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Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. TITLE I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Object

    2. Article 2.Scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

    4. Article 4.Areas

  3. TITLE II TECHNICAL MEASURES APPLICABLE IN AREA 1

    1. CHAPTER 1 Restrictions on the use of certain types of vessels and gears

      1. Article 5.Protection of bigeye tuna in certain tropical waters

      2. Article 6.Bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean

      3. Article 7.Fishing for skipjack, bigeye and yellowfin tuna in certain Portuguese waters

    2. CHAPTER 2 Minimum size

      1. Article 8.Sizes

      2. Article 9.Prohibitions

      3. Article 10.Measurement of size

      4. Article 11.Sampling procedure for bluefin tuna cages

    3. CHAPTER 3 Restrictions on the number of vessels

      1. Article 12.North Atlantic bigeye and albacore tuna

    4. CHAPTER 4 Species not targeted and sport and recreational fishing

      1. Article 13.Marlins

      2. Article 14.Sharks

      3. Article 15.Sea turtles

      4. Article 16.Sport and recreational fishing in the Mediterranean

      5. Article 17.Report

  4. TITLE III TECHNICAL MEASURES APPLICABLE IN AREA 2

    1. CHAPTER 1 Restrictions on the number of vessels

      1. Article 18.Number of authorised vessels

    2. CHAPTER 2 Species not targeted

      1. Article 19.Sharks

      2. Article 20.Sea turtles

  5. TITLE IV TECHNICAL MEASURES APPLICABLE IN AREA 3

    1. Article 21.Transhipment

    2. Article 22.Restrictions on the number of vessels

    3. Article 23.Protection of dolphins

    4. Article 24.Requests for DMLs

    5. Article 25.Allocation of DMLs

    6. Article 26.Protection of other species not targeted

    7. Article 27.Sea turtles

  6. TITLE V TECHNICAL MEASURES APPLICABLE IN AREA 4

    1. Article 28.Waste reduction

  7. TITLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 29.Marine mammals

  8. TITLE VII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 30.Comitology

    2. Article 31.Repeal

    3. Article 32.Entry into force

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      List of highly migratory species

      1. Albacore: Thunnus alalunga Bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus Bigeye tuna: Thunnus...

    2. ANNEX II

      ICCAT list of tunas and related species

      1. Bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus Southern bluefin tuna: Thunnus maccoyii Yellowfin...

    3. ANNEX III

      Length of vessels (Article 6(2))

      1. ICCAT definition of the length of vessels:

      2. for any fishing vessel built after 18 July 1982, 96 %...

    4. ANNEX IV

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