Title II, Chapter III, Section 3, Article 26 · Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202

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Article 26Redfish in the Irminger Sea#

1.All fishing activities shall be prohibited in the area bounded by the following coordinates measured according to the WGS84 system:Latitude | Longitude63°00'N | 30°00'W61°30'N | 27°35'W60°45'N | 28°45'W62°00'N | 31°35'W63°00'N | 30°00'W

2.Fishing vessels shall be prohibited from fishing, retaining on board, transhipping or landing in Union ports shallow pelagic and deep pelagic beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) from the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters (ICES subareas 5, 12 and 14, and NAFO subareas 1 and 2). That prohibition shall apply to Union fishing vessels also in third-country ports.

3.Union fishing vessels shall be prohibited from participating in transhipment operations involving the stocks referred to in paragraph 2.

4.Union vessels shall be prohibited from refuelling or providing support services to fishing vessels with catches of the stocks referred to in paragraph 2.

5.Fishing vessels having carried out directed fisheries for the stocks referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be authorised to land in Union ports.

6.Fishing vessels having carried out directed fisheries for the stocks referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be authorised for any fishing activities in Union waters.

7.Union fishing vessels shall be prohibited from participating in transhipment operations involving vessels having carried out directed fisheries of the stocks referred to in paragraph 2.

8.Union vessels shall be prohibited from refuelling or providing support services to fishing vessels having carried out directed fisheries for the stocks referred to in paragraph 2.