{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-523/annex-VI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-523/annex-VI.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/523",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2015/523 of 25 March 2015 amending Regulations (EU) No 43/2014 and (EU) 2015/104 as regards certain fishing opportunities",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-523",
  "path": "annex/VI",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "VI",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX III\nMAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS\nWithout prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice.\nThese figures are included in the figures for all trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines.\nThese figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.\nThese figures are included in the figures for “Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.’\nArea of fishing\nFishery\nNumber of fishing authorisations\nAllocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States\nMaximum number of vessels present at any time\nNorwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen\nHerring, north of 62° 00′ N\nTo be established\nDK\nTo be established\nTo be established\nDE\nTo be established\nFR\nTo be established\nIE\nTo be established\nNL\nTo be established\nPL\nTo be established\nSV\nTo be established\nUK\nTo be established\nDemersal species, north of 62° 00′ N\n80\nDE\n16\n50\nIE\n1\nES\n20\nFR\n18\nPT\n9\nUK\n14\nUnallocated\n2\nMackerel\nNot relevant\nNot relevant\n70\nIndustrial species, south of 62° 00′ N\n480\nDK\n450\n150\nUK\n30\nFaroese waters\nAll trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines\n26\nBE\n0\n13\nDE\n4\nFR\n4\nUK\n18\nDirected fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W\n8\nNot relevant\n4\nTrawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines\n70\nBE\n0\n26\nDE\n10\nFR\n40\nUK\n20\nTrawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30′ N and west of 9° 00′ W and in the area between 7° 00′ W and 9° 00′ W south of 60° 30′ N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60°00′ N, 6°00′ W\n70\nDE\n8\n20\nFR\n12\nDirected trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the cod end\n70\nNot relevant\n22\nFisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called 'main fishing area of blue whiting'\n34\nDE\n2\n20\nDK\n5\nFR\n4\nNL\n6\nUK\n7\nSE\n1\nES\n4\nIE\n4\nPT\n1\nLine fisheries\n10\nUK\n10\n6\nMackerel\n12\nDK\n1\n12\nBE\n0\nDE\n1\nFR\n1\nIE\n2\nNL\n1\nSE\n1\nUK\n5\nHerring, north of 62° 00′ N\n20\nDK\n5\nDE\n2\nIE\n2\nFR\n1\nNL\n2\nPL\n1\nSE\n3\nUK\n4",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "These figures are included in the figures for all trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "These figures are included in the figures for “Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/523/annex/VI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:45.726141+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}