Article 1Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2020/123

Regulation (EU) 2020/123 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex IA is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      the fishing opportunities table for anchovy in ICES subareas 9 and 10 and Union waters of CECAF division 34.1.1 is replaced by the following:

      ‘Species:

      Anchovy

      Zone:

      9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1

      Engraulis encrasicolus

      (ANE/9/3411)

      Spain

      7 494

      Precautionary TAC

      Portugal

      8 175

      7

      Union

      15 669

      7

      TAC

      15 669

      7

      7

      The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’

    2. (b)

      in the fishing opportunities table for blue whiting in Union and international waters of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d, 8e, 12 and 14, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:

      1. ‘(1)

        Special condition: within a total access quantity of 37 500 tonnes for the Union, Member States may fish up to the following percentage of their quotas in Faroese waters (WHB/*05-F.): 11,4 %.’;

    3. (c)

      in the fishing opportunities table for blue whiting in Union waters of 2, 4a, 5, 6 north of 56° 30′ N and 7 west of 12° W, footnote 2 is replaced by the following:

      1. ‘(2)

        Special condition: the catch in 4a shall be no more than the following amount (WHB/*04A-C): 40 000

        This catch limit in 4a amounts to the following percentage of Norway’s access quota: 21 %’;

    4. (d)

      the fishing opportunities table for Norway pout and associated by-catches in ICES division 3a and Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subarea 4 is replaced by the following:

      ‘Species:

      Norway pout and associated by-catches

      Zone:

      3a; Union waters of 2a and 4

      Trisopterus esmarkii

      (NOP/2A3A4.)

      Year

      2020

      Denmark

      72 433

      Analytical TAC

      Germany

      14

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

      The Netherlands

      53

      8910

      Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

      Union

      72 500

      810

      Norway

      14 500

      Faroe Islands

      5 000

      TAC

      Not relevant

      8

      Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of haddock and whiting (OT2/*2A3A4). By-catches of haddock and 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.

      10

      Union quota may only be fished from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020.

      9

      Quota may be fished in Union waters of ICES zones 2a, 3a and 4 only.

      11

      A sorting grid shall be used.

      12

      A sorting grid shall be used. Includes a maximum of 15 % of unavoidable by-catches (NOP/*2A3A4), to be counted against this quota.’

  2. (2)

    In Annex IB, the fishing opportunities table for capelin in Greenland waters of 5 and 14 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Species:

    Capelin

    Zone:

    Greenland waters of 5 and 14

    Mallotus villosus

    (CAP/514GRN)

    Denmark

    2 595

    Analytical TAC

    Germany

    113

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

    Sweden

    186

    Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

    United Kingdom

    24

    All Member States

    134

    Union

    3 053

    Norway

    10 000

    14

    TAC

    Not relevant

    13

    Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom may access the “All Member States” quota only once they have exhausted their own quota. However, Member States with more than 10 % of the Union quota shall not access the “All Member States” quota at all.

    14

    For a fishing period from 20 June 2020 to 15 April 2021.’