{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-VI/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-VI/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/27",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27",
  "path": "annex/VI/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF LICENCES AND FISHING PERMITS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD COUNTRY WATERS",
  "text": "This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.\nTo be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62° 00' N.\nFollowing the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for ‘ All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines ’ .\nThese figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.\nThese figures are included in the figures for ‘ Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines ’ .\nApplies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.\nArea of fishing\nFishery\nNumber of licences\nRepartition of licences amongst Member States\nMaximum number of vessels present at any time\nNorwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen\nHerring, North of 62° 00' N\n75\nDK: 26, DE: 5, FR: 1, IRL: 7, NL: 9, SW: 10, UK: 17\n55\nDemersal species, North of 62° 00' N\n80\nFR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 1\n50\nMackerel, South of 62° 00' N, purse seine fishery\n11\nDE: 1 , DK: 26 , FR: 2 , NL: 1\nnot relevant\nMackerel, South of 62° 00' N, trawl fishery\n19\nnot relevant\nMackerel, North of 62° 00' N, purse seine fishery\n11\nDK: 11\nnot relevant\nIndustrial species, South of 62° 00' N\n480\nDK: 450, UK: 30\n150\nWaters of the Faroe Islands\nAll trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines\n26\nBE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18\n13\nDirected fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28' N and east of 6° 30' W\n8\n4\nTrawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20' N and 62° 00' N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.\n70\nBE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20\n26\nTrawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30' N and west of 9° 00' W and in the area between 7° 00' W and 9° 00' W south of 60° 30' N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30' N, 7° 00' W and 60° 00' N, 6° 00' W.\n70\nDE: 8 , FR: 12 , UK: 0\n20\nDirected trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend.\n70\n22\nFisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘ main fishing area of blue whiting ’\n34\nDE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 5\n20\nLine fishing\n10\nUK: 10\n6\nFishing for mackerel\n12\nDK: 12\n12\nHerring fisheries north of 62° N\n21\nDE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 3\n21\nIceland\nAll fisheries\n18\n5\nWaters of the Russian Federation\nAll fisheries\npm\npm\nFisheries for cod\n7\npm\nFisheries for sprat\npm\npm",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 860/2005 of 30 May 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 27/2005, as concerns fishing opportunities in Greenland, Faroese and Icelandic waters and fishing for cod in the North Sea, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004, as concerns fishing opportunities for deep-sea sharks and roundnose grenadier."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62° 00' N."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for ‘ All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines ’ ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "These figures are included in the figures for ‘ Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines ’ ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/27/annex/VI/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:58.558939+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}