Ireland-linked vessels are prohibited from fishing for the listed alfonsinos stock in the specified waters, and from keeping, moving, transhipping, or landing fish caught after the closing date.
16.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 240/7 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/1529 of 11 September 2015 establishing a prohibition of fishing for alfonsinos in Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Ireland THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014 (2) lays down quotas for 2015. ---|--- (2) | According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2015. ---|--- (3) | It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Quota exhaustion The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2015 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex. Article 2 Prohibitions Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date. Article 3 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 September 2015. For the Commission, On behalf of the President, João AGUIAR MACHADO Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries * * * (1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1. (2) Council Regulation (EU) No 1367/2014 of 15 December 2014 fixing for 2015 and 2016 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep- sea fish stocks (OJ L 366, 20.12.2014, p. 1). * * * ANNEX No | 22/DSS ---|--- Member State | Ireland Stock | ALF/3X14- Species | Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.) Zone | Union and international waters of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV Closing date | 1.1.2015 * * *