Annexes to COM(2008)613 - Fixing of the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea for 2009 - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2008)613 - Fixing of the fishing opportunities and the conditions relating thereto for certain fish stocks applicable in the Black Sea ... |
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| document | COM(2008)613  |
| date | November 10, 2008 |
Catch limits and the conditions relating thereto for year-to-year management of catch limits applicable to Community vessels in areas where catch limits have been fixed by species and by area
The following tables set out the TAC’s and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, the allocation to the Member States and associated conditions for year-to-year management of the quotas.
Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. For the purposes of these tables the codes used for the different species are as follows:
| Scientific name | Alpha-3 code | Common name |
| Psetta maxima | TUR | Turbot |
| Sprattus sprattus | SPR | Sprat |
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| Bulgaria | 50 | Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. | |||||
| Romania | 50 | ||||||
| EC | 100 (1) | ||||||
| TAC | Not relevant |
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| EC | 12 750 (2) | Precautionary TAC Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply. Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. | |||||
| TAC | Not relevant |
(1) Preliminary TAC. The final TAC shall be set, in the light of new scientific advice, in a timely manner during the course of the first half of 2009.
(2) May be fished only by vessels flying the flag of Bulgaria or Romania.
ANNEX II
TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL MEASURES
| 1. | No fishing activity for turbot shall be permitted from 15 April to 15 June in European Community waters of the Black Sea. |
| 2. | The minimum legal mesh size for bottom-set nets used to catch turbot shall be 400 mm. In one Member State where the minimum legal mesh size for bottom-set nets used to catch turbot was less than 400 mm before the entry into force of this Regulation, nets with a minimum mesh size of no less than 360 mm may be used to catch turbot. However, the Member State concerned shall ensure that by the end of 2009 no more than 40 % by number of the whole fishing vessels authorised to fish turbot with bottom-set nets still use a mesh size smaller than 400 mm. |
| 3. | The mesh size shall be measured in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/2008 of 10 June 2008 laying down, inter alia, detailed rules of relevance for the determination of the mesh size. |
| 4. | The minimum landing size for turbot shall be 45 cm total length, measured in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98. |