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23.7.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
193/11
REGULATIONS
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 716/2011
of 19 July 2011
establishing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for the 2011/2012 fishing
season
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
for the fixing of fishing opportunities, on 29 July 2009
the Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation
establishing a long-term plan for the anchovy stock in
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
the Bay of Biscay and the fisheries exploiting that stock.
Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
Having regard to that Commission proposal and
considering that the impact assessment underlying that
proposal provided for the most recent assessment of the
impact of decisions on the fishing opportunities for the
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
anchovy stock in the Bay of Biscay, it is appropriate to
fix a TAC for that stock accordingly. The advice issued by
STECF on 15 July 2011 estimated the stock biomass to
Whereas:
be approximately 98 450 tonnes. Consequently, the TAC
for the fishing season running from 1 July 2011 to
30 June 2012 should be established at 29 700 tonnes.
(1)
It is incumbent upon the Council to establish the total
allowable catches (TAC) by fishery or group of fisheries.
Fishing opportunities should be distributed among
(6)
In view of the specific scope and time of application of
Member States in such a way as to ensure the relative
the fishing opportunities for anchovy, it is appropriate to
stability of each Member State’s fishing activities for all
establish those fishing opportunities by way of a separate
stocks or groups of stocks and having due regard to the
Regulation. The fishery should nevertheless remain
objectives of the common fisheries policy established by
subject to the general provisions of Regulation (EU) No
Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002
57/2011 concerning the conditions for the use of quotas.
on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of
fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy ( 1 ).
(7) In
accordance
with
Article
2
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions
for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas ( 3 ), it is
(2) For
the
purposes
of
suitable
stock
management
and
necessary to establish to what extent the stock of
simplification, it is appropriate that a TAC and Member
anchovy in the Bay of Biscay is subject to the measures
State quotas for the stock of anchovy in the Bay of
laid down in that Regulation.
Biscay (ICES subarea VIII) are set for an annual
management season running from 1 July to 30 June of
the following year, rather than a calendar year
(8)
In view of the start of the 2011/2012 fishing season and
management period.
for the purpose of the annual reporting of catches, this
Regulation should enter into force immediately and apply
from 1 July 2011,
(3) Regulation
(EU)
No
57/2011
( 2 ) establishes the fishing
opportunities for certain fish stocks in 2011, excluding
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
anchovy in the Bay of Biscay.
Article 1
(4)
The Bay of Biscay anchovy TAC for the 2011/2012
Fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay
fishing season should be established on the basis of
scientific advice available, taking into account biological
1. The
total
allowable
catch
(TAC)
and
its
allocation
between
and socioeconomic aspects and ensuring fair treatment
Member States for the fishing season running from 1 July 2011
between fishing sectors.
until 30 June 2012 for the stock of anchovy in ICES Subarea
VIII, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ), shall be as
follows (in tonnes live weight):
(5) In order to provide for a multiannual plan for the
anchovy stock in the Bay of Biscay covering the fishing
season and establishing the harvest control rule applying
( 3 ) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
( 4 ) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch
( 1 ) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (OJ
( 2 ) OJ L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1.
L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70).

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Official Journal of the European Union
23.7.2011
Species: Anchovy
ICES Zone: VIII
Engraulis encrasicolus
(ANE/08.)
Spain 26
730
France 2
970
EU 29
700
TAC
Analytical TAC
29
700

2. The
allocation
of
the
fishing
opportunities
as
set
out
in
Article 2
paragraph 1 and the use thereof shall be subject to the
conditions set out in Articles 9, 12 and 14 of Regulation
Entry into force
(EU) No 57/2011.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
3. The
stock
referred
to
in
paragraph
1
shall
be
considered
subject to an analytical TAC for the purpose of Regulation (EC)
No 847/96. Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation
shall apply.
It shall apply from 1 July 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 2011.
For the Council
The President
M. SAWICKI

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