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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 867/2004  
of 29 April 2004 
 
amending Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 fi xing 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 limitation s in catch are required 
  
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
 Having regard to the Treaty esta blishing the European Community, 
 Having regard to the 2003 Act of  Accession, in particular Arti cle 24 and Annex XII thereof, 
 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 the proposal from the Commission, 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.  Regulation as am ended by Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 
(OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 9). 
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Whereas: 
 
(1) The International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission (IBSFC) adopted a recommendation at its 
Annual meeting on 3 October 2003 on the allocati on of herring in the Gulf of Riga. The 
necessary measures should be taken at Co mmunity level in order to implement that 
recommendation in Community legislation on th e day following the date of accession of 
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. 
 (2) The IBFSC adopted a recommendation allowing an  increase of the TAC for cod in the Baltic 
Sea in March 2004. Implementation of that r ecommendation in Community  legislation order 
should be ensured. 
 (3) Within the framework of its bilateral fisheries Agreement with the Russian Federation, Latvia 
has obtained an arrangement on reciprocal  access concerning cod and sprat. These 
arrangements only concern the Latvian zone of EC waters. The necessary measures should be 
taken to implement these arrangem ents in Community legislation. 
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(4) The Community's fishing opportunities in Norwegian waters and the Norway's fishing 
opportunities in Community waters for 2004 ar e laid down provisionally in Annexes IB, 
C and VII to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 1 pending the conclusion of fisheries 
consultations with Norway for 2004. In the Agreed Record of Conclusions of Fisheries Consultations between the Community and No rway of 24 January it was agreed to 
recommend to the respective au thorities the fishing opportuniti es for 2004 in their respective 
waters. The necessary measures should be taken to implement the results of the consultations 
in Community legislation. 
 (5) Quota flexibility for sole in zone II, North Sea should be allowed to improve the compatibility 
of quotas for flatfish in the North Sea and reduce discards. 
 (6) In accordance with Annex XII to the 2003 A ccession Treaty Poland is  entitled to a herring 
quota in zones I and II. 
 (7) In accordance with the procedure provided for the Agreement on fisheries between the 
European Economic Community, of the one part , and the Government of Denmark and the 
Home Government of the Faro e Islands, of the other part 
2;the Community has held 
consultations with the Faroe Islands on access to  fishing for Atlanto-Scandian herring in 
waters north of 62°N. 
                                                 
1  OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1. 
2  OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, pp. 12-15. 
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(8) In order to guarantee that towed nets w ith a BACOMA exit window are the only gear type 
used in the cod fishery in Community waters of the Baltic Sea it shoul d not be permitted to 
keep other type of gear on board. 
 (9) In order to avoid unnecessary social and ec onomic hardship, fishing activities that do not 
catch cod should be permitted within the area clos ed for cod fishing to the west of Scotland, 
so long as such activities are clearly defined, enforceable, and do not cause an additional risk 
to the remaining stock of cod. 
 (10) New information on the distri bution of catches of cod and had dock indicates that some areas 
of high abundance of haddock but relatively lo w abundance of cod were inappropriately 
included in the "cod protection ar ea" defined in Annex IV. Also, some areas of relatively high 
cod abundance had been inappropriately excluded.  An amendment to the geographical extent 
of the cod protection area  is therefore required. 
 (11) Conservation measures should not hinder the collection of scientific information appropriate 
for management purposes. Therefore, fishing for scientific purposes should be allowed in 
areas where fishing ope rations are prohibited. 
 (12) Some calculation errors ha ve been corrected and drafting improvements have been made. 
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(13) In order to ensure the live lihood of Community fishermen, it is important that the fisheries be 
available as soon as possible. Ther efore, it is imperative to gran t an exception to the six-week 
period mentioned in paragraph I(3) of the Protoc ol on the role of nati onal Parliaments in the 
European Union, annexed to the Treaty on Euro pean Union and to the Treaty establishing the 
European Community. 
 (14) Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 should  therefore be amended accordingly, 
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
 
 
Article 1
 
 Annexes IA, IB, IC, II, IV and VII to Regul ation (EC) No 2287/2003 shall be amended in 
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.  
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Article 2  
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.  Point 1 of the Annex shall apply on the day following the date of accession of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.    This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
 Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 2004. 
 
  For the Council  The President  
      M. McDOWELL 
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ANNEX  
 
The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 shall be amended as follows: 
 
1. In Annex IA: 
 
a) The entry concerning the species Herring in zone III bcd shall be replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Herring  Zone: IIIbcd (EC waters), except Management Unit 3 and 
Gulf of Riga 
 Clupea Harengus      
Denmark 8 279       
Germany  25 106        
Estonia  10 406 (1)       
Finland 9 386        
Latvia 2 704 (1)       
Lithuania 2 568       
Poland 28 870       
Sweden 36 499       
         
EC 123 820        
         
TAC 132 090        
__________         
(1)  May be fished in the Gulf of Riga (HER/03D–RG)           
                     "  
(b) The following entry shall be inserted after the entry concerning Herri ng in zone III bcd: 
" 
"Species: Herring  Zone: Gulf of Riga 
 Clupea harengus  HER/03D-RG    
Estonia 18 130        
Latvia 21 130        
         
EC 39 260       
         
TAC 39 260        
      
                    "  
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(c) The entry concerning the species Cod in z one Subdivisions 25-32 (EC waters) shall be 
replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Cod  Zone: Sub-divisions 25-32 (EC waters)  
 Gadus morhua  COD/25/32-    
Denmark 12 040 (1)       
Germany  5 265 (1)       
Estonia   781 (1)       
Finland  625 (1)       
Latvia 2 968 (1)(2)        
Lituania 1 951 (1)      
Poland 9 251 (1)      
Sweden 8 770 (1)      
        
EC 41 650        
         
TAC 45 400   Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.  
__________         
(1) May be fished in sub-division 22-24. 
(2)      Of which 350 tons may be fished in the waters of the Russian Federation in zone IIId.      
 
                    "  
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d) The entry concerning the species Sprat in zone  III bcd (EC waters) shall be replaced by the 
following: 
 
" 
"Species: Sprat  Zone: IIIbcd (EC waters)    
 Sprattus sprattus  SPR/3BCD-C    
Denmark 37 254        
Germany 23 601        
Estonia 43 260        
Finland 19 501        
Latvia 52 249        
Lithuania 18 901        
Poland 110 880        
Sweden 72 019        
         
EC 377 665        
         
Russian Federation 3 000 ( 1 )        
         
TAC 420 000   Analytical TAC where deductions of Art. 5(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply. 
__________         
(1) To be fished in the Latvian zone of EC waters, including up to 150 tonnes of by-catches of herring. 
                 
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2. In Annex IB: 
 
(a) The entry concerning the species Sandeel in z one IIa, Skagerrak, Kattegat, North Sea shall be 
replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Sandeel  Zone: IIa (1) ,  Skagerrak, Kattegat, North Sea (1) 
 Ammodytidae  SAN/24.    
Denmark 727 472        
United Kingdom 15 901        
All Member States 27 826 (2)       
EC 771 200        
         
Norway 45 000 (3)       
Faroe Islands 20 000 (3) (4)       
         
TAC 836 200  Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) 
No 847/96 apply.  
__________         
(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) Includes Norway pout and a maximum of 4 000 tonnes of sprat.  The sprat and a maximum of 6 000 tonnes 
of Norway pout may be fished in division VIa north of 56°30'N.        
 
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(b) The entries concerning the species He rring in zones: Skagerrak and Kattegat, 
Norwegian waters south of 62° N 
 shall be replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Herring (1) Zone: Skagerrak and Kattegat   
 Clupea harengus  HER/03A.    
Denmark 29 177 (3)       
Germany 467 (3)       
Sweden 30 521 (3)       
EC 60 164        
         Faroe Islands 500 
(2)       
         
TAC 70 000   Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply. 
__________         
(1) Landed as the entire cat ch or sorted from the re mainder of the catch.    
(2) To be taken in Skagerrak.    (3) Of which 50%, as an ad hoc measure for 2004, may be fished in the North Sea (EC waters) south of 60°N and 
east of 4°E.
 " 
 
"Species: Herring  Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N  
 Clupea harengus  HER/04-N.    
Sweden  1 076 (1)     
EC  1 076        
         
TAC Not relevant        
__________ 
(1) By-catches of cod, haddock, po llack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quota for these 
species.                
 
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(c) The entry concerning the species Cod in Norwegian waters south of 62° N shall be replaced 
by the following: 
 " 
"Species: Cod Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62° N  
 Gadus morhua  COD/04-N.    
Sweden 516 (1)  
EC  516 (1)       
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        __________
 
 (1) Accruing from the Agreed Records of Consultations between the European Community, on behalf of 
Sweden, and Norway, for 2004.
  
                    "  
(d) The entries concerning the species Haddock in  zones: Skagerrack and Kattegat, IIIbcd 
(EC Waters), IIa (EC waters), North S ea, Norwegian waters, south of 62° N 
 shall be replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Haddock  Zone: Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIbcd (EC waters)  
 Melanogrammus aeglefinus  HAD/3A/BCD    
Belgium   18    
Denmark       3 096        
Germany  197        
The Netherlands     4   
Sweden  366    
EC  3 681 (1)     
 
TAC  4 755    
__________  
 
(1) Excluding an estimated 874 tonnes of industrial by-catch. 
 
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"Species: Haddock  Zone: IIa (EC waters), North Sea   
 Melanogrammus aeglefinus  HAD/2AC4.    
Belgium  625        
Denmark 4 300        
Germany 2 736        
France 4 769        
The Netherlands  469        
Sweden  303        
United Kingdom 45 773 (1)       
EC 58 975 (2)       
         
Norway 15 391        
         
TAC 77 000        
__________          
(1) Of which 29 500 tonnes to be caught and landed by vessels holding special fishing permits under the 
provisions of Paragraph 17 of Annex IV. 
(2) Excluding an estimate of 2 634 tonnes of industrial by-catch.          
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/04-NFS)       
EC  45 828
"       
"Species: Haddock  Zone: Norwegian waters, south of 62° N  
 Melanogrammus aeglefinus  HAD/04-N.    
Sweden  956   
EC 956        
         
TAC Not relevant             
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(e) The entry concerning the species Northern pr awn in zone Norwegian waters, south of 62° N 
shall be replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Northern prawn Zone: Norwegian waters, south of 62° N  
 Pandalus borealis  PRA/04-N.    
Denmark  900        
Sweden  151 (1)       
EC 1 051        
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        
__________         
 
(1) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.
"  
                "  
(f) The entry concerning the species Plaice in zone  IIa (EC waters), North Sea shall be replaced 
by the following: 
" 
"Species: Plaice  Zone: IIa (EC waters), North Sea   
 Pleuronectes platessa  PLE/2AC4.    
Belgium 3 624        
Denmark 11 778        
Germany 3 397        
France  680        
The Netherlands 22 649        
United Kingdom 16 761        
EC 58 889        
         Norway 2 111                 
TAC  61 000 
  Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) 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: 
 Norwegian waters (PLE/04-NFS)      
EC 30 000"         
                    "  
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(g) The entry concerning the species Saithe in z one Norwegian waters south of 62°N shall be 
replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Saithe  Zone: Norwegian waters south of 62°N 
 Pollachius virens  POK/04-N.    
Sweden 1 190   
EC  1 190        
         
TAC 190 000          
                    "  
 (h) The entry concerning the species Mackerel in zone IIa (EC waters), Skagerrak and Kattegat, 
IIIb,c,d (EC waters), North Sea sh all be replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Mackerel 
Scomber scombrus Zone: IIa (EC waters), Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIb,c,d 
(EC waters), North Sea 
MAC/2A34- 
Belgium  453        
Denmark 11 951        
Germany  473        
France 1 428        
The Netherlands 1 437        
Sweden 4 262 (1) (2) (3)       
United Kingdom 1 331        
EC 21 335  (2)(4)(5)       
Norway 37 246  (6)       
         
TAC 545 500 (7)  Analytical TAC where Artic les 3 and 4 of Regulation 
(EC) No 847/96 apply. 
__________         
 (1) Including a fishery by this Member State of 1 865 tonnes  of mackerel in ICES Divisi on IIIa and in EC waters 
of ICES Division IVab (MAC/3A/4AB). 
(2) Including 214 tonnes to be taken in Norwegian waters of ICES Sub-area IV(MAC/04-N.). (3) When fishing in Norwegian waters, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be 
counted against the quo tas for these species. 
(4) Including 1 865 tonnes accruing from conditions defined in footnote 2 of the Annex of the Agreed Records of 
Conclusions of Fisheries Consultations between the European Community and Norway, Brussels, 
9 December 1995. 
(5) Including 636 tonnes accruing from the arrangemen t between the European Community and Norway for 
2004 on the Management of the joint EU-N orway share of the NEAFC allowable catch. 
(6) To be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (acces s quota).  This quota may be fished in division IVa 
only, except for 3 000 tonnes that may be fished in division IIIa. 
(7) TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area. 
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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/3A/4BCIVb 
MAC/04B.IVc 
MAC/04C.IIa (non-EC waters), VI, from 1 
January to 31 March 2004 
MAC/2A6. 
       
Denmark  4 130 4 020  
France  440    The Netherlands  440    
Sweden  340 10    
United Kingdom  440    Norway 3 000    
                    "  
 
(i) The entry concerning the species Common sole in  zone II, North Sea shall be replaced by the 
following: 
" 
"Species: Common sole Zone: II, North Sea    
 Solea solea  SOL/24.     
Belgium 1 417        
Denmark  648        
Germany 1 133        F r a n c e   2 8 3         The Netherlands 12 790        
United Kingdom  729        
E C  1 7  0 0 0                  
TAC 17 000   Analytical TA C where Articles 3 and 4 of 
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
 " 
         
                    "  
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(j) The entry concerning the species Other species in EC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 
56° 30'N shall be replaced by the following: 
" 
Species: Other species Zone: EC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56° 30'N 
    OTH/2A46AN    
EC Not subject to restriction       
Norway 5 000 (1)       
Faroe Islands 400 (2)       
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        
__________         
 
(1) Limited to IIa and IV. Includes fisheries not specifically  mentioned;  of which up to 350 tonnes of sole may 
be fished. 
(2) Limited to by-catches of  whitefish in IV and VIa. 
 
                "  
(k) All footnotes with the text "Provision al quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries 
consultations with Norway for 2004" shall be deleted. 
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 3. In Annex IC: 
 
(a) The entry concerning the species Herring in z one I, II (EC waters and International waters) 
shall be replaced by the following: 
 " 
"Species: Herring  Zone: I, II (EC waters and International waters) 
 Clupea harengus  HER/1/2.     
B e l g i u m  2 5         
Denmark 24 946        
Germany 4 368        Spain 82        France 1 076        Ireland 6 458        The Netherlands 8 927        
Poland 1 262        
P o r t u g a l  8 2         Finland 386        Sweden 9 244        United Kingdom 15 948        E C  7 2  8 0 4         
         
Faroe Islands 6997
1        
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        
_________________         
1      May be fished in EC waters 
 
Special conditions: 
 
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zone 
specified. 
 II, Vb north of  62º N (Faroes waters) 
 H E R / 2 A 5 B - F       
B e l g i u m  2         
Denmark 2 398        
G e r m a n y  4 2 0         S p a i n  8         F r a n c e  1 0 3         I r e l a n d  6 2 1         T h e  N e t h e r l a n d s  8 5 8         
P o l a n d  1 2 1         
P o r t u g a l  8         Finland 37        S w e d e n  8 8 8         United Kingdom 1 533                 
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(b) The entry with the species Cod in zone I,  II (Norwegian waters) shall be replaced by the 
following: 
" 
"Species: Cod  Zone: I, II (Norwegian waters) 
 Gadus morhua  COD/1N2AB-    
Germany 2 404        
Greece 293        
Spain 2 640        
Ireland 293        
France 2 206        
Portugal 2 640        
United Kingdom 9 324        
EC  19 800 (1)       
         TAC  486 000        
 
(1)      Quota to be reviewed following the a doption of the Protocol m odifying the 4th Protocol 
laying down the conditions relati ng to the agreement on fisherie s between the Community and 
Greenland. 
 
                    "  
(c) The entry concerning the species Capelin in  zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) shall be 
replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Capelin  Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters) 
 Mallotus villosus  CAP/514GRN    
All Member States 40 985        
EC 95 985 (1)       
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        
 
 
(1) Of which 15 000 tonnes are allocated to Norway, 30 000 tonnes to Iceland and 10 000 tonnes to Faroe Islands. 
The Community share represents 70% of the capelin TAC for the season.  Upon revision of this TAC in the 
course of 2004, the Community quota shall be revised accordingly.
  
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(d) The entry concerning the species Haddock in z one I, II (Norwegian waters) shall be replaced 
by the following: 
" 
"Species: Haddock  Zone: I, II (Norwegian waters) 
 Melanogrammus aeglefinus  HAD/1N2AB-    
Germany  428        
France  257        
United Kingdom 1 315        
EC  2 000        
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t                 
                    "  
 (e) The entry concerning the species Northern praw n in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) shall be 
replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Northern prawn Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters) 
 Pandalus borealis  PRA/514GRN   
Denmark 848       
France 848       
EC 5 675 (1)      
        
TAC Not relevant      
___________         
(1) Of which 2 830 tonnes are allocated to No rway and 1 150 tonnes to Faroe Islands.  
                    "  
(f) The entry concerning the species Greenland ha libut in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) shall 
be replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Greenland halibut Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters) 
 Reinhardtius 
hippoglossoides  GHL/514GRN    
Germany 4 037        
United Kingdom  213        
EC 4 800 (1)       
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        __________         
 
(1) Of which 400 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 150 tonnes are allocated to Faroe Islands.  Quota to be 
reviewed following the adoption of the Protocol modifying the 4th Protocol laying down the conditions 
relating to the agreement on fisheries between the Community and Greenland. 
 
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(g) The entry concerning the species Mackerel in zone IIa (Norwegian wate rs) shall be replaced 
by the following: 
" 
"Species: Mackerel Zone: IIa (Norwegian waters) 
 Scomber scombrus  MAC/02A-N.    
Denmark  11 100 (1)       
EC  11 100 (1)        
         T A C  N o t  r e l e v a n t        __________
 
 
(1) May also be fished in sub-area IV (Norwegi an waters) and in Division IIa (non-EC waters).  
                    "  
 (h) The entry concerning the species Redfish in  zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) shall be 
replaced by the following: 
" 
"Species: Redfish  Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters) 
 Sebastes spp.  RED/514GRN    
Germany 19 533        
France  99        
United Kingdom  138        
EC 25 500 (1)(2)(3)       
         TAC Not relevant       __________         
(1) A maximum of 20 000 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. 
(2) 5 230 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway. 
(3) 500 tonnes are allocated to the Fa roe Islands. Catches from the bottom tr awl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall 
be reported separately.
  
                    "  
(i) All footnotes with the text "Provision al quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries 
consultations with Norway for 2004" shall be deleted. 
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4. In Annex II 
 
The entry concerning the species Herring in zone IIa (EC waters), North Sea, VIId shall be replaced 
by the following:  " 
    
Species: Herring (1) Zone: IIa(EC waters), North Sea, VIId  
 Clupea harengus  HER/2A47DX   
 
Belgium 214        
Denmark 41 356        G e r m a n y  2 1 4         F r a n c e  2 1 4         T h e  N e t h e r l a n d s  2 1 4         S w e d e n  2 0 2         
United Kingdom 786        
E C  4 3  2 0 0                  T A C  4 3  2 0 0                  N o t e s :          
 
(1) By-catches of herring taken in fisheries for species other than herring and landed unsorted. 
                    "  
  
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5. In Annex IV: 
 
(a) The following Point shall be inserted :  
 
"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.'  
(b) Point 6 shall be deleted.  (c) Point 13 shall be replaced by the following:  
"13 Restrictions on fishing for Cod in West of Scotland  (a) Until 31 December 2004, it shall be prohi bited to conduct any fishing activity 
within the area enclosed by sequentially jo ining with straight lines the following 
geographical coordinates:  – 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) By way of derogation from (a), it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities 
using pots and creels, 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. 
 
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(c) By way of derogation from (a), it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities 
using nets of mesh size less than 55mm, provided that 
 
(i) no net of mesh size greater than or equal to 55mm is carried on board, and  (ii) no fish other than herring, m ackerel, horse mackerel, blue whiting, 
pilchard/sardine, sardinelles, sprat an d argentines are retained on board." 
 
(d) In point 17:  
 
(i) section (a) shall be re placed with the following: 
 
"(a) For the purposes of this point, "c od protection area" means that part of 
ICES Division IV included in the fo llowing ICES rectangles that lies 
further than 12 miles from coastal baselines 
 
49E6, 48E6, 47E6, 50E7, 49E7, 48E7, 50E8, 51E9, 50E9, 49E9, 50F0,  
  49F0, 48F0, 47F0, 46F0, 45F0, 51F1, 50F1, 49F1, 48F1, 47F1, 46F1,    45F1, 44F1, 50F2, 49F2, 48F2, 47F2, 46F2, 45F2, 44F2, 46F3, 45F3,     44F3, 45F4, 44F4, 43F5, 43F6, 43F7, 42F7, 38E9, 37E9, 37F0."; 
 
(ii) the following section shall be inserted: 
 
"(e) A Member State may record haddock catches caught in the period 
1 January 2004 to 21 April 2004 on th e basis of whether they were 
taken inside or outside the ar ea defined in sub-point (a)." 
 
 
(e) The following point shall be added: 
 
"18. Scientific monitoring 
 
(a) The measures referred to in Points 5, 7, 13 and 16 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 Stat e concerned, and of which the 
Commission and the Member State in  whose waters the research is 
carried out have been informed in advance.  
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(b) Marine organisms caught for the purposes referred to in (a) may be 
sold, stored, displayed or offe red for sale, provided that: 
 
— they meet the standards laid down in Annex XII to 
Regulation (EC) No 850/98 a nd 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 *, or 
 
— they are sold directly fo r purposes other than human 
consumption." 
  
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* OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.  Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession." 
 
 
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(f) Appendix 2 shall be replaced by the following: 
 
"Appendix 2 to Annex IV  
 
TOWED GEARS: Skagerrak and Kattegat  
 
Mesh size ranges, target species and required catch percentages  
applicable to the use of a single mesh size range 
 
 Mesh size range (millimetres) 
Species <16 16-31 32-69 32-69 35-69 70-89(5) ≥90 
 Minimum percentage of target species 
 50%(6)50%(6)20%(6)50%(6) 20%(6) 20%(7) 30%(8) none 
Sandeel ( Ammodytidae )(3) x x x x x x x x 
Sandeel ( Ammodytidae ) (4) 
Norway pout ( Trisopterus esmarkii ) 
Blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou ) 
Greater weever ( Trachinus draco ) (1) 
Molluscs (except Sepia ) (1) 
Garfish ( Belone belone ) (1) 
Gray gurnard ( Eutrigla gurnardus ) (1) 
Argentine ( Argentina spp. ) 
Sprat ( Sprattus sprattus )  x 
x 
x 
x 
x 
x x 
 
x   x 
x 
x 
x 
x 
x x 
x 
x x 
x 
x 
x 
x 
x x 
x 
x x 
x 
x 
x 
x 
x x 
x 
x x 
x 
x 
x 
x 
x x 
x 
x x 
x 
x 
x 
x 
x x 
x 
x 
Eel ( Anguilla, anguilla ) 
Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp 
(Crangon spp., Palaemon adspersus ) (2)     x 
x x 
x x 
x x 
x x 
x x 
x 
Mackerel ( Scomber spp. ) 
Horse mackerel ( Trachurus spp. ) 
Herring ( Clupea harengus )       x 
x 
x    x 
x 
x x 
x 
x 
Northern shrimp ( Pandalus borealis )  
Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp., Palaemon adspersus ) 
(1)         
x x x 
x x 
x 
Whiting ( Merlangius merlangus ) 
Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus )           x 
x x 
x 
All other marine organisms             x 
 
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(1) Only within four miles from the baselines. 
(2) Outside four miles from the baselines. 
(3) From 1 March to 31 October in Skagerrak and from 1 March to 31 July in Kattegat. 
(4) From 1 November to the last day of February in Skagerrak and from 1 August to the last day of February in 
Kattegat. 
(5) When applying this mesh size range the codend and th e extension piece shall be cons tructed of square meshed 
netting. 
(6) The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 10% of any mixture of cod, haddock, hake, plaice, 
witch, lemon sole, turbot, brill, flounder, mackerel, megr im, whiting, dab, saithe, Norway lobster and lobster. 
(7) The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 50% of any mixture of cod, haddock, hake, plaice, 
witch, lemon sole, turbot, brill, flounder, herring, mack erel, megrim, whiting, dab, saithe, Norway lobster and 
lobster. 
(8) The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 60% of any mixture of cod, haddock, hake, plaice, 
witch, lemon sole, turbot, brill, flounder, megrim, dab, saithe and lobster."  
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6. In Annex VII, Part I and II are replaced by the following: 
 
"PART I 
Quantitative limitations of licences and 
fishing permits for community vessels fishing in 
third country waters 
 
Area of fishing Fishery Number of 
licences Maximum number 
of vessels present at any time 
Herring, North of 62°00'N 75 55 
Demersal species, North of 62°00'N 80 50 
Mackerel, South of 62°00'N, purse seine fishery 11 not relevant 
Mackerel, South of 62°00'N, trawl fishery 19 not relevant 
Mackerel, North of 62°00'N, purse seine fishery 111 not relevant Norwegian waters 
and fishery zone 
around Jan Mayen 
Industrial species, South of 62°00'N 480 150 
All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 
180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles 
from the Faroese baselines 26 13 
Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a 
minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area 
south of 62°28'N and east of 6°30'W 8 4 
Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese 
baselines.  In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 
1 October to 31 December, these vessels may 
operate in the area between 61°20'N and 62°00'N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.  70 26 Waters of the 
Faroe Islands 
Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum 
mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61°30'N and 
west of 9°00'W and in the area between 7°00'W and 9°00'W south of 60°30'N and in the area 
south-west of a line between 60°30'N, 7°00'W 
and 60°00'N, 6°00'W. 70 20 
                                                 
1 To be selected from the 11 licences  for pu rse seine fishery for mack erel South of 62°00'N 
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Area of fishing Fishery Number of 
licences Maximum number 
of vessels present at any time 
Directed trawl fishery fo r saithe with a minimum 
mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to 
use round-straps around the codend. 70 22 
Fisheries for blue whiting.  The total number of 
licences may be increased by ford vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce 
special rules of access to an area called "main 
fishing area of blue whiting" 34 20 
Line fishing 10 6 
Fishing for mackerel 12 12  
Herring fisheries north of 62°N 21 21 
Iceland All fisheries 18 5 
All fisheries pm pm 
Fisheries for cod  71 pm Waters of the 
Russian 
Federation Fisheries for sprat pm pm 
 
                                                 
1  Applies only to vessels flaying the flag of Latvia. 
 
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PART II 
Quantitative limitations of li cences and fishing permits for 
third country vessels in Community waters 
 
Flag State Fishery Number of 
licences Maximum number 
of vessels present at 
any time 
Norway (1) Herring, North of 62° 00'N 18 18 
Mackerel, VIa (north of 56 ° 30'N), VIIe,f,h, horse 
mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30'N), VIIe,f,h; 
herring, VIa (north of 56° 30'N) 14 14 
Herring north of 62° 00'N 21 21 
Herring, IIIa 4 4 
Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, 
VIa (north of 56° 30'N): sandeel, IV (including 
unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting) 15 15 
Ling and tusk  20 10 
Blue whiting , VIa (north of 56° 30'N), VIb, VII 
(west of 12° 00'W) 20 20 
Blue ling 16 16 Faroe Islands 
Porbeagle (all zones except NAFO 3PS) 3 3 
Herring, IIId (Swedish waters) pm pm 
Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother 
ships) pm pm Russian 
Federation 
Sprat 4 (2) pm 
Penaeus  shrimps (3) (French Guyana waters) 5 pm (4)  Barbados  
Snappers (5) (French Guyana waters) 5 pm 
Guyana  Penaeus  shrimps (3) (French Guyana waters) pm pm (4) 
Surinam  Penaeus  shrimps (3) (French Guyana waters) 5 pm (6) 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  Penaeus  shrimps (3) (French Guyana waters) 8  pm (7) 
Japan Tuna (8) (French Guyana waters) pm  
Korea Tuna  (8) (French Guyana waters) pm pm (7) 
Venezuela Snappers (5) (French Guyana waters) 41 pm 
 Sharks (5) (French Guyana waters) 4 pm 
 
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(1) Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004. 
(2) Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters. (3)
 The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on 
the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authoritie s of the third country concerned, approved by the 
Commission.  The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basi s of which the licence was issued. 
(4) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200. 
(5) To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh 
of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks).  To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid 
contract exists between the shipowner applying for th e licence and a processing undertaking situated in the 
French Department of Guyana, and that it includes and oblig ation to land at least 75% of all snapper catches, or 
50% of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that  department so that they may be processed in that 
undertaking's plant. 
 The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent 
both with the actual capacity of the contracting pro cessing undertaking and with the objectives for the 
development of the Guyanese economy.  A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence 
application. Where the endorsement referred to above is re fused, the French authorities shall give notification of 
this refusal and state their reasons for it to  the party concerned and to the Commission. 
(6) The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm. 
(7) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350. 
(8) To be fished exclusively with longlines. 
                "  
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