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Framework

Regulation (EU) No. 1380/2013, of 11 December, the main instrument of the CFP, advocates a multiannual approach to fisheries management, under which priority is laid down for multiannual plans that reflect the specificities of different fisheries, allowing to achieve more effectively the objective of sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources.
 

Management Plans

Eel Management Plan

By decision of 5 April 2011 of the European Commission, the eel Management Plan submitted by Portugal was approved, within the scope of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007, of 18 September. This regulation provides for the presentation and approval by the Commission of national plans for the recovery of European eel populations involving measures to control fishing effort but also measures that allow the reconstruction of eel habitats and the elimination of barriers to their progression in courses of water.

European Eel Management Plan (Anguilla anguilla)
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1st Report on the implementation of the Eel Management Plan in Portugal (July 2012)
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2nd Report on the implementation of the Eel Management Plan in Portugal (2015)
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3nd Report on the implementation of the Eel Management Plan in Portugal (2018)
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Transboundary River Minho Eel Management Plan
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Sardine Management Plan

Sardine Fishery Management Plan (2021-2026)
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Sardine Fishery Management Plan (2018-2023)

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 Multiannual Plans

Regulation (EU) No 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 established a multiannual plan for stocks caught in western waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, which amended Regulations (EU) No 2016/1139 and (EU) No 2018/973, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008 of the Council.

This plan applies to the demersal stocks listed below, including deep-sea stocks, in western waters, and, where these stocks extend beyond Western Waters, in their adjacent waters, and for the fisheries exploiting these stocks:

  • Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) in ICES sub-areas 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10 and 14 and in ICES divisions 3a, 5a, 5b, 9a and 12b
  • Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in ICES divisions 8c and 9a
  • Megrins (Lepidorhombus spp.) In ICES divisions 8c and 9a
  • Anglerfish (Lophiidae) in ICES divisions 8c and 9a
  • Hake (Merluccius merluccius) in ICES divisions 8c and 9a
  • Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) by functional unit in ICES sub-areas 9 and 10 and in CECAF 34.1.1:

         In the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula - east, western Galicia and northern Portugal (UF 26-27)
         In the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula - east and southwest and south of Portugal (UF 28-29)
         In the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula - east and Gulf of Cadiz (UF 30)

  • Red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in ICES sub-area 9
  • Common sole (Solea solea) in ICES divisions 8c and 9a.

In compliance with paragraph 3 of article 14, Regulation (EU) 2019/472 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 19 March 2019, the list of vessels with fishing authorizations referred to in paragraph 1 of article 14 can be consulted here.