
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2020/1417 of 2 October 2020 establishing a fisheries closure for witch flounder in NAFO 3NO area for vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union 

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 Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 lays down quotas for 2020.

(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of witch flounder in NAFO 3NO area by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Member States of the European Union have exhausted the quota allocated for 2020.

(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain fishing activities for that stock,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Quota exhaustion
Article 1 
The fishing quota allocated to Member States of the European Union for the stock of witch flounder in NAFO 3NO area for 2020 referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Article 2 
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union shall be prohibited from the date set out in the 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.
Entry into force
Article 3 
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, 2 October 2020.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

No 16/TQ123
Member State European Union (All Member States)
Stock WIT/N3NO.
Species Witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
Zone NAFO 3NO
Closing date 10.9.2020