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Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72Show full title
Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104
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HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — ALL AREAS U.K.
TACs in these areas are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT.
| a Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. | ||||||||||||||||
| b 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 IV (BFT/*8301):
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| c 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 IV (BFT/*641):
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| d Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 2 of Annex IV (BFT/*8302):
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| e Special condition: within this TAC, the following catch limits and allocations between Member States shall apply to catches of bluefin tuna between and 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm by the vessels referred to in point 3 of Annex IV (BFT/*643):
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| f 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 IV for farming purposes (BFT/*8303F):
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| Species: | Bluefin tunaThunnus thynnus | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W, and Mediterranean(BFT/AE45WM) | |||||||||||||
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| Cyprus | 98,00d | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | 182,15 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | 3 534,43b d | |||||||||||||||
| France | 3 487,57b c d | |||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 551,23f | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | 2 752,56d e | |||||||||||||||
| Malta | 225,83d | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 332,36 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Member States | 39,41a | |||||||||||||||
| Union | 11 203,54b c d e | |||||||||||||||
| TAC | 18 911 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||||||||||||||
| a Except Spain and Portugal, and exclusively as by-catch. | ||||
| b Special condition: up to 2,39 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, South of 5°N (SWO/*AS05N). | ||||
| Species: | SwordfishXiphias gladius | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N(SWO/AN05N) | |
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| Spain | 6 393,02b | |||
| Portugal | 1 161,95b | |||
| Other Member States | 130,74a b | |||
| Union | 7 685,7 | |||
| TAC | 13 700 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||
| a Special condition: up to 3,51 % of this amount may be fished in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/*AN05N). | ||||
| Species: | SwordfishXiphias gladius | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N(SWO/AS05N) | |
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| Spain | 5 112,05a | |||
| Portugal | 489,01a | |||
| Union | 5 601,06 | |||
| TAC | 15 000 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||
| a The number of Union fishing vessels fishing for northern albacore as a target species, in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007[1], shall be as follows: 1 253 (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3). | ||||||||||||||||
| b The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007:
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| Species: | Northern albacoreThunnus alalunga | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N(ALB/AN05N) | |||||||||||||
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| Ireland | 2 584,64b | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | 14 917,37b | |||||||||||||||
| France | 4 511,52b | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 349,24b | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 2 178,93b | |||||||||||||||
| Union | 24 541,7a | |||||||||||||||
| TAC | 28 000 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||||||||||||||
| Species: | Southern albacoreThunnus alalunga | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, south of 5° N(ALB/AS05N) | |
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| Spain | 905,86 | |||
| France | 297,70 | |||
| Portugal | 633,94 | |||
| Union | 1 837,5 | |||
| TAC | 24 000 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||
| Species: | Bigeye tunaThunnus obesus | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean(BET/ATLANT) | |
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| Spain | 13 396,57 | |||
| France | 5 877,89 | |||
| Portugal | 4 514,54 | |||
| Union | 23 789 | |||
| TAC | 65 000 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||
| Species: | Blue marlinMakaira nigricans | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean(BUM/ATLANT) | |
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| Spain | 0 | |||
| France | 358,05 | |||
| Portugal | 49,55 | |||
| Union | 407,60 | |||
| TAC | 1 985 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||
| Species: | White marlinTetrapturus albidus | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean(WHM/ATLANT) | |
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| Spain | 2,46 | |||
| Portugal | 21,45 | |||
| Union | 23,91 | |||
| TAC | 355 | Analytical TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply | ||
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