COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 615 final 
Brussels, 26 November 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
AMENPING. 
FOR THE FIFTEENTH TIME. REGULATION (EEO No 3094/86 
LAYING DOWN CERTAIN TECHNICAL MEASURES 
FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES 
(presented by the Commission) 
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This proposed regulation is intended to modify Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of the Council 
of 7 October 19861, laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery 
resources, last modified by Regulation (EEC) No 3034/922. 
The proposed modifications consist of a simple transfer, with no fundamental kiodification, 
of certain technical measures already in existence but incorporated into the annuel TAC and 
Quota regulation, from the latter regulation to Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 which contains 
all other technical measures. 
The measures to be transferred deal with closed areas and/or closed seasons and with certain 
limitations applicable to certain types of fishing gear. Two advantages should be noted : 
the measures transferred from the TAC and Quota regulation would become stable 
within Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 which contains the whole family of technical 
measures in contrast to their provisional nature within the TAC and Quota regulation 
which has an annual validity and which must be proposed each year, 
it would be possible thereby to have a TAC and Quota regulation referring exclusively 
to annual fishing opportunities. 
1 O.J. n° L 288 of 11.10.1986, p. 1 
O.J. n° L 307 of 23.10.1992, p.l 
Proposal for a ^ 
ÇQUNÇII REGULATION (EC) 
AMENDING. 
FOR THE FIFTEENTH TIME. REGULATION (TOO NO WMM 
LAYING DOWN CERTAIN TECHNICAL MEASURES 
FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in 
particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas, according to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 
20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture1, it is 
incumbent on the Council to define, in the light of available scientific advice, the conservation 
measures required for the realisation of the objectives indicated in Article 1 of the said 
regulation; 
Whereas it is therefore necessary to establish principles and certain procedures at Community 
level so that each Member State can assure the management of the fishing activities of vessels 
flying its flag; 
Whereas, according to Article 4 of Council Regulation n° 3760/92, the Council shall establish 
Community measures laying down the conditions of access to waters and resources and of the 
pursuit of exploitation activities and, in particular, lay down technical measures regarding 
fishing gear and its method of use; 
1 O.J. N° L 389, 31.12.1992, p.l 
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Whereas, Council Regulation (EEC) n° 3094/862, as modified by Council Regulation 
n° 3034/923, defines the general technical rules for the capture and landing of biological 
resources to be found in the areas which it delimits; 
Whereas, taking account of the latest scientific advice, it is necessary to establish seasonal 
limitations on fishing activities in the Firth of Clyde and the Irish Sea in order to limit 
fishing for herring; 
Whereas, taking account of the scientific advice, it is necessary to establish seasonal 
limitations on fishing activities in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; 
Whereas, the catching of certain species to be transformed into fish-meal of oil can be carried 
out with a derogatory mesh size provided that such catching operations do not have a negative 
influence on other demersal stocks, in particular cod and haddock; 
Whereas, these restrictions on fishing activities should be considered as technical measures 
and should be incorporated into Council Regulation (EEC) n° 3094/86 by means of a 
modification of the latter; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
2 O.J. n° L288, 11.10.1986, p.l 
3 O.J. n° L 307, 23.10.1992, p. 1 I 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Article 7: 
i. paragraph 2 is cancelled and paragraph 3 becomes paragraph 2; 
ii. the following paragraphs are added: 
"3. Fishing for herring shall be prohibited from 1 July to 31 October within the area 
bounded by the following coordinates : 
- the west coast of Denmark at 55° 30'N, 
- latitude 55°30'N longitude 07° 00'E, 
- latitude 57°00'N longitude 07° 00'E, 
- the west coast of Denmark at 57° 00*N, 
4. Fishing for herring shall be prohibited in the zone extending from six to 12 miles 
off the east coast of the United Kingdom as measured from the baselines between 
latitudes 54° 10'N and 54° 45'N for the period 15 August to 30 September and 
between latitudes 55° 30'N and 55° 45'N for the period 15 August to 
15 September. 
5. Fishing for herring shall be prohibited throughout the year in the Irish Sea (ICES 
Division Vila) in the maritime area between the west coasts of Scotland, England 
and Wales and a line drawn 12 miles from the baselines of these coasts bounded to 
the south by latitude 53° 20'N and to the north-west by a line drawn between the 
Mull of Galloway (Scotland) and the Point of Ayre (Isle of Man). 
6. Fishing for herring shall be prohibited from 21 September to 31 December in the 
parts of the Irish Sea (ICES division VII a) bounded by the following coordinates: 
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a) - the east coast of the Isle of Man at latitude 54° 20'N, 
- latitude 54° 20'N, longitude 3° 40'W, 
- latitude 53° 50'N, longitude 3° 50'W, 
- latitude 53° 50'N, longitude 4° 50'W, 
- the south-west coast of the Isle of Man at longitude 4° 50'W; 
,b) - the east coast of Northern Ireland at latitude 54° 15'N, 
- latitude 54° 15'N, longitude 5° 15'W, 
- latitude 53° 50'N, longitude 5° 50'W, 
- the east coast of Ireland at latitude 53° 50'N. 
Fishing for herring shall be prohibited throughout all the year in Logan Bay, defined 
as being the waters east of a line drawn from the Mull of Logan, situated at latitude 
54° 44'N and longitude 4° 59'W, to Laggantalluch Head, situated at latitude 54° 
41'N and longitude 4° 58'W. 
7. Notwithstanding paragraph 6, vessels with a length not exceeding 12.2 metres based 
in ports situated on the east coast of Ireland and Northern Ireland between latitudes 
53° 00'N and 55° 00'N may fish for herring in the prohibited area described in 
paragraph 6(b). The only method of fishing authorized shall be drift netting with 
nets of a minimum mesh size of 54 mm. 
8. Fishing for herring shall be prohibited in the maritime area situated to the north-east 
of a line drawn between Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point from 1 January to 
30 April. 
9. The areas and periods described in this Article may be altered in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 17. 
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2. The following paragraph is added to Article 10: 
"17. Trawling and purse seining for mackerel, sprat and herring shall be prohibited in 
the Skagerrak from Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight and in the Kattegat from 
Friday midnight to Sunday midnight." 
3. In Annex I, under the heading "Regions 1 and 2", geographical zone "entire region 
except Norway pout box(5)", the data concerning the "maximum percentage of protected 
species" are replaced by "15 of which not more than 5 % of cod and haddock". 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
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