Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 605/2012 prohibiting fishing activities for traps registered in Spain, fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and in the Mediterranean Sea.

This Regulation prohibits fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by traps registered in Spain. The prohibition applies as from 21 June 2012 and it cover also retaining on board, placing in cages for fattening or farming, transhipping, transferring or landing such stock caught by those traps as from that date.

2012-07-04