# Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1323 of 21 September 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in Union and non-Union waters, Article 1: Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2020/123

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Regulation (EU) 2020/123 is amended as follows:
(1) Annex IA is amended as follows:
(a) the fishing opportunities table for anchovy in ICES subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF division 34.1.1 is replaced by the following:
The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’
‘Species:
Anchovy
Zone:
9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
Engraulis encrasicolus
(ANE/9/3411)
Spain
7 494
Precautionary TAC
Portugal
8 175
Union
15 669
TAC
15 669
(b) in the fishing opportunities table for blue whiting in Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
(1) ‘Special condition: within a total access quantity of 37 500 tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 11,4 %.’;
(c) in the fishing opportunities table for blue whiting in Union waters of 2, 4a, 5, 6 north of 56° 30′ N and 7 west of 12° W, footnote 2 is replaced by the following:
(2) ‘Special condition: the catch in 4a shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 40 000
This catch limit in 4a amounts to the following percentage of Norway’s access quota: 21 %’;
(d) the fishing opportunities table for Norway pout and associated by-catches in ICES division 3a and Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subarea 4 is replaced by the following:
Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of haddock and whiting (OT2/*2A3A4). By-catches of haddock and whiting counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota.
Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones 2a, 3a and 4 only.
Union quota may only be fished from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020.
A sorting grid shall be used.
A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.’
‘Species:
Norway pout and associated by-catches
Zone:
3a; Union waters of 2a and 4
Trisopterus esmarkii
(NOP/2A3A4.)
Year
2020
Denmark
72 433
Analytical TAC
Germany
14
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
The Netherlands
53
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Union
72 500
Norway
14 500
Faroe Islands
5 000
TAC
Not relevant
(2) In Annex IB, the fishing opportunities table for capelin in Greenland waters of 5 and 14 is replaced by the following:
Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom may access the “All Member States” quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the “All Member States” quota at all.
For a fishing period from 20 June 2020 to 15 April 2021.’
‘Species:
Capelin
Zone:
Greenland waters of 5 and 14
Mallotus villosus
(CAP/514GRN)
Denmark
2 595
Analytical TAC
Germany
113
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Sweden
186
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
United Kingdom
24
All Member States
134
Union
3 053
Norway
10 000
TAC
Not relevant

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1323/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1323/article-1
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