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Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120Show full title
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120 of 23 January 2018 fixing for 2018 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) 2017/127
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| 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 | 138,65d | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | 257,70 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | 5 000,28b d | |||||||||||||||
| France | 4 933,97b c d | |||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 779,84f | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 894,13d e | |||||||||||||||
| Malta | 319,49d | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | 470,19 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Member States | 55,76a | |||||||||||||||
| Union | 15 850b c d e | |||||||||||||||
| TAC | 28 200 | 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 | 6 598,43b | |||
| Portugal | 978,81b | |||
| Other Member States | 108,47a b | |||
| Union | 7 685,7 | |||
| TAC | 13 200 | 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 | 4 546,08a | |||
| Portugal | 417,45a | |||
| Union | 4 963,53 | |||
| TAC | 14 000 | 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 This quota may only be fished from 1 April 2018 to 31 December 2018. | ||||
| Species | SwordfishXiphias gladius | Zone: | Mediterranean Sea(SWO/MED) | |
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| Croatia | 15,52a | |||
| Cyprus | 57,23a | |||
| Spain | 1 767,82a | |||
| France | 123,21a | |||
| Greece | 1 170,26a | |||
| Italy | 3 624,17a | |||
| Malta | 429,96a | |||
| Union | 7 188,17a | |||
| TAC | 10 185 | 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 Council 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 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 (OJ L 123, 12.5.2007, p. 3). | ||||
| Species: | Northern albacoreThunnus alalunga | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N(ALB/AN05N) | |
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| Ireland | 2 845,21 | |||
| Spain | 15 015,58 | |||
| France | 5 871,12 | |||
| United Kingdom | 239,48 | |||
| Portugal | 2 123,27 | |||
| Union | 26 094,65a | |||
| TAC | 33 600 | 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 | 9 791,92 | |||
| France | 4 159,18 | |||
| Portugal | 3 717,47 | |||
| Union | 17 668,56 | |||
| TAC | 57 850 | 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 | 364,31 | |||
| Portugal | 50,44 | |||
| Union | 414,75 | |||
| 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 | 0 | |||
| Portugal | 0 | |||
| Union | 0 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Species: | Yellowfin tunaThunnus albacares | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean,(YFT/ATLANT) | |
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| TAC | 111 000 | 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: | SailfishIstiophorus albicans | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, east of 45° W(SAI/AE45W) | |
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| TAC | 1 271 | 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: | SailfishIstiophorus albicans | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, west of 45° W(SAI/AW45W) | |
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| TAC | 1 030 | 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 time period and the calculation method used by ICCAT to set the catch limit for North Atlantic blue shark shall not prejudge the time period and the calculation method used to define any future allocation key at Union level. | ||||
| Species: | Blue sharkPrionace glauca | Zone: | Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N(BSH/AN05N) | |
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| TAC | 39 102a | 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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