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

• (f) thornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division 3a;

• (g) undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 and 10;

• (h) common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) in Union waters of the Mediterranean;

• (i) whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in all Union waters.

TITLE IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 56

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2023/194

Article 57

Committee procedure

Article 58

Transitional provisions

Articles 9 to 13, 15 to 20, 24, 27, 38, 39, 40, 45, 48 and 55 shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, in 2025 until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2025.

Article 59

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.

However:

• (a) Article 13(1) and (7) shall apply from 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2025;

• (aa) Article 12a, point (a), shall apply from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex VII, Part A, to that Regulation regarding the minimum conservation reference size for pollack in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;

• (ab) Article 12a, point (b), shall apply from 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 or to the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annex VII, Part A, to that Regulation regarding the minimum conservation reference size for pollack in ICES division 8c, subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF division 34.1.1 becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;

• (b) Article 13(2) to (6) shall apply from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025;

• (c) Articles 17 and 18 shall cease to apply on the date on which delegated acts introducing corresponding measures become applicable;

• (ca) Article 20(1), point(ba) shall apply from 1 April 2024;

• (d) Article 23 shall apply from 1 January 2024 to 31 January 2025;

• (e) Articles 30 and Annex VII shall apply from 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024;

• (f) Article 28(2) shall apply from 17 December 2023 to 31 December 2023;

• (g) Article 35(1), point (a), shall apply from 1 January 2024 to 19 January 2025;

• (ga) Article 55(1), point (aa) shall apply from 1 April 2024;

• (gb) Section 11a shall apply from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 or until the date on which a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;

• (h) Article 56(2) shall apply from 1 January 2023;

• (i) Annex I shall also apply for the year 2025 and 2026, where specified in that Annex;

• (ia) In Annex IA, Part A, Tables 18 and 19, footnote 1 shall apply from 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024;

• (j) Annex IK shall apply from 1 December 2023 to 30 November 2024, where specified in that Annex;

• (ja) Annexes IM and Xa shall apply from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025;

• (k) Annex II shall apply from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025;

• (l) the maximum size for picked dogfish (DGS/03A-C., DGS/2AC4-C and DGS/15X14) shall cease to apply on the date on which a delegated act introducing corresponding measures and regulating the treatment of catches of those stocks over 100 cm becomes applicable;

• (m) catch and effort limits fixed by this Regulation for the year 2024 and, where specified in this Regulation, also for the years 2025 and 2026, shall continue to apply in 2025, and where relevant in 2026 and 2027, exclusively for the purposes of:
• (i) exchanges pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
• (ii) deductions and reallocations pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
• (iii) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; and
• (iv) deductions pursuant to Articles 105, 106 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

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

LIST OF ANNEXES

ANNEX I

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

The tables in the Annexes set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and, where appropriate, the conditions functionally linked thereto.

All fishing opportunities set out in the Annexes shall 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 in the Annexes are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified. Within each area, fish stocks are referred to according to the alphabetical order of the scientific names of the species. Only scientific names identify species for regulatory purposes.

For the purposes of this Regulation, a comparative table of scientific names and common names of the species listed in the Annexes to this Regulation is provided below, for ease of reference. Annexes IA to IL are part of Annex I.

Comparative table of scientific names and common names of the species listed in the Annexes to this Regulation

ANNEX IA

SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, ICES SUBAREAS 1 to 10, 12 AND 14, UNION WATERS OF CECAF, FRENCH GUIANA WATERS

PART A

Autonomous Union stocks

Table 1

This quota may be fished only from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Special condition: of which up to 969 tonnes may be taken in the area bounded by the following coordinates and the coast (ANE/*09AW):

Point Latitude Longitude 1 36^o00′00″ N 5^o36′00″ W 2 36^o00′00″ N 11^o00′00″ W 3 37^o01′20″ N 8^o59′47″ W

[^E0027]: (³)

Special condition: of which the following quantities, in addition to the quantity referred to in footnote 2 and after full use of that quantity, may be taken in the area referred to in footnote 2 in the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024 (ANE/*09AW2).

Spain 1 926 Portugal 2 102 Union 4 028

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Table 8

Table 9

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Table 12

Table 13

Table 14

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Table 16

As from 1 October 2024, exclusively for by-catches, and no directed fisheries are permitted under this quota (POL/*08C-BC).

As from 1 October 2024, exclusively for by-catches, and no directed fisheries are permitted under this quota (POL/*9/3411-BC).

[^E0030]: (²)

Special condition: of which up to 100 % may be fished in 8c (POL/*08C.).

In addition to this TAC, Portugal may fish quantities of pollack not exceeding 98 tonnes (POL/93411P). As from 1 October 2024, this additional quota applies exclusively for by-catches, and no directed fisheries are permitted under this quota (POL/*93411P-BC).

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Table 27

| Species: | Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. | Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. | Horse mackerel Trachurus spp. | Zone: | Union waters of CECAF⁽¹⁾ (JAX/341SPN) |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Spain | | To be established | | Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies | Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies | | Union | | To be established | ⁽²⁾ | Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies | Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies | | TAC | | To be established | ⁽²⁾ | Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies | Precautionary TAC Article 6 of this Regulation applies | | ⁽¹⁾ | Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. | Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. | Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. | Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. | Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. | | ⁽²⁾ | Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain. | Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain. | Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain. | Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain. | Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain. |

PART B

Shared stocks

Table 1

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

Zone: Union waters of sandeel management areas

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Table 5

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Table 8

Table 9

Table 10

Table 11