Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202 fixing for 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 as regards fishing opportunities for 2025.
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This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters. The fishing opportunities include: (i) catch limits for the year 2025 and, where specified in this Regulation, also for the year 2026; (ii) fishing effort limits for the year 2025, as well as the fishing effort limits set out in Annex II, which cover the period from 1 February 2025 to 31 January 2026; (iii) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention area and for certain stocks in the SIOFA Agreement Area; (iv) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026 in the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) Convention area.
This Regulation applies to the Union fishing vessels and third-country fishing vessels in Union waters. It also applies to certain recreational fisheries expressly referred to in the relevant provisions of this Regulation, and commercial fisheries from shore. Article 21 lists the prohibited species which Union fishing vessels shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land.
This Regulation applies to the Union fishing vessels and third-country fishing vessels in Union waters. It also applies to certain recreational fisheries expressly referred to in the relevant provisions of this Regulation, and commercial fisheries from shore. Article 21 lists the prohibited species which Union fishing vessels shall not fish for, retain on board, tranship or land.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and shall apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. Articles 9 to 13, 15 to 21, 25, 26, 29, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51 and 59 of this Regulation shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, in 2026 until the entry into force of the Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for 2026.
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A consolidated version of the present Regulation, as last amended by the Council Regulation (EU) 2025/669, is attached.
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Official Journal of the European Union L series, 31 January 2025.
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