This Regulation fixes the fishing opportunities available in European Union waters and to European Union fishing vessels in certain non-Union waters, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks. These fishing opportunities include: (a) catch limits for the year 2020 and, where specified in the Regulation, for the year 2021; (b) fishing effort limits for the year 2020; (c) fishing opportunities for the period from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020 for certain stocks in the CCAMLR Convention Area; (d) fishing opportunities for certain stocks in the IATTC Convention Area. The application scope encompasses European Union fishing vessels and third-country vessels in European Union waters. The Regulation also applies to recreational fisheries where such fisheries are expressly referred to in its relevant provisions.