

(d) fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the IATTC Convention Area set out in Article 28 for the periods in 2016 and 2017 specified in that provision.

Article 2

Scope

This Regulation shall apply to the following vessels:

(a) Union fishing vessels;

(b) third-country vessels in Union waters.

This Regulation shall also apply to recreational fisheries where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘third-country vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country.

(b) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine living aquatic resources such as for recreation, tourism or sport.

(d) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means:

(i) in fisheries subject to the landing obligation referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that can be caught from each stock each year;

(ii) in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that can be landed from each stock each year;

(e) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(f) ‘analytical assessments’ means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock's biology and exploitation, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice on options for future catches;

(g) ‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008(18);

(h) ‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(i) ‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 4

Fishing zones

For the purposes of this Regulation the following zone definitions shall apply:

(a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009(19);

(b) ‘Skagerrak’ means the geographical area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(c) ‘Kattegat’ means the geographical area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(d) ‘Functional Unit 16 of ICES subarea VII’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

— 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W,

— 53° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,

— 51° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,

— 51° 30′ N 13° 00′ W,

— 51° 00′ N 13° 00′ W,

— 51° 00′ N 15° 00′ W,

— 53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W;

(e) ‘Functional Unit 26 of ICES division IXa’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

— 43° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,

— 43° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;

(f) ‘Functional Unit 27 of ICES division IXa’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

— 42° 00′ N 8° 00′ W,

— 42° 00′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 38° 30′ N 10° 00′ W,

— 38° 30′ N 9° 00′ W,

— 40° 00′ N 9° 00′ W,

— 40° 00′ N 8° 00′ W;

(g) ‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division IXa east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W;

(h) CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(20);

(i) NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(21);

(j) ‘SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean(22);

(k) ‘ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas(23);

(l) ‘CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004(24);

(m) ‘IATTC (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica (‘the Antigua Convention’)(25);

(n) ‘IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission(26);

(o) ‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ is the high seas geographical area south of 10° N, north of the CCAMLR Convention Area, east of the SIOFA Convention Area as defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement(27), and west of the areas of fisheries jurisdictions of South American States;

(p) ‘the WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission) Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean(28);

(q) ‘high seas of the Bering Sea’ is the geographical area of the high seas of the Bering Sea beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured;

(r) ‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC’ is the geographical area defined by the following limits:

— longitude 150° W,

— longitude 130° W,

— latitude 4° S,

— latitude 50° S.

TITLE II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS

CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 5

TACs and allocations

1. The TACs for Union fishing vessels in Union waters or certain non-Union waters and the allocation of such TACs among Member States, and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in Annex I.

2. Union fishing vessels shall be authorised to make catches, within the TACs set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the condition set out in Article 15 of and Annex III to this Regulation and in Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008(29) and its implementing provisions.

Article 6

TACs to be determined by Member States

1. The TACs for certain fish stocks shall be determined by the Member State concerned. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.

2. The TACs to be determined by a Member State shall:

(a) be consistent with the principles and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular the principle of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and

(b) result:

(i) if analytical assessments are available, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with maximum sustainable yield from 2016 onwards, with as high a probability as possible;

(ii) if analytical assessments are unavailable or incomplete, in the exploitation of the stock consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.

3. By 15 March 2016, each Member State concerned shall submit the following information to the Commission:

(a) the TACs adopted;

(b) the data collected and assessed by the Member State concerned on which the TACs adopted are based;

Article 7

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

1. Catches that are not subject to the landing obligation established in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be retained on board or landed only if they:

(a) have been taken by vessels flying the flag of a Member State having a quota and that quota has not been exhausted; or

(b) consist of a share in a Union quota which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that Union quota has not been exhausted.

2. The stocks of non-target species within safe biological limits referred to in Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are identified in Annex I of this Regulation for the purposes of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quotas provided for in that Article.

Article 8

Fishing effort limits

For the periods referred to in Article 1(2)(b), the following fishing effort measures shall apply:

(a) Annex IIA for the management of certain cod, sole, and plaice stocks in the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES subarea IV and ICES divisions VIa, VIIa and VIId and Union waters of ICES divisions IIa and Vb;

(b) Annex IIB for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa, with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;

Article 9

Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries

1. Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002(30) establishing the requirement of holding a deep-sea fishing permit shall apply to Greenland halibut. The catching, retaining on board, transhipping and landing of Greenland halibut shall be subject to the conditions referred to in that Article.

2. This paragraph shall apply only to fishing trips on which more than 100 kg of deep-sea species, other than greater silver smelt, are caught.

Member States shall ensure that for 2016 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, do not exceed 65 % of the average annual fishing effort deployed by the vessels of the Member State concerned in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held or deep-sea species, as listed in Annexes I and II to that Regulation, were caught.

Article 10

Measures on Sea bass fisheries

1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for sea bass in ICES divisions VIIb, VIIc, VIIj and VIIk, as well as in the waters of ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg that are more than 12 nautical miles from the baseline under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to retain on board, tranship, relocate or land sea bass caught in that area.

2. From 1 January to 30 June 2016, it shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for sea bass and to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land sea bass caught in the following areas:

(a) ICES divisions IVb, IVc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf and VIIh;

(b) waters within 12 nautical miles from baseline under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg.

By derogation from the first subparagraph, the following measures shall apply in the areas referred to in that subparagraph:

(a) a Union fishing vessel deploying demersal trawls and seines(31) may retain on board catches of sea bass that do not exceed 1 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board;

(b) in January 2016 and from 1 April to 30 June 2016, Union fishing vessels using hooks and lines, and fixed gillnets(32) may fish for sea bass and retain on board, relocate, tranship or land sea bass caught in that area not exceeding 1 300 kilograms per any vessel per month.

3. From 1 July to 31 December 2016 it shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels using hooks, lines and fixed gillnets to fish for sea bass in quantities exceeding 1 300 kilograms per any vessel per month and for Union fishing vessels using other gears to fish for sea bass in quantities exceeding 1 000 kilograms per any vessel per month in the following areas:

(a) ICES divisions IVb, IVc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf and VIIh;

(b) waters within 12 nautical miles from baseline under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom in ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg.

During that period, it shall also be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land quantities of sea bass exceeding the quantities set in the first subparagraph caught in those areas.

4. The catch limits set in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not be transferable from one month to another or between vessels. Member States shall report to the Commission catches of sea bass per type of gear not later than 20 days after the end of each month.

For Union fishing vessels using more than one gear in a single calendar month, the lowest catch limit set in paragraph 3 for either gear shall apply.

5. From 1 January to 30 June 2016 in recreational fisheries in ICES divisions IVb, IVc, VIIa and from VIId to VIIh, only catch-and-release fishing for sea bass, including from shore, shall be allowed. During this period, it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land sea bass caught in that area.

6. In recreational fisheries, including from shore, not more than one specimen of sea bass may be retained per fisherman per day during the following periods and in the following areas:

(a) from 1 July to 31 December 2016 in ICES divisions IVb, IVc, VIIa and from VIId to VIIh;

(b) from 1 January to 31 December 2016 in ICES divisions VIIj and VIIk.

Article 11

Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

1. The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in this Regulation is without prejudice to:

(a) exchanges made pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b) deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(d) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation 1380/2013;

(e) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation 1380/2013;

(f) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(g) quota transfers and exchanges pursuant to Article 21 of this Regulation

(h) additional allocations pursuant to Article 15 of this Regulation.

2. Stocks which are subject to precautionary or analytical TACs are identified in Annex I to this Regulation for the purposes of the year-to-year management of TACs and quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

3. Except where otherwise specified in Annex I to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to a precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to an analytical TAC.

4. Articles 3 and 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.

Article 12

Closed fishing seasons

1. It shall be prohibited to fish or retain on board any of the following species in the Porcupine Bank during the period from 1 May to 31 May 2016: cod, megrims, anglerfish, haddock, whiting, hake, Norway lobster, plaice, pollack, saithe, skates and rays, common sole, tusk, blue ling, ling and spurdog.

For the purposes of this paragraph, the Porcupine Bank shall comprise the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	52° 27′ N	12° 19′ W
2	52° 40′ N	12° 30′ W
3	52° 47′ N	12° 39,600′ W
4	52° 47′ N	12° 56′ W
5	52° 13,5′ N	13° 53,830′ W
6	51° 22′ N	14° 24′ W
7	51° 22′ N	14° 03′ W
8	52° 10′ N	13° 25′ W
9	52° 32′ N	13° 07,500′ W
10	52° 43′ N	12° 55′ W
11	52° 43′ N	12° 43′ W
12	52° 38,800′ N	12° 37′ W
13	52° 27′ N	12° 23′ W
14	52° 27′ N	12° 19′ W

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, transit through the Porcupine Bank while carrying on board the species referred to in that paragraph, shall be permitted in accordance with Article 50(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

2. Commercial fishing for sandeel with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited in ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and ICES subarea IV from 1 January to 31 March 2016 and from 1 August to 31 December 2016.

The prohibition set out in the first subparagraph shall also apply to third-country vessels authorised to fish for sandeel in Union waters of ICES subarea IV.

Article 13

Prohibitions

1. It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species:

(a) starry ray (

Amblyraja radiata

) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV;

(b) white shark (

Carcharodon carcharías

) in all waters;

Centrophorus squamosus

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;

(d) Portuguese dogfish (

Centroscymnus coelolepis

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;

(e) basking shark (

Cetorhinus maximus

) in all waters;

(f) kitefin shark (

Dalatias licha

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;

(g) birdbeak dogfish (

Deania calcea

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;

(h) common skate (

Dipturus batis

) complex (

Dipturus

cf.

flossada

and

Dipturus

cf.

intermedia

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(i) great lanternshark (

Etmopterus princeps

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;

(j) smooth lanternshark (

Etmopterus pusillus

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(k) tope shark (

Galeorhinus galeus

) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division IIa and subarea IV and in Union and international waters of ICES subareas I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(l) porbeagle (

Lamna nasus

) in all waters;

(m) reef manta ray (

Manta alfredi

) in all waters;

(n) giant manta ray (

Manta birostris

) in all waters;

(o) the following species of Mobula rays in all waters:

(i) devil fish (

Mobula mobular

);

(ii) lesser Guinean devil ray (

Mobula rochebrunei

);

(iii) spinetail mobula (

Mobula japanica

);

(iv) smoothtail mobula (

Mobula thurstoni

);

(v) longhorned mobula (

Mobula eregoodootenkee

);

(vi) Munk's devil ray (

Mobula munkiana

);

(vii) Chilean devil ray (

Mobula tarapacana

);

(viii)

shortfin devil ray (

Mobula kuhlii

);

(ix) lesser devil ray (

Mobula hypostoma

);

(p) the following species of sawfish (

Pristidae

) in all waters:

(i) narrow sawfish (

Anoxypristis cuspidate

);

(ii) dwarf sawfish (

Pristis clavata

);

(iii) smalltooth sawfish (

Pristis pectinata

);

(iv) largetooth sawfish (

Pristis pristis

);

(v) green sawfish (

Pristis zijsron

);

(q) thornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division IIIa;

(r) Norwegian skate (Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk;

(s) undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI and X;

(t) white skate (Raja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(u) guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;

(v) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters.

2. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Article 14

Data transmission

When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States submit to the Commission data relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

CHAPTER II

Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries

Article 15

Additional allocations

1. For certain stocks, a Member State may grant an additional allocation to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries. Those stocks are identified in Annex I.

2. The additional allocation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed the overall limit set out in Annex I as a percentage of the quota allocated to that Member State.

Article 16

Conditions for additional allocations

1. The additional allocation referred to in Article 15 shall comply with the following conditions:

(a) Member States shall ensure detailed and accurate documentation of all fishing trips and adequate capacity and means, such as observers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and others. In doing so, Member States shall respect the principle of efficiency and proportionality;

(b) the additional allocation granted to an individual vessel that participates in trials on fully documented fisheries shall not exceed any of the following limits:

(i) 75 % of the discards of the stock, as estimated by the relevant Member State, produced by the type of vessel to which the individual vessel that has been granted the additional allocation belongs;

(ii) 30 % of the vessel's individual allocation prior to participating in the trials;

(c) all catches by the vessel from the stock subject to the additional allocation, including fish that are under minimum landing size as defined in Annex XII of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98(33), shall be counted against the individual allocation of the vessel, as resulting from any additional allocation granted under Article 15 of this Regulation;

(d) once the individual allocation for any stock subject to the additional allocation has been fully utilised by a vessel, the vessel in question must cease all fishing activity in the relevant TAC area;

(e) in respect of the stocks for which this Article may be used, Member States may allow transfers of the individual allocation or any part thereof from vessels not participating in trials on fully documented fisheries to vessels participating in those trials provided that it can be demonstrated that discards by the non- participating vessels do not increase.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1(b)(i), a Member State may exceptionally grant to a vessel flying its flag an additional allocation exceeding 75 % of the estimated discards of the stock produced by the type of vessel to which the individual vessel that has been granted the additional allocation belongs, provided that:

(a) the rate of stock discards, as estimated for the relevant type of vessel, is less than 10 %;

(b) the inclusion of that type of vessel is important to evaluate the potential of the monitoring means used in accordance with paragraph 1(a);

(c) an overall limit of 75 % of the estimated stock discards produced by all vessels participating in the trials is not exceeded.

3. Prior to granting the additional allocation referred to in Article 15, a Member State shall submit the following information to the Commission:

(a) the list of vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries;

(b) the specifications of the remote electronic monitoring equipment installed on board those vessels;

(d) the estimated discards for each type of vessel participating in the trials;

(e) the amount of catches of the stock subject to the relevant TAC made in 2015 by the vessels participating in the trials.

Article 17

Processing of personal data

To the extent that the recordings obtained in accordance with Article 16(1)(a) of this Regulation involve the processing of personal data within the meaning of Directive 95/46/EC, that Directive shall apply to the processing of such data.

Article 18

Withdrawal of additional allocations

Where a Member State detects that a vessel participating in trials on fully documented fisheries fails to comply with the conditions set out in Article 16, it shall immediately withdraw the additional allocation granted to that vessel and exclude that vessel from participation in those trials for the remainder of the year 2016.

Article 19

Scientific review of discard assessments

The Commission may request any Member State that avails itself of this Chapter to submit its assessment of the discards produced per type of vessel to a scientific advisory body for review, in order to monitor the implementation of the requirement set out in Article 16(1)(b)(i). In the absence of an assessment confirming such discards, the Member State concerned shall take any appropriate measure to ensure compliance with that requirement and shall inform the Commission thereof.

CHAPTER III

Fishing authorisations in third-country waters

Article 20

Fishing authorisations

1. The maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels fishing in waters of a third country is set out in Annex III.

2. Where one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (‘swap’) in the fishing areas set out in Annex III of this Regulation on the basis of Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the transfer shall include an appropriate transfer of fishing authorisations and shall be notified to the Commission. However, the total number of fishing authorisations for each fishing area, as set out in Annex III of this Regulation, shall not be exceeded.

CHAPTER IV

Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Article 21

Quota transfers and exchanges

1. Where, under the rules of a regional fisheries management organisation (‘RFMO’), quota transfers or exchanges between the Contracting Parties to the RFMO are permitted, a Member State (‘the Member State concern’) may discuss with a Contracting Party to the RFMO and, as appropriate, establish a possible outline of an intended quota transfer or exchange.

2. Upon notification to the Commission by the Member State concerned, the Commission may endorse the outline of the intended quota transfer or exchange that the Member State has discussed with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO. Thereupon, the Commission shall exchange, without undue delay, the consent to be bound by such quota transfer or exchange with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO. The Commission shall notify the secretariat of the RFMO of the agreed quota transfer or exchange in accordance with the rules of that organisation.

3. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the agreed quota transfer or exchange.

4. The fishing opportunities received from or transferred to the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO under the quota transfer or exchange shall be deemed to be quotas allocated to, or deducted from, the allocation of the Member State concerned, as of the moment that the quota transfer or exchange takes effect in accordance with the terms of the agreement reached with the relevant Contracting Party to the RFMO or in accordance with the rules of the relevant RFMO, as appropriate. Such allocation shall not change the existing distribution key for the purpose of allocating fishing opportunities among Member States in accordance with the principle of relative stability of fishing activities.

Section 1

ICCAT Convention Area

Article 22

Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna

1. The 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 shall be limited as set out in point 1 of Annex IV.

2. The 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 shall be limited as set out in point 2 of Annex IV.

3. The number of Union fishing vessels fishing for bluefin tuna in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm shall be limited as set out in point 3 of Annex IV.

4. The number and total capacity in gross tonnage of fishing vessels authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean shall be limited as set out in point 4 of Annex IV.

5. The number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery shall be limited as set out in point 5 of Annex IV.

6. The bluefin tuna farming capacity, the fattening capacity and the maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna allocated to the farms in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean shall be limited as set out in point 6 of Annex IV.

Article 23

Recreational fisheries

Where appropriate, Member States shall allocate a specific quota for recreational fisheries from their quotas allocated in Annex ID.

Article 24

Sharks

1. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of bigeye thresher sharks (

Alopias superciliosus

) in any fishery shall be prohibited.

2. It shall be prohibited to undertake a directed fishery for species of thresher sharks of the

Alopias

genus.

3. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of hammerhead sharks of the

Sphyrnidae

family (except for the

Sphyrna tiburo

) in association with fisheries in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be prohibited.

4. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks (

Carcharhinus longimanus

) taken in any fishery shall be prohibited.

5. Retaining on board silky sharks (

Carcharhinus falciformis

) taken in any fishery shall be prohibited.

Section 2

CCAMLR Convention Area

Article 25

Prohibitions and catch limitations

1. Direct fishing of the species set out in Part A of Annex V, shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out therein.

2. For exploratory fisheries, the TACs and by-catch limits set out in Part B of Annex V, shall apply in the subareas set out therein.

Article 26

Exploratory fisheries

1. Only those Member States that are members of the CCAMLR may participate in longline exploratory fisheries for

Dissostichus

spp. in FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a outside areas of national jurisdiction in 2016. If such a Member State intends to participate in such fisheries, it shall notify the CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with Articles 7 and 7a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 and in any case no later than 1 June 2016.

2. With regard to FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a TACs and by-catch limits per subarea and division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them, shall be as set out in Part B of Annex V. Fishing in any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the specified TAC, and the SSRU shall be closed to fishing for the remainder of the season.

3. Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information necessary to determine fishery potential and to avoid over-concentration of catch and fishing effort. However, fishing in FAO subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2 and 58.4.3a shall be prohibited in depths less than 550 m.

Article 27

Krill fishery during the 2016/2017 fishing season

1. If a Member State intends to fish for krill (

Euphausia superba

) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2016/2017 fishing season, it shall notify the Commission, no later than 1 May 2016, using the format laid down in Part C of Annex V to this Regulation of its intention to fish for krill. On the basis of the information provided by Member States, the Commission shall submit the notifications to the CCAMLR Secretariat no later than 30 May 2016.

2. The notification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall include the information provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 for each vessel to be authorised by the Member State to participate in the krill fishery.

3. A Member State intending to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention Area shall notify its intention to do so only in respect of authorised vessels either flying its flag at the time of the notification or flying the flag of another CCAMLR member that are expected, at the time the fishery takes place, to be flying the flag of that Member State.

4. Member States shall be entitled to authorise participation in a krill fishery by vessels other than those notified to CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, if an authorised vessel is prevented from participation due to legitimate operational reasons or

force majeure

. In such circumstances the Member States concerned shall immediately inform the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission, providing:

(a) full details of the intended replacement vessel(s), including information provided for in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

(b) a comprehensive account of the reasons justifying the replacement and any relevant supporting evidence or references.

5. Member States shall not authorise a vessel on any CCAMLR illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) Vessel List to participate in krill fisheries.

Section 3

IOTC Convention Area

Article 28

Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area

1. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels fishing for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 1 of Annex VI.

2. The maximum number of Union fishing vessels fishing for swordfish (

Xiphias gladius

) and albacore (

Thunnus alalunga

) in the IOTC Convention Area and the corresponding capacity in gross tonnage shall be as set out in point 2 of Annex VI.

3. Member States may re-allocate vessels assigned to one of the two fisheries referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the other fishery, provided that they can demonstrate to the Commission that this change does not lead to an increase of fishing effort on the fish stocks involved.

4. Member States shall ensure that, where there is a proposed transfer of capacity to their fleet, vessels to be transferred are on the IOTC Record of Vessels or on the record of vessels of other tuna regional fisheries organisations. Furthermore, no vessels featuring on the list of vessels engaged in IUU fishing activities (IUU vessels) of any RFMO may be transferred.

5. Member States may only increase their fishing capacity beyond the ceilings referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within the limits set out in the development plans submitted to the IOTC.

Article 29

Drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs)

A purse seine vessel shall not deploy more than 550 active drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) at any one time.

Article 30

Sharks

1. Retaining on board, transhipping or landing any part or whole carcass of thresher sharks of all the species of the

Alopiidae

family in any fishery shall be prohibited.

2. Retaining on board, transshipping or landing any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks (

Carcharhinus longimanus

) in any fishery shall be prohibited, except for vessels under 24 metres overall length engaged solely in fishing operations within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Member State whose flag they fly, and provided that their catch is destined solely for local consumption.

3. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Section 4

SPRFMO Convention Area

Article 31

Pelagic fisheries

1. Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 shall limit the total level of gross tonnage of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2016 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area.

2. Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009 may fish for pelagic stocks in that area in accordance with the TACs set out in Annex IJ.

3. The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IJ may only be used under the condition that Member States send to the Commission the list of vessels actively fishing or engaged in transhipment in the SPRFMO Convention Area, records from vessel monitoring systems (VMS), monthly catch reports and, where available, port calls at the latest by the fifth day of the following month, in order to communicate this information to the SPRFMO Secretariat.

Article 32

Bottom fisheries

1. Member States shall limit their bottom fishing catch or effort in 2016 in the SPRFMO Convention Area to those parts of the Convention Area where bottom fishing has occurred from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 and to a level that does not exceed the annual average levels of catches or effort parameters in that period. They may fish beyond the track record only if SPRFMO endorses their plan to fish beyond the track record.

2. Member States without a track record in bottom fishing catch or effort in the SPRFMO Convention Area over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 shall not fish, unless SPRFMO endorses their plan to fish without the track record.

Section 5

IATTC Convention Area

Article 33

Purse-seine fisheries

1. The fishing by purse-seine vessels for yellowfin tuna (

Thunnus albacares

), bigeye tuna (

Thunnus obesus

) and skipjack tuna (

Katsuwonus pelamis

) shall be prohibited:

(a) from 29 July to 28 September 2016 or from 18 November 2016 to 18 January 2017 in the area defined by the following limits:

— the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,

— longitude 150° W,

— latitude 40° N,

— latitude 40° S;

(b) from 29 September to 29 October 2016 in the area defined by the following limits:

— longitude 96° W,

— longitude 110° W,

— latitude 4° N,

— latitude 3° S.

2. The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure referred to in paragraph 1 before 1 April 2016. All the purse-seine vessels of the Member States concerned shall stop purse-seine fishing in the areas defined in paragraph 1 during the selected period.

3. Purse-seine vessels fishing for tuna in the IATTC Convention Area shall retain on board and then land or tranship all yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack tuna caught.

4. Paragraph 3 shall not apply in the following cases:

(a) where the fish is considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size; or

(b) during the final set of a trip when there may be insufficient well space remaining to accommodate all the tuna caught in that set.

Article 34

Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks

1. It shall be prohibited to fish for oceanic whitetip sharks (

Carcharhinus longimanus

) in the IATTC Convention Area, and to retain on board, to tranship, to store, to offer to sell, to sell or to land any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks in that area.

2. When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released by vessel operators.

3. Vessel operators shall:

(a) record the number of releases with indication of status (dead or alive);

(b) report the information specified in point (a) to the Member State of which they are nationals. Member States shall transmit the information collected during the previous year to the Commission by 31 January of the year in which this Regulation enters into force.

Article 35

Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays

It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels in the IATTC Convention Area to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship, to land, to store, to offer to sell or to sell any part or whole carcass of Mobulid rays (which include Manta rays and Mobula rays). As soon as Union fishing vessels notice that Mobulid rays have been caught, Union fishing vessels shall promptly release them alive and unharmed wherever possible.

Section 6

SEAFO Convention Area

Article 36

Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks

Directed fishing for the following deep water sharks in the SEAFO Convention Area shall be prohibited:

— ghost catshark (

Apristurus manis

— blurred smooth lanternshark (

Etmopterus bigelowi

— shorttail lanternshark (

Etmopterus brachyurus

— great lanternshark (

Etmopterus princeps

— smooth lanternshark (

Etmopterus pusillus

— skates (

Rajidae

— velvet dogfish (

Scymnodon squamulosus

— deep-sea sharks of the

Selachimorpha

super-order.

— spiny dogfish (

Squalus acanthias

Section 7

WCPFC Convention Area

Article 37

Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries

1. Member States shall ensure that the number of fishing days allocated to purse-seine vessels fishing for bigeye tuna (

Thunnus obesus

), yellowfin tuna (

Thunnus albacares

) and skipjack tuna (

Katsuwonus pelamis

) in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area in the high seas and located between 20° N and 20° S does not exceed 403 days.

2. Union fishing vessels shall not target south Pacific albacore (

Thunnus alalunga

) in the WCPFC Convention Area south of 20° S.

3. Member States shall ensure that catches of bigeye tuna (

Thunnus obesus

) by longliners do not exceed 2 000 tonnes in 2016.

Article 38

Closed area for FAD fishing

1. In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20° N and 20° S, fishing activities of purse-seine vessels making use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2016 and 24:00 hours of 31 October 2016. During that period, a purse-seine vessel may only engage in fishing operations within that part of the WCPFC Convention Area if it carries onboard an observer to monitor that at no time does the vessel:

(a) deploy or service a FAD or associated electronic device;

(b) fish on schools in association with FADs.

2. All purse-seine vessels fishing in the part of the WCPFC Convention Area referred to in paragraph 1 shall retain onboard and land or tranship all bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught.

3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the following cases:

(a) in the final set of a trip, if the vessel has insufficient well space left to accommodate all fish;

(b) where the fish is unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size; or

Article 39

Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish swordfish

The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish (

Xiphias gladius

) in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as set out in Annex VII.

Article 40

Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks

1. Retaining on board, transhipping, storing or landing any part or whole carcass of the following species in the WCPFC Convention Area shall be prohibited:

(a) silky sharks (

Carcharhinus falciformis

(b) oceanic whitetip sharks (

Carcharhinus longimanus

)

2. When accidentally caught, species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

Article 41

Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC

1. Vessels listed exclusively in the WCPFC register shall apply the measures set out in Articles in this Section when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(r).

2. Vessels listed in both the WCPFC register and the IATTC register and vessels listed exclusively in the IATTC register shall apply the measures set out in Article 33(1)(a) and (2) to (4) and Article 34 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(r).

Section 8

Bering Sea

Article 42

Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea

Fishing for pollock (

Theragra chalcogramma

) in the high seas of the Bering Sea shall be prohibited.

TITLE III

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS

Article 43

TACs

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Union waters within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.

Article 44

Fishing authorisations

The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters shall be as set out in Annex VIII.

Article 45

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

The conditions specified in Article 7 shall apply to catches and by-catches of third-country vessels fishing under the authorisations specified in Article 44.

Article 46

Prohibitions

1. It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species whenever they are found in Union waters:

(a) starry ray (

Amblyraja radiata

) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV;

(b) the following species of sawfish in Union waters:

— narrow sawfish (

Anoxypristis cuspidate

);

— dwarf sawfish (

Pristis clavata

);

— smalltooth sawfish (

Pristis pectinata

);

— largetooth sawfish (

Pristis pristis

);

— green sawfish (

Pristis zijsron

);

Cetorhinus maximus

) and white shark (

Carcharodon carcharias

) in Union waters;

(d) common skate (

Dipturus batis

) complex (

Dipturus

cf.

flossada

and

Dipturus

cf.

intermedia

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(e) tope shark (

Galeorhinus galeus

) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(f) smooth lanternshark (

Etmopterus pusillus

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(g) kitefin shark (

Dalatias licha

), birdbeak dogfish (

Deania calcea

), leafscale gulper shark (

Centrophorus squamosus

), great lanternshark (

Etmopterus princeps

) and Portuguese dogfish (

Centroscymnus coelolepis

) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV and XIV;

(h) porbeagle (

Lamna nasus

) in Union waters;

(i) reef manta ray (

Manta alfredi

) in Union waters;

(j) giant manta ray (

Manta birostris

) in Union waters;

(k) the following species of Mobula rays in Union waters:

(i) devil fish (

Mobula mobular

);

(ii) lesser Guinean devil ray (

Mobula rochebrunei

);

(iii) spinetail mobula (

Mobula japanica

);

(iv) smoothtail mobula (

Mobula thurstoni

);

(v) longhorned mobula (

Mobula eregoodootenkee

);

(vi) Munk's devil ray (

Mobula munkiana

);

(vii) Chilean devil ray (

Mobula tarapacana

);

(viii)

shortfin devil ray (

Mobula kuhlii

);

(ix) lesser devil ray (

Mobula hypostoma

);

(l) thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) in Union waters of ICES division IIIa;

(m) Norwegian skate (

Raja

(

Dipturus

)

nidarosiensis

) in Union waters of ICES divisions VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIIb, VIIc, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh and VIIk;

(n) undulate ray (

Raja undulata

) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, IX and X and white skate (

Raja alba

) in Union waters of ICES subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

(o) guitarfishes (

Rhinobatidae

) in Union waters of ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII;

(p) angel shark (

Squatina squatina

) in Union waters.

2. When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.

TITLE IV

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2015

Article 47

Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2015/104

The TAC table for skates and rays in Union waters of VIId in Annex IA to Regulation (EU) 2015/104 is replaced by the following table:

Species:	Skates and rays Rajiformes		Zone:	Union waters of VIId (SRX/07D.)
Belgium		79(34) (35) (36)
France		663(34) (35) (36)
The Netherlands		4(34) (35) (36)
United Kingdom		132(34) (35) (36)
Union		878(34) (35) (36)
TAC		878(36)		Precautionary TAC

TITLE V

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 48

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture established by Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 49

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

It shall apply from 1 January 2016.

However, Article 8 shall apply from 1 February 2016.

The provisions on fishing opportunities set out in Articles 25, 26 and 27 and Annexes IE and V for the CCAMLR Convention Area shall apply from the dates specified therein.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2016.

For the Council

The President

A.G. KOENDERS

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (

OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2007 of 7 May 2007 establishing a multi-annual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Western Channel (

OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 7

(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 of 11 June 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea (

OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 1

(4) Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 (

OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 20

(5) Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, amending Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007 (

OJ L 96, 15.4.2009, p. 1

(6) Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 of 20 December 2005 establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (

OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5

(7) Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock (

OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 6

(8) Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (

OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3

(9) Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 of 27 July 2009 excluding certain groups of vessels from the fishing effort regime laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 (

OJ L 214, 19.8.2009, p. 16

(10) Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (

OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1

(11) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (

OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31

(12) Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (

OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48

(13) Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faeroe Islands, of the other part (

OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 12

(14) Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand (

OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 4

) and Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in that Agreement (

OJ L 293, 23.10.2012, p. 5

(15)

OJ L 6, 10.1.2012, p. 9

(16) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (

OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13

(17) Council Regulation (EU) 2015/104 of 19 January 2015 fixing for 2015 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters, amending Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 (

OJ L 22, 28.1.2015, p. 1

(18) Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the determination of the mesh size and assessing the thickness of twine of fishing nets (

OJ L 151, 11.6.2008, p. 5

(19) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70

(20) Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 1

(21) Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (

OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 42

(22) Concluded by Council Decision 2002/738/EC (

OJ L 234, 31.8.2002, p. 39

(23) The Union acceded by Council Decision 86/238/EEC (

OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33

(24) Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 (

OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 16

(25) Concluded by Council Decision 2006/539/EC (

OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 22

(26) The Union acceded by Council Decision 95/399/EC (

OJ L 236, 5.10.1995, p. 24

(27) Concluded by Council Decision 2008/780/EC (

OJ L 268, 9.10.2008, p. 27

(28) The Union acceded by Council Decision 2005/75/EC (

OJ L 32, 4.2.2005, p. 1

(29) Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2008 concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third-country vessels to Community waters, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93 and (EC) No 1627/94 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 3317/94 (

OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 33

(30) Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (

OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6

(31) All types of demersal trawls including Danish/Scottish seines, including OTB, OTT, PTB, TBB, SSC, SDN, SPR, SV, SB, SX, TBN, TBS, TB.

(32) All long lines or pole and line or rod and line fisheries, including LHP, LHM, LLD, LL, LTL, LX and LLS, all fixed gillnets and traps, including GTR, GNS, FYK, FPN and FIX.

(33) Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (

OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1

(34) Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/07D.), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/07D.), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/07D.), spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/07D.), small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

) (RJE/07D.) and undulate ray (

Raja undulata

) (RJU/07D.) shall be reported separately.

(35) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/*67AKD). Catches of Cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/*67AKD), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/*67AKD), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/*67AKD), spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/*67AKD) and small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

) (RJE/*67AKD) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

(36) Shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. In cases where it is not subject to the landing obligation, by-catch of undulate ray in the area covered by this TAC may only be landed whole or gutted, and provided that it does not comprise more than 20 kilograms live weight per fishing trip. The catches shall remain under the quotas shown in the table below. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. By-catches of undulate ray shall be reported separately under the following code: (RJU/07D.). Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities of undulate ray given below may be taken:

Species:	Undulate ray Raja undulata		Zone:	Union waters of VIId (RJU/07D.)
Belgium		1
France		8
The Netherlands		0
United Kingdom		2
Union		11
TAC		11		Precautionary TAC
of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIIe and reported under the following code: (RJU/*67AKD). This special condition is without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 12 and 44 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

LIST OF ANNEXES

ANNEX I:	TACs applicable to Union fishing vessels in areas where TACs exist by species and by area
ANNEX IA:	Skagerrak, Kattegat, ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, Union waters of CECAF, French Guiana waters
ANNEX IB:	North East Atlantic and Greenland, ICES subareas I, II, V, XII and XIV and Greenland waters of NAFO 1
ANNEX IC:	North West Atlantic — NAFO Convention Area
ANNEX ID:	Highly migratory fish — all areas
ANNEX IE:	Antarctic — CCAMLR Convention Area
ANNEX IF:	South-East Atlantic Ocean — SEAFO Convention Area
ANNEX IG:	Southern bluefin tuna — all areas
ANNEX IH:	WCPFC Convention Area
ANNEX IJ:	SPRFMO Convention Area
ANNEX IIA:	Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of certain cod, plaice and sole stocks in ICES divisions IIIa, VIa, VIIa, VIId, ICES subarea IV and Union waters of ICES divisions IIa and Vb
ANNEX IIB:	Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the recovery of certain Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz
ANNEX IIC:	Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of Western Channel sole stocks in ICES division VIIe
ANNEX IID:	Management areas for sandeel in ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and ICES subarea IV
ANNEX III:	Maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in third-country waters
ANNEX IV:	ICCAT Convention Area
ANNEX V:	CCAMLR Convention Area
ANNEX VI:	IOTC Convention Area
ANNEX VII:	WCPFC Convention Area
ANNEX VIII:	Quantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters

ANNEX I

TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

The tables in Annexes IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IF, IG, IJ set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate.

All fishing opportunities set out in this Annex shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation.

The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified. Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. Only Latin names identify species for regulatory purposes; vernacular names are provided for ease of reference.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:

Scientific name	Alpha-3 code	Common name
Amblyraja radiata	RJR	Starry ray
Ammodytes spp.	SAN	Sandeels
Argentina silus	ARU	Greater silver smelt
Beryx spp.	ALF	Alfonsinos
Brosme brosme	USK	Tusk
Caproidae	BOR	Boarfish
Centrophorus squamosus	GUQ	Leafscale gulper shark
Centroscymnus coelolepis	CYO	Portuguese dogfish
Chaceon spp.	GER	Deep sea red crab
Chaenocephalus aceratus	SSI	Blackfin icefish
Champsocephalus gunnari	ANI	Mackerel icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus	LIC	Unicorn icefish
Chionoecetes spp.	PCR	Snow crab
Clupea harengus	HER	Herring
Coryphaenoides rupestris	RNG	Roundnose grenadier
Dalatias licha	SCK	Kitefin shark
Deania calcea	DCA	Birdbeak dogfish
Dicentrarchus labrax	BSS	Sea bass
Dipturus batis (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia)	RJB	Common skate complex
Dissostichus eleginoides	TOP	Patagonian toothfish
Dissostichus mawsoni	TOA	Antarctic toothfish
Dissostichus spp.	TOT	Toothfish
Engraulis encrasicolus	ANE	Anchovy
Etmopterus princeps	ETR	Great lanternshark
Etmopterus pusillus	ETP	Smooth lanternshark
Euphausia superba	KRI	Krill
Gadus morhua	COD	Cod
Galeorhinus galeus	GAG	Tope shark
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	WIT	Witch flounder
Gobionotothen gibberifrons	NOG	Humped rockcod
Hippoglossoides platessoides	PLA	American plaice
Hippoglossus hippoglossus	HAL	Atlantic halibut
Hoplostethus atlanticus	ORY	Orange roughy
Illex illecebrosus	SQI	Shortfin squid
Lamna nasus	POR	Porbeagle
Lepidonotothen squamifrons	NOS	Grey rockcod
Lepidorhombus spp.	LEZ	Megrims
Leucoraja naevus	RJN	Cuckoo ray
Limanda ferruginea	YEL	Yellowtail flounder
Limanda limanda	DAB	Common dab
Lophiidae	ANF	Anglerfish
Macrourus spp.	GRV	Grenadiers
Makaira nigricans	BUM	Blue marlin
Mallotus villosus	CAP	Capelin
Manta birostris	RMB	Giant manta ray
Martialia hyadesi	SQS	Squid
Melanogrammus aeglefinus	HAD	Haddock
Merlangius merlangus	WHG	Whiting
Merluccius merluccius	HKE	Hake
Micromesistius poutassou	WHB	Blue whiting
Microstomus kitt	LEM	Lemon sole
Molva dypterygia	BLI	Blue ling
Molva molva	LIN	Ling
Nephrops norvegicus	NEP	Norway lobster
Notothenia rossii	NOR	Marbled rockcod
Pandalus borealis	PRA	Northern prawn
Paralomis spp.	PAI	Crabs
Penaeus spp.	PEN	‘Penaeus’ shrimps
Platichthys flesus	FLE	European flounder
Pleuronectes platessa	PLE	Plaice
Pleuronectiformes	FLX	Flatfish
Pollachius pollachius	POL	Pollack
Pollachius virens	POK	Saithe
Psetta maxima	TUR	Turbot
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus	SGI	South Georgia icefish
Pseudopentaceros spp.	EDW	Pelagic armourhead
Raja alba	RJA	White skate
Raja brachyura	RJH	Blonde ray
Raja circularis	RJI	Sandy ray
Raja clavata	RJC	Thornback ray
Raja fullonica	RJF	Shagreen ray
Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis	JAD	Norwegian skate
Raja microocellata	RJE	Small-eyed ray
Raja montagui	RJM	Spotted ray
Raja undulata	RJU	Undulate ray
Rajiformes	SRX	Skates and rays
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	GHL	Greenland halibut
Scomber scombrus	MAC	Mackerel
Scophthalmus rhombus	BLL	Brill
Sebastes spp.	RED	Redfish
Solea solea	SOL	Common sole
Solea spp.	SOO	Sole
Sprattus sprattus	SPR	Sprat
Squalus acanthias	DGS	Spurdog/dogfish
Tetrapturus albidus	WHM	White marlin
Thunnus maccoyii	SBF	Southern bluefin tuna
Thunnus obesus	BET	Bigeye tuna
Thunnus thynnus	BFT	Bluefin tuna
Trachurus murphyi	CJM	Jack mackerel
Trachurus spp.	JAX	Horse mackerel
Trisopterus esmarkii	NOP	Norway pout
Urophycis tenuis	HKW	White hake
Xiphias gladius	SWO	Swordfish

The following comparative table of common names and Latin names is provided exclusively for explanatory purposes:

Alfonsinos	ALF	Beryx spp.
American plaice	PLA	Hippoglossoides platessoides
Anchovy	ANE	Engraulis encrasicolus
Anglerfish	ANF	Lophiidae
Antarctic toothfish	TOA	Dissostichus mawsoni
Atlantic halibut	HAL	Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Bigeye tuna	BET	Thunnus obesus
Birdbeak dogfish	DCA	Deania calcea
Blackfin icefish	SSI	Chaenocephalus aceratus
Blonde ray	RJH	Raja brachyura
Blue ling	BLI	Molva dypterygia
Blue marlin	BUM	Makaira nigricans
Blue whiting	WHB	Micromesistius poutassou
Bluefin tuna	BFT	Thunnus thynnus
Boarfish	BOR	Caproidae
Brill	BLL	Scophthalmus rhombus
Capelin	CAP	Mallotus villosus
Cod	COD	Gadus morhua
Common dab	DAB	Limanda limanda
Common skate complex	RJB	Dipturus batis (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia)
Common sole	SOL	Solea solea
Crabs	PAI	Paralomis spp.
Cuckoo ray	RJN	Leucoraja naevus
Deep sea red crab	GER	Chaceon spp.
European flounder	FLE	Platichthys flesus
Flatfish	FLX	Pleuronectiformes
Giant manta ray	RMB	Manta birostris
Great lanternshark	ETR	Etmopterus princeps
Greater silver smelt	ARU	Argentina silus
Greenland halibut	GHL	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Grenadiers	GRV	Macrourus spp.
Grey rockcod	NOS	Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Haddock	HAD	Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hake	HKE	Merluccius merluccius
Herring	HER	Clupea harengus
Horse mackerel	JAX	Trachurus spp.
Humped rockcod	NOG	Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Jack mackerel	CJM	Trachurus murphyi
Kitefin shark	SCK	Dalatias licha
Krill	KRI	Euphausia superba
Leafscale gulper shark	GUQ	Centrophorus squamosus
Lemon sole	LEM	Microstomus kitt
Ling	LIN	Molva molva
Mackerel	MAC	Scomber scombrus
Mackerel icefish	ANI	Champsocephalus gunnari
Marbled rockcod	NOR	Notothenia rossii
Megrims	LEZ	Lepidorhombus spp.
Northern prawn	PRA	Pandalus borealis
Norway lobster	NEP	Nephrops norvegicus
Norway pout	NOP	Trisopterus esmarkii
Norwegian skate	JAD	Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis
Orange roughy	ORY	Hoplostethus atlanticus
Patagonian toothfish	TOP	Dissostichus eleginoides
Pelagic armourhead	EDW	Pseudopentaceros spp.
‘Penaeus’ shrimps	PEN	Penaeus spp.
Plaice	PLE	Pleuronectes platessa
Pollack	POL	Pollachius pollachius
Porbeagle	POR	Lamna nasus
Portuguese dogfish	CYO	Centroscymnus coelolepis
Redfish	RED	Sebastes spp.
Roundnose grenadier	RNG	Coryphaenoides rupestris
Saithe	POK	Pollachius virens
Sandeels	SAN	Ammodytes spp.
Sandy ray	RJI	Raja circularis
Sea bass	BSS	Dicentrarchus labrax
Shagreen ray	RJF	Raja fullonica
Shortfin squid	SQI	Illex illecebrosus
Skates and rays	SRX	Rajiformes
Small-eyed ray	RJE	Raja microocellata
Smooth lanternshark	ETP	Etmopterus pusillus
Snow crab	PCR	Chionoecetes spp.
Sole	SOO	Solea spp.
South Georgia icefish	SGI	Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
Southern bluefin tuna	SBF	Thunnus maccoyii
Spotted ray	RJM	Raja montagui
Sprat	SPR	Sprattus sprattus
Spurdog/dogfish	DGS	Squalus acanthias
Squid	SQS	Martialia hyadesi
Starry ray	RJR	Amblyraja radiata
Swordfish	SWO	Xiphias gladius
Thornback ray	RJC	Raja clavata
Toothfish	TOT	Dissostichus spp.
Tope shark	GAG	Galeorhinus galeus
Turbot	TUR	Psetta maxima
Tusk	USK	Brosme brosme
Undulate ray	RJU	Raja undulata
Unicorn icefish	LIC	Channichthys rhinoceratus
White hake	HKW	Urophycis tenuis
White marlin	WHM	Tetrapturus albidus
White skate	RJA	Raja alba
Whiting	WHG	Merlangius merlangus
Witch flounder	WIT	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yellowtail flounder	YEL	Limanda ferruginea

ANNEX IA

SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, ICES SUBAREAS I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII AND XIV, UNION WATERS OF CECAF, FRENCH GUIANA WATERS

Species:	Sandeel Ammodytes spp.		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (SAN/04-N.)
Denmark		0
United Kingdom		0
Union		0
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Sandeel Ammodytes spp.		Zone:	Union waters of IIa, IIIa and IV(1)
Denmark		0(2)
United Kingdom		0(2)
Germany		0(2)
Sweden		0(2)
Union		0
TAC		0		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus		Zone:	Union and international waters of I and II (ARU/1/2.)
Germany		24
France		8
The Netherlands		19
United Kingdom		39
Union		90
TAC		90		Analytical TAC

Species:	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus		Zone:	Union waters of III and IV (ARU/34-C)
Denmark		911
Germany		9
France		7
Ireland		7
The Netherlands		43
Sweden		35
United Kingdom		16
Union		1 028
TAC		1 028		Analytical TAC

Species:	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus		Zone:	Union and international waters of V, VI and VII (ARU/567.)
Germany		329
France		7
Ireland		305
The Netherlands		3 434
United Kingdom		241
Union		4 316
TAC		4 316		Analytical TAC

Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme		Zone:	Union and international waters of I, II and XIV (USK/1214EI)
Germany		6(3)
France		6(3)
United Kingdom		6(3)
Others		3(3)
Union		21(3)
TAC		21		Analytical TAC

Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme		Zone:	IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (USK/3A/BCD)
Denmark		15
Sweden		7
Germany		7
Union		29
TAC		29		Analytical TAC

Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme		Zone:	Union waters of IV (USK/04-C.)
Denmark		64
Germany		19
France		44
Sweden		6
United Kingdom		96
Others		6(4)
Union		235
TAC		235		Analytical TAC

Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme		Zone:	Union and international waters of V, VI and VII (USK/567EI.)
Germany		13
Spain		46
France		548
Ireland		53
United Kingdom		264
Others		13(5)
Union		937
Norway		2 923(6) (7) (8) (9)
TAC		3 860		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (USK/04-N.)
Belgium		0
Denmark		165
Germany		1
France		0
The Netherlands		0
United Kingdom		4
Union		170
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Boarfish Caproidae		Zone:	Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII (BOR/678-)
Denmark		10 463
Ireland		29 464
United Kingdom		2 710
Union		42 637
TAC		42 637		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Herring(10) Clupea harengus		Zone:	IIIa (HER/03A.)
Denmark		21 178(11)
Germany		339(11)
Sweden		22 154(11)
Union		43 671(11)
Norway		6 813
Faroe Islands		600(12)
TAC		51 084		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Herring(13) Clupea harengus		Zone:	Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N (HER/4AB.)
Denmark		91 628
Germany		55 471
France		24 669
The Netherlands		63 556
Sweden		5 273
United Kingdom		70 348
Union		310 945
Norway		150 290(14)
TAC		518 242		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Herring(16) Clupea harengus		Zone:	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/04-N.)
Sweden		1 184(16)
Union		1 184
TAC		518 242		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Herring(17) Clupea harengus		Zone:	IIIa (HER/03A-BC)
Denmark		5 692
Germany		51
Sweden		916
Union		6 659
TAC		6 659		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Herring(18) Clupea harengus		Zone:	IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa (HER/2A47DX)
Belgium		65
Denmark		12 601
Germany		65
France		65
The Netherlands		65
Sweden		62
United Kingdom		239
Union		13 162
Faroe Islands		220
TAC		13 382		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Herring(19) Clupea harengus		Zone:	IVc, VIId(20) (HER/4CXB7D)
Belgium		9 567(21)
Denmark		1 359(21)
Germany		823(21)
France		14 224(21)
The Netherlands		25 488(21)
United Kingdom		5 546(21)
Union		57 007
TAC		518 242		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	Union and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN(22) (HER/5B6ANB)
Germany		0(23)
France		0(23)
Ireland		0(23)
The Netherlands		0(23)
United Kingdom		0(23)
Union		0(23)
TAC		0		Analytical TAC

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	VIaS(24), VIIb, VIIc (HER/6AS7BC)
Ireland		0
The Netherlands		0
Union		0
TAC		0		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	VI Clyde(25) (HER/06ACL.)
United Kingdom		To be established(26)
Union		To be established(27)
TAC		To be established(27)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	VIIa(28) (HER/07A/MM)
Ireland		1 191
United Kingdom		3 384
Union		4 575
TAC		4 575		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	VIIe and VIIf (HER/7EF.)
France		465
United Kingdom		465
Union		930
TAC		930		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	VIIg(29), VIIh(29), VIIj(29) and VIIk(29) (HER/7G-K.)
Germany		172
France		953
Ireland		13 345
The Netherlands		953
United Kingdom		19
Union		15 442
TAC		15 442		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus		Zone:	VIII (ANE/08.)
Spain		22 500
France		2 500
Union		25 000
TAC		25 000		Analytical TAC

Species:	Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus		Zone:	IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANE/9/3411)
Spain		5 080
Portugal		5 542
Union		10 622
TAC		10 622		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	Skagerrak (COD/03AN.)
Belgium		12(30)
Denmark		3 846(30)
Germany		96(30)
The Netherlands		24(30)
Sweden		673(30)
Union		4 651
TAC		4 807		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	Kattegat (COD/03AS.)
Denmark		228(31)
Germany		5(31)
Sweden		137(31)
Union		370(31)
TAC		370(31)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat (COD/2A3AX4)
Belgium		994(32)
Denmark		5 713(32)
Germany		3 622(32)
France		1 228(32)
The Netherlands		3 228(32)
Sweden		38(32)
United Kingdom		13 107(32)
Union		27 930
Norway		5 721(33)
TAC		33 651		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (COD/04-N.)
Sweden		382(34)
Union		382
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	VIb; Union and international waters of Vb west of 12° 00′ W and of XII and XIV (COD/5W6-14)
Belgium		0
Germany		1
France		12
Ireland		16
United Kingdom		45
Union		74
TAC		74		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	VIa; Union and international waters of Vb east of 12° 00′ W (COD/5BE6A)
Belgium		0
Germany		0
France		0
Ireland		0
United Kingdom		0
Union		0
TAC		0(35)		Analytical TAC

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	VIIa (COD/07A.)
Belgium		2
France		5
Ireland		97
The Netherlands		0
United Kingdom		42
Union		146
TAC		146		Analytical TAC

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (COD/7XAD34)
Belgium		193
France		3 166
Ireland		864
The Netherlands		1
United Kingdom		341
Union		4 565
TAC		4 565		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	VIId (COD/07D.)
Belgium		84
France		1 647
The Netherlands		49
United Kingdom		181
Union		1 961
TAC		1 961		Analytical TAC

Species:	Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (LEZ/2AC4-C)
Belgium		8
Denmark		7
Germany		7
France		43
The Netherlands		34
United Kingdom		2 540
Union		2 639
TAC		2 639		Analytical TAC

Species:	Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.		Zone:	Union and international waters of Vb; VI; international waters of XII and XIV (LEZ/56-14)
Spain		592
France		2 312
Ireland		675
United Kingdom		1 635
Union		5 214
TAC		5 214		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.		Zone:	VII (LEZ/07.)
Belgium		493(36)
Spain		5 476(37)
France		6 647(37)
Ireland		3 021(36)
United Kingdom		2 617(36)
Union		18 254
TAC		18 254		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.		Zone:	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (LEZ/8ABDE.)
Spain		997
France		805
Union		1 802
TAC		1 802		Analytical TAC

Species:	Megrims Lepidorhombus spp.		Zone:	VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (LEZ/8C3411)
Spain		1 258
France		63
Portugal		42
Union		1 363
TAC		1 363		Analytical TAC

Species:	Common dab and European flounder Limanda limanda and Platichthys flesus		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (DAB/2AC4-C) for common dab; (FLE/2AC4-C) for European flounder
Belgium		503
Denmark		1 888
Germany		2 832
France		196
The Netherlands		11 421
Sweden		6
United Kingdom		1 588
Union		18 434
TAC		18 434		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Anglerfish Lophiidae		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (ANF/2AC4-C)
Belgium		398(38)
Denmark		878(38)
Germany		429(38)
France		82(38)
The Netherlands		301(38)
Sweden		10(38)
United Kingdom		9 169(38)
Union		11 267(38)
TAC		11 267		Analytical TAC

Species:	Anglerfish Lophiidae		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (ANF/04-N.)
Belgium		45
Denmark		1 152
Germany		18
The Netherlands		16
United Kingdom		269
Union		1 500
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Anglerfish Lophiidae		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (ANF/56-14)
Belgium		229
Germany		262
Spain		245
France		2 818
Ireland		638
The Netherlands		221
United Kingdom		1 962
Union		6 375
TAC		6 375		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Anglerfish Lophiidae		Zone:	VII (ANF/07.)
Belgium		3 097(39)
Germany		345(39)
Spain		1 231(39)
France		19 875(39)
Ireland		2 540(39)
The Netherlands		401(39)
United Kingdom		6 027(39)
Union		33 516(39)
TAC		33 516(39)		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Anglerfish Lophiidae		Zone:	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (ANF/8ABDE.)
Spain		1 368
France		7 612
Union		8 980
TAC		8 980		Analytical TAC

Species:	Anglerfish Lophiidae		Zone:	VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANF/8C3411)
Spain		2 141
France		2
Portugal		426
Union		2 569
TAC		2 569		Analytical TAC

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	IIIa, Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (HAD/3A/BCD)
Belgium		19
Denmark		3 163
Germany		201
The Netherlands		4
Sweden		374
Union		3 761
TAC		3 926		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

IV; Union waters of IIa

(HAD/2AC4.)

Belgium

354

Denmark

2 434

Germany

1 549

France

2 699

The Netherlands

266

Sweden

245

United Kingdom

40 141

Union

47 688

Norway

14 245

TAC

61 933

Analytical TAC

Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	Norwegian waters of IV (HAD/*04N-)
Union	35 473

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HAD/04-N.)
Sweden		707(40)
Union		707
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	Union and international waters of VIb, XII and XIV (HAD/6B1214)
Belgium		7
Germany		24
France		332
Ireland		353
United Kingdom		2 509
Union		3 225
TAC		3 225		Analytical TAC

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	Union and international waters of Vb and VIa (HAD/5BC6A.)
Belgium		11
Germany		13
France		549
Ireland		1 008
United Kingdom		4 881
Union		6 462
TAC		6 462		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (HAD/7X7A34)
Belgium		81
France		4 838
Ireland		1 613
United Kingdom		726
Union		7 258
TAC		7 258		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	VIIa (HAD/07A.)
Belgium		26
France		120
Ireland		716
United Kingdom		792
Union		1 654
TAC		1 654		Analytical TAC

Species:	Whiting Merlangius merlangus		Zone:	IIIa (WHG/03A.)
Denmark		929
The Netherlands		3
Sweden		99
Union		1 031
TAC		1 050		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Whiting Merlangius merlangus		Zone:	IV; Union waters of IIa (WHG/2AC4.)
Belgium		270
Denmark		1 167
Germany		304
France		1 754
The Netherlands		675
Sweden		2
United Kingdom		8 438
Union		12 610
Norway		1 068(41)
TAC		13 678		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Whiting Merlangius merlangus		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (WHG/56-14)
Germany		1
France		26
Ireland		64
United Kingdom		122
Union		213
TAC		213		Analytical TAC

Species:	Whiting Merlangius merlangus		Zone:	VIIa (WHG/07A.)
Belgium		0
France		3
Ireland		46
The Netherlands		0
United Kingdom		31
Union		80
TAC		80		Analytical TAC

Species:	Whiting Merlangius merlangus		Zone:	VIIb, VIIc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (WHG/7X7A-C)
Belgium		222
France		13 668
Ireland		6 333
The Netherlands		111
United Kingdom		2 444
Union		22 778
TAC		22 778		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Whiting Merlangius merlangus		Zone:	VIII (WHG/08.)
Spain		1 016
France		1 524
Union		2 540
TAC		2 540		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Whiting and pollack Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius		Zone:	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (WHG/04-N.) for whiting; (POL/04-N.) for pollack
Sweden		190(42)
Union		190
TAC		Not relevant		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Hake Merluccius merluccius		Zone:	IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (HKE/3A/BCD)
Denmark		2 762(44)
Sweden		235(44)
Union		2 997
TAC		2 997(43)		Analytical TAC

Species:	Hake Merluccius merluccius		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (HKE/2AC4-C)
Belgium		50(45)
Denmark		2 018(45)
Germany		232(45)
France		447(45)
The Netherlands		116(45)
United Kingdom		629(45)
Union		3 492(45)
TAC		3 492(46)		Analytical TAC

Species:	Hake Merluccius merluccius		Zone:	VI and VII; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (HKE/571214)
Belgium		569(47)
Spain		18 248
France		28 178(47)
Ireland		3 415
The Netherlands		367(47)
United Kingdom		11 125(47)
Union		61 902
TAC		61 902(48)		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Hake Merluccius merluccius		Zone:	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (HKE/8ABDE.)
Belgium		18(49)
Spain		12 429
France		27 910
The Netherlands		36(49)
Union		40 393
TAC		40 393(50)		Analytical TAC

Species:	Hake Merluccius merluccius		Zone:	VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (HKE/8C3411)
Spain		6 830
France		656
Portugal		3 188
Union		10 674
TAC		10 674		Analytical TAC

Species:	Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou		Zone:	Norwegian waters of II and IV (WHB/24-N.)
Denmark		0
United Kingdom		0
Union		0
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou		Zone:	Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV (WHB/1X14)
Denmark		31 704(53)
Germany		12 327(53)
Spain		26 878(52) (53)
France		22 063(53)
Ireland		24 550(53)
The Netherlands		38 659(53)
Portugal		2 497(52) (53)
Sweden		7 842(53)
United Kingdom		41 137(53)
Union		207 657(51) (53)
Norway		50 000
Faroe Islands		9 000
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou		Zone:	VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/8C3411)
Spain		23 931
Portugal		5 983
Union		29 914(54)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou		Zone:	Union waters of II, IVa, V, VI north of 56° 30′ N and VII west of 12° W (WHB/24A567)
Norway		149 506(55) (56)
Faroe Islands		21 500(57) (58)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Lemon sole and witch flounder Microstomus kitt and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (LEM/2AC4-C) for lemon sole; (WIT/2AC4-C) for witch flounder
Belgium		346
Denmark		953
Germany		122
France		261
The Netherlands		794
Sweden		11
United Kingdom		3 904
Union		6 391
TAC		6 391		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Blue ling Molva dypterygia		Zone:	Union and international waters of Vb, VI, VII (BLI/5B67-)
Germany		50
Estonia		8
Spain		157
France		3 586
Ireland		14
Lithuania		3
Poland		2
United Kingdom		912
Others		14(59)
Union		4 746
Norway		150(60)
Faroe Islands		150(61)
TAC		5 046		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Blue ling Molva dypterygia		Zone:	International waters of XII (BLI/12INT-)
Estonia		1(62)
Spain		426(62)
France		10(62)
Lithuania		4(62)
United Kingdom		4(62)
Others		1(62)
Union		446(62)
TAC		446(62)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Blue ling Molva dypterygia		Zone:	Union and international waters of II and IV (BLI/24-)
Denmark		4
Germany		4
Ireland		4
France		23
United Kingdom		14
Others		4(63)
Union		53
TAC		53		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Blue ling Molva dypterygia		Zone:	Union and international waters of III (BLI/03-)
Denmark		3
Germany		2
Sweden		3
Union		8
TAC		8		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Ling Molva molva		Zone:	Union and international waters of I and II (LIN/1/2.)
Denmark		8
Germany		8
France		8
United Kingdom		8
Others		4(64)
Union		36
TAC		36		Analytical TAC

Species:	Ling Molva molva		Zone:	IIIa; Union waters of IIIbcd (LIN/3A/BCD)
Belgium		6(65)
Denmark		50
Germany		6(65)
Sweden		19
United Kingdom		6(65)
Union		87
TAC		87		Analytical TAC

Species:	Ling Molva molva		Zone:	Union waters of IV (LIN/04-C.)
Belgium		19
Denmark		291
Germany		180
France		162
The Netherlands		6
Sweden		12
United Kingdom		2 242
Union		2 912
TAC		2 912		Analytical TAC

Species:	Ling Molva molva		Zone:	Union and international waters of V (LIN/05EI.)
Belgium		9
Denmark		6
Germany		6
France		6
United Kingdom		6
Union		33
TAC		33		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Ling Molva molva		Zone:	Union and international waters of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (LIN/6X14.)
Belgium		39
Denmark		7
Germany		140
Spain		2 837
France		3 025
Ireland		758
Portugal		7
United Kingdom		3 484
Union		10 297
Norway		6 500(66) (67) (68)
Faroe Islands		200(69) (70)
TAC		16 997		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Ling Molva molva		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (LIN/04-N.)
Belgium		7
Denmark		835
Germany		23
France		9
The Netherlands		1
United Kingdom		75
Union		950
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (NEP/3A/BCD)
Denmark		8 085
Germany		23
Sweden		2 893
Union		11 001
TAC		11 001		Analytical TAC

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (NEP/2AC4-C)
Belgium		717
Denmark		717
Germany		11
France		21
The Netherlands		369
United Kingdom		11 865
Union		13 700
TAC		13 700		Analytical TAC

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (NEP/04-N.)
Denmark		947
Germany		0
United Kingdom		53
Union		1 000
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb (NEP/5BC6.)
Spain		33
France		134
Ireland		223
United Kingdom		16 134
Union		16 524
TAC		16 524		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

VII

(NEP/07.)

Spain

1 401

France

5 678

Ireland

8 610

United Kingdom

7 659

Union

23 348

TAC

23 348

Analytical TAC

Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea VII (NEP/*07U16):
Spain	558
France	349
Ireland	671
United Kingdom	272
Union	1 850

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (NEP/8ABDE.)
Spain		234
France		3 665
Union		3 899
TAC		3 899		Analytical TAC

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	VIIIc (NEP/08C.)
Spain		46
France		2
Union		48
TAC		48		Analytical TAC

Species:	Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus		Zone:	IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (NEP/9/3411)
Spain		80(71)
Portugal		240(71)
Union		320(71)
TAC		320		Analytical TAC

Species:	Northern prawn Pandalus borealis		Zone:	IIIa (PRA/03A.)
Denmark		4 237
Sweden		2 282
Union		6 519
TAC		12 208		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Northern prawn Pandalus borealis		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (PRA/2AC4-C)
Denmark		1 818
The Netherlands		17
Sweden		73
United Kingdom		538
Union		2 446
TAC		2 446		Analytical TAC

Species:	Northern prawn Pandalus borealis		Zone:	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (PRA/04-N.)
Denmark		357
Sweden		172(72)
Union		529
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	‘Penaeus’ shrimps Penaeus spp.		Zone:	French Guiana waters (PEN/FGU.)
France		to be established(73) (74)
Union		to be established(73) (75)
TAC		to be established(73) (75)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	Skagerrak (PLE/03AN.)
Belgium		70
Denmark		9 161
Germany		47
The Netherlands		1 762
Sweden		491
Union		11 531
TAC		11 766		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	Kattegat (PLE/03AS.)
Denmark		2 089
Germany		23
Sweden		235
Union		2 347
TAC		2 347		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat

(PLE/2A3AX4)

Belgium

7 538

Denmark

24 499

Germany

7 067

France

1 414

The Netherlands

47 112

United Kingdom

34 864

Union

122 494

Norway

9 220

TAC

131 714

Analytical TAC

Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	Norwegian waters of IV (PLE/*04N-)
Union	50 264

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (PLE/56-14)
France		9
Ireland		261
United Kingdom		388
Union		658
TAC		658		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VIIa (PLE/07A.)
Belgium		28
France		12
Ireland		768
The Netherlands		9
United Kingdom		281
Union		1 098
TAC		1 098		Analytical TAC

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VIIb and VIIc (PLE/7BC.)
France		11
Ireland		63
Union		74
TAC		74		Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VIId and VIIe (PLE/7DE.)
Belgium		2 037
France		6 788
United Kingdom		3 621
Union		12 446
TAC		12 446		Analytical TAC

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VIIf and VIIg (PLE/7FG.)
Belgium		59
France		106
Ireland		200
United Kingdom		55
Union		420
TAC		420		Analytical TAC

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (PLE/7HJK.)
Belgium		8
France		17
Ireland		59
The Netherlands		34
United Kingdom		17
Union		135
TAC		135		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Plaice Pleuronectes platessa		Zone:	VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (PLE/8/3411)
Spain		66
France		263
Portugal		66
Union		395
TAC		395		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Pollack Pollachius pollachius		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (POL/56-14)
Spain		6
France		190
Ireland		56
United Kingdom		145
Union		397
TAC		397		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Pollack Pollachius pollachius		Zone:	VII (POL/07.)
Belgium		420(76)
Spain		25(76)
France		9 667(76)
Ireland		1 030(76)
United Kingdom		2 353(76)
Union		13 495(76)
TAC		13 495		Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Pollack Pollachius pollachius		Zone:	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (POL/8ABDE.)
Spain		252
France		1 230
Union		1 482
TAC		1 482		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Pollack Pollachius pollachius		Zone:	VIIIc (POL/08C.)
Spain		208
France		23
Union		231
TAC		231		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Pollack Pollachius pollachius		Zone:	IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (POL/9/3411)
Spain		273(77)
Portugal		9(77)
Union		282(77)
TAC		282		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Saithe Pollachius virens		Zone:	IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 (POK/2A34.)
Belgium		23
Denmark		2 703
Germany		6 825
France		16 062
The Netherlands		68
Sweden		371
United Kingdom		5 232
Union		31 284
Norway		34 412(78)
TAC		65 696		Analytical TAC

Species:	Saithe Pollachius virens		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV (POK/56-14)
Germany		236
France		2 341
Ireland		384
United Kingdom		2 987
Union		5 948
Norway		500(79)
TAC		6 448		Analytical TAC

Species:	Saithe Pollachius virens		Zone:	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (POK/04-N.)
Sweden		880(80)
Union		880
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Saithe Pollachius virens		Zone:	VII, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (POK/7/3411)
Belgium		6
France		1 245
Ireland		1 491
United Kingdom		434
Union		3 176
TAC		3 176		Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Turbot and brill Psetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (TUR/2AC4-C) for turbot; (BLL/2AC4-C) for brill
Belgium		329
Denmark		703
Germany		180
France		85
The Netherlands		2 493
Sweden		5
United Kingdom		693
Union		4 488
TAC		4 488		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Skates and rays Rajiformes		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (SRX/2AC4-C)
Belgium		221(81) (82) (83)
Denmark		9(81) (82) (83)
Germany		11(81) (82) (83)
France		35(81) (82) (83)
The Netherlands		188(81) (82) (83)
United Kingdom		849(81) (82) (83)
Union		1 313(81) (83)
TAC		1 313(83)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Skates and rays Rajiformes		Zone:	Union waters of IIIa (SRX/03A-C.)
Denmark		37(84)
Sweden		10(84)
Union		47(84)
TAC		47		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Skates and rays Rajiformes		Zone:	Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/67AKXD)
Belgium		725(85) (86) (87) (88)
Estonia		4(85) (86) (87) (88)
France		3 255(85) (86) (87) (88)
Germany		10(85) (86) (87) (88)
Ireland		1 048(85) (86) (87) (88)
Lithuania		17(85) (86) (87) (88)
The Netherlands		3(85) (86) (87) (88)
Portugal		18(85) (86) (87) (88)
Spain		876(85) (86) (87) (88)
United Kingdom		2 076(85) (86) (87) (88)
Union		8 032(85) (86) (87) (88)
TAC		8 032(87) (88)		Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Skates and rays Rajiformes		Zone:	Union waters of VIId (SRX/07D.)
Belgium		87(89) (90) (91) (92)
France		729(89) (90) (91) (92)
The Netherlands		5(89) (90) (91) (92)
United Kingdom		145(89) (90) (91) (92)
Union		966(89) (90) (91) (92)
TAC		966(91) (92)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Skates and rays Rajiformes		Zone:	Union waters of VIII and IX (SRX/89-C.)
Belgium		7(93) (94)
France		1 298(93) (94)
Portugal		1 051(93) (94)
Spain		1 057(93) (94)
United Kingdom		7(93) (94)
Union		3 420(93) (94)
TAC		3 420(94)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV; Union and international waters of Vb and VI (GHL/2A-C46)
Denmark		16
Germany		28
Estonia		16
Spain		16
France		259
Ireland		16
Lithuania		16
Poland		16
United Kingdom		1 017
Union		1 400
Norway		1 100(95)
TAC		2 500		Analytical TAC

Species:	Mackerel Scomber scombrus		Zone:	IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 (MAC/2A34.)
Belgium		566(97) (99)
Denmark		19 461(97) (99)
Germany		590(97) (99)
France		1 781(97) (99)
The Netherlands		1 793(97) (99)
Sweden		5 389(96) (97) (99)
United Kingdom		1 661(97) (99)
Union		31 241(96) (97) (99)
Norway		185 639(98)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Mackerel Scomber scombrus		Zone:	VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV (MAC/2CX14-)
Germany		22 751
Spain		24
Estonia		189
France		15 169
Ireland		75 837
Latvia		140
Lithuania		140
The Netherlands		33 178
Poland		1 602
United Kingdom		208 557
Union		357 587
Norway		16 024(100) (101)
Faroe Islands		32 446(102)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Mackerel Scomber scombrus		Zone:	VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (MAC/8C3411)
Spain		33 723(103)
France		224(103)
Portugal		6 971(103)
Union		40 918
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Mackerel Scomber scombrus		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IIa and IVa (MAC/2A4A-N)
Denmark		14 043(104)
Union		14 043(104)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32 (SOL/3A/BCD)
Denmark		328
Germany		19(105)
The Netherlands		32(105)
Sweden		12
Union		391
TAC		391		Analytical TAC

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (SOL/24-C.)
Belgium		1 104
Denmark		505
Germany		883
France		221
The Netherlands		9 971
United Kingdom		568
Union		13 252
Norway		10(106)
TAC		13 262		Analytical TAC

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (SOL/56-14)
Ireland		46
United Kingdom		11
Union		57
TAC		57		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIIa (SOL/07A.)
Belgium		10(107)
France		0(107)
Ireland		17(107)
The Netherlands		3(107)
United Kingdom		10(107)
Union		40(107)
TAC		40(107)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIIb and VIIc (SOL/7BC.)
France		6
Ireland		36
Union		42
TAC		42		Precautionary TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIId (SOL/07D.)
Belgium		877
France		1 754
United Kingdom		627
Union		3 258
TAC		3 258		Analytical TAC

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIIe (SOL/07E.)
Belgium		35
France		369
United Kingdom		575
Union		979
TAC		979		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIIf and VIIg (SOL/7FG.)
Belgium		487
France		49
Ireland		24
United Kingdom		219
Union		779
TAC		779		Analytical TAC

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIIh, VIIj and VIIk (SOL/7HJK.)
Belgium		32
France		64
Ireland		171
The Netherlands		51
United Kingdom		64
Union		382
TAC		382		Analytical TAC Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Common sole Solea solea		Zone:	VIIIa and VIIIb (SOL/8AB.)
Belgium		42
Spain		8
France		3 135
The Netherlands		235
Union		3 420
TAC		3 420		Analytical TAC

Species:	Sole Solea spp.		Zone:	VIIIc, VIIId, VIIIe, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (SOO/8CDE34)
Spain		403
Portugal		669
Union		1 072
TAC		1 072		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Sprat and associated by-catches Sprattus sprattus		Zone:	IIIa (SPR/03A.)
Denmark		22 300(108)
Germany		47(108)
Sweden		8 437(108)
Union		30 784
TAC		33 280		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Sprat and associated by-catches Sprattus sprattus		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (SPR/2AC4-C)
Belgium		3 802(109)
Denmark		300 915(109)
Germany		3 802(109)
France		3 802(109)
The Netherlands		3 802(109)
Sweden		1 330(109) (110)
United Kingdom		12 547(109)
Union		330 000
Norway		20 000
Faroe Islands		5 500(111)
TAC		355 500		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Sprat Sprattus sprattus		Zone:	VIId and VIIe (SPR/7DE.)
Belgium		26
Denmark		1 674
Germany		26
France		361
The Netherlands		361
United Kingdom		2 702
Union		5 150
TAC		5 150		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias		Zone:	Union waters of IIIa (DGS/03A-C.)
Denmark		0(112)
Sweden		0(112)
Union		0(112)
TAC		0(112)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias		Zone:	Union waters of IIa and IV (DGS/2AC4-C)
Belgium		0(113)
Denmark		0(113)
Germany		0(113)
France		0(113)
The Netherlands		0(113)
Sweden		0(113)
United Kingdom		0(113)
Union		0(113)
TAC		0(113)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Spurdog/dogfish Squalus acanthias		Zone:	Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV (DGS/15X14)
Belgium		0(114)
Germany		0(114)
Spain		0(114)
France		0(114)
Ireland		0(114)
The Netherlands		0(114)
Portugal		0(114)
United Kingdom		0(114)
Union		0(114)
TAC		0(114)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 12(1) of this Regulation applies.

Species:	Horse mackerel and associated by-catches Trachurus spp.		Zone:	Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId (JAX/4BC7D)
Belgium		13(117)
Denmark		5 519(117)
Germany		487(115) (117)
Spain		102(117)
France		458(115) (117)
Ireland		347(117)
The Netherlands		3 323(115) (117)
Portugal		12(117)
Sweden		75(117)
United Kingdom		1 314(115) (117)
Union		11 650
Norway		3 550(116)
TAC		15 200		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Horse mackerel and associated by-catches Trachurus spp.		Zone:	Union waters of IIa, IVa; VI, VIIa-c,VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (JAX/2A-14)
Denmark		10 415(118) (120)
Germany		8 126(118) (119) (120)
Spain		11 084(120) (122)
France		4 183(118) (119) (120) (122)
Ireland		27 064(118) (120)
The Netherlands		32 606(118) (119) (120)
Portugal		1 068(120) (122)
Sweden		675(118) (120)
United Kingdom		9 800(118) (119) (120)
Union		105 021
Faroe Islands		1 700(121)
TAC		106 721		Analytical TAC

Species:	Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.		Zone:	VIIIc (JAX/08C.)
Spain		15 441(123) (124)
France		268(124)
Portugal		1 526(123) (124)
Union		17 235
TAC		17 235		Analytical TAC Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies

Species:	Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.		Zone:	IX (JAX/09.)
Spain		17 744(125) (126)
Portugal		50 839(125) (126)
Union		68 583
TAC		68 583		Analytical TAC

Species:	Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.		Zone:	X; Union waters of CECAF(127) (JAX/X34PRT)
Portugal		To be established(128) (130)
Union		To be established(129)
TAC		To be established(129)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.		Zone:	Union waters of CECAF(131) (JAX/341PRT)
Portugal		To be established(132) (134)
Union		To be established(133)
TAC		To be established(133)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.		Zone:	Union waters of CECAF(135) (JAX/341SPN)
Spain		To be established(136)
Union		To be established(137)
TAC		To be established(137)		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Norway pout and associated by-catches Trisopterus esmarki		Zone:	IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV (NOP/2A3A4.)
Denmark		128 880(138)
Germany		25(138) (139)
The Netherlands		95(138) (139)
Union		129 000(138) (140)
Norway		15 000(141)
Faroe Islands		6 000(142)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Norway pout and associated by-catches Trisopterus esmarki		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (NOP/04-N.)
Denmark		0
United Kingdom		0
Union		0
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Industrial fish		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (I/F/04-N.)
Sweden		800(143) (144)
Union		800
TAC		Not relevant		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Other species		Zone:	Union waters of Vb, VI and VII (OTH/5B67-C)
Union		Not relevant
Norway		140(145)
TAC		Not relevant		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Other species		Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (OTH/04-N.)
Belgium		44
Denmark		4 000
Germany		451
France		185
The Netherlands		320
Sweden		Not relevant(146)
United Kingdom		3 000
Union		8 000(147)
TAC		Not relevant		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Other species		Zone:	Union waters of IIa, IV and VIa north of 56° 30′ N (OTH/2A46AN)
Union		Not relevant
Norway		4 750(148) (149)
Faroe Islands		150(150)
TAC		Not relevant		Precautionary TAC

(1) Excluding waters within six nautical miles of the UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.

(2) Without prejudice to the landing obligation catches of dab, whiting and mackerel may be counted against up to 2 % of the quota (OT1/*2A3A4), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for sandeel 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.

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following sandeel management areas, as defined in Annex IID:

Zone

Union waters of sandeel management areas

(SAN/234_1)

(SAN/234_2)

(SAN/234_3)

(SAN/234_4)

(SAN/234_5)

(SAN/234_6)

(SAN/234_7)

Denmark

United Kingdom

Germany

Sweden

Union

Total

(3) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(4) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(5) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(6) To be fished in Union waters of IIa, IV, Vb, VI and VII (USK/*24X7C).

(7) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Vb, VI and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Vb, VI and VII shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*5B67-): 3 000

(8) Including ling. The following quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in Vb, VI and VII:

Ling (LIN/*5B67-)	6 500
Tusk (USK/*5B67-)	2 923

(9) The tusk and ling quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following amount, in tonnes: 2 000

(10) Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.

(11) Special condition: up to 50 % of this amount may be fished in Union waters of IV (HER/*04-C.).

(12) May only be fished in the Skagerrak (HER/*03AN.).

(13) Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States shall report separately their catches of herring in IVa (HER/04A.) and IVb (HER/04B.).

(14) Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC. Within the limit of this quota, no more than the quantity given below may be taken in Union waters of IVa and IVb (HER/*4AB-C). 50 000

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-) ()
Union	50 000
() Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States shall report separately their catches of herring in IVa (HER/4AN.) and IVb (HER/4BN.).

(15) Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States shall report separately their catches of herring in IVa (HER/*4AN.) and IVb (HER/*4BN.).

(16) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.

(17) Exclusively for catches of herring taken as by-catch in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.

(18) Exclusively for catches of herring taken as by-catch in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.

(19) Exclusively for catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.

(20) Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by a rhumb line running due south from Landguard Point (51° 56′ N, 1° 19,1′ E) to latitude 51° 33′ N and hence due west to a point on the coast of the United Kingdom.

(21) Special condition: up to 50 % of this quota may be taken in IVb (HER/*04B.).

(22) Reference is to the herring stock in the part of ICES zone VIa which lies east of the meridian of longitude 7° W and north of the parallel of latitude 55° N, or west of the meridian of longitude 7° W and north of the parallel of latitude 56° N, excluding the Clyde.

(23) It shall be prohibited to target any herring in the part of the ICES zones subject to this TAC that lies between 56° N and 57° 30′ N, with the exception of a six nautical mile belt measured from the baseline of the United Kingdom's territorial sea.

(24) Reference is to the herring stock in VIa south of 56° 00′ N and west of 07° 00′ W.

(25) Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between:

— the Mull of Kintyre (55° 17,9′ N, 05° 47,8′ W);

— a point at position (55° 04′ N, 05° 23′ W) and;

— Corsewall Point (55° 00,5′ N, 05° 09,4′ W).

(26) Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

(27) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.

(28) This zone is reduced by the area bounded:

— to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N,

— to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N,

— to the west by the coast of Ireland,

— to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

(29) This zone is increased by the area bounded:

— to the north by latitude 52° 30′ N,

— to the south by latitude 52° 00′ N,

— to the west by the coast of Ireland,

— to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

(30) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 12 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

(31) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(32) In addition to this quota, a Member State may grant to vessels flying its flag and participating in trials on fully documented fisheries an additional allocation within an overall limit of 12 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

(33) May be taken in Union waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	Norwegian waters of IV (COD/*04N-)
Union	24 276

(34) By-catches of haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.

(35) By-catch of cod in the area covered by this TAC may be landed provided that it does not comprise more than 1,5 % of the live weight of the total catch retained on board per fishing trip. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.

(36) 5 % of this quota may be used in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (LEZ/*8ABDE) for by-catches in directed fisheries for sole.

(37) 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (LEZ/*8ABDE).

(38) Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in: VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (ANF/*56-14).

(39) Special condition: of which up to 10 % may be fished in VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (ANF/*8ABDE).

(40) By-catches of cod, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.

(41) May be taken in Union waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	Norwegian waters of IV (WHG/*04N-)
Union	8 543

(42) By-catches of cod, haddock and saithe are to be counted against the quota for these species.

(43) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 108 784

(44) Transfers of this quota may be effected to Union waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.

(45) Not more than 10 % of this quota may be used for by-catch in IIIa (HKE/*03A.).

(46) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 108 784

(47) Transfers of this quota may be effected to Union waters of IIa and IV. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.

(48) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 108 784

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (HKE/*8ABDE)
Belgium	74
Spain	2 943
France	2 943
Ireland	368
The Netherlands	37
United Kingdom	1 656
Union	8 022

(49) Transfers of this quota may be effected to IV and Union waters of IIa. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.

(50) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: 108 784

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	VI and VII; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (HKE/*57-14)
Belgium	4
Spain	3 600
France	6 480
The Netherlands	11
Union	10 095

(51) Special condition: from the Union quotas in Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV (WHB/*NZJM1) and in VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/*NZJM2), the following quantity may be fished in the Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen: 149 506

(52) Transfers of this quota may be effected to VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission.

(53) Special condition: within a total access quantity of 21 500 tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 9,2 %

(54) Special condition: from the Union quotas in Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV (WHB/*NZJM1) and in VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (WHB/*NZJM2), the following quantity may be fished in the Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen: 149 506

(55) To be counted against Norway's catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement.

(56) Special condition: the catch in IVa shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 37 377

This catch limit in IVa amounts to the following percentage of Norway's access quota: 25 %

(57) To be counted against the catch limits of the Faroe Islands.

(58) Special conditions: may also be fished in VIb (WHB/*06B-C). The catch in IVa shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 5 375

(59) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(60) To be fished in Union waters of IIa, IV, Vb, VI and VII (BLI/*24X7C).

(61) By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbardfish to be counted against this quota. To be fished in EU waters of VIa north of 56° 30′N and VIb. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.

(62) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(63) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(64) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(65) Quota may be fished in Union waters of IIIa and Union waters of IIIbcd only.

(66) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Vb, VI and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Vb, VI and VII shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*6X14.): 3 000

(67) Including tusk. The quotas for Norway shall only be fished with long-lines in Vb, VI and VII, and they amount to:

Ling (LIN/*5B67-)	6 500
Tusk (USK/*5B67-)	2 923

(68) The ling and tusk quotas for Norway are interchangeable up to the following amount, in tonnes: 2 000

(69) Including tusk. To be fished in VIb and VIa north of 56° 30′ N (LIN/*6BAN.).

(70) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 20 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in VIa and VIb. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in VIa and VIb shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*6AB.): 75

(71) Of which no more than 6 % may be taken in Functional Units 26 and 27 of ICES division IXa (NEP/*9U267).

(72) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for these species.

(73) Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 metres deep.

(74) Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

(75) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.

(76) Special condition: of which up to 2 % may be fished in: VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe (POL/*8ABDE).

(77) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIIIc (POL/*08C.).

(78) May only be taken in Union waters of IV and in IIIa (POK/*3A4-C). Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

(79) To be fished north of 56° 30′ N (POK/*5614N).

(80) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting are to be counted against the quota for these species.

(81) Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/2AC4-C), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/2AC4-C) and spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/2AC4-C) shall be reported separately.

(82) By-catch quota. These species shall not comprise more than 25 % by live weight of the catch retained on board per fishing trip. This condition applies only to vessels over 15 metres' length overall. This provision shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

(83) Shall not apply to blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) and small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

). When accidentally caught, these species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.

(84) Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/03A-C.), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/03A-C.) and spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/03A-C.) shall be reported separately.

(85) Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/67AKXD), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/67AKXD), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/67AKXD), spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/67AKXD), small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

) (RJE/67AKXD), sandy ray (

Raja circularis

) (RJI/67AKXD) and shagreen ray (

Raja fullonica

) (RJF/67AKXD) shall be reported separately.

(86) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIId (SRX/*07D.), without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/*07D.), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/*07D.), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/*07D.), spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/*07D.), small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

) (RJE/*07D.), sandy ray (

Raja circularis

) (RJI/*07D.) and shagreen ray (

Raja fullonica

) (RJF/*07D.) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

(87) Shall not apply to small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

). When accidentally caught, this species shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of the species.

(88) Shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. In cases where it is not subject to the landing obligation, by-catch of undulate ray in area VIIe may only be landed whole or gutted, and provided that it does not comprise more than 20 kilograms live weight per fishing trip. The catches shall remain under the quotas shown in the table below. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. By-catches of undulate ray shall be reported separately under the following code: (RJU/67AKXD). Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities of undulate ray given below may be taken:

Species:	Undulate ray Raja undulata		Zone:	Union waters of VIIe (RJU/67AKXD)
Belgium		9
Estonia		0
France		41
Germany		0
Ireland		13
Lithuania		0
The Netherlands		0
Portugal		0
Spain		11
United Kingdom		26
Union		100
TAC		100		Precautionary TAC
of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIId and reported under the following code: (RJU/*07D.). This special condition is without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(89) Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/07D.), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/07D.), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/07D.), spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/07D.) and small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

) (RJE/07D.) shall be reported separately.

(90) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k (SRX/*67AKD). Catches of Cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/*67AKD), thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/*67AKD), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/*67AKD), spotted ray (

Raja montagui

) (RJM/*67AKD) and small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

) (RJE/*67AKD) shall be reported separately. This special condition shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

(91) Shall not apply to small-eyed ray (

Raja microocellata

(92) Shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. In cases where it is not subject to the landing obligation, by-catch of undulate ray in the area covered by this TAC may only be landed whole or gutted, and provided that it does not comprise more than 40 kilograms live weight per fishing trip. The catches shall remain under the quotas shown in the table below. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. By-catches of undulate ray shall be reported separately under the following code: (RJU/07D.). Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities of undulate ray given below may be taken:

Species:	Undulate ray Raja undulata		Zone:	Union waters of VIId (RJU/07D.)
Belgium		1
France		9
The Netherlands		0
United Kingdom		2
Union		12
TAC		12		Precautionary TAC
of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIIe and reported under the following code: (RJU/*67AKD). This special condition is without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(93) Catches of cuckoo ray (

Leucoraja naevus

) (RJN/89-C.), blonde ray (

Raja brachyura

) (RJH/89-C.) and thornback ray (

Raja clavata

) (RJC/89-C.) shall be reported separately.

(94) Shall not apply to undulate ray (

Raja undulata

). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. In cases where it is not subject to the landing obligation, by-catch of undulate ray in subareas VIII and IX may only be landed whole or gutted, and provided that it does not comprise more than 20 kilograms of live weight per fishing trip in subarea VIII and 40 kilograms of live weight per fishing trip in subarea IX. The catches shall remain under the quotas shown in the table below. The above provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein. By-catches of undulate ray shall be reported separately under the codes indicated in the tables below. Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities of undulate ray given below may be taken:

Species:	Undulate ray Raja undulata		Zone:	Union waters of VIII (RJU/8-C.)
Belgium		0
France		9
Portugal		8
Spain		8
United Kingdom		0
Union		25
TAC		25		Precautionary TAC

Species:	Undulate ray Raja undulata		Zone:	Union waters of IX (RJU/9-C.)
Belgium		0
France		16
Portugal		12
Spain		12
United Kingdom		0
Union		40
TAC		40		Precautionary TAC

(95) To be taken in Union waters of IIa and VI. In VI this quantity may only be fished with long-lines (GHL/*2A6-C).

(96) Special condition: including the following tonnage to be taken in Norwegian waters south of 62° N (MAC/*04N-): 338

When fishing under this special condition, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe are to be counted against the quotas for these species.

(97) May also be taken in Norwegian waters of IVa (MAC/*4AN.).

(98) To be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This amount includes the following Norwegian share in the North Sea TAC: 53 826

This quota may be fished in IVa only (MAC/*04A.), except for the following amount, in tonnes, which may be fished in IIIa (MAC/*03A.): 3 000

(99) Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may also be taken in the two following zones:

	Norwegian waters of IIa (MAC/*02AN-)	Faroese waters (MAC/*FRO1)
Belgium	76	91
Denmark	2 624	3 131
Germany	80	95
France	240	286
The Netherlands	242	288
Sweden	726	854
United Kingdom	224	267
Union	4 212	5 012

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones:

	IIIa	IIIa and IVbc	IVb	IVc	VI, international waters of IIa, from 1 January to 15 February 2016 and from 1 September to 31 December 2016
	(MAC/*03A.)	(MAC/*3A4BC)	(MAC/*04B.)	(MAC/*04C.)	(MAC/*2A6.)
Denmark	0	4 130	0	0	11 677
France	0	490	0	0	0
The Netherlands	0	490	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	390	10	3 031
United Kingdom	0	490	0	0	0
Norway	3 000	0	0	0	0

(100) May be fished in IIa, VIa north of 56° 30′ N, IVa, VIId, VIIe, VIIf and VIIh (MAC/*AX7H).

(101) The following additional amount of access quota, in tonnes, may be fished by Norway North of 56°30′ N and counted against its catch limit (MAC/*N5630): 37 128

(102) This amount shall be deducted from the Faroe Islands' catch limit (access quota). It may be fished only in VIa north of 56° 30′ N (MAC/*6AN56). However, from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December this quota may also be fished in IIa, IVa north of 59° (EU zone) (MAC/*24N59).

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zones and periods:

	Union waters of IIa; Union and Norwegian waters of IVa. During the periods from 1 January to 15 February 2016 and from 1 September to 31 December 2016	Norwegian waters of IIa	Faroese waters
	(MAC/*4A-EN)	(MAC/*2AN-)	(MAC/*FRO2)
Germany	13 731	1 851	1 813
France	9 154	1 233	1 208
Ireland	45 770	6 170	6 042
The Netherlands	20 024	2 698	2 643
United Kingdom	125 873	16 971	16 616
Union	214 552	28 923	28 322

(103) Special condition: quantities subject to exchanges with other Member States may be taken in VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId (MAC/*8ABD.). However, the quantities provided by Spain, Portugal or France for exchange purposes and to be taken in VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIId shall not exceed 25 % of the quotas of the donor Member State.

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

	VIIIb (MAC/*08B.)
Spain	2 832
France	19
Portugal	585

(104) Catches taken in IIa (MAC/*02A.) and IVa (MAC/*4A.) shall be reported separately.

(105) Quota may be fished in Union waters of IIIa, Subdivisions 22-32 only.

(106) May be fished only in Union waters of IV (SOL/*04-C.).

(107) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(108) Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of whiting may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OTH/*03A.), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for sprat 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.

(109) Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of dab and whiting may be counted against up to 2 % of the quota (OTH/*2AC4C), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for sprat 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.

(110) Including sandeel.

(111) May contain up to 4 % of by-catch of herring.

(112) Spurdog shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries where spurdog is not subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(113) Spurdog shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries where spurdog is not subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(114) Spurdog shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries where spurdog is not subject to the landing obligation, specimens shall not be harmed and shall be released immediately. The former provisions are without prejudice to the prohibitions set out in Articles 13 and 46 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(115) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in division VIId may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the following zone: Union waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c,VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV (JAX/*2A-14).

(116) May be fished in Union waters of IVa but may not be fished in Union waters of VIId (JAX/*04-C.).

(117) Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of boarfish, whiting and mackerel may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OTH/*4BC7D), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for horse mackerel 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.

(118) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in Union waters of IIa or IVa before 30 June 2016 may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the zone of Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId (JAX/*4BC7D).

(119) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIId (JAX/*07D.). Under this special condition, and in accordance with footnote (3), by-catches of boarfish and whiting shall be reported separately under the following code: (OTH/*07D.).

(120) Without prejudice to the landing obligation, catches of boarfish, whiting and mackerel may be counted against up to 5 % of the quota (OTH/*2A-14), provided that not more than 9 % in total of this quota for horse mackerel 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.

(121) Limited to IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N only), VIIe, f, h.

(122) Special condition: up to 50 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIc (JAX/*08C2). Under this special condition, and in accordance with footnote (3), by-catches of boarfish and whiting shall be reported separately under the following code: (OTH/*08C2).

(123) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in IX (JAX/*09.).

(124) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 (3)of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (1), no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.

(125) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIIIc (JAX/*08C).

(126) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19(3) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (1), no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.

(127) Waters adjacent to the Azores.

(128) Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

(129) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.

(130) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19(3) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (1), no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.

(131) Waters adjacent to Madeira.

(132) Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

(133) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.

(134) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19(3) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (1), no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 15 cm. For the purposes of the control of that quantity, the conversion factor to be applied to the weight of the catches shall be 1,20. These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation.

(135) Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands.

(136) Article 6 of this Regulation applies.

(137) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 2.

(138) 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.

(139) Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV only.

(140) Union quota may only be fished from 1 January to 31 October 2016.

(141) A sorting grid shall be used.

(142) A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.

(143) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe to be counted against the quotas for these species.

(144) Special condition: of which no more than the following amount of horse mackerel (JAX/*04-N.): 400

(145) Taken with long-lines only.

(146) Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of ‘other species’ at a traditional level.

(147) Including fisheries not specifically mentioned. Exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as appropriate.

(148) Limited to IIa and IV (OTH/*2A4-C).

(149) Including fisheries not specifically mentioned. Exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as appropriate.

(150) To be fished in IV and VIa north of 56° 30′ N (OTH/*46AN).

ANNEX IB

NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND, ICES SUBAREAS I, II, V, XII AND XIV AND GREENLAND WATERS OF NAFO 1

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus		Zone:	Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of I and II (HER/1/2-)
Belgium		7(1)
Denmark		7 069(1)
Germany		1 238(1)
Spain		23(1)
France		305(1)
Ireland		1 830(1)
The Netherlands		2 529(1)
Poland		358(1)
Portugal		23(1)
Finland		109(1)
Sweden		2 619(1)
United Kingdom		4 519(1)
Union		20 629(1)
Faroe Islands		6 000(2) (3)
Norway		18 566(2) (4)
TAC		316 876		Analytical TAC

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	Norwegian waters of I and II (COD/1N2AB.)
Germany		2 120
Greece		263
Spain		2 365
Ireland		263
France		1 946
Portugal		2 365
United Kingdom		8 225
Union		17 547
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of XIV (COD/N1GL14)
Germany		1 718(5)
United Kingdom		382(5)
Union		2 100(5)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	I and IIb (COD/1/2B.)
Germany		6 450(8)
Spain		13 082(8)
France		3 039(8)
Poland		2 728(8)
Portugal		2 630(8)
United Kingdom		4 298(8)
Other Member States		949(6) (8)
Union		33 176(7)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod and haddock Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	Faroese waters of Vb (COD/05B-F.) for cod; (HAD/05B-F.) for haddock
Germany		19
France		114
United Kingdom		817
Union		950
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Grenadiers

Macrourus spp.

Zone:

Greenland waters of V and XIV

(GRV/514GRN)

Union

100(9)

TAC

Not relevant(10)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Grenadiers

Macrourus spp.

Zone:

Greenland waters of NAFO 1

(GRV/N1GRN.)

Union

100(11)

TAC

Not relevant(12)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

IIb

(CAP/02B.)

Union

TAC

Analytical TAC

Species:	Capelin Mallotus villosus		Zone:	Greenland waters of V and XIV (CAP/514GRN)
Denmark		0
Germany		0
Sweden		0
United Kingdom		0
All Member States		0(13)
Union		0(14)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus		Zone:	Norwegian waters of I and II (HAD/1N2AB.)
Germany		236
France		142
United Kingdom		722
Union		1 100
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou		Zone:	Faroese waters (WHB/2A4AXF)
Denmark		1 100
Germany		75
France		120
The Netherlands		105
United Kingdom		1 100
Union		2 500(15)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Ling and blue ling Molva molva and molva dypterygia		Zone:	Faroese waters of Vb (LIN/05B-F.) for ling; (BLI/05B-F.) for blue ling
Germany		615
France		1 365
United Kingdom		120
Union		2 100(16)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Northern prawn Pandalus borealis		Zone:	Greenland waters of V and XIV (PRA/514GRN)
Denmark		687
France		687
Union		1 375
Norway		2 000
Faroe Islands		1 300
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Northern prawn Pandalus borealis		Zone:	Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (PRA/N1GRN.)
Denmark		1 300
France		1 300
Union		2 600
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Saithe Pollachius virens		Zone:	Norwegian waters of I and II (POK/1N2AB.)
Germany		2 040
France		328
United Kingdom		182
Union		2 550
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

International waters of I and II

(POK/1/2INT)

Union

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC

Species:	Saithe Pollachius virens		Zone:	Faroese waters of Vb (POK/05B-F.)
Belgium		60
Germany		372
France		1 812
The Netherlands		60
United Kingdom		696
Union		3 000
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides		Zone:	Norwegian waters of I and II (GHL/1N2AB.)
Germany		25(17)
United Kingdom		25(17)
Union		50(17)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

International waters of I and II

(GHL/1/2INT)

Union

2 000(18)

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC

Species:	Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides		Zone:	Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (GHL/N1GRN.)
Germany		1 925(19)
Union		1 925(19)
Norway		575(19)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides		Zone:	Greenland waters of V and XIV (GHL/514GRN)
Germany		4 289
United Kingdom		226
Union		4 515(20)
Norway		575
Faroe Islands		110
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish (shallow pelagic) Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV (RED/51214S)
Estonia		0
Germany		0
Spain		0
France		0
Ireland		0
Latvia		0
The Netherlands		0
Poland		0
Portugal		0
United Kingdom		0
Union		0
TAC		0		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish (deep pelagic) Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV (RED/51214D)
Estonia		39(21) (22)
Germany		802(21) (22)
Spain		141(21) (22)
France		75(21) (22)
Ireland		0(21) (22)
Latvia		14(21) (22)
The Netherlands		0(21) (22)
Poland		72(21) (22)
Portugal		168(21) (22)
United Kingdom		2(21) (22)
Union		1 313(21) (22)
TAC		0(21) (22)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Norwegian waters of I and II (RED/1N2AB.)
Germany		766
Spain		95
France		84
Portugal		405
United Kingdom		150
Union		1 500
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

International waters of I and II

(RED/1/2INT)

Union

to be established(23) (24)

TAC

8 000(25)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish (pelagic) Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of V and XIV (RED/N1G14P)
Germany		1 038(26) (27) (28)
France		5(26) (27) (28)
United Kingdom		7(26) (27) (28)
Union		1 050(26) (27) (28)
Norway		800(26) (27)
Faroe Islands		50(26) (27) (29)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish (demersal) Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of V and XIV (RED/N1G14D)
Germany		1 679(30)
France		9(30)
United Kingdom		12(30)
Union		1 700(30)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Icelandic waters of Va (RED/05A-IS)
Belgium		0(31) (32)
Germany		0(31) (32)
France		0(31) (32)
United Kingdom		0(31) (32)
Union		0(31) (32)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	Faroese waters of Vb (RED/05B-F.)
Belgium		4
Germany		460
France		31
United Kingdom		5
Union		500
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Other species		Zone:	Norwegian waters of I and II (OTH/1N2AB.)
Germany		117(33)
France		47(33)
United Kingdom		186(33)
Union		350(33)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Other species(34)		Zone:	Faroese waters of Vb (OTH/05B-F.)
Germany		322
France		289
United Kingdom		189
Union		800
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Flatfish		Zone:	Faroese waters of Vb (FLX/05B-F.)
Germany		18
France		14
United Kingdom		68
Union		100
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Other (by-catch)

Zone:

Greenland waters

(RED/1/2INT)

Union

1 126(35) (36)

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) When reporting catches to the Commission the quantities fished in each of the following areas shall also be reported: NEAFC Regulatory Area and Union waters.

(2) May be fished in Union waters north of 62° N.

(3) To be counted against the catch limits of the Faroe Islands.

(4) To be counted against the catch limits of Norway.

Special condition:

within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the following zone:

Norwegian waters north of 62° N and the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (HER/*2AJMN) 18 566

II, Vb north of 62° N (Faroes waters) (HER/*25B-F)

Belgium	2
Denmark	2 055
Germany	360
Spain	7
France	89
Ireland	532
The Netherlands	736
Poland	104
Portugal	7
Finland	32
Sweden	762
United Kingdom	1 314

(5) Except for by-catches, the following conditions shall apply to these quotas:

They may not be fished between 1 April and 31 May 2016.

They may only be fished in at least 2 of the following 4 areas:

Reporting code	Geographical limits
COD/GRL1	The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the north of 63°45′N and to the south of 67°00′ N and to the east of 35°15′W.
COD/GRL2	The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is between 62°30′N and 63°45′N to the east of 44°00′W, and the part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the north of 63°45′N and between 44°00′W and 35°15′W.
COD/GRL3	The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the south of 59°00′N and to the east of 42°00′W, and the part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is between 59°00′N and 62°30′N to the east of 44°00′W.
COD/GRL4	The part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is between 60°45′N and 59°00′N to the west of 44°00′W, and the part of the Greenlandic fisheries territory that is to the south of 59°00′N and to the west of 42°00′W.

(6) Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

(7) The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Union in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island and the associated by-catches of haddock are entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.

(8) By-catches of haddock may represent up to 14 % per haul. The by-catch quantities of haddock are in addition to the quota for cod.

(9) Special condition: roundnose grenadier (

Coryphaenoides rupestris

) (RNG/514GRN) and roughhead grenadier (

Macrourus berglax

) (RHG/514GRN) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

(10) The total amount below, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway and can be fished in either this TAC zone or Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (GRV/514N1G). Special condition for this amount: roundnose grenadier (

Coryphaenoides rupestris

) (RNG/514N1G) and roughhead grenadier (

Macrourus berglax

) (RHG/514N1G) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately. 90

(11) Special condition: roundnose grenadier (

Coryphaenoides rupestris

) (RNG/N1GRN.) and roughhead grenadier (

Macrourus berglax

) (RHG/N1GRN.) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

(12) The total amount below, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway and can be fished in either this TAC zone or Greenland waters of V and XIV (GRV/514N1G). Special condition for this amount: roundnose grenadier (

Coryphaenoides rupestris

) (RNG/514N1G) and roughhead grenadier (

Macrourus berglax

) (RHG/514N1G) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately. 90

(13) Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom may access the ‘All Member States’ quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the ‘All Member States’ quota at all.

(14) For a fishing period from 20 June to 30 April of the following year.

(15) Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable by-catches of greater silver smelt.

(16) By-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbardfish may be counted against this quota, up to the following limit (OTH/*05B-F): 500

(17) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(18) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(19) To be fished south of 68° N.

(20) To be fished by no more than 6 vessels at the same time.

(21) May only be taken within the area bounded by the lines joining the following coordinates:

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	64°45′N	28°30′W
2	62°50′N	25°45′W
3	61°55′N	26°45′W
4	61°00′N	26°30′W
5	59°00′N	30°00′W
6	59°00′N	34°00′W
7	61°30′N	34°00′W
8	62°50′N	36°00′W
9	64°45′N	28°30′W

(22) May only be taken from 10 May to 1 July 2016.

(23) The fishery may only take place within the period from 1 July to 31 December 2016. The fishery will be closed when the TAC is fully utilised by NEAFC Contracting Parties. From that date, Member States shall prohibit directed fishery for redfish by vessels flying their flag.

(24) Vessels shall limit their by-catches of redfish in other fisheries to a maximum of 1 % of the total catch retained on board.

(25) Provisional catch limit to cover catches of all NEAFC contracting parties,

(26) May only be fished as deep pelagic redfish by pelagic trawl from 10 May to 1 July 2016.

(27) May only be fished in Greenland waters within the Redfish Conservation Area bounded by the lines joining the following coordinates:

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	64°45′N	28°30′W
2	62°50′N	25°45′W
3	61°55′N	26°45′W
4	61°00′N	26°30′W
5	59°00′N	30°00′W
6	59°00′N	34°00′W
7	61°30′N	34°00′W
8	62°50′N	36°00′W
9	64°45′N	28°30′W

(28) Special condition: this quota may also be fished in international waters of the Redfish Conservation Area mentioned above (RED/*5-14P).

(29) May only be fished in Greenland Waters of V and XIV (RED/*514GN).

(30) May only be fished by trawl, and only North and West of the line defined by the following coordinates:

Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	59°15′N	54°26′W
2	59°15′N	44°00′W
3	59°30′N	42°45′W
4	60°00′N	42°00′W
5	62°00′N	40°30′W
6	62°00′N	40°00′W
7	62°40′N	40°15′W
8	63°09′N	39°40′W
9	63°30′N	37°15′W
10	64°20′N	35°00′W
11	65°15′N	32°30′W
12	65°15′N	29°50′W

(31) Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).

(32) May only be fished between July and December 2016.

(33) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(34) Excluding fish species of no commercial value.

(35) By-catches of cod, redfish and Greenland halibut

(36) By-catches taken in cod directed fisheries (B-C/GRLCOD), by-catches taken in redfish directed fisheries (B-C/GRLRED), by-catches taken in Greenland halibut directed fisheries (B-C/GRLGHL) and by-catches in Northern prawn directed fisheries (B-C/GRLPRA) shall be reported separately

ANNEX IC

NORTH WEST ATLANTIC

NAFO CONVENTION AREA

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 2J3KL

(COD/N2J3KL)

Union

0(1)

TAC

0(1)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 3NO

(COD/N3NO.)

Union

0(2)

TAC

0(2)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua		Zone:	NAFO 3M (COD/N3M.)
Estonia		155
Germany		649
Latvia		155
Lithuania		155
Poland		528
Spain		1 993
France		278
Portugal		2 734
United Kingdom		1 298
Union		7 945
TAC		13 931		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 3L

(WIT/N3L.)

Union

0(3)

TAC

0(3)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Witch flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus		Zone:	NAFO 3NO (WIT/N3NO.)
Estonia		96
Latvia		96
Lithuania		96
Union		288
TAC		2 172		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Zone:

NAFO 3M

(PLA/N3M.)

Union

0(4)

TAC

0(4)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO

(PLA/N3LNO.)

Union

0(5)

TAC

0(5)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Shortfin squid Illex illecebrosus		Zone:	NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4 (SQI/N34.)
Estonia		128(6)
Latvia		128(6)
Lithuania		128(6)
Poland		227(6)
Union		Not relevant(6) (7)
TAC		34 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Yellowtail flounder

Limanda ferruginea

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO

(YEL/N3LNO.)

Union

0(8)

TAC

17 000

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

NAFO 3NO

(CAP/N3NO.)

Union

0(9)

TAC

0(9)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Northern prawn Pandalus borealis		Zone:	NAFO 3L(10) (11) (PRA/N3L.)
Estonia		0(12)
Latvia		0(12)
Lithuania		0(12)
Poland		0(12)
Spain		0(12)
Portugal		0(12)
Union		0(12)
TAC		0(12)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 3M(13)

(PRA/*N3M.)

TAC

Not relevant(14) (15)

Analytical TAC

Species:	Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides		Zone:	NAFO 3LMNO (GHL/N3LMNO)
Estonia		297
Germany		303
Latvia		42
Lithuania		21
Spain		4 067
Portugal		1 700
Union		6 430
TAC		10 966		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Skate Rajidae		Zone:	NAFO 3LNO (SKA/N3LNO.)
Estonia		283
Lithuania		62
Spain		3 403
Portugal		660
Union		4 408
TAC		7 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	NAFO 3LN (RED/N3LN.)
Estonia		514
Germany		354
Latvia		514
Lithuania		514
Union		1 896
TAC		10 400		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	NAFO 3M (RED/N3M.)
Estonia		1 571(16)
Germany		513(16)
Latvia		1 571(16)
Lithuania		1 571(16)
Spain		233(16)
Portugal		2 354(16)
Union		7 813(16)
TAC		7 000(16)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	NAFO 3O (RED/N3O.)
Spain		1 771
Portugal		5 229
Union		7 000
TAC		20 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Redfish Sebastes spp.		Zone:	NAFO Subarea 2, Divisions 1F and 3K (RED/N1F3K.)
Latvia		0(17)
Lithuania		0(17)
Union		0(17)
TAC		0(17)		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	White hake Urophycis tenuis		Zone:	NAFO 3NO (HKW/N3NO.)
Spain		255
Portugal		333
Union		588(18)
TAC		1 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(2) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the limits of a maximum of 1 000 kg or 4 %, whichever is greater.

(3) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(4) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(5) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(6) To be fished between 1 July and 31 December 2016.

(7) No specified Union's share. The amount specified below, in tonnes, is available to Canada and the Member States of the Union except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. 29 467

(8) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 2 500 kg or 10 %, whichever is the greatest.

(9) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(10) Not including the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47° 20′ 0	46° 40′ 0
2	47° 20′ 0	46° 30′ 0
3	46° 00′ 0	46° 30′ 0
4	46° 00′ 0	46° 40′ 0

(11) Fishing is prohibited at a depth less than 200 metres in the area East of a line bound by the following coordiantes:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	46° 00′ 0	47° 49′ 0
2	46° 25′ 0	47° 27′ 0
3	46°42′ 0	47° 25′ 0
4	46° 48′ 0	47° 25′ 50
5	47° 16′ 50	47° 43′ 50

(12) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(13) Vessels may also fish this stock in Division 3L in the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47° 20′ 0	46° 40′ 0
2	47° 20′ 0	46° 30′ 0
3	46° 00′ 0	46° 30′ 0
4	46° 00′ 0	46° 40′ 0

Moreover, fishing for schrimp is prohibited from 1 June to 31 December 2016 in the area bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47° 55′ 0	45° 00′ 0
2	47° 30′ 0	44° 15′ 0
3	46° 55′ 0	44° 15′ 0
4	46° 35′ 0	44° 30′ 0
5	46° 35′ 0	45° 40′ 0
6	47° 30′ 0	45° 40′ 0
7	47° 55′ 0	45° 00′ 0

(14) Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort. The Member States concerned shall issue fishing authorisations for their fishing vessels engaging in this fishery and shall notify those authorisations to the Commission prior to the commencement of the vessel's activity, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Maximum number of fishing days
Denmark	0	0
Estonia	0	0
Spain	0	0
Latvia	0	0
Lithuania	0	0
Poland	0	0
Portugal	0	0

(15) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(16) This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC as shown, which is established for this stock for all NAFO Contracting Parties. Within that TAC, no more than the following mid-term limit may be fished before 1 July 2016: 3 500

(17) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. This species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is the greatest.

(18) Where, in accordance with Annex IA of the NAFO Conservation and Enforcement Measures, a positive vote by the Contracting Parties confirms the TAC to be 2 000 tonnes, the corresponding Union and Member State quotas shall be deemed to be as below:

Spain	509
Portugal	667
Union	1 176

ANNEX ID

HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — ALL AREAS

TACs in these areas are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT.

Species:	Bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean (BFT/AE45WM)
Cyprus		98,00(4)
Greece		182,15
Spain		3 534,43(2) (4)
France		3 487,57(2) (3) (4)
Croatia		551,23(6)
Italy		2 752,56(4) (5)
Malta		225,83(4)
Portugal		332,36
Other Member States		39,41(1)
Union		11 203,54(2) (3) (4) (5)
TAC		18 911		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Swordfish Xiphias gladius		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/AN05N)
Spain		6 393,02(8)
Portugal		1 161,95(8)
Other Member States		130,74(7) (8)
Union		7 685,70
TAC		13 700		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Swordfish Xiphias gladius		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N (SWO/AS05N)
Spain		5 112,05(9)
Portugal		489,01(9)
Union		5 601,06
TAC		15 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Northern albacore Thunnus alalunga		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N (ALB/AN05N)
Ireland		2 584,64(11)
Spain		14 917,37(11)
France		4 511,52(11)
United Kingdom		349,24(11)
Portugal		2 178,93(11)
Union		24 541,70(10)
TAC		28 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Southern albacore Thunnus alalunga		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N (ALB/AS05N)
Spain		905,86
France		297,70
Portugal		633,94
Union		1 837,50
TAC		24 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean (BET/ATLANT)
Spain		13 396,57
France		5 877,89
Portugal		4 514,54
Union		23 789
TAC		65 000		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	Blue marlin Makaira nigricans		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean (BUM/ATLANT)
Spain		0
France		358,05
Portugal		49,55
Union		407,60
TAC		1 985		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:	White marlin Tetrapturus albidus		Zone:	Atlantic Ocean (WHM/ATLANT)
Spain		2,46
Portugal		21,45
Union		23,91
TAC		355		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch.

(2) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex IV (BFT/*8301):

Spain	540,42
France	251,00
Union	791,43

(3) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex IV (BFT/*641):

France	100,00
Union	100,00

(4) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex IV (BFT/*8302):

Spain	70,69
France	69,75
Italy	55,06
Cyprus	4,52
Malta	6,65
Union	206,66

(5) Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex IV (BFT/*643):

Italy	55,06
Union	55,06

(6) Special Condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex IV for farming purposes (BFT/*8303F):

Croatia	496,10
Union	496,10

(7) Except Spain and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch.

(8) Special condition: up to 2,39 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, South of 5°N (SWO/*AS05N).

(9) Special condition: up to 3,51 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/*AN05N).

(10) The number of Union fishing vessels fishing for northern albacore as a target species, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007[1], shall be as follows: 1 253

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (

OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3

(11) 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:

Member State	Maximum number of vessels
Ireland	50
Spain	730
France	151
United Kingdom	12
Portugal	310

ANNEX IE

ANTARCTIC

CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Union's share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, which will communicate when fishing shall cease due to TAC exhaustion.

Unless specified otherwise, these TACs are applicable for the period from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016.

Species:

Mackerel icefish

Champsocephalus gunnari

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(ANI/F483.)

TAC

3 461

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Mackerel icefish

Champsocephalus gunnari

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(1)

(ANI/F5852.)

TAC

482

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Blackfin icefish

Chaenocephalus aceratus

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(SSI/F483.)

TAC

2 200(2)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Unicorn icefish

Channichthys rhinoceratus

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(LIC/F5852.)

TAC

1 663(3)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(TOP/F483.)

TAC

2 750(4)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the Subareas specified:

Management Area A: 48° W to 43° 30′ W — 52° 30′ S to 56° S (TOP/*F483A):	0
Management Area B: 43° 30′ W to 40° W — 52° 30′ S to 56° S (TOP/*F483B):	825
Management Area C: 40° W to 33° 30′ W — 52° 30′ S to 56° S (TOP/*F483C):	1 925

Species:

Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 48.4 Antarctic North

(TOP/F484N.)

TAC

47(5)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(TOP/F5852.)

TAC

3 405(6)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus mawsoni

Zone:

FAO 48.4 Antarctic South

(TOA/F484S.)

TAC

39(7)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 48

(KRI/F48.)

TAC

5 610 000

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Within the limits of a total combined catch of 620 000 tonnes, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:

Division 48.1 (KRI/*F481.):	155 000
Division 48.2 (KRI/*F482.):	279 000
Division 48.3 (KRI/*F483.):	279 000
Division 48.4 (KRI/*F484.):	93 000

Species:

Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 58.4.1 Antarctic

(KRI/F5841.)

TAC

440 000

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:

Division 58.4.1 west of 115° E (KRI/*F-41W):	277 000
Division 58.4.1 east of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E):	163 000

Species:

Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 58.4.2 Antarctic

(KRI/F5842.)

TAC

2 645 000

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the subareas specified:

Division 58.4.2 west of 55° E (KRI/*F-42W):	260 000
Division 58.4.2 east of 55° E (KRI/*F-42E):	192 000

Species:

Humped rockcod

Gobionotothen gibberifrons

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(NOG/F483.)

TAC

1 470(8)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Grey rockcod

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(NOS/F483.)

TAC

300(9)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Grey rockcod

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(NOS/F5852.)

TAC

80(10)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Bigeye grenadier and ridge scaled rattail

Macrourus holotrachys and Macrourus carinatus

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(GR1/F5852.)

TAC

360(11)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Caml grenadier and Whitson's grenadier

Macrouruscaml and Macrourus whitsoni

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(GR2/F5852.)

TAC

409(12)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Grenadiers

Macrourus spp.

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(GRV/F483.)

TAC

138(13)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Grenadiers

Macrourus spp.

Zone:

FAO 48.4 Antarctic

(GRV/F484.)

TAC

13(14)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Marbled rockcod

Notothenia rossii

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(NOR/F483.)

TAC

300(15)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Crabs

Paralomis spp.

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(PAI/F483.)

TAC

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

South Georgia icefish

Pseudochaenichthys georgianus

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(SGI/F483.)

TAC

300(16)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Skates and rays

Rajiformes

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

(SRX/F483.)

TAC

138(17)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Skates and rays

Rajiformes

Zone:

FAO 48.4 Antarctic

(SRX/F484.)

TAC

4(18)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Skates and rays

Rajiformes

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(SRX/F5852.)

TAC

120(19)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species:

Other species

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

(OTH/F5852.)

TAC

50(20)

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is specified as that portion of FAO statistical division 58.5.2 that lies within the area enclosed by a line:

— starting at the point where the meridian of longitude 72° 15′ E intersects the Australia-France Maritime Delimitation Agreement Boundary then south along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 53° 25′ S,

— then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 74° E,

— then northeasterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 52° 40′ S and the meridian of longitude 76° E,

— then north along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 52° S,

— then northwesterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 51° S with the meridian of longitude 74° 30′ E, and

— then southwesterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

(2) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(3) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(4) This TAC is applicable for longline fishery for the period from 16 April to 31 August 2016 and for pot fishery for the period from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016.

(5) This TAC is applicable within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30′ S and 57° 20′ S and by longitudes 25° 30′ W and 29° 30′ W.

(6) This TAC is applicable for west of 79° 20′ E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited.

(7) This TAC is applicable within the area bounded by latitudes 57° 20′ S and 60° 00′ S and by longitudes 24° 30′ W and 29° 00′ W.

(8) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(9) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(10) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(11) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(12) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(13) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(14) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(15) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(16) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(17) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(18) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(19) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

(20) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

ANNEX IF

SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN

SEAFO CONVENTION AREA

These TACs are not allocated to the members of SEAFO and hence the Union's share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of SEAFO, who will communicate when fishing shall cease due to TAC exhaustion.

Species:

Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.

Zone:

SEAFO

(ALF/SEAFO)

TAC

200(1)

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Deep-sea red crab

Chaceon spp.

Zone:

SEAFO Sub-Division B1(2)

(GER/F47NAM)

TAC

190(2)

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Deep-sea red crab

Chaceon spp.

Zone:

SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1

(GER/F47X)

TAC

200

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

SEAFO Sub-Area D

(TOP/F47D)

TAC

264

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

SEAFO, excluding Sub-Area D

(TOP/F47-D)

TAC

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus

Zone:

SEAFO Sub-Division B1(3)

(ORY/F47NAM)

TAC

0(4)

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus

Zone:

SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1

(ORY/F47X)

TAC

Precautionary TAC

Species:

Pelagic armourhead

Pseudopentaceros spp.

Zone:

SEAFO

(EDW/SEAFO)

TAC

143

Precautionary TAC

(1) No more than 132 tonnes may be taken in Division B1 (ALF/*F47NA).

(2) For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as having:

— its western boundary on the longitude 0° E,

— its northern boundary on the latitude 20° S,

— its southern boundary on the latitude 28° S, and

— the eastern boundary outer limits of the Namibian EEZ.

(3) For the purpose of this Annex, the area open to the fishery is defined as having:

— its western boundary on the longitude 0° E,

— its northern boundary on the latitude 20° S,

— its southern boundary on the latitude 28° S, and

— the eastern boundary outer limits of the Namibian EEZ.

(4) Except for a by-catch allowance of 4 tonnes.

ANNEX IG

SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA — ALL AREAS

Species:

Southern bluefin tuna

Thunnus maccoyii

Zone:

All areas

(SBF/F41-81)

Union

10(1)

TAC

14 647

Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

ANNEX IH

WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

Species:

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Zone:

WCPFC Convention Area south of 20° S

(SWO/F7120S)

Union

3 170,36

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC

ANNEX IJ

SPRFMO CONVENTION AREA

Species:	Jack mackerel Trachurus murphyi		Zone:	SPRFMO Convention Area (CJM/SPRFMO)
Germany		to be established(1)
The Netherlands		to be established(1)
Lithuania		to be established(1)
Poland		to be established(1)
Union		to be established(1)
TAC		Not relevant		Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) To be modified after the annual meeting of the SPRFMO Commission on 25-29 January 2016

ANNEX IIA

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN COD, PLAICE AND SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS IIIa, VIa, VIIa, VIId, ICES SUBAREA IV AND UNION WATERS OF ICES DIVISIONS IIa AND Vb

1. Scope

1.1.

This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels carrying on board or deploying any of the gears referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and present in any of the geographical areas specified in point 2 of this Annex.

1.2.

This Annex shall not apply to vessels of less than 10 metres' length overall. Those vessels shall not be required to carry fishing authorisations issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Member States concerned shall assess the fishing effort of those vessels by effort groups to which they belong, using appropriate sampling methods. During the management period specified in Article 8 of this Regulation the Commission shall seek scientific advice for evaluating the effort deployment of those vessels, with a view to their future inclusion into the effort regime.

2. Regulated gears and geographical areas

For the purposes of this Annex, the gear groupings referred to in point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 (‘regulated gear’) and the groupings of geographical areas referred to in point 2 of that Annex shall apply.

3. Authorisations

If a Member State deems it appropriate in order to reinforce the sustainable implementation of this effort regime, it may introduce a prohibition to fish with regulated gear in any of the geographical areas to which this Annex applies by any of vessels flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in that area.

4. Maximum allowable fishing effort

4.1.

The maximum allowable effort referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007 for the management period specified in Article 8 of this Regulation, for each of the effort groups of each Member State is set out in Appendix 1 to this Annex.

4.2.

The maximum levels of annual fishing effort set in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003(1) shall not affect the maximum allowable fishing effort set in this Annex.

5. Management

5.1.

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 676/2007, Article 4 and Articles 13 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

5.2.

A Member State may establish management periods for allocating all or parts of the maximum allowable effort to individual vessels or groups of vessels. In such case, the number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned. During any such management periods, the Member State concerned may reallocate effort between individual vessels or groups of vessels.

5.3.

If a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within an area by hours, it shall continue measuring the consumption of days in accordance with the conditions referred to in point 5.1. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State concerned shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of effort within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

6. Fishing effort report

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood, for the purpose of cod management, as each of the geographical areas referred to in point 2 of this Annex.

7. Communication of relevant data

Member States shall transmit to the Commission the data on fishing effort deployed by their fishing vessels in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. These data shall be transmitted via the Fisheries Data Exchange System or any future data collection system implemented by the Commission.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources and modifying Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 685/95 and (EC) No 2027/95 (

OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1

Appendix 1 to Annex IIA

Maximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days

(a) Kattegat:

Regulated gear	DK	DE	SE
TR1	197 929	4 212	16 610
TR2	830 041	5 240	327 506
TR3	441 872	0	490
BT1	0	0	0
BT2	0	0	0
GN	115 456	26 534	13 102
GT	22 645	0	22 060
LL	1 100	0	25 339

(b) Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; ICES subarea IV and Union waters of ICES division IIa; ICES division VIId:

Regulated gear	BE	DK	DE	ES	FR	IE	NL	SE	UK
TR1/TR2	194 571	6 227 834	1 311 583	1 409	8 002 165	11 133	1 005 293	776 135	11 222 792
TR3	0	2 545 009	257	0	101 316	0	36 617	1 024	8 482
BT1	1 427 574	1 157 265	29 271	0	0	0	99 808	0	1 739 759
BT2	5 401 395	79 212	1 375 400	0	1 202 818	0	28 307 876	0	6 116 437
GN	163 531	2 307 977	224 484	0	342 579	0	438 664	74 925	546 303
GT	0	224 124	467	0	4 338 315	0	0	48 968	14 004
LL	0	56 312	0	245	125 141	0	0	110 468	134 880

Regulated gear	BE	FR	IE	NL	UK
TR1	0	48 193	33 539	0	339 592
TR2	10 166	744	475 649	0	1 086 399
TR3	0	0	1 422	0	0
BT1	0	0	0	0	0
BT2	843 782	0	514 584	200 000	111 693
GN	0	471	18 255	0	5 970
GT	0	0	0	0	158
LL	0	0	0	0	70 614

(d) ICES division VIa and Union waters of ICES division Vb:

Regulated gear	BE	DE	ES	FR	IE	UK
TR1	0	9 320	186 864	1 324 002	428 820	1 033 273
TR2	0	0	0	34 926	14 371	2 203 071
TR3	0	0	0	0	273	16 027
BT1	0	0	0	0	0	117 544
BT2	0	0	0	0	3 801	4 626
GN	0	35 442	13 836	302 917	5 697	213 454
GT	0	0	0	0	1 953	145
LL	0	0	1 402 142	184 354	4 250	630 040

ANNEX IIB

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CÁDIZ

CHAPTER I

General Provisions

1. Scope

This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels of 10 metres' length overall or more carrying on board or deploying trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom longlines in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, and present in ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of this Annex:

(a) ‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:

(i) trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and

(ii) gill-nets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;

(b) ‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

(d) ‘current management period’ means the period specified in Article 8;

(e) ‘special conditions’ means the special conditions set out in point 6.1.

3. Limitation in activity

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, Union fishing vessels flying its flag shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified in Chapter III of this Annex.

CHAPTER II

Authorisations

4. Authorised vessels

4.1.

A Member State shall not authorise fishing with regulated gear in the area by any vessel flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity in the area in the period from 2002 to 2015, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area.

4.2.

A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 11 or 12 of this Annex.

CHAPTER III

Number of days present within the area allocated to Union fishing vessels

5. Maximum number of days

5.1.

During the current management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

5.2.

If a vessel is able to demonstrate that its hake catches represent less than 8 % of the total live weight of fish caught in a given fishing trip, the flag Member State of the vessel shall be allowed not to count the days at sea associated with that fishing trip against the applicable maximum number of days at sea as set out in Table I.

6. Special conditions for the allocation of days

6.1.

For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea that a Union fishing vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:

(a) the total landings of hake in each of the two calendar years 2013 and 2014 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight; and

(b) the total landings of Norway lobster in the years specified in point (a) above made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight.

6.2.

If a vessel benefits from an unlimited number of days as a result of its compliance with the special conditions, the vessel's landings in the current management period shall not exceed 5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of Norway lobster.

6.3.

When either of the special conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall, with immediate effect, no longer be entitled to the allocation of days corresponding to the given special condition.

6.4.

The application of the special conditions referred to in point 6.1. may be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the quantities specified in point 6.1.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year

Special condition	Regulated gear	Maximum number of days
	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines	ES	117
		FR	109
		PT	113
6.1.(a) and 6.1.(b)	Bottom trawls, Danish seines and similar trawls of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and bottom longlines	Unlimited

7. Kilowatt day system

7.1.

A Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear and special conditions as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear and to the special conditions is respected.

7.2.

This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear and, where applicable, the special conditions. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 7.1. were not applied. For as long as the number of days is unlimited according to Table I, the relevant number of days the vessel would benefit from is 360.

7.3.

A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on:

(a) the list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the track record of the years specified in point 6.1.(a) for such vessels reflecting the catch composition defined in the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b), if these vessels are qualified for such special conditions;

(c) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 7.1.

7.4.

On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 7 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1.

8. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities

8.1.

An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place during the preceding management period, either in accordance with Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006(1) or Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008(2). Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

8.2.

The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the regulated gear shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

8.3.

Points 8.1. and 8.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 3 or 6.4., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

8.4.

A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing, for the gear grouping and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

(a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears and, if necessary, special conditions.

8.5.

On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

8.6.

During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears. Additional days stemming from a withdrawn vessel that benefited from a special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) may not be allocated to a vessel remaining active that does not benefit from a special condition.

8.7.

When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the preceding management period, the maximum number of days per Member State and gear shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the current management period.

9. Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage

9.1.

Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and shall go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008(3) and its implementing rules for national programmes.

9.2.

Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the vessel and any crew member.

9.3.

A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

9.4.

On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

9.5.

If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

CHAPTER IV

Management

10. General obligation

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 and Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

11. Management periods

11.1.

A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

11.2.

The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

11.3.

Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 10. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

CHAPTER V

Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

12. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

12.1.

A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Union fishing fleet register.

12.2.

The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 12.1., multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years specified in point 6.1.(a) multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

12.3.

The transfer of days as described in point 12.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

12.4.

The transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without special conditions.

12.5.

On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. The format of spreadsheets for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

13. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit the transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.1. and 4.2. and 12 apply

mutatis mutandis

. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission, before the transfer takes place, of the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

CHAPTER VI

Reporting obligations

14. Fishing effort report

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

15. Collection of relevant data

Member States shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex.

16. Communication of relevant data

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 15 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission's request, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the current and the precedent management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II

Reporting format kW-day information by management period

Member State	Gear	Management period	Cumulative effort declaration
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Table III

Data format kW-day information by management period

Name of field

Maximum number of characters/digits

Alignment(4) L(eft)/R(ight)

Definition and comments

(1)	Member State

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered

(2)

Gear

One of the following gear types:

TR	=	trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm
GN	=	gillnets ≥ 60 mm
LL	=	bottom longlines

(3)	Management period

One management period in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period

(4)	Cumulative effort declaration

Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 February until 31 January of the relevant management period

Table IV

Reporting format for vessel-related information

Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear notified				Special condition applying to notified gear(s)				Days eligible using notified gear(s)				Days spent with notified gear(s)				Transfer of days
Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(8)	(8)	(8)	(8)	(9)

Table V

Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field

Maximum number of characters/digits

Alignment(5) L(eft)/R(ight)

Definition and comments

(1)	Member State

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered

(2)

CFR

Union fishing fleet register number (CFR)

Unique identification number of a fishing vessel

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side

(3)	External marking

Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87(6)

(4)	Length of management period

Length of the management period measured in months

(5)	Gears notified

One of the following gear types:

TR	=	trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm
GN	=	gillnets ≥ 60 mm
LL	=	bottom longlines

(6)	Special condition applying to notified gear(s)

Indication of which, if any, of the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) of Annex IIB that apply

(7)	Days eligible using notified gear(s)

Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIB for the choice of gears and length of management period notified

(8)	Days spent with notified gear(s)

Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period

(9)	Transfers of days

For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (

OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 of 24 July 2008 instituting a temporary specific action aiming to promote the restructuring of the European Community fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis (

OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 1

(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy (

OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1

(4) Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

(5) Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

(6) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (

OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9

ANNEX IIC

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION VIIe

CHAPTER I

General provisions

1. Scope

1.1.

This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels of 10 metres length overall or more carrying on board or deploying beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and static nets including gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 509/2007, and present in ICES division VIIe.

1.2.

Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole per year during the three previous years, according to their fishing records, shall be exempt from the application of this Annex subject to the following conditions:

(a) such vessels caught less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2015 management period;

(b) such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;

(c) by 31 July 2016 and 31 January 2017 each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission on these vessels' catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2016.

Where any of these conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall cease to be exempt from the application of this Annex, with immediate effect.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of this Annex the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:

(i) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and

(ii) static nets, including gill-nets, trammel nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm;

(b) ‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

(d) ‘current management period’ means the period from 1 February 2016 to 31 January 2017.

3. Limitation in activity

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, Union fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days set out in Chapter III of this Annex.

CHAPTER II

Authorisations

4. Authorised vessels

4.1

4.2

However, a vessel with a track record of using a regulated gear may be authorised to use a different fishing gear, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the regulated gear.

4.3

CHAPTER III

Number of days present within the area allocated to Union fishing vessels

5. Maximum number of days

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by category of regulated gear per year

Regulated gear	Maximum number of days
Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm	BE	164
	FR	175
	UK	207
Static nets with mesh size ≤ 220 mm	BE	164
	FR	178
	UK	164

6. Kilowatt day system

6.1.

During the current management period, a Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear is respected.

6.2.

This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 6.1. were not applied.

6.3.

A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear as laid down in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on:

(a) the list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 6.1.

6.4.

On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 6 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1.

7. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities

7.1.

An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place during the preceding management period either in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008. Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

7.2.

The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using a given gear grouping shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear grouping during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

7.3.

Points 7.1. and 7.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 4.2., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

7.4.

A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

(a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears.

7.5.

On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

7.6.

During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears.

7.7.

When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the preceding management period the maximum number of days per Member State and gear shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the current management period.

8. Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage

8.1.

Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated between 1 February 2016 and 31 January 2017 to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and its implementing rules for national programmes.

8.2.

Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the fishing vessel and any crew member.

8.3.

A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

8.4.

On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

8.5.

CHAPTER IV

Management

9. General obligation

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with Articles 26 to 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

10. Management periods

10.1.

A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

10.2.

The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

10.3.

Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 9. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

CHAPTER V

Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

11. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of A Member State

11.1.

11.2.

The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 11.1., multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel, shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

11.3.

The transfer of days as described in point 11.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

11.4.

On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. Formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

12. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.2., 4.4., 5, 6 and 10 apply

mutatis mutandis

. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission before the transfer takes place, the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

CHAPTER VI

Reporting obligations

13. Fishing effort report

14. Collection of relevant data

15. Communication of relevant data

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 14 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission's request, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2014 and 2015 management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II

Reporting format kW-day information by management period

Member State	Gear	Management period	Cumulative effort declaration
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Table III

Data format kW-day information by management period

Name of field

Maximum number of characters/digits

Alignment(1) L(eft)/R(ight)

Definition and comments

(1)	Member State

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered

(2)

Gear

One of the following gear types:

BT	=	beam trawls ≥ 80 mm
GN	=	gillnet < 220 mm
TN	=	trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm

(3)	Management period

One year in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period

(4)	Cumulative effort declaration

Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed from 1 February until 31 January of the relevant management period

Table IV

Reporting format for vessel-related information

Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear notified				Days eligible using notified gear(s)				Days spent with notified gear(s)				Transfer of days
Member State	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	No 1	No 2	No 3	…	Transfer of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(5)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(6)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(7)	(8)

Table V

Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field

Maximum number of characters/digits

Alignment(2) L(eft)/R(ight)

Definition and comments

(1)	Member State

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered

(2)

CFR

Union fishing fleet register number (CFR)

Unique identification number of a fishing vessel

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side

(3)	External marking

Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87

(4)	Length of management period

Length of the management period measured in months

(5)	Gears notified

One of the following gear types:

BT	=	beam trawls ≥ 80 mm
GN	=	gillnet < 220 mm
TN	=	trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm

(6)	Special condition applying to notified gear(s)

Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIC for the choice of gears and length of management period notified

(7)	Days spent with notified gear(s)

Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period

(8)	Transfers of days

For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

(1) Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

(2) Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

ANNEX IID

MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS IIa, IIIa AND ICES SUBAREA IV

For the purposes of the management of the fishing opportunities of sandeel in ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and ICES subarea IV fixed in Annex IA, the management areas within which specific catch limits apply are defined as shown below and in the Appendix to this Annex:

Sandeel management area	ICES statistical rectangles
1	31-34 E9-F2; 35 E9- F3; 36 E9-F4; 37 E9-F5; 38-40 F0-F5; 41 F5-F6
2	31-34 F3-F4; 35 F4-F6; 36 F5-F8; 37-40 F6-F8; 41 F7-F8
3	41 F1-F4; 42-43 F1-F9; 44 F1-G0; 45-46 F1-G1; 47 G0
4	38-40 E7-E9; 41-46 E6-F0
5	47-51 E6 + F0-F5; 52 E6-F5
6	41-43 G0-G3; 44 G1
7	47-51 E7-E9

Appendix 1 to Annex IID

SANDEEL MANAGEMENT AREAS

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ANNEX III

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS

Area of fishing	Fishery	Number of fishing authorisations	Allocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States		Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen	Herring, north of 62° 00′ N	77	DK	25	57
			DE	5
			FR	1
			IE	8
			NL	9
			PL	1
			SV	10
			UK	18
	Demersal species, north of 62° 00′ N	80	DE	16	50
			IE	1
			ES	20
			FR	18
			PT	9
			UK	14
			Unallocated	2
	Mackerel(1)	Not relevant	Not relevant		70
	Industrial species, south of 62° 00′ N	480	DK	450	150
	Industrial species, south of 62° 00′ N	480	UK	30	150
Faroese waters	All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines	26	BE	0	13
			DE	4
			FR	4
			UK	18
	Directed fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W	8(2)	Not relevant		4
	Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines	70	BE	0	26
			DE	10
			FR	40
			UK	20
	Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30′ N and west of 9° 00′ W and in the area between 7° 00′ W and 9° 00′ W south of 60° 30′ N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60°00′ N, 6°00′ W	70	DE(3)	8	20(4)
		70	FR(3)	12	20(4)
	Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend	70	Not relevant		22(4)
	Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting’	34	DE	2	20
			DK	5
			FR	4
			NL	6
			UK	7
			SE	1
			ES	4
			IE	4
			PT	1
	Line fisheries	10	UK	10	6
	Mackerel	12	DK	1	12
			BE	0
			DE	1
			FR	1
			IE	2
			NL	1
			SE	1
			UK	5
	Herring, north of 62° 00′ N	20	DK	5	20
			DE	2
			IE	2
			FR	1
			NL	2
			PL	1
			SE	3
			UK	4

(1) Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.

(2) These figures are included in the figures for all trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines.

(3) These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

(4) These figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.

ANNEX IV

ICCAT CONVENTION AREA

(1)

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	119
France	101
Italy	30
Cyprus	9(2)
Malta	35(2)
Union	291

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	13
Italy	12
Union	25

4. Maximum number and total capacity in gross tonnage 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 vessels(3)
	Cyprus(4)	Greece(5)	Croatia	Italy	France	Spain	Malta(6)
Purse Seiners	1	1	13	12	17	6	1
Longliners	9(7)	0	0	30	8	31	35
Baitboat	0	0	0	0	37	60	0
Handline	0	0	12	0	29(8)	2	0
Trawler	0	0	0	0	57	0	0
Other artisanal(9)	0	27	0	0	101	32	0

Table B

Total capacity in gross tonnage
	Cyprus	Croatia	Greece	Italy	France	Spain	Malta
Purse Seiners	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established
Longliners	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established
Baitboats	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established
Handlines	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established
Trawlers	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established
Other artisanal	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established	To be established

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

	Number of traps(10)
Spain	5
Italy	6
Portugal	3

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	14	11 852
Italy	15	13 000
Greece	2	2 100
Cyprus	3	3 000
Croatia	7	7 880
Malta	8	12 300

Table B

Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)
Spain	5 855
Italy	3 764
Greece	785
Cyprus	2 195
Croatia	2 947
Malta	8 768

(1) The numbers shown in sections 1, 2 and 3 may decrease in order to comply with international obligations of the Union.

(2) This number may increase if a purse seine vessel is replaced by 10 longline vessels.

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

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

(5) 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.

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

(7) Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment.

(8) Line vessels operating in the Atlantic

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

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

ANNEX V

CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

PART A

PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

Target species	Zone	Period of prohibition
Sharks (all species)	Convention Area	From 1 January to 31 December 2016
Notothenia rossii	FAO 48.1. Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area FAO 48.2. Antarctic, around the South Orkneys FAO 48.3. Antarctic, around South Georgia	From 1 January to 31 December 2016
Finfish	FAO 48.1. Antarctic(1) FAO 48.2. Antarctic(1)	From 1 January to 31 December 2016
Gobionotothen gibberifrons Chaenocephalus aceratus Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Lepidonotothen squamifrons Patagonotothen guntheri Electrona carlsbergi (1)	FAO 48.3.	From 1 January to 31 December 2016
Dissostichus spp.	FAO 48.5. Antarctic	From 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016
Dissostichus spp.	FAO 88.3. Antarctic(1) FAO 58.5.1. Antarctic(1) (2) FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic east of 79° 20′ E and outside the EEZ to the west of 79° 20′ E(1) FAO 58.4.4. Antarctic(1) (2) FAO 58.6. Antarctic(1) (2) FAO 58.7. Antarctic(1)	From 1 January to 31 December 2016
Lepidonotothen squamifrons	FAO 58.4.4.(1) (2)	From 1 January to 31 December 2016
All species except Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides	FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic	From 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016
Dissostichus mawsoni	FAO 48.4. Antarctic(1) within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30′ S and 57° 20′ S and by longitudes 25° 30′ W and 29° 30′ W	From 1 January to 31 December 2016

PART B

TACs AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2015/2016

Subarea/Division	Region	Season	SSRUs		Dissostichus spp. catch limit (in tonnes)	By-catch catch limit (in tonnes)
			SSRU	Limit		Skates and rays		Macrourus spp.		Other species
58.4.1.	Whole Division	1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016	A, B, F	0	660	50		105		100
			C (including 58.4.1_1, 58.4.1_2)	203(3)
			D	42(3)						A, B, F	0
										C	20
			E (58.4.1_3, 58.4.1_4)	246						D	20
										E	20
			G (including 58.4.1_5	127(3)						G	20
										H	20
			H	42(3)
58.4.2.	Whole Division	1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016	A	30(4)	35	50		20		20
			B, C, D	0
			E (including 58.4.2_1)	35
58.4.3a.	Whole Division 58.4.3a._1	1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016			32	50		26		20
			Not relevant

88.1.	Whole Subarea	1 December 2015 to 31 August 2016	A, D, E, F, M	0	2 870(5)	143		430		160
			B, C, G	360		A, D, E, F, M	0	A, D, E, F, M	0	A, D, E, F, M	0
			H, I, K	2 050		B, C, G	50	B, C, G	40	B, C, G	60
			J, L	320		H, I, K	105	H, I, K	320	H, I, K	60
						J, L	50	J, L	70	J, L	40
88.2.		1 December 2015 to 31 August 2016	A, B, I	0	619	50		99		120
			C, D, E, F, G (88.2_1 to 88.2_4)	419(6)		A, B, I	0	A, B, I	0	A, B, I	0
			H	200		C, D, E, F, G	50	C, D, E, F, G	67	C, D, E, F, G	100
						H	50	H	32	H	20

Appendix to Annex V, Part B

LIST OF SMALL-SCALE RESEARCH UNITS (SSRUs)

Region	SSRU	Boundary line
48.6	A	From 50° S 20° W, due east to 1°30′ E, due south to 60° S, due west to 20° W, due north to 50° S.
	B	From 60° S 20° W, due east to 10° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 20° W, due north to 60° S.
	C	From 60° S 10° W, due east to 0° longitude, due south to coast, westward along coast to 10° W, due north to 60° S.
	D	From 60° S 0° longitude, due east to 10° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 0° longitude, due north to 60° S.
	E	From 60° S 10° E, due east to 20° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 10° E, due north to 60° S.
	F	From 60° S 20° E, due east to 30° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 20° E, due north to 60° S.
	G	From 50° S 1° 30′ E, due east to 30° E, due south to 60° S, due west to 1° 30′ E, due north to 50° S.
58.4.1	A	From 55° S 86° E, due east to 150° E, due south to 60° S, due west to 86° E, due north to 55° S.
	B	From 60° S 86° E, due east to 90° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 80° E, due north to 64° S, due east to 86° E, due north to 60° S.
	C	From 60° S 90° E, due east to 100° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 90° E, due north to 60° S.
	D	From 60° S 100° E, due east to 110° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 100° E, due north to 60° S.
	E	From 60° S 110° E, due east to 120° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 110° E, due north to 60° S.
	F	From 60° S 120° E, due east to 130° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 120° E, due north to 60° S.
	G	From 60° S 130° E, due east to 140° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 130° E, due north to 60° S.
	H	From 60° S 140° E, due east to 150° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 140° E, due north to 60° S.
58.4.2	A	From 62° S 30° E, due east to 40° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 30° E, due north to 62° S.
	B	From 62° S 40° E, due east to 50° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 40° E, due north to 62° S.
	C	From 62° S 50° E, due east to 60° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 50° E, due north to 62° S.
	D	From 62° S 60° E, due east to 70° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 60° E, due north to 62° S.
	E	From 62° S 70° E, due east to 73° 10′ E, due south to 64° S, due east to 80° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 70° E, due north to 62° S.
58.4.3a	A	Whole division, from 56° S 60° E, due east to 73°10′ E, due south to 62° S, due west to 60° E, due north to 56° S.
58.4.3b	A	From 56° S 73° 10′ E, due east to 79° E, south to 59° S, due west to 73°10′ E, due north to 56° S.
	B	From 60° S 73° 10′ E, due east to 86° E, south to 64° S, due west to 73°10′ E, due north to 60° S.
	C	From 59° S 73° 10′ E, due east to 79° E, south to 60° S, due west to 73°10′ E, due north to 59° S.
	D	From 59° S 79° E, due east to 86° E, south to 60° S, due west to 79° E, due north to 59° S.
	E	From 56° S 79° E, due east to 80° E, due north to 55° S, due east to 86° E, south to 59° S, due west to 79° E, due north to 56°S.
58.4.4	A	From 51° S 40° E, due east to 42° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 40° E, due north to 51° S.
	B	From 51° S 42° E, due east to 46° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 42° E, due north to 51° S.
	C	From 51° S 46° E, due east to 50° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 46° E, due north to 51° S.
	D	Whole division excluding SSRUs A, B, C, and with outer boundary from 50° S 30° E, due east to 60° E, due south to 62° S, due west to 30° E, due north to 50° S.
58.6	A	From 45° S 40° E, due east to 44° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 40° E, due north to 45° S.
	B	From 45° S 44° E, due east to 48° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 44° E, due north to 45° S.
	C	From 45° S 48° E, due east to 51° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 48° E, due north to 45° S.
	D	From 45° S 51° E, due east to 54° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 51° E, due north to 45° S.
58.7	A	From 45° S 37° E, due east to 40° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 37° E, due north to 45° S.
88.1	A	From 60° S 150° E, due east to 170° E, due south to 65° S, due west to 150° E, due north to 60° S.
	B	From 60° S 170° E, due east to 179° E, due south to 66°40′ S, due west to 170° E, due north to 60° S.
	C	From 60° S 179° E, due east to 170° W, due south to 70° S, due west to 178° W, due north to 66°40′ S, due west to 179° E, due north to 60° S.
	D	From 65° S 150° E, due east to 160° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 150° E, due north to 65° S.
	E	From 65° S 160° E, due east to 170° E, due south to 68° 30′ S, due west to 160° E, due north to 65° S.
	F	From 68° 30′ S 160° E, due east to 170° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 160° E, due north to 68° 30′ S.
	G	From 66° 40′ S 170° E, due east to 178° W, due south to 70° S, due west to 178° 50′ E, due south to 70° 50′ S, due west to 170° E, due north to 66°40′ S.
	H	From 70° 50′ S 170° E, due east to 178° 50′ E, due south to 73° S, due west to coast, northward along coast to 170° E, due north to 70° 50′ S.
	I	From 70° S 178° 50′ E, due east to 170° W, due south to 73° S, due west to 178° 50′ E, due north to 70° S.
	J	From 73° S at coast near 170° E, due east to 178° 50′ E, due south to 80° S, due west to 170° E, northward along coast to 73° S.
	K	From 73° S 178° 50′ E, due east to 170° W, due south to 76° S, due west to 178° 50′ E, due north to 73° S.
	L	From 76° S 178° 50′ E, due east to 170° W, due south to 80° S, due west to 178° 50′ E, due north to 76° S.
	M	From 73° S at coast near 169° 30′ E, due east to 170° E, due south to 80° S, due west to coast, northward along coast to 73° S.
88.2	A	From 60° S 170° W, due east to 160° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 170° W, due north to 60° S.
	B	From 60° S 160° W, due east to 150° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 160° W, due north to 60° S.
	C	From 70° 50′ S 150° W, due east to 140° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 150° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
	D	From 70° 50′ S 140° W, due east to 130° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 140° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
	E	From 70° 50′ S 130° W, due east to 120° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 130° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
	F	From 70° 50′ S 120° W, due east to 110° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 120° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
	G	From 70°50′ S 110° W, due east to 105° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 110° W, due north to 70° 50′ S.
	H	From 65° S 150° W, due east to 105° W, due south to 70° 50′ S, due west to 150° W, due north to 65° S.
	I	From 60° S 150° W, due east to 105° W, due south to 65° S, due west to 150°W, due north to 60° S.
88.3	A	From 60° S 105° W, due east to 95° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 105° W, due north to 60° S.
	B	From 60° S 95° W, due east to 85° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 95° W, due north to 60° S.
	C	From 60° S 85° W, due east to 75° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 85° W, due north to 60° S.
	D	From 60° S 75° W, due east to 70° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 75° W, due north to 60° S.

PART C

ANNEX 21-03/A

NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FISHERY FOR

EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA

General information

Member: …

Fishing season: …

Name of vessel: …

Expected level of catch (tonne): …

Vessel's daily processing capacity (tonnes in green weight): …

Intended fishing subareas and divisions

This conservation measure applies to notifications of intentions to fish for krill in Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2. Intentions to fish for krill in other subareas and divisions must be notified under Conservation Measure 21-02.

Subarea/Division	Tick the appropriate boxes
48.1	☐
48.2	☐
48.3	☐
48.4	☐
58.4.1	☐
58.4.2	☐

Fishing technique:

Tick the appropriate boxes

☐	Conventional trawl

☐	Continuous fishing system

☐	Pumping to clear codend

☐	Other method: Please specify

Product types and methods for direct estimation of green weight of krill caught

Product type	Method for direct estimation of green weight of krill caught, where relevant (refer to Annex 21-03/B)(7)
Whole frozen
Boiled
Meal
Oil
Other product, please specify

Net configuration

Net measurements	Net 1		Net 2		Other net(s)
Net opening (mouth)
Maximum vertical opening (m)
Maximum horizontal opening (m)
Net circumference at mouth(8) (m)
Mouth area (m2)
Panel average mesh size(10) (mm)	Outer(9)	Inner(9)	Outer(9)	Inner(9)	Outer(9)	Inner(9)
1st panel
2nd panel
3rd panel
…
Final panel (Codend)

Net diagram(s): …

For each net used, or any change in net configuration, refer to the relevant net diagram in the CCAMLR fishing gear library if available (www.ccamlr.org/node/74407), or submit a detailed diagram and description to the forthcoming meeting of WG-EMM. Net diagrams must include:

Length and width of each trawl panel (in sufficient detail to allow calculation of the angle of each panel with respect to water flow.)

Mesh size (inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01), shape (e.g. diamond shape) and material (e.g. polypropylene).

Mesh construction (e.g. knotted, fused).

Details of streamers used inside the trawl (design, location on panels, indicate ‘nil’ if streamers are not in use); streamers prevent krill fouling the mesh or escaping.

Marine mammal exclusion device

Device diagram(s): …

For each type of device used, or any change in device configuration, refer to the relevant diagram in the CCAMLR fishing gear library if available (www.ccamlr.org/node/74407), or submit a detailed diagram and description to the forthcoming meeting of WG-EMM.

Collection of acoustic data

Provide information on the echosounders and sonars used by the vessel.

Type (e.g. echosounder, sonar)
Manufacturer
Model
Transducer frequencies (kHz)

Collection of acoustic data (detailed description): …

Outline steps which will be taken to collect acoustic data to provide information on the distribution and abundance of Euphausia superba and other pelagic species such as myctophiids and salps (SC-CAMLR-XXX, paragraph 2.10)

ANNEX 21-03/B

GUIDELINES FOR ESTIMATING THE GREEN WEIGHT OF KRILL CAUGHT

Method	Equation (kg)	Parameter
Method	Equation (kg)	Description	Type	Estimation method	Unit
Holding tank volume	W * L * H * ρ * 1 000	W= tank width	Constant	Measure at the start of fishing	m
		L= tank length	Constant	Measure at the start of fishing	m
		ρ= volume-to-mass conversion factor	Variable	Volume-to-mass conversion	kg/litre
		H= depth of krill in tank	Haul-specific	Direct observation	m
Flow meter(11)	V * Fkrill * ρ	V= volume of krill and water combined	Haul(11) specific	Direct observation	litre
		Fkrill = fraction of krill in the sample	Haul(11) specific	Flow meter volume correction	—
		ρ= volume-to-mass conversion factor	Variable	Volume-to-mass conversion	kg/litre
Flow meter(12)	(V * ρ) – M	V= volume of krill paste	Haul(11) specific	Direct observation	litre
		M= amount of water added to the process, converted to mass	Haul(11) specific	Direct observation	kg
		ρ= density of krill paste	Variable	Direct observation	kg/litre
Flow scale	M * (1 – F)	M= mass of krill and water combined	Haul(12) specific	Direct observation	kg
Flow scale	M * (1 – F)	F= fraction of water in the sample	Variable	Flow scale mass correction	—
Plate tray	(M–Mtray) * N	Mtray = mass of empty tray	Constant	Direct observation prior to fishing	kg
		M= mean mass of krill and tray combined	Variable	Direct observation, prior to freezing with water drained	kg
		N= number of trays	Haul specific	Direct observation	—
Meal conversion	Mmeal * MCF	Mmeal = mass of meal produced	Haul specific	Direct observation	kg
Meal conversion	Mmeal * MCF	MCF= meal conversion factor	Variable	Meal to whole krill conversion	—
Codend volume	W * H * L * ρ * π/4 * 1 000	W= codend width	Constant	Measure at the start of fishing	m
		H= codend height	Constant	Measure at the start of fishing	m
		ρ= volume-to-mass conversion factor	Variable	Volume-to-mass conversion	kg/litre
		L= codend length	Haul specific	Direct observation	m
Other	Please specify

Observation steps and frequency

Holding tank volume
At the start of fishing	Measure the width and length of the holding tank (if the tank is not rectangular in shape, then additional measurements may be required; precision ±0,05 m)
Every month(13)	Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the holding tank
Every haul	Measure the depth of krill in the tank (if krill are held in the tank between hauls, then measure the difference in depth; precision ±0,1 m)
Every haul	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
Flow meter(13)
Prior to fishing	Ensure that the flow meter is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)
More than once per month(13)	Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion (ρ) derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the flow meter
Every haul(14)	Obtain a sample from the flow meter and:
	measure the volume (e.g. 10 litres) of krill and water combined
	estimate the flow meter volume correction derived from the drained volume of krill
	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
Flow meter(14)
Prior to fishing	Ensure that both flow meters (one for the krill product and one for the water added) are calibrated (i.e. show the same, correct reading)
Every week(13)	Estimate the density (ρ) of the krill product (ground krill paste) by measuring the mass of a known volume of krill product (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the corresponding flow meter
Every haul(14)	Read both flow meters, and calculate the total volumes of the krill product (ground krill paste) and that of the water added; density of the water is assumed to be 1 kg/litre
Every haul(14)	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
Flow scale
Prior to fishing	Ensure that the flow scale is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)
Every haul(14)	Obtain a sample from the flow scale and:
	measure the mass of krill and water combined
	estimate the flow scale mass correction derived from the drained mass of krill
	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
Plate tray
Prior to fishing	Measure the mass of the tray (if trays vary in design, then measure the mass of each type; precision ±0,1 kg)
Every haul	Measure the mass of krill and tray combined (precision ±0,1 kg)
	Count the number of trays used (if trays vary in design, then count the number of trays of each type)
	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
Meal conversion
Every month(13)	Estimate the meal to whole krill conversion by processing 1 000 to 5 000 kg (drained mass) of whole krill
Every haul	Measure the mass of meal produced
Every haul	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)
Codend volume
At the start of fishing	Measure the width and height of the codend (precision ±0,1 m)
Every month(13)	Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the codend
Every haul	Measure the length of codend containing krill (precision ±0,1 m)
Every haul	Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

(1) Except for scientific research purposes.

(2) Excluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).

(3) Includes a catch limit of 42 tonnes to permit Spain to undertake a depletion experiment in 2015/2016.

(4) No fishing will take place in SSRU A in 2015/16.

(5) Including 140 tonnes for Ross Sea survey: 40 tonnes; winter survey: 100 tonnes).

(6) Overall limit with no more than 200 tonnes in each research block.

(7) If the method is not listed in Annex 21-03/B, then please describe in detail

(8) Expected in operational conditions.

(9) Size of outer mesh, and inner mesh where a liner is used.

(10) Inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01.

(11) Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

(12) Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or a two-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

(13) A new period will commence when the vessel moves to a new subarea or division.

(14) Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

ANNEX VI

IOTC CONVENTION AREA

Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Capacity (gross tonnage)
Spain	22	61 364
France	27	45 383
Portugal	5	1 627
Italy	1	2 137
Union	55	110 511

Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Capacity (gross tonnage)
Spain	27	11 590
France	41(1)	7 882
Portugal	15	6 925
United Kingdom	4	1 400
Union	87	27 797

The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area.

The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area.

(1) This figure does not include vessels registered in Mayotte; it may be increased in the future in accordance with Mayotte's fleet development plan.

ANNEX VII

WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20°S of the WCPFC Convention Area

Spain	14
Union	14

ANNEX VIII

QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS FISHING IN UNION WATERS

Flag State	Fishery	Number of fishing authorisations	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norway	Herring, north of 62° 00′ N	To be established	To be established
Faroe Islands	Mackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), IIa, IVa (north of 59° N) Horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe, VIIf, VIIh	14	14
	Herring, north of 62° 00′ N	20	To be established
	Herring, IIIa	4	4
	Industrial fishing for Norway pout, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N) (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)	14	14
	Ling and tusk	20	10
	Blue whiting, II, IVa, V, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W)	20	20
	Blue ling	16	16
Venezuela(1)	Snappers (French Guiana waters)	To be established	To be established

(1) To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant. Such a contract must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guianese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.