# Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009 (revoked) EU Regulation No 53/2010 ยท adopted 14 January 2010 Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009 ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 of 14 January 2010 fixing for 2010 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required and amending Regulations (EC) No 1359/2008, (EC) No 754/2009, (EC) No 1226/2009 and (EC) No 1287/2009 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Fishing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS ### Chapter I: General provisions ## 5 Catch limits and allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Prohibited species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Special provisions on allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Fishing effort limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Catch and effort limits deep-sea fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Restrictions on the use of certain fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Unsorted landings in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EU waters of ICES zone IIa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Fishing authorisation in third-country waters ## 14 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations ### Section 1: ICCAT convention Area ## 15 Fishing and farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Recreational and sport fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: CCAMLR convention Area ## 19 Prohibitions and catch limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Krill fishery during the 2010/2011 fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Closure of all fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: IOTC Area ## 23 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: SPRFMO convention Area ## 24 Pelagic fisheries โ€“ capacity limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Pelagic fisheries - catch limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Bottom fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: IATTC convention Area ## 27 Purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: SEAFO convention Area ## 28 Measures for the protection of deep water sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: WCPFC convention Area ## 29 Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Closed area for FAD fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30a Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Limitations to the number of vessels authorised to fish swordfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: Bering Sea ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS ## 33 Catch limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Prohibited species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 36 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1226/2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1287/2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I CATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST AND FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (iN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Appendix ANNEX IA: Skagerrak, Kattegat, ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EU waters of CECAF, French Guyana waters ### Appendix ANNEX IB: NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND ## ANNEX IC NORTH WEST ATLANTIC All TACs and associated conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO. ## ANNEX ID HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH โ€“ All areas TACs in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC. ## ANNEX IE ANTARCTIC These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Union share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, which will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion. ## ANNEX IF SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN These TACs are not allocated to the members of SEAFO and hence the Union share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of SEAFO, who will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion. ### Appendix ANNEX IG: SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA โ€“ All areas ### Appendix ANNEX IH: WCFPC area ### Appendix ANNEX IJ: SPRFMO Convention Area ## to annex I 1. Cod selectivity in the North Sea and Skagerrak 1.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Cod selectivity in Eastern Channel 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IIA: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN STOCKS IN ICES ZONES IIIa, IV, VIa, VIIa, VIId, AND EU WATERS OF ICES ZONES IIa AND Vb ### Division 1: Scope ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Regulated gears and geographical areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3: Maximum allowable fishing effort ## 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 4: Member States' obligations ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 5: Allocation of fishing effort ## 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 6: Communication of relevant data ## 6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Appendix 1 to annex IIA: Maximum allowable fishing effort in kilowatt days ## Annex IIB: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CADIZ ### Division: NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS ### Division 5: Maximum number of days ## 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 6: Management periods ## 6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Special conditions for the allocation of days ## 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS ### Division 10: Transfer of days between vessels flying the flag of a Member State ## 10.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: REPORTING OBLIGATIONS ## 12 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IIC: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS ICES ZONE VIIe ### Division: GENERAL PROVISIONS ### Division 1: Scope ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3: General obligations and limitation in activity ## 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS ### Division 4: Vessels concerned by fishing effort limitations ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Limitations in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO EU VESSELS ### Division 6: Maximum number of days ## 6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: Management periods ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Allocation of additional days for permanent cessations of fishing activities ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage ## 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS ### Division 10: Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State ## 10.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: REPORTING OBLIGATIONS ## 12 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IID: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VESSELS FISHING FOR SANDEEL IN ICES ZONES IIa, IIIa AND IV ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: ICCAT CONVENTION AREA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA ## A PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B CATCH AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2009/10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FISHERY FOR EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## D NET CONFIGURATION AND USE OF FISHING TECHNIQUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI: IOTC AREA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII WCPFC CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII Quantitative limitations of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in EU waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/53 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-53 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.