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Document 32021R0376

Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/376 of 24 February 2021 establishing a temporary fisheries closure for redfishes in NAFO 3M area for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union

C/2021/1370

OJ L 72, 3.3.2021, p. 9–11 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 30/06/2021

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/376/oj

3.3.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 72/9


COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/376

of 24 February 2021

establishing a temporary fisheries closure for redfishes in NAFO 3M area for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union

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) 2021/92 (2) lays down quotas for 2021.

(2)

According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of redfishes in NAFO 3M area by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union have exhausted the mid-term quota allocated for the period before 1 July 2021.

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit directed fishing activities for that stock until 30 June 2021,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to Member States of the European Union for the stock of redfishes in NAFO 3M area for the period from 1 January 2021 until 30 June 2021 included shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Prohibitions

Directed fishing activities for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex to this Regulation until 30 June 2021 included.

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, 24 February 2021.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92 of 28 January 2021 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters (OJ L 31, 29.1.2021, p. 31).


ANNEX

No

02/TQ92

Member State

European Union (All Member States)

Stock

RED/N3M.

Species

Redfishes (Sebastes spp.)

Zone

NAFO 3M

Closing period

10 February 2021 at 24.00 UTC until 30 June 2021


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