The Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 fixing for 2020 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

2.—(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 fixing for 2020 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(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 10 (measures on European seabass fisheries)—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) in point (a) for “760 kilogrammes in any two consecutive months” substitute “3.8 tonnes per vessel per calendar year”,

(ii) in point (b) for “760 kilogrammes in any two consecutive months” substitute “3.8 tonnes per vessel per calendar year”,

(iii) in point (c) for “5.95 tonnes per vessel per year” substitute “6.2 tonnes per vessel per calendar year”, and

(iv) in point (d) for “1.5 tonnes per vessel per year” substitute “1.6 tonnes per vessel per calendar year”;

(b) in paragraph 3, omit the words from “and, where a monthly limit applies” to the end;

(c) in paragraph 5—

(i) in point (a)—

(aa) for “January” substitute “February”,

(bb) for “February” substitute “March”, and

(cc) omit “and during December”;

(ii) in point (b)—

(aa) after “during” insert “January and during”,

(bb) for “March” substitute “April”, and

(cc) for “November” substitute “December”.

(3) In A rticle 16 (prohibited species)—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (n) after “(Squalus acanthias)” insert “greater than 100cm in length”,

(ii) at the end of point (o), for the full stop substitute a semicolon, and

(iii) after point (o) insert—

“(p) shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in United Kingdom waters and international waters of the ICCAT Convention Area.”;

(b) after paragraph 2 insert—

“3.   In point (n) of paragraph 1, “length” is measured in accordance with paragraph 1 (and figure 1) of Annex 4 to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures(2).”.

(1)

EUR 2020/123, as amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 11 to the Fisheries Act 2020 and S.I. 2020/1542, 2021/698, 2021/1429 and 2022/498. See Article 3 for the definition of “international waters” and Article 4 for the definition of “ICCAT Convention Area”.

(2)

EUR 2019/1241, amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 to the Fisheries Act 2020, S.I. 2019/1312 and 2021/1429. S.I. 2019/1312 came into force on IP completion day by virtue of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) and was amended before it came into force by S.I. 2020/1542.