Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, as well as fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities for certain deep-sea fish stocks.

This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities available in Union waters and to Union fishing vessels in certain non-Union waters, for certain fish stocks, including for certain deep-sea fish stocks. These fishing opportunities include catch limits for the year 2023 and, where specified in this Regulation, for the year 2024; fishing effort limits for the year 2023, except the fishing effort limits set out in Annex II, which are to apply from 1 February 2023 to 31 January 2024; and fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 for certain stocks in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention area and for certain stocks in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement Area. This Regulation applies to Union fishing vessels and third-country vessels in Union waters. This Regulation also applies to certain recreational fisheries expressly referred to in the relevant provisions of this Regulation and commercial fisheries from shore.