Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters.

This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities available in European Union waters and, to Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks. These fishing opportunities include: (a) catch limits for the year 2017 and for the year 2018; (b) fishing effort limits for the period from 1 February 2017 to 31 January 2018, except where other periods are established for effort limits in Articles 25 and 26 and Annex IIE; (c) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2016 to 30 November 2017 for certain stocks in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Area; (d) fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Convention Area set out in article 27 for the periods in 2017 and 2018 specified in that provision. In some cases these provisions apply also to recreational fisheries.