# Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters (revoked) EU Regulation No 43/2014 · adopted 20 January 2014 Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Fishing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION VESSELS ### Chapter I: General provisions ## 5 TACs and allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 TACs to be determined by Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries ## 14 Additional allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Conditions for additional allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Processing of personal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Withdrawal of additional allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Scientific review of discard assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18a Flexibility in the fixing of fishing opportunities of certain stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing authorisations in third-country waters ## 19 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations ## 20 Quota transfers and exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 1: ICCAT Convention Area ## 21 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Recreational and sport fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: CCAMLR Convention Area ## 24 Prohibitions and catch limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Krill fishery during the 2014/2015 fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: IOTC Convention Area ## 27 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: SPRFMO Convention Area ## 29 Pelagic fisheries - capacity limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Pelagic fisheries – TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Bottom fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: IATTC Convention Area ## 32 Purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: SEAFO Convention Area ## 33 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: WCPFC Convention Area ## 34 Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Closed area for FAD fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Limitations to the number of Union vessels authorised to fish swordfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37a Oceanic whitetip sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37b Silky sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: Bering Sea ## 38 Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS ## 39 TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 42 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/43 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-43 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.