Date: 2025-09-23Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1925 of 18 September 2025 establishing a fisheries closure for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters for vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
**Executive Summary**
Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1925, dated September 18, 2025, establishes a fisheries closure for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters for vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union. The regulation comes into force the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The closing date for the fisheries is August 29, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Quota Exhaustion:** The catch limit allocated to the European Union for 2025 for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters is deemed exhausted.
* **Prohibitions:**
* Fishing activities for Northern albacore by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union are prohibited from August 29, 2025.
* It is prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship, or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after this date.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** Vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union.
**Impact:**
The regulation affects the ability of these vessels to fish for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters.
**Action Required:**
Cease all fishing activities for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters from August 29, 2025 and ensure no retaining, relocating, transhipping, or landing of Northern albacore caught after this date.
Key Entities Referenced
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2025/1925: The primary subject; establishing a fisheries closure for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009: Regulation establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy.
Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202: Regulation laying down fishing opportunities for 2025.
Northern Albacore: The specific fish stock to which the fisheries closure applies.
United Kingdom waters: The geographical area where the fisheries closure applies.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1925 23.9.2025
COMMISSION REGULATION(EU) 2025/1925
of 18 September 2025
establishing a fisheries closure for Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters for vessels flying
the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for
ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC)
No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC)
No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing
Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006(1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202(2)lays down fishing opportunties for 2025.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of Northern albacore by vessels flying
the flag of or registered in a Member State of the European Union have exhausted the catch limit in United Kingdom
waters for 2025.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain fishing activities for that stock,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Quota exhaustion
The catch limit allocated to the European Union for 2025 for the stock of Northern albacore in United Kingdom waters
referred to in the Annex shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2
Prohibitions
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in Article 1 by vessels flying the flag of or registered in a Member State of the
European Union shall be prohibited from the date set out in the Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on
board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
(1) OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1224/oj.
(2) Council Regulation (EU) 2025/202 of 30 January 2025 fixing for 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) 2024/257 as
regards fishing opportunities for 2025 (OJ L, 2025/202, 31.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/202/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1925/oj 1/3EN
OJ L, 23.9.2025
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 September 2025.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Costas KADIS
Member of the Commission
2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1925/ojEN
OJ L, 23.9.2025
ANNEX
No 10/TQ202
Member State European Union (All Member States)
Stock ALB/*AN05N-UK
Species Northern Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)
Zone United Kingdom waters
Closing date 29 August 2025
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1925/oj 3/3