Explore European Union Legislation by Asking a Legal Question
assisted-checkbox
filter-instruction-1
positive-filters
negative-filters
act-filter tabs-all
parameters-title
query
assisted-checkbox: ✅
result-title
total 2
Regulation (EU) 2023/2124 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 October 2023 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area (recast) article 67 CELEX: 32023R2124 Spatial and temporal closures
1. Member States shall: (a) close the coastal zone, irrespective of depth, out to six nautical miles, or four nautical miles for vessels not allowed to fish beyond six nautical miles, to towed gear targeting demersal stocks, for a continuous period of at least eight weeks on an annual basis; or (b) set a closure of at least 30 continuous days on an annual basis and covering at least 20 % of territorial waters for fishing activities with otter-trawling, beam-trawling, bottom pair trawling and otter twin trawls, irrespective of their overall length in the areas and periods recognised by Member States as important for the protection of juveniles of demersal stocks, and accounting for migration routes and spatial patterns of juvenile distribution. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, by 15 June of each year, the spatial restrictions as referred to in paragraph 1, in the waters under their jurisdiction which they apply with a view to protecting spawning and nursery areas for demersal stocks referred to in Article 66. |
Regulation (EU) 2023/2124 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 October 2023 on certain provisions for fishing in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Agreement area (recast) article 67 CELEX: 32023R2124 3. The Commission shall transmit the information received in accordance with paragraph 2 to the GFCM Secretariat, by 30 June of each year. |