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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2309 of 13 December 2017 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2017 on account of overfishing of other stocks in the previous years and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345

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Contents
  1. Preamble
    1. Article 1
    2. Article 2
    3. Article 3
  3. ANNEX
  4. ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR ALTERNATIVE STOCKS
  5. ANNEX II
  6. ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, and in particular Article 105(1), (2), (3) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Fishing quotas for the year 2016 have been established by:

Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014,

Council Regulation (EU) 2015/2072,

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/73.

(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2017 have been established by:

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1903,

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2285,

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/2372, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127.

(3) According to Article 105(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, when the Commission has established that a Member State has exceeded the fishing quotas which have been allocated to it, the Commission is to operate deductions from future fishing quotas of that Member State.

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 has established deductions from fishing quotas for certain stocks in 2017 on account of overfishing in the previous years.

(5) However, for certain Member States, no deductions could be operated by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 from quotas allocated for the overfished stocks because such quotas are not available for those Member States in the year 2017.

(6) Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that, if it is not possible to operate deductions on the overfished stock in the year following the overfishing because the Member State concerned has no available quota, deductions may be operated on other stocks in the same geographical area or with the same commercial value. According to Commission Communication 2012/C 72/07 such deductions should be preferably operated from quotas allocated for stocks fished by the same fleet as the fleet that overfished the quota, taking into account the need to avoid discards in mixed fisheries.

(7) The Member States concerned have been consulted with regard to the proposed deductions from quotas allocated for stocks other than those which have been overfished.

(8) In 2016, Spain overfished its quota for white marlin in the Atlantic Ocean (WHM/ATLANT). The deduction due has been applied following Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 to the full extent of the quota available for white marlin in 2017, in line with the guidelines set up in Communication 2012/C 72/07. Since the available 2017 quota for white marlin in the Atlantic Ocean is not sufficient, by letter of 9 August 2017, Spain requested to apply the remaining deduction, including outstanding deductions from previous years, on the 2017 quota for swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (SWO/AN05N). That request should be accepted in line with Article 105(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

(9) In 2016, Spain overfished its quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (ALB/AN05N). By letter of 20 July 2017, Spain requested to spread the deduction due over three years. In view of the information provided and considering that paragraph 5 of ICCAT Supplemental Recommendation 13-05, concerning the North Atlantic albacore rebuilding program, establishes that overfishing is to be deducted within a maximum of two years, an exceptional equal spreading of the deduction over two years may alternatively be accepted.

(10) Moreover, the Spanish fisheries authorities discovered that the 2016 catch figures transmitted to the Commission for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N, were incorrect. On the basis of the corrected data transmitted by Spain on 4 August 2017, it appears that the Spanish quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N, was exceeded by a lower amount than that taken into account for the deductions established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345. The deduction from the 2017 Spanish quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N, should therefore be adjusted.

(11) Following the publication of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345, the Portuguese fisheries authorities discovered that the 2016 catch figures transmitted to the Commission for swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N, (SWO/AN05N) were incorrect. On the basis of the corrected data transmitted by Portugal on 22 August 2017, it appears that the Portuguese quota for swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N, was exceeded by a lower amount than that taken into account for the deductions established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345. The deduction from the 2017 Portuguese quota for swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N, should therefore be adjusted.

(12) On 17 May 2017, Lithuania requested to update its catch declarations regarding mackerel in Union waters of IIa; Union and Norwegian waters of IVa (MAC/*4A-EN). On the basis of the updated data transmitted by Lithuania on the same date, it appears that the Lithuanian 2016 quota was exceeded for mackerel in Union waters of IIa; Union and Norwegian waters of IVa as well as for the parent stock, namely mackerel in areas VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV (MAC/2CX14-). The corresponding deductions should consequently be added to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345.

(13) On 10 August 2017, the United Kingdom informed the Commission that the by-catches of picked dogfish in Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV (DGS/*15X14) had been erroneously reported. Following corrections submitted on 30 August 2017 by the United Kingdom in the aggregated catch data reporting system, it appears that the by-catch uptake for picked dogfish in Union and international waters of I, V, VI, VII, VIII, XII and XIV remains below the allocated quota for 2016. Therefore, the corresponding deductions should be deleted from the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345.

(14) In October 2017, a correction in the algorithms of the aggregated catch data reporting system revealed the overfishing by Denmark of Northern prawn in Greenland waters of NAFO 1 (PRA/N1GRN.). The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(15) Following changes in the stock area definitions set up in Regulation (EU) 2017/127 in order to allow for accurate reporting of catches, the deduction applicable to the Netherlands for overfishing of saithe in areas III and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and subdivisions 22-32 (POK/2A34) in the year 2016 should now be applied to the 2017 quota for saithe in areas IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa (POK/2C3A4).

(16) In 2017, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), in its advice and following the 2016 benchmark, amended the sandeel management areas. Therefore, deductions due by Denmark and the United Kingdom following overfishing of sandeel in Union waters of sandeel management area 1 (SAN/234_1) in 2016 are operated on the 2017 quota for sandeel in Union waters of sandeel management area 1r (SAN234_1R).

(17) Moreover, certain deductions required by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 appear to be larger than the adapted quota available in the year 2017 and, as a consequence, cannot be entirely operated in that year. According to Communication No 2012/C 72/07, the remaining amounts should be deducted from the adapted quotas available in subsequent years until the full overfished amount is paid back.

(18) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2016/1903, (EU) No 2016/2285, (EU) 2016/2372 and (EU) 2017/127 for the year 2017 referred to in Annex I to this Regulation shall be reduced by applying the deductions on the alternative stocks set out in that Annex.

Article 2

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1345 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 December 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude Juncker

ANNEX

ANNEX I DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR ALTERNATIVE STOCKS

Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Permitted landings 2016 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2016 (qty in kilograms) Quota consumption (%) Overfishing related to permitted landing (qty in kilograms) Multi-plying factor Additional multiplying factor Outstanding deduction from previous years (qty in kilograms) Deductions 2017 (qty in kilograms) Deductions already applied in 2017 on the same stock (qty in kilograms) Remaining quantity to be deducted on alternative stock (qty in kilograms) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) DE DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 2118 N/A 2118 / / / 2118 0 2118 Deduction to be made on the following stock DE ARU 34-C. Greater silver smelt Union waters of III and IV / / / / / / / / / 2118 DK DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 1350 N/A 1350 / / / 1350 0 1350 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK NEP 2AC4-C Norway lobster Union waters of IIa and IV / / / / / / / / / 1350 DK NOP 04-N. Norway pout Norwegian waters of IV 0 22880 N/A 22880 / / / 22880 / 22880 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK NOP 2A3A4. Norway pout IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV / / / / / / / / / 22880 DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II 0 3920 N/A 3920 / / / 3920 / 3920 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK POK 2C3A4 Saithe IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa / / / / / / / / / 3920 DK SAN 04-N. Sandeel Norwegian waters of IV 0 19860 N/A 19860 / / / 19860 / 19860 Deduction to be made on the following stock DK SAN 234_2R Sandeel Union waters of IIa, IIIa and IV (sandeel management area 2) / / / / / / / / / 19860 ES BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 0 13396 N/A 13396 / A / 20094 / 20094 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N / / / / / / / / / 20094 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II 9000 27600 306,67 % 18600 1.0 A / 27900 / 27900 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES RED 1N2AB Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / 27900 ES WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean 2460 9859 400,77 % 7399 1.0 A 138994 150092 2427 147665 Deduction to be made on the following stock ES SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N / / / / / / / / / 147665 FR POK 1/2/INT Saithe International waters of I and II 0 2352 N/A 2352 / / / 2352 / 2352 Deduction to be made on the following stock FR POK 2C3A4 Saithe IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa / / / / / 2352 FR RED 51214S Redfish (shallow pelagic) Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV 0 29827 N/A 29827 / / / 29827 / 29827 Deduction to be made on the following stock FR BLI 5B67- Blue ling Union and international waters of Vb, VI, VII / / / / / 29827 IE POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II 0 5969 N/A 5969 / / / 5969 / 5969 Deduction to be made on the following stock IE HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of I and II / / / / / 5969 NL DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 1260 N/A 1260 / / / 1260 / 1260 Deduction to be made on the following stock NL COD 2A3AX4 Cod IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and Kattegat / / / / / / / / / 1260 NL HAD 7X7A34 Haddock VIIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 559 26220 N/A 25661 / / / 25661 / 25661 Deduction to be made on the following stock NL HAD 2AC4. Haddock IV; Union waters of IIa / / / / / / / / / 25661 PT GHL 1N2AB. Greenland Halibut Norwegian waters of I and II 0 18487 N/A 18487 / / / 18487 / 18487 Deduction to be made on the following stock PT RED 1N2AB Redfish Norwegian waters of I and II / / / / / / / / / 18487 UK DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 17776 N/A 17776 / / / 17776 / 17776 Deduction to be made on the following stock UK PLE 2A3AX4 Plaice IV; Union waters of IIa; that part of IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat / / / / / / / / / 17776

ANNEX II

ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTAS FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2016 (in kilograms) Permitted landings 2016 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2016 (quantity in kilograms) Quota consumption related to permitted landings Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) Multiplying factor Additional Multiplying factor Outstanding deductions from previous years (quantity in kilograms) Deductions to apply in 2017 (quantity in kilograms) Deductions already applied in 2017 (qty in kilograms) To be deducted in 2018 and following year(s) (qty in kilograms) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) BE SOL 7FG. Common sole VIIf and VIIg 487000 549565 563401 102,52 % 13836 / / / 13836 13836 / BE SOL 8AB. Common sole VIIIa and VIIIb 42000 281638 287659 102,14 % 6021 / C / 6021 6021 / BE SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 87000 86919 91566 105,35 % 4647 / / / 4647 4647 / BE T/B 2AC4-C Turbot and brill Union waters of IIa and IV 329000 481000 514275 106,92 % 33275 / / / 33275 33275 / DE DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 0 2118 N/A 2118 / / / 2118 2118 / DE MAC 2CX14- Mackerel VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV 22751000 21211759 22211517 104,71 % 999758 / / / 999758 999758 / DK DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 0 1350 N/A 1350 / / / 1350 1350 / DK HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of I and II 7069000 10331363 10384320 100,51 % 52957 / / / 52957 52957 / DK JAX 4BC7D Horse mackerel and associated Union waters of IVb, IVc and VIId 5519000 264664 265760 100,42 % 1096 / / / 1096 1096 / DK MAC 2A34. Mackerel IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 19461000 13354035 14677440 109,91 % 1323405 / / / 1323405 1323405 / DK MAC 2A4A-N Mackerel Norwegian waters of IIa and IVa 14043000 14886020 16351930 109,85 % 1465910 / / / 1465910 1465910 / DK NOP 04-N. Norway pout Norwegian waters of IV 0 0 22880 N/A 22880 / / / 22880 22880 / DK OTH *2AC4C Other species Union waters of IIa and IV 6018300 3994920 4508050 112,84 % 513130 1.2 / / 615756 615756 / DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 3920 N/A 3920 / / / 3920 3920 / DK PRA N1GRN. Northern prawn Greenland waters of NAFO 1 1300000 2700000 2727690 101,03 % 27690 / / / 27690 27690 / DK SAN 04-N. Sandeel Norwegian waters of IV 0 0 19860 N/A 19860 / / / 19860 19860 / DK SAN 234_1 Sandeel Union waters of sandeel management area 1 12263000 12517900 12525750 100,06 % 7850 / / / 7850 7850 / ES ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 14917370 14754370 16645498 112,82 % 1891128 1.2 / / 2269354 1134677 1134677 ES ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV 67000 86159 79185 91,90 % – 6974 / / 817 0 0 / ES BSF 8910- Black scabbard-fish Union and international waters of VIII, IX and X 12000 24004 16419 68,41 % – 7585 / / 2703 0 0 / ES BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic Ocean 0 0 13396 N/A 13396 / A / 20094 20094 / ES COD 1/2B. Cod I and IIb 13192000 9730876 9731972 100,01 % 1096 / / / 1096 1096 / ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of I and II / 9000 27600 306,67 % 18600 1.0 A / 27900 27900 / ES GHL N3LMNO Greenland halibut NAFO 3LMNO 4067000 4070000 4072999 100,07 % 2999 / C / 2999 2999 / ES SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 876000 459287 469586 102,24 % 10299 / / / 10299 10299 / ES SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of VIII and IX 1057000 925232 956878 103,42 % 31646 / A 131767 179236 179236 / ES WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean 2460 2460 9859 400,77 % 7399 1.0 A 138994 150092 150092 / FR LIN 04-C. Ling Union waters of IV 162000 262351 304077 115,91 % 41726 1.0 / / 41726 41726 / FR POK 1/2/INT Saithe International waters of I and II 0 0 2352 N/A 2352 / / / 2352 2352 / FR RED 51214S Redfish (shallow pelagic) Union and international waters of V; international waters of XII and XIV 0 0 29827 N/A 29827 / / / 29827 29827 / FR SBR 678- Red seabream Union and international waters of VI, VII and VIII 6000 28817 31334 108,72 % 2517 / / / 2517 2517 / FR SRX 07D. Skates and rays Union waters of VIId 663000 630718 699850 110,96 % 69132 1.0 A / 103698 103698 / FR SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 3255000 3641000 39254 101,08 % 39254 / / / 39254 39254 / FR WHG 08. Whiting VIII 1524000 2406000 2441333 101,47 % 35333 / / / 35333 35333 / IE PLE 7FG. Plaice VIIf and VIIg 200000 66332 67431 101,66 % 1099 / / / 1099 1099 / IE POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 5969 N/A 5969 / / / 5969 5969 / IE SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 1048000 949860 980960 103,27 % 31056 / A / 31056 31056 / LT MAC *4A-EN Mackerel Union waters of IIa; Union and Norwegian waters of IVa. 0 900000 901557 100,17 % 1557 / / / 1557 1557 / LT MAC 2CX14- Mackerel VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV 140000 2027000 2039332 100,61 % 12332 / / / 12332 12332 / NL DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 0 1260 N/A 1260 / / / 1260 1260 / NL HAD 7X7A34 Haddock VIIb-k, VIII, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 / 559 26220 N/A 25661 / / / 25661 25661 / NL HER *25B-F Herring II, Vb north of 62° N (Faroes waters) 736000 477184 476491 99,86 % – 693 / / 23551 22858 22858 / NL OTH *2A-14 Associate by-catches to horse mackerel (boarfish, whiting and mackerel) Union waters of IIa, IVa, VI, VIIa-c, VIIe-k, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of XII and XIV 1663800 1777300 2032689 114,37 % 255389 1.2 / / 306467 306467 / NL POK 2A34. Saithe IIIa and IV; Union waters of IIa, IIIb, IIIc and Subdivisions 22-32 68000 110846 110889 100,04 % 43 / / 1057 1057 1057 / NL T/B 2AC4-C Turbot and brill Union waters of IIa and IV 2493000 2551261 2737636 107,31 % 186375 / / / 186375 186375 / PT BUM ATLANT Blue marlin Atlantic ocean 49550 49550 50611 102,14 % 1061 / / / 1061 1061 / PT GHL 1N2AB Greenland Halibut Norwegian waters of I and II / 0 18487 N/A 18487 / / / 18487 18487 / PT MAC 8C3411 Mackerel VIIIc, IX and X; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 6971000 6313658 6823967 108,08 % 510309 / / / 510309 510309 / PT SRX 89-C. Skates and rays Union waters of VIII and IX 1051000 1051000 1068676 101,68 % 17676 / / / 17676 17676 / PT SWO AN05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N 1161950 1541950 1560248 101,19 % 18298 / / / 18298 18298 / UK DGS 2AC4-C Picked dogfish Union waters of IIa and IV 0 0 17776 N/A 17776 / / / 17776 17776 / UK HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N 70348000 70710390 73419998 103,83 % 2709608 / / 2709608 2709608 / UK MAC 2CX14- Mackerel VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId and VIIIe; Union and international waters of Vb; international waters of IIa, XII and XIV 208557000 195937403 209143232 106,74 % 13205829 / A / 13205829 13205829 / UK SAN 234_1 Sandeel Union waters of sandeel management area 1 268000 0 0 N/A 0 / / 1466168 1466168 1466168 / UK SRX 67AKXD Skates and rays Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k 2076000 2006000 2008431 100,12 % 2431 / / / 2431 2431 / UK T/B 2AC4-C Turbot and brill Union waters of IIa and IV 693000 522000 544680 104,34 % 22680 / / / 22680 22680 /

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