# Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 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 40/2013 · adopted 21 January 2013 Council Regulation (EU) No 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 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 40/2013 of 21 January 2013 fixing for 2013 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: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 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 allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6a Flexibility in the fixing of fishing opportunities of certain stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Fishing effort limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Closed fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Fishing authorisations in third-country waters ## 14 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations ## 15 Quota transfers and exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 1: ICCAT Convention Area ## 16 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 2013/2014 fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: IOTC Convention Area ## 22 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: SPRFMO Convention Area ## 24 Pelagic fisheries - capacity limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Pelagic fisheries - TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Bottom fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: IATTC Convention Area ## 27 Purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: SEAFO Convention Area ## 28 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: WCPFC Convention Area ## 29 Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Closed area for FAD fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30a Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: Bering Sea ## 32 Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS ## 33 TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 36 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I TACs APPLICABLE TO EU VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IC NORTH WEST ATLANTIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex ID HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH – ALL AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IE ANTARCTIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IF SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN — SEAFO CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IIA: Fishing effort for vessels in the context of the management of certain cod, plaice and sole stocks in the Skagerrak, that part of ICES division IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES subarea IV, EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES division VIId ### Division 1: Scope ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Regulated gears and geographical areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 4: Maximum allowable fishing effort ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 5: Management ## 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Fishing effort report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/40 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-40 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.