Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/72 as regards fishing opportunities for sandeel in certain Union waters

Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 fixes for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Union waters and, for Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters. These fishing opportunities are usually amended several times during the period in which they are in effect, based on the scientific advice of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

In Regulation (EU) 2016/72 as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2016/458 the total allowable catch (TAC) for sandeel in the Union waters of ICES divisions IIa, IIa and ICES subarea IV had been set at 79,219 tonnes, whilst the catch limit for sandeel in management area 1 was set at 13,000 tonnes. Sandeel is a short lived species and results from real-time monitoring only becomes available in mid-May. The TAC limit for this area now has to be amended according to these results and the most recent advice from ICES.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)241: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:241:FIN

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