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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2282/03 by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission. Fishing opportunities.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2282/03 by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission. Fishing opportunities.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2282/03 by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission. Fishing opportunities.
Dz.U. C 65E z 13.3.2004, pp. 125–126
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- Date of document:
- 09/07/2003; Data przesłania
- Date of dispatch:
- 09/07/2003
- Date of reply:
- 12/08/2003; Odpowiedź pisemna
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- Parlament Europejski, Not available
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- Pisemne zapytanie
- Addressee:
- Komisja Europejska
- Parliamentary term:
- piąta kadencja
- Political group:
- Grupa Europejskiej Liberalno-Demokratycznej Partii Reform
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13.3.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 65/125 |
(2004/C 65 E/139)
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2282/03
by Elspeth Attwooll (ELDR) to the Commission
(9 July 2003)
Subject: Fishing opportunities
Can the Commission provide any information on the level of fishing opportunities used by British fishers both within 200 miles of the British coast and beyond 200 miles?
Furthermore, could the Commission provide any information on the level of fishing opportunities used by other EU fishers within 200 miles of the British coast and by non-EU fishers within that same area?
Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission
(12 August 2003)
The Commission does not have the means of producing the information requested.
The Control Regulation (1) (EEC Council Regulation No 2847/93) sets for each Member State the obligation to notify to the Commission the quantities of each stock or group of stocks landed during the preceding month, when the concerned stocks are subject to total allowable catch (TAC) or quotas. For other stocks (not subject to TAC or quotas and caught either in Community waters, in third countries' waters or on the high seas) Member States have the obligation to notify to the Commission the quantities landed of each stock quarterly. This allows the Commission to monitor the level of fishing opportunities used by Member States.
The notifications of landings received from Member States do not distinguish between catches made within 200 miles of one Member State's coast and those made beyond, as they are based on the areas established by the TAC and quota Regulation.
The fishing or catch areas defined by this Regulation correspond, in general, to entire International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) divisions or subdivisions or to fishing areas as defined by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) for statistical purposes. They are not established following the line of the 200 miles.
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy, OJ L 261, 20.10.1993.
