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Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 article 5 CELEX: 02019R1241-20250409 Definition of fishing zones
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following geographical definitions of fishing zones shall apply: (a) ‘North Sea’ means Union waters in ICES divisions () 2a and 3a and ICES sub-area 4; (b) ‘Baltic Sea’ means Union waters in ICES divisions 3b, 3c and 3d; (c) ‘North Western waters’ means Union waters in ICES sub-areas 5, 6 and 7; (d) ‘South Western waters’ means ICES sub-areas 8, 9 and 10 (Union waters) and CECAF zones () 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (Union waters); (e) ‘Mediterranean Sea’ means the maritime waters of the Mediterranean to the East of line 5°36′ W; (f) ‘Black Sea’ means waters in GFCM geographical sub-area 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (); (g) ‘Union waters in the Indian Ocean and the West Atlantic’ means waters around Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint Martin under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a Member State;
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(i) ‘GFCM Agreement area’ means the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea and connecting waters, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011. |