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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)367 final
Brussels .12th July 1979
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
LAYING DOWN CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION
OFFISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TOVESSELS FLYING
THE FLAG OFAMEMBER STATE AND FISHING IN
INTERNATIONAL WATERS INTHE NORTH WEST ATLANTIC
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (79)367 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. On1January 1979 "theConvention onlUture Multilateral Cooperation
intheNorthwest Atlantic ,commonly referred toasthe "NAFO "Convention ,
entered into force .TheCommunity wasoneoftheoriginal signatories of
this Convention *
2. Article XXIII ofthesaid Convention provides that upon itsentry
into force each proposal that hasbeen transmitted oriseffective under .
the International Convention fortheNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries of1949
("theICNAF Convention ")shall become ameasure "binding upon each
Contracting Party totheNAFO Convention with respect totheRegulatory
Area defined intheConvention ,immediately iftheproposal hasbecome
effective under the ICNAF ,oratsuch time asitbecomes effective thereunder
Anumber ofsuch proposals concerning fishery conservation measures have
come into force under ICNAF .
3. AsaContracting Party totheNAFO Convention ,theCommunity must
therefore take steps toensure that these measures arecomplied with ,and
that Community fishing vessels areaware ofthem .Thepresent proposal
incorporates themeasures which apply totheRegulatory Area ofNAFO .

PROPOSALI^ORA
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
layingdo-m.certainmeasuresfortheconservationoffisheryresourcesapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofaMemberStateandfishingininternational
watersintheNorthWestAtlantic
THECOUNCILOPTIEEUROPL&NCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andm
particularArticle43thereof,
VvrncrregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)H*3179/78of28December1978concerningthe"*"conclusionbytheEuropeanEconomicCommunityoftheConventiononFUtureMultilateralCooperationintheNorthwestAtlanticFisheriesU>,
Having'regardtotheproposaloftheCommission,
Havingregardtotheopinionof.theEuropeanParliament,
Hh"ea3underArticleXXIIIoftheNfiFOConvention,upon^JnJ°PI"0P'salthatisalreadyeffectiveunder-theJ";""at,onal Conve shsUb,c0l ici*,uifleia . nTL.TrMAFConvention ,snau
ITieasure^bindin^on^eachS'tî£Srîyîlthrespecttoth.RegulatoryAreadefined
intheNAFOConvention;
Whereas'consequentlyanumberofproposalsforconservationmeasuresadoptedundertheICJTAFConventionhavebecomebindingmeasuresundertheNAFOConvention,
WhereasitistheresponsibilityoftheCommunitytotakeappropriatestepsto
ensurethatthesaidmeasuresarebindinguponCommunityvessels,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION:
••/••••
(1)OJîfo.L378/30.12.1978,p.1

Article 1
Vessels flying theflag ofaMember State and .fishing within the
Regulatory Area defined inAnnex IIIoftheConvention onRtture Multilateral
Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantio Fisheries shall comply with theconservation
measures laid down inthis Regulation *
Article2
Theuseofatrawl nethaving inanypart thereof netmeshes ofdimensions
less than 130millimetres shall beprohibited fordirect fishing forthe ■?.
species referred toinAnnex Iofthis Regulation .This
mesh size relates tomanila twine netting when measured wet after use orthe
equivalent thereof when measured drybefore use# Mesh size equivalents for
different trawl mesh materials areindicated inAnnex IIofthis Regulation .
*
Article 3
By-catches ofthespecies mentioned inAnnex Itaken byvessels fishing
forspecies other than those mentioned ,inAnnex Iwith nets having amesh size '
less than that specified inArticle 2shall notexceed 2,500 kilogrammes foreach
species onboard thevessel ,or10$byweight foreach species ofallfish on
board thevessel ,whichever isthegreater *
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Article 4
1* Theuse ofanymeans ordevice other than those described inparagraph 2
which obstructs the meshes ofanet orwhich otherwise diminishes the size ofnets
shall beprohibited * .
2* Canvas ,netting ,oranyother material maybeattached totheunderside of
thecod.-end ofanetinorder toreduce andprevent damage *
3* Devices maybeattached totheupper side ofthecod-end provided that
they donotobstruct themeshes ofthecod-end .Theuseoftop-side chafers shall
belimited tothose mentioned inAnnex IIIof.this Regulation *

Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities#
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates#
Doneat.
FortheCouncil,
ThePresident.
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ANNEXI
SpeciesreferredtoinArticle2
%
Cod(Gadusmorhua)
Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Redfish(Sebastes)
Halibut(Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
Witch(Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
Yellowtailflounder(Limandaferraginea)
AmericanPlaice(Hippoglossides platessoides )
Greenlandhalibut(Reinhardtius hippoglossoides )
Pollock(Saithe)(Pollachiusvirens)
Whitehake(Urophycistenuis)
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(l)notincludingRedfishoccurringinstatisticaldivision3N»30and3P

ANNEXII
Me3hsizeéquivalents
Typeofnet * Meshsize
Seinenet 110mm
Suchpartofanytrawlnetasis
madeofhemp,polyamidefibres,or
polyesterfibres 120mm
Suchpartofanytrawlnetasis
madeofmanilaoranyothermaterial
notmentionedabove 130mm

ANNEXIII
Authorised TopsideChafers
\ .
1)ICNAF-typetopsidechafer
Arectangularpieceofnettingattachedtotheuppersideofthecod-endofi-
atrawlnettoreduceandpreventdamageandconformingtothefollowing
conditions :
(a)thenettingshallnothaveameshsizelessthanthatspecifiedfor
thenetitself;
(b)thenettingmay"befastenedtothecod~end ]onlyalongthefoa/ardand
lateraledgesofthenettingandatnootherplaceinit,andshallbe
fastenedinsuchamannerthatitextendsforwardofthesplitting
strapnomorethanfourmeshesandendsnotlessthanfourmeshesin
frontofthecodlinemesh;whereasplittingstrapisnotusedthe
netting-shallnotextendtomorethanone-thirdofthecodrendmeasured
fromnotlessthanfourmeshesinfrontof'thecodlinemesh;
(c)thenumberofmeshesinthewidthofthenettingshallbeatleastone
andahalftimesthenumberofmeshesinthewidthofthatpartofthecodrend
end•'whichiscovered,bothwidthsbeingtakenatrightanglesto
thelongaxisofthecodrend.'
2)Multipleflap-typetopsidechafer
Piecesofnettinghavinginalltheirpartsmeshesthedimensionsofwhich,
whetherthepiecesofnettingarewetordry,arenotlessthanthoseof
themeshesofthenettowhichtheyareattached,providedthat:
(i)eachpieceofnetting
(a)isfastenedbyitsforwardedgeonlyacrossthecodrendat.right/
anglestoitslongaxis;
(b)isofawidthofatleastthewidthofthecodrend(suchwidth
beingmeasuredatrightanglestothelongaxisofthe-cod'-rendat
thepointofattachment);and,
(c)isnotmorethantenmesheslong;and
(ii)theaggregatelengthofallthepiecesofnettingsoattaoheddoesnot
exceedtwo-thirdsofthelengthofthecodrenchi"

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3)Laiycemesh(modifiedPolish-type )topsidechafer
Arectangular pieceofnettingmadeofthesametwinematerialasthecod-
end,orofasingle,thick,knotlesstwinematerial,attachedto
therearportionof$heuppersideofthecod-endand.extendingov.er
alloranypartoftheuppersideofthecod"*endandhavinginallits.
partsameshsizetwicethatof,the'cod-endwhenmeasuredwetapdfastened
tothecodrendalongtheforward,lateralandrearedgesonlyofthe
nettinginsuchawaythateachmeshofthenettingcoincideswithfour
meshesofthecod-end.