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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerning,forcertainfishstocksoccurringintheCommunity -
fishingzone,thefixingofthetotalallowablecatchesfor1981
andthesharesavailabletotheCommunity
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(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ICEShasjustcompleteditsworkonanalysingthestateof'themainstocks
in1981andhowtheyarelikelytodevelopin1982;inthelightofthemost
recentscientificdata,ithasbeenledtoreviseitspreviousrecommendations
forthemanagementin1981ofcertainstocksofcod(sub-areasIV,VIand
divisionVila),haddock(sub-areaIV),whiting(sub-areaIVanddivisionVila),
"herring(sub-areasIV,VI,VII),plaiceandsole(divisionsVilaandVIIf,g).
1.Thisproposalconcerningthefixingofthe1981totalallowablecatches
(TACs)ismeantfirstofalltotakeaccountofthisnewdataaswellasof
theoutcomeoftheconsultations whichhaverecentlytakenplacewithNorway~-
whichinsofarasthejointstocksintheNorthSeaareconcerned,related
particularly tocod,haddock,whitingandtheherringstockofdivisionIVa.
Italsotakesaccount"oftheexchangeofviewswiththeFaroeseIslandsin
linewiththeprovisionscontainedintheproc&s-verbal agreedbetweenthe
CommunityandtheFaroeseIslandson17February .1981;thearrangements for
reciprocalfishingin1981containedtherinarenowbeingexaminedbythe
CounciI. .
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Inregardtosalmon,theCommissionhaschangedtheTACforzoneNAFO1
from1.190to1.270tonnes;thisincreaseisjustifiedbythegaininweight
perunitthroughdifferingtheopeningdateoftheGreenlandfishingseason
to25August.Thislinkageismade,ontheonehand,inthelightofthe
scientific workparticularly thatcarriedoutwithinthespecialised ICES,
WorkingGroupand,ontheotherhand,takingintoaccounttheprovisions
intheexchangeoflettersannexedtothedraftfishingagreementbetween f
theCommunityandCanadaalreadysubmitted .fortheapprovaloftheCouncil:
Thetechnicalconditionsfor"fishing,relatingtomeshsize,whichcorrespond
tothehewdatefortheopeningoffishingincontrastwiththetraditional
patterncharacterising thesalmonfishingseasonasitwasconductedheretofore
arecontainedinthedraftmodifiedproposalforaCouncilRegulationfixing
theconditionsgoverningfishingoperations whentakingthetotalallowable
catchesfor1981.

2.Secondly,thisproposalconsolidates theproposalsforTACssuchas
thosemadebytheCommission on5thMarch1981,inordertotakeaccount
ofsuccessive amendments madeuptothepresenttimesothatthetotality
ofprovisions proposedbytheCommissionforallthestocksoccuringin
theCommunityzonecanbepresentedinonedocument.

PROPOSAL FOR A - • • - .
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,'r•;concerning' ,*orcertain fish stocks occurring 1nthe , *'
> •Community fishing zone ,thefixing ofthetotal allowa - '
'•>;/ >blecatches for1981 andtheshares available tothe
' . s" Community . *: r '
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THECOUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -1V,1'·' .'···" .Λ
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Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic vC©mmunity ,v>; -
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Having regard toRegulation (EEC)No.fof establishing aCommunity ....
fsystem fortheconservation andmanagement offishery resources (1)and r
'inparticular Articles 3"and4,thereof ; V
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ; ^
IHaving regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament (2)/;*) .
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Whereas inorder toensure theprotection ofthefishing grounds andstocks
offish andtoensure thereby abalanced exploitation oftheresources ofthe
seaintheInterests ofboth fishermen andconsumers ,there should befixed
each year foreach species requiring alimitation ofcatches ,atotal allowable
catch (TAC)perstock or*group ofstocks ,theshare oftheTACs available for . .
theCommunity ,taking Into account commitments tothird countries ; .'
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HADADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION t
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*)Thetext within square brackets would beincluded IftheRegulation establishing
aCommunity system fortheconservation andmanagement offishery resources
were not adopted bythe Council intime .

Article1,
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Thetotalallowablecatches <TAC>fixedfor1981,enthebssisofstocksOP
groupsofstock watersunderthesovereignty orjurisdiction ofthe
MemberStatesandsubjecttoCommunityfishingregulations ,,togetherwithth®
shares©ftheseTACsavailablefortheCommunity,aresetoutintheannex
hereto.
/Article2
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TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajority©naproposalfromtheCommission,
maymodifytheannexofthisRegulationinorder,if.necessary,totakeaccount
ofnewscientificadvicebecomingavailable,changesinanyotherdfthefactors
onwhichtheprovisionsofthisRegulationarebasedandanysubsequentmodifi­
cationsintheagreements .reachedwithinterested non-memberStatesabout
theallocationtothemofquotasforfishingintheCommunityfishingzone
In1981.7*> ;/.
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Article3,•
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthe3rddayafterpublication 1nthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
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It1sapplicablefrom1.1.1981., /-
ThisRegulationshallbebinding1n1t»entiretyandshallbedirectlyappUcabl
1ri-allMemberStates»•-v ,•w r x
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Doneat •;•••/> FortheCouncil
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ThePresident
*)ThetextwithinsquarebracketswouldbeIncludediftheRegulation •
establishing aCommunitysystemfortheconservation andmanagementof
fisheryresourceswerenotadopted,bytheCouncil,1ntime..

ANNEX
Species ICESDivisiqnorNAF0zone TAC1981
(intonnes)Proportions
availableto·
theCommunity
for1981
Cod IliaNorthSkagerrak 16.000* 13.400
Cod IliaSouthKattegat •16.400 9.900
Cod IIIb,c,d *- 120,000** 89.OOOxxx
Cod ÍV 220.000 204.850
Cod VI 20.000(1 ) 20.000
Cod VIIexceptVila .9.000(+) 9.000
Cod Vila 13.000 -13.000
Cod XIV 8.000 8.000
Cod NAF01 50.000 50.000
ΓηΗ NAF03Ps2S.000 ' 4.700 -
Haddock IllaSkaqerrak+Kattegat5.100Í+) 4.500
Haddock IV 140.000 127.700
Haddock VI ■*18.000(2 ) 18.000(2 )
Haddock VII 4.000 4.000
Saithe Illa,IV 127.000 67.000
Saithe' VI ' 27.000 27.000
Saithe VII · 5.000(+) 5.000-'
Whiting IliaNorth:Skagerrak 4.650(+) 3.850
Whitind IliaSouth:Katteqat 17.500(+) 16.000
,Whitinq IIIb,c;d(Community zoneonly) 4.000(+) 4.000'
Whitinq IV 150.000 134.980
Whiting VI 16.400 16.400-
Whiting Vila 12.000 12.000
Whiting VIIexceptVila 18.000Í+) 18.000-
Plaice IliaNorth:Skagerrak14.000(+) 13.400
Plaice IliaSouth:Kattegat10.500(+)■ 9.500
Plaice Ilib,c,d(Communityzoneonly)4.150W 4.150 .
Plaice IV - 105.000 104.000
Plaice VI-1.680(+) 1.680
Plaice Vila4.000 .4.000
Plaice VIIb,c ..300<+) 300
Plaice VIId,e3.000C+) 3.000
ELaite .IVllf.q 1.400 -1.400
Plaice IVIII 250(+) 250
*Notincluding1.600tonnesattributedtoNorwegiancbastalarea.
**Communityzoneonly-xxxPlus30.000tonnesnotyetallocated.*
C+)'Precautionary TAC
•(1)1,9.500gtonnesinzoneVia,500tonnesinareaVIb. .'
(2)T5*500tonnesinareaVIb,2.500tonnesinareaVIb. :
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SPECIES
,American Plaice
jwitch
ISole-2f
ICES DIVISION orNAFO zone
NAF0 3PSTAC 1981
Cin tonnes )
5.000Proportions
avai lable to
the Community
550
Sole
SoLeNAFO' 3Ps 3.000
Ilia800 (+)
IV15.000
Via ' 50 (+)410
800
15.000
50
Sole
Sole
Sole
iSolé
Sole
SoleVllâi
VIIb,c 50 (+)
Vild 1.200 (+)
Vile 1.000(+)
VIIf ,g1.40050
1.200
1.000
1.400
VIII 3.100 3.-100
fMackerel
iMackerelIlia -IV 40.000 8.900
|nacxe
JSprat
(SpratVI,VII,VIII 335.500 304.500
Illa 77.000 (+) 49.000
IIIb,c,d:Community zone only 3.700 (+) 3.700
Sprat
Horsë"macRerërr
Hake
Hake
AnchoviesIV
400.000 (+)
250.000
Ilia 1.365 <+)
IV,VI,VII ,VIIIa,b38.630 (+)
VIII32.000 (+)314.000
244.000
1.365
28.130
3.000
Norway
Blue Whiting
-Saociee.1
Sandel
Squid octopus ,
-juxtiLeiâsJa .»
Squid octopus--x,ut±Leliab _Illa ,IV
IV,VI,VII,XIV,TomiFûn'iTyzonê "
soi*»540.000
580.000 (+)Cx)
JLDL
NAFO 1
VI,VII,VIII 12.100
NAFO 3-4 150.000490.000
440.000
0(1)
0(1)
12.100
7.000
I-
(+)Precautionary TAC . <x>Provisional . 1 .
(D'Apart from certain catch possibilities forexperimental purposes .

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SPECIES*
ICESDivisionorNAFOZoneTAG1981
(intonnes)Proportions.
available tothe
Communityfor
42.500Redfish V,XIV,85.000(+)
Redfish NAFO110.000(+) -10.000
Redfish NAFO3Ps18.000 2.000j
Greenlandhalibut V,XIV 15.000 3„000I
Greenlandhalibut NAFO0-1 20.000χκ 19.250'(1J
Halibut XIV 1 . 200 · ^00(2)
Halibut NAFO1 500 500C2>
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Shrimp XIV 8.000 3.800
ihrimn NAFO0-1:northof68°00'N 30.000xx 28.400(3)
\ southof68G00'N •Γ
Shrimp FrenchGuyana (4) (4)¡
Herring IliaNorth:Skagerrak.15.300 5.050*j
Herring IliaSouth:Kattegat•35.600 17.800
Herring IIIb,c,d31.800xx 27.800
Herrinq IVa 0 0
Herring IVb ., o o-■
Herrinq IVc,Vild(Blackwater stockexcept.)20.000 <5,)19.000(5)J
Herring IVc(Blackwater stock)(a) 60 ;60j
Herrinq Via,incl.Ooneqal Bay,excl.Clyde 65„000 .'55.000 I
Herring Via,Clydestock(b) 2.000 2.000
Herring Vila(c)Mournestock 400 v400
Herrinq Vila(c)Manxstock(d) -3.400 3.400
Herring VIIb,c(DonegalBayexcepted) 7.000Í+) 7.000
Herring Vile :500(+) 500
Herrinq Vllf0 -0
Herring VIIg-k,(e )(BantryBayexcepted) ,o 0(6)
Herring Vllj(BantryBayonly) 6.000(+) 6.000
Catfish NAFO1 6.000 6.000
Capelin XIV,V 6Q0.000(x ) 80.000
Salmon 11Ib^c^d(Community zoneonly) 700 700
Salmon NAFO1:Westpf44°West a. 1.270(7)
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(+)Precautionary TAC
<x)provisional .
•(xx)Communityzoneonly .
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footnotes
(1)7.S00tonnesexclusively reservedtocoastalfishermenofGreenland..
(2)Specialallocationexclusively reservedforcoastalfishermenofGreenland.
<3)27.000tonnesexclusively reservedtocoastalfishermenofGreenland.
(4)SeeRegulation (EEC)N°848/81of27March1981.
(5<)Catchesmustbetakenwithintheperiod 1October1981to31March1982and
Southof53°00'N.
(6)Irelandisauthorizedtocarryoutdirectedfishingforherringupto
1.000tonnesbyboatsbasedinportsadjacenttothisarea,provided
thattheonlymethodoffishingallowedisdriftnettingwithnetsthesize
ofwhichisnotlessthan54mm,stretched mesh,andthatthedefinitionof
theboatsinquestionissubjecttotheapprovaloftheCommission.
(7)Catchpossibilities exclusively reservedtocoastalfishermenofGreenland-.
(a)MaritimeregionoftheThamesestuarybetweenFelixstowe andNorthFore-
landwithin6milesfromtheU.K.baselines.
'(b)MaritimeareasituatedtotheNorth-Eastofalinedrawnbetweenthe
MullofKintyreandCorsewallPoint.
■(c)ICESzoneVila)isreducedbythezoneaddedtotheCelticSeabounded:
-totheNorthbylatitude52°30'N,
-totheSouthbylatitude52°00,N,-totheWestbythecoastofIreland, . 1
-totheEastbythecoastoftheUnitedkingdom.
(d)ReferenceistotheherringstockintheIrishSea(ICESzoneVila))
excludingthezonesreferredtoinfootnotes <b)andCc).
<•)Increasedbyzonebounded s
•,•totheNorthbylatitude52°30'N,
-totheSouthbylatitude52°00*N,
-totheWestby.thecoastofIreland,
-totheEastbythecoastoftheunitedKingdom.