Council Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, as well as fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities for certain deep-sea fish stocks

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2023/194 - adopted by the Council of the European Union on 30 January 2023 - concerning the catch limits for fish stocks in waters of the European Union (EU) in the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2023, including for deep-sea stock for 2023 and 2024.

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). Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 - the Basic Regulation for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) - sets out objectives for annual and biennial proposals for catch and fishing effort limits to ensure that EU fisheries are ecologically, economically and socially sustainable.

This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities available in EU waters and to EU fishing vessels in certain non-EU waters, for certain fish stocks, including for certain deep-sea fish stocks. It covers 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, that are to be jointly managed with Norway and the UK in the North Sea and the Skagerrak, or that are subject to North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) coastal States consultations. It also includes fishing opportunities under agreements concluded in the framework of the regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) and certain fishing opportunities in waters of non-EU countries.

The proposal was tabled by the European Commission on 28 October 2022. The Council of the European Union reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities on 13 December 2022. The Act was formally signed on 30 January 2023 and published in the Official Journal on 31 January 2023.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2022)559: Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2023 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, as well as fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities for certain deep-sea fish stocks https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2022:559:FIN

European Commission: Press Release, 28/10/2022: The Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak: Commission proposes 2023 fishing opportunities with catch limits' increases for largest stocks https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_6437

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 13/12/2022: Council approves fishing opportunities for 2023 in EU and non-EU waters https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/12/13/council-approves-fishing-opportunities-for-2023-in-eu-and-non-eu-waters/

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