# Council Regulation (EU) No 219/2010 of 15 March 2010 amending Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 as regards the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and following the conclusion of the bilateral fisheries arrangements for 2010 with Norway and the Faroe Islands, Article 1

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

Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 is amended as follows:
1.. Article 1(2) is deleted;
2.. the following Article is inserted:
‘Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries
Article 30a The fishing by purse-seine vessels for bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna shall be prohibited in the following high seas areas:
(a) the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea;
(b) the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.’;
3.. Annex IA is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;
4.. Annex IB is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;
5.. Annex IH is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation;
6.. Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex IV to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/219/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-219/article-1
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