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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1420 of 30 August 2021 operating deductions from fishing quotas available for certain stocks in 2021 on account of overfishing in the previous years

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Contents
  1. Preamble
    1. Article 1
    2. Article 2
  3. ANNEX
  4. ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 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) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Fishing quotas for the year 2020 have been established by:

Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025,

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1838,

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2236, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123.

(2) Fishing quotas for the year 2021 have been established by:

Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1579,

Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90,

Council Regulation (EU) 2021/91, and

Council Regulation (EU) 2021/92.

(3) Pursuant 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) Article 105(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 provides that such deductions have to be operated in the following year or years by applying the respective multiplying factors as set out therein.

(5) Certain Member States have exceeded their fishing quotas for the year 2020. It is therefore appropriate to operate deductions on the fishing quotas allocated to them in 2021 and, where relevant, in subsequent years, for the overfished stocks.

(6) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1247 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2006 have set out deductions from fishing quotas for certain Member States and species for 2020. However, for certain Member States, the deductions to be applied for some species were higher than the respective quotas available in 2020 and could therefore not be operated entirely in that year. To ensure that in such cases the full amount for the respective stocks is deducted, the remaining quantities should be taken into account when establishing deductions for 2021 and, where appropriate, from subsequent quotas.

(7) In 2019, Portugal overfished its quota for albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, North of 5° N (ALB/AN05N). The deduction of 1271,026 tonnes that resulted from this overfishing was applicable in 2020. At the request of Portugal, the corresponding deduction was equally spread over two years (2020 and 2021). By Regulation (EU) 2020/1247, the first half of the deduction, namely 635,513 tonnes, was operated on the 2020 Portuguese quota. Therefore, a remaining quantity of 635,513 tonnes should be deducted from the Portuguese quota for 2021.

(8) As regards sandeel in ICES divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4, given Denmark has overfished its total allowable catches in Union waters of management area 2r as defined in Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2020/123 in 2020, it is required to operate deductions. In 2021, minimal catches have been allowed for sandeel in these waters in order to monitor the abundance of sandeel. However, with the said deductions it is impossible to maintain the monitoring system advised by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to manage sandeel. Therefore, deductions for the quotas overfished by Denmark in 2020 in management area 2r should be operated from sandeel management area 3r in 2021.

(9) Deductions from fishing quotas, as provided for by this Regulation, should apply without prejudice to deductions applicable to 2021 Spanish quotas pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013.

(10) Since quotas are expressed in tonnes, overfishing involving quantities of less than 1 tonne should not be considered,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The fishing quotas fixed in Regulations (EU) 2020/1579, (EU) 2021/90, (EU) 2021/91 and (EU) 2021/92 for the year 2021 shall be reduced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

2. Paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to deductions provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 185/2013.

Article 2

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, 30 August 2021. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

ANNEX

ANNEX DEDUCTIONS FROM FISHING QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 FOR STOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN OVERFISHED

Member State Species code Area code Species name Area name Initial quota 2020 (in kilograms) Permitted landings 2020 (Total adapted quantity in kilograms) Total catches 2020 (quantity in kilograms) Quota con-sumption related to permitted landings Overfishing related to permitted landing (quantity in kilograms) Multi-plying factor Addit-ional Multi-plying factor, Out-standing deductions from previous year(s) (quantity in kilograms) Deductions to apply in 2021 (quantity in kilograms) DE HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 39404000 18997930 20355612 107,15 % 1357682 / / / 1357682 DE MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 23416000 21146443 22858079 108,09 % 1711636 / / / 1711636 DK COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 1606 N/A 1606 1,00 / / 1606 DK DGS 15X14 Picked dogfish Union and international waters of 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 14 / / 4718 N/A 4718 1,00 / / 4718 DK HER 03A. Herring 3a 10309000 7482731 7697049 102,86 % 214318 / / / 214318 DK HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 59468000 75652933 81089507 107,19 % 5436574 / / / 5436574 DK MAC 2A34. Mackerel 3a and 4; Union waters of 2a, 3b, 3c and Subdivisions 22-32 19998000 17987493 18625387 103,55 % 637894 / / / 637894 DK MAC 2A4A-N Mackerel Norwegian waters of 2a and 4a 14453000 13507878 13531201 100,17 % 23323 / / / 23323 DK POK 1N2AB. Saithe Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 7800 88733 1137,60 % 80933 1,00 / / 80933 DK PRA N1GRN. Northern prawn Greenland waters of NAFO 1 1400000 2800000 2818891 100,67 % 18891 / / / 18891 DK SAN 234_2R Sandeel Union waters of sandeels management area 2r 59106000 56042763 57756024 103,06 % 1713261 / / / 1713261 ES COD 1/2B. Cod 1 and 2b 11688000 9576615 9581250 100,05 % 4635 / / / 4635 ES GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 22402 N/A 22402 1,00 A / 33603 ES OTH 1N2AB. Other species Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 22078 N/A 22078 1,00 / / 22078 ES RJU 9-C. Undulate ray Union waters of 9 15000 15000 21072 140,48 % 6072 1,00 / 2067 8139 EE COD 1N2AB. Cod Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / 300000 316377 105,46 % 16377 / / / 16377 FR GHL 1N2AB. Greenland halibut Norwegian waters of 1 and 2 / / 8988 N/A 8988 1,00 / / 8988 FR NEP 08C. Norway lobster 8c 0 0 5342 N/A 5342 1,00 / / 5342 FR WHM ATLANT White marlin Atlantic Ocean / / 1225 N/A 1225 1,00 C / 2450 IE ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 2891010 2743260 2938449 107,12 % 195189 / C / 195189 LV HER 3D-R30 Herring Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32 4253000 6135144 6138817 100,06 % 3673 / C / 3673 LV SPR 3BCD-C Sprat Union waters of subdivisions 22-32 29073000 28618753 28635182 100,06 % 16429 / C / 16429 NL HER 4AB. Herring Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N 51717000 50896907 51002687 100,21 % 105780 / / / 105780 NL WHB 8C3411 Blue whiting 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 / / 12235 N/A 12235 1,00 / / 12235 PL HER 1/2- Herring Union, Faroese, Norwegian and international waters of 1 and 2 593000 1226015 1329820 108,47 % 103805 / / / 103805 PL MAC 2CX14- Mackerel 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e; Union and international waters of 5b; international waters of 2a, 12 and 14 1649000 4724236 5185187 109,76 % 460951 / / / 460951 PT ALB AN05N Northern albacore Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N 2273970 1638457 1595315 97,37 % -43142 N/A N/A 635513 635513 PT ALF 3X14- Alfonsinos Union and international waters of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 164000 155278 158601 102,14 % 3323 / A / 3323 PT BET ATLANT Bigeye tuna Atlantic Ocean 3058330 3058330 3069582 100,37 % 11252 / C / 11252 PT HKE 8C3411 Hake 8c, 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 2614000 1996154 2135737 106,99 % 139583 / C / 139583 PT SWO AS05N Swordfish Atlantic Ocean, South of 5° N 299030 299030 309761 103,59 % 10731 / / / 10731

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