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TACs and quotas 2024

Total Allowable Catches (TAC) and quotas 2024.

02/09/2024

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 and 2024 such fishing opportunities - COM/2024/392 final

28/06/2024

Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1856 of 28 June 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 such fishing opportunities

  • 20 JUNE 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2024)213 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 20 June 2024 - Amendments in relation to northern prawn in the Skagerrak and Kattegat
  • 18 JUNE 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2024) 213 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 17 June 2024 - 2nd in-year amendment to the 2024 fishing opportunities Regulation
  • 7 JUNE 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2024)213 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 5 June 2024 - Anchovy, sprat, ICCAT
  • 30 MAY 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2024)213 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 29 May 2024 - ICCAT, NPFC

22/05/2024

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending and correcting Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters and Regulation (EU) 2023/194 fixing for 2023 such fishing opportunities - COM/2024/213 final

26/03/2024

Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1015 of 26 March 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters

06/03/2024

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending and correcting Regulation (EU) 2024/257 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters - COM/2024/114 final

  • 13 MARCH 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2024)114 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 12 March 2024 - Sandeel in the North Sea
  • 13 MARCH 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2024)114 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 12 March 2024 - Skagerrak-Kattegat, ICCAT, correction of errors

Council Regulation (EU) 2024/259 of 10 January 2024 fixing for 2024 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Council Regulation (EU) 2024/257 of 10 January 2024 fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194

Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2638 of 20 November 2023 fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2024 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters

25/10/2023

Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2024, 2025 and 2026 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 as regards deep-sea stocks - COM/2023/587

  • 13 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 12 December 2023 - MAC/2A4A-N
  • 13 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 12 December 2023 - MAC/2A4A-N, EU-UK shared stocks
  • 30 JANUARY 2024
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 11 December 2023 - NEAFC, North-East Arctic
  • 12 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 11 December 2023 - Shared stocks
  • 12 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 11 December 2023 - ICCAT
  • 11 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 10 December 2023 - European eel in the North-East Atlantic
  • 11 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 9 December 2023 - anchovy, WCPFC, ICCAT, IOTC, Faroese waters, French Guiana
  • 11 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 9 December 2023 - EU-NO-UK stocks, EU-NO stocks, EU-UK stocks, coastal states stocks, Greenland waters
  • 11 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 7 December 2023 - EU-UK shared stocks
  • 5 DECEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 4 December 2023 - Kattegat, SEAFO, ICCAT
  • 29 NOVEMBER 2023
Supporting document: landing obligation exemptions deductions for 2024
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 27 November 2023 - ICCAT, IOTC
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 27 November 2023 - Autonomous EU stocks
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 21 November 2023 - Coastal states stocks
  • 16 NOVEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 15 November 2023 - Eel, NAFO, CCSBT, CCAMLR
  • 13 NOVEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)587 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 13 November 2023 - Norway Lobster, sole, eel

10/10/2023

Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas for 2024 - COM/2023/578

  • 27 NOVEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)578 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 24 November 2023

28/08/2023

Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2024 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/194 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters - COM/2023/492

  • 24 OCTOBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)492 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 20 October 2023 - Baltic Sea
  • 24 OCTOBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)492 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 17 October 2023 - Baltic Sea
  • 20 SEPTEMBER 2023
Updates to Commission proposal COM(2023)492 - COMMISSION SERVICES NON-PAPER - 19 September 2023 - Baltic Sea

14/06/2023

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2024 - COM/2023/303

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