Council Regulation (EC) No. 2166/2005 establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No. 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms.

The present Regulation establishes a recovery plan for the following stocks: (a) the Southern hake stock which inhabits Divisions VIIIc and IXa, as delineated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES); (b) the Norway lobster stock which inhabits ICES Division VIIIc; (c) the Norway lobster stock which inhabits ICES Division IXa. The recovery plan shall aim to rebuild the stocks concerned within safe biological limits, in keeping with ICES information.
The Regulation consists of the following Chapters: (I) Subject matter and objective; (II) Total Allowable Catches; (III) Fishing effort limitation; (IV) Monitoring, inspection and surveillance; (V) Amendments to Regulation (EC) No. 850/98; (VI) Final provisions. The Annex lays down the method for calculating a TAC for Divisions VIIIc and IXa for Southern Hake in the event that a scientific catch forecast is only available for part of the area.