Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/17 amending Implementing Decision 2014/156/EU establishing a specific control and inspection programme for fisheries exploiting stocks of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, swordfish in the Mediterranean and for fisheries exploiting stocks of sardine and anchovy in the Northern Adriatic Sea.

This Decision amends Decision 2014/156/EU establishing a specific control and inspection programme for fisheries exploiting certain stocks. In particular it widens its application scope. The Decision hereinafter establishes a specific control and inspection programme applicable to fisheries exploiting stocks of: (a) bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean; (b) swordfish in the Mediterranean; (c) albacore in the Mediterranean; (d) sardine and anchovy in the Northern and Southern Adriatic Sea; and (e) European hake and deep-water rose shrimp in the Strait of Sicily.