Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107, and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627.

This Regulation lays down general rules for the uniform and effective implementation by the Union of the multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (‘ICCAT’), which aims to maintain a biomass of bluefin tuna above levels capable of producing Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). These rules apply to: (I) Union fishing vessels and Union vessels engaged in recreational fisheries which: (a) catch bluefin tuna in the Convention Area; and (b) tranship or carry on board, including outside the Convention Area, bluefin tuna caught in the Convention Area; (II) Union farms; (III) third country fishing vessels and third country vessels engaged in recreational fisheries that operate in Union waters and catch bluefin tuna in the Convention Area; and (IV) third country vessels which are inspected in Member State ports and which carry on board bluefin tuna caught in the Convention Area or fishery products originating from bluefin tuna caught in Union waters that have not been previously landed or transhipped at ports.