Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1856 of 28 June 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 such fishing opportunities

A minimum conservation reference size of 42 cm shall apply for the catches of pollack in ICES divisions 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e.’

In addition to the prohibitions established in Articles 32 to 36 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2107, it shall also be prohibited to engage in directed fishery for species of thresher sharks of the Alopias genus.’

1 For Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area, flag Member States shall transmit the following aggregated data to the Commission by the following dates: (a) monthly catches under the catch limits for chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) for all NPFC Contracting Parties for trawlers and purse seiners respectively, as set out in Annex IM when utilisation of those catch limits is below 60 %, by the seventh day of the following month; and (b) weekly catches of chub mackerel under those catch limits when utilisation of those catch limits is above 60 % and below 95 %, by Tuesday of the following week. The Commission shall compile and promptly transmit that information to the NPFC Executive Secretary.

2 Within two days from the issue date of notifications of the NPFC Executive Secretary that the utilisation of those catch limits has reached 95 %, the Commission shall close the fisheries under those catch limits.

3 The Commission shall compile and transmit annual catches of chub mackerel in the NPFC Convention area to the NPFC Executive Secretary by the end of February of the following year.

4 This Article shall apply in addition to the reporting obligations on fishing opportunities set out in Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 .

1 Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land sharks in the NPFC Convention area.

2 When accidentally caught, specimens of the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed and shall be promptly released.

1 Union fishing vessels fishing in the NPFC Convention area shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) and Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

2 When accidentally caught, specimens of the species referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be harmed and shall be promptly released.

Regulation (EU) 2023/194 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 18(1), point (p) is replaced by the following: ‘(p) deep-sea species listed in Annex IA, Part D, in Union, United Kingdom and international waters of ICES zones: 1; 2, except UK waters of division 2a; 5 to 10; 12 and 14, and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2. In addition, in Union and United Kingdom waters of ICES division 2a and subarea 4, where specified in that Annex.’ ; (2) in Article 55(1), point (k) is replaced by the following: ‘(k) deep-sea sharks listed in Annex IA, Part D, in Union waters of ICES subareas 6 to 10 and CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2. In addition, in Union waters of ICES subarea 4, where specified in that Annex.’ ; (3) Annex IA is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 December 2023. However, Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2024.