Council Regulation (EU) 2018/120Show full title

TITLE III FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS

Article 42 TACs

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Union waters within the TACs set out in Annex I to this Regulation and shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008.

Article 43 Fishing authorisations

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Venezuela shall be subject to the conditions provided for in this Regulation and in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008. The maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in Union waters shall be as set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Article 44 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

The conditions specified in Article 7 shall apply to catches and by-catches of third-country vessels fishing under the authorisations specified in Article 43.

Article 45 Prohibitions

1. It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species whenever they are found in Union waters:

(a) starry ray (Amblyraja radiata) in Union waters of ICES divisions 2a, 3a and 7d and ICES subarea 4;

(b) the following species of sawfish in Union waters:

(i)

pointed sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata),

(ii)

dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata),

(iii)

smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata),

(iv)

largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis),

(v)

green sawfish (Pristis zijsron);

(c) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Union waters;

(d) common skate (Dipturus batis) complex (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(e) tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) when taken with longlines in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;

(f) smooth lanternshark (Etmopterus pusillus) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14;

(g) kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea), leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps) and Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subareas 1, 4 and 14;

(h) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in Union waters;

(i) reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) in Union waters;

(j) giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in Union waters;

(k) the following species of Mobula rays in Union waters:

(i)

devil fish (Mobula mobular),

(ii)

lesser Guinean devil ray (Mobula rochebrunei),

(iii)

spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica),

(iv)

smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni),

(v)

longhorned mobula (Mobula eregoodootenkee),

(vi)

Munk's devil ray (Mobula munkiana),

(vii)

Chilean devil ray (Mobula tarapacana),

(viii)

shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii),

(ix)

lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma);

(l) hornback ray (Raja clavata) in Union waters of ICES division 3a;

(m) Norwegian skate (Dipturus nidarosiensis) in Union waters of ICES divisions 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7k;

(n) undulate ray (Raja undulata) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 9 and 10 and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in Union waters of ICES subareas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(o) guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in Union waters of ICES subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12;

(p) picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in Union waters of ICES subareas 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

(q) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in Union waters.

2. When accidentally caught, the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed. Specimens shall be promptly released.