Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3, fishing opportunities for a stock may be fixed in accordance with the fishing mortality ranges set out in Annex I, column B, provided that the stock concerned is above the minimum spawning stock biomass reference point set out in Annex II, column A:
D'ainneoin mhír 2 agus mhír 3, féadfar deiseanna iascaireachta do stoc ar leith a shocrú i gcomhréir leis na raonta básmhaireachta iascaireachta a leagtar amach in Iarscríbhinn I, colún B, ar choinníoll go bhfuil an stoc lena mbaineann os cionn an phointe tagartha íosta bithmhaise stoic sceite a leagtar amach in Iarscríbhinn II, colún A: