{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/1579",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579 of 29 October 2020 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1579",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA",
  "text": "The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto.\nThe references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.\nThe fish stocks are referred to using the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species.\nFor the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:\nScientific name\nAlpha-3 code\nCommon name\nClupea harengus\nHER\nHerring\nGadus morhua\nCOD\nCod\nPleuronectes platessa\nPLE\nPlaice\nSalmo salar\nSAL\nAtlantic salmon\nSprattus sprattus\nSPR\nSprat\nSpecies:\nHerringClupea harengus\nZone:\nSubdivisions 30-31(HER/30/31.)\nFinland\n53 306\nSweden\n11 712\nUnion\n65 018\nTAC\n65 018\nPrecautionary TAC\nSpecies:\nHerringClupea harengus\nZone:\nSubdivisions 22-24(HER/3BC+24)\nDenmark\n221\nGermany\n869\nFinland\n0\nPoland\n205\nSweden\n280\nUnion\n1 575\nTAC\n1 575\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.\nSpecies:\nHerringClupea harengus\nZone:\nUnion waters of subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32(HER/3D-R30)\nDenmark\n2 146\nGermany\n569\nEstonia\n10 960\nFinland\n21 393\nLatvia\n2 705\nLithuania\n2 848\nPoland\n24 304\nSweden\n32 626\nUnion\n97 551\nTAC\nNot relevant\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 6 of this Regulation applies.\nSpecies:\nHerringClupea harengus\nZone:\nSubdivision 28.1(HER/03D.RG)\nEstonia\n18 216\nLatvia\n21 230\nUnion\n39 446\nTAC\n39 446\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 6 of this Regulation applies.\nExclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.\nByway of derogation from the first paragraph, fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations may be directed to cod provided that those investigations are carried out in full compliance with the conditions set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241.\nSpecies:\nCodGadus morhua\nZone:\nUnion waters of subdivisions 25-32(COD/3DX32.)\nDenmark\n137\nGermany\n54\nEstonia\n13\nFinland\n10\nLatvia\n51\nLithuania\n33\nPoland\n159\nSweden\n138\nUnion\n595\nTAC\nNot relevant\nPrecautionary TAC\nArticle 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nIn subdivision 24 exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota in subdivision 24.\nBy way of derogation from the first paragraph, fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations may be directed to cod provided that those investigations are carried out in full compliance with the conditions set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241.\nBy way of derogation from the first paragraph, fishing this quota in subdivision 24 is permitted for Union fishing vessels of less than 12 metres length overall fishing with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets, with bottom set lines, longlines, drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment or similar passive gear in areas up to six nautical miles measured from the baselines where the water depth is less than 20 metres according to the coordinates on the official sea chart issued by the competent national authorities. Masters of those fishing vessels shall ensure that their fishing activity can be monitored at any time by the control authorities of the Member State.\nSpecies:\nCodGadus morhua\nZone:\nSubdivisions 22-24(COD/3BC+24)\nDenmark\n1 746\nGermany\n854\nEstonia\n39\nFinland\n34\nLatvia\n144\nLithuania\n94\nPoland\n467\nSweden\n622\nUnion\n4 000\nTAC\n4 000\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nSpecies:\nPlaicePleuronectes platessa\nZone:\nUnion waters of subdivisions 22-32(PLE/3BCD-C)\nDenmark\n5 187\nGermany\n576\nPoland\n1 086\nSweden\n391\nUnion\n7 240\nTAC\n7 240\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 6 of this Regulation applies.\nExpressed by number of individual fish.\nSpecial condition: up to 25 % and no more than 500 specimens of this quota may be fished in Union waters of subdivision 32 (SAL/*3D32).\nSpecies:\nAtlantic salmonSalmo salar\nZone:\nUnion waters of subdivisions 22-31(SAL/3BCD-F)\nDenmark\n19 582\nGermany\n2 179\nEstonia\n1 990\nFinland\n24 417\nLatvia\n12 455\nLithuania\n1 464\nPoland\n5 940\nSweden\n26 469\nUnion\n94 496\nTAC\nNot relevant\nPrecautionary TAC\nArticle 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nArticle 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.\nExpressed by number of individual fish.\nSpecies:\nAtlantic salmonSalmo salar\nZone:\nUnion waters of subdivision 32(SAL/3D32.)\nEstonia\n911\nFinland\n7 972\nUnion\n8 883\nTAC\nNot relevant\nPrecautionary TAC\nSpecies:\nSpratSprattus sprattus\nZone:\nUnion waters of subdivisions 22-32(SPR/3BCD-C)\nDenmark\n21 993\nGermany\n13 933\nEstonia\n25 539\nFinland\n11 513\nLatvia\n30 845\nLithuania\n11 158\nPoland\n65 460\nSweden\n42 517\nUnion\n222 958\nTAC\nNot relevant\nAnalytical TAC\nArticle 6 of this Regulation applies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. Byway of derogation from the first paragraph, fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations may be directed to cod provided that those investigations are carried out in full compliance with the conditions set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In subdivision 24 exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota in subdivision 24. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, fishing operations conducted for the exclusive purpose of scientific investigations may be directed to cod provided that those investigations are carried out in full compliance with the conditions set out in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, fishing this quota in subdivision 24 is permitted for Union fishing vessels of less than 12 metres length overall fishing with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets, with bottom set lines, longlines, drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment or similar passive gear in areas up to six nautical miles measured from the baselines where the water depth is less than 20 metres according to the coordinates on the official sea chart issued by the competent national authorities. Masters of those fishing vessels shall ensure that their fishing activity can be monitored at any time by the control authorities of the Member State."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Expressed by number of individual fish."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Special condition: up to 25 % and no more than 500 specimens of this quota may be fished in Union waters of subdivision 32 (SAL/*3D32)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Expressed by number of individual fish."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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