
Article 1 
This Regulation specifies the details for implementing the landing obligation, provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, from 1 January 2015 in the South Western waters, as defined in Article 4(2)(d) of that Regulation, in the fisheries set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply to catches of anchovy, horse mackerel, jack mackerel and mackerel in artisanal purse seine fisheries. All such catches may be released, provided that the net is not fully taken on board.
Article 3 
By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded:

((a)) for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), up to a maximum of 7 % in 2015 and 2016, and 6 % in 2017, of the total annual catches in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES zone VIII and processing that species on board to obtain surimi base;
((b)) up to a maximum of 7 % in 2015 and 2016, and 6 % in 2017 for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) of the total annual catches in the albacore tuna directed fisheries using midwater pair trawls (PTM) in ICES zone VIII;
((c)) up to a maximum of 5 % in 2015 and 2016, and 4 % in 2017, of the total annual catches in the pelagic trawl fishery for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) in ICES zone VIII;
((d)) In the purse seine fishery in ICES zones VIII, IX and X and in CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 targeting the following species: up to a maximum of 5 % in 2015 and 2016, and 4 % in 2017, of the total annual catches of horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) and mackerel (Scomber scombrus); and up to a maximum of 2 % in 2015 and 2016, and 1 % in 2017, of the total annual catches of anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus).
Article 4 
The minimum conservation reference size for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) caught in ICES subarea IX and CECAF area 34.1.2 shall be 9 cm.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 October 2014
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX
1. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
PS Purse seines Horse mackerel, mackerel, sprat, anchovy
PTM Pair trawls — midwater Horse mackerel, mackerel, anchovy, albacore tuna
OTM Otter trawls — midwater Horse mackerel, mackerel, anchovy, albacore tuna, blue whiting
LHM/LTL/BB Handlines and pole lines (mechanised), bait boats, trolling lines Albacore tuna, mackerel

2. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
PS Purse seines Horse mackerel, mackerel, anchovy
LHM/ LTL/ BB Handlines and pole lines (mechanised), bait boats, trolling lines Albacore tuna, mackerel,
LL Long lines Albacore
GND/SB Artisanal fisheries Horse mackerel

3. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
LHP/BB Bait boats Albacore
LLD Longlines Albacore
PS Purse-seine artisanal Jack mackerel

4. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
PS Purse seines Jack mackerel
LHP/BB Handlines, bait boats and pole lines (hand-operated) Albacore
LLD Longlines Albacore
