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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)74final
Brussels.16February1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing catchquotasfor1979forfishingby
vesselsflyingtheflagofMemberStatesofthe
Communityforcertainstocksoccurringbothinthe
maritimewatersunderthesovereignty orjurisdiction
ofMemberStatesoftheCommunity andinthoseunder
thesovereignty orjurisdiction ofCanada
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Delegations fromtheCommunitysaidCanadaconsultedin
November1978aboutthemanagementofcertainstocksoffishandprawn
occuringwithinthewatersunderfisheriesjurisdiction of"bothparties
inBaffinBayandDaviesStrait.
Thetwodelegations agreedtorecommendtotheirauthoritiesthat
catchesofthreejointstocksshouldbelimitedin1979underanarrangement
ofjointmanagement.Thedetailsofthearrangements recommended bythe
#delegationsaresetoutinthe"AgreedRecord' 1.•of29November1978
attachedhereto.
2.Inthesub-area3PsasdefinedbyICNAFthedelimitation ofthefishery
zoneofPranceandCanadahasnotyetbeenagreedbetweenthosetwo
countries.TheCommunityandCanadahave,however,consultedaboutcatch
quotasforcertainstocksoccuringwithinthisarea.TheCommunitydelegation
hasexpressedtheviewthatthese;stockBaretobeconsideredasjoint
stocks.TheCanadiandelegationheldtheviewthattheFrenchfishingzone
doesnotextendbeyondtheterritorialwatersoftheEepartmentofStPierre
andMiquelonandthatconsequentlythestocksofmutualinterestareexclusive
Canadianstocks*
Despitethisdisagreement thetwodelegationsagreedonthelevelsat
whichcatchesbyCommunityvesselsoperatinginzone3Psshouldbelimited.
thestocks
TheCommissionfindsthatinconformitywiththeCommunity'sposition/
inquestionaretobeconsideredasjointstockspendingsettlementofthe
delimitation issue.
3.ThepurposeoftheRegulationproposedherebyistoimplementtherecommen­
dationsoftheCommunity'sdelegationbyestablishingquotasforCommunityvessels
fishingforthejointstocksreferredtotinder1and2*

4. The-Community^
adoptionofthemeasuresrecommended byitBdelegationshouldnothe
delayedbydiscussionsabouttheallocationbetweenmemberStatesofthese
quotas.TheRegulationproposedherebythereforelaysdownonlythe
quotasagreeduponintheconsultations fortheCommunityasawhole.The
CommissionintendstosubmitproposalsforaRegulationallocatingthese
quotasbetweenthememberStatesatalaterstage.
5.Theimplementation bytheCommunityoftheconservation measuresother
thanquotasreoommended bythetwodelegationswillbedealtwithinaseparate
proposalfromtheCommission.

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
establishing catch quotas for1979 forfishing by
vessels flying theflag ofMember States ofthe
Community forcertain stocks occurring both inthe
maritime wa.ters under thesovereignty orjurisdiction
ofMember States oftheCommunity andinthose under
thesovereignty orjurisdiction ofCanada <
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43hereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,;
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ^l),
Whereas theCommunity andCanada have negotiated anAgreement onfisheries ;
Whereas theCommission hassubmitted this Agreement totheCouncil forapproval ;
Whereas ,under this Agreement thetwoparties undertake tocooperate -inorder
toensure theproper management andconservation ofstocks occurring both
within thearea under thefisheries jurisdiction ofCanada andwithin the
fishery zone oftheCommunity ,hereafter called joint stocks }
Whereas inthe consultations which have taken place between Canada andthe
Community concerning fishing inthewaters oftheDavis Straits ,Baffin Bay
andthenorth-eastern part oftheLabrador Sea ,constituting together ICNAF
zones 0+1,thetwodelegations agreed to .recommend totheir authorities
thefixing for1979 °£catch quotas forcertain joint stocks foreach party
within iisownzone andwithin that oftheother party }
Whereas itisappropriate that theCommunity confirm foritspart theoutcome
ofthese consultations byestablishing catch quotas foritsownfishermen in
accordance with therecommendations ofitsdelegation }
Whereas thedelimitation ofthefishery zones ofFrance andCanada inICNAF
division 3PShasnotyetbeen agreed between those twoparties ;
Whereas ,pending a"boundary settlement between Canada andFrance inthearea ,
consultations have been held between theCommunity andCanada todecide upon
interim arrangements forfishing bythevessels ofeach party inthewaters
concerned ;
Whereas theCommunity should therefore confirm foritspart theresults ofthese
consultations byfixing thequotas forcertain joint stocks which maybefished
byCommunity vessels inthese waters ,
Whereas provisions relating totheallocation ofthesaid quotas between thefishermen of
theCommunity should notbefixed until theCommunity hasadopted ageneral system
fortheconservation andmanagement ofitsfishery resources ,
HASADOPTED TEI5 REGULATION : I
••/•••

Article 1
1, Catches ofthespecies referred tointheAnnex byvessels flying theflag
ofMember States oftheCommunity inthewaters covered "bystatistical zones
0and 1and3PSasdefined intheInternational Convention fortheNorthwest
Atlantic Fisheries (iCKAP )andfalling under thefisheries jurisdiction of
Member States oftheEuropean Community orCanada shall "belimited for1979 to
thequotas setoutincolumn 3oftheAnnex .
>, 11 η ·ι
2. Theparts ofthecatches referred toinparagraph 1which maybetaken
within theCanadian fisheries zone shall belimited tothequotas setoutin
column 4oftheAnnex .Where noquota isindicated incolumn 4/"thequota established
inparagraph 1maybetaken anywhere inthearea referred toinparagraph 1*
Article 2
Member States shall send .totheCommission bythetwentieth dayof
each month information concerning thecatohes ofspecies subjeot toquota under
this Regulation byvessels flying their flag fishing inthearea referred toin
Article 1during theprevious month ,specifying thearea offisheries jurisdiction
inwhioh the catches were taken *
1
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities *
Itshall apply until 31Deoember 1979 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly applicable in
allMember States *
Done atBrussels ,
FortheCouncil ,
The President *

ANNEX
Species
(1)Ii riICNAF
statistical
zone
(2)Qiota referrea
toinArtide 1
paragraph 1
(tonnes )
C3)Quota referred
toinArtide 1
paragraph 2
(tonnes )
(4)
Greenland
Halibut 0+1 19.600.not
specified
Prawn
0+1 18.348 1.560
Roundnose
Grenadier 0+1 7.500not
specified
Cod 3PS 3.900 not
specified
Redfish 3PS 1.220w
Witch
Flounder3PS
l410η
American
Plaice!
3PS
ι420

ftVVEW*IT
AGREEDMIK'JTE
Delegations' fromCanadaandtheEEC,headedbyDr.A.Mayand
flr.R.s»-onnet respectively,netinBrusselson27and28Nove-ber1973
todiscussthemanagementin1979ofcertainfishstocksintheDavis
StraitandBaffinBayoccuringbothwithintheCanadianfisheryzone-
andthefisheryzoneoftheCommunity.
Thedelegations agreedthatthestocksunderconsiderationshould
bemanagedjointlyforafurtheryear,withoutprejudicetothepossi­
bilityofalongertermarrangement .
»
Thedelegations agreedtorecommendtotheirauthorities that
thearrangements setoutbelowbeimplemented in1979.
Principles
1.The1979arrangenents willapplytothestocksofGreenland
halibut,roundnosegrenadier andshrimpsinICNAFsubarea1and
ICNAFstatistical area0.
2.Thetotalallowablecatches(TAC)forthestocksreferredtoinpa-
ragraoh 1andtheallocations thereoftothetwopartiesshallbedeter-
I* «
minedbyagreementbetweenthetwoparties.WhendecidingtheTACand
theallocatbnstothetwopartiesthepartiesmayalsosetagreedlimits
fortheamountsoftheTACandallocations whichmaybefishedineach
zone.
3.Thetwopartieswillconsultonthequestionofallocations tothird
partiesandall.suchallocations shallbedetermined byagreementbetween
thetwoparties.Whendetermining allocations toathirdpartytheparties
maysetagreedlimitsfortheamountswhichmaybefishedinthezoneof
eachparty.Thepartieswillnotgive'allocationstoathirdpa»^rinany
partoftheareareferredtoinparagraph 1untilagreementhasbeen
reachedwiththeotherparty.

4.Followingagreement ontheallocations tothirdpartiesthetwo
partieswillconsultandagreeontheissuingoflicencestovessels
ofthirdpartiesforthepurpose'oftakingtheagreedallocations .
Whilecontinuingtoworktowardsaharmonisation oflicensingandother
fishingregulations applicableintheareareferredtoinparagraph 1
(seesectionIIIbelow),thepartiesagreedthatlicensingt«^rmsshall
includethefollowing '•
-aprovisionstatingthatthefisherybyvesselsofthecountry
concernedshallceasewhenthatcountry'sallocation hasbeen
takenintheareareferredtoinparagraph 1;
-aprovisionrequiringreportingbythevesselslicensedontheir
catchesintheentireareareferredto<inparagraph 1according
todetailswhichwillbeagreedbetweenthetwoparties.
5.Eachpartywilllicensevesselsoftheotherpartytofish
withinitszone.Thelicencewillprovidethatfishingbyvessels
oftheotherpartywillceasewhenthetotalallocation hasoeentaken
intheareareferredtoinparagraph 1.-Thepartieswillwaivelicence
feesforeachothersvesselsintheareareferredtoinparagraph 1.
6.Thetwopartieswillcontinueappropriate administrative arran­
gementstoensurethecooperation requiredfortheimplementation of
theschemeofjointmanagementdescribedabove,includingreportingof
*
catchesfromthirdpartyvesselsandeachothersvessels.
»Specificdecisions
1.Thetotalallowablecatchfor1979forthestocksreferredtoin
paragraph1.1shallbe:
Greenlandhalibut :25000tons
Roundnose Grenadier :8000tons -
Shrimp :29500tons
2.Thepartofthetotalallowablecatchforshrimpwhichmaybefished
intheCanadianzoneshallbelimitedto3000tonsandthatwhichrsay
befishedintheCommunityzoneshallbelimitedto26SCOtons,ofwhich
3000tonsshallbefishednorthof68°Nand23500tonssouthof6fc°N.

Allocations tothetwopartiesshallbeasfollows:
Greenlandhalibut:.
ranad*•2'000tons EEC:23000tons(provisional)Greenlandhalibut:
Canada:2'000tons
RoundnoseGrenadier s
Canada:500.tons
Shrvmp:
Canada:2000tons.
-ofwhichEECS7500tons
EEC:27500tons(provisional )
ofwhich
250tonsintheCanadianzone2750tonsintheCanadianzone
1750tonsinEECzonesouthof-21750tonsinEECzonesouthof
68°N ^M
TheEECprovisionalallocationsfor.greenlandhalibutandshrirp
alsoincludepossibleallocationstothirdpartiestobemadebythe
*partiesinaccordancewithparagraphI(3>above.
4.Allocations tothirdpartiesï
Greenlandhalibut
ShrimpCanadaproposestoallocate1800tonsofthis
speciestotheFaroeIslands.TheCommunity
mayalsoprooosetoallocateanunspecified
amountofthisspeciestoNorway.
NorwayandtheFaroeIslandsmay,inaccordance
withparagraphI(3)above,begrantedalloca**
tionsofthisspeciesfollowinqconsultations
betweenthesecountriesandtheCommunity.
III.Fisheryregulations
Followingthemeetingofajointworkinggrouponfisheryregu­
lationsandlicensingtermsandconditions,therecordofwhichis
annexed,thetwopartiesagreedtopursuediscussionsatanearly.
datewith•viewtoachievingfurtherharmoM»at1on onthesenatters.

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IV.Stats
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1.Harpseals:
Ν -
ThepartiesnotedtheadvicefromSTACRESonthestatusofthe
sealstocks.'STACRESIndicatedthattheNorthwestAtlanticharpseal
populationcurrentlynumbers1.3-1.4millionindividuals agedone
orolderwithalong-termsustainableyieldintherange220-240,000.
Becauseoftheagestructureofthepopulation thereplacement yield
in1979wasestimatedat198-205/000.Adv/icefromSTACRESindicates
thatthepopulationisgrowingandthattheannualbiologicalyield
fcouldbeincreasedbyallowingfurtherpopulation .growth.
Itwasagreedbythepartiesthat:
•* *
-aninterimtarget-populationlevelofageoneandolderanimals
beestablished at1.6millionandthatcatchesberestricted
tolevelsbelowthereplacement yielduntilthistargetisachieved;
-thetotalregulatedharvestin1979beestablished atthe1978
levelof170,000/notincludingtheestimatedannualharvestby.
Northernindigenous peoplesofapproximately 10,000.Atotal
takeof180,000in1979wouldconstitute 90Xofthecurrent
replacementyield.Recentprojections indicatethat,atthis
annualcatchlimit,theinterimtargetpopulationlevelwould
bereachedwithin5-10years.
* - '
2.Hoodedseals:
ThepartiesnotedthatSTACRESindicated asustainableyieldin
therange15-20,000andadvisedthatitcouldnotreco!"nendanychange
intheTACof15,000.ThepartiesthusagreedtosettheTACat15,000
for1979ontheunderstanding thatthefiguredoesnotincludethetra­
ditionaltakebyNorthernindigenouspeoples.Thepartiesalsoagreed
toprohibitthehuntingofwhelpinghoodedsealsinDavisStraitby
vesselsofover50grosstonsin1979.
Brussels,29November1978 .{_1//
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R.SIM0NNET"
9November1978 _(///
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