16.7.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 187/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) of 17 June 2011 No 683/2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 as regards fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, ) Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 () fixes for 2011 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and (5) groups of fish stocks, applicable in EU waters and, for EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters. (2)  Consultations on fishing opportunities between the Union and the Faroe Islands failed to result in an agreement for 2011. After a further round of consul- tations with Norway in March 2011, the fishing oppor- tunities reserved for the consultations with the Faroe Islands can now be allocated to Member States. Therefore, Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 and the relevant TACs in Annexes IA and IB thereto (6) should be amended in order to distribute the non- allocated quota and to reflect the traditional allocation of mackerel in the North-East Atlantic. (3) It is desirable to implement flexible arrangements regarding the use of blue whiting quotas across the two main management areas provided for in Annex IA (7) to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 for that fishery (namely () O] L 24, 27.1.2011, p. 1. the area consisting of EU and international waters of ICES zones I, II, 1II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIla, VIIb, VIIId, Ville, XII and XIV and the area consisting of ICES zones VIlc, IX and X and EU waters of CECAF 34.1.1), since those two areas are subject to the same scientific advice and considered part of the same biological stock. Annex IA to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 establishes general quotas for Norway lobster in ICES zone VII and specific quotas for Norway lobster in the area of the Porcupine Bank located within that zone. It is necessary to fix those specific quotas anew for the year 2011 on the basis of updated data on historic catches. Further to the consultations concluded on 17 March 2011 between coastal states (Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland) and other North East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (NEAFC) parties (Union and Norway) on the management of redfish in the Irminger Sea and adjacent waters, it is necessary to establish TACs for redfish in those areas while respecting the agreed time and area restrictions. Annex IB to Regulation (EU) No 57/2011 should be amended accordingly. At its Annual Meeting in 2010, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission decided to maintain the limits imposed for that year on swordfish catches and on the number of vessels authorised to fish for swordfish, with effect from 1 January 2011. It is necessary to implement those measures in Union law. During the Third International Meeting, held in May 2007, for the creation of a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) in the high seas of the South Pacific (SPRFMO), the participants accepted