# Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (revoked) EU Regulation 2016/72 · adopted 22 January 2016 Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (revoked) ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Fishing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING 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 Measures on Sea bass fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Closed fishing seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Additional allocations for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries ## 15 Additional allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Conditions for additional allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Processing of personal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Withdrawal of additional allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Scientific review of discard assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing authorisations in third-country waters ## 20 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations ## 21 Quota transfers and exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 1: ICCAT Convention Area ## 22 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Recreational fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: CCAMLR Convention Area ## 25 Prohibitions and catch limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Krill fishery during the 2016/2017 fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: IOTC Convention Area ## 28 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: SPRFMO Convention Area ## 31 Pelagic fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Bottom fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: IATTC Convention Area ## 33 Purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: SEAFO Convention Area ## 36 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: WCPFC Convention Area ## 37 Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Closed area for FAD fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish swordfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: Bering Sea ## 42 Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS ## 43 TACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2015 ## 47 Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2015/104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 48 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48a Transitional provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IA SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, ICES SUBAREAS I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII AND XIV, UNION WATERS OF CECAF, FRENCH GUIANA WATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IB NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND, ICES SUBAREAS I, II, V, XII AND XIV AND GREENLAND WATERS OF NAFO 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IC NORTH WEST ATLANTIC NAFO CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX ID HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — ALL AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IE ANTARCTIC CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IF SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN SEAFO CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IG SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA — ALL AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IH WCPFC CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IJ SPRFMO CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IIA: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN COD, PLAICE AND SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS IIIa, VIa, VIIa, VIId, ICES SUBAREA IV AND UNION WATERS OF ICES DIVISIONS IIa AND Vb ### 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 CÁDIZ ### Division CHAPTER I: General Provisions ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Limitation in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER II: Authorisations ### Division 4: Authorised vessels ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER III: Number of days present within the area allocated to Union fishing vessels ### Division 5: Maximum number of days ## 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 6: Special conditions for the allocation of days ## 6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: Kilowatt day system ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage ## 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER IV: Management ## 10 General obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 11: Management periods ## 11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER V: Exchanges of fishing effort allocations ### Division 12: Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State ## 12.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER VI: Reporting obligations ## 14 Fishing effort report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IIC: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION VIIe ### Division CHAPTER I: General provisions ### Division 1: Scope ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Limitation in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER II: Authorisations ### Division 4: Authorised vessels ## 4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER III: Number of days present within the area allocated to Union fishing vessels ## 5 Maximum number of days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 6: Kilowatt day system ## 6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Allocation of additional days for enhanced scientific observer coverage ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER IV: Management ## 9 General obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 10: Management periods ## 10.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER V: Exchanges of fishing effort allocations ### Division 11: Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of A Member State ## 11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division CHAPTER VI: Reporting obligations ## 13 Fishing effort report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IID MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS IIa, IIIa AND ICES SUBAREA IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 to Annex IID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: ICCAT CONVENTION AREA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA ## PART A PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## PART B TACs AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2015/2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## PART C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI: IOTC CONVENTION AREA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII WCPFC CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS FISHING IN UNION WATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/72 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-72 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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