What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 27 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall encourage implementation of the minimum standards for safe handling and live release procedures specified in Annex 1 to Recommendation 19-05 by producing guidelines for their fleet. Union fishing vessels shall have readily available on deck and easily accessible by crew, a lifting device, bolt cutter, dehooker/disgorger and line-cutter for safe release of live marlins caught.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 27 – paragraph 4: 4. Member States shall ensure that captain and crew members of their fishing vessels are adequately trained, aware of and use proper mitigation, identification, handling and releasing techniques and keep on board all equipment necessary for the release of marlins in accordance with the guidelines on minimum standards for safe handling procedures referred to in paragraph 3.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20, Article 27 – paragraph 6: 6. Member States may authorise pelagic longline and purse seiners flying their flag to fish and retain on board, tranship, or land blue marlin and white marlin/roundscale spearfish that are dead, within their catch limit.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21, Article 29 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, in recreational fisheries, any released fish shall be released in a manner that causes the least harm.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24, Article 33: North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) / 1. North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks caught in Union fishing vessels shall not be harmed and shall be promptly released into the sea, while giving due consideration to the safety of crew members. / 2. Member States shall make sure that vessels flying their flag apply the minimum standards for safe handling and release procedures of North Atlantic shortfin mako shark as set out in Annex VIIIa. / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new), Article 33 a (new): (24a) The following article is inserted / "Article 33a / South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) / 1. Member States shall make sure that vessels flying their flag apply the minimum standards for safe handling and release procedures of South Atlantic shortfin mako shark as set out in Annex VIIIa. / 2. Member States shall report on a monthly basis to the Commission all permissible landings of vessels flying their flag, which are authorised to catch South Atlantic shortfin mako. That report shall be sent to the Commission within 15 days of the end of the calendar month in which the catches were made. In addition, Member States shall report to the Commission every year the dead discards, live releases and total catches of vessels flying their flag. / 3. By 30 June every year, Member States with vessels flying their flag having reported catches (landings and dead discards) of South Atlantic shortfin mako sharks shall communicate to the Commission the statistical methodology used to estimate dead discards and live releases. Member States with artisanal and small-scale fisheries shall also provide information about their data collection programs. / 4. As part of their annual Task 1 and 2 data submissions, Member States shall provide to the Commission all relevant data for South Atlantic shortfin mako, including estimates of dead discards and live releases using the methods approved by the SCRS. / 5. Fishing vessels that retain South Atlantic shortfin mako are prohibi…

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25 a (new), Article 41: (25a) Article 41 is amended as follows: / (a) the following paragraph is inserted: / “2a. Member States shall require the vessels flying their flag that fish with shallow-set longlines to: / - use only large circle hooks; / - use only finfish bait; or / - use other measures that have been reviewed and considered effective and approved by the ICCAT to be capable of reducing the interaction rate of sea turtles in shallow set longline fisheries.”; / (b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: / “4. Member States shall: / (a) ensure that interactions with sea turtles are reduced and eliminated to the extent practicable, where encounters with sea turtles have been documented and reported to the SCRS, through the use or continued use of at least one of the following bycatch mitigation measures: / (i) alternative or new gear types and gear modifications; / (ii) time-area fishing restrictions and closures in instances where there is a higher risk of interaction with sea turtles; / (iii) effective static net gears’ marking allowing their detection by sea turtles such as the use of net colours, light passive reflectors, thicker twine diameter, corks or other materials within the net; / (iv) modifications in fishing behaviour and strategy (for example reduced soaking time); / (b) require their purse seine vessels to avoid encircling sea turtles to the extent practicable, release encircled or entangled sea turtles, including on FADs, where feasible, and ensure that FADs deployed constr…

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 44a – title: Article 44a

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 44a – paragraph 1: In addition to provisions of Article 9 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 20095 , Member States shall ensure that tracking devices of fishing vessels flying their flag are permanently and continuously operational and that vessel position data is collected and transmitted to the competent authorities of the Member State at least once every hour for purse seine and at least once every two hours for all other vessels.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 26, Article 44a – paragraph 1 a (new): In the event of technical failure or non-operation of the tracking device fitted on board a Union fishing vessel, the device shall be repaired or replaced as soon as possible or at least within one month from the time of the event, unless the vessel is no longer operating in the ICCAT Convention area. Union fishing vessels shall not start a fishing trip without the tracking device having been repaired or replaced.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31, Article 66 – paragraph 5: 5. Flag Member States shall consider and act on reports of infringements from inspectors of a port State on a similar basis as the reports from their own inspectors, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. / 1a Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 (OJ L347, 28.12.2017, p. 81))

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2017/2107

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new), Article 69 a (new): (32a) The following article is inserted: / “Article 69a / IUU vessels / Member States shall ensure that IUU listed vessels are not authorised to land, tranship, re-fuel, re-supply, or engage in other commercial transactions.”

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new): (35a) The text set out in the Annex to this Regulation is added as Annexes VIIIa, VIIIb and VIIIc to Regulation (EU) 2017/2107.

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: Regulation (EU) 2023/2053 is amended as follows:

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new), Article 5: (-1) Article 5 is replaced by the following: / “Article 5 / (3) ‘Convention Area’ means the geographical area defined in Article 1 of the Convention; / (4) ‘CPC’ means a Contracting Party to the Convention and a cooperating non-contracting party, entity or fishing entity; / (6) 'operator' means the natural or legal person who operates or holds any undertaking carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing, marketing, distribution and retail chains of fisheries and aquaculture products; / (7) ‘farm CPC' means the Member State under whose jurisdiction the bluefin tuna farm is located; / (8) 'flag CPC' means the Member State where the fishing vessel is flagged; / (9) 'trap CPC' means the Member States under whose jurisdiction the trap is located; / (10) ‘fishing vessel’ means any powered vessel used for the purposes of the commercial exploitation of bluefin tuna resources, including catching vessels, fish processing vessels, support vessels, towing vessels, vessels engaged in transhipment and transport vessels equipped for the transportation of tuna products and auxiliary vessels, except container vessels; / (11) ‘catching vessel’ means a vessel used for the purposes of the commercial capture of bluefin tuna resources; / (12) ‘towing vessel’ means any vessel used for towing live bluefin tuna cages; / (13) ‘processing vessel’ means a vessel on board of which fisheries products are subject to one or more of the following operations, prior to thei…

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1, Article 7 – points a and b: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new), Article 8: (1a) Article 8 is replaced by the following: / “Article 8 / 1. Automatic carry-over of any unused quota is not authorised. / 2. Member States may request to transfer a maximum of 5% of their annual quota form one year to the following year. The Commission shall include this request in its annual fishing/capacity plans for endorsement by the ICCAT Commission."

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new), Article 12: (1b) Article 12 shall be replaced by the following: / “Article 12 / In accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, when allocating the fishing opportunities available to them, Member States shall use transparent and objective criteria, including those of an environmental, social and economic nature, and shall also distribute national quotas fairly among the various fleet segments, giving special consideration to traditional and artisanal fisheries, and to provide incentives to Union fishing vessels deploying selective fishing gear or using fishing techniques with reduced environmental impact.”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new), Article 14 – introductory part: (1c) In Article 14, the introductory part is replaced by the following: / “Member States with a bluefin tuna quota shall establish an annual monitoring, control and inspection plan with a view to ensuring compliance with this Regulation. Each Member State shall submit its respective plan to the Commission. Each Member State shall establish its plan in accordance with:”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new), Article 15 – paragraphs 6 and 7: (1d) Article 15 is amended as follows : / (a) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: / “6. Member States shall report statistics on the annual amount of caging (input of wild caught fish), harvesting, and export to the Commission, which shall forward the data to the ICCAT Secretariat, until the ICCAT secretariat has developed a data extraction functionality in the eBCD system and such a functionality becomes available.” / (b) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: / “7. Where appropriate, Member States shall submit revised farming management plans to the Commission by 15 May each year for transmission to the ICCAT Secretariat by 1 June each year.”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new), Article 17 – paragraph 5: (1e) In Article 17, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: / “5. Bluefin tuna fishing shall be permitted in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea by large-scale pelagic longlines catching vessels over 24 m overall length during the period from 1 January to 31 May with the exception of the area delimited by West of l0°W and North of 42°N.”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 f (new), Article 21 a (new): (1f) The following article is inserted: / “Article 21a / Prohibition of retention of bluefin tuna onboard support vessels / Support vessels shall not retain on board or transport bluefin tuna.”

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 g (new), Article 24 – paragraphs 3, 4 and 5: (1g) Article 24 is amended as follows: / (a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: / “3. The marketing of bluefin tuna caught in recreational fisheries shall be prohibited.”; / (b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: / “4. Member States shall record catch data including the weight of each bluefin tuna caught in recreational fisheries and communicate the data for the preceding year to the Commission by 30 June each year. The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat without delay.”; / (c) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: / “5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, the release of bluefin tuna, especially juveniles, caught alive in recreational fisheries. Any bluefin tuna landed shall be whole, gilled and/or gutted.”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 h (new), Article 26 – paragraph 1: (1h) in Article 26, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: / “1. Each year, one month before the start of the period of authorisation, Member States shall submit the information set out in Annex XVI for the following vessel lists: / (a) all catching vessels fishing actively for bluefin tuna; and / (b) all other vessels engaged in bluefin tuna related activities, other than catching vessels. / The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat 15 days before the start of the fishing activity, so that those vessels can be entered into the ICCAT record of authorised vessels and, if relevant, into the ICCAT record of vessels 20 metres in length overall or greater authorised to operate in the Convention Area.”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 i (new), Article 27 – paragraph 2: (1i) In Article 27, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: / “2. Without prejudice to Article 20(6), Union fishing vessels not entered into the ICCAT records referred to in Article 26 shall be deemed not to be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, transfer, process or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.”

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Removed:Regulation (EU) 2023/2053

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 j (new), Article 28: (1j) Article 28 is amended as follows: / (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: / “1. Member States shall submit to the Commission electronically, as part of their fishing plans, a list of traps authorised to fish for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean including the information set out in Annex XVII. The Commission shall forward that information to the ICCAT Secretariat so that those traps can be entered into the ICCAT record of traps authorised to fish for bluefin tuna.”; / (b) the following paragraph is added: / "5. Member States shall notify the Commission, after the establishment of the ICCAT record of traps, any addition to, any deletion from and/or any modification of the ICCAT record of traps at any time such changes occur. The Commission will notify such changes to the ICCAT Secretariat without delay.”