Council Regulation (EU) 2022/109 fixing for 2022 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

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2022/109 - signed by the Council of the European Union on 27 January 2022 - concerning the 2022 catch limits for the main commercial fish stocks in the Atlantic, the North Sea and international fisheries in which EU vessels participate.

Further information:

All fishing opportunities regulations must limit the harvesting of fish stocks to levels that are consistent with the overall objectives of the common fisheries policy (CFP).  The fishing opportunities exercise is an annual management cycle (biennial in the case of deep-sea stocks), but that does not stand in the way of long-term management approaches. Some of the fishing opportunities covered by this Council Regulation are established by the European Union (EU) autonomously and some were agreed following multilateral or bilateral consultations.

The draft law was tabled by the European Commission on 3 November 2021, and it covered:

• autonomous EU stocks;
• shared stocks that are to be jointly managed with the United Kingdom (UK) in the North Sea and the North-Western Waters, and with Norway in the North Sea and the Skagerrak, or that have been subject to North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) coastal states consultations;
• fishing opportunities under agreements concluded in the framework of regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs).

The proposed Council Regulation was formally adopted by the Council of the European Union at a meeting during a meeting on 14 December 2021. The Act was signed by the Council on 27 January 2022 and published in the Official Journal on 31 January 2022.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2021)661: Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2022 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 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:661:FIN

European Commission: Press Release, 03/11/2021: Commission proposes fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2022 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_5660

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 14/12/2021: Council agrees fishing opportunities for 2022 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/12/14/council-agrees-fishing-opportunities-for-2022/

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