Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202 of 30 January 2025 fixing for 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) 2024/257 as regards fishing opportunities for 2025

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2025/202 of 30 January 2025 fixing for 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) 2024/257 as regards fishing opportunities for 2025

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

The fishing opportunities referred to in paragraph 1 include:

(a) catch limits for the year 2025 and, where specified in this Regulation, also for the year 2026;

(b) fishing effort limits for the year 2025, as well as the fishing effort limits set out in Annex II, which cover the period from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2026;

(c) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention area and for certain stocks in the SIOFA Agreement Area;

(d) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026 in the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) Convention area.

Article 2

Scope

This Regulation applies to the following fishing vessels:

(a) Union fishing vessels; and

(b) third-country fishing vessels in Union waters.

This Regulation also applies to:

(a) certain recreational fisheries expressly referred to in the relevant provisions of this Regulation; and

(b) commercial fisheries from shore.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘third-country fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of, and registered in, a third country;

(b) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources in the context of recreation, tourism or sport;

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

(d) ‘total allowable catch’ (‘TAC’) means: (i) in fisheries subject to the exemption from the landing obligation referred to in Article 15(4) to (7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the quantity of fish that may be landed from each stock each year; (ii) in all other fisheries, the quantity of fish that may be caught from each stock each year;

(e) ‘quota’ means a proportion of a TAC that is allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;

(f) ‘analytical assessment’ means a quantitative evaluation of trends in a given stock, based on data about the stock’s biology and exploitation, including based on proxies, which scientific review has indicated to be of sufficient quality to provide scientific advice;

(g) ‘analytical TAC’ means a TAC for which an analytical assessment is available;

(h) ‘precautionary TAC’ means a TAC for which an analytical assessment is not available but rather an assessment based on the precautionary approach is available or no assessment is available;

(i) ‘mesh size’ means the mesh size of fishing nets as defined in Article 6, point (34), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (¹);

(j) ‘Union fishing fleet register’ means the register set up by the Commission pursuant to Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(k) ‘fishing logbook’ means the logbook referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(l) ‘instrumented buoy’ means a buoy clearly marked with a unique reference number allowing identification of its owner and equipped with a satellite tracking system to monitor its position;

(m) ‘operational buoy’ means any instrumented buoy, previously activated, switched on and deployed at sea on a drifting fish aggregating device (FAD) or log, which transmits positions and other available information such as echo-sounder estimates.

Article 4

Fishing zones

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following fishing zone definitions apply:

(a) ‘ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones’ means the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (²);

(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 that 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 that 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 7’ 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;

(e) ‘functional unit 25 of ICES division 8c’ means the geographical sea area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: — 43°00'N 9°00'W, — 43°00'N 10°00'W, — 43°30'N 10°00'W, — 43°30'N 9°00'W, — 44°00'N 9°00'W, — 44°00'N 8°00'W, — 43°30'N 8°00'W;

(f) ‘functional unit 26 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: — 43°00'N 8°00'W, — 43°00'N 10°00'W, — 42°00'N 10°00'W, — 42 00'N 8°00'W;

(g) ‘functional unit 27 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: — 42°00'N 8°00'W, — 42°00'N 10°00'W, — 38°30'N 10°00'W, — 38°30'N 9°00'W, — 40°00'N 9°00'W, — 40°00'N 8°00'W;

(h) ‘functional unit 30 of ICES division 9a’ means the geographical area under the jurisdiction of Spain in the Gulf of Cádiz and in the adjacent waters of ICES division 9a;

(i) ‘functional unit 31 of ICES division 8c’ means the geographical sea area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions: — 43°30'N 6°00'W, — 44°00'N 6°00'W, — 44°00'N 2°00'W, — 43°30'N 2°00'W;

(j) ‘Gulf of Cádiz’ means the geographical area of ICES division 9a east of longitude 7° 23' 48″ W;

(k) ‘CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) Convention area’ means the geographical area defined in the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources (³);

(l) ‘CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) areas’ means the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁴);

(m) ‘IATTC (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission) Convention area’ means 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 (Antigua Convention) (⁵);

(n) ‘ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) Convention area’ means the geographical area defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (⁶);

(o) ‘IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission) Area of Competence’ means the geographical area defined in the Agreement for the establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (⁷);

(p) ‘NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) areas’ means the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁸);

(q) ‘NAFO Convention Area’ means the geographical areas defined in the Convention on future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-West Atlantic Fisheries (⁹);

(r) ‘NAFO Regulatory Area’ means the part of the NAFO Convention Area which is beyond national jurisdiction;

(s) ‘NPFC Convention area’ means the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean (¹⁰);

(t) ‘SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) Convention area’ means the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean (¹¹);

(u) ‘SIOFA (Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement) Agreement Area’ means the geographical area defined in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (¹²);

(v) ‘SPRFMO (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation) Convention area’ means the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (¹³);

(w) ‘WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission) Convention area’ means the geographical area defined in the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (¹⁴);

(x) ‘high seas of the Bering Sea’ means 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 seas of the coastal States of the Bering Sea is measured;

(y) ‘overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC Convention areas’ means the geographical area defined by the following limits: — longitude 150° W, — longitude 130° W, — latitude 4° S, — latitude 50° S.

TITLE II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS

CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 5

TACs and allocations

Article 6

TACs to be determined by Member States

The TACs to be determined by a Member State referred to in paragraph 1 shall:

(a) be consistent with the objectives and rules set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and in Regulations (EU) 2018/973 and 2019/472, in particular the objective of sustainable exploitation of the stock; and

(b) result in an exploitation of the stock that is: (i) if an analytical assessment is available, in line with maximum sustainable yield (MSY), with as high a probability as possible; or (ii) if an analytical assessment is unavailable or incomplete, consistent with the precautionary approach to fisheries management.

By 15 March 2025 each Member State concerned shall submit the following information to the Commission:

(a) the TACs that it has determined;

(b) the data that it has collected, assessed and used as a basis for the determination of those TACs;

(c) details as to how the TACs that it has determined comply with paragraph 2.

Where appropriate, the Commission may request the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF):

(a) to assess the information referred to in paragraph 3, points (b) and (c); and

(b) to assess whether the TACs determined by Member States comply with paragraph 2.

Article 7

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

Catches that are not subject to the landing obligation under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be retained on board or landed only if they:

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

(b) make up a share of a Union quota that has not been allocated among Member States and that has not been exhausted.

Article 8

Quota exchange mechanism for TACs for unavoidable by-catches

Article 9

Fishing effort limits in ICES division 7e

Article 10

Measures on European seabass fisheries in ICES divisions 4b, 4c and 6a and ICES subarea 7

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in January 2025 and from 1 April to 31 December 2025, Union fishing vessels in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h may fish for, retain on board, tranship, relocate or land European seabass caught in that area with the following gear and within the following limits:

(a) using demersal trawls (¹⁶), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 3,8 tonnes per fishing vessel and per year and 10 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by the fishing vessel concerned per fishing trip;

(b) using seines (¹⁷), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 3,8  tonnes per fishing vessel and per year and 10 % of the weight of the total catches of marine organisms on board caught by the fishing vessel concerned per fishing trip;

(c) using hooks and lines (¹⁸), not exceeding 6,8  tonnes per fishing vessel and per year;

(d) using fixed gillnets (¹⁹), for unavoidable by-catches not exceeding 1,8  tonnes per fishing vessel and per year.

The derogations set out in the first subparagraph, point (c), shall apply to Union fishing vessels that have recorded catches of European seabass using hooks and lines during the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016.

The derogations set out in the first subparagraph, point (d), shall apply to Union fishing vessels that have recorded catches of European seabass using fixed gillnets during the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016.

In the case of a replacement of a Union fishing vessel, Member States may allow the derogations to apply to another Union fishing vessel provided that the number of Union fishing vessels subject to each of the derogations and their overall fishing capacity do not increase.

In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a and 7a to 7k:

(a) from 1 February to 31 March 2025: (i) only catch-and-release fishing with a rod or a handline for European seabass shall be allowed; (ii) it shall be prohibited to retain, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;

(b) in January and from 1 April to 31 December 2025: (i) not more than two specimens of European seabass may be caught and retained per fisher per day; (ii) the minimum size of European seabass retained shall be 42 cm; (iii) fixed nets shall not be used to catch or retain European seabass.

Article 11

Measures for European seabass fisheries in ICES divisions 8a and 8b

In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES divisions 8a and 8b:

(a) a maximum of one specimen of European seabass may be caught and retained per fisher per day;

(b) fixed nets shall not be used to catch or retain European seabass.

Article 12

Measures for pollack in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

In recreational fisheries, including from shore, in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1:

(a) a maximum of two specimens of pollack may be caught and retained per fisher per day; once that ceiling has been reached, ‘catch and release’ fishing may be carried out;

(b) no specimens of pollack are permitted to be caught and retained from 1 January to 30 April; ‘catch and release’ fishing may nevertheless be carried out during that period.

Article 13

Measures on European eel fisheries in Union waters of ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9

It shall be prohibited to engage in commercial fishing activities for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) at all life stages for a period of at least 6 months between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026. In addition, Members States and fishers shall undertake all reasonable efforts to minimise and where possible eliminate incidental by-catch of European eel. When accidentally caught, specimens of European eel shall not be harmed and shall be promptly released. To that effect, the Member State concerned, either individually or jointly, shall determine one or more closure periods subject to the following conditions:

(a) where appropriate, the closure period or periods may differ between Member States or within one Member State from one fishing area to another in order to take account of the geographical and temporal migration pattern of European eel at its different life stages;

(b) the closure period or periods shall last for a consecutive or non-consecutive time span of at least 6 months, which shall apply to all fishers concerned in the relevant fishing area;

(c) the closure period or periods shall be consistent with the conservation objectives set out in Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007, and with national management plans established pursuant to Article 2 of that Regulation; and

(d) the closure period or periods shall cover the main migration period or periods, including the respective peak, of European eel at the respective life stage in the Member State concerned.

By way of further derogation from paragraph 3, point (d), the Member State concerned may allow fishing for European eel of an overall length of 12 cm or more when migrating from Union waters to their spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea (‘downstream migration’) for up to a total of 50 consecutive or non-consecutive days. That shall apply to all fishers concerned in the relevant fishing area, during the main migration period, under the following cumulative conditions:

(a) such fishing activity shall only be allowed when the only access to marine waters necessarily passes through non-Union brackish waters;

(b) the catches taken in ICES subdivisions 22-32 shall meet the minimum conservation reference size of 35 cm, in accordance with Annex VIII, Part A, to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council (²⁰);

(c) any eel that is sexually mature and is caught shall not be harmed, shall be transported without undue delay and shall be immediately released to nearby Union marine waters at a place designated by the Member State concerned, which would allow them to continue downstream migration;

(d) any incidentally by-caught eel that is not sexually mature shall not be harmed and shall be immediately released back into the water; and

(e) the fishing activity shall be undertaken with the involvement of a national scientific body.

The Member States concerned, either individually or jointly, shall inform the Commission:

(a) by 1 May 2025, of the closure period or periods determined in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 6, together with the supporting information justifying the chosen period or periods;

(b) within 2 weeks of their adoption, of national measures relating to the closure period or periods that were determined in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 6;

(c) within 8 weeks before the start of the closure period or periods determined in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 6, of the fishing activities held in accordance with paragraph 4a: (i) the place or places and date or dates of the fishing activities; (ii) the expected number and type of operators, and the national scientific body involved; and (iii) the designated place or places for release;

(d) within a maximum of 8 weeks from the end of the fishing activities held in accordance with paragraph 4a: (i) the number and type of operators; (ii) the number of sexually mature eels caught during those fishing activities; (iii) the number of eels that are not sexually mature caught during those fishing activities; and (iv) the number of sexually mature eels that were tagged.

Article 14

Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities

The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States set out in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to:

(a) exchanges pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b) deductions and reallocations pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(c) reallocations pursuant to Articles 12 and 47 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403;

(d) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(e) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

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

(g) quota transfers and exchanges pursuant to Articles 24 and 55 of this Regulation.

Article 15

Closed fishing seasons for sandeels

Commercial fishing for sandeels (Ammodytes spp.) with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited in ICES divisions 2a and 3a and in ICES subarea 4 from 1 January to 31 March 2025 and from 1 August to 31 December 2025.

Article 16

Remedial measures for cod in the North Sea

By way of derogation from paragraph 2, fishing vessels referred to in that paragraph may fish in the areas referred to in that paragraph provided that they fulfil at least one of the following criteria:

(a) their cod catches do not account for more than 5 % of their total catches per fishing trip; fishing vessels whose cod catches did not exceed 5 % of their total catches in 2017–2019 are presumed to comply with this criterion provided that they continue to use the same gear that they used in that period; this presumption may be rebutted;

(b) a regulated and highly selective bottom trawl or seine is used, resulting, according to a scientific study, in at least a 30 % reduction in cod catches compared to vessels fishing with the baseline mesh size for towed gears, as specified in Part B, point 1.1, of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241; such studies may be evaluated by the STECF and in the case of a negative evaluation, the gears concerned shall no longer be considered valid for use in the areas referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article;

(c) for fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 100 mm (TR1), the following highly selective gears are used: (i) belly trawls with a minimum belly mesh size of 600 mm; (ii) raised fishing line (0,6  m); (iii) horizontal separating panel with large mesh escape panel;

(d) for fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 70 mm in ICES division 4a and 90 mm in ICES division 3a, and less than 100 mm (TR2), the following highly selective gears are used: (i) horizontal sorting grid with maximum 50 mm bar spacing separating flatfish and roundfish, with an unblocked fish outlet for roundfish; (ii) seltra panel with 300 mm square-mesh size; (iii) sorting grid with maximum 35 mm bar spacing, with an unblocked fish outlet;

(e) fishing vessels are subject to a national cod avoidance plan to sustain cod catches in line with the fishing mortality corresponding to the fishing opportunities fixed, based on scientific advice levels, through spatial or technical measures, or a combination thereof; such plans shall be assessed no later than 2 months following their implementation, by the STECF in the case of Member States or by the relevant national scientific body in the case of third countries, and, where deemed necessary, further revised if such assessments find that the objective of the national cod avoidance plan will not be met.

Article 17

Technical measures for the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the West of Scotland

The following shall apply to fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls and seines in ICES divisions 7f, 7g, the part of 7h north of latitude 49° 30′ North and the part of 7j north of latitude 49° 30′ North and east of longitude 11° West:

(a) fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines shall use gear with one of the following mesh sizes: (i) 110 mm cod-end with 120 mm square-mesh panel; (ii) 100 mm T90 cod-end; (iii) 120 mm cod-end; (iv) 100 mm with 160 mm square-mesh panel;

(b) in addition, fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls whose catches weighed before any discards consist of at least 20 % of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) shall use a fishing gear that is constructed with a minimum of one metre spacing between the fishing line and ground gear; Member States may exempt from the application of this point fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls whose catches, weighed before any discards, consist of less than 1,5  % of cod, provided those vessels are subject to a progressive increase of observer coverage at sea up to at least 20 % of all their fishing trips;

(c) fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) shall use one of the following gears: (i) 300 mm squared mesh panel; vessels below 12 metre in length over all may use a 200 mm square mesh panel; (ii) seltra panel; (iii) sorting grid with a 35 mm bar spacing or a similar Net grid selectivity device; (iv) 100 mm cod-end with a 100 mm square mesh panel; (v) dual cod-end with the uppermost cod-end constructed with T90 mesh of at least 100 mm and fitted with a separation panel with a maximum mesh size of 300 mm;

(d) fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 55 % of whiting or more than 55 % of anglerfish (Lophiidae), hake (Merluccius merluccius) or megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) combined, shall use one of the following gears: (i) 100 mm cod-end with a 100 mm squared mesh panel; (ii) 100 mm T90 cod-end and extension.

The following shall apply to fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines in ICES divisions 6a and 5b, within Union waters, east of 12°W (West of Scotland) in Norway lobster fisheries:

(a) fishing vessels shall use a square mesh panel (positioning retained) of at least 300 mm for vessels deploying a cod-end mesh size less than 100 mm; for vessels below 12 m in length over all or with engine power of 200 kW or less, the panel overall length may be 2 m and the panel 200 mm;

(b) fishing vessels with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster shall use a square mesh panel (positioning retained) of at least 160 mm for vessels deploying a cod-end mesh size of 100-119 mm.

The following shall apply to fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines in ICES division 7a (Irish Sea):

(a) fishing vessels fishing with bottom trawls or seines with a cod-end mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 100 mm and with catches comprising more than 30 % of Norway lobster shall use one of the following gears: (i) 300 mm square mesh panel; fishing vessels below 12 metres in length over all may use a 200 mm squared mesh panel; (ii) seltra panel; (iii) sorting grid with 35 mm bar spacing; (iv) CEFAS net grid; (v) flip-flap trawl;

(b) fishing vessels equal to or greater than 12 metres in length overall operating with bottom trawls or seines with catches comprising more than 10 % of haddock, cod and skates and rays (Rajiformes) combined, shall use 120 mm cod-end.

It shall be prohibited for fishing vessels to fish with bottom trawls and seines in the following zones:

(a) in ICES divisions 7b and 7c;

(b) in the area west of 5° W longitude in ICES division 7e; and

(c) in ICES divisions from 7f to 7k.

This prohibition shall not apply to fishing vessels where:

(a) they use a cod-end mesh size of at least 100 mm; or

(b) their by-catches of cod do not exceed 1,5  %, as assessed by the STECF, when fishing outside the areas referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 18

Technical measures for red seabream in ICES subareas 6, 7 and 8

Article 18a

Technical measures for Northern prawn in the Skagerrak

Article 19

Remedial measures for cod in the Kattegat

Union fishing vessels fishing in the Kattegat with bottom trawls (²³) with minimum mesh size of 70 mm shall use one of the following selective gears:

(a) sorting grid with maximum 35 mm bar spacing, with an unblocked fish outlet;

(b) sorting grid with maximum 50 mm bar spacing separating flatfish and roundfish, with an unblocked fish outlet for roundfish;

(c) seltra panel with 300 mm square-mesh size;

(d) regulated highly selective gear, the technical attributes of which shall result, according to a scientific study assessed by the STECF, for fishing vessels exclusively carrying on board such a gear, in less than 1,5  % of catches of cod.

Article 20

Closure to protect common sole spawning in ICES subdivisions 20 to 24

It shall be prohibited from 15 May to 15 June for Union fishing vessels to target common sole in ICES subdivisions 20 to 24.

Article 21

Prohibited species

Union fishing vessels shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land the following species:

(a) starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in United Kingdom and Union waters of ICES subarea 4 and division 7d, United Kingdom waters of division 2a and Union waters of division 3a;

(b) splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) in NAFO subarea 6;

(c) sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) in all waters other than the Mediterranean;

(d) common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in United Kingdom and Union waters of ICES subareas 4, 6, 7 and 8, United Kingdom waters of division 2a and subarea 5 and Union waters of subareas 3, 9 and 10;

(e) great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) in United Kingdom and Union waters of ICES subarea 4, United Kingdom waters of division 2a and international waters of subareas 1 and 14;

(f) tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in United Kingdom and Union waters of ICES subareas 4, United Kingdom waters of division 2a, United Kingdom and international waters of subarea 5, United Kingdom, Union and international waters of subareas 6, 7 and 8, and international waters of subareas 12 and 14;

(g) orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of ICES subareas 1 to 10, 12 and 14;

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

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

(j) undulate ray (Raja undulata) in United Kingdom and Union waters of ICES subarea 6 and Union waters of ICES subarea 10;

(k) whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in all waters;

(l) common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) in the Mediterranean; and

(m) deep-sea species listed in Annex IA, Part D, in Union, United Kingdom and international waters of ICES zones 1, 2 (except United Kingdom waters of division 2a), 5 to 10, 12 and 14, and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2, as well as in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4, where specified in that Annex.

Article 22

Data transmission

When Member States submit to the Commission data relating to landings and fishing effort pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

CHAPTER II

Fishing authorisations in third-country waters

Article 23

Fishing authorisations

CHAPTER III

Fishing opportunities managed by regional fisheries management organisations

Section 1

General provisions

Article 24

Quota transfers or exchanges

Section 2

NAFO Regulatory Area

Article 25

Recovery measures for cod in NAFO divisions 2J3KL

Fishing vessels fishing for cod in the part of NAFO divisions 2J3KL covered by the NAFO Regulatory Area shall use gear with the following minimum mesh sizes:

(a) when using a sorting grid, as defined in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council (²⁴) – 130 mm; or

(b) 155 mm.

Section 3

NEAFC Convention area

Article 26

Redfish in the Irminger Sea

All fishing activities shall be prohibited in the area bounded by the following coordinates measured according to the WGS84 system:

Latitude	Longitude
63°00'N	30°00'W
61°30'N	27°35'W
60°45'N	28°45'W
62°00'N	31°35'W
63°00'N	30°00'W

Section 4

ICCAT Convention area

Article 27

Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations

Article 28

Recreational fisheries

Where appropriate, Member States shall allocate a specific share from their allocated quotas to recreational fisheries, as set out in Annex ID.

Article 29

Sharks

Article 30

FADs for tropical tunas

Section 5

CCAMLR Convention area

Article 31

Exploratory fisheries notifications for toothfish for the 2025-2026 fishing season

Article 32

Toothfish fishery during the 2024-2025 fishing season

Article 33

Krill fishery during the 2025–2026 fishing season

A Member State intending to fish for krill in the CCAMLR Convention area shall notify the Commission thereof only in respect of authorised fishing vessels that, at the time of the notification:

(a) are flying its flag; or

(b) are flying the flag of another CCAMLR member and are expected to be flying the flag of that Member State at the time the fishery takes place.

Where an authorised fishing vessel notified to the CCAMLR Secretariat in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 is prevented from participating in a krill fishery due to legitimate operational reasons or force majeure, the Member State concerned may authorise its replacement by another fishing vessel. In such a case, the Member State concerned shall immediately inform the CCAMLR Secretariat, with the Commission in copy, providing:

(a) full details of the intended replacement fishing vessel(s), including the information provided for in Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004; and

(b) a comprehensive account of the reasons justifying the replacement and any relevant supporting evidence or references.

Section 6

IOTC Area of Competence

Article 34

Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence

Article 35

Drifting FADs and supply vessels

Section 7

SPRFMO Convention area

Article 36

Pelagic fisheries

The Member States referred to in paragraph 1 may use the fishing opportunities set out in Annex IH only if they send the following information to the Commission by the fifteenth day of the following month, so that the Commission can communicate it to the SPRFMO Secretariat:

(a) a list of vessels actively fishing or engaged in transhipment in the SPRFMO Convention area;

(b) monthly catch reports.

Section 8

IATTC Convention area

Article 37

Purse seine fisheries

Purse seine vessels shall not fish for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) or skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis):

(a) either from 00:00 hours on 29 July 2025 to 24:00 hours on 8 October 2025 or from 00:00 hours on 9 November 2025 to 24:00 hours on 19 January 2026 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 00:00 hours on 9 October 2025 to 24:00 hours on 8 November 2025 in the area defined by the following limits: — longitude 96° W, — longitude 110° W, — latitude 4° N, — latitude 3° S.

Paragraph 3 shall not apply:

(a) where the fish is considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size;

(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.

The closure periods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be extended for Union purse seine vessels, on the basis of their catches of bigeye tuna in the IATTC Convention area during the previous year, as follows:

— for vessels that caught between 1 200 tonnes and 1 499 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 10 days;

— for vessels that caught between 1 500 tonnes and 1 799 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 13 days;

— for vessels that caught between 1 800 tonnes and 2 099 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 16 days;

— for vessels that caught between 2 100 tonnes and 2 399 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 19 days; and

— for vessels that caught 2 400 tonnes or more, the closure period is extended by 22 days.

The extensions of the closure periods referred to in the first subparagraph apply as follows:

— for the closure period referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), the additional days are added before the start of that closure period; and

— for the closure period referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), the additional days are added after the end of that closure period.

For each of the fishing vessels concerned, the relevant flag Member State shall inform the Commission of the extensions of the closure periods when informing the Commission of the selected closure periods in accordance with paragraph 2.

Article 38

Drifting FADs

A purse seine vessel shall have no more than the number of FADs set out in the table below active at any time in the IATTC Convention area. A FAD shall be considered active when it is deployed at sea, starts transmitting its location and is being tracked by the vessel, its owner or operator. A FAD shall be activated only on board a purse seine vessel.

Vessels with a capacity below 1 200  m3	210 FADs
Vessels with a capacity equal to or greater than 1 200  m3	340 FADs

During the 15 days before the start of the closure period selected in accordance with Article 37(1), point (a), of this Regulation a purse seine vessel shall, in the IATTC Convention area:

(a) refrain from deploying FADs;

(b) recover the same number of FADs as initially deployed.

Article 39

Catch limits for bigeye tuna in longline fisheries

The total annual catches of bigeye tuna in the IATTC Convention area by each Member State’s longline vessels are set out in Annex IL.

Article 40

Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks

Section 9

SEAFO Convention area

Article 41

Prohibition of fishing for deep-water sharks

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

(a) ghost catshark (Apristurus manis);

(b) blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi);

(c) shorttail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus);

(d) great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps);

(e) smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus);

(f) skates (Rajidae);

(g) velvet dogfish (Scymnodon squamulosus);

(h) sharks of the Selachimorpha super-order;

(i) picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias).

Section 10

WCPFC Convention area

Article 42

Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and South Pacific albacore fisheries

Article 43

Management of fishing with FADs

Article 44

Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish

The maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in areas of the WCPFC Convention area south of 20° S shall be as set out in Annex IX.

Article 45

Catch limits for swordfish in longline fisheries south of 20° S

Member States shall ensure that catches of swordfish south of 20° S by longliners in 2025 do not exceed the limit set out in table 2 of Annex IG. They shall also ensure that this does not result in a shift of the fishing effort for swordfish to the area north of 20° S.

Section 11

Bering Sea

Article 46

Prohibition on fishing for pollock in the high seas of the Bering Sea

It shall be prohibited to fish for pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the high seas of the Bering Sea.

Section 12

SIOFA Agreement Area

Article 47

Limits to bottom fishing

Member States shall ensure that fishing vessels flying their flag that fish in the SIOFA Agreement Area:

(a) limit their annual bottom fishing effort to the level set out in Annex X;

(b) do not bottom fish except using demersal longlines; and

(c) do not fish in the interim protected areas of Atlantis Bank, Coral, Fools Flat, Middle of What and Walter’s Shoal, as defined in Annex IK, except with demersal longlines and on condition of having a scientific observer on board at all times while fishing in those areas.

Article 48

Toothfish fishery measures

Member States shall ensure that fishing vessels flying their flag that fish for toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) in the SIOFA Agreement Area:

(a) do not fish in depths shallower than 500 metres;

(b) have at least one scientific observer on board at all times who shall have a target of observing 25 % of hooks hauled per line over the duration of the fishing deployment; and

(c) tag and release toothfish specimens at a rate of at least five fish per tonne of green weight caught; once 30 or more toothfish have been caught a minimum overlap statistic of at least 60 % shall apply for tag release.

Article 49

Prohibition of targeting deep-water sharks

Directed fishing for the following deep-water sharks in the SIOFA Agreement Area shall be prohibited:

(a) Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), except in the context of the by-catch allowance as set out in Annex IK;

(b) birdbeak dogfish (Deania calceus);

(c) gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus);

(d) kitefin shark (Dalatias licha);

(e) Bach’s catshark (Bythaelurus bachi);

(f) dark-mouth chimaera (Chimaera buccanigella);

(g) the Falkor chimaera (Chimaera didierae);

(h) seafarer’s ghostshark (Chimaera willwatchi);

(i) longnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater);

(j) largespine velvet dogfish (Scymnodon macracanthus);

(k) velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus);

(l) whitecheek lanternshark (Etmopterus alphus);

(m) smallbelly catshark (Apristurus indicus);

(n) Pacific longnose chimaera (Harriotta raleighana);

(o) narrowhead catshark (Bythaelurus tenuicephalus);

(p) frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus);

(q) bigeyed six-gill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai);

(r) smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus);

(s) southern sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus);

(t) goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni);

(u) blue-eye lanternshark (Etmopterus viator);

(v) blurred smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus bigelowi);

(w) leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus);

(x) little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato);

(y) shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii);

(z) longsnout dogfish (Deania quadrispinosa);

(za) arrowhead dogfish (Deania profundorum);

(zb) Cristina’s skate (Bathyraja tunae);

(zc) paddlenose chimaera (Rhinochimaera africana).

Section 13

NPFC Convention area

Article 50

Chub mackerel fishery

For Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area, flag Member States shall transmit the following aggregated data to the Commission by the following dates:

(a) monthly catches under the catch limits for chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) for all NPFC Contracting Parties for trawlers and purse seiners respectively, as set out in Annex IM when utilisation of those catch limits is below 60 %, by the seventh day of the following month; and

(b) weekly catches of chub mackerel under those catch limits when utilisation of those catch limits is above 60 % and below 95 %, by Tuesday of the following week.

The Commission shall compile and promptly transmit that information to the NPFC Executive Secretary.

Article 51

Protection of sharks in the NPFC Convention area

Article 52

Protection of anadromous fish in the NPFC Convention area

TITLE III

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS IN UNION WATERS

Article 53

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway or of the Faroe Islands

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway or of the Faroe Islands may be authorised by the Commission to fish in Union waters subject to the TACs set out in Annex I and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 and delegated acts adopted by the Commission on the basis of that Regulation.

Article 54

Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey or the Isle of Man, and licensed by a United Kingdom fisheries administration

Fishing vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom, registered in the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey or the Isle of Man, and licensed by a fisheries administration of the United Kingdom may be authorised by the Commission to fish in Union waters subject to the TACs set out in Annex I, and subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 and delegated acts adopted by the Commission on the basis of that Regulation.

Article 55

Quota transfers or exchanges with the United Kingdom

Article 56

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 and delegated acts adopted by the Commission on the basis of that Regulation.

Article 57

Fishing authorisations

The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country fishing vessels operating in Union waters shall be as set out in Part B of Annex V.

Article 58

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

The conditions laid down in Article 7 shall apply to the catches and by-catches of third-country fishing vessels fishing under the fishing authorisations referred to in Article 57.

Article 59

Prohibited species

Third-country fishing vessels shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land the following species where they are found in Union waters:

(a) sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) in all Union waters;

(b) starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions 3a and 7d, and Union waters of ICES subarea 4;

(c) common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES subareas 3, 4 and 6 to 10;

(d) tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES subareas 4, 6, 7 and 8;

(e) orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) in Union waters of ICES subareas 3, 4 and 6 to 10;

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

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

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

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

(j) whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in all Union waters; and

(k) deep-sea species listed in Annex IA, Part D, in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 to 10 and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2, as well as in Union waters of ICES subarea 4, where specified in that Annex.

TITLE IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 60

Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2024/257

Regulation (EU) 2024/257 is amended as follows:

(1) in Chapter III, the following section is inserted after Section 1: ‘SECTION 1A NAFO REGULATORY AREA

Article 23a

Recovery measures for cod in NAFO divisions 2J3KL Fishing vessels fishing for cod in the part of NAFO divisions 2J3KL covered by the NAFO Regulatory Area shall use gear with the following minimum mesh sizes: (a) when using a sorting grid, as defined in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^*1) – 130 mm; or (b) 155 mm.

(2) in Article 59, the following point is inserted after point (d): ‘(da) Article 23a shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025 or until the date on which a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/833 concerning recovery measures for cod in NAFO divisions 2J3KL becomes applicable, whichever is earlier.’ ;

(3) in Annex IA, Part A, Table 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Table 2 Species: Anchovy Zone: 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 Engraulis encrasicolus (ANE/9/3411) Spain 5 919 () () () Analytical TAC Portugal 17 531 () () () Union 23 450 () () () () TAC 23 450 () () () () (¹) This quota may be fished only from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. (²) 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°00'00"N 5°36'00"W 2 36°00'00"N 11°00'00"W 3 37°01'20"N 8°59'47"W (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 (⁴) In the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, this quota may be fished only in the part of subarea 9 north of the line connecting the following points (ANE/*09AW3):

Point Latitude Longitude 1 36°00'00"N 11°00'00"W 2 37°01'20"N 8°59'47"W’

(4) in Annex IC, Table 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Table 1 Species: Cod Zone: NAFO 2J3KL Gadus morhua (COD/N2J3KL) Bulgaria 0,001 () () Analytical TAC Germany 162,340 () ()

Article 3 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Estonia 28,937 () ()

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

Spain 150,098 () () France 23,363 () () Latvia 28,937 () () Lithuania 28,937 () () Poland 75,850 () () Portugal 234,372 () () Romania 2,165 () () Union 735 () () TAC 18 947 (¹) This quota shall apply from 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2025. It may be fished only from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025. (²) No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota between 00:00 UTC 15 April 2025 and 23:59 UTC 30 June 2025. During this period, this species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1 250  kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.’

Article 61

Committee procedure

Article 62

Transitional provisions

Articles 9 to 13, 15 to 21, 25, 26, 29, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51 and 59 of this Regulation shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, in 2026 until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2026.

Article 63

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 2025 to 31 December 2025.

However:

(a) Article 12(1) shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 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, of that Regulation regarding the minimum conservation reference size for pollack in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;

(b) Article 13(1) to (7) shall apply from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026;

(c) Article 13(8) shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2026;

(d) Articles 17 and 18 shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 or until the date on which delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 and amending Annexes VI and VII of that Regulation regarding technical measures for the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the West of Scotland and technical measures for red seabream in ICES subareas 6, 7 and 8 become applicable, whichever is earlier;

(da) Article 18a shall apply from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 or until the date on which a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2201 becomes applicable, whichever is earlier.

(e) Article 19 shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026;

(f) Article 24 shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 January 2026;

(g) Article 25 shall apply from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 or until the date on which a Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/833 concerning recovery measures for cod in NAFO divisions 2J3KL becomes applicable, whichever is earlier.

(h) Article 26 shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 54(1), point (m), of Regulation (EU) 2024/2594 of the European Parliament and of the Council (²⁷) and amending Annex IV of that Regulation on technical measures for redfish in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;

(ha) Article 29(2) shall apply from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2025 or the date on which an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 introducing a prohibition to retain on board, tranship or land any part or whole carcass of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5°N, caught in fisheries in the ICCAT Convention area becomes applicable, whichever is the earlier;

(i) Article 32 and Annex VII shall apply from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025;

(j) Article 37(1), point (a), shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 19 January 2026;

(k) Section 13 shall cease to apply on the date on which a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down corresponding measures becomes applicable;

(l) Annexes IA to IJ, and IL shall also apply in 2026, where specified in those Annexes;

(m) Annex IA, Part B, Tables 116 to 118, footnotes 1, shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 or until the date on which a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 regarding a derogation from the landing obligation for picked dogfish becomes applicable, whichever is earlier;

(n) Annex IK shall apply from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025, where specified in that Annex;

(o) Annexes IM and XI shall apply from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026;

(p) Annex II shall apply from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2026;

(q) catch and effort limits fixed by this Regulation for the year 2025 and, where specified in this Regulation, also in 2026, shall continue to apply in 2026, and where relevant in 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

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 to this Regulation 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 is provided below, for ease of reference. Annexes IA to IL are part of Annex I.

| Scientific name | Alpha-3 code | Common name |

| --- | --- | --- | | Ammodytes spp. | SAN | Sandeels | | Aphanopus carbo | BSF | Black scabbardfish | | Argentina silus | ARU | Greater silver smelt | | Beryx spp. | ALF | Alfonsinos | | Brosme brosme | USK | Tusk | | Caproidae | BOR | Boarfishes | | Centroscymnus coelolepis | CYO | Portuguese dogfish | | Chaceon spp. | GER | Deep sea red crabs | | Chionoecetes spp. | PCR | Snow crabs | | Clupea harengus | HER | Herring | | Coryphaenoides rupestris | RNG | Roundnose grenadier | | Dissostichus eleginoides | TOP | Patagonian toothfish | | Dissostichus mawsoni | TOA | Antarctic toothfish | | Dissostichus spp. | TOT | Toothfishes | | Engraulis encrasicolus | ANE | Anchovy | | Euphausia superba | KRI | Krill | | Gadus morhua | COD | Cod | | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | WIT | Witch flounder | | Hippoglossoides platessoides | PLA | American plaice | | Hoplostethus atlanticus | ORY | Orange roughy | | Illex illecebrosus | SQI | Shortfin squid | | Kajikia albida | WHM | White marlin | | Lepidorhombus spp. | LEZ | Megrims | | Leucoraja circularis | RJI | Sandy ray | | Leucoraja fullonica | RJF | Shagreen ray | | Leucoraja naevus | RJN | Cuckoo ray | | Limanda ferruginea | YEL | Yellowtail flounder | | Lophiidae | ANF | Anglerfishes | | Macrourus spp. | GRV | Grenadiers | | Macrourus berglax | RHG | Roughhead grenadier | | Makaira nigricans | BUM | Blue marlin | | Mallotus villosus | CAP | Capelin | | 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 | | Pagellus bogaraveo | SBR | Red seabream | | Pandalus borealis | PRA | Northern prawn | | Penaeus spp. | PEN | ‘Penaeus’ shrimps | | Pleuronectes platessa | PLE | Plaice | | Pleuronectiformes | FLX | Flatfishes | | Pollachius pollachius | POL | Pollack | | Pollachius virens | POK | Saithe | | Pseudopentaceros spp. | EDW | Pelagic armourheads | | Raja brachyura | RJH | Blonde ray | | Raja clavata | RJC | Thornback ray | | 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 | | Rostroraja alba | RJA | White skate | | Scomber japonicus | MAS | Chub mackerel | | Scomber scombrus | MAC | Mackerel | | Scophthalmus maximus | TUR | Turbot | | Scophthalmus rhombus | BLL | Brill | | Sebastes spp. | RED | Redfishes | | Sebastes mentella | REB | Redfish | | Solea solea | SOL | Common sole | | Solea spp. | SOO | Sole | | Sprattus sprattus | SPR | Sprat | | Squalus acanthias | DGS | Picked dogfish | | Thunnus alalunga | ALB | Albacore | | 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 |

ANNEX IA

PART A

Autonomous Union stocks

Species:	Anchovy	Zone:	8
Engraulis encrasicolus	(ANE/08.)
Spain	27 597		Analytical TAC
France	3 066
Union	30 663
TAC	30 663
Species:	Anchovy	Zone:	9W () and 10
---	---	---	---
Engraulis encrasicolus	(ANE/9WX10)
Spain	2 287	()	Analytical TAC
Portugal	20 584	()
Union	22 871	()
TAC	22 871	()
(1) Part of subarea 9 west of the line connecting the following points: Point Latitude Longitude 1 36o00'00''N 11o00'00"W 2 37o01'20"N 8o59'47"W (2) This quota may be fished only from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	36o00'00''N	11o00'00"W
2	37o01'20"N	8o59'47"W
Species:	Anchovy	Zone:	9S () and Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
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Engraulis encrasicolus	(ANE/9SX3411)
Spain	7 048		Precautionary TAC
Portugal	218
Union	7 266
TAC	7 266
(1) Part of subarea 9 south of the line connecting the following points: Point Latitude Longitude 1 36°00'00"N 11°00'00"W 2 37°01'20"N 8°59'47"W
Point	Latitude	Longitude
1	36°00'00"N	11°00'00"W
2	37°01'20"N	8°59'47"W
Species:	Cod	Zone:	Kattegat
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Gadus morhua	(COD/03AS.)
Year	Each 2025 and 2026
Denmark	42,57	()	Precautionary TAC
Germany	0,88	()	Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Sweden	25,55	()
Union	69,00	()
TAC	72,00	()
(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species:	Megrims	Zone:	8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
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Lepidorhombus spp.	(LEZ/8C3411)
Spain	3 942		Analytical TAC
France	197		Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Portugal	131
Union	4 270
TAC	4 448
Species:	Anglerfishes	Zone:	8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
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Lophiidae	(ANF/8C3411)
Spain	4 340		Analytical TAC
France	4		Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Portugal	864
Union	5 208
TAC	5 432
Species:	Hake	Zone:	8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
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Merluccius merluccius	(HKE/8C3411)
Spain	10 953		Analytical TAC
France	1 051		Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Portugal	5 111
Union	17 115
TAC	17 445
Species:	Norway lobster	Zone:	3a
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Nephrops norvegicus	(NEP/03A.)
Denmark	5 848		Analytical TAC
Germany	17
Sweden	2 093
Union	7 958
TAC	8 410
Species:	Norway lobster	Zone:	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
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Nephrops norvegicus	(NEP/8ABDE.)
Spain	133		Analytical TAC
France	2 082
Union	2 215
TAC	2 601
Species:	Norway lobster	Zone:	8c, functional unit 31
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Nephrops norvegicus	(NEP/8CU31)
Spain	25		Analytical TAC
France	1
Union	26
TAC	29
Species:	Norway lobster	Zone:	9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
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Nephrops norvegicus	(NEP/9/3411)
Spain	60	()	Precautionary TAC
Portugal	179	()
Union	239	() ()
TAC	239	() ()
(1) Shall not be taken in functional units 26 and 27 of division 9a. (2) Within the limit of this quota, no more than the following amount may be taken in functional unit 30 of division 9a (NEP/*9U30): 32
Species:	‘Penaeus’ shrimps	Zone:	French Guiana waters
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Penaeus spp.	(PEN/FGU.)
France	To be established	()	Precautionary TAC
Union	To be established	() ()	Article 6 of this Regulation applies
TAC	To be established	() ()
(1) Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 metres deep. (2) Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of France.
Species:	Plaice	Zone:	Kattegat
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Pleuronectes platessa	(PLE/03AS.)
Denmark	1 331		Analytical TAC
Germany	15		Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Sweden	150
Union	1 496
TAC	2 349
Species:	Pollack	Zone:	8a, 8b, 8d and 8e
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Pollachius pollachius	(POL/8ABDE.)
Spain	163	()	Analytical TAC
France	796	()
Union	959	()
TAC	959	()
(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species:	Pollack	Zone:	8c
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Pollachius pollachius	(POL/08C.)
Spain	97	()	Analytical TAC
France	11	()
Union	108	()
TAC	108	()
(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species:	Pollack	Zone:	9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
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Pollachius pollachius	(POL/9/3411)
Spain	128	() ()	Analytical TAC
Portugal	4	() () ()
Union	132	() ()
TAC	132	() ()
(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. (2) Special condition: of which up to 100 % may be fished in 8c (POL/*08C.). (3) In addition to this TAC, Portugal may fish quantities of pollack not exceeding 44 tonnes (POL/93411P). Exclusively for by-catches and no directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
Species:	Common sole	Zone:	3a; Union waters of subdivisions 22-24
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Solea solea	(SOL/3ABC24)
Denmark	172		Analytical TAC
Germany	10	()
Netherlands	17	()
Sweden	7
Union	206
TAC	209
(1) This quota may only be fished in Union waters of 3a and of subdivisions 22-24.
Species:	Common sole	Zone:	8a and 8b
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Solea solea	(SOL/8AB.)
Belgium	31		Analytical TAC
Spain	6
France	2 269
Netherlands	170
Union	2 476
TAC	2 510
Species:	Horse mackerel	Zone:	9
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Trachurus spp.	(JAX/09.)
Spain	14 668	()	Analytical TAC
Portugal	42 026	()	Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Union	56 694
TAC	59 266
(1) Special condition: up to 0 % of this quota may be fished in 8c (JAX/*08C.).

| Species: | Horse mackerel | Zone: | 10; Union waters of CECAF () |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | Trachurus spp. | (JAX/X34PRT) | | | | Portugal | To be established | | Precautionary TAC | | Union | To be established | () | Article 6 of this Regulation applies | | TAC | To be established | () | | | (¹) Waters adjacent to the Azores. (²) Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Portugal. | | | |

| Species: | Horse mackerel | Zone: | Union waters of CECAF () |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | Trachurus spp. | (JAX/341PRT) | | | | Portugal | To be established | | Precautionary TAC | | Union | To be established | () | Article 6 of this Regulation applies | | TAC | To be established | () | | | (¹) Waters adjacent to Madeira. (²) Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Portugal. | | | | | Species: | Horse mackerel | Zone: | Union waters of CECAF () | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Trachurus spp. | (JAX/341SPN) | | | | Spain | To be established | | Precautionary TAC | | Union | To be established | () | Article 6 of this Regulation applies | | TAC | To be established | () | | | (¹) Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands. (²) Fixed at the same quantity as the quota of Spain. | | | |

PART B

Shared stocks