EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

Grounds and objectives

All fishing opportunities regulations must limit the harvesting of the fish stocks to levels which must be consistent with the overall objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). In this respect, Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy (“the basic regulation of the CFP”) sets out the objectives for the annual proposals for catch and fishing effort limitations to ensure that Union fisheries are ecologically, economically and socially sustainable.

The fishing opportunities exercise represents an annual management cycle (biennial in the case of deep sea stocks). However, this does not stand in the way of the introduction of long-term management approaches. The Union has made good progress in this regard and key stocks of commercial interest are now subject to multi-annual management plans; yearly TACs and effort ceilings must comply with those plans.

Scope

This proposal contains fishing opportunities that the Union establishes autonomously. However, it also features fishing opportunities resulting from agreed measures in multilateral or bilateral fisheries agreements or processes. In those cases, the Union intervenes on the basis of a position stemming from its own policy objectives, as well as scientific advice. The outcome of such negotiations implies the Union's consent to assume obligations vis-à-vis third parties. Therefore, the Union has no substantive margin of discretion beyond the internal allocation among Member States when it comes to implementing such decisions in Union law, i.e. by means of this proposal. As for internal allocation, the principle of relative stability applies.

Thus this proposal covers, apart from autonomous Union stocks:

· Shared stocks, i.e. stocks that are jointly managed with Norway in the North Sea and the Skagerrak, or related to North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) Coastal State Agreements.

· Fishing opportunities resulting from agreements reached in the framework of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs).

A number of fishing opportunities are marked as "pm" (pro memoria) in this proposal. This is due to the fact that:

– the advice on some stocks will not be available by the time the proposal is scheduled for adoption; or

– certain catch limitations and other recommendations from the relevant RFMOs are pending because their annual meetings have not taken place yet; or

– for stocks in Greenland waters, as well as shared stocks or stocks exchanged with Norway and other third countries, the figures are not available yet, pending the conclusion of consultations in November and December 2014 with those countries.

A new set of measures are proposed for the protection of the stock of seabass in the North East Atlantic. In June 2014, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released scientific advice on this stock, which has been in rapid decline since 2012. Furthermore, the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisherires (STECF) considered that in general current national measures for the protection of seabass have proved ineffective. Seabass is a late maturing and slow growing species whose fishing mortality currently quadruples the levels maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels. In view of the worrying situation of this stock, which could be on the verge of collapse, fishing opportunities are proposed in the form of fishing effort and catch limits, which should target the main sources of fishing mortality, i.e. pelagic trawling and recreational fishing. This includes a new Annex IIE to the proposed regulation, which is to be completed with information being sought from Member States.

Finally, in 2014 the STECF assessed the impact of management measures for Bay of Biscay anchovy. It concluded that changing the management period to a normal calendar year (January to December) considerably reduces the risk of the stock falling below biomass safety levels and leads to a small increase in quantity and stability of catches as compared to the present management period running from July to June. Following consultations with Spain, France and the South Western Waters Advisory Council (SWWAC), and without prejudice of measures to be adopted in the context of future management plans, stakeholders indicated their preference for an anchovy TAC for the 2015 calendar year based on a specific TAC-setting option assessed by the STECF whereby the risk of stock collapse is less than 5%. Following a calendar year, like most other TACs in the Atlantic, will also reduce the administrative burden linked to the management of this stock. On this basis it is appropriate to repeal Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014[1] and at the same time introduce a new TAC for the stock of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for 2015, which will remain in “pm” in the proposed regulation until the necessary scientific advice is released in December 2014.

Stock overview

As usual, the Commission has reviewed the situation to which the fishing opportunities proposals must respond via its annual Communication from the Commission concerning a consultation on Fishing Opportunities (COM(2014)388 final, hereinafter "Communication"). The Communication provides an overview of the state of the stocks based on the findings of the scientific advice issued in 2013. On the positive side, the Communication reports that, among the stocks for which a full analysis is available, those fished above sustainable levels have fallen from 86 % in 2009 to 41% in 2014. However, some trends still give rise to concern. For instance, the number of stocks under an advice to reduce catches to the lowest possible level has increased.

In response to the Commission's request, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) provided in July its annual advice on most fish stocks covered by this proposal. ICES has taken into account the orientations presented by the Commission in its Communication. This advice was reviewed by the STECF in an Expert Working Group and at its summer plenary.

Scientific advice delivered by those two bodies is essentially dependent on data: only stocks for which there is sufficient and reliable data can be fully assessed, so that stock size estimates are produced, as well as a forecast of how they will react to the various exploitation scenarios (this is referred to as "catch options tables"). Where sufficient data is available, the scientific bodies are able to provide estimates of adjustments to the fishing opportunities that will bring the stock to produce its maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The advice is then referred to as "MSY advice". In other cases, the Scientific bodies rely on the precautionary approach to make recommendations as to what the level of fishing opportunities should be. The methodology followed by ICES to that end is presented in ICES published material pertaining to the implementation of advice for data limited stocks[2].

The main group of TACs proposed are included in Annex IA. This annex contains 151 TACs for stocks fished in the Skagerrak, Kattegat, ICES subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF and French Guiana waters. Of these TACs, 12 are set according to MSY advice. As for the rest:

· 12 TACs are proposed in line with long-term management strategies e.g.. management plans stemming from specific CFP regulations in force, Commission proposals for management plans not yet adopted, or a management approach put forward by Advisory Councils (ACs) and evaluated as precautionary by scientific advisory bodies.

· 47 TACs concern data-limited stocks, for which a full assessment is not available. Of these, 26 TACs are proposed at the same level as in 2014, following a joint statement by the Council and the Commission whereby the fishing opportunities would be kept stable unless scientific advice became available showing that the stock is deteriorating. The rationale for this decision lies in the fact that most of these stocks are by-catches in mixed fisheries and there is no real incidence of TAC changes on the evolution of their status, whereas recurrent TAC cuts may give rise to regulatory discards.

· The remaining TACs are at this stage shown in “pm” (pro memoria) due to the fact that the related scientific advice is not yet available, further socio-economic information is necessary or international negotiations or arrangements need to be concluded later in the year (e.g. RFMO meetings). For these stocks, the proposal will need to be updated as the related advice and information becomes available.

All the proposed fishing opportunities respond to the scientific advice received by the Commission as to the state of the stocks, which has been used in the manner outlined in the Communication.

Consistency with other policies and objectives of the Union

The measures proposed are designed in accordance with the objectives and the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and are consistent with the Union's policy on sustainable development.

2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

Consultation of interested parties

(a)          Consultation methods, main sectors targeted and general profile of respondents

The Commission has consulted stakeholders, in particular through the Advisory Councils (ACs), and Member States on its proposed approach to its various fishing opportunities proposals on the basis of its Communication on Fishing Opportunities for 2015.

In addition, the Commission has followed the orientations outlined in its Communication to the Council and European Parliament on improving consultation on Community fisheries management (COM(2006)246 final), which sets out the principles for the so called front-loading process.

Furthermore, the Commission organised an event for stakeholders on 26 September, at which the outcomes of the scientific advice and its key implications were presented and discussed.

(b)          Summary of responses and how they were taken into account

The response to the Commission Communication on Fishing Opportunities mentioned above reflects the views of stakeholders on the evaluation made by the Commission of the state of the resources and how to ensure the appropriate management response.

The Pelagic AC (PELAC), in particular, hoped that progress is made in the adoption of multiannual management plans; it also pointed out that the involvement of non-EU countries can complicate the process. PELAC also urged the Commission to consider the plan it has developed for herring in the Celtic Sea when proposing the relevant TAC for 2015. PELAC expressed concerns regarding the fact that the Communication is vague as regards how the objective of MSY beyond 2015 is to be delayed in certain justified cases, i.e. who must provide evidence of the need for delay and how will the process work. As regards the landing obligation for pelagic fisheries, which enters into force on 1 January 2015, PELAC deplored the lack of detail in the Commission Communication as to how TAC adaptations will be effected in order to integrate discards.

The South Western Waters AC (SWWAC) welcomed the clarity of the Communication and in particular the description of the Commission’s methodology to propose TAC levels for next year. It recalled that, in most cases, the follow-up of MSY levels should be guided by fishing mortality rather than biomass indicators. It identified sole in the Bay of Biscay and Southern hake as potential stocks where MSY in 2015 might not be feasible, considering the advice released by ICES for those two stocks. SWWAC acknowledged, however, that it had not developed a methodology to assess when MSY can be delayed beyond 2015 on account of socio-economic impacts. SWWAC also recommended that the TACs proposed take into account the landing obligation.The North Western Waters AC (NWWAC) supports, as regards the landing obligation, the use of best available science for the determination of any quota adjustment. However, these adjustments cannot prejudice achieving the MSY objective of the CFP. The AC also highlighted the need for consideration of economic impacts in the setting of fishing opportunities. It also emphasised the need to develop management plans and considered this a focus for its own work planning. The NWWAC also called for an extensive process of consultation before decisions are made on implementation of advice related to mixed fisheries. 

Collection and use of expertise

As for the methodology used, the Commission consulted, as already noted, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and its Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF). Advice from ICES is based on an advice framework developed by its expert groups and decision-making bodies and issued in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the Commission. The STECF gives its advice following terms of reference that it receives from the Commission.

The ultimate objective is to bring and maintain the stocks to levels that can deliver Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). This objective has been incorporated expressly in the new basic regulation of the CFP, whose Article 2(2) states that this objective “shall be achieved by 2015 where possible, and […] by 2020 for all stocks". This reflects the commitment taken by the Union regarding the conclusions of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and its related Plan of Implementation. As already noted, for some stocks information on maximum sustainable yield levels is indeed available. Among these, there are very important stocks in terms of volume of catches and commercial value such as hake, cod, anglerfish, sole, megrims, haddock and Norway lobster.

Reaching the MSY objective may, in certain cases, need a reduction in fishing mortality rates and/or a reduction in catches. Against this background, this proposal makes use of the MSY advice, where available. In line with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, where TACs are proposed on the basis of MSY advice, the TAC corresponds to the level which, according to that advice, would ensure delivery of the MSY objective in 2015.This approach follows the principles presented in the Communication on fishing opportunities for 2015.

For data-limited stocks, the scientific advisory bodies issue recommendations as to whether to reduce, stabilise or allow catches to increase. ICES advice has in many cases provided quantitative guidance about such variations, based on their methodology of a +/- 20% maximum change in catches from one year to the other, on precautionary grounds. This guidance has been used to set the TACs proposed. Where there is no scientific advice at all, the precautionary approach has been followed, meaning precautionary TAC reductions by 20%.

For some stocks (mainly widely distributed stocks, sharks and rays) the advice will be issued in the autumn. This proposal will need to be updated as appropriate once that advice is received. Finally, as mentioned above, for certain stocks the advice is used for the purpose of implementing management plans.

STECF confirms, and has in some cases develops on, the advice provided by ICES.

Means used to make the expert advice publicly available

All STECF reports are available on the DG MARE website. All ICES reports are available on ICES' website.

Impact assessment

The scope of the fishing opportunities regulation is circumscribed by Article 43(3) of the Treaty.

The Union has adopted a number of multiannual management plans for stocks of key economic importance, including hake, cod, sole, plaice, Norway lobster and others. Before their adoption, such plans are subject to the requirement of an impact assessment. Once in force, they determine the TAC and effort levels that must be fixed for the given year in order to attain their long-term objectives. The Commission is bound to make its proposal for fishing opportunities in accordance with these plans as long as they remain valid and in force. As a result, many crucial fishing opportunities included in the proposal are the result of the specific impact assessment carried out for the plan they are based upon.

For the remainder, and despite the fact that multiannual plans may not be in place, the proposal seeks to avoid short-term approaches in favour of long-term sustainability decisions, and hence it takes into account initiatives from stakeholders and ACs if they have been positively reviewed by ICES and/or STECF. Furthermore, the Commission's CFP reform proposal was duly developed on the basis of an impact sssessment (SEC(2011)891) in the context of which the MSY objective was analysed. Its conclusions identify this objective as a necessary condition to achieve environmental, economic and social sustainability. The co-legislators have accepted the rationale underlying the Commission's reform proposal and reached political agreement in June last year whereby the MSY target is now explicit and binding.

As regards RFMO fishing opportunites and stocks which are shared with third countries, this proposal essentially transposes internationally agreed measures. Any elements relevant to assess possible impacts of the fishing opportunities are dealt with in the preparation and conduct phase of international negotiations in the framework of which the Union's fishing opportunities are agreed with third parties.

3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL

Legal basis

The legal basis of this proposal is Article 43(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The Union's obligations for sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources arise from obligations set out in Article 2 of the basic regulation of the CFP.

Summary of the proposal

The proposal establishes the catch and effort limitations applicable to Union fisheries in order to achieve the CFP's objective of ensuring fisheries at levels that are environmentally, economically and socially sustainable.

Application

The provisions in the area of the proposal are applicable until 31 December 2015, with the exception of certain provisions on effort limitations which are applicable until 31 January 2016, and certain TACs with specific seasonal cycles or arising from certain specific seasonal characteristics of RFMO stocks.

Subsidiarity principle

The proposal falls under the Union exclusive competence as referred to in Article 3(1)(d) of the Treaty. The subsidiarity principle therefore does not apply.

Proportionality principle

The proposal complies with the proportionality principle for the following reason: the CFP is a common policy. According to Article 43(3) of the Treaty it is incumbent upon the Council to adopt the measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities.

The proposed Council Regulation allocates fishing opportunities to Member States. Having regard to Articles 16 and 17 of Regulation 1380/2013, Member States then proceed to allocate in turn such opportunities among regions or operators as they see fit. Therefore, Member States have ample room for manoeuvre on decisions related to the social/economic model of their choice to exploit their allocated fishing opportunities.

The proposal has no new financial implications for Member States. This Regulation is adopted by Council every year, and the public and private means to implement it are already in place.

Choice of instruments

Proposed instrument: regulation.

Landing obligation introduced by Regulation (EU) No 1389/2013

The new basic regulation of the CFP (Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013) entered into force in 2014; the landing obligation it introduces will start to become applicable progressively from 2015 to 2019. In 2019, all stocks under a TAC shall be under the landing obligation.

During the transitional period, however, fish under TACs must be landed only if caught (either targeted or as a by-catch) in fisheries for certain species in certain areas.

The concepts of stock under TAC and fishery do not match, however. This is why, for the Atlantic and North Sea stocks under this Regulation, catches will be subject to the landing obligation only if caught in fisheries for industrial purposes and fisheries for mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, greater silver smelt, sprat, sardine, bluefin tuna, swordfish, albacore tuna, bigeye tuna, and blue and white marlin[3].

Furthermore, with the introduction of the landing obligation, and in accordance with Article 16(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the fishing opportunities proposed shall reflect the change from amount landed to amount caught. This is done on the basis of the received scientific advice for the fish stocks in fisheries referred to in Article 15(1) of the new basic regulation of the CFP. The fishing opportunities should also be fixed in accordance with Articles 16(1) (referring to the principle of relative stability) and 16(4) (referring to the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy and the rules provided for in multiannual plans).

The landing obligation impacts directly on conservation objectives for a number of TACs in the proposed fishing opportunities. These are TACs for elasmobranchs in a poor conservation status, i.e. sharks, skates and rays; they have been set at 0 for many years so to avoid that these species are targeted in the relevant areas. In addition to the 0 TACs, specific provisions attached to the TAC entries forced their immediate discarding because of their high survivability. Landing them would increase their mortality rates. After a consultation with experts from Member States held on 31 July 2014,  there was support to the idea of adding these species, in the areas covered by the TACs, to the prohibited list of species the fishing opportunities regulation. This is the aproach reflected in the proposed regulation: the obligation to release, and hence the level of conservation it guarantees, is maintained because prohibited species cannot be landed. Regulation 1380/2013 directly exempts prohibited species from the landing obligation via its Article 15(4)(a).

Finally, the links between the new basic regulation of the CFP and Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 must be considered. The latter establishes additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs, including flexibility provisions under Articles 3 and 4 for precautionary and analytical stocks respectively. Under its Article 2, when fixing the TACs, the Council shall decide to which stocks Articles 3 and 4 shall not apply, in particular on the basis of the biological status of the stocks. More recently, another flexibility mechanism was introduced by Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive flexibility that would undermine the principle of rational and responsible exploitation of living marine biological resources and hinder the achievement of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, it should be clarified that Article 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 cannot apply in addition to the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation 1380/2013.

4.           ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Simplification

The proposal provides for simplification of administrative procedures for public authorities (Union or national), in particular as regards requirements regarding the effort management.

Review/revision/sunset clause

The proposal concerns an annual Regulation for the year 2015 and therefore does not include a revision clause.

Detailed explanation of the proposal

This proposal is limited to the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities and conditions functionally linked to the use of those opportunities.

In terms of the actual trends in the evolution of the stocks, the following cases may be highlighted:

Iberian waters

On the one hand anglerfish biomass is increasing and the stock is exploited at sustainable levels. On the other hand the stock of megrims has deteriorated and several Norway lobster functional units remain depleted. As regards Southern hake, biomass continues to increase despite fishing pressure remaining high which, in accordance with the relevant management plan, results in a small TAC cut and the corresponding effort reduction.

Bay of Biscay

The state of the sole stock is deteriorating. Over the past years scientists have been advising on TAC reductions. In 2013 ICES considered precautionary long-term management measures put forward by stakeholders. The 2014 TAC is based on those measures aimed at keeping the TAC constant while gradually bringing down fishing mortality to sustainable levels. Since fishing mortality increased in recent years the TAC should be reduced in 2015.

Celtic Sea and English Channel

High levels of discarding are a persistent problem in this area, both in the whitefish and the flatfish fisheries. Accordingly, scientific advice calls for significant TAC cuts e.g. for cod and haddock. As regards sole in the Eastern English Channel, priority must be given to implement urgent measures to recover this stock: recruitment has been low over the last two years and the long-term viability of the fishery is at risk.

West of Scotland

As a result of the ICES benchmark for haddock in 2014, the stock of haddock in the West of Scotland (ICES areas Vb and VIa) is considered a part of the biological stock assessed in ICES areas III and IV . Therefore a single advice for all these areas is provided. The TAC must remain in “pro memoria” (pm) in the proposed regulation while appropriate allocations to Member States are determined. As for cod and whiting, they remain in poor condition with discards still in the region of 70% for both species. The situation may be worsened by the advice on Norway lobster, to be released in autumn: discards of whitefish originate mostly in the latter fishery. Commitments made as regards selectivity measures have had no discernable impact so far: ICES has not been able to identify any change in mortality as a result of these measures.

Irish Sea

Cod and whiting remain in poor condition, although selectivity for the Norway lobster fleet seems to have produced some results for these two stocks; still, ICES advice identifies high discards here. Sole remains overfished and at its lowest recorded spawning biomass; exploitation should remain at a low level. In contrast, plaice is under-utilised and widely discarded, but the stock is stable.

The Kattegat

As regards cod in the Kattegat, the advice for 2015 is similar to the one for 2014, i.e. that on the basis of precautionary considerations there should be no directed fisheries of this species in this area, and bycatch and discards should be minimised. ICES insists particularly on the need to improve selectivity as a matter of urgency: discard estimations in 2013 were the highest in record since 1997.

North Sea

The stocks of cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, plaice, mackerel and herring in the North Sea are jointly managed with Norway, so the TACs andthe quota allocations will be fixed following the EU-Norway consultations in November and December. Of these stocks, cod continues to recover, but very slowly. Whiting and saithe are both declining, with the saithe biomass falling below precautionary limits for the last three years. Haddock remains stable, with a fishing mortality below MSY levels, but poor recruitment in recent years. The stock of plaice continues to increase, and is now at the highest levels on record. As for stocks that are not shared with Norway and whose TAC levels are already specified in this proposal, the stock of sole is slowly increasing, though fishing mortality is just above MSY levels, so the applicable management plan calls for a slight TAC reduction. The stocks of Norway lobster in the North Sea show an overall increase.

2014/0311 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

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 and repealing Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014

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[4] 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).

(3)       It is incumbent upon the Council to adopt measures on the fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities, including, as appropriate, certain conditions functionally linked thereto. In accordance with Article 16(1) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 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 and in accordance with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy established in Article 2(2) of that Regulation.

(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(1) 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. As of 1 January 2015, the landing obligation should apply to small pelagic fisheries (i.e. fisheries for mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardine and sprat), to large pelagic fisheries (i.e. fisheries for bluefin tuna, swordfish, albacore tuna, bigeye tuna and blue and white marlin), to fisheries for industrial purposes (e.g. fisheries for capelin, sandeel and Norwegian pout). Article 16(2) of that Regulation provides that, when the landing obligation is introduced in respect of a fish stock, 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.

(6)       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 those stocks are in a poor conservation status and, because of their high survival rates, discards will not raise fishing mortality rates for them; discards are deemed as beneficial for the conservation of these species. As of 1 January 2015, however, catches of these species in pelagic fisheries will 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 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 these species in the areas concerned.

(7)       In recent years, the TAC for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay has been set in a separate fishing opportunities regulation valid from 1 July of one year to 30 June of the following year. In 2014, STECF concluded that changing the management period to a normal calendar year (January to December) considerably reduces conservation risks for this stock. Following consultations with Spain, France and the South Western Waters Advisory Council (SWWAC), the change proposed by STECF was positively assessed. On this basis it is appropriate to repeal Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014[5] and to introduce a new TAC for the stock of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for 2015 in this Regulation.

(8)       In addition, 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 Southern hake and Norway lobster, of sole in the Western Channel, of plaice and sole in the North Sea, of herring to the west of Scotland, 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 2166/2005[6], (EC) No 509/2007[7], (EC) No 676/2007[8], (EC) No 1300/2008[9], (EC) No 1342/2008[10] (the "Cod Plan") and (EC) No 302/2009[11].

(9)       With regard, however, to the stocks of northern hake (Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004[12]) and sole in the Bay of Biscay (Council Regulation (EC) No 388/2006[13]), the minimum targets of the relevant recovery and management plans have been reached and, therefore, it is appropriate to follow scientific advice provided in order to achieve or maintain the TACs at maximum sustainable yield levels, as the case may be.

(10)     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.

(11)     Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96[14] introduced additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs, including flexibility provisions under Articles 3 and 4 for precautionary and analytical stocks respectively. Under Article 2 of that Regulation, when fixing the TACs, the Council is to decide to which stocks Articles 3 and 4 do not apply, in particular on the basis of the biological status of the stocks. More recently, a flexibility mechanism was introduced for all catches covered by the landing obligation by Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Therefore, in order to avoid excessive flexibility, which would undermine the conservation objectives set out in the Common Fisheries Policy, and to prevent negative impacts on the biological state of the stocks, Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 may apply to TACs only where Member States do not use the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

(12)     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.

(13)     In June 2014, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) released scientific advice on the stock on seabass in the North East Atlantic, and confirmed that this stock has been in rapid decline since 2012.  Furthermore, STECF has evaluated the protection of seabass by national measures in place and, in general, has deemed them ineffective. Seabass is a late maturing and slow growing species whose fishing mortality currently quadruples the levels maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels. It is therefore appropriate to establish fishing opportunities for this stock in the form of fishing effort and catch limits, which should target the main sources of fishing mortality, i.e. pelagic trawling and recreational fishing.

(14)     It is necessary to establish the fishing effort ceilings for 2015 in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005, 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[15].

(15)     In the light of the most recent scientific advice from International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (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.

(16)     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.

(17)     The use of fishing opportunities available to Union vessels set out in this Regulation is subject to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009[16], 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.

(18)     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. In order to achieve a rational management of discards, a fully documented fishery should cover every operation at sea, rather than what is landed at port. The conditions for Member States to grant such additional allocations should therefore include an obligation to ensure the use of close circuit television cameras (CCTV) associated to a system of sensors (jointly referred to as "CCTV system"). This should enable the recording, in detail, of all retained and discarded parts of catches. A system based on human observers operating in real time on board would be less efficient, more costly, and less reliable. Consequently, the use of CCTV systems is, at this time, a prerequisite for the achievement of discard reduction schemes such as fully documented fisheries. In the use of such system, the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council[17] should be complied with.

(19)     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.

(20)     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 2015, it is appropriate to set the TAC and quotas provisionally at zero until such advice is released.

(21)     In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreements or protocols on fisheries relations with Norway[18], the Faroe Islands[19] and Iceland[20], the Union has held consultations on fishing rights with those partners. The consultations with Norway and the Faroe Islands on arrangements for 2015 have not been finalised. In order to avoid the interruption of Union fishing activities, whilst allowing for the necessary flexibility for the conclusion of those arrangements early in 2015, it is appropriate to establish the fishing opportunities for stocks subject to those arrangements on a provisional basis. It has not been possible to conclude consultations with Iceland on fisheries arrangements for 2015. In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreement and protocol on fisheries relations with Greenland[21], the Joint Committee has established the concrete level of fishing opportunities available for the Union in Greenland waters in 2015. [Recital to be modified, as well as the relevant provisions to which it refers, after the new consultations are held].

(22)     At its Annual Meeting in 2013, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted a one year extension of the existing TAC and quotas for bluefin tuna, and confirmed TACs and quotas for North-Atlantic swordfish, Southern‑Atlantic swordfish and North-Atlantic Albacore at the current level for the 2014‑2016 period. As a result, the Union quota for these stocks remains the same as in 2013. Although the TAC of Southern-Atlantic albacore was also maintained at the current level for the 2014-2016 period, individual quotas of Contracting Parties, including the Union, were slightly reduced in order to grant a quota to another Contracting Party. All these measures should be implemented in the law of the Union. [Recital to be modified, as well as the relevant provisions to which it refers, after the new annual meeting is held].

(23)     At its Annual Meeting in 2013, the Parties to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) adopted catch limits for both target and by-catch species. Those measures should be implemented in the law of the Union. [Recital to be modified, as well as the relevant provisions to which it refers, after the new annual meeting is held].

(24)     At its Annual Meeting in 2014, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) did not modify the conservation and management measures in place.

(25)     The third Annual Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) will be held in February 2015. 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 shall not be targeted before a TAC is set as a result of that Annual Meeting.

(26)     At its 87th Annual Meeting in 2014, 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.

(27)     At its Annual Meeting in 2013, the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) adopted a recommendation for new bi-annual TACs for Patagonian toothfish and deep‑sea red crab for 2014 and 2015, the existing TACs for orange roughy and alfonsinos agreed for 2013 and 2014 at its annual meeting in 2012 remained in force. The currently applicable measures on allocation of fishing opportunities adopted by SEAFO should be implemented in the law of the Union. [Recital to be modified, as well as the relevant provisions to which it refers, after the new annual meeting is held].

(28)     The 10th Annual Meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in 2013 modified its measures regarding fishing opportunities by setting a total amount of days that can be fished in the high seas and by adapting the closure concerning aggregation devices (FAD) fishing. The revision of the measure of FAD fishing requires that the Union as a Contracting Party to WCPFC decides on one of two available options, either to confirm the current period of FAD fishing closure or to opt for a reduction of FAD sets. Until such a decision is taken, the currently applicable closure adopted by the WCFPC should continue to be implemented in the law of the Union. [Recital to be modified, as well as the relevant provisions to which it refers, after the new annual meeting is held].

(29)     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.

(30)     At its 36th Annual Meeting in 2014, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) adopted a number of fishing opportunities for 2015 of certain stocks in Subareas 1‑4 of the NAFO Convention Area. In that context, NAFO adopted a moratorium for the shrimp fishery in Division 3L, increased the TAC for redfish in Division 3M in order to cover certain by-catches and reopened the fishery for witch flounder in Division 3NO.

(31)     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 2014, it is appropriate that the relevant provisions of this Regulation apply from that date. Such retroactive application will be without prejudice to the principle of legitimate expectations as CCAMLR members are forbidden to fish in the CCAMLR Convention Area without authorisation.

(32)     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 Guyana[22], it is necessary to fix the fishing opportunities for snappers available to Venezuela in Union waters.

(33)     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.

(34)     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. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011[23].

(35)     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 2015, except for the provisions concerning fishing effort limits, which should apply from 1 February 2015, 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.

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

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 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 2015 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2016;

(b)     fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2015 to 31 January 2016, except where other periods are established for effort limits in Articles 9, 29 and 31 and annex IIE;

(c)     fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area;

(d)     fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the IATTC Convention Area set out in Article 33 for the periods in 2015 and 2016 specified in that provision.

Article 2 Scope

This Regulation shall apply to the following vessels:

(a)          Union vessels;

(b)          third-country vessels in Union waters;

(c)          recreational fishing vessels, only for the purposes of Article 1(b), 3(c) and 12 and of this Regulation.

Article 3 Definitions

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

(a)          'Union vessel' means a fishing vessel as defined in Article 4(1)(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b)          'third-country vessel' means a fishing vessel as defined Article 4(1)(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country.

(c)          “recreational fishing vessels” means vessels engaged in recreational fishing, as referred to in Article 4(28) of Regulation (EU) No 1224/2009;

(d)          'Union waters' means waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States, with the exception of waters adjacent to the territories listed in Annex II to the Treaty;

(e)          'international waters' means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

(f)          'stock' means a marine biological resource that occurs in a given management area;

(f)          'total allowable catch' (TAC) means:

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

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

(g)          'quota' means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(h)          '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;

(i)           'precautionary approach to fisheries management', means an approach according to which the absence of adequate scientific information should not justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non-target species and their environment;

(j)           'mesh size' means the mesh size of fishing nets as determined in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008[24];

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

(l )          '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[25];

(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)          'Gulf of Cádiz' means the geographical area of ICES division IXa east of longitude 7º 23' 48″ W;

(f)          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[26];

(g)          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[27];

(h)          '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[28];

(i)           '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[29];

(j)           '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[30];

(k)          '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")[31];

(l)           'IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Convention Area' is the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission[32];

(m)         'SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area' is the high seas geographical area south of 10o N, north of the CCAMLR Convention Area, east of the SIOFA Convention Area as defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement[33], and west of the areas of fisheries jurisdictions of South American States;

(n)          '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[34];

(o)          '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;

(p)          'overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC' is the geographical area defined by the following limits:

– longitude 150º W,

– longitude 130º W,

– latitude 4º S,

– latitude 50º S.

TITLE II FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION VESSELS

Chapter I General provisions

Article 5 TACs and allocations

1.           The TACs for Union 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 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 19 of and Annex III to this Regulation and in Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008[35] and its implementing provisions.

3.           For the purposes of the special condition laid down in Annex IA for the stock of sandeel in Union waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV, the management areas defined in Annex IID shall apply.

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 2015 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 2015, each Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission the following information:

(a)     the TACs adopted;

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

(c)     details on how the TACs adopted comply with paragraph 2.

Article 7 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

1.           Fish from stocks for which TACs are established that have been caught in the fisheries specified in Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be subject to the landing obligation as established therein.

2.           Fish from other stocks for which TACs are established shall be retained on board or landed only if:

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

(b) the catches 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.

3.           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 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

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;

(c)          Annex IIC for the management of the sole stock in ICES division VIIe;

(d)          Annex IIE for the management of seabass in ICES division VIIe.

Article 9 Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries

1.           Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002[36] 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.           Member States shall ensure that for 2015 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. 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.

Article 10 Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

1.           The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in this Regulation shall be 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;

(c)     reallocations made pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008;

(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;

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

(g)     quota transfers and exchanges pursuant to Article 20 of this Regulation;

(h)     additional allocations pursuant to Article 14 of this Regulation.

2.           Except where otherwise specified in Annex I to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TAC and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to analytical TAC. Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 should apply to TACs only where Member States do not use the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

Article 11 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 2015: 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 2015 and from 1 August to 31 December 2015.

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 12 Recreational fisheries for seabass

For recreational fisheries in ICES divisions IVb, IVc, VIIa, VIId, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg and VIIh, a bag limit of one seabass per person per day shall apply.

Article 13 Prohibitions

 1.          It shall be prohibited for Union 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)     basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all waters;

(c)     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;

(d)     tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) and smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subarea IV and in all waters of ICES subareas I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(e)     kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subarea IV and in all waters of ICES subareas I and XIV;

(f)     porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in all waters;

(g)     giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in all waters;

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

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

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

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

(l)      spurdog/dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Union waters of ICES division IIa,and ICES subarea IV and in all waters of ICES subareas I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(m)    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)     the vessel makes use of close circuit television cameras (CCTV) associated to a system of sensors (jointly referred to as "the CCTV system") to record all on board fishing and processing activities;

(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[37], shall be counted against the individual allocation of the vessel, as resulting from any additional allocation granted under Article 14.

(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 CCTV system for control purposes;

(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 14, 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;

(c)     the capacity, type and specification of gears used by 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 2014 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) 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 it from participation in those trials for the remainder of the year 2015.

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 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 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, 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 concerned") 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 then give notification of the agreed quota transfer or exchange to the secretariat of the RFMO 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 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 and sport fisheries

Member States shall allocate a specific quota of bluefin tuna for recreational and sport 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 which are members of the CCAMLR Commission 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 2015. 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 2015.

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 2015/2016 fishing season

1.           Only those Member States which are members of the CCAMLR Commission may fish for krill (Euphausia superba) in the CCAMLR Convention Area during the 2015/2016 fishing season. If such a Member State intends to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention Area, it shall notify, no later than 1 June 2015, the CCAMLR Secretariat, in accordance with Article 5a of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, and the Commission, using the format laid down in Part C of Annex V to this Regulation of its intention to fish for krill.

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 only notify its intention to do so 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 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 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 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.           In order to take into account the implementation of the development plans submitted to the IOTC, Member States may only increase their fishing capacity beyond the ceilings referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within the limits set out in those plans.

Article 29 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 30 Pelagic fisheries - capacity limitation

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 2015 to the total Union level of 78 600 gross tonnage in that area.

Article 31 Pelagic fisheries – TACs

1.           Only Member States having actively exercised pelagic fisheries activities in the SPRFMO Convention Area in 2007, 2008 or 2009, as specified in Article 30, may fish for pelagic stocks in that area in accordance with the TACs set out in Annex IJ.

2.           The fishing opportunities set out in Annex IJ may only be fished under the condition that Member States send to the Commission, in order to communicate them to the SPRFMO Secretariat, 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.

Article 32 Bottom fisheries

Member States with 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 limit their bottom fishing catch or effort in 2015 in the Convention Area to those parts of the Convention Area where bottom fishing has occurred in that period and to a level that does not exceed the annual average levels of catches or effort parameters over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006.

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 2015 or from 18 November 2015 to 18 January 2016 in the area defined by the following limits:

– the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,

– longitude 150º W,

– latitude 40º N,

– latitude 40º S;

(b)     from 29 September to 29 October 2015 in the area defined by the following limits:

– longitude 96º W,

– longitude 110º W,

– latitude 4º N,

– latitude 3º S.

2.           The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure referred to in paragraph 1 before 1 April 2015. 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, who shall also:

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

(b)     report the information specified in paragraph (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.

SECTION 6 SEAFO CONVENTION AREA

Article 35 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks

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

– skates (Rajidae),

– spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias),

– blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi),

– shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus),

– great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps),

– smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus),

– ghost catshark (Apristurus manis),

– velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus),

– deep-sea sharks of the Selachimorpha super-order.

SECTION 7 WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

Article 36 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 20º N and 20º S does not exceed 403 days.

2.           Union vessels shall not target south Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the WCPFC Convention Area south of 20°S.

Article 37 Closed area for FAD fishing

1.           In the part of the WCPFC Convention Area located between 20º N and 20º S, fishing activities of purse-seine vessels making use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) shall be prohibited between 00:00 hours of 1 July 2015 and 24:00 hours of 31 October 2015. 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

(c)     when a serious malfunction of freezer equipment occurs.

Article 38 Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC

1.           Vessels listed exclusively in the WCPFC register shall apply the measures set out in Articles 34 to 38 when fishing in the overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC as defined in Article 4(p).

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(p).

Article 39 Limitations to the number of Union vessels authorised to fish swordfish

The maximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in areas south of 20º S of the WCPFC Convention Area shall be as indicated 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.

SECTION 8 BERING SEA

Article 41 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 42 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 subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.

Article 43 Fishing authorisations

The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters is laid down in Annex VIII.

Article 44 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 43.

Article 45 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:

(a)     starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIIa and VIId and ICES subarea IV;

(b)     basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Union waters;

(c)     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;

(d)     tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), bird beak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(e)     kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV and XIV;

(f)      porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in Union waters;

(g)     giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in Union waters;

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

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

(j)      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;

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

(l)      spurdog/dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Union waters of ICES division IIa and ICES subareas I, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV;

(m)    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 FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 46 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 47 Repeal

Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2015.

Article 48

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 2015.

However, Article 8 shall apply from 1 February 2015.

The provisions on fishing opportunities set out in Articles 24, 25 and 26 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,

                                                                       For the Council

                                                                       The President

[1]               OJ L 212, 18.07.2014, p. 1–3.

[2]               See in particular the document "General Context of ICES Advice" at the following link: http://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Advice/2014/2014/1.2_Advice_basis_2014.pdf

[3]               Article 15(1)(a) of 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).

[4]               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).

[5]               Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014 of 17 July 2014 fixing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for the 2014/15 fishing season (OJ L 212, 18.07.2014, 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 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).

[8]               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).

[9]               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).

[10]             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).

[11]             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).

[12]             Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of the northern hake stock (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

[13]             Council Regulation (EC) No 388/2006 of 23 February 2006 establishing a multiannual plan for the sustainable exploitation of the stock of sole in the Bay of Biscay (OJ L 65, 7.3.2006, p. 1).

[14]             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).

[15]             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).

[16]             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).

[17]             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).

[18]             Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48)

[19]             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).

[20]             Agreement on fisheries and the marine environment between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (OJ L 161, 2.7.1993, p. 2).

[21]             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).

[22]             OJ L 6, 10.1.2012, p. 9.

[23]             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).

[24]             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).

[25]             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).

[26]             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).

[27]             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).

[28]             Concluded by Council Decision 2002/738/EC (OJ L 234, 31.8.2002, p. 39).

[29]             The Union acceded by Council Decision 86/238/EEC (OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33).

[30]             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).

[31]             Concluded by Council Decision 2006/539/EC (OJ L 224, 16.8.2006, p. 22).

[32]             The Union acceded by Council Decision 95/399/EC (OJ L 236, 5.10.1995, p. 24).

[33]             Concluded by Council Decision 2008/780/EC (OJ L 268, 9.10.2008, p. 27).

[34]             The Union acceded by Council Decision 2005/75/EC (OJ L 32, 4.2.2005, p. 1).

[35]             Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 of 29 September 2009 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).

[36]             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).

[37]             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).

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION 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 and repealing Council Regulation (EU) No 779/2014

LIST OF ANNEXES

ANNEX I: || TACs applicable to Union 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 IIE: || Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of seabass in ICES division VIIe

ANNEX III: || Maximum number of fishing authorisations for Union 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 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

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

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

"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

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 || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| Ammodytes spp. || || || (SAN/04-N.) ||

Denmark || ||  0 || || Analytical TAC || ||

United Kingdom ||  0 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || ||  0 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Sandeel || || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa, IIIa and IV(1)

|| Ammodytes spp. || || || || ||

Denmark || ||  0 || (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

United Kingdom ||  0 || (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Germany || ||  0 || (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Sweden || ||  0 || (2) || || || ||

Union || ||  0 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  0 || || || || ||

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

(2) At least 98 % of landings counted against this quota shall be of sandeel. By-catches of dab, mackerel and whiting to be counted against the remaining 2 % of the quota (OT1/*2A3A4). These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) 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 || ||

|| 1 ||  2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7

|| (SAN/234_1) || (SAN/234_2) || (SAN/234_3) || (SAN/234_4) || (SAN/234_5) || (SAN/234_6) || (SAN/234_7)

Denmark ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0

United Kingdom ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0

Germany ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0

Sweden ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0

Union ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Total ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  0

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Greater silver smelt || || Zone: || Union and international waters of I and II

|| Argentina silus || || || (ARU/1/2.) || ||

Germany || ||  24 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  8 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  19 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  39 || || || || ||

Union || ||  90 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  90 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Greater silver smelt || || Zone: || Union waters of III and IV

|| Argentina silus || || || (ARU/34-C) ||

Denmark || ||  911 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  9 || || || || ||

France || ||  7 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  7 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  43 || || || || ||

Sweden || ||  35 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  16 || || || || ||

Union || || 1 028 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 028 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Greater silver smelt || || Zone: || Union and international waters of V, VI and VII

|| Argentina silus || || || (ARU/567.) || ||

Germany || ||  289 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  6 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  268 || || || || ||

The Netherlands || 3 023 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  212 || || || || ||

Union || || 3 798 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 3 798 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Tusk || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of I, II and XIV

|| Brosme brosme || || || (USK/1214EI) ||

Germany || ||  6 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  6 || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  6 || (1) || || || ||

Others || ||  3 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  21 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  21 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Tusk || || || Zone: || IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

|| Brosme brosme || || || (USK/3A/BCD) ||

Denmark || ||  15 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Sweden || ||  7 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  7 || || || || ||

Union || ||  29 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  29 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Tusk || || || Zone: || Union waters of IV ||

|| Brosme brosme || || || (USK/04-C.) ||

Denmark || ||  64 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  19 || || || || ||

France || ||  44 || || || || ||

Sweden || ||  6 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  96 || || || || ||

Others || ||  6 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  235 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  235 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Tusk || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of V, VI and VII

|| Brosme brosme || || || (USK/567EI.) ||

Germany || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Spain || || pm || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Others || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (2)(3)(4)(5) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

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

(3) 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-):

|| || pm || || || || ||

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

|| Ling  (LIN/*5B67-) || pm || || || || ||

|| Tusk  (USK/*5B67-) || pm || || || || ||

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

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Tusk || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| Brosme brosme || || || (USK/04-N.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Boarfish || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII

|| Caproidae || || || || (BOR/678-) || ||

Denmark || || 13 079 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Ireland || || 36 830 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 3 387 || || || || ||

Union || || 53 296 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 53 296 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring (1) || || || Zone: || IIIa || ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/03A.) || ||

Denmark || || pm || (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Sweden || || pm || (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || || pm || (2) || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

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

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring (1) || || || Zone: || Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53º 30' N

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/4AB.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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.).

(2) 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).

|| || pm || || || || ||

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 62º N (HER/*04N-)(1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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.).

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring (1) || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters south of 62º N

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/04-N.) ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring (1) || || || Zone: || IIIa || ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/03A-BC) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring (1) || || || Zone: || IV, VIId and Union waters of IIa

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/2A47DX) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

France || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring (1) || || || Zone: || IVc, VIId(2) || ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/4CXB7D) ||

Belgium || || pm || (3) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (3) || || || ||

Germany || || pm || (3) || || || ||

France || || pm || (3) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (3) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (3) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

(2) 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.

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN(1)

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/5B6ANB) ||

Germany || || 2 536 || (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  480 || (2) || || || ||

Ireland || || 3 427 || (2) || || || ||

The Netherlands || 2 536 || (2) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 13 711 || (2) || || || ||

Union || || 22 690 || (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 22 690 || || || || ||

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

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring || || || Zone: || VIaS(1), VIIb, VIIc ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/6AS7BC) ||

Ireland || ||  0 || || Analytical TAC || ||

The Netherlands ||  0 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || ||  0 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  0 || || || || ||

(1) Reference is to the herring stock in VIa south of 56º 00' N and west of 07º 00' W. || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring || || || Zone: || VI Clyde(1) || ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/06ACL.) ||

United Kingdom || To be established || (2) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || To be established || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || To be established || (3) || || || ||

(1) 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). || || || ||

(2) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring || || || Zone: || VIIa(1) || ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/07A/MM) ||

Ireland || || 1 264 || || Analytical TAC || ||

United Kingdom || 3 590 || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Union || || 4 854 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 4 854 || || || || ||

(1) This zone is reduced by the area bounded: || || || ||

|| - to the north by latitude 52º 30' N, || || || || ||

|| - to the south by latitude 52º 00' N, || || || || ||

|| - to the west by the coast of Ireland, || || || || ||

|| - to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom. || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring || || || Zone: || VIIe and VIIf ||

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/7EF.) || ||

France || ||  465 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

United Kingdom ||  465 || || || || ||

Union || ||  930 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  930 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Herring || || || Zone: || VIIg(1), VIIh(1), VIIj(1) and VIIk(1)

|| Clupea harengus || || || (HER/7G-K.) ||

Germany || ||  174 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  966 || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || || 13 527 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  966 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  19 || || || || ||

Union || || 15 652 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 15 652 || || || || ||

(1) This zone is increased by the area bounded: || || || ||

|| - to the north by latitude 52º 30' N, || || || || ||

|| - to the south by latitude 52º 00' N, || || || || ||

|| - to the west by the coast of Ireland, || || || || ||

|| - to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom. || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anchovy || || || Zone: || VIII || ||

|| Engraulis encrasicolus || || || (ANE/08.) || ||

Spain || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anchovy || || || Zone: || IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Engraulis encrasicolus || || || (ANE/9/3411) ||

Spain || || 4 198 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Portugal || || 4 580 || || || || ||

Union || || 8 778 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 8 778 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || Skagerrak || ||

|| Gadus morhua || || || (COD/03AN.) ||

Belgium || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Germany || || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || Kattegat || ||

|| Gadus morhua || || || (COD/03AS.) ||

Denmark || ||  49 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  1 || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || ||  30 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  80 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  80 || (1) || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat

|| Gadus morhua || || || (COD/2A3AX4) ||

Belgium || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Germany || || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France || || pm || (1) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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.

(2) 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 || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters south of 62º N

|| Gadus morhua || || || (COD/04-N.) ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || VIb; Union and international waters of Vb west of 12º 00' W and of XII and XIV

|| Gadus morhua || || || (COD/5W6-14) ||

Belgium || ||  0 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Germany || ||  2 || || || || ||

France || ||  23 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  9 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  40 || || || || ||

Union || ||  74 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  74 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || VIa; Union and international waters of Vb east of 12º 00' W

|| Gadus morhua || || || || (COD/5BE6A) ||

Belgium || ||  0 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  0 || || || || ||

France || ||  0 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  0 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  0 || || || || ||

Union || ||  0 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  0 || (1) || || || ||

(1) 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 as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || VIIa || ||

|| Gadus morhua || || || || (COD/07A.) ||

Belgium || ||  5 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  13 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  85 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  1 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  78 || || || || ||

Union || ||  182 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  182 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || VIIb, VIIc, VIIe-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters

|| Gadus morhua || || || of CECAF 34.1.1 ||

|| || || || || (COD/7XAD34) ||

Belgium || ||  110 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || 1 808 || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || ||  358 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  0 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  195 || || || || ||

Union || || 2 471 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 471 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Cod || || || Zone: || VIId || ||

|| Gadus morhua || || || || (COD/07D.) ||

Belgium || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || (1) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Megrims || || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Lepidorhombus spp. || || || || (LEZ/2AC4-C) ||

Belgium || ||  6 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  5 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  5 || || || || ||

France || ||  34 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  27 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 2 006 || || || || ||

Union || || 2 083 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 083 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Megrims || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of Vb; VI;

|| Lepidorhombus spp. || || || international waters of XII and XIV

|| || || || || (LEZ/56-14) ||

Spain || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Megrims || || || Zone: || VII || ||

|| Lepidorhombus spp. || || || || (LEZ/07.) || ||

Belgium || ||  373 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Spain || || 4 144 || (1) || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

France || || 5 030 || (1) || || || ||

Ireland || || 2 287 || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 1 980 || (1) || || || ||

Union || || 13 814 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 13 814 || || || || ||

(1) 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 1% of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Megrims || || || Zone: || VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe

|| Lepidorhombus spp. || || || || (LEZ/8ABDE.) ||

Spain || ||  756 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  610 || || || || ||

Union || || 1 366 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 366 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Megrims || || || Zone: || VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Lepidorhombus spp. || || || || (LEZ/8C3411) ||

Spain || ||  935 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  47 || || || || ||

Portugal || ||  31 || || || || ||

Union || || 1 013 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 013 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common dab and European flounder || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Limanda limanda and || || || (DAB/2AC4-C) for common dab;

|| Platichthys flesus || || || || (FLE/2AC4-C) for European flounder

Belgium || ||  402 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || || 1 511 || || || || ||

Germany || || 2 266 || || || || ||

France || ||  157 || || || || ||

The Netherlands || 9 136 || || || || ||

Sweden || ||  5 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 1 270 || || || || ||

Union || || 14 747 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 14 747 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anglerfish || || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Lophiidae || || || || (ANF/2AC4-C) ||

Belgium || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Germany || || pm || (1) || || || ||

France || || pm || (1) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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).

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anglerfish || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| Lophiidae || || || || (ANF/04-N.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anglerfish || || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV

|| Lophiidae || || || || (ANF/56-14) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

Spain || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anglerfish || || || Zone: || VII || ||

|| Lophiidae || || || || (ANF/07.) || ||

Belgium || || 2 729 || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  304 || (1) (2) || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Spain || || 1 085 || (1) (2) || || || ||

France || || 17 516 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Ireland || || 2 238 || (1) (2) || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  353 || (1) (2) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 5 311 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Union || || 29 536 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 29 536 || (1) || || || ||

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

(2) 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 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anglerfish || || || Zone: || VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe

|| Lophiidae || || || || (ANF/8ABDE.) ||

Spain || || 1 206 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || 6 708 || || || || ||

Union || || 7 914 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 7 914 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Anglerfish || || || Zone: || VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Lophiidae || || || || (ANF/8C3411) ||

Spain || || 2 490 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  2 || || || || ||

Portugal || ||  495 || || || || ||

Union || || 2 987 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 987 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || IIIa, Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || || (HAD/3A/BCD) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || IV; Union waters of IIa ||

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || (HAD/2AC4.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

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 (HAD/*04N-) || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters south of 62º N

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || || (HAD/04-N.) ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || || ||

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

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

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of VIb, XII and XIV

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || || (HAD/6B1214) ||

Belgium || ||  6 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  7 || || || || ||

France || ||  285 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  203 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 2 079 || || || || ||

Union || || 2 580 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 580 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of Vb and VIa

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || || (HAD/5BC6A.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || || (HAD/7X7A34) ||

Belgium || ||  62 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || 3 736 || (1) || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || || 1 246 || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  561 || (1) || || || ||

Union || || 5 605 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 5 605 || || || || ||

(1) 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 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || || Zone: || VIIa || ||

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || || || (HAD/07A.) ||

Belgium || ||  15 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  68 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  409 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  453 || || || || ||

Union || ||  945 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  945 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || IIIa || ||

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || || (WHG/03A.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Precautionary TAC || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || IV; Union waters of IIa ||

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || (WHG/2AC4.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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 || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || || (WHG/56-14) ||

Germany || ||  1 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  28 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  70 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  135 || || || || ||

Union || ||  234 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  234 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || VIIa || ||

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || || (WHG/07A.) ||

Belgium || ||  0 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  6 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  32 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  0 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  42 || || || || ||

Union || ||  80 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  80 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || VIIb, VIIc, VIId, VIIe, VIIf, VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || || (WHG/7X7A-C) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || || pm || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || VIII || ||

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || || (WHG/08.) || ||

Spain || || 1 016 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || || 1 524 || || || || ||

Union || || 2 540 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 540 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting || || || Zone: || IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Merlangius merlangus || || || || (WHG/9/3411) ||

Portugal || || To be established || (1) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || To be established || (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || To be established || (2) || || || ||

(1) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. || || || || ||

(2) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 1. || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Whiting and pollack || || Zone: || Norwegian waters south of 62º N

|| Merlangius merlangus and || || (WHG/04-N.) for whiting;

|| Pollachius pollachius || || || || (POL/04-N.) for pollack ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || Precautionary TAC || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Hake || || || Zone: || IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

|| Merluccius merluccius || || || || (HKE/3A/BCD) ||

Denmark || || 2 179 || (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

Sweden || ||  185 || (2) || || || ||

Union || || 2 364 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 364 || (1) || || || ||

(1) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: || || ||

|| || 78 457 || || || || ||

(2) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Hake || || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Merluccius merluccius || || || || (HKE/2AC4-C) ||

Belgium || ||  39 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || 1 594 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  183 || || || || ||

France || ||  352 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  91 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  496 || || || || ||

Union || || 2 755 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 2 755 || (1) || || || ||

(1) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: || || ||

|| || 78 457 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Hake || || || Zone: || VI and VII; Union and international waters of Vb;

|| Merluccius merluccius || || || international waters of XII and XIV

|| || || || || (HKE/571214) ||

Belgium || ||  404 || (1) (3) || Analytical TAC || ||

Spain || || 12 969 || (3) || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

France || || 20 027 || (1) (3) || || || ||

Ireland || || 2 427 || (3) || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  261 || (1) (3) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 7 907 || (1) (3) || || || ||

Union || || 43 995 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 43 995 || (2) || || || ||

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

(1) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: || || ||

|| || 78 457 || || || || ||

(3) 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 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

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 || ||  52 || || || || ||

Spain || || 2 092 || || || || ||

France || || 2 092 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  262 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  26 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 1 177 || || || || ||

Union || || 5 701 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Hake || || || Zone: || VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe

|| Merluccius merluccius || || || || (HKE/8ABDE.) ||

Belgium || ||  13 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Spain || || 9 029 || || || || ||

France || || 20 275 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  26 || (1) || || || ||

Union || || 29 343 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 29 343 || (2) || || || ||

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

(2) Within the following overall TAC for the northern stock of hake: || || ||

|| || 78 457 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

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 || ||  3 || || || || ||

Spain || || 2 615 || || || || ||

France || || 4 707 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  8 || || || || ||

Union || || 7 333 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Hake || || || Zone: || VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Merluccius merluccius || || || || (HKE/8C3411) ||

Spain || || 8 848 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  849 || || || || ||

Portugal || || 4 129 || || || || ||

Union || || 13 826 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 13 826 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue whiting || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of II and IV

|| Micromesistius poutassou || || || || (WHB/24-N.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue whiting || || Zone: || Union and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV

|| Micromesistius poutassou || || || || (WHB/1X14) ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Spain || || pm || (1) (2) || || || ||

France || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || (1) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || || || ||

Portugal || || pm || (1) (2) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

Norway || || pm || || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) Special condition: of which up to the following percentage may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (WHB/*NZJM1):

|| || pm || || || || ||

(2) 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.

(3) Special condition: of which up to the following quantity may be fished in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): ||

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue whiting || || Zone: || VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Micromesistius poutassou || || || || (WHB/8C3411) ||

Spain || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Portugal || || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) Special condition: of which up to the following percentage may be fished in Norwegian EEZ or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen (WHB/*NZJM2):

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue whiting || || Zone: || Union waters of II, IVa, V, VI north of 56° 30' N and VII west of 12° W

|| Micromesistius poutassou || || || || (WHB/24A567) ||

Norway || || pm || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (3) (4) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

(2) Special condition: the catch in IV shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): || ||

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| This catch limit in IV amounts to the following percentage of Norway's access quota: || ||

|| || pm || || || || ||

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

(4) 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):

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Lemon sole and witch flounder || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Microstomus kitt and || || || (LEM/2AC4-C) for lemon sole;

|| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus || || || || (WIT/2AC4-C) for witch flounder

Belgium || ||  346 || || Precautionary TAC || || ||

Denmark || ||  953 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  122 || || || || ||

France || ||  261 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  794 || || || || ||

Sweden || ||  11 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 3 904 || || || || ||

Union || || 6 391 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 6 391 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue ling || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of Vb, VI, VII

|| Molva dypterygia || || || || (BLI/5B67-) ||

Germany || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Estonia || || pm || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Spain || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

Lithuania || || pm || || || || ||

Poland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Others || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (2) || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

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

(3) 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 as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue ling || || || Zone: || International waters of XII

|| Molva dypterygia || || || || (BLI/12INT-) ||

Estonia || ||  1 || (1) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Spain || ||  533 || (1) || || || ||

France || ||  13 || (1) || || || ||

Lithuania || ||  5 || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  5 || (1) || || || ||

Others || ||  1 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  558 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  558 || (1) || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue ling || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of II and IV

|| Molva dypterygia || || || || (BLI/24-) || ||

Denmark || ||  4 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Germany || ||  4 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  4 || || || || ||

France || ||  23 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  14 || || || || ||

Others || ||  4 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  53 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  53 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Blue ling || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of III

|| Molva dypterygia || || || || (BLI/03-) || ||

Denmark || ||  3 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Germany || ||  2 || || || || ||

Sweden || ||  3 || || || || ||

Union || ||  8 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  8 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Ling || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of I and II

|| Molva molva || || || || (LIN/1/2.) || ||

Denmark || ||  8 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  8 || || || || ||

France || ||  8 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  8 || || || || ||

Others || ||  4 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  36 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  36 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Ling || || || Zone: || IIIa; Union waters of IIIbcd

|| Molva molva || || || || (LIN/3A/BCD) ||

Belgium || ||  6 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  50 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  6 || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || ||  19 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  6 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  87 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  87 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Ling || || || Zone: || Union waters of IV ||

|| Molva molva || || || || (LIN/04-C.) || ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || || || || ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Ling || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of V

|| Molva molva || || || || (LIN/05EI.) || ||

Belgium || ||  9 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  6 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  6 || || || || ||

France || ||  6 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  6 || || || || ||

Union || ||  33 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  33 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Ling || || || Zone: || Union and international waters of VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV

|| Molva molva || || || || (LIN/6X14.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

Spain || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

Portugal || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (1)(2)(3) || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (4)(5) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

(1) 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 VI and VII shall not exceed the following amount in tonnes (OTH/*6X14.):

|| || pm || || || || ||

(2) 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-) || pm || || || || ||

|| Tusk (USK/*5B67-) || pm || || || || ||

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

|| || pm || || || || ||

(4) Including tusk. To be fished in VIb and VIa north of 56º 30' N (LIN/*6BAN.). || ||

(5) Special condition: of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % 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.):

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Ling || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| Molva molva || || || || (LIN/04-N.) || ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/3A/BCD) ||

Denmark || || 3 909 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  11 || || || || ||

Sweden || || 1 398 || || || || ||

Union || || 5 318 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 5 318 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/2AC4-C) ||

Belgium || ||  926 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  926 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  14 || || || || ||

France || ||  27 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  477 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 15 329 || || || || ||

Union || || 17 699 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 17 699 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/04-N.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/5BC6.) ||

Spain || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || VII || ||

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/07.) || ||

Spain || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Special condition: 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 || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/8ABDE.) ||

Spain || ||  193 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || 3 021 || || || || ||

Union || || 3 214 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 3 214 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || VIIIc || ||

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/08C.) || ||

Spain || ||  58 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  2 || || || || ||

Union || ||  60 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  60 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway lobster || || Zone: || IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Nephrops norvegicus || || || || (NEP/9/3411) ||

Spain || ||  50 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Portugal || ||  149 || || || || ||

Union || ||  199 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  199 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || || Zone: || IIIa || ||

|| Pandalus borealis || || || || (PRA/03A.) || ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Pandalus borealis || || || || (PRA/2AC4-C) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || || Zone: || Norwegian waters south of 62º N

|| Pandalus borealis || || || || (PRA/04-N.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || "Penaeus" shrimps || || Zone: || French Guiana waters ||

|| Penaeus spp. || || || (PEN/FGU.) ||

France || || To be established || (1) (2) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || To be established || (2) (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || To be established || (2) (3) || || || ||

(1) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. || || || || ||

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

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || Skagerrak || ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || (PLE/03AN.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || Kattegat || ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || (PLE/03AS.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || || (PLE/2A3AX4) ||

Belgium || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || || pm || (1) || || || ||

France || || pm || (1) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

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 (PLE/*04N-) || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb;

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || international waters of XII and XIV

|| || || || || (PLE/56-14) ||

France || ||  18 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Ireland || ||  240 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  400 || || || || ||

Union || ||  658 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  658 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VIIa || ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || (PLE/07A.) || ||

Belgium || ||  50 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  22 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  390 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  15 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  499 || || || || ||

Union || ||  976 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  976 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VIIb and VIIc ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || || (PLE/7BC.) || ||

France || ||  15 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Ireland || ||  59 || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Union || ||  74 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  74 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VIId and VIIe ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || (PLE/7DE.) || ||

Belgium || ||  752 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || 2 508 || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 1 337 || (1) || || || ||

Union || || 4 597 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 4 597 || || || || ||

(1) 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 1 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VIIf and VIIg ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || (PLE/7FG.) || ||

Belgium || ||  104 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  189 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  29 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  98 || || || || ||

Union || ||  420 || || || || ||

|| ||   || || || || ||

TAC || ||  420 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VIIh, VIIj and VIIk ||

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || (PLE/7HJK.) ||

Belgium || ||  8 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  17 || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || ||  59 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  34 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  17 || || || || ||

Union || ||  135 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  135 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Plaice || || || Zone: || VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Pleuronectes platessa || || || || (PLE/8/3411) ||

Spain || ||  66 || || Precautionary TAC || || ||

France || ||  263 || || || || ||

Portugal || ||  66 || || || || ||

Union || ||  395 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  395 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Pollack || || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV

|| Pollachius pollachius || || || (POL/56-14) ||

Spain || ||  6 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || ||  190 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  56 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  145 || || || || ||

Union || ||  397 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  397 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Pollack || || || Zone: || VII || ||

|| Pollachius pollachius || || || (POL/07.) || ||

Belgium || ||  336 || (1) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Spain || ||  20 || (1) || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

France || || 7 734 || (1) || || || ||

Ireland || ||  824 || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 1 882 || (1) || || || ||

Union || || 10 796 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 10 796 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Pollack || || || Zone: || VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe

|| Pollachius pollachius || || || (POL/8ABDE.) ||

Spain || ||  202 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || ||  984 || || || || ||

Union || || 1 186 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 186 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Pollack || || || Zone: || VIIIc || ||

|| Pollachius pollachius || || || (POL/08C.) || ||

Spain || ||  208 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || ||  23 || || || || ||

Union || ||  231 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  231 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Pollack || || || Zone: || IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Pollachius pollachius || || || (POL/9/3411) ||

Spain || ||  273 || (1) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Portugal || ||  9 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  282 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  282 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || || Zone: || IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32

|| Pollachius virens || || || (POK/2A34.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || || || || ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb, XII and XIV

|| Pollachius virens || || || (POK/56-14) ||

Germany || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) To be fished north of 56º 30' N (POK/*5614N). || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters south of 62º N

|| Pollachius virens || || || (POK/04-N.) ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || || Zone: || VII, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Pollachius virens || || || (POK/7/3411) ||

Belgium || ||  8 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || || 1 787 || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || ||  894 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  487 || || || || ||

Union || || 3 176 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 3 176 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Turbot and brill || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Psetta maxima and || || || (TUR/2AC4-C) for turbot;

|| Scopthalmus rhombus || || || (BLL/2AC4-C) for brill ||

Belgium || ||  340 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  727 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  186 || || || || ||

France || ||  88 || || || || ||

The Netherlands || 2 579 || || || || ||

Sweden || ||  5 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  717 || || || || ||

Union || || 4 642 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 4 642 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Rajiformes || || || || (SRX/2AC4-C) ||

Belgium || ||  169 || (1) (2) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  7 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Germany || ||  8 || (1) (2) || || || ||

France || ||  27 || (1) (2) || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  144 || (1) (2) || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  650 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Union || || 1 005 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 005 || || || || ||

(1) Catches of cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus) (RJN/2AC4-C), thornback ray (Raja clavata) (RJC/2AC4‑C), blonde ray (Raja brachyura) (RJH/2AC4-C) and spotted ray (Raja montagui) (RJM/2AC4-C) shall be reported separately.

(2) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || Union waters of IIIa ||

|| Rajiformes || || || || (SRX/03A-C.) ||

Denmark || ||  30 || (1) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Sweden || ||  8 || (1) || || ||

Union || ||  38 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  38 || || || || ||

(1) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k

|| Rajiformes || || || || (SRX/67AKXD) ||

Belgium || ||  580 || (1) (2) (3) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Estonia || ||  3 || (1) (2) (3) || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

France || || 2 606 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Germany || ||  8 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Ireland || ||  838 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Lithuania || ||  13 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  2 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Portugal || ||  14 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Spain || ||  701 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

United Kingdom || 1 661 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Union || || 6 426 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 6 426 || (2) || || || ||

(1) 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.

(2) Shall not apply to raja undulata (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet 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 45 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(3) Special condition: of which up to 5 % may be fished in Union waters of VIId (SRX/*07D.). 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.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || Union waters of VIId ||

|| Rajiformes || || || || (SRX/07D.) || ||

Belgium || ||  57 || (1) (2) (3) || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || ||  482 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  3 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  96 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Union || ||  638 || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  638 || (2) || || || ||

(1) 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.

(2) Shall not apply to raja undulata (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet 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 45 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

(3) 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.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || Union waters of VIII and IX

|| Rajiformes || || || || (SRX/89-C.) ||

Belgium || ||  6 || (1) (2) || Precautionary TAC || ||

France || || 1 167 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Portugal || ||  946 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Spain || ||  952 || (1) (2) || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  7 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Union || || 3 078 || (1) (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 3 078 || (2) || || || ||

(1) 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.

(2) Shall not apply to raja undulata (Raja undulata). This species shall not be targeted in the areas covered by this TAC. When accidentally caught in fisheries not yet 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 45 of this Regulation for the areas specified therein.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Greenland halibut || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV; Union and international waters of Vb and VI

|| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides || || (GHL/2A-C46) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

Estonia || || pm || || || || ||

Spain || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || || || || ||

Lithuania || || pm || || || || ||

Poland || || pm || || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Mackerel || || || Zone: || IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32

|| Scomber scombrus || || || (MAC/2A34.) ||

Belgium || || pm || (2) (4) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (2) (4) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || || pm || (2) (4) || || || ||

France || || pm || (2) (4) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (2) (4) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) (2) (4) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (2) (4) || || || ||

Union || || pm || (1) (2) (4) || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

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

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| 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.

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

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

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| 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.):

|| || pm || || || || ||

(4) May also be taken in Faroese waters as a Union access quota for quota holders in this TAC area and also for quota holders in TAC area VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV, and up to the following maximum amount for the Union (MAC/*FRO):

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

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 31 March 2015 and in December 2015 || ||

|| (MAC/*03A.) || (MAC/*3A4BC) || (MAC/*04B.) || (MAC/*04C.) || (MAC/*2A6.) || ||

Denmark || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || ||

France || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || ||

The Netherlands || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || ||

Sweden || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || ||

United Kingdom || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || ||

Norway || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Mackerel || || || Zone: || VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV

|| Scomber scombrus || || || (MAC/2CX14-) ||

Germany || || pm || (4) || Analytical TAC || ||

Spain || || pm || (4) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Estonia || || pm || (4) || || || ||

France || || pm || (4) || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || (4) || || || ||

Latvia || || pm || (4) || || || ||

Lithuania || || pm || (4) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (4) || || || ||

Poland || || pm || (4) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (4) || || || ||

Union || || pm || (4) || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) (2) || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

(2) 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):

|| || pm || || || || ||

(3) 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 59º (EU zone) (MAC/*24N59).

(4) May also be taken in Faroese waters as an Union access quota for quota holders in this TAC area and also for quota holders in TAC area IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32, and up to the following maximum amount for the Union (MAC/*FRO):

|| || pm || || || || ||

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 2015 and from 1 September to 31 December 2015 || || Norwegian waters of IIa || || ||

|| (MAC/*4A-EN) || || (MAC/*2AN-) || || || ||

Germany || pm || || pm || || || ||

France || pm || || pm || || || ||

Ireland || pm || || pm || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || pm || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || pm || || || ||

Union || pm || || pm || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Mackerel || || || Zone: || VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Scomber scombrus || || || (MAC/8C3411) ||

Spain || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || pm || (1) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Portugal || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

(1) 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 || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

Portugal || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Mackerel || || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IIa and IVa

|| Scomber scombrus || || || (MAC/2A4A-N) ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Union || || pm || (1) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || IIIa; Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/3A/BCD) ||

Denmark || ||  172 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || ||  10 || (1) || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  17 || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || ||  6 || || || || ||

Union || ||  205 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  205 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/24-C.) ||

Belgium || ||  914 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || ||  418 || || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || ||  732 || || || || ||

France || ||  183 || || || || ||

The Netherlands || 8 256 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  470 || || || || ||

Union || || 10 973 || || || || ||

Norway || ||  0 || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 10 973 || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VI; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/56-14) ||

Ireland || ||  46 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

United Kingdom ||  11 || || || || ||

Union || ||  57 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  57 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIIa || ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/07A.) || ||

Belgium || ||  44 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  1 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Ireland || ||  11 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

The Netherlands ||  14 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  20 || || || || ||

Union || ||  90 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  90 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIIb and VIIc ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/7BC.) || ||

France || ||  7 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Ireland || ||  35 || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Union || ||  42 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  42 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIId || ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/07D.) || ||

Belgium || ||  520 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || || 1 040 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  371 || || || || ||

Union || || 1 931 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 931 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIIe || ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/07E.) || ||

Belgium || ||  30 || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  320 || (1) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

United Kingdom ||  501 || (1) || || || ||

Union || ||  851 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  851 || || || || ||

(1) 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 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, under the conditions set out in Chapter II of Title II of this Regulation.

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIIf and VIIg ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/7FG.) || ||

Belgium || ||  408 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  41 || || || || ||

Ireland || ||  20 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  183 || || || || ||

Union || ||  652 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  652 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIIh, VIIj and VIIk ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/7HJK.) ||

Belgium || ||  32 || || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  64 || || Article 11 of this Regulation applies ||

Ireland || ||  171 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  51 || || || || ||

United Kingdom ||  64 || || || || ||

Union || ||  382 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || ||  382 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Common sole || || Zone: || VIIIa and VIIIb ||

|| Solea solea || || || || (SOL/8AB.) || ||

Belgium || ||  42 || || Analytical TAC || ||

Spain || ||  8 || || || || ||

France || || 3 135 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  235 || || || || ||

Union || || 3 420 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 3 420 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Sole || || || Zone: || VIIIc, VIIId, VIIIe, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

|| Solea spp. || || || || (SOO/8CDE34) ||

Spain || ||  403 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Portugal || ||  669 || || || || ||

Union || || 1 072 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 1 072 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Sprat and associated by-catches || Zone: || IIIa || ||

|| Sprattus sprattus || || || (SPR/03A.) || ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) At least 95 % of landings counted against this quota shall be of sprat. By-catches of dab, whiting and haddock to be counted against the remaining 5 % of the quota (OTH/*03A.). These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Sprat and associated by-catches || Zone: || Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Sprattus sprattus || || || (SPR/2AC4-C) ||

Belgium || || pm || (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (2) || Article 7(3) of this Regulation applies ||

Germany || || pm || (2) || || || ||

France || || pm || (2) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (2) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) (2) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (2) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

(1) Including sandeel. || || || || || ||

(2) At least 98 % of landings counted against this quota shall be of sprat. By-catches of dab and whiting to be counted against the remaining 2 % of the quota (OTH/*2AC4C). These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Sprat || || || Zone: || VIId and VIIe ||

|| Sprattus sprattus || || || (SPR/7DE.) || ||

Belgium || ||  26 || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || || 1 674 || || || || ||

Germany || ||  26 || || || || ||

France || ||  361 || || || || ||

The Netherlands ||  361 || || || || ||

United Kingdom || 2 702 || || || || ||

Union || || 5 150 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 5 150 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Spurdog/dogfish || || Zone: || Union waters of IIIa ||

|| Squalus acanthias || || || (DGS/03A-C.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

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

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

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel and associated by-catches || Zone: || Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/4BC7D) ||

Belgium || || pm || (3) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || (3) || || || ||

Germany || || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

Spain || || pm || (3) || || || ||

France || || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || (3) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

Portugal || || pm || (3) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (3) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Norway || || pm || (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 15 200 || || || || ||

(1) 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).

(2) May be fished in Union waters of IV but not in VIId (JAX/*04-C.). || || ||

(3) At least 95 % of landings counted against this quota shall be of horse mackerel. By-catches of boarfish, haddock, whiting and mackerel are to be counted against the remaining 5 % of the quota (OTH/*4BC7D). These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel and associated by-catches || 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

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/2A-14) ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) (3) || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Spain || || pm || (3) || || || ||

France || || pm || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Ireland || || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Portugal || || pm || (3) || || || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) (3) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) (2) (3) || || || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (4) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 85 732 || || || || ||

(1) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota fished in Union waters of IIa or IVa before 30 June 2015 may be accounted for as fished under the quota concerning the zone of Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId (JAX/*4BC7D).

(2) Special condition: up to 5 % of this quota may be fished in VIId (JAX/*07D.). || ||

(3) At least 95 % of landings counted against this quota shall be of horse mackerel. By-catches of boarfish, haddock, whiting and mackerel are to be counted against the remaining 5 % of the quota (OTH/*2A-14). These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

(4) Limited to IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30’ N only), VIIe, f, h. || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel || || Zone: || VIIIc || ||

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/08C.) || ||

Spain || || 12 159 || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

France || ||  211 || (1) || || || ||

Portugal || || 1 202 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Union || || 13 572 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 13 572 || || || || ||

(1) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 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 as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

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

|| [1]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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel || || Zone: || IX || ||

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/09.) || ||

Spain || || 15 394 || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC || ||

Portugal || || 44 106 || (1) (2) || || || ||

Union || || 59 500 || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || 59 500 || || || || ||

(1) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, 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 as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel || || Zone: || X; Union waters of CECAF(1)

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/X34PRT) ||

Portugal || || To be established || (2) (3) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || To be established || (4) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || To be established || (4) || || || ||

(1) Waters adjacent to the Azores. || || || || ||

(2) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 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 as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

(3) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. || || || || ||

(4) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3. || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel || || Zone: || Union waters of CECAF(1)

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/341PRT) ||

Portugal || || To be established || (2) (3) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || To be established || (4) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || To be established || (4) || || || ||

(1) Waters adjacent to Madeira. || || || || ||

(2) Of which, notwithstanding Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 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 as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

(3) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. || || || || ||

(4) Fixed at the same quantity as determined in accordance with footnote 3. || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Horse mackerel || || Zone: || Union waters of CECAF(1)

|| Trachurus spp. || || || (JAX/341SPN) ||

Spain || || To be established || (2) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || To be established || (3) || || || ||

|| || || F || || || ||

TAC || || To be established || (3) || || || ||

(1) Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. || || || ||

(2) Article 6 of this Regulation applies. || || || || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway pout and associated by-catches || Zone: || IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV

|| Trisopterus esmarki || || || (NOP/2A3A4.) ||

Denmark || || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC || ||

Germany || || pm || (1) (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

The Netherlands || pm || (1) (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || || pm || (1) || || || ||

Norway || || pm || || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

(1) At least 95 % of landings counted against this quota shall be of Norway pout. By-catches of haddock and whiting to be counted against the remaining 5 % of the quota (OT2/*2A3A4). These provisions shall not apply for catches subject to the landing obligation as set out in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

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

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

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Norway pout and associated by-catches || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| Trisopterus esmarki || || || (NOP/04-N.) ||

Denmark || || pm || || Analytical TAC || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Industrial fish || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| || || || || (I/F/04-N.) || ||

Sweden || || pm || (1) (2) || Precautionary TAC || ||

Union || || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

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

|| || pm || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Other species || || Zone: || Union waters of Vb, VI and VII

|| || || || || (OTH/5B67-C) ||

Union || || Not relevant || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

(1) Taken with long-lines only. || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Other species || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of IV ||

|| || || || || (OTH/04-N.) ||

Belgium || || pm || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Denmark || || pm || || || || ||

Germany || || pm || || || || ||

France || || pm || || || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || || || ||

Sweden || || Not relevant || (1) || || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || || || ||

Union || || pm || (2) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

(1) Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of "other species" at a traditional level. || ||

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

|| || || || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

Species: || Other species || || Zone: || Union waters of IIa, IV and VIa north of 56° 30' N

|| || || || || (OTH/2A46AN) ||

Union || || Not relevant || || Precautionary TAC || ||

Norway || || pm || (1) (2) || || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (3) || || || ||

|| || || || || || ||

TAC || || Not relevant || || || || ||

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

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

(3) To be fished in IV and VIa north of 56º 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: || Snow crab || || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1

|| Chionoecetes spp. || || (PCR/N1GRN.)

Ireland || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

Spain || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) Fishing is prohibited between 1 January and 31 March in Greenland waters of NAFO Subarea 1 North of 64° 15' N.

|| || || ||

Species: || Herring || || Zone: || Union, Norwegian and international waters of I and II

|| Clupea harengus || || (HER/1/2-)

Belgium || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

Denmark || pm || (1) || ||

Germany || pm || (1) || ||

Spain || pm || (1) || ||

France || pm || (1) || ||

Ireland || pm || (1) || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) || ||

Poland || pm || (1) || ||

Portugal || pm || (1) || ||

Finland || pm || (1) || ||

Sweden || pm || (1) || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || ||

Union || pm || (1) || ||

Norway || pm || (2) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

(1) When reporting catches to the Commission the quantities fished in each of the following areas shall also be reported: NEAFC Regulatory Area, Union waters, Faroese waters, Norwegian waters, the fishery zone around Jan Mayen, the fishery protection zone around Svalbard.

(2) Catches taken against this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This quota may be fished in EU waters north of 62° N.

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)

|| pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of I and II

|| Gadus morhua || || (COD/1N2AB.)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Ireland || pm || || ||

France || pm || || ||

Portugal || pm || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || ||

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod || || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1 and Greenland waters of XIV

|| Gadus morhua || || (COD/N1GL14)

Germany || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

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

|| 1. They may not be fished between 1 April and 31 May 2015.

|| 2. They may only be fished in Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and ICES XIV 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 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.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod || || Zone: || I and IIb

|| Gadus morhua || || (COD/1/2B.)

Germany || pm || (3) || Analytical TAC

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

France || pm || (3) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Poland || pm || (3) || ||

Portugal || pm || (3) || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (3) || ||

Other Member States || pm || (1) (3) || ||

Union || pm || (2) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

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

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod and haddock || Zone: || Faroese waters of Vb

|| Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || (COD/05B-F.) for cod; (HAD/05B-F.) for haddock

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Atlantic halibut || Zone: || Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Hippoglossus hippoglossus || || (HAL/514GRN)

Portugal || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

Norway || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) To be fished with long-lines (HAL/*514GN). ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Atlantic halibut || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1

|| Hippoglossus hippoglossus || || (HAL/N1GRN.)

Union || pm || || Analytical TAC

Norway || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) To be fished with long-lines (HAL/*N1GRN). ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Grenadiers || || Zone: || Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Macrourus spp. || || (GRV/514GRN)

Union || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC || Not relevant || (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514GRN) and rough-head grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514GRN) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

(2) The following amount, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway and can be fished in either this TAC zone or Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (GRV/514N1G).

|| || pm || ||

|| Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514N1G) and rough-head grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514N1G) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

|| || || ||

Species: || Grenadiers || || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1

|| Macrourus spp. || || (GRV/N1GRN.)

Union || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC || Not relevant || (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

(1) Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/N1GRN.) and rough-head grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/N1GRN.) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

(2) The following amount, in tonnes, is allocated to Norway and can be fished in either this TAC zone or Greenland waters of V and XIV (GRV/514N1G).

|| || pm || ||

||  Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514N1G) and rough-head grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514N1G) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

|| || || ||

Species: || Capelin || || Zone: || IIb

|| Mallotus villosus || || (CAP/02B.)

Union || pm || || Analytical TAC

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Capelin || || Zone: || Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Mallotus villosus || || (CAP/514GRN)

Denmark || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

United Kingdom || pm || || ||

All Member States || pm || (1) || ||

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) 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.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Haddock || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of I and II

|| Melanogrammus aeglefinus || || (HAD/1N2AB.)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Blue whiting || Zone: || Faroese waters

|| Micromesistius poutassou || || (WHB/2A4AXF)

Denmark || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

The Netherlands || pm || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || ||

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || (1) || ||

(1) TAC set in accordance with consultations among the Union, Faroe Islands, Norway and Iceland.

|| || || ||

Species: || Ling and blue ling || Zone: || Faroese waters of Vb

|| Molva molva and molva dypterygia || || (LIN/05B-F.) for ling;

|| || || || (BLI/05B-F.) for blue ling

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

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

|| pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || Zone: || Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Pandalus borealis || || (PRA/514GRN)

Denmark || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Norway || pm || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1

|| Pandalus borealis || || (PRA/N1GRN.)

Denmark || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of I and II

|| Pollachius virens || || (POK/1N2AB.)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || Zone: || International waters of I and II

|| Pollachius virens || || (POK/1/2INT)

Union || pm || || Analytical TAC

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Saithe || || Zone: || Faroese waters of Vb

|| Pollachius virens || || (POK/05B-F.)

Belgium || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

The Netherlands || pm || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || ||

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Greenland halibut || Zone: || Norwegian waters of I and II

|| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides || || (GHL/1N2AB.)

Germany || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

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

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Greenland halibut || Zone: || International waters of I and II

|| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides || || (GHL/1/2INT)

Union || pm || || Precautionary TAC

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Greenland halibut || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1

|| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides || || (GHL/N1GRN.)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

Union || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) To be fished south of 68º N. || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Greenland halibut || Zone: || Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides || || (GHL/514GRN)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Norway || pm || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

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

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish (shallow pelagic) || Zone: || Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/51214S)

Estonia || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

France || pm || || ||

Ireland || pm || || ||

Latvia || pm || || ||

The Netherlands || pm || || ||

Poland || pm || || ||

Portugal || pm || || ||

United Kingdom || pm || || ||

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish (deep pelagic) || Zone: || Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/51214D)

Estonia || pm || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC

Germany || pm || (1) (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Spain || pm || (1) (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France || pm || (1) (2) || ||

Ireland || pm || (1) (2) || ||

Latvia || pm || (1) (2) || ||

The Netherlands || pm || (1) (2) || ||

Poland || pm || (1) (2) || ||

Portugal || pm || (1) (2) || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) (2) || ||

Union || pm || (1) (2) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || (1) (2) || ||

(1) 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 ||

(2) May not be fished from 1 January to 9 May 2015. ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || Norwegian waters of I and II

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/1N2AB.)

Germany || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

Spain || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Portugal || pm || (1) || ||

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || ||

Union || pm || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

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

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || International waters of I and II

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/1/2INT)

Union || Not relevant || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC

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

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

(1) The fishery may only take place within the period from 1 July to 31 December 2015. The fishery will be closed when the TAC is fully utilised by NEAFC Contracting Parties. The Commission shall inform Member States of the date on which the Secretariat of NEAFC has notified NEAFC Contracting Parties that the TAC has been fully utilised. From that date Member States shall prohibit directed fishery for redfish by vessels flying their flag.

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

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish (pelagic) || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Sebastes spp. ||   || (RED/N1G14P)

Germany || pm || (1) (2) (3) || Analytical TAC

France || pm || (1) (2) (3) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

United Kingdom || pm || (1) (2) (3) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) (2) (3) || ||

Norway || pm || || ||

Faroe Islands || pm || (4) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || ||

|| || || ||

(1) May only be fished as deep pelagic redfish by pelagic trawl from 10 May to 31 December 2015.

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

|| Point || 64°45'N || 28°30'W ||

||   1 || 62°50'N || 25°45'W ||

||   2 || 61°55'N || 26°45'W ||

||   3 || 61°00'N || 26°30'W ||

||   4 || 59°00'N || 30°00'W ||

||   5 || 59°00'N || 34°00'W ||

||   6 || 61°30'N || 34°00'W ||

||   7 || 62°50'N || 36°00'W ||

||   8 || 64°45'N || 28°30'W ||

||   9 || 64°45'N || 28°30'W ||

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

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

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish (demersal) || Zone: || Greenland waters of NAFO 1F and Greenland waters of V and XIV

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/N1G14D)

Germany || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

France || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || ||

|| || || ||

(1) 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 ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || Icelandic waters of Va

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/05A-IS)

Belgium || pm || (1) (2) || Analytical TAC

Germany || pm || (1) (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France || pm || (1) (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

United Kingdom || pm || (1) (2) || ||

Union || pm || (1) (2) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

(1) Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed). ||

(2) May only be fished between July and December 2015. ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || Faroese waters of Vb

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/05B-F.)

Belgium || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

United Kingdom || pm || || ||

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Other species || Zone: || Norwegian waters of I and II

|| || || || (OTH/1N2AB.)

Germany || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

France || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

United Kingdom || pm || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

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

|| || || ||

Species: || Other species || (1) || Zone: || Faroese waters of Vb

|| || || || (OTH/05B-F.)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) Excluding fish species of no commercial value. ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Flatfish || || Zone: || Faroese waters of Vb

|| || || || (FLX/05B-F.)

Germany || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

United Kingdom || pm || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

ANNEX IC

NORTH WEST ATLANTIC NAFO CONVENTION AREA

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod || || Zone: || NAFO 2J3KL

|| Gadus morhua || || (COD/N2J3KL)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || (1) || 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.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod || || Zone: || NAFO 3NO

|| Gadus morhua || || (COD/N3NO.)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || (1) || 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 limits of a maximum of 1 000 kg or 4 %, whichever is greater.

|| || || ||

Species: || Cod || || Zone: || NAFO 3M

|| Gadus morhua || || (COD/N3M.)

Estonia ||   153 || || Analytical TAC

Germany ||   642 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Latvia ||   153 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||   153 || || ||

Poland ||   523 || || ||

Spain ||  1 975 || || ||

France ||   275 || || ||

Portugal ||  2 708 || || ||

United Kingdom ||  1 285 || || ||

Union ||  7 867 || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  13 795 || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Witch flounder || Zone: || NAFO 3L

|| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus || || (WIT/N3L.)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || (1) || 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.

|| || || ||

Species: || Witch flounder || Zone: || NAFO 3NO

|| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus || || (WIT/N3NO.)

Estonia ||   44 || || Analytical TAC

Latvia ||   44 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||   44 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union ||   133 || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  1 000 || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || American plaice || Zone: || NAFO 3M

|| Hippoglossoides platessoides || || (PLA/N3M.)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || (1) || 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.

|| || || ||

Species: || American plaice || Zone: || NAFO 3LNO

|| Hippoglossoides platessoides || || (PLA/N3LNO.)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || (1) || 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.

|| || || ||

Species: || Shortfin squid || Zone: || NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4

|| Illex illecebrosus || || (SQI/N34.)

Estonia ||   128 || (1) || Analytical TAC

Latvia ||   128 || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||   128 || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Poland ||   227 || (1) || ||

Union || Not relevant || (1) (2) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  34 000 || || ||

|| || || ||

(1) To be fished between 1 July and 31 December 2015. ||

(2) No specified Union's share. The following tonnage is available to Canada and the Member States of the Union except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland:

|| || 611 || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Yellowtail flounder || Zone: || NAFO 3LNO

|| Limanda ferruginea || || (YEL/N3LNO.)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || || 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 2 500 kg or 10%, whichever is the greatest.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Capelin || || Zone: || NAFO 3NO

|| Mallotus villosus || || (CAP/N3NO.)

Union ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

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

TAC ||   0 || (1) || 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.

|| || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || Zone: || NAFO 3L(1)

|| Pandalus borealis || || (PRA/N3L.)

Estonia ||   0 || || Analytical TAC

Latvia ||   0 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||   0 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Poland ||   0 || || ||

Spain ||   0 || || ||

Portugal ||   0 || || ||

Union ||   0 || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||   0 || || ||

(1) 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 ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Northern prawn || Zone: || NAFO 3M(1)

|| Pandalus borealis || || (PRA/*N3M.)

TAC || Not relevant || (2)(3) || Analytical TAC

(1) 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 shrimp is prohibited from 1 June to 31 December 2015 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 ||

(2) 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 ||

(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.

|| || || ||

Species: || Greenland halibut || Zone: || NAFO 3LMNO

|| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides || || (GHL/N3LMNO)

Estonia ||   313 || || Analytical TAC

Germany ||   319 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Latvia ||   44 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||   22 || || ||

Spain ||  4 281 || || ||

Portugal ||  1 789 || || ||

Union ||  6 768 || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  11 543 || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Skate || || Zone: || NAFO 3LNO

|| Rajidae || || || (SKA/N3LNO.)

Estonia ||   283 || || Analytical TAC

Lithuania ||   62 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Spain ||  3 403 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Portugal ||   660 || || ||

Union ||  4 408 || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  7 000 || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || NAFO 3LN

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/N3LN.)

Estonia ||   514 || || Analytical TAC

Germany ||   354 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Latvia ||   514 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||   514 || || ||

Union ||  1 896 || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  10 400 || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || NAFO 3M

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/N3M.)

Estonia ||  1 571 || (1) || Analytical TAC

Germany ||   513 || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Latvia ||  1 571 || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania ||  1 571 || (1) || ||

Spain ||   233 || (1) || ||

Portugal ||  2 354 || (1) || ||

Union ||  7 813 || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC ||  6 700 || (1) || ||

(1) 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 2015:

|| ||  3 350 || ||

|| Upon reaching 6 500 tonnes, the directed fishery for this stock shall be stopped. The remainder of the TAC can be retained as by-catch and shall be limited to 5% of catches of 3M cod.

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || NAFO 3O

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/N3O.)

Spain ||  1 771 || || Analytical TAC

Portugal ||  5 229 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union ||  7 000 || || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

TAC ||  20 000 || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Redfish || || Zone: || NAFO Subarea 2, Divisions 1F and 3K

|| Sebastes spp. || || (RED/N1F3K.)

Latvia ||   0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

Lithuania ||   0 || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union ||   0 || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

TAC ||   0 || (1) || ||

(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.

|| || || ||

Species: || White hake || || Zone: || NAFO 3NO

|| Urophycis tenuis || || (HKW/N3NO.)

Spain ||   255 || || Analytical TAC

Portugal ||   333 || || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union ||   588 || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

|| || || ||

TAC ||  1 000 || || ||

(1) Where, in accordance with footnote 27 of 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 || || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean

|| Thunnus thynnus || || (BFT/AE45WM)

Cyprus || pm || (4)(7) || Analytical TAC

Greece || pm || (7) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Spain || pm || (2)(4)(7) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France || pm || (2)(3)(4)(7) || ||

Croatia || pm || (6)(7) || ||

Italy || pm || (4)(5)(7) || ||

Malta || pm || (4)(7) || ||

Portugal || pm || (7) || ||

Other Member States || pm || (1)(7) || ||

Union || pm || (2)(3)(4)(5)(7) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

(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 || pm || ||

|| France || pm || ||

|| Union || pm || ||

(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 || pm || ||

|| Union || pm || ||

(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 || pm || ||

|| France || pm || ||

|| Italy || pm || ||

|| Cyprus || pm || ||

|| Malta || pm || ||

|| Union || pm || ||

(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 || pm || ||

|| Union || pm || ||

(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         || pm || ||

|| Union || pm || ||

(7) By derogation from Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) 302/2009, purse seine fishing for bluefin tuna shall be authorised in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from 26 May to 24 June 2015 included.

|| || || ||

Species: || Swordfish || || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N

|| Xiphias gladius || || (SWO/AN05N)

Spain || pm || (2) || Analytical TAC

Portugal || pm || (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Other Member States || pm || (1)(2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

(1) Except Spain and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. ||

(2) Special condition: up to 2,39% of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, South of 5ºN (SWO/*AS05N).

|| || || ||

Species: || Swordfish || || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N

|| Xiphias gladius || || (SWO/AS05N)

Spain || pm || (1) || Analytical TAC

Portugal || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

(1) Special condition: up to 3,86% of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5º N (SWO/*AN05N).

|| || || ||

Species: || Northern albacore || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N

|| Thunnus alalunga || || (ALB/AN05N)

Ireland || pm || (2) || Analytical TAC

Spain || pm || (2) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

France || pm || (2) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

United Kingdom || pm || (2) || ||

Portugal || pm || (2) || ||

Union || pm || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

(1) The number of Union 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:

|| || pm || ||

|| [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).

(2) 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 || pm || ||

|| Spain || pm || ||

|| France || pm || ||

|| United Kingdom || pm || ||

|| Portugal || pm || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Southern albacore || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N

|| Thunnus alalunga || || (ALB/AS05N)

Spain || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Bigeye tuna || || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean

|| Thunnus obesus || || (BET/ATLANT)

Spain || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Blue marlin || || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean

|| Makaira nigricans || || (BUM/ATLANT)

Spain || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Union || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || White marlin || Zone: || Atlantic Ocean

|| Tetrapturus albidus || || (WHM/ATLANT)

Spain || pm || || Analytical TAC

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

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

|| || || ||

TAC || pm || || ||

|| || || ||

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 2014 to 30 November 2015.

|| || || ||

Species: || Mackerel icefish || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Champsocephalus gunnari || || (ANI/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || || 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 || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic (1)

|| Champsocephalus gunnari || || (ANI/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || || 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.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Blackfin icefish || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Chaenocephalus aceratus || || || (SSI/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || || 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 || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

|| Channichthys rhinoceratus || || || (LIC/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || ||

(1) Eclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this TAC.

|| || || ||

Species: || Patagonian toothfish || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Dissostichus eleginoides || || || (TOP/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Special condition: || || || ||

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the Subareas specified:

Management Area A: 48º W to 43° 30' W – 52° 30' S to 56° S (TOP/*F483A): ||

Management Area B: 43° 30' W to 40º W – 52° 30' S to 56° S (TOP/*F483B): ||

Management Area C: 40º W to 33° 30' W – 52° 30' S to 56° S (TOP/*F483C): ||

|| || || ||

(1) This TAC is applicable for longline fishery for the period from 16 April to 31 August 2015 and for pot fishery for the period from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Patagonian toothfish || || Zone: || FAO 48.4 Antarctic North

|| Dissostichus eleginoides || || || (TOP/F484N.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || ||

(1) This TAC is applicable within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30' S and 57º 20' S and by longitudes 25° 30' W and 29º 30' W.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Patagonian toothfish || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

|| Dissostichus eleginoides || || || (TOP/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || ||

(1) This TAC is applicable for west of 79° 20' E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Antarctic toothfish || || Zone: || FAO 48.4 Antarctic South

|| Dissostichus mawsoni || || || (TOA/F484S.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

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

|| || || ||

(1) This TAC is applicable within the area bounded by latitudes 57º 20' S and 60º 00' S and by longitudes 24° 30' W and 29º 00' W.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Krill || || Zone: || FAO 58.4.1 Antarctic

|| Euphausia superba || || || (KRI/F5841.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

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

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

Special condition: || || || ||

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): || || ||

Division 58.4.1 east of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E): || || ||

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Humped rockcod || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Gobionotothen gibberifrons || || || (NOG/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Grey rockcod || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Lepidonotothen squamifrons || || || (NOS/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Grey rockcod || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

|| Lepidonotothen squamifrons || || || (NOS/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Grenadiers || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

|| Macrourus spp. || || || (GRV/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Grenadiers || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Macrourus spp. || || || (GRV/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Marbled rockcod || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Notothenia rossii || || || (NOR/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Crabs || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Paralomis spp. || || || (PAI/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || || 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 || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Pseudochaenichthys georgianus || || || (SGI/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || FAO 48.3 Antarctic

|| Rajiformes || || || (SRX/F483.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Skates and rays || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

|| Rajiformes || || || (SRX/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 TAC.

|| || || ||

|| || || ||

Species: || Other species || || Zone: || FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

|| || || || (OTH/F5852.)

|| || || Analytical TAC

TAC || pm || (1) || 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 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 || pm || || Precautionary TAC

Species: || Deep-sea red crab Chaceon spp. || Zone: || SEAFO Sub-Division B1(1) (GER/F47NAM)

TAC || pm || || Precautionary TAC

(1)                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.

Species: || Deep-sea red crab Chaceon spp. || Zone: || SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1 (GER/F47X)

TAC || pm || || Precautionary TAC

Species: || Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides || Zone: || SEAFO Sub-Area D (TOP/F47D)

TAC || pm || || Precautionary TAC

Species: || Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus || Zone: || SEAFO Sub-Division B1(1) (ORY/F47NAM)

TAC || pm || || Precautionary TAC

(1)                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.

Species: || Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus || Zone: || SEAFO, excluding Sub-Division B1 (ORY/F47X)

TAC || pm || || Precautionary TAC

ANNEX IG

SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA – ALL AREAS

Species: || Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii || Zone: || All areas (SBF/F41-81)

Union || pm || (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.

TAC || pm || ||

(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 || pm || || Precautionary TAC

TAC || Not relevant ||

ANNEX IJ

SPRFMO CONVENTION AREA

|| || || ||

Species: || Jack mackerel || Zone: || SPRFMO Convention Area

|| Trachurus murphyi || || (CJM/SPRFMO)

Germany || 0 || (1) || Analytical TAC

The Netherlands || 0 || (1) || Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Lithuania || 0 || (1) || Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Poland || 0 || (1) || ||

Union || 0 || (1) || ||

|| || || ||

TAC || Not relevant || || ||

(1) To be modified after the third annual meeting of the SPRFMO Commission in February 2015.

|| || || ||

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 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 periodspecified in Article 8 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 a 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, 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 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.

Appendix 1 to Annex IIA

Maximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days

(a)          Kattegat:

Regulated gear || DK || DE || SE

TR1 || pm || pm || pm

TR2 || pm || pm || pm

TR3 || pm || pm || pm

BT1 || pm || pm || pm

BT2 || pm || pm || pm

GN || pm || pm || pm

GT || pm || pm || pm

LL || pm || pm || pm

(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 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

TR2 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

TR3 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

BT1 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

BT2 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

GN || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

GT || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

LL || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

 (c)         ICES division VIIa:

Regulated gear || BE || FR || IE || NL || UK

TR1 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

TR2 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

TR3 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

BT1 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

BT2 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

GN || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

GT || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

LL || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

(d)          ICES division VIa and Union waters of ICES division Vb:

Regulated gear || BE || DE || ES || FR || IE || UK

TR1 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

TR2 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

TR3 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

BT1 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

BT2 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

GN || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

GT || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

LL || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

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 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;

(c)     'area' means ICES divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cádiz;

(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 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 a 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 2014, 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 a 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 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 4 % 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 a Union 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 the two calendar years 2012 or 2013 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 section (a) of this point 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 || 114

|| || 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, with reports in electronic format containing, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

(a)     list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b)     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 Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006[2] or Regulation (EC) No 744/2008[3]. 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 46(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[4] 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 46(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 46(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, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, 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.

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 to the Commission detailed information 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[5] L(eft)/R(ight) || Definition and comments ||

(1) Member State || 3 || || Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered ||

(2) Gear || 2 || || 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 || 4 || || One management period in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period ||

(4) Cumulative effort declaration || 7 || R || 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

(1) (2) || (3) || (4) || No 1 || No 2 || No 3 || … || No 1 || No 2 || No 3 || … || No 1 || No 2 || No 3 || … || No 1 || No 2 || No 3 || … || (9)

(5) (5) || (5) || (5) || (6) || (6) || (6) || (6) || (7) || (7) || (7) || (7) || (8) || (8) || (8) || (8)

Table V Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field || Maximum number of characters/digits || Alignment L(eft)/R(ight) || Definition and comments

(1) Member State || 3 || || Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered

(2) CFR || 12 || || 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 || 14 || L || Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87[6]

(4) Length of management period || 2 || L || Length of the management period measured in months

(5) Gears notified || 2 || L || One of the following gear types: TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm LL = bottom longlines

Name of field || Maximum number of characters/digits || Alignment[7] L(eft)/R(ight) || Definition and comments

(6) Special condition applying to notified gear(s) || 2 || L || 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) || 3 || L || 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) || 3 || L || Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period

(9) Transfers of days || 4 || L || For days transferred indicate '– number of days transferred' and for days received indicate '+ number of days transferred'

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 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 catch less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2014 management period;

(b)     such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;

(c)     by 31 July 2015 and 31 January 2016 each Member State concerned make 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 2015.

Where any of these conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall, with immediate effect, cease to be exempt from the application of this Annex.

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;

(c)     'area' means ICES division VIIe;

(d)     'current management period' means the period from 1 February 2015 to 31 January 2016.

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 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         A Member State shall not authorise fishing with a 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 and 2014, 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         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         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 a 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 10 or 11 of this Annex.

Chapter III Number of days present within the area allocated to Union vessels

5.           MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS

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.

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, with reports in electronic format containing, for the regulated gear as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

(a)     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 46(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 2014 and 31 January 2015 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 46(2).

8.5.        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

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-hours period.

Chapter V Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

11.         TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE

11.1.      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.

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 46(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

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.

14.         COLLECTION OF RELEVANT DATA

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, 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.

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 to the Commission detailed information on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2013 and 2014 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[8] L(eft)/R(ight) || Definition and comments

(1) Member State || 3 || || Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered

(2) Gear || 2 || || 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 || 4 || || One year in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period

(4) Cumulative effort declaration || 7 || R || 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

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)

Table V Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field || Maximum number of characters/digits || Alignment[9] L(eft)/R(ight) || Definition and comments

(1) Member State || 3 || || Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered

(2) CFR || 12 || || 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 || 14 || L || Under Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87

(4) Length of management period || 2 || L || Length of the management period measured in months

(5) Gears notified || 2 || L || One of the following gear types: BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm GN = gillnet < 220 mm TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm

Name of field || Maximum number of characters/digits || Alignment[10] L(eft)/R(ight) || Definition and comments

(6) Special condition applying to notified gear(s) || 3 || L || 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) || 3 || L || 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 || 4 || L || For days transferred indicate '– number of days transferred' and for days received indicate '+ number of days transferred'

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

ANNEX IIE

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SEABASS IN ICES DIVISION VIIe

Chapter I General Provisions

1. SCOPE

This annex shall apply to Union vessels carrying on board or deploying pelagic trawls with a cod end mesh size greater than 80 mm, and present in ICES division VIIe, and having caught more than [pm] tonnes in live weight of seabass during the period from 1 January to 30 April 2014.

2. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Annex:

(a) “regulated gear” means any pelagic trawl with a cod end mesh size greater than 80mm.

(b) “pelagic trawl” means a gear which is towed by one or more fishing vessels in midwater and consisting of a net with large meshes in the front section which herd the catch towards the net aft sections which are constructed in small mesh. The fishing depth is controlled by means of a net sounder and the horizontal opening is controlled by otter boards which normally do not touch the seabed or by the distance between the vessels towing the trawl.

(c) “area” means ICES division VIIe.

(d) “day at sea” means any continuous period of 24 hours or part thereof, in accordance with Article 26(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1224/2009.

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 vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present in the area between 1 January and 30 April for no more than the number of days set out in Chapter III of this Annex.

Chapter II Authorisations

4. AUTHORISED VESSELS

4.1.        A member State shall not authorise fishing with a regulated gear in the area between 1 January and 30 April by any vessel flying its flag having no record of such fishing activity in the area in the period from 2009 to 2012, 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 track record of seabass catches in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with a regulated gear unless the vessel is allocated effort in accordance with point 8.

Chapter III Number of days present within the area allocated to Union vessels

5.         MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS

During 2015 the maximum number of days for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present in the area carrying on board a regulated gear is shown in Table I.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area with a regulated gear per year

Regulated gear || Maximum number of days

Pelagic trawl with a cod end mesh size greater than 80 mm || [Member State to be established] || pm

[Member State to be established] || pm

[Member State to be established] || pm

[Member State to be established] || pm

6.         CATCH LIMIT PER MONTH

6.1         Within the maximum number of days at sea that is authorised in accordance with point 5, and within the period mentioned in point 3, any Union vessel shall not exceed a catch of [pm] tonnes in live weight in any calendar month.

6.2         Where the conditions specified in paragraph 6.1 are not met by a vessel, or when the number of days allocated to the vessel are exceeded, that vessel shall no longer be authorised to fish in the area with the regulated gear.

Chapter IV Reporting obligations

7.       FISHING EFFORT REPORT

The geographical area referred to in section 2 of chapter I of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 shall be understood as the area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

Chapter V Exchanges of fishing effort

8.       TRANSFER OF EFFORT BETWEEN VESSELS

A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days at sea 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 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.

ANNEX III

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION 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 || To be established || DK || To be established || To be established ||

DE || To be established ||

FR || To be established ||

IE || To be established ||

NL || To be established ||

PL || To be established ||

SV || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

Demersal species, north of 62° 00' N || To be established || DE || To be established || To be established ||

IE || To be established ||

ES || To be established ||

FR || To be established ||

PT || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

Unallocated || To be established ||

Mackerel (1) || Not relevant || Not relevant || || To be established ||

Industrial species, south of 62° 00' N || To be established || DK || To be established || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

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 || To be established || BE || To be established || pm ||

DE || To be established ||

FR || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

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 || To be established || Not relevant (2) || || To be established ||

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 || To be established || BE || To be established || To be established ||

DE || To be established ||

FR || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

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 || To be established || DE (3) || To be established || To be established || (4)

FR (3) || To be established ||

UK (3) || To be established ||

Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend || To be established || Not relevant || || To be established || (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' || To be established || DE || To be established || To be established ||

DK || To be established ||

FR || To be established ||

NL || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

Line fisheries || To be established || UK || To be established || To be established ||

Mackerel || To be established || DK || To be established || To be established ||

Herring, north of 61° N || To be established || DK || To be established || To be established ||

DE || To be established ||

IE || To be established ||

FR || To be established ||

NL || To be established ||

SV || To be established ||

UK || To be established ||

|| || || || || ||

(1) Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.

(2) Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock 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[11]

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 || pm

France || pm

Union || pm

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 || pm

France || pm

Italy || pm

Cyprus || pm

Malta || pm

Union || pm

3.           Maximum number of Union 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 || pm

Italy || pm

Union || pm

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[12]

|| Cyprus || Greece[13] || Croatia || Italy || France || Spain || Malta[14]

Purse Seiners || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Longliners || pm [15] || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Baitboat || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Handline || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Trawler || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Other artisanal[16] || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Table B

|| Total capacity in gross tonnage

|| Cyprus || Croatia || Greece || Italy || France || Spain || Malta

Purse Seiners || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Longliners || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Baitboats || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Handlines || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Trawlers || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Other artisanal || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

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

|| Number of traps

Spain || pm

Italy || pm

Portugal || pm [17]

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 || pm || pm

Italy || pm || pm

Greece || pm || pm

Cyprus || pm || pm

Croatia || pm || pm

Malta || pm || pm

Table B

Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)

Spain || pm

Italy || pm

Greece || pm

Cyprus || pm

Croatia || pm

Malta || pm

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 2015

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 2015

Finfish || FAO 48.1. Antarctic(1) FAO 48.2. Antarctic(1) || From 1 January to 31 December 2015

Gobionotothen gibberifrons Chaenocephalus aceratus Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Lepidonotothen squamifrons Patagonotothen guntheri Electrona carlsbergi[18] || FAO 48.3. || From 1 January to 31 December 2015

Dissostichus spp. || FAO 48.5. Antarctic || From 1 December 2013 to 30 November 2015

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) FAO 58.7. Antarctic(1) || From 1 January to 31 December 2015

Lepidonotothen squamifrons || FAO 58.4.4.(1)(2) || From 1 January to 31 December 2015

All species except Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides || FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic || From 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015

Dissostichus mawsoni || FAO 48.4. Antarctic(1) within the area bounded by latitudes 55o 30' S and 57o 20' S and by longitudes 25o 30' W and 29o 30' W || From 1 January to 31 December 2015

(1)         Except for scientific research purposes. (2)         Excluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).

PART B TACs AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2014/15

Subarea/Division || Region || Season || SSRUs || Dissostichus spp. catch limit (in tonnes) || By-catch catch limit (in tonnes)(1)

SSRU || Limit || Skates and rays || Macrourus spp. || Other species

58.4.1. || Whole Division || 1 December 2014 || A, B, F || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

to || C (2) || pm

30 November 2015 || D (2) || pm

|| E || pm

|| G (2) || pm

|| H (2) || pm

58.4.2. || Whole Division || 1 December 2014 || A, B, C, D || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

to || E || pm

30 November 2015 || ||

58.4.3a. || Whole Division || 1 May 2015 || || || pm || pm || pm || pm

to || Not relevant ||

31 August 2015 || ||

88.1. || Whole Subarea || 1 December 2014 || A, D, E, F, M || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

to || B, C, G || pm || A, D, E, F, M || pm || A, D, E, F, M || pm || A, D, E, F, M || pm

31 August 2015 || H, I, K || pm || B, C, G || pm || B, C, G || pm || B, C, G || pm

|| J, L || pm || H, I, K || pm || H, I, K || pm || H, I, K || pm

|| || || J, L || pm || J, L || pm || J, L || pm

88.2. || South of 65º S || 1 December 2014 || A, B, I || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

to || C, D, E, F, G || pm || A, B, I || pm || A, B, I || pm || A, B, I || pm

31 August 2015 || H || pm || C, D, E, F, G || pm || C, D, E, F, G || pm || C, D, E, F, G || pm

|| || || H || pm || H || pm || H || pm

(1) Rules for catch limits for by-catch species per SSRU, applicable within total by-catch limits per Subarea:

– skates and rays: pm % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. or pm tonnes, whichever is greater;

– Macrourus spp.: pm % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. or pm tonnes, whichever is greater, except in Statistical Division 58.4.3a and Statistical Subarea 88.1;

– other species combined: pm tonnes per SSRU.

(2) Includes a catch limit of pm tonnes to permit Spain to undertake a depletion experiment in 2015/2016.

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):                                                                                                        

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)1

Whole frozen ||

Boiled ||

Meal ||

Oil ||

Other product, please specify ||

1           If the method is not listed in Annex 21-03/B, then please describe in detail ______________

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 mouth1 (m) || || ||

Mouth area (m2) || || ||

Panel average mesh size3 (mm) || Outer2 || Inner2 || Outer2 || Inner2 || Outer2 || Inner2

 1st panel || || || || || ||

 2nd panel || || || || || ||

 3rd panel || || || || || ||

 … || || || || || ||

 Final panel (Codend) || || || || || ||

1               Expected in operational conditions.

2               Size of outer mesh, and inner mesh where a liner is used.

3               Inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01.

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:

1.           Length and width of each trawl panel (in sufficient detail to allow calculation of the angle of each panel with respect to water flow.)

2.           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).

3.           Mesh construction (e.g. knotted, fused).

4.           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

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 = density of the sample || Variable || Volume-to-mass conversion || kg/ litre

H = depth of krill in tank || Haul-specific || Direct observation || m

|| || || || ||

Flow meter || V*Fkrill* ρ || V = volume of krill and water combined || Haul1-specific || Direct observation || litre

Fkrill = fraction of krill in the sample || Haul1-specific || Flow meter volume correction || -

ρ = density of krill in the sample || Variable || Volume-to-mass conversion || kg/ litre

|| || || || ||

Flow scale || M*(1–F) || M = mass of krill and water combined || Haul2-specific || Direct observation || kg

F = fraction of water in the sample || Variable || Flow scale mass correction || -

|| || || || ||

|| || Mtray = mass of empty tray || Constant || Direct observation prior to fishing || kg

Plate tray || (M–Mtray)*N || 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

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 = density of the sample || Variable || Volume-to-mass conversion || kg/ litre

L = codend length || Haul-specific || Direct observation || m

|| || || || ||

Other || Please specify || || || ||

1                  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

2                  Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or a two-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

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 month1      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) Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

Flow meter

Prior to fishing     Ensure that the flow meter is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)

Every month1      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 haul2          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 scale

Prior to fishing     Ensure that the flow scale is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)

Every haul2          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 month1      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

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 month1      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)

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

1                  Measured at least monthly (more frequently if feasible); a new monthly period will commence when the vessel moves to a new subarea or division.

2                  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

1.           Maximum number of Union 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 || 22 || 33 604

Portugal || 5 || 1 627

Union || 49 || 96 595

2.           Maximum number of Union 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 || 5 382

Portugal || 15 || 6 925

United Kingdom || 4 || 1 400

Union || 87 || 25 297

3.           The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area.

4.           The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area.

ANNEX VII

WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

Maximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area

Spain || pm

Union || pm

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 59º N) Horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30' N), VIIe, VIIf, VIIh || To be established || To be established

Herring, north of 62° 00' N || To be established || To be established

Herring, IIIa || To be established || To be established

Industrial fishing for Norway pout, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30' N) (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting) || To be established || To be established

Ling and tusk || To be established || To be established

Blue whiting, II, VIa (north of 56° 30' N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00' W) || To be established || To be established

Blue ling || To be established || To be established

Venezuela[19] || Snappers (French Guiana waters) || pm || pm

[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 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

[2]                       Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1).

[3]               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).

[4]               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).

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[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).

[7]               Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

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[9]                       Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

[10]             Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

[11]                      The numbers shown in sections 1, 2 and 3 may decrease in order to comply with international obligations of the Union.

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

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

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

[15]             Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment.

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

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

[18]                      Except for scientific research purposes.

[19]                      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.