# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1038/2008 of 22 October 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 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.

In Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, the entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following:
Including sand eel.
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 deployed by Member States and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sand eel.’
‘SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus
ZoneEC waters of IIa and IVSPR/2AC4-C
Belgium
1 729
Denmark
136 826
Germany
1 729
France
1 729
The Netherlands
1 729
Sweden
1 330
United Kingdom
5 705
EC
150 777
Norway
10 063
Faeroe Islands
9 160
TAC
170 000
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1038/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1038/annex
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