# Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 of 27 July 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV, Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 is amended as follows:
The entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following:
Including sandeel.
May only be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IV.
This quantity may be fished in ICES zone IV and zone VIa North of 56° 30′ N. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for ICES zones VIa, VIb and VII.
1 832 tonnes can be caught as herring in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm. If the quota of 1 832 tonnes of herring is exhausted then all fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited.
Catches taken in the monitoring fisheries, corresponding to 2 % of the effort and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sandeel.’
‘SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus
ZoneEC waters of IIa and IVSPR/2AC4-C
Belgium
1 917
Precautionary TAC
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.
Denmark
151 705
Germany
1 917
France
1 917
The Netherlands
1 917
Sweden
1 330
United Kingdom
6 325
EC
167 028
Norway
18 812
Faroe Islands
9 160
TAC
195 000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/898/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-898/annex
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