Council of the European Union and European Parliament 4 October 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/2124 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 October 2023 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area (recast)

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TITLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Subject matter
Article 2. Scope
Article 3. Definitions
TITLE II. MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL MEASURES CONCERNING CERTAIN SPECIES
CHAPTER I. European Eel
Article 4. Scope
Article 5. Fisheries restricted areas
Article 6. Technical measures
Article 7. Additional measures
Article 8. Implementation of measures
Article 9. Fishing authorisation
Article 10. Authorised transitional and brackish waters
Article 11. Designated landing points
Article 12. Recording of catches
CHAPTER II. Giant red shrimp, blue and red shrimp
Section I. Levant Sea
Article 13. Scope
Article 14. Scientific monitoring
Article 15. List of authorised and active vessels
Article 16. Fishing activities
Article 17. Additional spatial or temporal restrictions
Article 18. Reporting obligations
Article 19. Designated landing points
Article 20. Vessel monitoring system
Article 21. Logbook
Section II. Ionian Sea
Article 22. Scope
Article 23. Scientific monitoring
Article 24. List of authorised and active vessels
Article 25. Fishing activities
Article 26. Additional spatial or temporal restrictions
Article 27. Reporting obligations
Article 28. Designated landing points
Article 29. Vessel monitoring system
Article 30. Logbook
Section III. Strait of Sicily
Article 31. Scope
Article 32. Fleet management measures
Article 33. Scientific monitoring
Article 34. List of authorised and active vessels
Article 35. Fishing activities
Article 36. Additional spatial or temporal restrictions
Article 37. Designated landing points
CHAPTER III. Conservation and sustainable exploitation of red coral
Article 38. Scope
Article 39. National management plans
Article 40. Gear and devices
Article 41. Minimum depth for harvesting
Article 42. Minimum conservation reference size
Article 43. Transmission of harvest and effort data
Article 44. Catch limits
Article 45. Spatial or temporal closures
Article 46. Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs)
Article 47. Fleet management measures
Article 48. Designated landing points
Article 49. Prior notification
Article 50. Recording of catches
Article 51. Pilot projects
Article 52. Control of landings of red coral
Article 53. Transhipment operations
Article 54. Inspection plan
Article 55. Traceability of red coral products
Article 56. Scientific information for red coral
CHAPTER IV. Demersal fisheries
Section I. Strait of Sicily
Article 57. Scope
Article 58. Fisheries management measures or national management plans
Article 59. Additional spatial or temporal restrictions
Article 60. Scientific monitoring
Article 61. Authorisations for bottom trawling fisheries on demersal stocks
Article 62. Designated landing points
Article 63. International Joint Inspection and Surveillance Scheme
Article 64. Conduct of inspections
Article 65. Infringements
Section II. Adriatic Sea
Article 66. Scope
Article 67. Spatial and temporal closures
Article 68. Fisheries management measures or national management plans
Article 69. Fleet management measures
Article 70. Fishing authorisations
Article 71. Specific measures to address IUU fishing activities
Article 72. Reporting of catches
CHAPTER V. Small pelagic fisheries
Section I. Adriatic Sea
Article 73. Scope
Article 74. Management of fishing capacity
Article 75. Control, monitoring and surveillance of fisheries for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea
CHAPTER VI. Blackspot seabream
Article 76. Scope
Article 77. Technical and conservation measures
Article 78. Fleet management measures
Article 79. Control and enforcement measures
Article 80. Scientific monitoring
CHAPTER VII. Dolphinfish
Article 81. Scope
Article 82. Closed season
Article 83. Transitional management measures
Article 84. Scientific monitoring, adaptation and revision of management measures
Article 85. National management measures
Article 86. Fishing authorisations
Article 87. Reporting of FAD fishing activities
Article 88. FAD composition, location, maintenance and replacement
Article 89. FAD identification and marking
CHAPTER VIII. Turbot
Article 90. Scope
Article 91. Measures to prevent, deter and eliminate IUU fishing in turbot fisheries
Article 92. National monitoring, control and surveillance plans for turbot fisheries
Article 93. Scientific monitoring of turbot fisheries
Article 94. Closure period during the spawning season of turbot
CHAPTER IX. Piked dogfish
Article 95. Scope
Article 96. Minimum conservation reference size for the piked dogfish
TITLE III. COMMON PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I. Technical and conservation measures
Section I. Reduction of the impact of fishing activities on certain marine species
Subsection 1. Sharks, skates and rays
Article 97. Scope
Article 98. Protected elasmobranch species
Article 99. Identification of sharks
Article 100. Reporting obligations
Subsection 2. Incidental catches of certain marine species
Article 101. Scope
Article 102. Incidental catches of seabirds in fishing gear
Article 103. Incidental catches of sea turtles in fishing gear
Article 104. Incidental catches of monk seals
Article 105. Incidental catches of cetaceans
Article 106. Recording of incidental catches of certain marine species
Section II. Fisheries restricted areas
Subsection 1. Gulf of Lions
Article 107. Establishment of a fisheries restricted area
Article 108. Fishing effort
Article 109. Fishing track record
Article 110. Authorised vessels
Article 111. Protection of sensitive habitats
Article 112. Information
Subsection 2. Strait of Sicily
Article 113. Fisheries restricted areas
Article 114. Buffer areas
Subsection 3. Adriatic Sea
Article 115. Fishing restrictions in the Jabuka/Pomo Pit area
Article 116. Authorised vessels in the Jabuka/Pomo Pit area
Subsection 4. Deep-sea sensitive habitats
Article 117. Establishment of fisheries restricted areas in deep-sea sensitive habitats
Article 118. Protection of sensitive habitats
Section III. Spatial or temporal closures
Article 119. Temporal closure
Section IV. Fishing gear
Article 120. Use of trawl nets and gill-nets fisheries in the Black Sea
CHAPTER II. Financing concerning conservation measures resulting in temporary cessation of fishing activities
Article 121. Financing concerning conservation measures resulting in temporary cessation of fishing activities
CHAPTER III. Control measures
Section I. Register of authorised vessels
Article 122. Register of authorised vessels
Section II. Port state measures
Article 123. Scope
Article 124. Prior notice
Article 125. Port inspections
Article 126. Inspection procedure
Article 127. Denial of use of port
Section III. IUU
Article 128. Reporting obligation of presumed IUU fishing activities
Article 129. Alleged non-compliance reported by the GFCM Secretariat
Article 130. Draft GFCM IUU list
CHAPTER IV. Cooperation, information and reporting
Article 131. Cooperation and information
Article 132. Format and transmission of information to the Commission
Article 133. Access to information and data related to monitoring, control and surveillance within the framework of joint inspection and surveillance schemes
CHAPTER V. Regional Research Programmes
Section I. Blue crab in the Mediterranean Sea
Article 134. Regional research programme
Article 135. Scientific monitoring
Section II. Rapa whelk in the Black Sea
Article 136. Regional research programme
Article 137. Scientific monitoring
TITLE IV. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 138. Committee procedure
Article 139. Delegation of powers
Article 140. Exercise of the delegation
Article 141. Repeal
Article 142. Entry into force
ANNEX I. A) Table of GFCM GSAs

Official Journal
of the European Union

Series L

2023/2124

12.10.2023

REGULATION (EU) 2023/2124 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 4 October 2023

on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area (recast)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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