Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 of 7 May 2007 laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species and repealing Regulation (EC) No 973/2001
Modified by
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1559/2007of 17 December 2007establishing a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean and amending Regulation (EC) No 520/2007, 32007R1559, December 22, 2007
- Regulation (EU) 2017/2107 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 November 2017laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007, 32017R2107, November 30, 2017
- Regulation (EU) 2021/56 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 January 2021laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Convention area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007, 32021R0056, January 26, 2021
- Regulation (EU) 2022/2056 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 19 October 2022laying down conservation and management measures applicable in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 520/2007, 32022R2056, October 26, 2022
1. "Highly migratory species" means the species listed in Annex I. 2. "Tunas and related species covered by ICCAT" means the species listed in Annex II. 3. "Dolphin mortality limit" means the limit defined in Article V of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Programme OJ L 348, 30.12.2005, p. 28 .4. "Leisure fisheries" means fishing activities exploiting living aquatic resources for recreation or sport. 5. "Encircling nets" means nets which catch fish by surrounding them both from the sides and from below; they may or may not be equipped with a purse line. 6. "Purse seines" means any encircling net the bottom of which is drawn together by means of a purse line at the bottom of the net, which passes through a series of rings along the groundrope, enabling the net to be pursed and closed. Purse seines may be used to catch small pelagic species, large pelagic species or demersal species. 7. "Longlines" means a fishing gear which comprises a main line carrying numerous hooks on branch lines (snoods) of variable length and spacing depending on the target species. It may be deployed either vertically or horizontally to the sea surface; it may be set either at or near the bottom (bottom-set longline) or drifting in midwater or near the surface (surface longline). 8. "Hook" means a bent, sharpened piece of steel wire usually with barb. The point of a hook may be either straight or even reversed and curved. The shank can be of varying length and form and its cross section can be round (regular) or flattened (forged). The total length of a hook shall be measured as the maximum overall length of the shank from the tip of the hook which serves for fastening the line and is usually shaped as an eye, to the apex of the bend. The width of a hook shall be measured as the greatest horizontal distance from the external part of the shank to the external part of the barb. 9. "Fish-aggregating devices (FADs)" means any equipment floating on the sea surface and with the objective of attracting fish. 10. "Pole and line tuna vessel" means vessels equiped for catching tuna by pole and line.
1. Area 1 all waters of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas included in the ICCAT Convention area as specified in Article 1 of that Convention; 2. Area 2 all waters of the Indian Ocean covered by the Agreement for the establishment of the IOTC as defined in Article 2 thereof. 3. Area 3 all waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean as defined in Article 3 of the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Programme; 4. Area 4 all waters of the Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean as defined in Article 3 of the WCPFC Convention.
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