NoL196/4 3.8.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1779/77
of2August1977
layingdowninterimconservation andmanagement measuresforherring
fishingintheIrishSea
(CalfofMan),thencerunningclockwiseroundthe
IsleofMan(atadistanceof12milesfromthebase­
lines)asfarasPointofAyre(IsleofMan),theneast­
wardtoStBeesHead(UnitedKingdom).
Article2
1.WithoutprejudicetoArticle1ofthisRegulation
andArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1672/77,the
catchquotasallocatedtoeachMemberStateonan
annualbasisforthedirectfishingofherringinDivi­
sionVII(a)(4)oftheIrishSea(asdefinedbytheInter­
nationalCouncilfortheExplorationoftheSea)shall
beasfollowsfor1977:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle103
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,intheinterestsofacoherentconservation
andmanagementpolicy,appropriatemeasuresmust
beadoptedforallherringstocks;whereasmeasures
complementary tothoselaiddownforherringfishing
intheIrishSeainCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1672/77of25July1977layingdowninterim
measuresfortheconservationandmanagement of
certainherringstocksshouldthereforebeadopted(');
Whereasthemeasuresinquestionmustbetaken
withoutdelayinviewoftheriskswhichthecurrent
over-exploitation offisheryresourcesholdsfor
Communitysuppliesofcertainspecies;whereasasan
interimstepmeasurescomplementary tothoselaid
downinRegulation (EEC)No350/77(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1417/77(3),andin
Regulation(EEC)No1672/77shouldbeadoptedon
thebasisofArticle103oftheTreaty,subjecttotheir
beingincludedatalaterdateinthecommonagricul­
turalpolicy;
WhereasArticle227(5)(c)oftheTreatyandProtocol
3oftheActofAccessionlaydowntheconditions
underwhichtheTreatyappliestotheIsleofManin
particular,France
Ireland
Netherlands
UnitedKingdom190tonnes
1000tonnes
110tonnes
11900tonnes
2.Herringcatchesmadeinthezonereferredtoin
paragraph 1duringtheperiodfrom1January1977
untiltheentryintoforceofthisRegulationshallbe
countedagainstthequotasfixedunderthatparagraph.
Article3
TheMemberStatesshallbeauthorizedtocatch
herringasby-catchesinthecourseofdirectfishing
forotherspeciesinthezonereferredtoinArticle2
uptoalimitof10%byweightofcatchesofsprat
and5%byweightofcatchesofNorwegianpout,of
sandeelsandotherspeciesduringeachvoyage.
Suchby-catchesshallbecountedagainstthequotas
allocatedtoeachMemberStateforthatzone.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article1
Article4
TheMemberStatesshalltake,asfarasispossible,all
necessarystepstoensurecompliancewiththeprovi­
sionsofthisRegulationwithinthemaritimewaters
undertheirsovereigntyorjurisdiction,andcoveredby
theCommunityrulesonfisheries.Directfishingforherringshallbeprohibitedfor
Communityfishermenfrom1Octoberto19
November1977inthepartofDivisionVII(a)(as
definedbytheInternationalCouncilfortheExplora­
tionoftheSea)surroundingtheIsleofManandin
thatbetweentheIsleofManandthewestcoastofthe
UnitedKingdom.
rhiszoneshallbedelimitedbyalinerunningfrom
CarmelHead(Anglesey)totheChickenRockLight (4)Exceptforthepartbounded:
—onthenorthbylatitude52°30'North,
—onthesouthbylatitude52°00'North,
—onthewestbytheIrishcoast,
—ontheeastbythecoastoftheUnitedKingdom.;>)OJNoL186,26.7.1977,p.27.
(2)OJNoL48,19.2.1977,p.28.
(3)OJNoL160,30.6.1977,p.20.

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ThecheckscarriedoutbytheMemberStatesshallbe
reportedatregularintervalstotheCommission .Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ItshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceoftheCommu­
nityrulesfortheconservationandmanagement of
fisheryresourcesor,atthelatest,until31December
1977.Ineachcasetheyshallmentionthetypeandthe
nationalityofthevessel,anyinfringements recorded,
andmeasurestakenasaresult.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET