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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels*21March1980
Proposalfora
.COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowncertainmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagement
during1980ofcommonfisheryresourcesofftheWestGreenland
coastapplicabletovesselsflyingtheflagofCanadaorunder
y»\chartertocompaniesregistered^nCanada
">» »
(submittedtotheCouncilbythe-Commission )
C0M(80)126final

EXPLANATORY MEMORAKDUK ^
Thepurposeofthisproposalistoestablish,fortheyear1980»"theterms
andconditionsforfishinginCommunitywatersoffWestGreenlandbyCanadian
vesselsorvesselsunderchartertoCanadiancompanies,inaccordancewiththe
outcomeofconsultations heldinDecember1979andJanuary1980betweenthe
y
CommunityandCanadaconcerningthemanagementofcertainjointfishstocks
occurringintheDavisStraitandBaffinBay.(TheAgreedRecordofthese
consultationsisannexedto'thismemorandum).Theseconsultations wereheld
undertheAgreementonFisheriesbetweentheCommunityandCanadaconcluded -
on3December 1979twhichbothsideshaveagreedtoextenduntil31DecemberI98O
.byanAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersapprovedbytheCouncil'on
21January1980. ,
TheCanadianauthorities havemadetheirAgreementtothesearrangements for
1980conditional uponthe.Community*sacceptancethatsixNorwegianand.Faeroese
vesselsunderchartertoCanadiancompaniesbepermittedtofishallocations to
-•'\ ■"* •
Canada.IthasbeenemphasisedbyCanadathattheuseofcharteredvesselsis
atemporaryarrangement withaviewtofacilitating thedevelopment ofCanadian
fishingoperationsinthesewaters,whichwillnotextendbeyondtheyear1980.
Inviewofthepossibilities whichtheCommunityhasunderthesearrangements to
makeoverpartofitsownallocationinCanadianwatersfromthesejointstocks
tonon-Community vessels,theCommissionbelievesthatitisintheCommunity's
interesttoaccedetotheCanadianrequest*

AGREEDRECORD
Delegations fromCanadaandtheEEC,headedbyDr.A.Mayand
t
Mr.M.Marcussenrespectively ,metInBrusselsonJanuary29
and.30,1980todiscusspursuanttoArt.IVoftheAgreement
onfisheriesbetweentheEECandpanadath4managementin1980
ofcertainfishstocks1ntheDavisStraitandBaffinBay
occurringbothwithintheCanadianfisheryzoneandthefishery
zoneoftheCommunity.
Thedelegations agreedthatthestocksunderconsideration should
bemanagedjointlyforafurtheryear,withoutprejudicetothe
possibility ofalongertermarrangement .
Thedelegations agreedon.theprinciplethatinfutureyears
allocations toeach-PartyfromtheTACofeachofthejointstocks
inNAFOsubareas0and1shouldbebasedonobjectivecriteria.
Notingthelackofagreementconcerning theproperallocation and
theimportanceofthedifferentpossiblecriterialistedbelow,
4
thedelegations agreedtoestablish aworkinggrouptoreviewthe
availabledataandtorecommendsuchfurtherresearchasmaybe
consideredappropriate todeterminetheallocations.
Criteria: ' ■'*">
-Thedistribution betweenthezon?softhePartiesof
-theactualcatches
-thebiomassofthestocksconcerned
••
-spawningareasandnurserygrounds
-Otherrelevantcriteria. 'x–v
.r
►*«•haï»aiithnrl+'iaethat 1Thedelegations agreedtorecommendtotheirauthoritiestfiatthe
arrangements set'out'belowbeImplemented 1n1980.
' . »
Thearrangements in1980willapplytothestocksofGreenland
Halibut,RoundnoseGrenadierandNorthernDeepwaterPrawnin
NAFOsubareas0and1. ,

ZITACs -andallocations 1.____________ ,
1.Thetotalallowablecatchfor1980forthestocksreferredto
.....1nparagraph1.5shallbe(Inmetrictons):
GreenlandHalibut :25.000
:Roundnose 6renadier :8.000
NorthernDeepwatfer
xPrawn.:29.500
Thepartofthetotalallowablecatchforprawnwhichmaybefished
intheCanadianzoneshallbelimitedto5000tons.
2.Allocations tothetwoPartiesshallbeasfollows(inmetrictons):
. ■'Canada EEC
.GreenlandHalibut 3.500 21.500
Roundnose Grenadier 800 7.200
Prawn 2.500(1)27.000 <2>
(1)ofwhichnomorethan2.000tmaybetakenintheECzoneand
onlysouthof68°N *
(2)ofwhichnomorethan2.500.tmaybetakenintheCanadian
zone. v
XIILicensingarrangements
1.EachPartywilllicencevesselsflyingtheflag(s)oftheotherParty,
andvesselsflyingtheflagofathirdpartyandcharteredbya,
companyoftheotherParty,tofishwithinItszone.TheParties
willwaivelicencefeesforalltheabovevesselsinNAF0subareas0and1,
2*Ifathirdpartyreceivesanallocation fromthesamestockfromeach
rofthetwoParties,thetwoPartieswillconsultontheissuingof
licencestovesselsofsuchthirdpartyforthepurposeoftaking
theagreedallocations . ^r

-3-
CopiesoflicencesissuedbyanyPartytosuchthirdpartyshall
besenttotheotherPartywithintendaysfromthedateofissue.
3.NeitherPartyispbligedtograntaccesstoitszonetoanythird
partywhichhasreceivedanallocationfromtheotherParty.
4.Intheeventthatthethirdpartyves.selslicensedbytheCommunity
tofishprawnsinitszoneareauthorized .byCanadatofishinthe
Canadianzoneforapartoftheallocationsgrantedtothembythe
Community/thefigureinfootnote(1)oftheparagraphII.2shall
beincreasedto2.250t.
5.Licensingtermsshallincludethefollowing:
-aprovisionstatingthatthefisherybyvesselsofthecountry
concernedshallceasewhenthatcountry'stotalallocations have
.beentakeninNAFOsubareas0and1; *
i . ■ ■-aprovisionrequiringreportingbythevesselslicensedontheir
catchesinNAFOsubareas0and1accordingtothedetailsset
outintheAnnexhereto.
IVOthercontrolarrangements
1.ThePartiesshallapplythecontrolarrangements setoutinthe
Annexhereto.
2.ThePartieswillcontinuetoexaminetheneedandpossibilities for
furtherco-operationon^hecontroloffishingofthejointstocks
inNAFOsubareas0and1.
VImplementation
1.EachPartywillauthorizefishingbyvesselsoftheotherPartyfrom
1February1980inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthisAgreedRecord

.-*
2.ThePartieswillImplementtheotherarrangements inthisAgreed
Recordassoonaspossible/andatthelatestby1April1980.
Brussels/1February1980
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B.APPLEBAUM M.MARCUSSEN

ANNEX
EEC-Canada JointControlofcertainfisheries 1nNAFOsubareas0and1
Thefollowingarrangements forcontrolofthefisheriesforthestocks
mentionedinparagraph1.5ab6veshallapplytothevesselsofeachParty,
aswellastothevesselsofthirdparties.
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1.Reporting
EachPartyshallrequirethatallvesselsover80grossregistered tons
fishinginitszoneshallmakethefollowing ,reportstobetransmitted
byradio:
1.1AweeklyreportcontainingthefollowingInformation :
-name,callsign,identification numbersandlettersofthevessel
andnameofitsmaster
-licencenumber(ifapplicable )
-identification oftypeofmessage
-date,time,geographical positionofthevessel
-quantity(1)ofspeciessubjecttocontrolcaughtsinceprevious
' •• "N •transmission ~
-subareainwhichthecatchesweremade •
*quantities discardedbyspeciessinceprevioustransmission (vessels
fishingforprawnonly)
1.2AreportuponentryintothatpartofNAFOsubareas0and1subjecttothe
fisheriesjurisdiction ofeitherPartycontaining theinformation mentioned
under1.1exceptthatthequantity'ofeachspeciessubjecttocontrol1nthe
holdshallbecommunicated insteadofthequantitycaughtsinceprevious
transmission . ..
ê , ,
> •» ' V
i■ ' . •
I, •
•• •/••
(1)AsusedinthisAnnex,quantityshallbeexpressedin.metrictons,roundweight.
<'
*s,

1,3Areportuponleavingtheareareferred,tounderpoint1.2containing
theinformation mentionedunderpoint1.1plusthefollowing:
-quantityofeachspeciestransferredtoothervesselssinceentry
intothezone,andidentification ofthevesselstowhichthetransfer
wasmade '
-'quantityofeachspecieslandedsinceentryIntothezone.
1.4Anoticeofleavingtobegiyenatleast48hourspriortothe-vessels *
scheduledexitfromthepartofNAFOsubareas0or1orthepartofICES
divisionXIVunderfisheriesjurisdiction ofeitheroftheParties.
1.5Irrthecaseoffishingoperationsrequiringrepeateddailyentriesinto
orexitsfromthezone,asinglecommunication onfirstentryandlast
exitwillsuffice.
2.Logbooks
Allvesselsshallcarryalogbook1r>whichthefollowingInformationshall
beentered: ''.
-vesselname ~•
-sidenumber
ι-licencenumber(1fapplicable)
-date
''-day
-month - .
-year/•»•••» i
--timeandpositiontowbegan
-depth ,
-latitude
-longitude
■»typeofgear
-numberofnetsorhookshauled
-fc?WkMS&/•' >>••
*catchbyspecies

.)
•'•-3-
-kept/discarded(whenfishingforprawnonly)
-subtotalforday
-totalforvoyage
-quantityprocessedtodayforhumanconsumption
-quantityprocessedtodayforreduction
-total
-remarks
–Biaster'ssignature
-anoteindicatingthatforeachtowwhichcrossestheboundarylinebetween
thetwoParties,fiftypercentofthecatchshallbeattributedtothe
zoneofeachParty, ,
3.Exchangeofinformation
3.1Withrespecttovesselsauthorizedtofishin.thezonesofbothParties,
eachPartyshallcopytotheotherPartyentryand.departurereportswhich
*itreceivesfromvesselsinaccordance withsection 1above.
3.2WithrespecttovesselsauthorizedtofishinthezonesofbothParties,
thefollowingelementsofweeklycatchreportsshallbetransmitted tothe
otherPartyonaweeklybasis:
-nameofvessel
-date,time,andgeographical positionofthevessel
-quantityofspeciessubjecttocontrolcaughtsinceprevioustransmission .
3.3Withrespecttovesselsauthorizedtofishonlyinthezoneofoneofthe
Parties,eachPartyshalltransmitweeklytotheotherPartyasummary
reportofcatchesbysuchvessels.
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Proposal fora
Council Regulation (EEC)
laying down certain measures forthe
conservation andmanagement during 1980 of
*«. »
common fishery resources offtheWest
Greenland coast applicable tovessels
flying theflag ofCanada orunder charter
tooompanies registered inCanada *
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament , .
whereas delegations from theCommunity andCanada have initialled anAgreement
providing fortheextension until 31December 1980 /oftheir Agreement onfish­
eries concluded on3December 1997 ,andhave -held consultations concerning the
management during 1980 ofcommon fishery resources offtheWest Greenlsrd coast
Whereas delegations from thetwoParties have agreed torecommend to.their
authorities certain measures fortheconservation andmanagement of ;these
resources ,including thefixing ofallocations forthevessels oftheother
Party andconditions forfishing in'the .waters concerned ;
Whereas itistherefore appropriate that theCommunity implement these agreed ,
measures with respect tovessels flying theflag ofCanada ori?dercharter to
companies registered injCanada . *■■■
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION *

-2-
Article 1
1.Thearea towhich this Regulation applies shall bethat part ofthefishery
zone of Denmark situated ,within subarea 1 asdefined by
the Convention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantic
Fisheries ,limited ,tothenorth bytheparallel of68°N latitude ,andto
thewest byaline drawn parallel toand atadistance of12nautical miles
from the baselines from which the territorial sea ofGreenland ismeasured .
2.The catches which vessels flying theflag ofCanada orunder charter to
Canadian companies shall beauthorized totake during theperiod 1January tc
31December 1980 inthearea defined inparagraph 1shall belimited tothe
quotas laid down incolumn 1ofAnnex I.
3.Notwithstanding paragraph 2,fishing fordeep-water prawn inthearea re­
ferred toinparagraph 1bythevessels referred toinparagraph 2shall cease
when thequantity indicated incolumn 2ofAnnex Iinrespect ofsubareas 0
and 1asdefined bytheConvention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation in
the Nortwest Atlantic Fisheries has been fished .-
Article 2
1»Vessels fishing inthefishery zone ofDenmark forthequotas established
inArticle 1shall comply with theconservation and control measures laid
down inthis Regulation and allother measures governing fishing activities
inthat zone .
2.Vessels referred toinparagraph 1shall keep alogbook asspecified in
Annex II.Theoriginal ofthelogbook shall bekept onboard thevessel .
Thepink andblue copies ofthelogbook shall besent each month tothe
Commission atthe latest bythe last day ofthemonth forthepreceding
month . 1 *
3.Vessels referred toinparagraph 1shall transmit totheCommission ,
inaccordance with the .rules setout inAnnex III,the
information specified inthat Annex *

4.Theregistration letters andnumbers ofthevessels referred toin
paragraph 1shall heclearly marked onboth sides ofthebowofthe
vessel * ,
Article 3
1.Pishing shall bepermitted only where alicence issued bytheCommission
onbehalf oftheCommunity attherequest oftheCanadian authorities is
held onboard andwhere theconditions setoutinthelicence areobserved .
' ' .
2.Thenumber oflicences issued inaccordance with paragraph 1shall not
exceed twelve#
/
3.Whenanapplication foralicence issubmitted totheCommission ,the
following information shall besupplied :
(a)name ofthevessel ;
(b)registration muaberj
(c)external identification letters andnumbers ;
(d)port ofregistration ;
(e)name andaddress oftheowner orcharterer ;
(f)gross tonnage andoverall length ;
\
(g)engine power ;
(h)call sign andradio frequency ;
(i)intended method offishing ; -
(j)intended area offishing ;
(k)species which itisintended tofish ;
(l)period forwhich alicence isrequested .
4.Each licence shall bevalid foronevessel only .When several vessels are
taking part inthesame fishing operation ,each vessel shall beinpossession
ofalicence .
Article 4
Thecompetent authorities oftherelevant Member State shall take appropriate
steps ,including theregular inspection ofvessels ,toensure the ,enforcement
ofthis Regulation .

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Article 5
'
Where aninfringement isduly established ,thecompetent authorities ofthe
^relevant Member State shall ,without delay ,inform theCommission ofthe
name ofthevessel involved andofanyaction which they have taken .
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities . '
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President

QuotasANNEX I.
Species.1
Quant ity
(tonnes )2
Quantity
(tonnes )
Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglos -
soides )
Round-no segrenadier (Coryphaenoides
rupestris )
Deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis )3.500
800
2.000 2.500
ANNEX II
Thefollowing logbook shall beused when fishing within thearea referred to
inArticle 1• *
/

EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES *LOGBOOKFORNAFOZONES0+1
VesselnameDate« Noonposition-(GMP
Communities
licenceNoCarudurt
ticenceNo'DayMonthTear
ii
Latitude■LongitudeNAFO
division09ISideN'o
II ! II.!f!tit■•
1 i–il'ILU!·.;|iiNIII I.I
une
tow
began
(GMT)Time
tow
finished
(CMT)I.
Houn
iuhedDeptf»
métrés'Position
atMartoftowType
ot
gtat
i.'Number
otnets
looks
isedMest
or
hook
sizeCatcht>yspecies
(kilograms-roundweight*
.LatitudeILonjp-
IrudeTOô
,αιν-WCod
(ionReJfuh
(toi)GreenlanJ
haiiOut
ilIN■Ha'.f^at
120Round-nose
grenjJ'tr
If*laihsh
(188)Capetin
1340)Prawn
(639
Kept __J
Dtscarded
[Kept
Dnanled
LU
'Discarded. LU
IKept I
DiscardedΓIKept L_
•–?–
Discarded«
Kept
IDiscarded
[Kept'
IDiscarded
Kept
|Sub-totaltorday JIDiscarded
TouiforvoyageI*<pt '
Discalded
JRoundweight(kilograms *processedtodaytorhumanconsumption *
IRoundweightikilogramsiprocessedtodayforreduction'11 '
•' ; . '.Total
Remarks » Master*ssignature
(1)Foreach"towwhichcrossesthe'boundary "betweenNAFOsubareas0and1,"bothsubareasshouldbeindicated.

ANNEX III
1. The information to "betransmitted tothe Commission and the timetable for
its transmission are asfollows *
1.1 . Oneach occasion the vessel enters the zone defined inArticle 1
paragraph 1: '
• ■ '
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4 "below ;
(b)thequantity (1)ofeach species offish inthehold ;
Intheevent that thefishing operation requires repeated daily entries
into thejoint management zone ,asingle communication onfirst entering
the zone will suffice .
1.2.Oneach occasion thevessel leaves the zone after aprevious notice of
leaving ofatleast 48hours :
*
(a)theinformation specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity ofeach species caught since theprevious transmission ;
(c)thequantity *ofeach species transshipped since thevessel
entered the zone and theidentification ofthevessel oftransshipment ;
(d)thequantity ofeach species landed -inaport oftheCommunity
since thevessel entered thezone ;,~ ;
(e)thequantity ofdiscards specified byspecies since previous
.transmission (when fishing forprawns only ).
Intheevent that thefishing operations require repeated daily exits from
thejoint management zone ,asingle communication onthelast exit will
suffice *
•1.3« -Ailweekly intervals ,commencing ontheseventh dayafter thevessel first
enters the zone : '
-(a)the -information specified under point 1.4below ;
(b)thequantity ofeach species caught since theprevious transmission ;
.(c)thequantity ofdiscards .specified byspecies since previous transmission
(when fiBhing forprawns only ).
1.4* (a)thename ,call "sign ,identification numbers andletters ofthevessel ,.
_ and thename ofthemaster ;
(b)thelicence number ifthevessel islicensed tofish ;
(c)theBerial number ofthemessage ;.
(d)identification ofthetype ofmessage ;
(e)thedate ,thetime andthegeographical position ofthevessel ,
2.1.Theinformation specified under point 1shall betransmitted tothe
Commission oftheEuropean Communities inBrussels (telex address
24189 FISEU-B )viaoneoftheradio stations listed under point 3below
andintheform specified under point 4•
2.2.Ifitisimpossible,' forreasons offorce majeure ,forthemessage tobe
transmitted bythevessel ,itmaybetransmitted onthevessel 'sbehalf
byanother vessel . ■
(1)Asused inthis Annex ,quantity shall beexpressed intonnes round-weight .

3.Sameofradiostation Caiisigtfofradiostation
Prim(KristiansSund
(.iKltrub
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4.Formofcommunications
Theinformationspecifiedunderpoint1shallcontainthefollowingparticulars,whichshallbegiveninthefollowingordert
–-nameofvessel./
–callsiun.
–externalidentificationlettersandnumbers*
–serialnumberofthemessageforthevoyageinquestion,
–indicationofthetypeofmessageaccordingtothefollowingcode:
-–message~whenenteringoneofthezonesreferredtounder1.1.1and1.1.2:IN,
–mess.ige-whenleavingoneofthezone*referredtounder1.1,1and1,1.2:OUT,
–weeklymessage:WKL,
–thegeographicalposition, '

–-thedateonwhichfishingisexpectedtocommence;
–thequantityofeach-speciesoffishinthehold.,usingthe-code
mentionedinpoint5below;
<-thequantityofeachspeciesdiscardedsincetheprevioustransmission
usingthecodementionedinpoint5"below;
–thequantityofeachspeciestransshipped sincetheprevioustransmission
–thenameandcallsignofthevessel .oftransshipment ; t.
–thequantityofeachspecieslandedinaportoftheCommunitysince
theprevioustransmission ;
-thenameofthemaster. *
Thecodetobeusedtoindicatethequantitiesoffishonboardas
mentionedinpoint4above: ,
ADeep-waterprawn(Pandalusborealis)
CGreenlandhalibut(Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides )-.
DCod(GaduBmorrhua)-
PHalibut(Hippoglossushippoglossus )
IRound-nosegrenadier(Coryphaenoides rupestris)
URedfish(Sebastesmarinus)
ROther -*-- , '