Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 of 27 October 2017 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/127

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 11

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2018, with the exception of Article 10 which shall apply from 1 November 2017.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 October 2017.

For the Council

The President

M. Maasikas

Annex

ANNEX

TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto.

The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.

The fish stocks are referred to using the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:

Scientific nameAlpha-3 codeCommon nameClupea harengusHERHerringGadus morhuaCODCodPleuronectes platessaPLEPlaiceSalmo salarSALAtlantic salmonSprattus sprattusSPRSpratSpecies:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Subdivisions 30-31

(HER/30/31.)

Finland69359Sweden15240Union84599TAC84599Analytical TACSpecies:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Subdivisions 22-24

(HER/3BC+24)

Denmark2426Germany9551Finland1Poland2252Sweden3079Union17309TAC17309

Analytical TAC

Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32

(HER/3D-R30)

Denmark5045Germany1338Estonia25767Finland50297Latvia6359Lithuania6696Poland57142Sweden76711Union229355TACNot relevant

Analytical TAC

Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall apply.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Subdivision 28.1

(HER/03D.RG)

Estonia13392Latvia15607Union28999TAC28999

Analytical TAC

Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

(x) Fishing vessels shall be prohibited from fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gear of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with bottom set lines, longlines except drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment to fish this quota from 1 February to 31 March.

By way of derogation from the first paragraph, that closure period shall not apply to fishing vessels of less than 12 metres in length overall that fish in areas where the water depth is less than 20 meters according to the coordinates on the official sea chart. Those vessels shall ensure that their fishing activity can be monitored at any time. For that purpose, they can for example be equipped with a vessel monitoring system (VMS), or equivalent electronic monitoring system certified by the control authority, or paper logbooks in combination with established inspection and surveillance procedures in line with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Member States shall send the catch data to the Commission on a weekly basis.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Subdivisions 22-24

(COD/3BC+24)

Denmark2444Germany1194Estonia54Finland48Latvia202Lithuania131Poland654Sweden870Union5597TAC5597

Analytical TAC

Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

(PLE/3BCD-C)

Denmark5070Germany563Poland1061Sweden382Union7076TAC7076Analytical TAC

Expressed by number of individual fish.

Species:

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone:

Union waters of Subdivisions 22-31

(SAL/3BCD-F)

Denmark18885Germany2101Estonia1919Finland23548Latvia12012Lithuania1412Poland5729Sweden25526Union91132TACNot relevant

Analytical TAC

Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.

Expressed by number of individual fish.

Species:

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone:

Union waters of Subdivision 32

(SAL/3D32.)

Estonia1026Finland8977Union10003TACNot relevantPrecautionary TACSpecies:

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32

(SPR/3BCD-C)

Denmark25875Germany16393Estonia30047Finland13545Latvia36289Lithuania13127Poland77012Sweden50022Union262310TACNot relevant

Analytical TAC

Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall apply.