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Document 32005R0027

    Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required

    SL L 12, 14.1.2005, p. 1–151 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/27/oj

    14.1.2005   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 12/1

    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 27/2005

    of 22 December 2004

    fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks (2), and in particular Articles 6 and 8 thereof,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of the Northern hake stock (3), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 requires the Council to adopt the measures necessary to ensure access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities taking into account available scientific advice and, in particular, the report prepared by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries.

    (2)

    Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, it is incumbent upon the Council, to establish the total allowable catches (TAC) by fishery or group of fisheries. Fishing opportunities should be allocated to Member States and third countries in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 20 of that Regulation.

    (3)

    In order to ensure effective management of the TACs and quotas, the specific conditions under which fishing operations occur should be established.

    (4)

    It is necessary to establish the principles and certain procedures of fishery management at Community level, so that Member States can ensure the management of the vessels flying their flag.

    (5)

    In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (4), it is necessary to identify the stocks which are subject to the various measures referred to therein.

    (6)

    In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreements or protocols on fisheries relations, the Community has held consultations on fishing rights with Norway (5), the Faroe Islands (6), and Greenland (7).

    (7)

    Pursuant to the Article 6 of the 2003 Act of Accession, fisheries agreements concluded by Latvia and Lithuania with third countries shall be managed by the Community. In accordance with these agreements, the Community has held consultations with the Russian Federation.

    (8)

    The Community is a Contracting Party to several regional fisheries organisations. Those fisheries organisations have recommended the setting of catch limitations and other conservation rules for certain species. Those recommendations should therefore be implemented by the Community.

    (9)

    At its Annual Meeting in June 2004, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) adopted catch limitations for yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and skipjack tuna, and technical measures as regards the treatment of by-catches. Although the Community is not a member of the IATTC, it is necessary to implement those measures to ensure sustainable management of the resource under the jurisdiction of that Organisation.

    (10)

    At its Annual Meeting in 2004, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted tables indicating the under-utilisation and over-utilisation of the fishing possibilities of the ICCAT contracting parties. In that context, the ICCAT adopted a Decision observing that during the year 2003, the European Community had under-exploited its quota for several stocks.

    (11)

    In order to respect the adjustments to the Community quotas established by the ICCAT, it is necessary for the distribution of the fishing opportunities arising from the under-utilisation to be carried out on the basis of the respective contribution of each Member State towards the underutilisation without modifying the distribution key established in this Regulation concerning the annual allocation of TACs.

    (12)

    At its Annual Meeting, the ICCAT adopted a number of technical measures for certain stocks of highly migratory species in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, specifying inter alia a new minimum size for bluefin tuna, restrictions on fishing within certain area and time periods in order to protect the bigeye tuna, measures concerning sport and recreational fishing activities in the Mediterranean Sea and the establishment of a sampling program for the estimation of the size of the bluefin tuna caged. In order to contribute to the conservation of fish stocks it is necessary to implement these measures in 2005 pending the adoption of a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (8).

    (13)

    At its Annual Meeting in 2004, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) has adopted a recommendation to restrict fishing within certain areas in order to protect vulnerable deep-water habitats. This recommendation should be implemented by the Community.

    (14)

    As a temporary measure, catches of herring in mixed fisheries as referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 should be counted against the relevant quota for herring.

    (15)

    As a temporary measure, the fishing effort concerning certain deep-sea species should be reduced in accordance with scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

    (16)

    The execution of fishing opportunities should be in accordance with the Community legislation on the matter, and in particular with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (9), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish (10), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (11), Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources, Council Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean (12), Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing permits (13), Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources (14), Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (15), Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (16), Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 of 29 June 1998 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption (17), Council Regulation No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks (18), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (19), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels (20), Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (21), Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep sea-stocks (22) and Council Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 and 2006 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (23).

    (17)

    In order to contribute to the conservation of fish stocks, certain complementary measures on control and technical conditions of fishing should be implemented in 2005.

    (18)

    For the stocks of sole in the Western channel, of Southern hake and of Nephrops, it is necessary to apply a provisional effort management scheme. For the cod stocks in the Kattegat, in the North Sea, Skagerrak and the Western channel, in the Irish Sea and in the west of Scotland, the existing effort management scheme needs to be adapted.

    (19)

    Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 it is incumbent upon the Council to decide on the conditions associated with the limits on catches and/or fishing effort limits. Scientific advice indicates that substantial catches in excess of agreed TACs result in prejudice to the sustainability of fishing operations. It is therefore appropriate to introduce associated conditions that will result in improved implementation of the agreed fishing possibilities.

    (20)

    It is necessary, following the advice from the ICES, to apply a temporary system to manage the fishing effort of the industrial fishery for sandeel in ICES Sub-area IV and Division IIIa North.

    (21)

    Scientific advice indicates that the stock of North Sea plaice is not fished sustainably and that levels of discards are very high. Scientific advice and advice from the North Sea Regional Advisory Council indicates that it is appropriate to adjust the fishing opportunities in terms of fishing effort of vessels targeting plaice.

    (22)

    For the adjustment of fishing effort limitations on cod as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 alternative arrangements are proposed in order to manage fishing effort consistently with the TAC, as laid down in Article 8(3) of the said Regulation.

    (23)

    At its 25th Annual Meeting of 15 to 19 September 2003, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) adopted a rebuilding plan for Greenland halibut in NAFO Sub-area 2 and divisions 3KLMNO. The plan foresees a reduction of the TAC level until 2007 as well as additional measures to ensure its effectiveness. It is necessary to implement that plan for 2005 pending the adoption of a Council Regulation implementing multiannual measures to rebuild the Greenland halibut stock.

    (24)

    At its 26th Annual Meeting of 13 to 17 September 2004, the NAFO adopted Management Measures for a number of previously unregulated stocks, namely skates in Division 3LNO, redfish in Division 3O and white hake in Division 3NO. It is therefore necessary to implement these measures and to establish an allocation between Member States.

    (25)

    In order to comply with international obligations undertaken by the Community as a Contracting Party to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), including the obligation to apply the measures adopted by the CCAMLR Commission, the TACs adopted by that Commission for the 2004-2005 season and the corresponding season limit dates should be applied.

    (26)

    At its XXIII Annual meeting in 2004, the CCAMLR adopted relevant catch limits for the stocks open to established fisheries by any CCAMLR Member. CCAMLR also approved the participation of Community fishing vessels in exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in Sub-areas FAO 88.1 and in Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) and made the relevant fishing activities subject to catch and by-catch limits, as well as to certain specific technical measures. Those limits and technical measures should also be applied.

    (27)

    In order to ensure the livelihood of Community fishermen, it is important to open these fisheries on 1 January 2005. Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period referred to in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    CHAPTER I

    SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    Article 1

    Subject matter

    This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for the year 2005, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, and the specific conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used.

    However, for certain Antarctic stocks, it fixes the fishing opportunities and specific conditions for the periods set out in Annex IF.

    Article 2

    Scope

    This Regulation shall apply to:

    (a)

    Community fishing vessels (‘Community vessels’); and

    (b)

    fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in, third countries (‘third country vessels’) in waters falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Member States (‘EC waters’).

    Article 3

    Definitions

    For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

    (a)

    ‘fishing opportunities’ means:

    (i)

    total allowable catches (‘TACs’) or the number of vessels authorised to fish and/or the duration of these authorisations;

    (ii)

    shares of the TACs available to the Community;

    (iii)

    quotas allocated to the Community in third country waters;

    (iv)

    allocation of Community fishing opportunities under (ii) and (iii) to Member States in the form of quotas;

    (v)

    allocation to third countries of quotas to be fished in Community waters;

    (b)

    ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

    (c)

    ‘NAFO Regulatory Area’ means the part of the area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) Convention not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of coastal States;

    (d)

    ‘Skagerrak’ means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

    (e)

    ‘Kattegat’ means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

    (f)

    ‘North Sea’ means ICES Sub-area IV and that part of ICES Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in point (d);

    (g)

    ‘Gulf of Riga’ means the area bounded on the west bya line drawn from Ovisi lighthouse (57°34.1234′N, 21°42.9574′E) on the west coast of Latvia to the Southern Rock of Cape Loode (57°57.4760′N, 21°58.2789′E) on the island of Saaremaa, then southwards to the southernmost point of the peninsula of Sõrve and then in a north-eastern direction along the east coast of the island of Saaremaa, and in the north by a line drawn from 58°30.0′N 23°13.2′E to 58°30.0′N 23°41′1E;

    (h)

    ‘Gulf of Cadiz’ means the area of ICES Sub-division IXa east of longitue 7°23′48″W.

    Article 4

    Fishing zones

    For the purpose of this Regulation, the following zone definitions shall apply:

    (a)

    ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (24);

    (b)

    CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (25);

    (c)

    NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic (26);

    (d)

    CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 601/2004.

    CHAPTER II

    FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS

    Article 5

    Fishing opportunities and allocations

    1.   Fishing opportunities for Community vessels in Community waters or in certain non-Community waters and the allocation of such fishing opportunities among Member States shall be as set out in Annex I.

    2.   Community vessels are hereby authorised to make catches, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the conditions set out in Articles 9, 16 and 17.

    3.   The Commission shall fix the fishing opportunities for capelin in zones V, XIV (Greenland waters) available to the Community equal to 7,7 % of the capelin TAC as soon as the TAC has been established.

    4.   Fishing opportunities for the stocks of blue whiting in zones I-XIV (EC waters and international waters) and herring in zones I and II (EC waters and international waters) may be increased by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 when third countries do not respect a responsible management of those stocks.

    Article 6

    Special provisions and allocations

    The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in Annex I shall be without prejudice to:

    (a)

    exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

    (b)

    reallocations made pursuant to Article 21(4), Article 23(1) and Article 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93;

    (c)

    additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

    (d)

    quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

    (e)

    deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

    Article 7

    Quota flexibility

    For 2005, the following stocks shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation:

    (a)

    the stocks which are subject to a precautionary or to an analytical TAC;

    (b)

    the stocks to which the year-to-year flexibility conditions set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are to apply; and

    (c)

    the stocks to which the penalty coefficients provided for in Article 5(2) of that Regulation are to apply.

    Article 8

    Conditions for landing catch and by-catches

    1.   Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless:

    (a)

    the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or

    (b)

    the catches from part of a Community share which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that share has not been exhausted; or

    (c)

    for all species other than herring and mackerel, where they are mixed with other species, the catches have been taken with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 millimetres in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or

    (d)

    for herring, the catches comply with the measures referred to in point 12 of Annex III; or

    (e)

    for mackerel, where they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard, the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board, and the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing; or

    (f)

    catches are taken during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EC) No 850/98 or Regulation (EC) No 88/98.

    2.   All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of paragraph 1 (c), (e) and (f).

    3.   By derogation from paragraph 1, when fishing opportunities of a Member State for herring in Sub-areas II (EC waters), III, IV and subdivision VII d are exhausted, it shall be prohibited for vessels, flying the flag of that Member State, and registered in the Community, and operating within the fisheries to which the relevant catch limitations apply, to land catches which are unsorted and which contain herring.

    4.   The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Articles 4 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 88/98.

    Article 9

    Access limits

    No fishing by Community vessels shall take place in the Skagerrak within 12 nautical miles from the baselines of Norway. However, vessels flying the flag of Denmark or Sweden shall be allowed to fish up to 4 miles from the baselines of Norway.

    Article 10

    Special conditions for landings of unsorted catches from Sub-areas IIa (EC waters), III, IV and VIId

    The measures set out in Annex II shall apply with regard to the landing of unsorted landings from Sub-areas IIa (EC waters), III, IV and VIId.

    Article 11

    Other technical and control measures

    The technical measures set out in Annex III shall apply in 2005 in addition to those set out in Regulation (EC) No 850/98, Regulation (EC) No 88/98, Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 and Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

    Detailed rules for the implementation of point 10 of Annex III may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

    Article 12

    Effort limitations and associated conditions for the management of stocks

    1.   For the period 1 January to 31 January 2005, for the management of cod stocks in Kattegat, North Sea, Eastern Channel, Skagerrak, to the West of Scotland and in the Irish Sea the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in points 1 to 5, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e and 7 to 22 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (27) shall apply.

    2.   For the period 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005 for the management of cod stocks mentioned in paragraph 1, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex IVa shall apply.

    3.   From the 1 February 2005, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex IVb shall apply to the management of fisheries in the Cantabrian Sea and the Western Iberian peninsula.

    4.   From 1 February 2005, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex IVc shall apply to the management of the stock of sole in the Western Channel.

    5.   The fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex V shall apply to the management of sandeel stocks in Skagerrak and the North Sea.

    6.   The Commission shall fix the final fishing effort for 2005 for the fisheries on sandeel in zones IIa, IIIa, IV based on the rules laid down in point 6 of Annex V.

    7.   All vessels using gear types identified in points 4 of Annexes IVa, IVb, IVc respectively and fishing in areas defined in points 2 of Annexes IVa, IVb, IVc respectively shall hold a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.

    8.   Member States shall ensure that for 2005 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits do not exceed 90 % of the average annual fishing effort deployed by that Member State's vessels in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held and deep-sea species, as listed in Annex I and Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, excluding greater silver smelt, were caught.

    CHAPTER III

    FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS

    Article 13

    Authorisation

    Vessels flying the flag of Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela and vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Community waters, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, and subject to the conditions provided for in Articles 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24.

    Article 14

    Geographic restrictions

    Fishing by vessels flying the flag of:

    (a)

    Norway or registered in the Faroe Islands shall be limited to those parts of the 200 nautical mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of Member States in the North Sea, Kattegat and the Atlantic Ocean north of 43°00′N, except the area referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; fishing in the Skagerrak by vessels flying the flag of Norway shall be allowed seawards of four nautical miles from the baselines of Denmark and Sweden;

    (b)

    Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the French Department of Guyana.

    Article 15

    Conditions for landing catch and by-catch

    Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless the catches have been taken by vessels of a third country having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.

    CHAPTER IV

    LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS

    Article 16

    Licences and associated conditions

    1.   Notwithstanding the general rules on fishing licences and special fishing permits provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1627/94, fishing in waters of third countries shall be subject to the holding of a licence issued by the authorities of the third country.

    However, the first subparagraph shall not apply to the following Community vessels, when fishing in Norwegian waters of the North Sea:

    (a)

    vessels of a tonnage equal to or less than 200 GT;

    (b)

    vessels carrying out fisheries for human consumption for species other than mackerel;

    (c)

    vessels flying the flag of Sweden, in line with established practice.

    2.   The maximum number of licences and other associated conditions shall be fixed as set out in Part I of Annex VI. Requests for licences shall indicate the types of fishing and the name and characteristics of the vessels for which licences are to be issued and shall be addressed by the authorities of the Member States to the Commission. The Commission shall submit these requests to the authorities of the third country concerned.

    If one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (swap) in the fishing areas set out in Part I of Annex VI, the transfer shall include an appropriate transfer of licences and shall be notified to the Commission. However, the total number of licences for each fishing area, as set out in Part I of Annex VI, shall not be exceeded.

    3.   Community vessels shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing the zone in which they operate.

    Article 17

    Faroe Islands

    Community vessels licensed to conduct a directed fishery for one species in waters of the Faroe Islands may conduct directed fishery for another species provided that they give prior notification of the change to the Faroese authorities.

    CHAPTER V

    LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS

    Article 18

    Obligation to have a licence and a special fishing permit

    1.   Notwithstanding Article 28b of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, vessels flying the flag of Norway of less than 200 GT shall be exempt from the obligation to have a licence and a fishing permit.

    2.   The licence and special fishing permit shall be kept on board. However, vessels registered in the Faroe Islands or Norway shall be exempt from that obligation.

    3.   Vessels from third countries authorised to fish on 31 December 2004 may continue to fish as from 1 January 2005 until the list of vessels authorised to fish is submitted to and approved by the Commission.

    Article 19

    Application for a licence and special fishing permit

    An application to the Commission for a licence and special fishing permit from an authority of a third country shall be accompanied by the following information:

    (a)

    name of the vessel;

    (b)

    registration number;

    (c)

    external identification letters and numbers;

    (d)

    port of registration;

    (e)

    name and address of the owner or charterer;

    (f)

    gross tonnage and overall length;

    (g)

    engine power;

    (h)

    call sign and radio frequency;

    (i)

    intended method of fishing;

    (j)

    intended area of fishing;

    (k)

    species for which it is intended to fish;

    (l)

    period for which a licence is required.

    Article 20

    Number of licences

    The number of licences and special associated conditions shall be fixed as set out in Part II of Annex VI.

    Article 21

    Cancellation and withdrawal

    1.   Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day preceding the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue.

    2.   Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the quota for the stock in question set out in Annex I has been exhausted.

    3.   Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation.

    Article 22

    Failure to comply with relevant rules

    1.   For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been fulfilled.

    2.   The Commission shall submit to the authorities of the third country concerned the names and characteristics of the vessels which will not be authorised to fish in the Community fishing zone for the following month or months as a consequence of an infringement of the relevant rules.

    Article 23

    Obligations of the licence holder

    1.   Third-country vessels shall comply with the conservation and control measures and other provisions governing fishing of Community vessels in the zone in which they operate, in particular Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94, (EC) No 88/98, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 1434/98 and (EEC) No 1381/87.

    2.   The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a logbook in which the information set out in Part I of Annex VII, shall be entered.

    3.   Third-country vessels, except vessels flying the flag of Norway fishing in ICES Division IIIa, shall transmit the information set out in Annex VIII to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid down in that Annex.

    Article 24

    Specific provisions concerning the French Department of Guyana

    1.   The granting of licences to fish in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be subject to an undertaking by the owner of the vessel concerned to permit an observer to come on board at the Commission's request.

    2.   The master of each vessel in possession of a licence for finfish or tuna fishing in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall, on landing the catch after each trip, submit a declaration to the French authorities stating the quantities of shrimp caught and kept on board since the last declaration. This declaration shall be in accordance with the model set out in Part III of Annex VI. The master shall be responsible for the accuracy of the declaration. The French authorities shall take all appropriate measures to verify the accuracy of the declarations, by checking them in particular against the logbook referred to in Article 23(2). The declaration shall be signed by the competent official after it has been verified. Before the end of each month, the French authorities shall send to the Commission all the declarations relating to the preceding month.

    3.   Vessels fishing in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall keep a logbook corresponding to the model appearing in Part II of Annex VII. A copy of this logbook shall be sent to the Commission within 30 days of the last day of each fishing trip, via the French authorities.

    4.   If, for a period of one month, the Commission receives no communication concerning a vessel in possession of a licence to fish in waters of the French Department of Guyana, the licence of that vessel shall be withdrawn.

    CHAPTER VI

    SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE NAFO REGULATORY AREA

    SECTION 1

    Community participation

    Article 25

    List of vessels

    1.   Only Community vessels of more than 50 gross tonnes which have been issued a special fishing permit by their flag Member State and are included in the NAFO vessel register shall be authorised, on the conditions set out in the permit, to fish, keep on board, trans-ship and land fishery resources from the NAFO Regulatory Area.

    2.   Each Member State shall inform the Commission in computer readable form, at least 15 days before the new vessel enters the NAFO Regulatory area, of any amendment to its list of vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community that are authorized to fish in the NAFO Regulatory area. The Commission shall forward this information promptly to the NAFO Secretariat.

    3.   The information referred to in paragraph 2 shall include the following information:

    (a)

    the internal number of the vessel, as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register (28);

    (b)

    the international radio call sign;

    (c)

    the vessel charterer, where applicable;

    (d)

    the vessel type.

    4.   For vessels temporarily flying the flag of a Member State (bare boat charter), the information forwarded shall include:

    (a)

    the date from which the vessel has been authorised to fly the flag of the Member State;

    (b)

    the date from which the vessel has been authorised by the Member State to engage in fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area;

    (c)

    the name of the State where the vessel is registered or has been previously registered and the date as from which it ceased flying the flag of that State;

    (d)

    the name of the vessel;

    (e)

    the official registration number of the vessel assigned by the competent national authorities;

    (f)

    the home port of the vessel after the transfer;

    (g)

    the name of owner or charterer of the vessel;

    (h)

    a declaration that the master has been provided with a copy of the regulations in force in the NAFO Regulatory Area;

    (i)

    the principal species which can be fished by the vessel in the NAFO Regulatory Area;

    (j)

    the sub-areas where the vessel may be expected to fish.

    SECTION 2

    Technical measures

    Article 26

    Mesh sizes

    1.   The use of trawl net having in any section thereof net meshes of dimensions less than 130 mm shall be prohibited for direct fishing of the groundfish species referred to in Annex IX. This mesh size may be reduced to a minimum of 60 mm for direct fishing of short-finned squid (Illex illecebrosus). For direct fishing of skates (Rajidae) this mesh size shall be increased to a minimum of 280 mm in the cod-end and 220 mm in all other parts of the trawl.

    2.   Vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) shall use nets with a minimum mesh size of 40 mm.

    Article 27

    Attachments to nets

    1.   The use of any means or device other than those described in this Article which obstructs the meshes of a net or which diminishes their size shall be prohibited.

    2.   Canvas, netting or any other material may be attached to the underside of the cod-end in order to reduce or prevent damage.

    3.   Devices may be attached to the upper side of the cod-end provided that they do not obstruct the meshes of the cod-end. The use of top-side chafers shall be limited to those listed in Annex X.

    4.   Vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) shall use sorting grids or grates with a maximum spacing between bars of 22 mm. Vessels fishing for shrimp in Division 3L shall also be equipped with toggle chains of a minimum of 72 cm in length as described in Appendix 4 to Annex III.

    Article 28

    By-catches

    1.   Masters of vessels may not conduct directed fisheries for species for which by-catch limits apply. A directed fishery for a species is conducted when that species comprises the largest percentage by weight of the catch in any one haul.

    2.   By-catches of the species listed in Annex ID for which no quotas have been fixed by the Community for a part of the NAFO Regulatory Area and taken in that part when fishing directly for any species may not exceed for each species 2 500 kg or 10 % by weight of the total catch retained on board, whichever is the greater. However, in a part of the NAFO Regulatory Area where directed fishing of certain species is banned or an ‘others’ quota has been fully utilised, by-catches of each of the species listed in Annex ID shall not exceed 1 250 kg or 5 % respectively.

    3.   Whenever the total amounts of species for which by-catch limits apply in any haul exceed the limits laid down in paragraph 2, whichever is applicable, vessels shall immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the previous haul position. Whenever the total amounts of species for which by-catch limits apply in any subsequent haul exceed the said limits, vessels shall again immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the previous haul position and shall not return to the area for at least 48 hours.

    4.   For vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis), in the event that total by-catches of all species listed in Annex ID in any haul exceed 5 % by weight in Division 3M and 2,5 % in Division 3L, vessels shall immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the position of the previous haul.

    5.   Catches of shrimp shall not be used in the calculation of by-catch level of groundfish species.

    Article 29

    Minimum size of fish

    Fish from the NAFO Regulatory Area which do not have the size required as set out in Annex XI may not be processed, retained on board, trans-shipped, landed, transported, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale, but shall be returned immediately to the sea. Where the quantity of caught fish not having the required size exceeds 10 % of the total quantity, the vessel shall move away to a distance of at least five nautical miles from any position of the previous haul before continuing fishing. Any processed fish for which minimum fish size requirements apply which is below a length equivalent in Annex XI, shall be deemed to originate from fish that is below the minimum fish size.

    SECTION 3

    Control measures

    Article 30

    Product labelling and separate stowage

    1.   All processed fish harvested in the NAFO Regulatory Area shall be labelled in such a way that each species and product category is identifiable. It shall also be marked as having been caught in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

    2.   All shrimp harvested in Division 3L and all Greenland halibut harvested in Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO shall be marked as having been caught in these respective areas.

    3.   Catches of the same species shall be stowed clearly separate from catches of other species. All catches taken within the NAFO Regulatory Area shall be stowed separately from catches taken outside this area.

    Catches may be stowed in more than one part of the hold but in each part of the hold where it is stowed, it shall be kept clearly separate, by the use of plastic, plywood, netting, etc. from catches of other species.

    Article 31

    Production logbook and stowage plan

    1.   In addition to complying with Articles 6, 8, 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, masters of vessels shall enter in the logbook the information listed in Annex XII to this Regulation.

    2.   Each Member State shall, in computer readable form, before the 15th of each month, notify the Commission of the quantities of stocks specified in Annex XIII landed during the preceding month and communicate any information received under Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

    3.   The master of a Community vessel shall, in respect of catches of the species listed in Annex ID, keep:

    (a)

    a production logbook stating their cumulative production, by species;

    (b)

    a stowage plan that shows the location of the different species in the holds as well as the quantities of such species on board in product weight stated in kilograms.

    4.   The production logbook and stowage plan referred to in paragraph 3 shall be updated on a daily basis for the preceding day reckoned from 00.00 hrs (UTC) until 24.00 hrs (UTC) and shall be kept onboard until the vessel has unloaded completely.

    5.   The master shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the quantities declared in the logbook and the processed products stored on board to be verified.

    Article 32

    Nets

    When fishing directly for one or more of the species listed in Annex IX, vessels shall not carry nets with a mesh size smaller than that laid down in Article 26. However, vessels fishing in the course of the same voyage in areas other than the NAFO Regulatory Area may keep such nets on board provided these nets are securely lashed and stowed and are not available for immediate use, that is to say:

    (a)

    nets shall be unshackled from their boards and their hauling or trawling cables and ropes; and

    (b)

    nets carried on or above the deck shall be lashed securely to a part of the superstructure.

    Article 33

    Trans-shipment

    Community vessels shall not engage in trans-shipment operations in the NAFO Regulatory Area unless they have received prior authorisation to do so from their competent authorities.

    Article 34

    Monitoring of fishing effort

    1.   Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the fishing effort of its vessels referred to in Article 25 is commensurate to the fishing possibilities available to that Member State in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

    2.   Member States shall transmit to the Commission the fishing plan for their vessels fishing for species in the NAFO Regulatory Area no later than 31 January 2005 or, thereafter, at least 30 days before the commencement of such activity. The fishing plan shall identify, inter alia, the vessel or vessels which will engage in these fisheries and the intended number of fishing days in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

    Member States shall, on an indicative basis, inform the Commission of the intended activities of the vessels in other areas.

    The fishing plan shall represent the total fishing effort to be deployed with respect to the fisheries in relation to the extent of the fishing opportunities available to the Member State making the notification.

    Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2005, report to the Commission on the implementation of their fishing plans, including the number of vessels actually engaged in this fishery and the total number of days fished.

    SECTION 4

    Special provisions for Northern prawns

    Article 35

    Northern prawn fisheries

    Each Member State shall report to the Commission daily on the quantities of Northern prawns (Pandalus borealis) caught in Division 3L of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community. All fishing activities shall take place in depths greater than 200 metres and shall be limited to one vessel per each Member State allocation at any one time.

    SECTION 5

    Special provisions for recovery plan of Greenland halibut

    Article 36

    Prohibition concerning Greenland halibut

    It shall be prohibited for Community fishing vessels to fish Greenland halibut in NAFO Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO and to retain on board, trans-ship or land Greenland halibut fished in that zone if they do not carry a special fishing permit issued by their flag Member State.

    Article 37

    List of vessels

    1.   Member State shall ensure that vessels to which the special fishing permits referred to in Article 36 are to be issued are included in a list containing their names and internal numbers as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004. Member States shall issue the special fishing permit only when the vessel has been entered into the NAFO vessel register.

    2.   Each Member State shall send to the Commission the list provided for in paragraph 1 and all subsequent amendments in a computer readable form.

    3.   Amendments to the list provided for in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission at least five days prior to the date that the vessel newly inserted in that list enters Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. The Commission shall promptly forward amendments to the list to the NAFO Secretariat.

    4.   Each Member State shall take necessary measures to allocate its quota for Greenland halibut among its vessels included in the list referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall inform the Commission of the allocation of quotas not later than 15 days following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

    Article 38

    Reports

    1.   Masters of vessels referred to in Article 37(2) shall transmit the following reports to the Flag Member State:

    (a)

    the quantities of Greenland halibut retained onboard when the Community vessel enters Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. This report shall be transmitted not earlier than 12 hours and not later than 6 hours in advance of each entry of the vessel to this zone;

    (b)

    weekly catches of Greenland halibut. This report shall be transmitted for the first time no later than the end of the seventh day following the entry of the vessel into Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3 KLMNO, or, when fishing trips take more than seven days, at the latest on Monday for catches that have been taken in the sub-area 2 and divisions 3 KLMNO during the preceding week ending at midnight on Sunday;

    (c)

    the quantities of Greenland halibut held onboard when the Community vessel exits Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. This report shall be transmitted not earlier than 12 hours and not later than 6 hours in advance of each departure of the vessel from this zone and shall include the number of fishing days and the total catches in this zone;

    (d)

    the quantities loaded and unloaded for each trans-shipment of Greenland halibut during the vessel's stay in Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. These reports shall be transmitted no later than 24 hours after the completion of the trans-shipment.

    2.   Member States shall, upon receipt, transmit the reports provided for in paragraph 1(a), (c) and (d) to the Commission.

    3.   When catches of Greenland halibut notified in accordance with paragraph 2 are deemed to have exhausted 70 % of the Member States' quota allocation, masters shall transmit the reports referred to in point 1(b) on a three day basis.

    Article 39

    Designated ports

    1.   It shall be prohibited to land any quantities of Greenland halibut at any place other than ports designated by NAFO Contracting Parties. Landings of Greenland halibut in ports of non-Contracting Parties are prohibited.

    2.   Member States shall designate ports in which landings of Greenland halibut may take place and shall determine the associated inspection and surveillance procedures, including the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of Greenland halibut within each landing.

    3.   Member States shall transmit to the Commission within 15 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation a list of designated ports and, within 15 days thereafter, the associated inspection and surveillance procedures referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission shall promptly forward this information to the NAFO Secretariat.

    4.   The Commission shall promptly transmit the list of the designated ports referred to in paragraph 2 as well as ports designated by other Contracting Parties of NAFO to all Member States.

    Article 40

    Inspection in port

    1.   Member States shall ensure that all vessels entering a designated port to land and/or trans-ship Greenland halibut caught within NAFO Sub-Area 2 and Divisions 3 KLMNO are submitted to an inspection in port in accordance with the port inspection scheme of NAFO.

    2.   It shall be prohibited to discharge and/or trans-ship catches from the vessels referred to in paragraph 1 until the inspectors are present.

    3.   All quantities discharged shall be weighed by species before being transported to a cold store or another destination.

    4.   Member States shall transmit the corresponding port inspection report to the NAFO Secretariat, with a copy to the Commission, within seven working days from the date at which the inspection was completed.

    Article 41

    Prohibition of landings and trans-shipments for Non-Contracting Party vessels

    Member States shall ensure that landings and trans-shipments of Greenland halibut from non-Contracting Party vessels which have been engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area are prohibited.

    Article 42

    Follow up on fishing activities

    Member States shall submit a report to the Commission by 31 December 2005 at the latest on the implementation of the measures laid down in Articles 36 to 41, including the total number of days fished.

    SECTION 6

    Special provisions for redfish

    Article 43

    Redfish fishery

    1.   Every second Monday, the master of a Community vessel fishing for redfish in Division Sub-Area 2 and Division IF, 3K and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area, shall notify to the competent authorities of the Member State, whose flag the vessel is flying or in which the vessel is registered, the quantities of redfish caught in those zones in the two-week period ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday.

    When accumulated catches reach 50 % of the TAC, the notification shall be made weekly each Monday.

    2.   Member States shall report to the Commission every second Tuesday before 12 noon for the fortnight ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday the quantities of redfish caught in Sub-area 2 and Divisions IF, 3K and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory.

    When accumulated catches have reached 50 % of the TAC, reports shall be sent on a weekly basis.

    CHAPTER VII

    SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR

    SECTION 1

    Restrictions and vessel information requirements

    Article 44

    Prohibitions and catch limitations

    1.   Direct fishing of the species set out in Annex XIV shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out in that Annex.

    2.   For new and exploratory fisheries, the catch and by-catch limits set out in Annex XV shall apply in the Sub-areas set out in that Annex.

    Article 45

    Information requirements relating to vessels authorised to fish in the Area of CCAMLR

    1.   In addition to the information requirements relating to authorised vessels set forth in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, Member States shall, as from 1 August 2005, communicate to the Commission the following in respect of such vessels:

    (a)

    vessel IMO number (if issued);

    (b)

    previous flag, if any;

    (c)

    international Radio Call Sign;

    (d)

    name and address of vessel's owner(s), and any beneficial owner(s), if known;

    (e)

    type of vessel;

    (f)

    where and when built;

    (g)

    length;

    (h)

    colour photograph of the vessel, which shall consist of:

    (i)

    one photograph not smaller than 12 × 7 cm showing the starboard side of the vessel, displaying its full overall length and complete structural features;

    (ii)

    one photograph not smaller than 12 × 7 cm showing the port side of the vessel, displaying its full overall length and complete structural features;

    (iii)

    one photograph not smaller than 12 × 7 cm showing the stern, taken directly from astern;

    (i)

    measures taken to ensure tamper-proof operation of the satellite monitoring device installed on board.

    2.   As from 1 August 2005, Member States shall, to the extent practicable, also communicate to the Commission the following information relating to vessels authorised to fish in the Area of CCAMLR:

    (a)

    name and address of operator, if different from vessel owner(s);

    (b)

    names and nationality of master and, where relevant, of fishing master;

    (c)

    type of fishing method or methods;

    (d)

    beam (m);

    (e)

    gross registered tonnage;

    (f)

    vessel communication types and numbers (INMARSAT A, B and C numbers);

    (g)

    normal crew complement;

    (h)

    power of main engine or engines (kW);

    (i)

    carrying capacity (tonnes), number of fish holds and their capacity (m3);

    (j)

    any other information (e.g. ice classification) considered appropriate.

    SECTION 2

    Exploratory fisheries

    Article 46

    Participation in exploratory fisheries

    1.   Fishing vessels flying the flag of and registered in Spain that have been notified to CCAMLR in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 may participate in long-line exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in Sub-area FAO 88.1, and in Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a) outside Areas of national jurisdiction and 58.4.3b) outside Areas of national jurisdiction.

    2.   No more than one fishing vessel shall fish in Divisions 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) at any one time.

    3.   With regard to Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2, total catch and by-catch limits per Sub-area and Division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them are set out in Annex XV. Fishing in any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the specified catch limit and that SSRU shall be closed to fishing for the remainder of the season.

    4.   Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information necessary to determine fishery potential and to avoid over-concentration of catch and fishing effort. However, fishing in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 will be prohibited in depths less than 550 m.

    Article 47

    Reporting systems

    Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall be subject to the following catch and effort reporting systems:

    (a)

    the Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, with the exception that Member States shall submit to the Commission catch and effort reports not later than two working days after the end of each reporting period, for immediate transmission to CCAMLR. In Sub-area 88.1 and in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.42, reporting will be made by Small Scale Research Units;

    (b)

    the Monthly fine-scale Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

    (c)

    the total number and weight of Dissostichus eleginoides and Dissostichus mawsoni discarded, including those with the ‘jellymeat’ condition, shall be reported.

    Article 48

    Special requirements

    1.   The exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 600/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain technical measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources (29) with regard to applicable measures to reduce the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of long-line fisheries. In addition to these measures:

    (a)

    the discharge of offal shall be prohibited in these fisheries;

    (b)

    vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 which comply with CCAMLR Protocols (A, B or C) for longline weighting shall be exempted from the night setting requirement; however, vessels which catch a total of three (3) seabird shall immediately revert to night setting in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

    (c)

    vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) which catch a total of three (3) seabirds shall cease fishing immediately and shall not be permitted to fish outside the normal fishing season for the remainder of the 2004/2005 season.

    2.   Fishing vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in FAO Sub-area 88.1 shall be subject to the following additional requirements:

    (a)

    vessels shall be prohibited from discharging:

    (i)

    oil or fuel products or oily residues into the sea, except as permitted in Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships);

    (ii)

    garbage;

    (iii)

    food wastes not capable of passing through a screen with openings no greater than 25 mm;

    (iv)

    poultry or parts (including egg shells);

    (v)

    sewage within 12 nautical miles of land or ice shelves, or sewage while the ship is travelling at a speed of less than 4 knots; or

    (vi)

    incineration ash.

    (b)

    no live poultry or other living birds shall be brought into Sub-area 88.1 and any dressed poultry not consumed shall be removed from Sub-area 88.1;

    (c)

    fishing for Dissostichus spp. in Sub-area 88.1 shall be prohibited within 10 nautical miles of the coast of the Balleny Islands.

    Article 49

    Definition of hauls

    1.   For the purposes of this Section, a haul comprises the setting of one or more lines in a single location. The precise geographic position of a haul shall be determined by the centre-point of the line or lines deployed for the purposes of catch and effort reporting.

    2.   To be designated as a research haul:

    (a)

    each research haul shall be separated by no less than 5 nautical miles from any other research haul, distance to be measured from the geographical mid-point of each research haul;

    (b)

    each haul shall comprise at least 3 500 hooks and no more than 10 000 hooks; this may comprise a number of separate lines set in the same location;

    (c)

    each haul of a longline shall have a soak time of not less than six hours, measured from the time of completion of the setting process to the beginning of the hauling process.

    Article 50

    Research plans

    Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall implement Research Plans, in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are divided. The Research Plan shall be implemented in the following manner:

    (a)

    on first entry into a SSRU, the first 10 hauls, designated ‘first series’, shall be designated ‘research hauls’ and must satisfy the criteria set out in Article 49(2);

    (b)

    the next 10 hauls, or 10 tonnes of catch, whichever trigger level is achieved first, are designated the ‘second series’. Hauls in the second series can, at the discretion of the master, be fished as part of normal exploratory fishing. However, provided they satisfy the requirements of Article 49(2), these hauls can also be designated as research hauls;

    (c)

    on completion of the first and second series of hauls, if the master wishes to continue to fish within the SSRU, the vessel must undertake a ‘third series’ which shall result in a total of 20 research hauls being made in all three series. The third series of hauls shall be completed during the same visit as the first and the second series in a SSRU;

    (d)

    on completion of 20 research hauls of the third series, the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU;

    (e)

    in SSRUs A, B, C, E and G in Sub-area 88.1 where fishable seabed area is less than 15 000 km2, points (b), (c) and (d) shall not apply and on completion of 10 research hauls the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU.

    Article 51

    Data collection plans

    1.   Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall implement Data Collection Plans, in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are divided. The Data Collection Plan shall comprise the following data:

    (a)

    the position and sea depth at each end of every line in a haul;

    (b)

    the setting, soak, and hauling times;

    (c)

    the number and species of fish lost at surface;

    (d)

    the number of hooks set;

    (e)

    the bait type;

    (f)

    the baiting success (%);

    (g)

    the hook type; and

    (h)

    the sea and cloud conditions and phase of the moon at the time of setting the lines.

    2.   All data referred to under paragraph 1 shall be collected for every research haul; in particular, all fish in a research haul up to 100 fish are to be measured and at least 30 fish sampled for biological studies. Where more than 100 fish are caught, a method for randomly subsampling the fish shall be applied.

    Article 52

    Tagging programme

    Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall implement a tagging programme as follows:

    (a)

    Dissostichus spp. individuals shall be tagged and released at a rate of one individual per tonne of green weight catch throughout the season according to the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol. Vessels shall only discontinue tagging after they have tagged 500 individuals, or leave the fishery having tagged one individual per tonne of green weight caught;

    (b)

    the programme shall target individuals of all sizes in order to meet the tagging requirement of one individual per one tonne of green weight catch. All released individuals shall be double-tagged and releases shall cover as broad a geographical area as possible;

    (c)

    all tags shall be clearly imprinted with a unique serial number and a return address so that the origin of tags can be retraced in the case of recapture of the tagged individual;

    (d)

    all recaptured tagged individuals (i.e. fish caught that have a previously inserted tag) shall not be re-released, even if it was at liberty for only a short period;

    (e)

    all recaptured tagged individuals shall be biologically sampled (length, weight, sex, gonad stage), an electronic photograph taken if possible, the otoliths recovered and the tag removed;

    (f)

    all relevant tag data and any data recording tag recaptures shall be reported electronically in the CCAMLR format to CCAMLR within three months of the vessel departing these fisheries;

    (g)

    all relevant tag data, any data recording tag recaptures, and specimens from recaptures shall also be reported electronically in the CCAMLR format to the relevant regional tag data repository as detailed in the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol.

    Article 53

    Scientific observers

    Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall have at least two scientific observers, one of which shall be an observer appointed in accordance with the CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation, on board throughout all fishing activities within the fishing period.

    CHAPTER VIII

    FINAL PROVISIONS

    Article 54

    Scientific monitoring

    1.   This Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State concerned, and of which the Commission and the Member State in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance.

    2.   Marine organisms caught for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 may be sold, stored, displayed or offered for sale, provided that:

    (a)

    they meet the standards laid down in Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and the marketing standards adopted pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products (30), or

    (b)

    they are sold directly for purposes other than human consumption.

    Article 55

    Data transmission

    Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, data relating to the landing of quantities of stocks caught shall be sent by Member States to the Commission in computer readable form by using stock codes set out in each table of stock.

    Article 56

    Entry into force

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    It shall apply as from the 1 January 2005.

    Where the TACs of the CCAMLR area are set for periods starting before 1 January 2005, Article 44 shall apply with effect from the beginning of the respective periods of application of the TACs.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 22 December 2004.

    For the Council

    The President

    C. VEERMAN

    (1)   OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

    (2)   OJ L 70, 9.3.2004, p. 8.

    (3)   OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

    (4)   OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.

    (5)   OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48.

    (6)   OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 12.

    (7)   OJ L 29, 1.2.1985, p. 9.

    (8)   OJ L 137, 19.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 831/2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 33).

    (9)   OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9.

    (10)   OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001 (OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23).

    (11)   OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

    (12)   OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 813/2004 (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 32).

    (13)   OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 7.

    (14)   OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 16.

    (15)   OJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12).

    (16)   OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2004 (OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 30).

    (17)   OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 10.

    (18)   OJ L 70, 9.3.2004, p. 8.

    (19)   OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.

    (20)   OJ L 274, 25.9.1986, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 (OJ L 339, 29.12.1994, p. 11).

    (21)   OJ L 137, 19.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 831/2004 (OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 33).

    (22)   OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.

    (23)   OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 4.

    (24)   OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

    (25)   OJ L 270, 13.11.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

    (26)   OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

    (27)   OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1928/2004 (OJ L 332, 6.11.2004, p. 5).

    (28)   OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 25.

    (29)   OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 1.

    (30)   OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

    ANNEX I

    FISHING OPPORTUNITIES APPLICABLE TO COMMUNITY FISHING VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITATIONS EXIST AND FOR THIRD COUNTRIES VESSELS IN EC WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (IN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)

    All catch limitations set out in this Annex shall be considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 9 of this Regulation, and shall, therefore, be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof.

    Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. The following table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

    Common name

    Alpha-3 code

    Scientific name

    Albacore

    ALB

    Thunnus alalunga

    Alfonsinos

    ALF

    Beryx spp.

    American plaice

    PLA

    Hippoglossoides platessoides

    Anchovy

    ANE

    Engraulis encrasicolus

    Anglerfish

    ANF

    Lophiidae

    Antarctic icefish

    ANI

    Champsocephalus gunnari

    Antarctic toothfish

    TOP

    Dissostichus eleginoides

    Atlantic catfish

    CAT

    Anarhichas lupus

    Atlantic halibut

    HAL

    Hippoglossus hippoglossus

    Atlantic salmon

    SAL

    Salmo salar

    Basking shark

    BSK

    Cetorhinus maximus

    Bigeye tuna

    BET

    Thunnus obesus

    Birdbeak dogfish

    DCA

    Deania calcea

    Black scabbardfish

    BSF

    Aphanopus carbo

    Blackfin icefish

    SSI

    Chaenocephalus aceratus

    Blue ling

    BLI

    Molva dypterigia

    Blue marlin

    BUM

    Makaira nigricans

    Blue whiting

    WHB

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Bluefin tuna

    BFT

    Thunnus thynnus

    Cod

    COD

    Gadus morhua

    Common sole

    SOL

    Solea solea

    Crab

    PAI

    Paralomis spp.

    Dab

    DAB

    Limanda limanda

    Flatfish

    FLX

    Pleuronectiformes

    Flounder

    FLX

    Platichthys flesus

    Forkbeards

    FOX

    Phycis spp.

    Greater silver smelt

    ARU

    Argentina silus

    Greenland halibut

    GHL

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Grenadier

    GRV

    Macrourus spp.

    Great lantern shark

    ETR

    Etmopterus princeps

    Grey rockcod

    NOS

    Lepidonotothen squamifrons

    Haddock

    HAD

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Hake

    HKE

    Merluccius merluccius

    Herring

    HER

    Clupea harengus

    Horse mackerel

    JAX

    Trachurus spp.

    Humped rockcod

    NOG

    Gobionotothen gibberifrons

    Kitefin shark

    SCK

    Dalatias licha

    Krill

    KRI

    Euphausia superba

    Lantern fish

    LAC

    Lampanyctus achirus

    Leafscale gulper shark

    GUQ

    Centrophorus squamosus

    Lemon sole

    LEM

    Microstomus kitt

    Ling

    LIN

    Molva molva

    Mackerel

    MAC

    Scomber scombrus

    Marbled rockcod

    NOR

    Notothenia rossii

    Megrims

    LEZ

    Lepidorhombus spp.

    Northern prawn

    PRA

    Pandalus borealis

    Norway lobster

    NEP

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Norway pout

    NOP

    Trisopterus esmarki

    Orange roughy

    ORY

    Hoplostethus atlanticus

    ‘Penaeus’ shrimps

    PEN

    Penaeus spp.

    Plaice

    PLE

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Polar cod

    POC

    Boreogadus saida

    Pollack

    POL

    Pollachius pollachius

    Porbeagle

    POR

    Lamna nasus

    Portuguese dogfish

    CYO

    Centroscymnus coelolepis

    Redfish

    RED

    Sebastes spp.

    Red Seabream

    SBR

    Pagellus bogaraveo

    Roughead grenadier

    RHG

    Macrourus berglax

    Roundnose grenadier

    RNG

    Coryphaenoides rupestris

    Saithe

    POK

    Pollachius virens

    Sandeel

    SAN

    Ammodytidae

    Short fin squid

    SQI

    Illex illecebrosus

    Skates and rays

    SRX-RAJ

    Rajidae

    Smooth lantern shark

    ETP

    Etmopterus pusillus

    Snow crab

    PCR

    Chionoecetes spp.

    South Georgian icefish

    SGI

    Pseudochaenichthys georgianus

    Spanish ling

    SLI

    Molva macrophthalmus

    Sprat

    SPR

    Sprattus sprattus

    Spurdog

    DGS

    Squalus acanthias

    Swordfish

    SWO

    Xiphias gladius

    Tope shark

    GAG

    Galeorhinus galeus

    Turbot

    TUR

    Psetta maxima

    Tusk

    USK

    Brosme brosme

    Unicorn icefish

    LIC

    Channichthys rhinoceratus

    Velvet belly

    ETX

    Etmopterus spinax

    White hake

    HKW

    Urophycis tenuis

    White marlin

    WHM

    Tetrapturus alba

    Whiting

    WHG

    Merlangius merlangus

    Witch flounder

    WIT

    Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

    Yellowfin tuna

    YFT

    Thunnus albacares

    Yellowtail flounder

    YEL

    Limanda ferruginea

    ANNEX IA

    BALTIC SEA

    All TACs in this area, except for plaice and cod in Sub-divisions 25-32, are adopted in the framework of IBSFC.

    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    Sub-divisions 30-31

    HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.

    Finland

    52 471

     

    Sweden

    11 529

     

    EC

    64 000

     

    TAC

    64 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    Sub-divisions 22-24

    HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.

    Denmark

    6 448

     

    Germany

    25 380

     

    Finland

    3

     

    Poland

    5 985

     

    Sweden

    8 184

     

    EC

    46 000

     

    TAC

    46 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    Sub-divisions 25-29 (except Gulf of Riga) and 32

    HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.

    Denmark

    2 588

     

    Germany

    686

     

    Estonia

    13 218

     

    Finland

    25 801

     

    Latvia

    3 262

     

    Lithuania

    3 405  (1)

     

    Poland

    27 862  (2)

     

    Sweden

    39 350

     

    EC

    116 172  (3)

     

    TAC

    130 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    Gulf of Riga

    HER/03D.RG

    Estonia

    16 972  (4)

     

    Latvia

    20 452

     

    EC

    37 424  (4)

     

    TAC

    38 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    Sub-divisions 25-32 (EC waters)

    COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.

    Denmark

    8 959

     

    Germany

    3 564

     

    Estonia

    873

     

    Finland

    686

     

    Latvia

    3 331

     

    Lithuania

    2 189  (5)

     

    Poland

    10 203  (6)

     

    Sweden

    9 077

     

    EC

    38 882  (7)

     

    TAC

    N/A
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    Sub-divisions 22-24 (EC waters)

    COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.

    Denmark

    10 781

     

    Germany

    5 271

     

    Estonia

    239

     

    Finland

    212

     

    Latvia

    892

     

    Lithuania

    579

     

    Poland

    2 885

     

    Sweden

    3 841

     

    EC

    24 700

     

    TAC

    24 700

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    IIIbcd (EC waters)

    PLE/3B23.; PLE/3C22.; PLE/3D24.; PLE/3D25.; PLE/3D26.; PLE/3D27.; PLE/3D28.; PLE/3D29.; PLE/3D30.; PLE/3D31.; PLE/3D32.

    Denmark

    2 697

     

    Germany

    300

     

    Sweden

    203

     

    Poland

    565

     

    EC

    3 766

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 and of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Atlantic salmon

    Salmo salar

    Zone

    :

    IIIbcd (EC waters) excluding Sub-division 32

    SAL/3B23.; SAL/3C22.; SAL/3D24.; SAL/3D25.; SAL/3D26.; SAL/3D27.; SAL/3D28.; SAL/3D29.; SAL/3D30.; SAL/3D31.

    Denmark

    93 512  (8)

     

    Germany

    10 404  (8)

     

    Estonia

    9 504  (8)

     

    Finland

    116 603  (8)

     

    Latvia

    59 478  (8)

     

    Lithuania

    6 992  (8)

     

    Poland

    28 368  (8)

     

    Sweden

    126 400  (8)

     

    EC

    451 260  (8)

     

    TAC

    460 000  (8)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Atlantic salmon

    Salmo salar

    Zone

    :

    Sub-division 32

    SAL/3D32.

    Estonia

    1 581  (9)

     

    Finland

    13 838  (9)

     

    EC

    15 419  (9)

     

    TAC

    17 000  (9)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Sprat

    Sprattus sprattus

    Zone

    :

    IIIbcd (EC waters)

    SPR/3B23.; SPR/3C22.; SPR/3D24.; SPR/3D25.; SPR/3D26.; SPR/3D27.; SPR/3D28.; SPR/3D29.; SPR/3D30.; SPR/3D31.; SPR/3D32.

    Denmark

    48 785

     

    Germany

    30 907

     

    Estonia

    56 650

     

    Finland

    25 538

     

    Latvia

    68 420

     

    Lithuania

    24 750

     

    Poland

    141 275  (10)

     

    Sweden

    94 311

     

    EC

    490 636  (10)

     

    TAC

    550 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    (1)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 30 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (2)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 1 450 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (3)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 1 480 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (4)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 576 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (5)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 6 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (6)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 112 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (7)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 118 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    (8)  Expressed by number of individual fish.

    (9)  Expressed by number of individual fish.

    (10)  Due to overfishing in 2003, the quota has been reduced by 3 924 tonnes in accordance with IBSFC decisions.

    ANNEX IB

    SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, NORTH SEA AND WESTERN COMMUNITY WATERS

    ICES areas Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF (EC waters), and French Guyana

    Species

    :

    Sandeel

    Ammodytidae

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    SAN/04-N.

    Denmark

    9 500

     

    United Kingdom

    500

     

    EC

    10 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Sandeel

    Ammodytidae

    Zone

    :

    IIa (1), IIIa, IV (1)

    SAN/2A3A4.

    Denmark

    618 767

     

    United Kingdom

    13 525

     

    All Member States

    23 668  (2)

     

    EC

    655 960

     

    Norway

    5 000  (3)

     

    TAC

    660 960

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Greater silver smelt

    Argentina silus

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Community waters and international waters)

    Germany

    31

     

    France

    10

     

    The Netherlands

    25

     

    United Kingdom

    50

     

    EC

    116

     


    Species

    :

    Greater silver smelt

    Argentina silus

    Zone

    :

    III, IV (Community waters and international waters)

    Denmark

    1 180

     

    Germany

    12

     

    France

    8

     

    Ireland

    8

     

    The Netherlands

    55

     

    Sweden

    46

     

    United Kingdom

    21

     

    EC

    1 331

     


    Species

    :

    Greater silver smelt

    Argentina silus

    Zone

    :

    V, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters)

    Germany

    405

     

    France

    9

     

    Ireland

    375

     

    The Netherlands

    4 225

     

    United Kingdom

    297

     

    EC

    5 310

     

    TAC

    5 310

     


    Species

    :

    Tusk

    Brosme brosme

    Zone

    :

    EC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII

    USK/2A47-C

    EC

    Not relevant (4)

     

    Norway

    4 000  (5)  (6)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Tusk

    Brosme brosme

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    USK/04-N.

    Belgium

    1

     

    Denmark

    191

     

    Germany

    1

     

    France

    1

     

    The Netherlands

    1

     

    United Kingdom

    5

     

    EC

    200

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Basking shark

    Cetorhinus maximus

    Zone

    :

    EC waters of zones IV, VI and VII

    BSK/467.

    EC

    0

     

    TAC

    0

     


    Species

    :

    Herring (7)

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    IIIa

    HER/03A.

    Denmark

    40 104

     

    Germany

    642

     

    Sweden

    41 950

     

    EC

    82 696

     

    Faroe Islands

    500 (8)

     

    TAC

    96 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring (9)

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    IV north of 53°30′ N

    HER/4AB.

    Denmark

    95 211

     

    Germany

    57 215

     

    France

    20 548

     

    The Netherlands

    56 745

     

    Sweden

    5 443

     

    United Kingdom

    70 395

     

    EC

    305 557

     

    Norway

    50 000  (10)

     

    TAC

    535 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Norwegian waters south of 62° N

    (HER/*04N-)

    EC

    50 000


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    Norwegian waters south of 62° N

    HER/04-N.

    Sweden

    1 102  (11)

     

    EC

    1 102

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Herring (12)

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    IIIa

    HER/03A-BC

    Denmark

    20 642

     

    Germany

    184

     

    Sweden

    3 324

     

    EC

    24 150

     

    TAC

    24 150

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring (13)

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV, VIId

    HER/2A47DX

    Belgium

    248

     

    Denmark

    47 865

     

    Germany

    248

     

    France

    248

     

    The Netherlands

    248

     

    Sweden

    234

     

    United Kingdom

    909

     

    EC

    50 000

     

    TAC

    50 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring (14)

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    IVc (15), VIId

    HER/4CXB7D

    Belgium

    9 684  (16)

     

    Denmark

    1 882  (16)

     

    Germany

    1 131  (16)

     

    France

    19 341  (16)

     

    The Netherlands

    34 704  (16)

     

    United Kingdom

    7 551  (16)

     

    EC

    74 293

     

    TAC

    535 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    Vb, VIaN (17) (EC waters), VIb

    HER/5B6ANB

    Germany

    3 291

     

    France

    623

     

    Ireland

    4 447

     

    The Netherlands

    3 291

     

    United Kingdom

    17 788

     

    EC

    29 440

     

    Faroe Islands

    660 (18)

     

    TAC

    30 100

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    VIaS (19), VIIbc

    HER/6AS7BC

    Ireland

    12 727

     

    The Netherlands

    1 273

     

    EC

    14 000

     

    TAC

    14 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    VIa Clyde (20)

    HER/06ACL.

    United Kingdom

    1 000

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    1 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    VIIa (21)

    HER/07A/MM

    Ireland

    1 250

     

    United Kingdom

    3 550

     

    EC

    4 800

     

    TAC

    4 800

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    VIIe,f

    HER/7EF.

    France

    500

     

    United Kingdom

    500

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    1 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    VIIg,h,j,k (22)

    HER/7G-K.

    Germany

    144

     

    France

    802

     

    Ireland

    11 236

     

    The Netherlands

    802

     

    United Kingdom

    16

     

    EC

    13 000

     

    TAC

    13 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Anchovy

    Engraulis encrasicolus

    Zone

    :

    VIII

    ANE/08.

    Spain

    27 000

     

    France

    3 000

     

    EC

    30 000

     

    TAC

    30 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Anchovy

    Engraulis encrasicolus

    Zone

    :

    IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    ANE/9/3411

    Spain

    3 826

     

    Portugal

    4 174

     

    EC

    8 000

     

    TAC

    8 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    Skagerrak

    COD/03AN.

    Belgium

    10

     

    Denmark

    3 119

     

    Germany

    78

     

    The Netherlands

    20

     

    Sweden

    546

     

    EC

    3 773

     

    TAC

    3 900

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    Kattegat

    COD/03AS.

    Denmark

    617

     

    Germany

    13

     

    Sweden

    370

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    1 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV

    COD/2AC4.

    Belgium

    807

     

    Denmark

    4 635

     

    Germany

    2 939

     

    France

    997

     

    The Netherlands

    2 619

     

    Sweden

    31

     

    United Kingdom

    10 631

     

    EC

    22 659

     

    Norway

    4 641  (23)

     

    TAC

    27 300

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Norwegian waters

    (COD/*04N-)

    EC

    19 694


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    Norwegian waters south of 62° N

    COD/04-N.

    Sweden

    411

     

    EC

    411

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    COD/561214

    Belgium

    1

     

    Germany

    11

     

    France

    114

     

    Ireland

    162

     

    United Kingdom

    433

     

    EC

    721

     

    TAC

    721
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Vb (EC zone), VIa

    (COD/*5BC6A)

    Belgium

    1

    Germany

    10

    France

    110

    Ireland

    156

    United Kingdom

    415

    EC

    692


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    VIIa

    COD/07A.

    Belgium

    29

     

    France

    79

     

    Ireland

    1 416

     

    The Netherlands

    7

     

    United Kingdom

    619

     

    EC

    2 150

     

    TAC

    2 150

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    VIIb-k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    COD/7X7A34

    Belgium

    266

     

    France

    4 554

     

    Ireland

    849

     

    The Netherlands

    38

     

    United Kingdom

    493

     

    EC

    6 200

     

    TAC

    6 200

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Megrims

    Lepidorhombus spp.

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    LEZ/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    5

     

    Denmark

    4

     

    Germany

    4

     

    France

    28

     

    The Netherlands

    22

     

    United Kingdom

    1 677

     

    EC

    1 740

     

    TAC

    1 740

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Megrims

    Lepidorhombus spp.

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    LEZ/561214

    Spain

    327

     

    France

    1 277

     

    Ireland

    373

     

    United Kingdom

    903

     

    EC

    2 880

     

    TAC

    2 880

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Megrims

    Lepidorhombus spp.

    Zone

    :

    VII

    LEZ/07.

    Belgium

    520

     

    Spain

    5 779

     

    France

    7 013

     

    Ireland

    3 189

     

    United Kingdom

    2 762

     

    EC

    19 263

     

    TAC

    19 263

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Megrims

    Lepidorhombus spp.

    Zone

    :

    VIIIabde

    LEZ/8ABDE.

    Spain

    1 238

     

    France

    999

     

    EC

    2 237

     

    TAC

    2 237

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Megrims

    Lepidorhombus spp.

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    LEZ/8C3411

    Spain

    1 233

     

    France

    62

     

    Portugal

    41

     

    EC

    1 336

     

    TAC

    1 336

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Dab and flounder

    Limanda limanda and Platichthys flesus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    D/F/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    491

     

    Denmark

    1 844

     

    Germany

    2 766

     

    France

    192

     

    The Netherlands

    11 151

     

    Sweden

    6

     

    United Kingdom

    1 550

     

    EC

    18 000

     

    TAC

    18 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Anglerfish

    Lophiidae

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    ANF/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    365

     

    Denmark

    804

     

    Germany

    393

     

    France

    75

     

    The Netherlands

    276

     

    Sweden

    9

     

    United Kingdom

    8 392

     

    EC

    10 314

     

    TAC

    10 314

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Anglerfish

    Lophiidae

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    ANF/04-N.

    Belgium

    54

     

    Denmark

    1 381

     

    Germany

    22

     

    The Netherlands

    20

     

    United Kingdom

    323

     

    EC

    1 800

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Anglerfish

    Lophiidae

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    ANF/561214

    Belgium

    168

     

    Germany

    192

     

    Spain

    180

     

    France

    2 073

     

    Ireland

    469

     

    The Netherlands

    162

     

    United Kingdom

    1 442

     

    EC

    4 686

     

    TAC

    4 686

    Analytical TAC where Article 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Anglerfish

    Lophiidae

    Zone

    :

    VII

    ANF/07.

    Belgium

    2 318

     

    Germany

    258

     

    Spain

    921

     

    France

    14 874

     

    Ireland

    1 901

     

    The Netherlands

    300

     

    United Kingdom

    4 510

     

    EC

    25 082

     

    TAC

    25 082

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Anglerfish

    Lophiidae

    Zone

    :

    VIIIa,b,d,e

    ANF/8ABDE.

    Spain

    932

     

    France

    5 188

     

    EC

    6 120

     

    TAC

    6 120

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Anglerfish

    Lophiidae

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    ANF/8C3411

    Spain

    1 629

     

    France

    2

     

    Portugal

    324

     

    EC

    1 955

     

    TAC

    1 955

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)

    HAD/3A/BCD

    Belgium

    18

     

    Denmark

    3 036

     

    Germany

    193

     

    The Netherlands

    4

     

    Sweden

    359

     

    EC

    3 610  (24)

     

    TAC

    4 018

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV

    HAD/2AC4.

    Belgium

    544

     

    Denmark

    3 742

     

    Germany

    2 381

     

    France

    4 150

     

    The Netherlands

    408

     

    Sweden

    264

     

    United Kingdom

    39 832

     

    EC

    51 321  (25)

     

    Norway

    14 679

     

    TAC

    66 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Norwegian waters

    (HAD/*04N-)

    EC

    38 175


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    Norwegian waters, south of 62° N

    HAD/04-N.

    Sweden

    761

     

    EC

    761

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    VIb, XII, XIV

    HAD/6B1214

    Belgium

    2

     

    Germany

    2

     

    France

    77

     

    Ireland

    55

     

    United Kingdom

    566

     

    EC

    702

     

    TAC

    702
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    Vb, VIa (EC waters)

    HAD/5BC6A.

    Belgium

    17

     

    Germany

    20

     

    France

    838

     

    Ireland

    598

     

    United Kingdom

    6 127

     

    EC

    7 600

     

    TAC

    7 600

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    HAD/7/3411

    Belgium

    128

     

    France

    7 680

     

    Ireland

    2 560

     

    United Kingdom

    1 152

     

    EC

    11 520

     

    TAC

    11 520

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in division:

     

    VIIa

    (HAD/*07A.)

    Belgium

    24

    France

    109

    Ireland

    649

    United Kingdom

    718

    EC

    1 500

    When reporting to the Commission the uptake of their quotas, Member States shall specify quantities taken in VIIa. Landings of haddock caught in Division VIIa shall be prohibited when the totality of such landings exceeds 1 500 tonnes.


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    IIIa

    WHG/03A.

    Denmark

    651

     

    The Netherlands

    2

     

    Sweden

    70

     

    EC

    723 (26)

     

    TAC

    1 500

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV

    WHG/2AC4.

    Belgium

    605

     

    Denmark

    2 618

     

    Germany

    681

     

    France

    3 935

     

    The Netherlands

    1 513

     

    Sweden

    4

     

    United Kingdom

    10 444

     

    EC

    19 800  (27)

     

    Norway

    2 800  (28)

     

    TAC

    28 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified.

     

    Norwegian waters

    (WHG/*04N-)

    EC

    17 073


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    WHG/561214

    Germany

    10

     

    France

    195

     

    Ireland

    478

     

    United Kingdom

    917

     

    EC

    1 600

     

    TAC

    1 600

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    VIIa

    WHG/07A.

    Belgium

    1

     

    France

    18

     

    Ireland

    296

     

    The Netherlands

    0

     

    United Kingdom

    199

     

    EC

    514

     

    TAC

    514
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    VIIb-k

    WHG/7X7A.

    Belgium

    211

     

    France

    12 960

     

    Ireland

    6 006

     

    The Netherlands

    105

     

    United Kingdom

    2 318

     

    EC

    21 600

     

    TAC

    21 600

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    VIII

    WHG/08.

    Spain

    1 440

     

    France

    2 160

     

    EC

    3 600

     

    TAC

    3 600

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Whiting

    Merlangius merlangus

    Zone

    :

    IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    WHG/9/3411

    Portugal

    816

     

    EC

    816

     

    TAC

    816
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Whiting and Pollack

    Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius

    Zone

    :

    Norwegian waters, south of 62° N

    W/P/04-N.

    Sweden

    190

     

    EC

    190

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Hake

    Merluccius merluccius

    Zone

    :

    IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)

    HKE/3A/BCD

    Denmark

    1 183

     

    Sweden

    101

     

    EC

    1 284

     

    TAC

    1 284  (29)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Hake

    Merluccius merluccius

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    HKE/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    21

     

    Denmark

    866

     

    Germany

    99

     

    France

    191

     

    The Netherlands

    50

     

    United Kingdom

    269

     

    EC

    1 496

     

    TAC

    1 496  (30)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Hake

    Merluccius merluccius

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV

    HKE/571214

    Belgium

    220

     

    Spain

    7 042

     

    France

    10 873

     

    Ireland

    1 318

     

    The Netherlands

    142

     

    United Kingdom

    4 293

     

    EC

    23 888

     

    TAC

    23 888  (31)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    VIIIabde

    (HKE/*8ABDE)

    Belgium

    28

    Spain

    1 137

    France

    1 137

    Ireland

    142

    The Netherlands

    14

    United Kingdom

    639

    EC

    3 096


    Species

    :

    Hake

    Merluccius merluccius

    Zone

    :

    VIIIa,b,d,e

    HKE/8ABDE.

    Belgium

    7

     

    Spain

    4 902

     

    France

    11 009

     

    The Netherlands

    14

     

    EC

    15 932

     

    TAC

    15 932  (32)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV (HKE/*57-14)

    Belgium

    1

    Spain

    1 420

    France

    2 557

    The Netherlands

    4

    EC

    3 982


    Species

    :

    Hake

    Merluccius merluccius

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    HKE/8C3411

    Spain

    3 819

     

    France

    367

     

    Portugal

    1 782

     

    EC

    5 968

     

    TAC

    5 968

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    WHB/2AC4-C

    Denmark

    118 475

     

    Germany

    195

     

    The Netherlands

    359

     

    Sweden

    382

     

    United Kingdom

    2 613

     

    EC

    122 024

     

    Norway

    40 000  (33)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    WHB/04-N.

    Denmark

    18 050

     

    United Kingdom

    950

     

    EC

    19 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    V, VI, VII, XII and XIV

    WHB/571214

    Denmark

    9 803

     

    Germany

    37 947

     

    Spain

    63 244  (34)

     

    France

    52 809

     

    Ireland

    75 893

     

    The Netherlands

    119 216

     

    Portugal

    4 743  (34)

     

    United Kingdom

    110 678

     

    EC

    474 333

     

    Norway

    120 000  (35)  (36)

     

    Faroe Islands

    45 000  (37)  (38)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    IVa WHB/*04A-C

    Norway

    40 000


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    VIIIa,b,d,e

    WHB/8ABDE.

    Spain

    24 404

     

    France

    18 936

     

    Portugal

    3 661

     

    United Kingdom

    17 672

     

    EC

    64 673

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

    Special conditions:

    Any part of the abovementioned quotas may be fished in ICES Division Vb (EC waters), sub-areas VI, VII, XII and XIV (WHB/*5B-14).


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    WHB/8C3411

    Spain

    107 382

     

    Portugal

    26 845

     

    EC

    134 227

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Lemon sole and witch

    Microstomus kitt and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    L/W/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    352

     

    Denmark

    970

     

    Germany

    125

     

    France

    265

     

    The Netherlands

    807

     

    Sweden

    11

     

    United Kingdom

    3 970

     

    EC

    6 500

     

    TAC

    6 500

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue ling

    Molva dypterigia

    Zone

    :

    IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII (Community waters)

    BLI/2A47-C

    EC

    Not relevant (39)

     

    Norway

    200

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Blue ling

    Molva dypterigia

    Zone

    :

    EC waters of zones VIa (north of 56°30′ N), VIb

    BLI/6AN6B.

    Faroe Islands

    900 (40)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Community waters and international waters)

    Denmark

    10

     

    Germany

    10

     

    France

    10

     

    United Kingdom

    10

     

    Others (41)

    5

     

    EC

    45

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    III (Community waters and international waters)

    Belgium

    10 (42)

     

    Denmark

    4 976

     

    Germany

    610

     

    Sweden

    1 930

     

    United Kingdom

    610 (42)

     

    EC

    8 136

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    IV (Community waters and international waters)

    Belgium

    25

     

    Denmark

    397

     

    Germany

    246

     

    France

    221

     

    The Netherlands

    8

     

    Sweden

    17

     

    United Kingdom

    3 052

     

    EC

    3 966

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    V (Community waters and international waters)

    Belgium

    12

     

    Denmark

    9

     

    Germany

    9

     

    France

    9

     

    United Kingdom

    9

     

    EC

    48

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV (Community waters and international waters)

    Belgium

    56

     

    Denmark

    10

     

    Germany

    204

     

    Spain

    4 124

     

    France

    4 397

     

    Ireland

    1 102

     

    Portugal

    10

     

    United Kingdom

    5 063

     

    EC

    14 966

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    EC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII

    LIN/2A47-C

    EC

    Not relevant (43)

     

    Norway

    6 800  (44)  (45)

     

    Faroe Islands

    800 (46)  (47)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Ling

    Molva molva

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    LIN/04-N.

    Belgium

    7

     

    Denmark

    878

     

    Germany

    25

     

    France

    10

     

    The Netherlands

    1

     

    United Kingdom

    79

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    IIIa (EC waters), IIIbcd (EC waters)

    NEP/3A/BCD

    Denmark

    3 454

     

    Germany

    10

     

    Sweden

    1 236

     

    EC

    4 700

     

    TAC

    4 700

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    NEP/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    1 117

     

    Denmark

    1 117

     

    Germany

    16

     

    France

    33

     

    The Netherlands

    575

     

    United Kingdom

    18 492

     

    EC

    21 350

     

    TAC

    21 350

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    NEP/04-N.

    Denmark

    946

     

    Germany

    1

     

    United Kingdom

    53

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI

    NEP/5BC6.

    Spain

    26

     

    France

    103

     

    Ireland

    172

     

    United Kingdom

    12 399

     

    EC

    12 700

     

    TAC

    12 700

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    VII

    NEP/07.

    Spain

    1 173

     

    France

    4 753

     

    Ireland

    7 207

     

    United Kingdom

    6 411

     

    EC

    19 544

     

    TAC

    19 544

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    VIIIa,b,d,e

    NEP/8ABDE.

    Spain

    186

     

    France

    2 914

     

    EC

    3 100

     

    TAC

    3 100

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc

    NEP/08C.

    Spain

    156

     

    France

    6

     

    EC

    162

     

    TAC

    162
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway lobster

    Nephrops norvegicus

    Zone

    :

    IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    NEP/9/3411

    Spain

    135

     

    Portugal

    405

     

    EC

    540

     

    TAC

    540
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    IIIa

    PRA/03A.

    Denmark

    3 717

     

    Sweden

    2 002

     

    EC

    5 719

     

    TAC

    10 710

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    PRA/2AC4-C

    Denmark

    3 626

     

    The Netherlands

    34

     

    Sweden

    146

     

    United Kingdom

    1 074

     

    EC

    4 880

     

    TAC

    4 980

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    Norwegian waters, south of 62°N

    PRA/04-N.

    Denmark

    900

     

    Sweden

    151 (48)

     

    EC

    1 051

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    ‘Penaeus’ shrimps

    Penaeus spp.

    Zone

    :

    French Guyana

    PEN/FGU.

    France

    4 000  (49)

     

    EC

    4 000  (49)

     

    Barbados

    24 (49)

     

    Guyana

    24 (49)

     

    Suriname

    0 (49)

     

    Trinidad and Tobago

    60 (49)

     

    TAC

    4 108  (49)

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    Skagerrak

    PLE/03AN.

    Belgium

    46

     

    Denmark

    5 917

     

    Germany

    30

     

    The Netherlands

    1 138

     

    Sweden

    317

     

    EC

    7 448

     

    TAC

    7 600

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    Kattegat

    PLE/03AS.

    Denmark

    1 691

     

    Germany

    19

     

    Sweden

    190

     

    EC

    1 900

     

    TAC

    1 900

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV

    PLE/2AC4.

    Belgium

    3 530

     

    Denmark

    11 474

     

    Germany

    3 310

     

    France

    662

     

    The Netherlands

    22 066

     

    United Kingdom

    16 328

     

    EC

    57 370

     

    Norway

    1 630

     

    TAC

    59 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Norwegian waters

    (PLE/*04N-)

    EC

    30 000


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    PLE/561214

    France

    27

     

    Ireland

    358

     

    United Kingdom

    597

     

    EC

    982

     

    TAC

    982
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    VIIa

    PLE/07A.

    Belgium

    41

     

    France

    18

     

    Ireland

    1 051

     

    The Netherlands

    13

     

    United Kingdom

    485

     

    EC

    1 608

     

    TAC

    1 608

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    VIIb,c

    PLE/7BC.

    France

    32

     

    Ireland

    128

     

    EC

    160

     

    TAC

    160
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    VIId,e

    PLE/7DE.

    Belgium

    843

     

    France

    2 810

     

    United Kingdom

    1 498

     

    EC

    5 151

     

    TAC

    5 151

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    VIIf,g

    PLE/7FG.

    Belgium

    73

     

    France

    132

     

    Ireland

    202

     

    United Kingdom

    69

     

    EC

    476

     

    TAC

    476
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    VIIh,j,k

    PLE/7HJK.

    Belgium

    29

     

    France

    58

     

    Ireland

    204

     

    The Netherlands

    117

     

    United Kingdom

    58

     

    EC

    466

     

    TAC

    466
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Plaice

    Pleuronectes platessa

    Zone

    :

    VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    PLE/8/3411

    Spain

    75

     

    France

    298

     

    Portugal

    75

     

    EC

    448

     

    TAC

    448
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Pollack

    Pollachius pollachius

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    POL/561214

    Spain

    8

     

    France

    270

     

    Ireland

    79

     

    United Kingdom

    206

     

    EC

    563

     

    TAC

    563
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Pollack

    Pollachius pollachius

    Zone

    :

    VII

    POL/07.

    Belgium

    529

     

    Spain

    32

     

    France

    12 177

     

    Ireland

    1 298

     

    United Kingdom

    2 964

     

    EC

    17 000

     

    TAC

    17 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Pollack

    Pollachius pollachius

    Zone

    :

    VIIIa,b,d,e

    POL/8ABDE.

    Spain

    286

     

    France

    1 394

     

    EC

    1 680

     

    TAC

    1 680

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Pollack

    Pollachius pollachius

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc

    POL/08C.

    Spain

    295

     

    France

    33

     

    EC

    328

     

    TAC

    328
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Pollack

    Pollachius pollachius

    Zone

    :

    IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    POL/9/3411

    Spain

    278

     

    Portugal

    10

     

    EC

    288

     

    TAC

    288
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters), IV

    POK/2A34.

    Belgium

    51

     

    Denmark

    6 013

     

    Germany

    15 184

     

    France

    35 733

     

    The Netherlands

    152

     

    Sweden

    826

     

    United Kingdom

    11 641

     

    EC

    69 600

     

    Norway

    75 400  (50)

     

    TAC

    145 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    Norwegian waters

    (POK/*04N-)

    EC

    69 600


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    Norwegian waters south of 62°N

    POK/04-N.

    Sweden

    947

     

    EC

    947

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    POK/561214

    Germany

    984

     

    France

    9 774

     

    Ireland

    494

     

    United Kingdom

    3 792

     

    EC

    15 044

     

    TAC

    15 044

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    POK/7X1034

    Belgium

    14

     

    France

    3 137

     

    Ireland

    1 568

     

    United Kingdom

    855

     

    EC

    5 574

     

    TAC

    5 574

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Turbot and brill

    Psetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    T/B/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    334

     

    Denmark

    713

     

    Germany

    182

     

    France

    86

     

    The Netherlands

    2 527

     

    Sweden

    5

     

    United Kingdom

    703

     

    EC

    4 550

     

    TAC

    4 550

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Skates and rays

    Rajidae

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    SRX/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    542

     

    Denmark

    21

     

    Germany

    27

     

    France

    85

     

    The Netherlands

    462

     

    United Kingdom

    2 083

     

    EC

    3 220

     

    TAC

    3 220

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Greenland Halibut

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Zone

    :

    IIa (Community waters) IV, VI (Community waters and international waters)

    Denmark

    10

     

    Germany

    18

     

    Estonia

    10

     

    Spain

    10

     

    France

    168

     

    Ireland

    10

     

    Poland

    10

     

    United Kingdom

    661

     

    EC

    1 042

     

    Norway

    145 (51)  (52)  (53)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Mackerel

    Scomber scombrus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIb,c,d (EC waters), IV

    MAC/2A34.

    Belgium

    148

     

    Denmark

    11 866

     

    Germany

    155

     

    France

    467

     

    The Netherlands

    470

     

    Sweden

    3 526  (54)  (55)  (56)

     

    United Kingdom

    435

     

    EC

    17 067  (55)

     

    Norway

    28 676  (57)

     

    TAC

    420 000  (58)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    IIIa

    MAC/*03A.

    IIIa, IVb,c

    MAC/*3A4BC

    IVb

    MAC/*04B.

    IVc

    MAC/*04C.

    IIa (non-EC waters), VI, from 1 January to 31 March 2005

    MAC/*2A6.

    Denmark

     

    4 130

     

     

    4 020

    France

     

    467

     

     

     

    The Netherlands

     

    470

     

     

     

    Sweden

     

     

    390

    10

     

    United Kingdom

     

    435

     

     

     

    Norway

    3 000

     

     

     

     


    Species

    :

    Mackerel

    Scomber scombrus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (non-EC waters), Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIV

    MAC/2CX14-

    Germany

    13 845

     

    Spain

    20

     

    Estonia

    115

     

    France

    9 231

     

    Ireland

    46 149

     

    Latvia

    85

     

    Lithuania

    85

     

    The Netherlands

    20 190

     

    Poland

    844

     

    United Kingdom

    126 913

     

    EC

    217 477

     

    Norway

    8 500  (59)

     

    Faroe Islands

    3 322  (60)

     

    TAC

    420 000  (61)

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified, and only during the periods 1 January to 15 February and 1 October to 31 December.

     

    IVa (EC waters)

    MAC/*04A-C

    Germany

    4 175

    Spain

    0

    France

    2 784

    Ireland

    13 918

    The Netherlands

    6 089

    United Kingdom

    38 274

    EC

    65 240

    Norway

    8 500

    Faroe Islands

    1 002  ()

    ()  North of 59°N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December.


    Species

    :

    Mackerel

    Scomber scombrus

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    MAC/8C3411

    Spain

    20 500  (63)

     

    France

    136 (63)

     

    Portugal

    4 237  (63)

     

    EC

    24 873

     

    TAC

    24 873

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified.

     

    VIIIb

    (MAC/*08B.)

    Spain

    1 722

    France

    11

    Portugal

    356


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)

    SOL/3A/BCD

    Denmark

    437

     

    Germany

    25

     

    The Netherlands

    42

     

    Sweden

    16

     

    EC

    520

     

    TAC

    520
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    II, IV (EC waters)

    SOL/24.

    Belgium

    1 527

     

    Denmark

    698

     

    Germany

    1 221

     

    France

    305

     

    The Netherlands

    13 784

     

    United Kingdom

    785

     

    EC

    18 320

     

    Norway

    280

     

    TAC

    18 600

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

    SOL/561214

    Ireland

    54

     

    United Kingdom

    14

     

    EC

    68

     

    TAC

    68
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    VIIa

    SOL/07A.

    Belgium

    474

     

    France

    6

     

    Ireland

    117

     

    The Netherlands

    150

     

    United Kingdom

    213

     

    EC

    960

     

    TAC

    960
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    VIIb,c

    SOL/7BC.

    France

    10

     

    Ireland

    55

     

    EC

    65

     

    TAC

    65
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    VIIf,g

    SOL/7FG.

    Belgium

    625

     

    France

    63

     

    Ireland

    31

     

    United Kingdom

    281

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    1 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    VIIh,j,k

    SOL/7HJK.

    Belgium

    54

     

    France

    108

     

    Ireland

    293

     

    The Netherlands

    87

     

    United Kingdom

    108

     

    EC

    650

     

    TAC

    650
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Common sole

    Solea solea

    Zone

    :

    VIIIa,b

    SOL/8AB.

    Belgium

    51

     

    Spain

    9

     

    France

    3 796

     

    The Netherlands

    284

     

    EC

    4 140

     

    TAC

    4 140

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Sole

    Solea spp.

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc,d,e, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

    SOX/8CDE34

    Spain

    458

     

    Portugal

    758

     

    EC

    1 216

     

    TAC

    1 216

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Sprat

    Sprattus sprattus

    Zone

    :

    IIIa

    SPR/03A.

    Denmark

    33 504

     

    Germany

    70

     

    Sweden

    12 676

     

    EC

    46 250

     

    TAC

    50 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Sprat

    Sprattus sprattus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    SPR/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    2 877

     

    Denmark

    227 669

     

    Germany

    2 877

     

    France

    2 877

     

    The Netherlands

    2 877

     

    Sweden

    1 330  (64)

     

    United Kingdom

    9 493

     

    EC

    250 000

     

    Norway

    1 000  (65)

     

    Faroe Islands

    6 000  (66)

     

    TAC

    257 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Sprat

    Sprattus sprattus

    Zone

    :

    VIIde

    SPR/7DE.

    Belgium

    38

     

    Denmark

    2 496

     

    Germany

    38

     

    France

    538

     

    The Netherlands

    538

     

    United Kingdom

    4 032

     

    EC

    7 680

     

    TAC

    7 680

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Spurdog/dogfish

    Squalus acanthias

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    DGS/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    19

     

    Denmark

    111

     

    Germany

    20

     

    France

    35

     

    The Netherlands

    30

     

    Sweden

    2

     

    United Kingdom

    919

     

    EC

    1 136

     

    Norway

    100 (67)

     

    TAC

    1 236

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Horse mackerel

    Trachurus spp.

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

    JAX/2AC4-C

    Belgium

    64

     

    Denmark

    27 547

     

    Germany

    2 077

     

    France

    44

     

    Ireland

    1 599

     

    The Netherlands

    4 469

     

    Sweden

    750

     

    United Kingdom

    4 066

     

    EC

    40 616

     

    Norway

    1 600  (68)

     

    Faroe Islands

    1 823  (69)

     

    TAC

    42 727

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Horse mackerel

    Trachurus spp.

    Zone

    :

    Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIV

    JAX/578/14

    Denmark

    12 088

     

    Germany

    9 662

     

    Spain

    13 195

     

    France

    6 384

     

    Ireland

    31 454

     

    The Netherlands

    46 096

     

    Portugal

    1 277

     

    United Kingdom

    13 067

     

    EC

    133 223

     

    Faroe Islands

    4 955  (70)  (71)

     

    TAC

    137 000

    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Horse mackerel

    Trachurus spp.

    Zone

    :

    VIIIc, IX

    JAX/8C9.

    Spain

    29 587  (72)

     

    France

    377 (72)

     

    Portugal

    25 036  (72)

     

    EC

    55 000

     

    TAC

    55 000

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Horse mackerel

    Trachurus spp.

    Zone

    :

    X, CECAF (73)

    JAX/X34PRT

    Portugal

    3 200

     

    EC

    3 200

     

    TAC

    3 200

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Horse mackerel

    Trachurus spp.

    Zone

    :

    CECAF (EC waters) (74)

    JAX/341PRT

    Portugal

    1 600

     

    EC

    1 600

     

    TAC

    1 600

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Horse mackerel

    Trachurus spp.

    Zone

    :

    CECAF (EC waters) (75)

    JAX/341SPN

    Spain

    1 600

     

    EC

    1 600

     

    TAC

    1 600

    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway pout

    Trisopterus esmarki

    Zone

    :

    IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IV (EC waters)

    NOP/2A3A4.

    Denmark

    0

     

    Germany

    0

     

    The Netherlands

    0

     

    EC

    0

     

    Norway

    1 000  (76)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


    Species

    :

    Norway pout

    Trisopterus esmarki

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    NOP/04-N.

    Denmark

    4 750  (77)  (78)

     

    United Kingdom

    250 (77)  (78)

     

    EC

    5 000  (77)  (78)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Industrial fish

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    I/F/04-N.

    Sweden

    800 (79)  (80)

     

    EC

    800

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Combined quota

    Zone

    :

    EC waters of zones Vb, VI, VII

    R/G/5B67-C

    EC

    Not subject to restriction

     

    Norway

    600 (81)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Other species

    Zone

    :

    IV (Norwegian waters)

    OTH/04-N.

    Belgium

    38

     

    Denmark

    3 500

     

    Germany

    395

     

    France

    162

     

    The Netherlands

    280

     

    Sweden

    Not relevant (82)

     

    United Kingdom

    2 625

     

    EC

    7 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Other species

    Zone

    :

    EC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56°30′N

    OTH/2A46AN

    EC

    Not subject to restriction

     

    Norway

    4 720  (83)

     

    Faroe Islands

    400 (84)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     

    (1)  EC waters excluding waters within 6 miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.

    (2)  Except Denmark and the United Kingdom.

    (3)  To be taken in the North Sea.

    (4)  Specified in Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004.

    (5)  Of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Sub-areas Vb, VI and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Sub-areas Vb, VI and VII shall not exceed 3 000 tonnes.

    (6)  Including ling. The quotas for Norway are ling 6 800 tonnes, and tusk 4 000 tonnes and are interchangeable of up to 2 000 tonnes and may only be fished with long-lines in ICES Division Vb and Sub-areas VI and VII.

    (7)  Landed as the entire catch or sorted from the remainder of the catch.

    (8)  To be taken in Skagerrak.

    (9)  Landed as the entire catch or sorted from the remainder of the catch, Member States must inform the Commission of their landings of herring distinguishing between ICES Divisions IVa and IVb (zones HER/04A. and HER/04B.).

    (10)  May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

    (11)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quota for these species.

    (12)  By-catches of herring taken in fisheries for species other than herring and landed unsorted.

    (13)  By-catches of herring taken in fisheries for species other than herring and landed unsorted.

    (14)  Landed as the entire catch or sorted from the remainder of the catch.

    (15)  Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by a line running due south from Landguard Point (51°56′ N, 1°19.1′ E) to latitude 51°33′ N and hence due west to a point on the coast of the United Kingdom.

    (16)  Transfers of up to 50 % of this quota may be affected to ICES Division IVb. However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission.

    (17)  Reference is to the herring stock in ICES Division VIa, north of 56°00′ N and in that part of VIa which is situated east of 07°00′ W and north of 55°00′ N, excluding the Clyde.

    (18)  This quota may only be taken in Division VIa north of 56°30′ N.

    (19)  Reference is to the herring stock in ICES Division VIa, south of 56°00′ N and west of 07°00′ W.

    (20)  Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between the Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point.

    (21)  ICES Division VIIa is reduced by the area added to the ICES area VIIghjk bounded:

    —

    to the north by latitude 52°30′ N

    —

    to the south by latitude 52°00′ N

    —

    to the west by the coast of Ireland

    —

    to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom

    (22)  ICES Division VIIg,h,j,k is increased by the area bounded:

    —

    to the north by latitude 52°30′ N,

    —

    to the south by latitude 52°00′ N,

    —

    to the west by the coast of Ireland,

    —

    to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

    (23)  May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

    (24)  Excluding an estimated 239 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

    (25)  Excluding an estimate of 578 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

    (26)  Excluding an estimated 750 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

    (27)  Excluding an estimated 5 400 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

    (28)  May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

    (29)  Within an overall TAC of 42 600 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

    (30)  Within an overall TAC of 42 600 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

    (31)  Within an overall TAC of 42 600 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

    (32)  Within an overall TAC of 42 600 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

    (33)  Within a total quota of 120 000 tonnes in EC waters.

    (34)  Of which up to 75 % may be taken in areas VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters).

    (35)  May be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56°30′N, VIb, VII west of 12°W.

    (36)  Of which up to pm tonnes may consist of argentine (Argentina spp.).

    (37)  Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (Argentina spp.)

    (38)  May be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56°30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.

    (39)  Specified in Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004.

    (40)  To be fished by trawl, by-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.

    (41)  Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

    (42)  May not be fished in Division 3 IIIb,c,d.

    (43)  Specified in Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004.

    (44)  Of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Sub-areas VI and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Sub-areas VI and VII shall not exceed 3 000 tonnes.

    (45)  Including tusk. The quotas for Norway are ling 6 000 tonnes, and tusk 4 000 tonnes and are interchangeable of up to 2 000 tonnes and may only be fished with longlines in ICES Division Vb and Sub-areas VI and VII.

    (46)  Including blue ling and tusk. Only to be taken by long lines in VIa (north of 56°30′ N) and VIb.

    (47)  Of which an incidental catch of other species of 20 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Sub-area VI. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Sub-area VI shall not exceed 75 tonnes.

    (48)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.

    (49)  Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 m deep.

    (50)  May only be taken in IV (EC waters) and Skagerrak. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

    (51)  Fishing in VI is restricted to longlines.

    (52)  To be taken in EC waters of IIa and VI.

    (53)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2005.

    (54)  Including a fishery by this Member State of 1 865 tonnes of mackerel in ICES Division IIIa and in EC waters of ICES Division IVab (MAC/*3A4AB).

    (55)  Including 315 tonnes to be taken in Norwegian waters of ICES Sub-area IV (MAC/*04N-).

    (56)  When fishing in Norwegian waters, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.

    (57)  To be deducted from Norway’s share of the TAC (access quota). This quota may be fished in division IVa only, except for 3 000 tonnes that may be fished in division IIIa.

    (58)  TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area.

    (59)  May be fished only in IIa, VIa (north of 56°30′N), IVa, VIId, e, f, h.

    (60)  Of which 1 002 tonnes may be fished in ICES Division IVa north of 59°N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December. A quantity of 2 763 tonnes of the Faroe Islands' own quota may be fished in ICES Division VIa (north of 56°30′N) throughout the year and/or in ICES Divisions VIIe, f, h, and/or ICES Division IVa.

    (61)  TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area.

    (62)  North of 59°N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December.

    (63)  The quantities subject to exchange with other Member States may be taken, up to a limit of 25 % of the quota of the donor Member State, in ICES area VIIIa,b,d (MAC/*8ABD.).

    (64)  Including sandeel.

    (65)  May only be fished in sub-area IV (EC waters).

    (66)  The quota includes a maximum by-catch of 1 200 tonnes of herring. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for fishing areas VIa, VIb and VII.

    (67)  Including catches taken with long lines of tope shark and velvet belly, bird beak dogfish, leafscale gulper shark, greater lantern shark, smooth lantern shark and Portuguese dogfish. This quota may only be taken in ICES sub-areas IV, VI and VII.

    (68)  May only be fished in sub-area IV (EC waters).

    (69)  Within a total quota of 6 500 tonnes for ICES Sub-Areas IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N) and VII e,f,h.

    (70)  This quota may only be fished in ICES areas IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N) and VIIe, f, h.

    (71)  Within a total quota of 6 500 tonnes for ICES Sub-areas IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N) and VIIe,f,h.

    (72)  Of which no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm, notwithstanding Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the weight of the landings shall be affected by a coefficient of 1.2.

    (73)  Waters adjacent to the Azores under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal.

    (74)  Waters adjacent to Madeira under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal.

    (75)  Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain.

    (76)  This quota may be fished in ICES Division VIa, North of 56°30′N.

    (77)  Including inextricably mixed horse mackerel.

    (78)  Only as by-catches.

    (79)  By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe to be counted against the quotas for these species.

    (80)  Of which no more than 400 tonnes of horse mackerel.

    (81)  Taken with long lines only, including rat tails, Mora mora and greater fork beard.

    (82)  Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of ‘other species’ at a traditional level.

    (83)  Limited to IIa and IV. Includes fisheries not specifically mentioned.

    (84)  Limited to by-catches of whitefish in IV and VIa.

    ANNEX IC

    NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND ICES

    areas I, II, IIIa, IV, V, XII, XIV and NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    Species

    :

    Snow crab

    Chionoecetes spp.

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    PCR/N01GRN

    Ireland

    0 (1)

     

    Spain

    0 (1)

     

    EC

    0 (1)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Roundnose grenadier

    Coryphaenoides rupestris

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    RNG/N01GRN

    Germany

    1 035  (3)

     

    EC

    1 035  (2)  (3)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Roundnose grenadier

    Coryphaenoides rupestris

    Zone

    :

    V, XIV (Greenland waters)

    RNG/514GRN

    Germany

    0 (5)

     

    United Kingdom

    0 (5)

     

    EC

    285 (4)  (5)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Herring

    Clupea harengus

    Zone

    :

    I, II (EC waters and International waters)

    HER/1/2.

    Belgium

    27

     

    Denmark

    26 909

     

    Germany

    4 713

     

    Spain

    89

     

    France

    1 161

     

    Ireland

    6 967

     

    The Netherlands

    9 630

     

    Poland

    1 362

     

    Portugal

    89

     

    Finland

    417

     

    Sweden

    9 972

     

    United Kingdom

    17 205

     

    EC

    78 541

     

    Faroe Islands

    7 548  (6)

     

    TAC

    890 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

     

    II, Vb north of 62° N (Faroese waters)

    (HER/*25B-F)

    Belgium

    3

    Denmark

    2 580

    Germany

    452

    Spain

    9

    France

    111

    Ireland

    668

    The Netherlands

    924

    Poland

    131

    Portugal

    9

    Finland

    40

    Sweden

    956

    United Kingdom

    1 650


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    COD/1N2AB.

    Germany

    2 356

     

    Greece

    292

     

    Spain

    2 628

     

    Ireland

    292

     

    France

    2 163

     

    Portugal

    2 628

     

    United Kingdom

    9 140

     

    EC

    19 499

     

    TAC

    471 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (incl.V, XIV (Greenland waters))

    COD/N01514

    Germany

    0 (7)

     

    United Kingdom

    0 (7)

     

    EC

    0 (7)

     

    TAC

    0
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    I, II b

    COD/1/2B.

    Germany

    3 116

     

    Spain

    8 056

     

    France

    1 330

     

    Poland

    1 460

     

    Portugal

    1 701

     

    United Kingdom

    1 995

     

    All Member States

    100 (8)

     

    EC

    17 757  (9)

     

    TAC

    471 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Cod and haddock

    Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    C/H/05B-F.

    Germany

    10

     

    France

    60

     

    United Kingdom

    430

     

    EC

    500

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Atlantic halibut

    Hippoglossus hippoglossus

    Zone

    :

    V, XIV (Greenland waters)

    HAL/514GRN

    Portugal

    800 (12)

     

    EC

    1 000  (10)  (11)  (12)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Atlantic halibut

    Hippoglossus hippoglossus

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    HAL/N01GRN

    EC

    200 (13)  (14)  (15)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Capelin

    Mallotus villosus

    Zone

    :

    IIb

    CAP/02B.

    EC

    0

     

    TAC

    0

     


    Species

    :

    Capelin

    Mallotus villosus

    Zone

    :

    V, XIV (Greenland waters)

    CAP/514GRN

    All Member States

    0 (16)

     

    EC

    0 (16)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Haddock

    Melanogrammus aeglefinus

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    HAD/1N2AB.

    Germany

    484

     

    France

    291

     

    United Kingdom

    1 485

     

    EC

    2 260

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    I, II (international waters)

    WHB/1/2INT

    EC

    70 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    WHB/1/2-N.

    Germany

    500

     

    France

    500

     

    EC

    1 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue whiting

    Micromesistius poutassou

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    WHB/05B-F.

    Denmark

    7 040

     

    Germany

    480

     

    France

    768

     

    The Netherlands

    672

     

    United Kingdom

    7 040

     

    EC

    16 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Ling and Blue Ling

    Molva molva and Molva dypterigia

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    B/L/05B-F.

    Germany

    950 (17)

     

    France

    2 106  (17)

     

    United Kingdom

    184 (17)

     

    EC

    3 240  (17)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    V, XIV (Greenland waters)

    PRA/514GRN

    Denmark

    887 (19)

     

    France

    887 (19)

     

    EC

    5 675  (18)  (19)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    PRA/N01GRN

    Denmark

    2 000  (20)

     

    France

    2 000  (20)

     

    EC

    4 000  (20)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    POK/1N2AB.

    Germany

    2 880

     

    France

    463

     

    United Kingdom

    257

     

    EC

    3 600

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    I, II (International waters)

    POK/1/2INT

    EC

    0

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Saithe

    Pollachius virens

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    POK/05B-F.

    Belgium

    50

     

    Germany

    310

     

    France

    1 510

     

    The Netherlands

    50

     

    United Kingdom

    580

     

    EC

    2 500

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Greenland halibut

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    GHL/1N2AB.

    Germany

    50

     

    United Kingdom

    50

     

    EC

    100

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Greenland halibut

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Zone

    :

    I, II (International waters)

    GHL/1/2INT

    EC

    0

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Greenland halibut

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Zone

    :

    V, XIV (Greenland waters)

    GHL/514GRN

    Germany

    5 154  (22)

     

    United Kingdom

    271 (22)

     

    EC

    6 300  (21)  (22)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Greenland halibut

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    GHL/N01GRN

    Germany

    550 (24)

     

    EC

    1 500  (23)  (24)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Mackerel

    Scomber scombrus

    Zone

    :

    IIa (Norwegian waters)

    MAC/02A-N.

    Denmark

    8 500  (25)

     

    EC

    8 500  (25)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Mackerel

    Scomber scombrus

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    MAC/05B-F.

    Denmark

    2 763  (26)

     

    EC

    2 763

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    V, XII, XIV (27)  (28)

    RED/51214.

    Estonia

    344 (28)

     

    Germany

    6 986  (28)

     

    Spain

    1 227  (28)

     

    France

    652 (28)

     

    Ireland

    2 (28)

     

    Latvia

    562 (28)

     

    Lithuania

    3 625  (28)

     

    The Netherlands

    3 (28)

     

    Poland

    629 (28)

     

    Portugal

    1 466  (28)

     

    United Kingdom

    17 (28)

     

    EC

    15 513  (28)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    RED/1N2AB.

    Germany

    766 (29)

     

    Spain

    95 (29)

     

    France

    84 (29)

     

    Portugal

    405 (29)

     

    United Kingdom

    150 (29)

     

    EC

    1 500  (29)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    V, XIV (Greenland waters)

    RED/514GRN

    Germany

    11 794  (33)

     

    France

    60 (33)

     

    United Kingdom

    84 (33)

     

    EC

    15 938  (30)  (31)  (32)  (33)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    RED/05B-F.

    Belgium

    29

     

    Germany

    3 679

     

    France

    249

     

    United Kingdom

    43

     

    EC

    4 000

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    By-catches

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

    XBC/N01GRN

    EC

    2 000  (34)  (35)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    Other species (36)

    Zone

    :

    I, II (Norwegian waters)

    OTH/1N2AB.

    Germany

    150 (36)

     

    France

    60 (36)

     

    United Kingdom

    240 (36)

     

    EC

    450 (36)

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Other species (37)

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    OTH/05B-F.

    Germany

    305

     

    France

    275

     

    United Kingdom

    180

     

    EC

    760

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Flatfish

    Zone

    :

    Vb (Faroese waters)

    FLX/05B-F.

    Germany

    108

     

    France

    84

     

    United Kingdom

    408

     

    EC

    600

     

    TAC

    Not relevant
    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    (1)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (2)  Of which 315 tonnes are allocated to Norway.

    (3)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (4)  Of which 285 tonnes are allocated to Norway.

    (5)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (6)  May be fished in EC waters.

    (7)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (8)  Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

    (9)  The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Community in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island is entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.

    (10)  Of which 200 tonnes to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.

    (11)  If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted.

    (12)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (13)  Of which 200 tonnes, to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.

    (14)  If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted.

    (15)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (16)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (17)  By-catches up to 1 080 tonnes of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.

    (18)  Of which 2 750 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 1 150 tonnes to Faroe Islands.

    (19)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (20)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (21)  Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 75 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.

    (22)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (23)  Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 150 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.

    (24)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (25)  May also be fished in sub-area IV (Norwegian waters) and in Division IIa (non-EC waters)(MAC/*4N-2A).

    (26)  May be fished in IVa (EC waters)(MAC/*04A-C).

    (27)  EC waters and international waters.

    (28)  May be taken in the NAFO Regulatory Area Sub-area 2, Divisions IF and 3K but shall be counted against the quota for V, XII, XIV within a total quota of 25 000 tonnes (RED/*N1F3K).

    (29)  Only as by-catch.

    (30)  A maximum of 12 500 tonnes may be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.

    (31)   3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway.

    (32)  500 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately.

    (33)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (34)  Refers to the combined by-catch of cod, catfish, skate, ling and tusk. The by-catch quantities of cod shall not exceed 100 tonnes. May be fished in the East or in West.

    (35)  Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

    (36)  Only as by-catch.

    (37)  Excluding fish species of no commercial value.

    ANNEX ID

    NORTH WEST ATLANTIC

    Area of NAFO

    All TACs and associate conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO.

    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 2J3KL

    COD/N2J3KL

    EC

    0 (1)

     

    TAC

    0 (1)

     


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3NO

    COD/N3NO.

    EC

    0 (2)

     

    TAC

    0 (2)

     


    Species

    :

    Cod

    Gadus morhua

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3M

    COD/N3M.

    EC

    0 (3)

     

    TAC

    0 (3)

     


    Species

    :

    Witch flounder

    Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 2J3KL

    WIT/N2J3KL

    EC

    0 (4)

     

    TAC

    0 (4)

     


    Species

    :

    Witch flounder

    Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3NO

    WIT/N3NO.

    EC

    0 (5)

     

    TAC

    0 (5)

     


    Species

    :

    American plaice

    Hippoglossoides platessoides

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3M

    PLA/N3M.

    EC

    0 (6)

     

    TAC

    0 (6)

     


    Species

    :

    American plaice

    Hippoglossoides platessoides

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3LNO

    PLA/N3LNO.

    EC

    0 (7)

     

    TAC

    0 (7)

     


    Species

    :

    Short fin squid

    Illex illecebrosus

    Zone

    :

    NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4

    SQI/N34.

    Estonia

    128 (9)

     

    Latvia

    128 (9)

     

    Lithuania

    128 (9)

     

    Poland

    227 (9)

     

    EC

    Not relevant (8)  (9)

     

    TAC

    34 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Yellowtail flounder

    Limanda ferruginea

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3LNO

    YEL/N3LNO.

    Estonia

     

     

    Latvia

     

     

    Lithuania

     

     

    Poland

     

     

    EC

    0 (10)  (11)

     

    TAC

    15 000

     


    Species

    :

    Capelin

    Mallotus villosus

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3NO

    CAP/N3NO.

    EC

    0 (12)

     

    TAC

    0 (12)

     


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3L (13)

    PRA/N3L.

    Estonia

    144 (14)

     

    Latvia

    144 (14)

     

    Lithuania

    144 (14)

     

    Poland

    144 (14)

     

    EC

    144 (14)  (15)

     

    TAC

    13 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern prawn

    Pandalus borealis

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3M (16)

    PRA/N3M.

    TAC

     (17)

     


    Species

    :

    Greenland halibut

    Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3LMNO

    GHL/N3LMNO

    Estonia

    380

     

    Germany

    388

     

    Latvia

    54

     

    Lithuania

    27

     

    Spain

    5 208

     

    Portugal

    2 197

     

    EC

    8 254

     

    TAC

    14 079

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Skates

    Rajidae

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3LNO

    SRX/N3LNO.

    Spain

    6 561

     

    Portugal

    1 274

     

    Estonia

    546

     

    Lithuania

    119

     

    EC

    8 500

     

    TAC

    13 500

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3LN

    RED/N3LN.

    EC

    0 (18)

     

    TAC

    0 (18)

     


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3M

    RED/N3M.

    Estonia

    1 571  (19)

     

    Germany

    513 (19)

     

    Spain

    233 (19)

     

    Latvia

    1 571  (19)

     

    Lithuania

    1 571  (19)

     

    Portugal

    2 354  (19)

     

    EC

    7 813  (19)

     

    TAC

    5 000  (19)

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Redfish

    Sebastes spp.

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3O

    RED/N3O.

    Spain

    1 771

     

    Portugal

    5 229

     

    EC

    7 000

     

    TAC

    20 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    White hake

    Urophycis tenuis

    Zone

    :

    NAFO 3NO

    HKW/N3NO.

    Spain

    2 160

     

    Portugal

    2 835

     

    EC

    5 000

     

    TAC

    8 500

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

    (1)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (2)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (3)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (4)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (5)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (6)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (7)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (8)  No specified Community share, an amount of 29 467 tonnes is available to Canada and the EC Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

    (9)  To be fished between 1 July and 31 December.

    (10)  Despite having access to a shared quota of 76 tonnes for the Community, it is decided to set this amount to 0. There will be no directed fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catches within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (11)  Catches taken by vessels under this quota shall be reported to the Flag Member State and forwarded to the Executive Secretary of NAFO via the Commission at 48 hour intervals.

    (12)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (13)  Not including the box bounded by the following coordinates:

    Point No

    Latitude N

    Longitude W

    1

    47°20′0

    46°40′0

    2

    47°20′0

    46°30′0

    3

    46°00′0

    46°30′0

    4

    46°00′0

    46°40′0

    (14)  To be fished from 1 January to 31 March, 1 July to 14 September and 1 December to 31 December.

    (15)  All Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

    (16)  Vessels may also fish this stock in Division 3L in the box bounded by the following coordinates:

    Point No

    Latitude N

    Longitude W

    1

    47°20′0

    46°40′0

    2

    47°20′0

    46°30′0

    3

    46°00′0

    46°30′0

    4

    46°00′0

    46°40′0

    When conducting a fishery for shrimp in this box, vessels shall, whether or not crossing the line separating NAFO Divisions 3L and 3M, report in accordance with point 1.3 of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 of 27 January 1992 adopting provisions for the application of control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (OJ L 21, 30.1.1992, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1048/97 (OJ L 154, 12.6.1997, p. 1)).

    Moreover, fishing for shrimp shall be prohibited from 1 June to 31 December 2005 in the area bounded by the following coordinates:

    Point No

    Latitude N

    Longitude W

    1

    47°55′0

    45°00′0

    2

    47°30′0

    44°15′0

    3

    46°55′0

    44°15′0

    4

    46°35′0

    44°30′0

    5

    46°35′0

    45°40′0

    6

    47°30′0

    45°40′0

    7

    47°55′0

    45°00′0

    (17)  Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort. The Member States concerned shall issue special fishing permits for their fishing vessels engaging in this fishery, and shall notify those permits to the Commission prior to the commencement of the vessel's activity, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1627/94. By way of derogation from Article 8 of that Regulation, permits will only become valid if the Commission has not objected within five working days following the notification.

    The maximum number of vessels and fishing time allowed shall be:

    Member State

    Maximum number of vessels

    Maximum number of fishing days

    Denmark

    2

    131

    Estonia

    8

    1 667

    Spain

    10

    257

    Latvia

    4

    490

    Lithuania

    7

    579

    Poland

    1

    100

    Portugal

    1

    69

    Each Member State shall, within 25 days following the calendar month in which the catches are made, report monthly to the Commission the fishing days spent in Division 3M and in the area defined in footnote (1) above.

    (18)  There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

    (19)  This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC of 5 000 tonnes established for this stock. Upon exhaustion of the TAC, the directed fishery for this stock shall be stopped irrespective of the level of catches.

    ANNEX IE

    HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH

    All Areas

    TACS in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC.

    Species

    :

    Bluefin tuna

    Thunnus thynnus

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and Mediterranean

    BFT/AE045W

    Cyprus

     (1)

     

    Greece

    323,4

     

    Spain

    6 276,7

     

    France

    6 192,7

     

    Italy

    4 888

     

    Malta

     (1)

     

    Portugal

    590,2

     

    All Member States

    60 (2)

     

    EC

    18 331

     

    TAC

    32 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Swordfish

    Xiphias gladius

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° N

    SWO/AN05N

    Spain

    6 541,5

     

    Portugal

    1 010,4

     

    All Member States

    148,5  (3)

     

    EC

    7 700,4

     

    TAC

    14 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Swordfish

    Xiphias gladius

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° N

    SWO/AS05N

    Spain

    6 595,6

     

    Portugal

    371,1

     

    EC

    6 966,7

     

    TAC

    15 956

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Northern Albacore

    Germo alalunga

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° N

    ALB/AN05N

    Ireland

    5 723,3  (4)  (6)

     

    Spain

    31 383  (4)  (6)

     

    France

    8 217  (4)  (6)

     

    United Kingdom

    600,7  (4)  (6)

     

    Portugal

    4 129,5  (4)  (6)

     

    EC

    50 053,5  (4)  (5)

     

    TAC

    34 500

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Southern Albacore

    Germo alalunga

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° N

    ALB/AS05N

    Spain

    943,7

     

    France

    311

     

    Portugal

    660

     

    EC

    1 914,7

     

    TAC

    30 915

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Bigeye Tuna

    Thunnus obesus

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean

    BET/ATLANT

    Spain

    21 526,4

     

    France

    9 438

     

    Portugal

    13 511

     

    EC

    44 475,4

     

    TAC

    90 000

    Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


    Species

    :

    Blue marlin

    Makaira nigricans

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean

    BUM/ATLANT

    EC

    103

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     


    Species

    :

    White marlin

    Tetrapturus alba

    Zone

    :

    Atlantic Ocean

    WHM/ATLANT

    EC

    46,5

     

    TAC

    Not relevant

     

    (1)  Cyprus and Malta may fish under the ICCAT ‘Others’ quota in accordance with the ICCAT Compliance Tables adopted at 2003 ICCAT Annual Meeting.

    (2)  Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

    (3)  Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

    (4)  It is prohibited to use any gill net, bottom set gill net, trammel net and entangling net.

    (5)  The number of Community fishing vessels fishing for Northern Albacore as a target species is fixed to pm vessels in accordance with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

    (6)  The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for Northern Albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001:

    Member State

    Maximum number of vessels

    Ireland

    50

    Spain

    730

    France

    151

    United Kingdom

    12

    Portugal

    310

    EC

    1 253

    ANNEX IF

    ANTARCTIC

    Area of CCAMLR

    These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Community share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, who will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion.

    Species

    :

    Blackfin icefish

    Chaenocephalus aceratus

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    SSI/F483.

    TAC

    2 200  (1)

     


    Species

    :

    Unicorn icefish

    Channichthys rhinoceratus

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

    LIC/F5852.

    TAC

    150 (2)

     


    Species

    :

    Antarctic icefish

    Champsocephalus gunnari

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    ANI/F483.

    TAC

    3 574  (3)

     


    Species

    :

    Antarctic icefish

    Champsocephalus gunnari

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic (5)

    ANI/F5852.

    TAC

    1 864  (4)

     


    Species

    :

    Antarctic toothfish

    Dissostichus eleginoides

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    TOP/F483.

    TAC

    3 050  (6)  (7)

     

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the sub-areas specified:

    Management Area A:

    48°W to 43°30′W –

    52°30′S to 56°S

    (TOP/*F483A)

    0

    Management Area B:

    43°30′W to 40°W –

    52°30′S to 56°S

    (TOP/*F483B)

    915

    Management Area C:

    40°W to 33°30′W –

    52°30′S to 56°S

    (TOP/*F483C)

    2 135


    Species

    :

    Antarctic toothfish

    Dissostichus eleginoides

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.4 Antarctic

    TOP/F484.

    TAC

    28 (8)  (9)

     


    Species

    :

    Antarctic toothfish

    Dissostichus eleginoides

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

    TOP/F5852.

    TAC

    2 787  (10)  (11)

     


    Species

    :

    Krill

    Euphausia superba

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48

    KRI/F48.

    TAC

    4 000 000  (12)

     

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the sub-areas specified:

    Sub-area 48.1 (KRI/*F481.)

    1 008 000

    Sub-area 48.2 (KRI/*F482.)

    1 104 000

    Sub-area 48.3 (KRI/*F483.)

    1 056 000

    Sub-area 48.4 (KRI/*F484.)

    832 000


    Species

    :

    Krill

    Euphausia superba

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.4.1 Antarctic

    KRI/F5841.

    TAC

    440 000  (13)

     

    Special conditions:

    Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the areas specified

    Division 58.4.1 West of 115° E (KRI/*F-41W)

    277 000

    Division 58.4.1 East of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E)

    163 000


    Species

    :

    Krill

    Euphausia superba

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.4.2 Antarctic

    KRI/F5842.

    TAC

    450 000  (14)

     


    Species

    :

    Humped rockcod

    Gobionotothen gibberifrons

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    NOG/F483.

    TAC

    1 470  (15)

     


    Species

    :

    Grey rockcod

    Lepidonotothen squamifrons

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    NOS/F483.

    TAC

    300 (16)

     


    Species

    :

    Grey rockcod

    Lepidonotothen squamifrons

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

    NOS/F5852.

    TAC

    80 (17)

     


    Species

    :

    Marbled rockcod

    Notothenia rossii

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    NOR/F483.

    TAC

    300 (18)

     


    Species

    :

    Crab

    Paralomis spp.

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    PAI/F483.

    TAC

    1 600  (19)

     


    Species

    :

    South Georgia icefish

    Pseudochaenichthus georgianus

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    SGI/F483.

    TAC

    300 (20)

     


    Species

    :

    Grenadier

    Macrourus spp.

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

    GRV/F5852.

    TAC

    360 (21)

     


    Species

    :

    Other species

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

    OTH/F5852.

    TAC

    50 (22)

     


    Species

    :

    Skates and rays

    Rajae

    Zone

    :

    FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

    SRX/F5852.

    TAC

    120 (23)  (24)

     


    Species

    :

    Squid

    Martialia hyadesi

    Zone

    :

    FAO 48.3 Antarctic

    SQS/F483.

    TAC

    2 500  (25)

     

    (1)  TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

    (2)  TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

    (3)  This TAC is applicable for the period 15 November 2004 to 14 November 2005. Fishing for this stock during the period 1 March to 31 May 2005 shall be limited to 894 tonnes.

    (4)  This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    (5)  For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as that portion of FAO statistical division 58.5.2 that lies within the area enclosed by a line:

    (a)

    starting at the point where the meridian of longitude 72°15′E intersects the Australia–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement Boundary then south along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 53°25′S;

    (b)

    then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 74°E;

    (c)

    then northeasterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 52°40′S and the meridian of longitude 76°E;

    (d)

    then north along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 52°S;

    (e)

    then northwesterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 51°S with the meridian of longitude 74°30′E; and

    (f)

    then southwesterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

    (6)  This TAC shall be applicable for long-line fishery in the period 1 May to 31 August 2005 and for pot fishery 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    (7)  Including 152 tonnes of skates and rays and 152 tonnes of Macrorus spp. as by-catch.

    (8)  To be fished only with long-lines.

    (9)  This TAC shall be applicable during a fishing season defined as that applied in Sub-area 48.3, or until the catch limit for Dissostichus eleginoides in Sub-area 48.4 is reached, or until the catch limit for Dissostichus eleginoides in Sub-area 48.3, as specified above, is reached, whichever is sooner.

    (10)  This TAC shall be applicable for the trawl fishery in the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005 and for the long-line fishery in the period 1 May to 31 August 2005.

    (11)  This TAC is applicable for West of 79°20′E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited (see Annex XV).

    (12)  This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    (13)  This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    (14)  This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    (15)  TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

    (16)  TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

    (17)  TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

    (18)  TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

    (19)  This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    (20)  TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

    (21)  TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

    (22)  TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

    (23)  TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

    (24)  For the purposes of this TAC, skates and rays to be counted as one single species.

    (25)  This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2004 to 30 November 2005.

    ANNEX II

    SPECIAL MEASURES CONCERNING UNSORTED LANDINGS IN SUB-AREAS IIa (EC WATERS), III, IV AND VIId

    1.

    It shall be prohibited to land catches which are unsorted.

    2.

    Member States shall ensure that an adequate sampling programme is in place which allow an efficient monitoring of the landings by species when landings are unsorted. The Member States shall not later than 1 March 2005 provide the Commission with a detailed description of the sampling programmes and a list of ports and landing sites where the sampling systems are in operation.

    3.

    By way of derogation from point 1), it shall be permitted to land catches which are unsorted in ports and landing sites where a sampling programme referred to in point 2 is in operation.

    ANNEX III

    TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONTROL MEASURES

    PART A

    BALTIC SEA

    Section 1

    Cod fishery

    1.   Conditions for certain gears authorised for cod fishery in the Baltic Sea

    1.1.   Towed nets

    1.1.1.   Without exit windows

    Towed nets without an exit window shall be prohibited.

    1.1.2.   With exit windows

    By way of derogation from the provisions of special selectivity devices in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the provisions in Appendix 1 to this Annex shall apply.

    1.1.3.   One net rule

    When a towed net with exit windows is used, no other type of gear shall be kept on board.

    1.2.   Gillnets

    By way of derogation from the provisions of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the minimum mesh size for gillnets shall be 110 mm.

    The nets shall not exceed a maximum length of 12 km for vessels with an overall length of up to and including 12 m.

    The nets shall not exceed a maximum length of 24 km for vessels with an overall length of more than 12 m.

    The soaking time of the nets shall not exceed 48 hours counting from the time the nets are first put in the water to the time when the nets are fully recovered on board the fishing vessel.

    2.   By-catch of cod in the Baltic Sea

    2.1.   By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 88/98, no undersized cod may be kept on board, except in the case set out in point 2.2.

    2.2.   However, by way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the by-catch of cod taken when fishing for herring and sprat with mesh sizes of 32 mm or smaller shall not exceed 3 % by weight. Of this by-catch, no more than 5 % of undersized cod shall be kept on board.

    2.3.   By-catches of cod may not exceed 10 % when fishing for other species than herring and sprat with trawls and Danish seines other than those referred to in point 1.1.2.

    3.   Minimum size for cod in the Baltic Sea

    By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the minimum size for cod shall be 38 cm.

    4.   Summer ban for Baltic cod

    Fishing for cod shall be prohibited in Sub-divisions 22-24 from 1 March 2005 to 30 April 2005 inclusive, and in Sub-divisions 25-32 from 1 May 2005 to 15 September 2005 inclusive.

    5.   Restrictions for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea

    It shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

    Area 1:

    —

    55°45′N, 15°30′E

    —

    55°45′N, 16°30′E

    —

    55°00′N, 16°30′E

    —

    55°00′N, 16°00′E

    —

    55°15′N, 16°00′E

    —

    55°15′N, 15°30′E

    —

    55°45′N, 15°30′E

    Area 2:

    —

    55°00′N, 19°14′E

    —

    54°48′N, 19°20′E

    —

    54°45′N, 19°19′E

    —

    54°45′N, 18°55′E

    —

    55°00′N, 19°14′E

    Area 3:

    —

    56°13′N, 18°27′E

    —

    56°13′N, 19°31′E

    —

    55°59′N, 19°13′E

    —

    56°03′N, 19°06′E

    —

    56°00′N, 18°51′E

    —

    55°47′N, 18°57′E

    —

    55°30′N, 18°34′E

    —

    56°13′N, 18°27′E

    6.   Interim and additional conditions for monitoring, inspection and surveillance in the context of recovery of cod stocks in the Baltic Sea

    6.1.   General provisions

    6.1.1.   The monitoring inspection and surveillance programme for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea shall consist of the following elements:

    Special conditions for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea.

    National control action programmes to be drawn up by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden.

    Additional measures for monitoring, control and inspection.

    Joint surveillance and exchange of inspectors.

    6.1.2.   The National control action programme for cod stocks may be revised, at the initiative of the Commission or following a request by a Member State.

    6.2.   Special Conditions for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea

    6.2.1.   All vessels of overall length equal to or greater than 8 metres carrying on board or using any gear authorised for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea shall hold a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea.

    6.2.2.   Each Member State shall establish a list of vessels holding a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea.

    6.2.3.   The master of a fishing vessel, or his representative, to which a Member State has issued a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea shall comply with the conditions in Appendix 2.

    6.3.   National Control Action programmes

    6.3.1.   Each Member State concerned shall define a national control action programme for the Baltic Sea.

    6.3.2.   The Commission shall convene at least once in 2005 a meeting of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture to evaluate the compliance with and results of the national control action programme for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea.

    6.4.   Monitoring, inspection and surveillance to be adopted by Member States

    6.4.1.   Each Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation a list of designated ports and the national control programme referred to in point 6.3.1. and an implementation schedule. The Commission shall transmit this information to all the relevant Member States.

    6.4.2.   Notwithstanding Article 6(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the masters of Community fishing vessels holding a special fishing permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea in accordance with point 6.2.1 shall keep a logbook of their operations in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

    6.4.3.   By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the permitted margin of tolerance in estimates of the quantities, in kilograms, of fish subject to a TAC that are retained on board shall be 8 %.

    6.4.4.   For cod landed in a designated port, representative samples, amounting to at least 20 % of the landings, shall be weighed in the presence of controllers authorised by the Member States before they are offered for first sale and sold. To this end, the Member States shall submit to the Commission, within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, details of the sampling regime to be employed.

    6.4.5.   Notwithstanding Article 19a 1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Articles 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h and 19i of that Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels holding a special fishing permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea in accordance with point 6.2.1.

    6.4.6.   In accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 Member States shall ensure that the VMS data received pursuant to Article 8, Article 10(1) and Article 11(1) of that Regulation of vessels holding a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea are used:

    (a)

    to record each entry into, and exit from port in a computer readable form;

    (b)

    to record each entry into, and exit from areas closed for cod fishing in the Baltic Sea.

    6.4.7.   Member States may implement alternative control measures to ensure compliance with reporting obligations referred in point 6.4.5 which are as effective and transparent as these reporting obligations. Such alternative measures shall be notified to the Commission before being implemented.

    6.4.8.   By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, quantities greater than 50 kg of cod which are transported to a place other than that of landing or import shall be accompanied by a copy of one of the declarations provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 pertaining to the quantities of these species transported. The exemption provided for in Article 13(4)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall not apply.

    6.4.9.   By way of derogation from Article 34(c)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the specific monitoring programme for cod in the Baltic Sea may last more than two years from their date of entry into force.

    6.5.   Joint Surveillance and Exchange of inspectors

    6.5.1.   The Member States concerned shall undertake joint inspection and surveillance activities and shall establish to that effect joint operational procedures applicable to their surveillance crafts.

    6.5.2.   A meeting of the competent national inspection authorities shall be convened by the Presidency within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation to coordinate the joint inspection and surveillance programme.

    6.5.3.   The Member States concerned shall ensure that inspectors from other Member States concerned are invited to participate at least in their joint inspections activities.

    6.5.4.   Inspectors from the Commission may participate in these exchanges and may participate in joint inspections.

    Section 2

    Gulf of Riga

    7.   Specific provisions for the Gulf of Riga

    7.1.   Special fishing permit

    7.1.1.   In order to exercise fishing activities in the Gulf of Riga vessels shall hold a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.

    7.1.2.   Member States shall ensure that vessels to which a special fishing permit referred to in paragraph 1 has been issued are included in a list containing their name and internal registration number to be provided to the Commission by each Member State.

    Vessels included in the list shall satisfy the following conditions:

    (a)

    the total engine power (kW) of the vessels within the lists must not exceed that observed for each Member State in the years 2000-2001 in the Gulf of Riga;

    (b)

    the engine power of a vessel must not exceed 221 kilowatts (kW) at any time.

    7.2.   Replacement of vessels or engines

    7.2.1.   Any individual vessel on the list referred to in point 7.1.2 may be replaced by another vessel or vessels, provided that:

    (a)

    such replacement will not lead to an increase in the total engine power as indicated in point 7.1.2 (a) in the Member State concerned, and

    (b)

    the engine power of any replacement vessel does not exceed 221 kW at any time.

    7.2.2.   An engine of any individual vessel included in the list referred to in point 7.1.2 may be replaced, provided that:

    (a)

    the replacement of an engine does not lead to the vessel’s engine power exceeding 221 kW at any time, and

    (b)

    the power of the replacement engine is not such that replacement will lead to an increase in the total engine power as indicated in point 7.1.2 (a) for the Member State concerned.

    PART B

    SKAGERRAK AND KATTEGAT

    8.   Technical conservation measures in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat

    By way of derogation from the provisions set out in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the provisions in Appendix 3 to this Annex shall apply.

    PART C

    ICES SUB-AREAS I TO VII

    9.   Weighing procedures for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel

    9.1.   The following procedures shall apply to landings in the European Community by Community and third country vessels of quantities per landing exceeding 10 tonnes of herring, mackerel, and horse mackerel, or a combination thereof, taken in:

    (a)

    for herring, ICES Sub-areas I, II, IV, VI and VII and Divisions III a, and Vb;

    (b)

    for mackerel and horse mackerel, in ICES Sub-areas III, IV, VI and VII and Division IIa.

    9.2.   Landings referred to in point 9.1 are only permitted in designated ports.

    9.3.   Each Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission changes in the list, transmitted in 2004, of designated ports in which landings of herring, mackerel and horse mackerel may take place and, changes in inspection and surveillance procedures for those ports including the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of any of the species and stocks referred to in point 9.1 within each landing. Those changes shall be transmitted at least 15 days before they enter into force. The Commission shall transmit this information as well as ports designated by third countries to all Member States concerned.

    9.4.   The master of a fishing vessel referred to in point 9.1 or his representative shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State in which the landing is to be made, at least 4 hours in advance of entry to port of landing of the Member State concerned of the following:

    (a)

    the port he intends to enter, the name of the vessel and its registration number,

    (b)

    the estimated time of arrival at that port,

    (c)

    the quantities in kilograms live weight by species retained on board.

    The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall require that the discharge does not commence until authorised to do so.

    9.5.   By way of derogation from the provisions of point 4.2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the master of a fishing vessel shall submit, immediately upon arrival to port, the relevant page or pages of the logbook as demanded by the competent authority at the port of landing.

    The quantities retained on board, notified prior to landing as referred to in point 9.4c, shall be equal to the quantities recorded in the logbook after its completion.

    By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 the permitted margin of tolerance in estimates recorded into the logbook of the quantities in kilograms of fish retained on board of vessels shall be 8 %.

    9.6.   All buyers purchasing fresh fish shall ensure that all quantities received are weighed. The weighing shall be carried out prior to the fish being sorted, processed, held in storage, transported from the port of landing or resold. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations and sales notes.

    When determining the weight any deduction for water shall not exceed 2 %.

    In addition to the obligations set out in Article 9(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 the processor or buyer of the quantities landed shall submit to the competent authorities of the Member State concerneda copy of the invoice or a document replacing it, as referred to in Article 22(3) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1). Any such invoice or document shall include the information required by Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and shall be submitted on demand or within 48 hours of the completion on the weighing.

    9.7.   All buyers or holders of frozen fish shall ensure that the quantities landed are weighed prior to the fish being processed, held in storage, transported from the port of landing or resold. Any tare weight equal to the weight of boxes, plastic or other containers in which the fish to be weighed is packed may be deducted from the weight of any quantities landed.

    Alternatively, the weight of frozen fish packed in boxes may be determined by multiplying the average weight of a representative sample based on weighing the contents removed from the box and without plastic packaging whether or not after the thawing of any ice on the surface of the fish. Member States shall notify to the Commission for approval any changes in their sampling methodology approved by the Commission during 2004. Changes shall be approved by the Commission. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations and sales notes.

    9.8.   By no later than 1 May 2005, all weighing systems shall be approved, calibrated and sealed by the competent authorities. The party weighing the fish shall keep a paginated logbook indicating the running total of the weight and the weight of each landing. This logbook shall be kept for three years. The competent authorities shall have full access to the weighing system and the logbooks.

    Until the introduction of weighing systems, referred to in the first paragraph, the weighing shall take place in the presence of a controller.

    9.9.   The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that at least 15 % of the quantities of fish landed and at least 10 % of the landings of fish are subject to full inspections which shall include at least the following:

    (a)

    monitoring of the weighing of the catch from the vessel, by species. In the case of vessels pumping catch ashore the weighing of the entire discharge from the vessels selected for inspection shall be monitored. In the case of freezer trawlers, all boxes shall be counted. A representative sample of boxes/pallets shall be weighed in order to arrive at an average weight for the boxes/pallets. Sampling of boxes shall also be undertaken according to an approved methodology in order to arrive at an average net weight for the fish (without packing, ice);

    (b)

    cross verification between quantities by species recorded in logbook and landing declaration or sales note, as well as quantities indicated in prior notice of landing and the quantities discharged by species;

    (c)

    if the discharge is interrupted, permission shall be required before the discharge can recommence;

    (d)

    verification that the vessel is empty of all fish, once the discharge has been completed.

    10.   Fishing for herring in area IIa (EC waters)

    It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board herring caught in Division IIa (EC waters) in the periods 1 January to 28 February and 16 May to 31 December.

    11.   Conditions for landing of herring for industrial purposes

    Conditions for landing of herring for industrial purposesBy way of derogation from the provisions of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 the following provisions shall apply:

    Herring caught when fishing outside ICES Sub-areas III and IV with nets of minimum mesh size less than 32 mm may not be retained on board or landed unless such catches consist of a mixture of herring and other species, are not sorted and the herring does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total combined weight of herring and other species.

    12.   Restrictions on fishing for Cod

    (a)

    West of Scotland: Until 31 December 2005, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rumb lines the following positions:

     

    59°05′N, 06°45′W

     

    59°30′N, 06°00′W

     

    59°40′N, 05°00′W

     

    60°00′N, 04°00′W

     

    59°30′N, 04°00′W

     

    59°05′N, 06°45′W.

    (b)

    Celtic Sea: Until 31 March 2005, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within that part of ICES Division VII included in the following ICES rectangles: 30E4, 31E4, 32E3. This prohibition shall not apply to Beam trawlers in the month of March.

    (c)

    By way of derogation from (a) and from (b), it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities using pots and creels within the specified areas and time periods, provided that:

    (i)

    no fishing gear other than pots and creels are carried on board, and

    (ii)

    no fish other than shellfish and crustacea are retained on board;

    (d)

    By way of derogation from point (a) and from point (b), it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities within the areas referred to in those points using nets of mesh size less than 55 mm, provided that:

    (i)

    no net of mesh size greater than or equal to 55 mm is carried on board, and

    (ii)

    no fish other than herring, mackerel, pilchard/sardines, sardinelles, horse mackerel, sprat, blue whiting and argentines are retained on board.

    13.   Closure of an area for sandeel fisheries

    It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board sandeels caught within the geographical area bounded by the east coast of England and Scotland, and enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions:

    —

    the east coast of England at latitude 55°30′N,

    —

    latitude 55°30′N, longitude 1°00′W,

    —

    latitude 58°00′N, longitude 1°00′W,

    —

    latitude 58°00′N, longitude 2°00′W,

    —

    the east coast of Scotland at longitude 2°00′W.

    However, a limited fishery shall be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stock in the area and the effects of the closure.

    14.   Rockall Haddock box

    All fishing, except with longlines, shall be prohibited in the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions:

    Point No

    Latitude

    Longitude

    1

    57°00′N

    15°00′W

    2

    57°00′N

    14°00′W

    3

    56°30′N

    14°00′W

    4

    56°30′N

    15°00′W

    15.   Technical conservation measures in the Irish Sea

    The technical conservation measures referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 of 12 February 2002 establishing measures to be applicable in 2002 for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES division VIIa) (2) shall temporarily apply in 2005.

    PART D

    ICES SUB-AREAS VIII, IX AND X

    16.   Trawling ban in waters around the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira

    Vessels shall be prohibited from using any bottom trawl or similar towed nets operating in contact with the bottom of the sea in waters under the sovereignty or the jurisdiction of Member States within the areas bounded by a line joining the following coordinates:

    (a)

    Azores

     

    Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 23°00′W

     

    Latitude 42°00′N, longitude 23°00′W

     

    Latitude 42°00′N, longitude 34°00′W

     

    Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 34°00′W

     

    Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 23°00′W

    (b)

    Canary Islands and Madeira

     

    Latitude 27°00′N, longitude 19°00′W

     

    Latitude 26°00′N, longitude 15°00′W

     

    Latitude 29°00′N, longitude 13°00′W

     

    Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 13°00′W

     

    Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 19°00′W

     

    Latitude 27°00′N, longitude 19°00′W

    PART E

    MEDITERRANEAN

    17.   Technical conservation measures in the Mediterranean

    The fisheries currently operating under the derogations, provided for in Article 3(1) and (1a) and Article 6(1) and (1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1626/94, may temporarily continue their activity in 2005.

    PART F

    EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

    18.   Purse seines in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC))

    The fishing by purse-seine vessels for Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares), Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) and Skipjack Tunas (Katsuwonus pelamis) shall be prohibited from either, 1 August to 11 September 2005, or, 20 November to 31 December 2005 in the area defined by the following limits:

    —

    the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,

    —

    longitude 150° W,

    —

    latitude 40° N,

    —

    latitude 40° S.

    The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure before 1 July 2005. All the purse seine vessels of the Member States concerned must stop purse-seine fishing in the defined area during the period selected.

    As of the date of entry into force of this Regulation purse seiners fishing for tuna in the Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission shall retain on board and then land all bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna caught, except fish considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size. A single exception shall be the final set of a trip, when there may be insufficient well space remaining to accommodate all the tuna caught in that set.

    Purse seine vessels shall promptly release unharmed, to the extent practicable, all sea turtles, sharks, billfishes, rays, dorado, and other non-target species. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of any such animals.

    The following specific measures to encircled or entangled sea turtles shall apply:

    (a)

    whenever a sea turtle is sighted in the net, all reasonable efforts shall be made to rescue the turtle before it becomes entangled in the net, including, if necessary, the deployment of a speedboat,

    (b)

    if a turtle is entangled in the net, net roll should stop as soon as the turtle comes out of the water and should not start again until the turtle has been disentangled and released,

    (c)

    if a turtle is brought on board a vessel, all appropriate methods to assist in the recovery of the turtle should be made before returning it to the water,

    (d)

    tuna-fishing vessels shall be prohibited from disposing of salt bags or any other type of plastic rubbish at sea,

    (e)

    the release, when practicable, of sea turtles entangled in Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and other fishing gear is encouraged,

    (f)

    the recovery of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) which are not being used in the fishery is also encouraged.

    PART G

    EASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN SEAS

    19.   Minimum size for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

    By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 6 and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, the minimum size for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea shall be 10 kg or 80 cm.

    By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, no tolerance limit shall be granted for bluefin tuna fished in the East Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea.

    20.   Minimum size for bigeye tuna

    By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 6 and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, the minimum size of bigeye tuna is abolished.

    21.   Restrictions on the use of certain types of vessels and gears

    1.

    In order to protect the bigeye stock, in particular juvenile fish, fishing by purse seiners and baitboats shall be prohibited during the period and in the area specified in point (a) and (b) below;

    (a)

    The area is the following:

    Southern limit

    :

    parallel 0° South latitude

    Northern limit

    :

    parallel 5° North latitude

    Western limit

    :

    meridian 20° West longitude

    Eastern limit

    :

    meridian 10° West longitude

    (b)

    The period covered by the prohibition shall be from 1 November to 30 November of each year.

    2.

    By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, Community fishing vessels shall be authorised to fish without restriction on the use of certain types of vessels and gears in the area referred to in Article 3(2) and during the period specified in Article 3(1).

    22.   Measures concerning sport and recreational fishing activities in the Mediterranean Sea

    1.

    Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to forbid the use, within the framework of sport and recreational fishing of towed nets, encircling nets, seine sliding, dredger, gillnets, trammel nets and longline to fish for tuna and tuna-like species, notably bluefin tuna, in the Mediterranean Sea.

    2.

    Each Member State shall ensure that catches of tuna and tuna-like species carried out in the Mediterranean Sea as a result from sport and recreational fishing are not marketed.

    23.   Sampling plan for bluefin Tuna

    By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 5a of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, each Member State shall establish a sampling programme for the estimation of the numbers-at-size of the bluefin tuna caught; this requires notably that size sampling at cages must be done on one sample (= 100 specimen) for every 100 tonnes of live fish. Size sample will be collected during harvesting (3) at the farm, in accordance with the ICCAT methodology for reporting Task II. The sampling should be conducted during any harvesting, covering all cages. Data must be transmitted to ICCAT by 31 July for the sampling conducted the previous year.

    24.   Interim measures for the protection of vulnerable deep-water habitats

    It shall be prohibited to conduct bottom trawling and fishing with static gear, including bottom gill-nets and long-lines, within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

    The Hecate Seamounts:

    —

    52°21.2866′N, 31°09.2688′W

    —

    52°20.8167′N, 30°51.5258′W

    —

    52°12.0777′N, 30°54.3824′W

    —

    52°12.4144′N, 31°14.8168′W

    —

    52°21.2866′N, 31°09.2688′W

    The Faraday Seamounts:

    —

    50°01.7968′N, 29°37.8077′W

    —

    49°59.1490′N, 29°29.4580′W

    —

    49°52.6429′N, 29°30.2820′W

    —

    49°44.3831′N, 29°02.8711′W

    —

    49°44.4186′N, 28°52.4340′W

    —

    49°36.4557′N, 28°39.4703′W

    —

    49°29.9701′N, 28°45.0183′W

    —

    49°49.4197′N, 29°42.0923′W

    —

    50°01.7968′N, 29°37.8077′W

    Part of the Reykjanes Ridge:

    —

    55°04.5327′N, 36°49.0135′W

    —

    55°05.4804′N, 35°58.9784′W

    —

    54°58.9914′N, 34°41.3634′W

    —

    54°41.1841′N, 34°00.0514′W

    —

    54°00.0′N, 34°00.0′W

    —

    53°54.6406′N, 34°49.9842′W

    —

    53°58.9668′N, 36°39.1260′W

    —

    55°04.5327′N, 36°49.0135′W

    The Altair Seamounts:

    —

    44°50.4953′N, 34°26.9128′W

    —

    44°47.2611′N, 33°48.5158′W

    —

    44°31.2006′N, 33°50.1636′W

    —

    44°38.0481′N, 34°11.9715′W

    —

    44°38.9470′N, 34°27.6819′W

    —

    44°50.4953′N, 34°26.9128′W

    The Antialtair Seamounts:

    —

    43°43.1307′N, 22°44.1174′W

    —

    43°39.5557′N, 22°19.2335′W

    —

    43°31.2802′N, 22°08.7964′W

    —

    43°27.7335′N, 22°14.6192′W

    —

    43°30.9616′N, 22°32.0325′W

    —

    43°40.6286′N, 22°47.0288′W

    —

    43°43.1307′N, 22°44.1174′W

    PART H

    DEEP-SEA SPECIES

    By way of derogation from Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, the following shall apply in 2005:

    Member States shall ensure that fishing activities which lead to catches and retention on board of more than 10 tonnes each calendar year of deep-sea species and of Greenland halibut by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory shall be subject to a deep-sea fishing permit.

    It shall however be prohibited to catch and retain on board, tranship or to land any aggregate quantity of the deep sea species and of Greenland halibut in excess of 100 kg in each sea trip, unless the vessel in question holds a deep-sea permit.

    (1)   OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/66/EC (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 35).

    (2)   OJ L 41, 13.2.2002, p. 1.

    (3)  For fish farmed more than 1 year, other additional sampling methods should be established.

    Appendix 1 to Annex III

    Specifications of top window codend ‘BACOMA’

    Specification of 110 mm, measured as inner diameter opening, square mesh window in a codend with a 105 mm or larger mesh size in trawls, Danish seines or similar towed nets.

    The window shall be a rectangular section of netting in the codend. There shall be only one window. The window shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments.

    Size of the codend, extension piece and the rear end of the trawl

    The codend shall be constructed of two panels of equal size, joined together by selvedges one on each side.

    The carrying on board of a net having more than 100 open diamond meshes in any circumference of the codend, excluding the joining or the selvedges shall be prohibited.

    The number of open diamond meshes, excluding those in the selvedges, at any point on any circumference of any extension or lengthening piece shall not be less or more than the maximum number of meshes on the circumference of the front end of the codend stricto sensu and the rear end of the tapered section of the trawl excluding meshes in the selvedges (Figure 1).

    Location of the window

    The window shall be inserted into the top panel of the codend. The window shall terminate not more than 4 meshes from the codline, inclusive of the hand braided row of meshes through which the codline is passed (Figure 2).

    Size of the window

    The width of the window, expressed in number of mesh bars, shall be equal to the number of open diamond meshes in the top panel divided by two. If necessary, it may be allowed to maintain at the most 20 % of the number of open diamond meshes in the top panel divided evenly on the both sides of the window panel (Figure 3).

    Length of the window shall be at least 3,5 metres.

    The netting of the window

    The meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 110 millimetres. The meshes shall be square meshes i.e. all four sides of the window netting shall be cut all bars. The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular to the length of the codend. The netting shall be knotless braided single twine or a netting with similar proven selective properties. The diameter of the single yarn shall be at least 4,9 millimetres.

    Other specification

    The mounting specifications are defined in Figures 4a, 4b and 4c. The length of the lifting strap shall not be less than 4 m.

    Figure 1

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