Legal provisions of COM(2025)92 - Amendment of 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

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dossier COM(2025)92 - Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2025/202 fixing for 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable ...
document COM(2025)92 EN
date March 31, 2025


Article 1

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2025/202

Regulation (EU) 2025/202 is amended as follows:

(1)Article 29 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 29

Sharks

1. In addition to the prohibitions established in Articles 32 to 36 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2107, it shall also be prohibited to engage in directed fishery for species of thresher sharks of the Alopias genus.

2. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land any part or whole carcass of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5°N, caught in fisheries in the ICCAT Convention area.’

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(2)in Article 37, the following paragraphs are added:

‘5.   For each of the purse seine fishing vessels fishing in the IATTC Convention area and flying the flag of a Member State, that flag Member State shall transmit to the Commission by 1 February data on annual catches of bigeye tuna in the IATTC Convention area in the previous year. The Commission shall compile and promptly transmit that information to the IATTC Secretariat.

6. The closure periods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be extended for Union purse seine vessels, on the basis of their catches of bigeye tuna in the IATTC Convention area during the previous year, as follows:

—for vessels that caught between 1 200 tonnes and 1 499 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 10 days;

—for vessels that caught between 1 500 tonnes and 1 799 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 13 days;

—for vessels that caught between 1 800 tonnes and 2 099 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 16 days;

—for vessels that caught between 2 100 tonnes and 2 399 tonnes, the closure period is extended by 19 days; and

—for vessels that caught 2 400 tonnes or more, the closure period is extended by 22 days.

The extensions of the closure periods referred to in the first subparagraph apply as follows:

—for the closure period referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), the additional days are added before the start of that closure period; and

—for the closure period referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), the additional days are added after the end of that closure period.

For each of the fishing vessels concerned, the relevant flag Member State shall inform the Commission of the extensions of the closure periods when informing the Commission of the selected closure periods in accordance with paragraph 2.’

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(3)in Article 63, the following point is inserted:

‘(ha)Article 29(2) shall apply from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2025 or the date on which an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 introducing a prohibition to retain on board, tranship or land any part or whole carcass of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5°N, caught in fisheries in the ICCAT Convention area becomes applicable, whichever is the earlier;’

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(4)Annexes IA, Part B, Annexes ID, IH and VI are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.