
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2017.
Article 2 

1. This Regulation shall apply to Union fishing vessels operating in the Baltic Sea.
2. This Regulation shall also apply to recreational fisheries where they are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the defintions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 apply. In addition, the following definitions apply:

((1)) ‘subdivision’ means an ICES subdivision of the Baltic Sea as defined in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005;
((2)) ‘total allowable catch’ (TAC) means the quantity of each stock that can be caught over the period of a year;
((3)) ‘quota’ means a proportion of the TAC allocated to the Union, a Member State or a third country;
((4)) ‘recreational fisheries’ means non-commercial fishing activities exploiting marine biological resources such as for recreation, tourism or sport.
CHAPTER II
Article 4 
The TACs, the quotas and the conditions functionally linked thereto, where appropriate, are set out in the Annex.
Article 5 
The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States, as set out in this Regulation, shall be without prejudice to:

((a)) exchanges made pursuant to Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((b)) deductions and reallocations made pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
((c)) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 or under Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((d)) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 or transferred under Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;
((e)) deductions made pursuant to Articles 105 and 107 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
Article 6 

1. Catches of species which are subject to catch limits and which have been caught in fisheries specified in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are subject to the landing obligation, as established in that Article.
2. The stocks of non-target species within the safe biological limits referred to in Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 are identified in the Annex of this Regulation for the purpose of the derogation from the obligation to count catches against the relevant quota provided for in that Article.
Article 7 

1. In recreational fisheries, no more than five specimens of cod may be retained per fisherman per day in subdivisions 22-24.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, no more than three specimens of cod may be retained per fisherman per day in subdivisions 22-24 in the period from 1 February 2017 to 31 March 2017.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 are without prejudice to more stringent national measures.
CHAPTER III
Article 8 
When, pursuant to Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Member States send data relating to quantities of stocks caught or landed to the Commission, they shall use the stock codes set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 9 

1. Except where specified otherwise in the Annex to this Regulation, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply to stocks subject to precautionary TACs and Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of that Regulation shall apply to stocks subject to an analytical TAC.
2. Article 3(2) and (3) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply where a Member State uses the year-to-year flexibility provided for in Article 15(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Article 10 
In Annex IA to Regulation (EU) 2016/72, the entry for Norway pout in IIIa and Union waters of IIa and IV is replaced by the following:
Species: Norway pout and associated by-catchesTrisopterus esmarkii Zone: IIIa; Union waters of IIa and IV(NOP/2A3A4.)
Year 2016 2017  
Denmark 128 880 99 907  
Germany 25 19  
The Netherlands 95 74  
Union 129 000 100 000  
Norway 15 000   
Faroe Islands 6 000   
TAC Not relevant Not relevant  
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply







Article 11 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2017, with the exception of Article 10 which shall apply from 1 November 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 October 2016.
For the Council
The President
M. LAJČÁK
ANNEX

The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, and conditions functionally linked thereto.
The references to fishing zones are references to ICES zones, unless otherwise specified.
The fish stocks are referred to using the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following comparative table of Latin names and common names is provided:

Scientific name Alpha-3 code Common name
Clupea harengus HER Herring
Gadus morhua COD Cod
Pleuronectes platessa PLE Plaice
Salmo salar SAL Atlantic salmon
Sprattus sprattus SPR Sprat
Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Subdivisions 30-31(HER/30/31.)
Finland 115 599  
Sweden 25 399  
Union 140 998  
TAC 140 998  Analytical TAC
Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Subdivisions 22-24(HER/3BC+24)
Denmark 3 981  
Germany 15 670  
Finland 2  
Poland 3 695  
Sweden 5 053  
Union 28 401  
TAC 28 401  
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall apply

Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 25-27, 28.2, 29 and 32(HER/3D-R30)
Denmark 4 205  
Germany 1 115  
Estonia 21 473  
Finland 41 914  
Latvia 5 299  
Lithuania 5 580  
Poland 47 618  
Sweden 63 925  
Union 191 129  
TAC Not relevant  
Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall apply

Species: HerringClupea harengus Zone: Subdivision 28.1(HER/03D.RG)
Estonia 14 350  
Latvia 16 724  
Union 31 074  
TAC 31 074  
Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall apply

Species CodGadus morhua Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 25-32(COD/3DX32.)
Denmark 7 089  
Germany 2 820  
Estonia 691  
Finland 542  
Latvia 2 636  
Lithuania 1 736  
Poland 8 161  
Sweden 7 182  
Union 30 857  
TAC Not relevant  
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Species: CodGadus morhua Zone: Subdivisions 22-24(COD/3BC+24)
Denmark 2 444  
Germany 1 194  
Estonia 54  
Finland 48  
Latvia 202  
Lithuania 131  
Poland 654  
Sweden 870  
Union 5 597  
TAC 5 597  
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply


Species: PlaicePleuronectes platessa Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32(PLE/3BCD-C)
Denmark 5 632  
Germany 626  
Poland 1 179  
Sweden 425  
Union 7 862  
TAC 7 862  Analytical TAC
Species: Atlantic salmonSalmo salar Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 22-31(SAL/3BCD-F)
Denmark 19 879  
Germany 2 212  
Estonia 2 020  
Finland 24 787  
Latvia 12 644  
Lithuania 1 486  
Poland 6 030  
Sweden 26 870  
Union 95 928  
TAC Not relevant  
Article 3(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply


Species: Atlantic salmonSalmo salar Zone: Union waters of Subdivision 32(SAL/3D32.)
Estonia 1 075  
Finland 9 410  
Union 10 485  
TAC Not relevant  Precautionary TAC

Species: SpratSprattus sprattus Zone: Union waters of Subdivisions 22-32(SPR/3BCD-C)
Denmark 25 745  
Germany 16 310  
Estonia 29 896  
Finland 13 477  
Latvia 36 107  
Lithuania 13 061  
Poland 76 627  
Sweden 49 770  
Union 260 993  
TAC Not relevant  
Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall apply
