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Annex ID HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — All Areas

United Kingdom

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TACS in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC.

Cyprus and Malta may fish under the ICCAT ‘Others’ quota in accordance with the ICCAT Compliance Tables adopted at 2003 ICCAT annual meeting.

Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

Species:Bluefin tunaThunnus thynnus Zone:Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and MediterraneanBFT/AE045W

Cyprus

f1

Greece

323

Spain

6 266

France

6 182

Italy

4 880

Malta

Portugal

590

All Member States

60f2

EC

18 301

TAC

32 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

Species:SwordfishXiphias gladius Zone:Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° NSWO/AN05N

Spain

5 565

Portugal

1 010

All Member States

185,5f3

EC

6 760,5

TAC

14 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:SwordfishXiphias gladius Zone:Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° NSWO/AS05N

Spain

5 422,8

Portugal

357,2

EC

5 780

TAC

16 055

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

It is prohibited to use any gill net, bottom set gill net, trammel net and entangling net.

The number of Community vessels fishing for Northern Albacore as a target species is fixed to 1 253 vessels in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for Northern Albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001:

Member StateMaximum number of vessels

Ireland

50

Spain

730

France

151

United Kingdom

12

Portugal

310

EC

1 253

Species:Northern AlbacoreGermo alalunga Zone:Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5°NALB/AN05N

Ireland

5 678,7f4 f5

Spain

24 282,5

France

7 784,9

United Kingdom

402,1

Portugal

2 672,3

EC

40 820,5 f6

TAC

34 500

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:Southern AlbacoreGermo alalunga Zone:Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° NALB/AS05N

Spain

943,7

France

311

Portugal

660

EC

1 914,7

TAC

30 915

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:Bigeye TunaThunnus obesus Zone:Atlantic OceanBET/ATLANT

Spain

24 616,1

France

11 018,3

Portugal

10 873,3

EC

46 507,7

TAC

90 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:Blue marlinMakaira nigricans Zone:Atlantic OceanBUM/ATLANT

EC

103

TAC

Not relevant

Species:White marlinTetrapturus alba Zone:Atlantic OceanWHM/ATLANT

EC

46,5

TAC

Not relevant

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Cyprus and Malta may fish under the ICCAT ‘Others’ quota in accordance with the ICCAT Compliance Tables adopted at 2003 ICCAT annual meeting.

f2

Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

f3

Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

f4

It is prohibited to use any gill net, bottom set gill net, trammel net and entangling net.

f5

The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for Northern Albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001:

Member StateMaximum number of vessels

Ireland

50

Spain

730

France

151

United Kingdom

12

Portugal

310

EC

1 253

f6

The number of Community vessels fishing for Northern Albacore as a target species is fixed to 1 253 vessels in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.