{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-51/annex-IB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-51/annex-IB.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/51",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 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-2006-51",
  "path": "annex/IB",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IB",
  "heading": "NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND",
  "text": "Species:Snow crabChionoecetes spp.\nZone:NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)PCR/ N01GRN\nIreland\n125\nSpain\n875\nEC\n1 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nPrecautionary TAC.\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOf which 192 tonnes are allocated to Norway.\nSpecies:Roundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris\nZone:NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)RNG/N01GRN\nGermany\n0\nEC\n192\nTAC\nNot relevant\nPrecautionary TAC.\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOf which 285 tonnes are allocated to Norway.\nSpecies:Roundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris\nZone:V, XIV (Greenland waters)RNG/514GRN\nGermany\n0\nUnited Kingdom\n0\nEC\n285\nTAC\nNot relevant\nPrecautionary TAC.\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies: Herring Clupea harengus\nZone: EC, Norwegian and International waters of I and II HER/1/2.\nBelgium\n22\nDenmark\n21 243\nGermany\n3 720\nSpain\n70\nFrance\n917\nIreland\n5 499\nThe Netherlands\n7 602\nPoland\n1 075\nPortugal\n70\nFinland\n329\nSweden\n7 872\nUnited Kingdom\n13 581\nEC\n62 000\nTAC\nnot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:CodGadus morhua\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)COD/1N2AB.\nGermany\n2 286\nGreece\n283\nSpain\n2 550\nIreland\n283\nFrance\n2 098\nPortugal\n2 550\nUnited Kingdom\n8 869\nEC\n18 920\nTAC\n457 000\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:CodGadus morhua\nZone:NAFO 0, 1 (incl.V, XIV (Greenland waters))COD/N01514\nGermany\n0\nUnited Kingdom\n0\nEC\n0\nTAC\n0\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nExcept Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.\nThe allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Community in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island is entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.\nSpecies:CodGadus morhua\nZone:I, II bCOD/1/2B.\nGermany\n3 023\nSpain\n7 814\nFrance\n1 290\nPoland\n1 417\nPortugal\n1 650\nUnited Kingdom\n1 936\nAll Member States\n100\nEC\n17 229\nTAC\n457 000\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Cod and haddockGadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)C/H/05B-F.\nGermany\n10\nFrance\n60\nUnited Kingdom\n430\nEC\n500\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOf which 200 tonnes to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.\nIf by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted.\nSpecies:Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus\nZone:V, XIV (Greenland waters)HAL/514GRN\nPortugal\n800\nEC\n1 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOf which 200 tonnes, to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.\nIf by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted.\nSpecies:Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus\nZone:NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)HAL/N01GRN\nEC\n200\nTAC\nNot relevant\nSpecies:CapelinMallotus villosus\nZone:IIbCAP/02B.\nEC\n0\nTAC\n0\nOf which 16 170 tonnes are allocated to Iceland.\nTo be fished before 30 April 2006 .\nSpecies:\nCapelin Mallotus villosus\nZone:\nV, XIV (Greenland waters) CAP/514GRN\nAll Member States\n0\nEC\n16 170\nTAC\nNot relevant\nSpecies:HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)HAD/1N2AB.\nGermany\n591\nFrance\n355\nUnited Kingdom\n1 814\nEC\n2 760\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Blue whitingMicromesistius poutassou\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)WHB/1/2-N.\nGermany\n500\nFrance\n500\nEC\n1 000\nTAC\n2 000 000\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Blue whitingMicromesistius poutassou\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)WHB/05B-F.\nDenmark\n7 040\nGermany\n480\nFrance\n768\nThe Netherlands\n672\nUnited Kingdom\n7 040\nEC\n16 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nBy-catches up to 1 080 tonnes of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.\nSpecies:Ling and Blue LingMolva molva and Molva dypterigia\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)B/L/05B-F.\nGermany\n898\nFrance\n1 992\nUnited Kingdom\n175\nEC\n3 065\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOf which 2 750 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 1 150 tonnes to Faroe Islands.\nSpecies:Northern prawnPandalus borealis\nZone:V, XIV (Greenland waters)PRA/514GRN\nDenmark\n887\nFrance\n887\nEC\n5 675\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Northern prawnPandalus borealis\nZone:NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)PRA/ N01GRN\nDenmark\n2 000\nFrance\n2 000\nEC\n4 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:SaithePollachius virens\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)POK/1N2AB.\nGermany\n2 880\nFrance\n463\nUnited Kingdom\n257\nEC\n3 600\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:SaithePollachius virens\nZone:I, II (International waters )POK/1/2INT\nEC\n0\nTAC\nNot relevant\nSpecies:SaithePollachius virens\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)POK/05B-F.\nBelgium\n56\nGermany\n347\nFrance\n1 691\nThe Netherlands\n56\nUnited Kingdom\n650\nEC\n2 800\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Greenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)GHL/1N2AB.\nGermany\n37\nUnited Kingdom\n37\nEC\n75\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Greenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides\nZone:I, II (International waters)GHL/1/2INT\nEC\n0\nTAC\nNot relevant\nOf which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 75 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.\nSpecies:Greenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides\nZone:V, XIV (Greenland waters)GHL/514GRN\nGermany\n5 154\nUnited Kingdom\n271\nEC\n6 300\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOf which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 150 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.\nSpecies:Greenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides\nZone:NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters)GHL/N01GRN\nGermany\n550\nEC\n1 500\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nMay also be fished in Subarea IV (Norwegian waters) and in Division IIa (international waters) (MAC/*4N-2A).\nSpecies:MackerelScomber scombrus\nZone:IIa (Norwegian waters)MAC/02A-N.\nDenmark\n9 000\nEC\n9 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nMay be fished in IVa (EC waters) (MAC/*04A.).\nSpecies:MackerelScomber scombrus\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)MAC/05B-F.\nDenmark\n2 908\nEC\n2 908\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nEC waters and international waters.\nMay be taken in the NAFO Regulatory Area Subarea 2, Divisions IF and 3K but shall be counted against the quota for V, XII, XIV within a total quota of 15 675 tonnes (RED/*N1F3K).\nNo more than 80% of the quota may be taken before 1 July 2006.\nSpecies:RedfishSebastes spp.\nZone:V, XII, XIV RED/51214.\nEstonia\n284\nGermany\n5 772\nSpain\n1 014\nFrance\n539\nIreland\n2\nLatvia\n103\nThe Netherlands\n3\nPoland\n520\nPortugal\n1 212\nUnited Kingdom\n14\nEC\n9 463\nTAC\n62 416\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nOnly as by-catch.\nSpecies:RedfishSebastes spp.\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)RED/1N2AB.\nGermany\n766\nSpain\n95\nFrance\n84\nPortugal\n405\nUnited Kingdom\n150\nEC\n1 500\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nMay be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.\n3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway.\n260 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately.\nSpecies:RedfishSebastes spp.\nZone:V, XIV (Greenland waters)RED/514GRN\nGermany\n9 356\nFrance\n47\nUnited Kingdom\n66\nEC\n13 229\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nIncluding unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).\nTo be fished between July and December.\nSpecies:\nRedfish Sebastes spp.\nZone:\nVa (Icelandic waters) RED/05A-IS\nBelgium\n100\nGermany\n1 690\nFrance\n50\nUnited Kingdom\n1 160\nEC\n3 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nSpecies:RedfishSebastes spp.\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)RED/05B-F.\nBelgium\n21\nGermany\n2 761\nFrance\n186\nUnited Kingdom\n32\nEC\n3 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nRefers to the combined by-catch of cod, catfish, skate, ling and tusk. The by-catch quantities of cod shall not exceed 100 tonnes. May be fished East or West.\nSpecies:By-catches\nZone:NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)XBC/ N01GRN\nEC\n2 000\nTAC\nNot relevant\nOnly as by-catch.\nSpecies:Other species\nZone:I, II (Norwegian waters)OTH/1N2AB.\nGermany\n150\nFrance\n60\nUnited Kingdom\n240\nEC\n450\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nExcluding fish species of no commercial value.\nSpecies:Other species\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)OTH/05B-F.\nGermany\n305\nFrance\n275\nUnited Kingdom\n180\nEC\n760\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.\nSpecies:Flatfish\nZone:Vb (Faroese waters)FLX/05B-F.\nGermany\n81\nFrance\n63\nUnited Kingdom\n306\nEC\n450\nTAC\nNot relevant\nArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 941/2006 of 1 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, as concerns blue whiting and herring."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2006 of 20 November 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 51/2006 and (EC) No 2270/2004, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Of which 192 tonnes are allocated to Norway."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Of which 285 tonnes are allocated to Norway."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Community in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island is entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Of which 200 tonnes to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Of which 200 tonnes, to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Of which 16 170 tonnes are allocated to Iceland."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "To be fished before 30 April 2006 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "By-catches up to 1 080 tonnes of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Of which 2 750 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 1 150 tonnes to Faroe Islands."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 75 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 150 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "May also be fished in Subarea IV (Norwegian waters) and in Division IIa (international waters) (MAC/*4N-2A)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "May be fished in IVa (EC waters) (MAC/*04A.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "EC waters and international waters."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "May be taken in the NAFO Regulatory Area Subarea 2, Divisions IF and 3K but shall be counted against the quota for V, XII, XIV within a total quota of 15 675 tonnes (RED/*N1F3K)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "No more than 80% of the quota may be taken before 1 July 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "Only as by-catch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "May be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "260 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "To be fished between July and December."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "Refers to the combined by-catch of cod, catfish, skate, ling and tusk. The by-catch quantities of cod shall not exceed 100 tonnes. May be fished East or West."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "Only as by-catch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f28",
      "text": "Excluding fish species of no commercial value."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/51/annex/IB",
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