Council of the European Union 20 January 2017, Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 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

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TITLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Subject matter
Article 2. Scope
Article 3. Definitions
Article 4. Fishing zones
TITLE II. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS
CHAPTER I. General provisions
Article 5. TACs and allocations
Article 6. TACs to be determined by Member States
Article 7. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 8. Fishing effort limits
Article 9. Measures on Sea bass fisheries
Article 10. Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 11. Closed fishing seasons
Article 12. Prohibitions
Article 13. Data transmission
CHAPTER II. Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Article 14. Fishing authorisations
CHAPTER III. Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Article 15. Quota transfers and exchanges
Section 1. ICCAT Convention Area
Article 16. Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations
Article 17. Recreational fisheries
Article 18. Sharks
Section 2. CCAMLR Convention Area
Article 19. Prohibitions and catch limitations
Article 20. Exploratory fisheries
Article 21. Krill fishery during the 2017/2018 fishing season
Section 3. IOTC Area of Competence
Article 22. Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Area of Competence
Article 23. Drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) and supply vessels
Article 24. Sharks
Section 4. SPRFMO Convention Area
Article 25. Pelagic fisheries
Article 26. Bottom fisheries
Section 5. IATTC Convention Area
Article 27. Purse-seine fisheries
Article 28. Prohibition of fishing for oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 29. Prohibition of fishing for Mobulid rays
Section 6. SEAFO Convention Area
Article 30. Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Section 7. WCPFC Convention Area
Article 31. Conditions for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore fisheries
Article 32. Closed area for FAD fishing
Article 33. Limitations to the number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish
Article 34. Silky sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks
Article 35. Overlap area between IATTC and WCPFC
Section 8. GFCM Agreement Area
Article 36. Small pelagic stocks in geographical subareas 17 and 18
Section 9. Bering Sea
Article 37. Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
TITLE III. FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN UNION WATERS
Article 38. TACs
Article 39. Fishing authorisations
Article 40. Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 41. Prohibitions
TITLE IV. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 42. Committee procedure
Article 43. Transitional provision
Article 44. Entry into force
ANNEX I. TACs APPLICABLE TO UNION FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE TACs EXIST BY SPECIES AND BY AREA

28.1.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

L 24/1

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2017/127

of 20 January 2017

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of

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