1Council Regulation (EU) 2025/1350 of 8 July 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2025/202 fixing for 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters

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

Sweden525Union1499TAC2807

(c) in Part B, Tables 113, 114 and 115 are replaced by the following:

Table 113

Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and haddock (OTH/03A.). By-catches of whiting and haddock 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.

This quota shall apply from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Transfers of this quota may be effected to United Kingdom and Union waters of 2a and 4. However, such transfers shall be notified in advance to the Commission and to the United Kingdom.

Species:Sprat and associated by-catchesZone:3aSprattus sprattus(SPR/03A.)Denmark28953Analytical TACGermany60Sweden10955Union39968TAC43209

Table 114

The quota shall apply from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Up to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting (OTH/2AC4C). By-catches of 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.

Including sandeels.

May contain up to 4 % of by-catch of herring.

Species:Sprat and associated by-catchesZone:United Kingdom and Union waters of 4; United Kingdom waters of 2aSprattus sprattus(SPR/2AC4-C)Belgium2095Analytical TACDenmark165826Germany2095France2095Netherlands2095Sweden1330Union175536Norway10000Faroe Islands0United Kingdom7369TAC192905

Table 115

The quota shall apply from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Species:SpratZone:7d and 7eSprattus sprattus(SPR/7DE.)Belgium10Analytical TACDenmark631Germany10France136Netherlands136Union923United Kingdom4846TAC5769

(d) in Part F, Table 7 is replaced by the following:

Table 7

Species:Red seabreamZone:Union and international waters of 10Pagellus bogaraveo(SBR/10-)Spain3Analytical TACPortugal389Union392United Kingdom3TAC395

(2) In Annex IB, Table 13 is replaced by the following:

Table 13

Species:Northern prawnZone:Greenland waters of 5 and 14Pandalus borealis(PRA/514GRN)Denmark1225

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

France1225Union2450Norway1700Faroe Islands0TACNot relevant

(3) In Annex IC, Table 1 is replaced by the following:

Table 1

This quota shall apply from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota between 00:00 UTC 15 April 2026 and 23:59 UTC 30 June 2026. During this period, this species shall only be taken as by-catch within the following limits: a maximum of 1250 kg or 5 %, whichever is greater.

Species:CodZone:NAFO 2J3KLGadus morhua(COD/N2J3KL)Bulgaria0,003

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

Germany342,791Estonia61,101Spain316,941France49,333Latvia61,101Lithuania61,101Poland160,161Portugal494,898Romania4,570Union1552TAC40000

(4) In Annex ID, Table 12 is replaced by the following:

Table 12

Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. Catches to be counted against this shared quota shall be reported separately (BFT/AE45WM_AMS).

Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex VI (BFT/8301):

Spain1088,70France505,77Union1594,47

Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocation between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna weighing no less than 6,4 kg or measuring no less than 70 cm by the vessels referred to in point 1 of Annex VI (BFT/641):

France100,00Union100,00

Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex VI (BFT/8302):

Spain143,23France142,64Italy112,58Cyprus3,90Malta9,01Union411,36

Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex VI (BFT/643):

Italy112,58Union112,58

Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex VI for farming purposes (BFT/8303F):

Croatia1014,53Union1014,53

After transfer of 200 tonnes from Iceland to the Union.

Species:Bluefin tunaZone:Atlantic Ocean, east of 45oW, and MediterraneanThunnus thynnus(BFT/AE45WM)Cyprus195,17

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

Greece350,95Spain7161,64France7132,06Croatia1127,25Italy5628,97Malta450,68Portugal650,83Other Member States80,60Union22778,15TAC40570,00

(5) Annex IM is replaced by the following:

Annex

ANNEX IM

NPFC CONVENTION AREA

Table 1

May only be fished from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026.

Special condition: under this catch limit no more than the quantities given below may be taken by the following vessels:

The fisheries under those catch limits will be closed by NPFC Contracting Parties, including for the Union by the Commission, within two days from the issue date of the notice of the NPFC Executive Secretary that the utilisation of those catch limits has reached 95 %.

Trawlers

(MAS/NPFC-TR)

Purse seiners

(MAS/NPFC-PS)

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Only one trawler flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorised to fish for chub mackerel at any time. That applies without prejudice to any allocation of future fishing opportunities by the Union in the NPFC Convention area, in particular to the Member State authorised to fish in the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026.

Union fishing vessels over 10000 gross tonnage shall not be authorised to fish for chub mackerel.

Catches under this quota shall be reported separately (MAS/NPFC-EU).

After carry-over of 1740 tonnes from the preceding fishing season, i.e. 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025, in accordance with NPFC rules.

Species:

Chub mackerel

Scomber japonicus

Zone:NPFC Convention areaUnion6000

Precautionary TAC

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

NPFC Contracting Parties, including Union66740TACNot relevant