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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)593 final
Brussels -21October 1981
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning themanagement andcontrol ofcertain catch
quotas for 1982 forvessels flying theflag ofaMember
State andfishing intheRegulatory Area defined in
the NAFO Convention
(submitted tothe Council bytheCommission )

'Cer*\S^3
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Atitsannualmeetingon11September1981theFisheriesCommissionof
theNorthwestAtlantic .FisheriesOrganization (NAFO)adoptedproposals
forcatchquotasfortheyear1982ofcertainfishstocksoccuring
intheRegulatory AreadefinedintheConvention onFutureMultilateral
CooperationintheNorthwestAtlanticFisheries,towhichtheCommunity
isaContractingParty.Theseproposalsbecomemeasuresbindingupon
allContractingPartiestotheConventionon16November198'1unlessthey
havelodgedanobjectionpursuanttoArticleXIIoftheNAFOConvention.
TheCommissionseesnoreasonforanobjectionbytheCommunity.
Consequently,theCommunitywillbeboundtoadoptappropriate measures
toimplementthecatchlimitations providedforintheproposalsconcerned.
Thisisthepurposeofthepresentproposal. -<
2.SincetheNAFOproposalonsquidinareas3andAmadeon.-11September
1981doesnotprovideforspecificquotasforCanadaandtheCommunity,and
sinceithasnotprovedpossibleforthetwopartiestoagreeontheir
respectivesharesoftheTACforthisstock,theCommissionproposes-
thattheCommunityestablishaquotaforitsownfishermenwhichtakes
accountoftheTACproposedbyNAFOforthetotalstockandoftheinterest
ofCommunityfishermen.
3.TheotherelementsoftheproposedRegulation,concerningmeasuresto
ensureadequatecontroloffishingactivityintheRegulatoryArea,are
unchangedfromtheprovisionsofthecorresponding Regulationfor1981
'adoptedbytheCouncil(1).
(1)OJNoL218,4.8.1981,p.1

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning the management and control
ofcertain catch quotas
for 19$2 forvessels flying theflag
ofaMember State
andfishing intheRegulatory Area
defined inthe NAPO Convention
/'
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from the Commiss5.on ,
1Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament (/, .
(1)OJNoC90..21.4.19S1' ,p.108

Whereas theConvention onFuture Multilateral Co-operation inthe
North-West Atlantic Fisheries (^),hereinafter referred toasthe ,
NAFO Convention ,wasapproved bytheCouncil initsRegulation (EEC )
No3179/78(2);
i -.■■■ ' ■ •- ■/
Whereas theNAFO Convention entered into force on1January 1979 ;
Whereas theFisheries Commission ofthe North-West Atlantic Fisheries
Organization adopted on1i <September 198 1aproposal establishing
limitations for catches ofcertain species intheRegulatory Area
for 198'2,which became ameasure binding upon theCommunity on '
1'6November 1981 ;
Whereas itistheresponsibility oftheCommunity totake
appropriate steps toensure compliance byCommunity vessels with the
said measure ;
Whereas theNAFO Commission proposal onsquid ,made *on
11September 198 1,does notprovide for^specific ;quotas for
Canada andtheCommunity ;whereas theCommunity should therefore
establish aquota for itsownfishermen atalevel which takes account
both oftheTACproposed byNAFO fortheentire -stock andofthe
interests ofCommunity fishermen ;
(I)OJNoL378,30.12.1978 ,p.r)OJNoL378 ,30.12.1978 ,p.2
1

Whereas information about ©atches "byComaunity vessels should bemade
available totheir respective Member States and tothe Commission ia
order toensure that these quotas are complied with .
i
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1 . .-
• •
1„ For theperiod 1January to31December 19c2 <catches ofthe
-species mentioned inAnnex Ibyvessels flying theflag ofa
Member State intheRegulatory Area ,asdefined inArticle 1(2 )of
theNAFO Convention ,shall belimited ,within the "parts ofthe 1
Regulatory Area referred tointhesaid Annex ,tothequotas set
out therein . N
2. By-catches ofthespecies referred toinAnnex Itaken in
those areas inwhich noallocation foradirected fishery ,is
provided bythis Regulation shall not exceed ,foreach ofthe
species onboard thevessel *listed inAnnex I,2,^00 kgor10#
byweight ofall fish onboard thevessel ,whichever isthegreater
Article 2
1. Vessels fishing inthearea referred tbinArticle 1shall
keep alog-book inwhich theinformation specified inAnnex IIis
tobeentered .

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2»Viditilsfishingid ^gfarred ,toinArti§l# 1shall
transmittotheauthoritiesoftheirflag'Statebythe16thday
ofeachmonthinrespectofthefirsthalfofthatmonthandby
thefirstdayofeachmonthinrespectofthesecondhalfofthe
precedingmonth,reportsconcerningtheircatchesinthesaid
area.Suchreportsshallgivecatchesintonnesbyspeciesand
quotaareafortheperiodcoveredbythereport.
3.VesselsintendingtofishintheRegulatoryAreafora
particularstockforwhichnoquotahasbeenallocatedtothe.
Community,shalltransmittotheauthorities oftheirflagState
notification ofsuchanintention,atleast72hoursbefore
startingtofishfol*anamountallocatedto"Others"for
thatstock,together,ifpossible,withanestimateofthe
projectedcatch.Vesselsengaginginsuchafisheryshall
transmittotheauthorities oftheirflagStatereportsof
catchesfromthatstock,at48hourintervals.
Article3
/'
1.MemberStatesshalltransmitregularlytotheCommission
thereportsofvesselsflyingtheirflagwhichhavebeenmade
inaccordancewithArticle2(2).Reportsreceivedinrespect
ofthefirsthalfofeachmonthshallbetransmitted tothe
Commissionbythe20thdayofthesamemonthandthosereceived
inrespectofthesecondhalfofeachmonthshallbetransmitted
bythefifthdayofthefollowingmonth.

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2,MemberStatesshalltransmitwithoutdelaytotheCommission
informationreceivedinaceordS&ce Aa^Siele2(3)* v
3.MemberStatesshalltransmittotheCommissionbythe.
20thdayofeachmonthinformation concerningthelandingsmade
duringthepreviousmonthbyvesselsflyingtheirflagfishing
intheareareferredtoinArticle 1.
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionofallvesselsflying
theirflag.whichintendtoengageinfishingorintheprocessingof
seafishintheareareferredtoinArticle 1atleast30daysbefore
theintendedcommencement ofsuchactivity.Thisinformationshall
include:
(a)nameofthevessel;
*
(b)officialnumberofthevesselregisteredbytheappropriate
nationalauthorities ;
(c)homeportofthevessel;
(d)nameofownerorcharterer -ofthevessel;.'
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(e)adeclarationthatthemasterhasbeenprovidedwithacopyof
vtheregulationsinforceintheRegulatoryArea;
(f)principaltargetspeciesofthevesselwhilefishingwithinthe
RegulatoryArea;:
(g)sub-areaswherethevesselwillbeexpectedtofish.

Article5
> 1 ri
1.Y7heninformedbytheExecutiveSecretaryoftheNorth-West
AtlanticFisheriesOrganizationthatoneofthequotasreferred
toinArticle2(3)hasbeenfullyutilized,theCommissionshall
soinformtheMemberStates,whichshalltakeappropriate measures
to.ensurethatfishingbyvesselsflyingtheirflagforthestocr
concernedshallceasewithin3workingdaysofthedateofreceipt
by.theCommissionoftheinformation fromtheExecutiveSecretary.
2.IftheCommissionhasreasontobelieve,onthebasisofthe
information receivedfromtheMemberStates,thatthequota
concernedhasbeenfullyutilized,itshall,withoutwaitingfor
thenotification fromtheExecutiveSecretary,soinformthe
MemberStates,whichshalltakeappropriate measurestoensure
thatfishingbyvesselsflyingtheirflagforthestockinquestion
shallceasewithoutdelay.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities. /
Itshallapplyfrom1Januaryto31December1982.

This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly
applicable inallMember States ." ■;
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
■•••The President

ATNEXI
CatchQuotasfor"theperiod1Jamiaryto31December1982
Species ΚΑΡΟDivision Quotas(tonnes)
Atlanticcod 3NO 210
.''v- 3M 1,470
Americanplaice 3LN0 700(2)
500(1)--'3M
Yellowtailflounder 3LN0 ,430(2)
Redfish .3MZLtJ1,200
0
Witch•
3N0 50(1)
Squid(illex) 3+4 9750(2)
Capslirr 3.LÑO ■0
()ThisquotahasnotbeenallocatedexclusivelytoCommunity
vesselsbuttoallContractingPartiestoNAPOhavingno
specificallocation,includingtheCommunity,Pishingby
CommunityvesselsshallthusbesuspendedoncetheCommunity
hasbeeninformedthatthetotalquotahasbeenexhausted.
,2\ ' ...
C)LessanyquantitytakenbyCommunityvesselsintheparts
ofNAPOsub-areasfallingwithinareasofnationalfisheriesjurisdiction . .,
•f
V

ÈMEXII
Itfttat*£Xaffoffmatsioft toappearInthelogbook Code
Vesselname 01
Vesselnationality 02
Vesselregistration number 03-
Régistrationport .04
Typeofgearused(daily) 10
Typeofgear 2()
Date:-day 20
-month 21
-year 22
Position:-latitude -31
-longitude 32
-statistical area 33
2Numberofhaulsduringthe24-hourperiod() 40
Numberofhoursgear-fishedduringthe24-hourperiod()41
Speciesnames \ 2()
Dailycatchofeachspecies(metrictonsliveweight)50
Dailycatchofeachspeciesforhumanconsumptionin
theformoffish 61
Dailycatchofeachspeciesforreduction 62
Dailydiscardofeachspecies 63
Place(s)oftrans-shipment ' 70
Date(s)oftrans-shipment ' 71
Master*ssignature 80
()Codestohecompletedbyoneoftheitemsofinformationgivenm
thesecondpartofthisAnnex* -
(^)Whentwoormoretypesofgearareusedinsame24~hourperiod,
recordsshouldbeseparateforthedifferenttypes#

f?3\ÊK5D!®3TèQAS553TXATX0SS FORKASJSPSCT2S
ALE-Alevri.ro
AEG–Atlanticargentine
SOT-Atlantic "brxtterfish .
CAP–Capelin
CAT-Wolffish»a(•catfiahos)
COD-Atlantiocod
CRA–Crabs
CRU–Crustaceans
DOG-Dogfish
FIW-Winterflounder
FLX-Flatfishes(notspecified)
GHL-Greenlandhalibut .
GRC–Greenlandcod
GRO-Groundfish(notspecified)
HAD–Haddook
HAL–Atlantichalibut
HER-Atlanticherring
HKR-Redhake
HKS-Silverhake
EKW–Whitehake ;
W7-Shellfish(notspecified)
LOB–Northernlobster
MAC-AtlanticmackerelK3J–Atlanticmenhaden
UIX–Kiiedspecies
SDL–Kollusos
PEL–Pelagicfish(notspecified)
PLA«•Americanplaice
POK–Pollock(«saithe)
RED–Atlanticredfish
ENG–Roundj-iOsegrenadier
SAL–AtlanticBalmon '
SAD–Atlanticsaury
•SCA–Seascallops
SHA–Sharks
SHR–Shrimps ^ .
SKA-Skates(notspeoified)-
SQU–Squids
SWO-Swordfish
SWX–Seaweeds
TU3–Tuna
URC-Americanseaurohin
USK–Cusk(»tusk)
VFF–Finfish(notspeoified)
WIT–Witchflounder
TEL-Yellowtail flounder
STANDARDTADABBREVIATIONS FORGEARS
Abbreviations Gear
OTB
0TB1
0TB2
OTM
0TM1
0TH2
PTB•
PTM
SOI
SSC
SPR
SB.
PS
GS
GNS
GHD
LL'
ILS
LLP
LHP
■LEM ■
LTL-
,FIX
FPS
7236/AiBottomotter'trawl(sideorsternnotspecified)
Bottomottertrawl(side)
Bottomottertrawl(stern)
Midwaterottertrawl(sideorstemnotspeoified)Midwaterottertrawl(side)
Midwaterottertrawl(stern)
Bottompairtrawl(2boats)
Midwaterpairtrawl(2boats)
Shrimptrawl(nowincludedinbottomottertrawlcategories)
Danishseines
Scottishseines
Pairseine(2boats)
Beachseines
Purseseines
Gillnets(notspecified)
.set)
drift)setordriftnotspecified)Gillnets
Gillnets
Longlines
Lcnglines
Longlinesset)
drift)
Handlinesandpole-lines ^Handlinesandpole-lines(mechanised)
Trolllines
Traps(notspecified)
Uncoveredpoundnets

Abbreviations Gear
PPO - Covered pots andfyke nets
FWR Barriers ,fences ,weirs ,etc ,
DRB ' Boat dredges
DRH Hand dredges (e.g. rakes andtongs )
HAR ' Harpoons
MIS . Miscellaneous gears
KK Gears not known