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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-43/annex-VII/annex-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-43/annex-VII/annex-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/43",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 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-2009-43",
  "path": "annex/VII/annex/2",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "ANNEX 2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "TABLE OF GFCM GEOGRAPHICAL SUB-AREAS (GSAS)\nFAOSUBAREA\nFAO STATISTICSDIVISION\nGSAs (SAC 9th Session)\nGSAs (2007)\nWESTERN\n1.1\nBALEARIC\n1.1.a\nwaters surrounding Balearic Islands\n5\nBalearic Islands\n1.1.b\nwaters off Spanish continental coast\n6\nNorthern Spain\n1.1.c\nWaters off Algeria\n4\nAlgeria\n1.1.d\nAlboran Sea\n1\nNorthern Alboran Sea\n2\nAlboran Island\n3\nSouthern Alboran Sea\n1.2\nGULF OF LIONS\n1.2.e\nGulf of Lions\n7\nGulf of Lions\n1.2.f\nwaters off Cote dAzus\n7\nGulf of Lions\n1.3\nSARDINIA\n1.3.g\nwaters surrounding Corsica\n8\nCorsica\n1.3.h\nwaters surrounding Sardinia\n11\nSardinia\n1.3.i\nwaters off north Sicily\n10\nSouth and Central Tirrenian Sea\n1.3.j\nwaters off Italian continental shelf\n9\nLigurian and North Tirrenian Sea\n10\nSouth Tirrenian Sea\n1.3.k\nwaters northern Tunisia\n12\nnorthern Tunisia\nCENTRAL\n2.1\nADRIATIC\n2.1.a\nnorthern and central Adriatic\n17\nnorthern Adriatic\n2.1.b\nsouth Adriatic\n18\nsouthern Adriatic Sea\n2.2\nIONIAN\n2.2.c\nwaters off southeast Italy\n19\nWestern Ionian Sea\n2.2.d\nwaters off western Greek\n20\nEastern Ionian Sea\n2.2.e\nwaters off Sicily and Malta\n15\nMalta Island\n16\nSouth of Sicily\n2.2.f\nGulf of Gabes and Hamamet\n13\nGulf of Hamamet\n14\nGulf of Gabes\n2.2.g\nwaters off Lybia\n21\nSouthern Ionian Sea\nEASTERN\n3.1\nAEGEAN\n3.1.a\nAegean Sea\n22\nAegean Sea\n3.1.b\nwaters surrounding Crete\n23\nKreta\n3.2\nLEVANT\n3.2.c\nwaters surrounding Cyprus\n25\nCyprus\n3.2.d\nwaters off southern Turkey coast\n24\nNorth Levant\n3.2.e\nsoutheast Levant\n27\nLevant\n3.2.f\nwaters off Egypt\n26\nSouth Levant\nBLACK SEA\n4.1\nMARMARA\n4.1\nMarmara Sea\n28\nMarmara Sea\n4.2\nBLAKC SEA\n4.2\nBlack Sea\n29\nBlack Sea\n4.3\nAZOV SEA\n4.3\nAzov Sea\n30\nAzov Sea",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/43/annex/VII/annex/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:42.098169+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}