Council Regulation (EU) No 23/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009

TITLE I

SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

• — for the year 2010, fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, and

• — for the year 2011, certain effort limitations, and, for the periods set out in Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II and in Annexes IE and V, fishing opportunities for certain Antarctic stocks.

Article 2

Scope

• (a) EU vessels; and

• (b) fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in, third countries (‘third-country vessels’) in EU waters.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the following definitions shall apply:

• (a) ‘EU vessels’ means fishing vessels defined in Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

• (b) ‘EU waters’ means waters defined in Article 3(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

• (c) ‘total allowable catches’ (TAC) means the quantity that can be taken and landed from each stock each year;

• (d) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, Member States or third countries;

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

• (f) ‘mesh size’ means the mesh size as determined in accordance with 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 ([^E0037]).;

• (g) ‘EU fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission in accordance with Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

• (h) ‘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 as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009;

• (b) ‘Skagerrak’ means the 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 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) ‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the area of ICES zone IXa east of longitude 7^o 23' 48″ W;

• (e) CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 216/2009;

• (f) NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 217/2009;

• (g) SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Convention Area is as defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean ([^E0038]);

• (h) the ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Convention Area is as defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ([^E0039]);

• (i) CCAMLR (Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention Area is as defined in Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

• (j) the IATTC (Inter American Tropical Tuna Convention) Convention Area is as 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 ([^E0040]);

• (k) the IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Area is as defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ([^E0041]);

• (l) ‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention Area’ means the high seas area south of 10^o N, north of the CCAMLR Convention Area, east of the SIOFA Convention Area as defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement ([^E0042]), and west of the areas of fisheries jurisdictions of South American States;

• (m) the WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention) Convention Area is as defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean ([^E0043]).

• (n) ‘high seas of the Bering Sea’ means the 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.

TITLE II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS

CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 5

Catch limits and allocations

Article 6

Prohibited species

It shall be prohibited for EU vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land the following species:

• (a) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all EU and non-EU waters;

• (b) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in all EU waters;

• (c) common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X;

• (d) undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in EU waters of ICES zones VI, VII, VIII, IX and X, and

• (e) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in international waters.

Article 7

Special provisions on allocations

• (a) exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

• (b) reallocations made pursuant to Article 21(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 or pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008;

• (c) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

• (d) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

• (e) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Article 8

Fishing effort limits

From 1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011, the fishing effort measures laid down in:

• (a) Annex IIA shall apply for the management of certain stocks in the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zones IV, VIa, VIIa, VIId and EU waters of ICES zones IIa and Vb;

• (b) Annex IIB shall apply for the recovery of hake and Norway lobster in ICES zones VIIIc and IXa with the exception of the Gulf of Cádiz;

• (c) Annex IIC shall apply for the management of the sole stock in ICES zone VIIe;

• (d) Annex IID shall apply for the management of sandeel stocks in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, IIIa and IV.

Article 9

Catch and effort limits deep-sea fisheries

Article 10

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

• (a) the catches have been taken by vessels 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.

• (a) species, other than herring and mackerel, where
• (i) they are caught mixed with other species with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98; and
• (ii) the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing; or

• (b) mackerel, where
• (i) they are caught mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard;
• (ii) they do not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board; and
• (iii) the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing.

Article 11

Restrictions on the use of certain fishing opportunities

During the period from 1 May to 31 July 2010 it shall be prohibited to fish for or retain on board any marine organisms other than herring, mackerel, pilchard/sardines, horse mackerel, sprat, blue whiting and argentines within the area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:

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

Article 12

Unsorted landings in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa

Article 13

Data transmission

When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send 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

Fishing authorisation in third-country waters

Article 14

Fishing authorisations

CHAPTER III

Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations

Section 1

ICCAT convention Area

Article 15

Fishing and farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna

Article 16

Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID

In addition to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 302/2009, purse-seine fishing for bluefin tuna shall be prohibited in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean during the period from 15 April to 15 May 2010.

Article 17

Recreational and sport fisheries

Member States shall allocate a specific quota of bluefin tuna for recreational and sport fisheries from their quotas allocated set out in Annex ID.

Article 18

Sharks

Section 2

CCAMLR convention Area

Article 19

Prohibitions and catch limitations

Article 20

Exploratory fisheries

Article 21

Krill fishery during the 2010/2011 fishing season

• (a) of its intention to fish for krill, using the format laid down in Annex V, Part C;

• (b) of the net configuration form, using the format laid down in Annex V, Part D.

• (a) full details of the intended replacement vessel(s) referred to in paragraph 2, 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.

Article 22

Closure of all fisheries

• (a) the safety of the vessel and crew;

• (b) the limitations which may arise from adverse weather conditions;

• (c) sea-ice cover; or

• (d) the need to protect the Antarctic marine environment,

the vessel shall notify its flag Member State of the situation. The Member States shall promptly notify the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Commission. The vessel shall nonetheless make all reasonable efforts to remove all its fishing gear from the water as soon as possible.

• (a) by the notified closure date and time; and

• (b) as soon as possible after the notification referred to in paragraph 4.

Section 3

IOTC Area

Article 23

Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area

Section 4

SPRFMO convention Area

Article 24

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 GT of vessels flying their flag and fishing for pelagic stocks in 2010 to the levels of total 78 610 GT in the SPRFMO Convention Area in such manner that sustainable exploitation of the pelagic fishery resources in South Pacific is ensured.

Article 25

Pelagic fisheries - catch limits

Article 26

Bottom fisheries

Member States shall limit bottom fishing effort or catch in the SPRFMO Convention Area to the average annual levels over the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 in terms of the number of fishing vessels and other parameters that reflect the level of catch, fishing effort and fishing capacity and to only those parts of the SPRFMO Convention Area where bottom fisheries has occurred during the previous fishing season.

Section 5

IATTC convention Area

Article 27

Purse-seine fisheries

• (a) either from 29 July to 28 September 2010 or from 10 November 2010 to 18 January 2011 in the area defined by the following limits:
• — the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,
• — longitude 150° W,
• — latitude 40° N,
• — latitude 40° S;

• (b) from 29 September to 29 October 2010 in the area defined by the following limits:
• — longitude 94° W,
• — longitude 110° W,
• — latitude 3° N,
• — latitude 5° S.

Section 6

SEAFO convention Area

Article 28

Measures for the protection of 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) and deep-sea sharks of super-order Selachimorpha.

Section 7

WCPFC convention Area

Article 29

Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore

Member States shall ensure that the total fishing effort for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) and south Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the WCPFC Convention Area is limited to the fishing effort provided for in fisheries partnership agreements between the Union and coastal States in the region.

Article 30

Closed area for FAD fishing

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

• (b) fish on schools in association with FADs.

• (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 those connected with size; or

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

Article 30a

Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries

The fishing by purse-seine vessels for bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna shall be prohibited in the following high seas areas:

• (a) the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea;

• (b) the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

Article 31

Limitations to the number of vessels authorised to fish swordfish

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

Section 8

Bering Sea

Article 32

Prohibition to fish 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 EU WATERS

Article 33

Catch limits

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

Article 34

Fishing authorisations

Article 35

Prohibited species

It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land the following species:

• (a) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all EU waters;

• (b) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in all EU waters;

• (c) common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES zones IIa, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X; and

• (d) undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in EU waters of ICES zones VI, VII, VIII, IX and X.

TITLE IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 36

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008

In Part 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008, the entry concerning roundnose grenadier in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of ICES subarea III is replaced by the following:

‘Species:	Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris	Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris	Zone:	Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of III [^E0045] (RNG/03-)
Year	2009	2010
Denmark	804	804
Germany	5	5
Sweden	41	41
EC	850	850

No directed fishery for roundnose grenadier shall be conducted in ICES zone IIIa pending consultations between the European Union and Norway.’

Article 37

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009, the following points are added:

• ‘c) the group of vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from the United Kingdom dated 18 June 2009, targeting Norway lobster and using bottom trawls and seines of mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm in the West of Scotland, in particular in the Minch (ICES statistical rectangles 42 E3, 42 E4, 43 E3, 43 E4, 44 E3, 44 E4, 45 E3);

d) the group of vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from the United Kingdom dated 18 June 2009, targeting Norway lobster and using bottom trawls and seines of mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 100 mm in the West of Scotland, in particular in the Firth of Clyde (ICES statistical rectangles 39 E5 and 40 E5);

e) the group of vessels flying the flag of Poland, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from Poland dated 24 April 2009 as completed by correspondence dated 11 July 2009, targeting saithe and using bottom trawls of mesh size equal to or larger than 100 mm in the North Sea and EU waters of ICES zone IIa with full-time observer coverage.’.

Article 38

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 of 20 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2010 ([^E0046]) is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels (‘Community vessels’) operating in the Baltic Sea.

1. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State whose flag the vessel concerned is flying and of which the Commission and the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance. Member States conducting fishing operations for the purpose of scientific investigations shall inform the Commission, the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out, ICES and STECF of all catches from such fishing operations.

1. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to fishing operations by vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries where such fisheries benefit from additional quotas.’

Article 39

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009

Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009 of 27 November 2009 fixing the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2010 ([^E0047]) is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels (‘Community vessels’) operating in the Black Sea.

1. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State whose flag the vessel concerned is flying and of which the Commission and the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance. Member States conducting fishing operations for the purpose of scientific investigations shall inform the Commission, the Member States in whose waters the research is carried out, ICES and STECF of all catches from such fishing operations.

1. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to fishing operations by vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries where such fisheries benefit from additional quota.’

Article 40

Entry into force and application

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 2010.

Where the fishing opportunities for the CCAMLR Convention Area are set for periods starting before 1 January 2010, Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II and Annexes IE and V shall apply with effect from the beginning of the respective periods of application of those fishing opportunities.

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

ANNEX I

CATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST AND FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (iN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)

All catch limits set out in this Annex shall be considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 5 of this Regulation and shall therefore be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and in particular Articles 33 and 34 thereof.

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. The following table of correspondences of Latin names and common names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

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
Centrophorus squamosus	GUQ	Leafscale gulper shark
Centroscymnus coelolepis	CYO	Portuguese dogfish
Chaceon (Geryon) quinquedens	CRR	Deep sea red crab
Champsocephalus gunnari	ANI	Antarctic 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	RJB	Common skate
Dissostichus eleginoides	TOP	Patagonian 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
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 circularis	RJI	Sandy ray
Leucoraja fullonica	RJF	Shagreen ray
Leucoraja naevus	RJN	Cuckoo ray
Limanda ferruginea	YEL	Yellowtail flounder
Limanda limanda	DAB	Dab
Lophiidae	ANF	Anglerfish
Macrourus spp.	GRV	Grenadiers
Makaira nigricans	BUM	Blue marlin
Mallotus villosus	CAP	Capelin
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
Pandalus borealis	PRA	Northern prawn
Paralomis spp.	PAI	Crabs
Penaeus spp.	PEN	‘Penaeus’ shrimps
Platichthys flesus	FLE	Flounder
Pleuronectes platessa	PLE	Plaice
Pleuronectiformes	FLX	Flatfish
Pollachius pollachius	POL	Pollack
Pollachius virens	POK	Saithe
Psetta maxima	TUR	Turbot
Raja brachyura	RJH	Blonde ray
Raja clavata	RJC	Thornback ray
Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis	JAD	Norwegian skate
Raja microocellata	RJE	Small-eyed ray
Raja montagui	RJM	Spotted ray
Raja undulata	RJA	Undulate ray
Rajiformes - Rajidae	SRX-RAJ	Skates and rays
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	GHL	Greenland halibut
Rostroraja alba	RJA	White skate
Scomber scombrus	MAC	Mackerel
Scophthalmus rhombus	BLL	Brill
Sebastes spp.	RED	Redfish
Solea solea	SOL	Common sole
Soleidae.	SOX	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 spp.	JAX	Horse mackerel
Trisopterus esmarkii	NOP	Norway pout
Urophycis tenuis	HKW	White hake
Xiphias gladius	SWO	Swordfish

The following table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given exclusively for explanatory purposes:

Alfonsinos	ALF	Beryx spp.
American plaice	PLA	Hippoglossoides platessoides
Anchovy	ANE	Engraulis encrasicolus
Anglerfish	ANF	Lophiidae
Antarctic icefish	ANI	Champsocephalus gunnari
Atlantic halibut	HAL	Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Bigeye tuna	BET	Thunnus obesus
Birdbeak dogfish	DCA	Deania calcea
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
Brill	BLL	Scophthalmus rhombus
Capelin	CAP	Mallotus villosus
Cod	COD	Gadus morhua
Common skate	RJB	Dipturus batis
Common sole	SOL	Solea solea
Crabs	PAI	Paralomis spp.
Cuckoo ray	RJN	Leucoraja naevus
Dab	DAB	Limanda limanda
Deep sea red crab	CRR	Chaceon (Geryon) quinquedens
Flatfish	FLX	Pleuronectiformes
Flounder	FLE	Platichthys flesus
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.
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
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	Leucoraja circularis
Shagreen ray	RJF	Leucoraja fullonica
Shortfin squid	SQI	Illex illecebrosus
Skates and rays	SRX-RAJ	Rajiformes - Rajidae
Small-eyed ray	RJE	Raja microocellata
Smooth lanternshark	ETP	Etmopterus pusillus
Snow crab	PCR	Chionoecetes spp.
Sole	SOX	Soleidae
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
Tope shark	GAG	Galeorhinus galeus
Turbot	TUR	Psetta maxima
Tusk	USK	Brosme brosme
Undulate ray	RJA	Raja undulata
White hake	HKW	Urophycis tenuis
White marlin	WHM	Tetrapturus albidus
White skate	RJA	Rostroraja alba
Whiting	WHG	Merlangius merlangus
Witch flounder	WIT	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yellowtail flounder	YEL	Limanda ferruginea

ANNEX IA

Skagerrak, Kattegat, ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF, French Guyana waters

Species:	Sandeel Ammodytes spp.	Sandeel Ammodytes spp.	Sandeel Ammodytes spp.	Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (SAN/04-N.)
Denmark	Denmark	0	[^E0048]
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	0	[^E0048]
EU	EU	0	[^E0048]
TAC	TAC	Not relevant			Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Provisional quota in accordance with Article 1(2).

Species: Sandeel Ammodytidae	Species: Sandeel Ammodytidae	Zone: EU waters of IIIa, EU waters of IIa and IV [^E0049] SAN/2A3A4.
Denmark	327 250  [^E0050]
United Kingdom	7 153  [^E0051]
Germany	500 [^E0052]
Sweden	12 017  [^E0053]
EU	346 920  [^E0054]	Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Norway	27 500  [^E0055]	Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Faeroes	2 500	Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
TAC	376 920	Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Excluding waters within 6 miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.

Of which no more than 311 289 tonnes may be fished in EU waters of IIa and IV. The remaining quantity may be fished in EU waters of ICES zone IIIa only (SAN/*03A.).

Of which no more than 6 804 tonnes may be fished in EU waters of IIa and IV. The remaining quantity may be fished in EU waters of ICES zone IIIa only (SAN/*03A.).

Of which no more than 476 tonnes may be fished in EU waters of IIa and IV. The remaining quantity may be fished in EU waters of ICES zone IIIa only (SAN/*03A.).

Of which no more than 11 431 tonnes may be fished in EU waters of IIa and IV. The remaining quantity may be fished in EU waters of ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.).

Of which no more than 330 000 tonnes may be fished in EU waters of IIa and IV. The remaining quantity may be fished in EU waters of ICES zone IIIa only. (SAN/*03A.).

To be taken in ICES zone IV.

Species:	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Zone:	EU and international waters of I and II (ARU/1/2.)
Germany	Germany	30
France	France	10
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	24
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	48
EU	EU	112
TAC	TAC	112			Precautionary TAC
Species:	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Zone:	EU waters of III and IV (ARU/3/4.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Denmark	Denmark	1 134
Germany	Germany	11
France	France	8
Ireland	Ireland	8
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	53
Sweden	Sweden	44
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	20
EU	EU	1 278
TAC	TAC	1 278			Precautionary TAC
Species:	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Greater silver smelt Argentina silus	Zone:	EU and international waters of V, VI and VII (ARU/567.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Germany	Germany	389
France	France	8
Ireland	Ireland	360
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	4 057
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	285
EU	EU	5 099
TAC	TAC	5 099			Precautionary TAC
Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Zone:	EU and international waters of I, II and XIV (USK/1214EI.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Germany	Germany	6	[^E0056]
France	France	6	[^E0056]
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	6	[^E0056]
Others	Others	3	[^E0056]
EU	EU	21	[^E0056]
TAC	TAC	21			Analytical TAC

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

Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Zone:	EU waters of III (USK/03-C.)
Denmark	Denmark	12
Sweden	Sweden	6
Germany	Germany	6
EU	EU	24
TAC	TAC	24			Analytical TAC
Species:	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Zone:	EU waters of IV (USK/04-C.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Denmark	Denmark	53
Germany	Germany	16
France	France	37
Sweden	Sweden	5
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	80
Others	Others	5	[^E0057]
EU	EU	196
TAC	TAC	196			Analytical TAC

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

*Species*:	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Zone:	EU and international waters of V, VI and VII (USK/567EI)
Germany	Germany	4
Spain	Spain	14
France	France	172
Ireland	Ireland	17
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	83
Others	Others	4	[^E0058]
EU	EU	294
Norway [^E0059]	Norway [^E0059]	2 923	[^E0060] [^E0061]
TAC	TAC	3 217			Analytical TAC

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

To be fished in EU waters of IIa, IV, Vb, VI and VII.

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 3 000 tonnes.

Including ling. The quotas for Norway are ling 6 140 tonnes, and tusk 2 923 tonnes and are interchangeable of up to 2 000 tonnes ad may only be fished with long-lines in Vb, VI and VII.

*Species*:	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Tusk Brosme brosme	Zone:	Norwegian waters of IV (USK/04-N.)
Belgium	Belgium	0
Denmark	Denmark	165
Germany	Germany	1
France	France	0
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	0
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	4
EU	EU	170
TAC	TAC	Not relevant			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
*Species*:	Herring [^E0062] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0062] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0062] Clupea harengus	Zone:	IIIa (HER/03A.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Denmark	Denmark	14 010
Germany	Germany	224
Sweden	Sweden	14 656
EU	EU	28 890
Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	450	[^E0063]
TAC	TAC	33 855			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.

To be taken in Skagerrak.

*Species*:	Herring [^E0064] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0064] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0064] Clupea harengus	Zone:	EU and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′N (HER/4AB.)
Denmark	Denmark	22 497
Germany	Germany	14 147
France	France	9 653
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	21 581
Sweden	Sweden	1 672
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	24 223
EU	EU	93 773
Norway	Norway	47 647	[^E0065]
TAC	TAC	164 300			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States must inform the Commission of their landings of herring distinguishing between IVa and IVb.

May be taken in EU 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 south of 62°N (HER/*04N-)
EU	50 000
*Species*:	Herring Clupea harengus
---	---
Sweden	Sweden
EU	EU
TAC	TAC

By-catches of cod, haddock, Pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quota for these species.

*Species*:	Herring [^E0067] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0067] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0067] Clupea harengus	Zone:	By-catches in IIIa (HER/03A-BC)
Denmark	Denmark	6 424
Germany	Germany	57
Sweden	Sweden	1 034
EU	EU	7 515
TAC	TAC	7 515			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.

*Species*:	Herring [^E0068] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0068] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0068] Clupea harengus	Zone:	By-catches in IV, VIId and in EU waters of IIa (HER/2A47DX)
Belgium	Belgium	67
Denmark	Denmark	13 008
Germany	Germany	67
France	France	67
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	67
Sweden	Sweden	64
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	247
EU	EU	13 587
TAC	TAC	13 587			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.

*Species*:	Herring [^E0069] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0069] Clupea harengus	Herring [^E0069] Clupea harengus	Zone:	VIId; IVc [^E0070] (HER/4CXB7D)
Belgium	Belgium	7 100	[^E0071]
Denmark	Denmark	321	[^E0071]
Germany	Germany	202	[^E0071]
France	France	5 235	[^E0071]
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	8 193	[^E0071]
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	1 830	[^E0071]
EU	EU	22 881
TAC	TAC	164 300			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.

Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by a 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.

Up to 50 % of this quota may be taken in IVb. However, the use of this special condition must be notified in advance to the Commission (HER/*04B.).

*Species*:	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Zone:	EU and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN [^E0072] (HER/5B6ANB)
Germany	Germany	2 656
France	France	503
Ireland	Ireland	3 589
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	2 656
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	14 356
EU	EU	23 760
Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	660	[^E0073]
TAC	TAC	24 420			Analytical TAC

Reference is to the herring stock in VIa, north of 56° 00′N and in that part of VIa which is situated east of 07° 00′W and north of 55° 00′N, excluding the Clyde.

This quota may only be taken in VIa north of 56° 30′N.

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Zone:	VIIb, VIIc; VIaS [^E0074] (HER/6AS7BC)
Ireland	Ireland	6 774
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	677
EU	EU	7 451
TAC	TAC	7 451			Analytical TAC

Reference is to the herring stock in VIa south of 56° 00' N and west of 07° 00' W.

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Zone:	VI Clyde [^E0075] (HER/06ACL.)
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	720
EU	EU	720
TAC	TAC	720			Precautionary TAC

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 and Corsewall Point.

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Zone:	VIIa [^E0076] (HER/07A/MM)
Ireland	Ireland	1 250
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	3 550
EU	EU	4 800
TAC	TAC	4 800			Analytical TAC

This zone is reduced by the area added to VIIg, VIIh, VIIj and VIIk bounded: — to the north by latitude 52° 30' N, — to the south by latitude 52° 00' N, — to the west by the coast of Ireland, — to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

Species:	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Zone:	VIIe and VIIf (HER/7EF.)
France	France	500
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	500
EU	EU	1 000
TAC	TAC	1 000			Precautionary TAC
Species:	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Herring Clupea harengus	Zone:	VIIg [^E0077], VIIh [^E0077], VIIj [^E0077] and VIIk [^E0077] (HER/7G-K.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Germany	Germany	113
France	France	627
Ireland	Ireland	8 770
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	627
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	13
EU	EU	10 150
TAC	TAC	10 150			Analytical TAC

This zone is increased by the area bounded: — to the north by latitude 52° 30' N, — to the south by latitude 52° 00' N, — to the west by the coast of Ireland, — to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

Species: Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	Species: Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	Zone: VIII (ANE/08.)	Zone: VIII (ANE/08.)
Spain	6 300
France	700
EU	7 000
TAC	7 000  [^E0078]		Analytical TAC

TAC applicable from 1 January to 30 June 2010.

Species:	Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	Anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus	Zone:	IX and X; EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1 (ANE/9/3411)
Spain	Spain	3 826
Portugal	Portugal	4 174
EU	EU	8 000
TAC	TAC	8 000			Analytical TAC
*Species*:	Cod Gadus morhua	Cod Gadus morhua	Cod Gadus morhua	Zone:	Skagerrak (COD/03AN.)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Belgium	Belgium	12	[^E0079] [^E0080]
Denmark	Denmark	3 835	[^E0079] [^E0080]
Germany	Germany	96	[^E0079] [^E0080]
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	24	[^E0079] [^E0080]
Sweden	Sweden	671	[^E0079] [^E0080]
EU	EU	4 638
TAC	TAC	4 793			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

The use of this quota is subject to the conditions set out in point 1 of the Appendix to this Annex.

In addition to this quota, Member States may allow vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries to make additional catches within an overall limit of an additional 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, provided that: — the vessel makes use of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV), associated to a system of sensors, that record all fishing and processing activities on board the vessel, — all catches of cod with that vessel are counted against the quota, including those fish below the minimum landing size, — the additional catches are limited to 30 % of the normal catch limit applicable to such a vessel or to an amount which is justified as being capable of ensuring that there will be no increase in the fishing mortality of the cod stock, — where a Member State detects that a vessel participating in the initiative is not complying with the above conditions, the Member State shall withdraw the additional catches granted to that vessel and exclude it from any further participation in this initiative.

Species:	Cod Gadus morhua	Cod Gadus morhua	Cod Gadus morhua	Zone:	Kattegat (COD/03AS.)
Denmark	Denmark	234
Germany	Germany	5
Sweden	Sweden	140
EU	EU	379
TAC	TAC	379			Analytical TAC
*Species*:	Cod Gadus morhua	Cod Gadus morhua	Cod Gadus morhua	Zone:	IV; EU waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat (COD/2A3AX4)
---	---	---	---	---	---
Belgium	Belgium	991	[^E0081] [^E0082]
Denmark	Denmark	5 696	[^E0081] [^E0082]
Germany	Germany	3 612	[^E0081] [^E0082]
France	France	1 225	[^E0081] [^E0082]
The Netherlands	The Netherlands	3 219	[^E0081] [^E0082]
Sweden	Sweden	38	[^E0081] [^E0082]
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	13 067	[^E0081] [^E0082]
EU	EU	27 848	[^E0081]
Norway	Norway	5 704	[^E0083]
TAC	TAC	33 552			Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

The use of this quota is subject to the conditions set out in point 1 of the Appendix to this Annex.

In addition to this quota, Member States may allow vessels participating in initiatives regarding fully documented fisheries to make additional catches within an overall limit of an additional 5 % of the quota allocated to that Member State, provided that: — the vessel makes use of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV), associated to a system of sensors, that record all fishing and processing activities on board the vessel, — all catches of cod with that vessel are counted against the quota, including those fish below the minimum landing size, — the additional catches are limited to 30 % of the normal catch limit applicable to such a vessel or to an amount which is justified as capable of ensuring that there will be no increase in the fishing mortality of the cod stock, — where a MemberState detects that a vessel participating in the initiative is not complying with the above conditions, the MemberState shall withdraw the additional catches granted to that vessel and exclude it from any further participation in this initiative.

May be taken in EU 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-)
EU	24 204
*Species*:	Cod Gadus morhua
---	---
Sweden	Sweden
EU	EU
TAC	TAC