# Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, Article 33: Recording of catches and fishing effort

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

1. A fisheries administration must record all relevant data, in particular data referred to in Articles 14, 21, 23, 28 and 62, on fishing opportunities as referred to in this Chapter, expressed both in terms of landings and, where appropriate, fishing effort, and shall keep the originals of those data for a period of three years or longer in accordance with national rules.
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5. All catches of a stock or a group of stocks subject to quota made by United Kingdom fishing vessels shall be charged against the quotas applicable to the United Kingdom for the stock or group of stocks in question, irrespective of the place of landing.
6. Catches taken in the framework of scientific research which are marketed and sold, including, where appropriate, those below the applicable minimum conservation reference size, shall be counted against the quota applicable to the United Kingdom insofar as they exceed 2 % of the quotas concerned. Article 5(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall not apply to scientific research voyages during which such catches are taken.
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8. Except for effort deployed by fishing vessels that are excluded from the application of a fishing effort regime, all fishing effort deployed by United Kingdom fishing vessels when carrying on board or, where appropriate, using a fishing gear or gears subject to a fishing effort regime or operating in a fishery subject to a fishing effort regime in a geographical area subject to that fishing effort regime shall be counted against the maximum allowable fishing effort related to such geographical area and to such fishing gear or such fishery available to United Kingdom fishing vessels.
9. Fishing effort deployed in the framework of scientific research by a vessel carrying a fishing gear or gears subject to a fishing effort regime or operating in a fishery subject to a fishing effort regime in a geographical area subject to that fishing effort regime shall be counted against the maximum allowable fishing effort related to such fishing gear or gears or such fishery and to such geographical area of the United Kingdom if the catches taken during the deployment of this effort are marketed and sold insofar as they exceed 2 % of the fishing effort allocated. Article 5(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall not apply to scientific research voyages during which such catches are taken.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1224/article/33 (the official version)
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