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(Actsivhosepublicationisobli^dtoty)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No373/77
of24February1977
layingdowncertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservationandmanagementof
fisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofcertainnon-member
countries
Whereasinterimmeasuresfortheconservation and
management offisheryresourcesshouldalsobetaken
inrespectofvesselsflyingtheflagofSpain,Finland,
PortugalandSwedenandofCanadaandtheUnited
StatesofAmericapendingtheconclusionofthe
fishingagreementscurrentlybeingnegotiatedwith
thesecountries,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccession('),
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCounciladopted,on3November1976,a
setofresolutionsconcerningcertainexternaland
internalaspectsofthecommonfisheriespolicy;
WhereastheCounciladopted,atitsmeetingon20
December1976,astatementonfisheryactivitiesin
January 1977;
Whereasnotifications havebeenforwardedtothe
Bulgarian,Cuban,JapaneseandRomanianGovern­
mentsinordertocommunicate theCouncilDeci­
sionsof13and20December1976prohibitingall
fishingactivitiesbytheirvessels,asfrom1January
1977,inthe200nauticalmilefishingzonesofthe
MemberStatessituatedofftheNorthSeaandAtlantic
coastsandcoveredbyCommunityrulesonfisheries;
Whereas,inordertopreservefishinggrounds,access
bythefishingvesselsofnon-member countriesto
thesewatersmustberestricted ;
WhereastothisendtheCounciladoptedon28
January1977,Regulation (EEC)No194/77laying
downcertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservation
andmanagement offisheryresourcesapplicableto
vesselsflyingtheflagofPoland,theGDRorthe
USSR(-');Article1
TheonlycatcheswhichSpain,Finland,Portugaland
Swedenareauthorizedtomakefrom1January1977
until31March1977inthe200nauticalmilefishing
zonesoftheMemberStatessituatedofftheNorthSea
andAtlanticcoastsandcoveredbyCommunityrules
onfisheries,andtheplaceswheresuchcatchesmay
bemade,arelaiddownintheAnnex.
Article2
Pendingtheconclusionsofafishingagreementwith
Canada,thetotalcatcheswhichthatcountryisautho­
rizedtomakefrom1January1977until31
December1977shallbeequal,forthezonesreferred
toinArticle1,tothequantityforwhichthequotas
validfor1977werefixedbytheInternational
Commission fortheNorth-West AtlanticFisheries
(ICNAF),and,forthatpartofthezonesreferredtoin
Article 1whichlieofftheStPierreandMiquelon
Islands,tothecatchpossibilitiesprovidedforinthe
1972AgreementbetweenFranceandCanadaon
mutualrelationsinfisherymatters.(')OJNoL73,27.J.1972,p.14.
(-)OJNoL25,29.I.1977,p.46.

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Article3
Pendingtheconclusionofafishingagreementwith
theUnitedStatesofAmerica,thecatcheswhichthat
countryisauthorizedtomakefrom1January1977to
31December1977inthezonesreferredtoinArticle
1shallbethoserecordedforthesamespeciesaswere
caughtin1975,withthesamemonthlyspreadas
recordedin1975,subjecttothefixingforthese
speciesofanymaximumauthorizedcatchesandof
anycatchquotas.
Article4
TheMemberStatesshalltakethemeasuresnecessary
toensuretothefullestextentpossibletheimplemen­
tationofArticle 1to3asregardsthe200nauticalmilefishingzonesoftheMemberStatessituatedoff
theNorthSeaandAtlanticcoastsandcoveredby
Communityrulesonfishing,includingregularinspec­
tionofthevesselsofnon-member countries .
Inthisconnection ,theMemberStatesandthe
Commission shallcommunicate toeachotherthe
informationnecessaryforthepurposesofcomplying
withthisRegulation,inparticularconcerningthe
monitoringofthesizeofcatchesmadebythevessels
ofthenon-member countriesconcerned .
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24February1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN

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ANNEX
Quantitieswhichmaybecaughtbycertainnon-membercountries,byspeciesandfishing
area
ThezonesconcernedarethosedefinedbytheInternationalCouncilfortheExplorationoftheSeas
(ICES)ordefinedintheAnnextotheConventionestablishingtheInternationalCommissionforthe
North-WestAtlanticFisheriesCommission (ICNAF),insofarastheyaresituatedinthefishing
zonesoftheMemberStatesextendingupto200nauticalmilesfromcoastsborderingontheNorth
SeaandtheAtlantic,andcoveredbyCommunityrulesonfisheries.
Species ZoneQuantity
(tonnes)
SPAIN
Hake VI,VII,VIII 3200
Horsemackerel VIAasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefined
infootnote(')below,VIB 170
Horsemackerel VIIC,VIIK,VIIJ,asfarasitextendssouthof
50°30'northlatitude,VIIH 5720
Horsemackerel VIIIasfarasitextendswestofthelinedefinedin
footnote(:)below 4110
Allspeciesexceptclupei
formesandinvertebrates VIII
FINLAND20000
Herring IV
PORTUGAL(tokenentry)
Cod 1(ICNAF)
SWEDEN(-')375
Haddock IV 675
Sprat IV 1490
Mackerel IV 1063
Whiting IV 225
Herring IV (tokenentry)
(')The-line'originatinginpoint:
6NX'60N.thencesouthwards to
6\XM)'N,thencewestwardsto
10\XSS30N.thencesouthwards to
10NX'5630N.thencewestwardsto
12\XMiN\thencesouthwards to
12N\5430'N.
(')Thelineoriginatinginpoint:
X\X'48N.thencesouthwards to
XNX47N.thenceeastwardsto
6NX'4"'N,thencesouthwards to
6W46M)'N.thenceeastwardsto
>NX4630N,thencesouthwards to
^W46N,thenceeastward 1-to
4W46N.thencesouthwards to
4\\45N,thenceeastwardsto
2\\4SN,fluneesouthwards .
(')Thesequantitieswillbesupplemented b\fishingrightsgrantedtoSwedeninZonesII]AandIIII).