# Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (revoked) EU Regulation No 44/2012 · adopted 17 January 2012 Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (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 TACs and allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Additional allocation for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Flexibility in the management of certain stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Fishing effort limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Closed fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Fishing authorisations in third-country waters ## 15 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations ### Section 1: ICCAT Convention Area ## 16 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Recreational and sport fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: CCAMLR Convention Area ## 20 Prohibitions and catch limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Krill fishery during the 2012/2013 fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: IOTC Convention Area ## 23 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: SPRFMO Convention Area ## 25 Pelagic fisheries — capacity limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Pelagic fisheries — TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Bottom fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: IATTC Convention Area ## 28 Purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: SEAFO Convention Area ## 29 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: WCPFC Convention Area ## 30 Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Closed area for FAD fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: Bering Sea ## 34 Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS ## 35 TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 38 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/44 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-44 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.