# Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 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 (revoked) EU Regulation 2019/124 · adopted 30 January 2019 Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 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 ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EU) 2019/124 of 30 January 2019 fixing for 2019 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 (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 Quota exchanges mechanism for TACs for unavoidable by-catches related to the introduction of the landing obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Fishing effort limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Measures on European seabass fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Measures on European eel fisheries in Union waters of the ICES area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Closed fishing seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Fishing authorisations in third-country waters ## 16 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations ### Section 1: General provisions ## 17 Quota transfers and exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: ICCAT Convention Area ## 18 Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Recreational fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: CCAMLR Convention Area ## 21 Prohibitions and catch limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Krill fishery during the 2019/2020 fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: IOTC Area of Competence ## 24 Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Drifting FADs and supply vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: SPRFMO Convention Area ## 27 Pelagic fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Bottom fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28a Exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: IATTC Convention Area ## 29 Purse-seine fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Drifting FADs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Catch limits for bigeye tuna in long-line fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: SEAFO Convention Area ## 34 Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: WCPFC Convention Area ## 35 Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Management of fishing with FADs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Catch limits for swordfish in long-line fisheries south of 20° S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 9: GFCM Agreement Area ## 41 Small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 European eel in the Mediterranean Sea (GSAs 1 to 27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 10: Bering Sea ## 43 Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 11: SIOFA ## 44 Interim bottom fishing measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS ## 45 Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Fishing authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Closed fishing seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Prohibitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 51 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Transitional provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 AND 14, UNION WATERS OF CECAF, FRENCH GUIANA WATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## The TACs referred to in Article 8(4) are the following: For Belgium: common sole in 7a; common sole in 7f and 7g; common sole in 7e; common sole in 8a and 8b; megrims in 7, haddock in 7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1; Norway lobster in 7; cod in 7a; plaice in 7f and 7g; plaice in 7h, 7j and 7k; Skates and Rays in 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k. For France: mackerel in 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32; herring in 4, 7d and Union waters of 2a; horse mackerel in Union waters of 4b, 4c and 7d; whiting in 7b-k; haddock in 7b-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1; common sole in 7f and 7g; whiting in 8; red seabream in Union and international waters of 6, 7 and 8; boarfish in Union and international waters of 6, 7 and 8; mackerel in 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14; skates and rays in Union waters of 6a, 6b, 7a-c and 7e-k, skates and rays in Union waters of 7d, skates and rays in Union waters of 8 and 9; undulate ray in Union waters of 7d and 7e. For Ireland: anglerfish in 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14; anglerfish in 7; Norway lobster in Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea 7. For the United Kingdom: in exchange for the West of Scotland cod and whiting: cod in 6b; Union and international waters of 5b west of 12° 00′ W and of 12 and 14; whiting in 6; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 12 and 14; and in exchange for the Celtic Sea cod, Irish Sea whiting and plaice in 7h, 7j and 7k: cod in 7b, 7c, 7e-k, 8, 9 and 10; Union waters; haddock in 7b-k, 8,9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1; sole in 7h, 7j and 7k; sole in 7e; plaice in 7h, 7j and 7k. ## ANNEX IB NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND, ICES SUBAREAS 1, 2, 5, 12 AND 14 AND GREENLAND WATERS OF NAFO 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IC NORTH WEST ATLANTIC NAFO CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX ID ICCAT CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IE ANTARCTIC CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IF SOUTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN SEAFO CONVENTION AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IG SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA — AREAS OF DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IH WCPFC CONVENTION AREA ## ANNEX IJ SPRFMO CONVENTION AREA ## ANNEX IK IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IL GFCM AGREEMENT AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IIA: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS 8c AND 9a 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 For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea that a Union fishing vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.4 The application of the special conditions referred to in point 6.1. may be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the quantities specified in point 6.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: KILOWATT DAY SYSTEM ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing, for the gear grouping and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 IIB: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION 7e ### Division CHAPTER I: General provisions ### Division 1: SCOPE ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole per year during the three previous years, according to their fishing records, shall be exempt from the application of this Annex subject to the following conditions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear as laid down in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 IIC MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS 2a, 3a AND ICES SUBAREA 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## to Annex IIC Sandeel Management Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: ICCAT CONVENTION AREA ## 1 Maximum number of Union bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Eastern Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Maximum number of Union coastal artisanal fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Mediterranean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Maximum number of fishing vessels of each Member State that may be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Maximum number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery authorised by each Member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Maximum bluefin tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity for each Member State and maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna that each Member State may allocate to its farms in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 shall be as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 meters length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 2018/2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## PART C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI: IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE ## 1 Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area of Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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/2019/124 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-124 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.