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Document 32024R1880
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1880 of 2 July 2024 establishing a fisheries closure for blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean for vessels flying the flag of Spain
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1880 of 2 July 2024 establishing a fisheries closure for blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean for vessels flying the flag of Spain
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1880 of 2 July 2024 establishing a fisheries closure for blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean for vessels flying the flag of Spain
C/2024/4628
OJ L, 2024/1880, 4.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1880/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
Official Journal |
EN L series |
2024/1880 |
4.7.2024 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/1880
of 2 July 2024
establishing a fisheries closure for blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean for vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 (2) lays down quotas for 2024. |
(2) |
According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of blue marlin in the Atlantic Ocean by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Spain have exhausted the quota allocated for 2024. |
(3) |
It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain fishing activities for that stock, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated for 2024 to Spain for the stock of blue marlin in the Altantic ocean referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Spain shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 July 2024,
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1224/oj.
(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 of 10 January 2024 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 (OJ L, 2024/257, 11.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/257/oj).
ANNEX
No |
04/TQ257 |
Member State |
Spain |
Stock |
BUM/ATLANT |
Species |
Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) |
Zone |
Atlantic Ocean |
Closing date |
18 March 2024 |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1880/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)