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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
fixingtheconditions governingfishingoperations
whentakingthetotalallowable catchesfor1981
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil/pursuantto
thesecondparagraphofarticle149oftheEECtreaty)COM(81)455 final
Brussels,24thJuly1981
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PROPOSAL .FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepurposeofthisproposed -mocHficationtotheCommission'sproposal(1)
istoadjusttheconditionsgoverningherringandsalmonfisheriesinordertotake
accountofthemodifications concerningcertainherringandsalmonstockscontained
inthelastamendedproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)concerning,forcertain
fishstocksoccurringintheCommunityfishingzone,thefixingof
thetotalallowablecatchesfor1981andthesharesavailabletothe
Community(C0MC81)finalof1981).
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Aprovision,relatingtothemethodofmeasurement ofby-catchesofherring
intheSkagerrakandKattegat,isalsoincludedinordertotakeaccount
ofrulesgoverningfishinginthatzonewhichhavebeenagreedbetweenthe
delegations oftheCommunity,NorwayandSweden.•
(1)C0M(81)79finalof6March1981

AMENDED
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION -(EEC)
fixingtheconditionsgoverningfishingoperations .
,whentakingthetotalallowablecatchesfor1981.
TheCommission'sproposal .foraCouncilRegulation (EEC)fixingtheconditions
governingfishingoperationswhentakingthetotal,allowablecatchesfor1981 ■
isherebyamendedasfollows: *
1.InArticle5,paragraphs2and3are'repla-cedbythe-paragraphsbelow:
'2.WhentheherringTACis.positive,themaximumpermissibleby-catchofherring
whichisinextricably mixedwiththe"catchofotherspeciesisassetoutbelow
.byICESdivisions : ,'"-
ICESdivisions'IliaandIIIb,c,.d -10%inspratfisheryand5%inthecase
(Communityzoneonly)ofcatchesofotherspecies .
ICESdivisionsVila(Manxstock)Vila~10%inspratfishery,5%inmadkerel
(Mournestock)VIIb,c;fisheryandzerointhecaseofcatches
VIIj(BantryBayonly)ofotherspecies.
ICESdivisionsIVc,Vlld,Vileand-7%.inspratfishery,5%inmackerel
VIa,(incl.DonegalBayfisheryandzerointhe-caseofcatches
andClydestock)'ofotherspecies.
Themaximumpermissible by-catchpercentages ;fortheSkagerrakandKattegat .
shallbe~calculatedwithreferencetdtheproportionofherringbyweightin
thecatchonboardoronlandingsor,in*anyrepresentative samplethereof
exceeding100kg..
* ..-
Herringwhichhavebeensortedandarelandedseparatelywillbecounted
againsttheshareavailabletotheCommunity,notwithstanding catc-hpossi­
bilitiesaccordedtothirdcountries,orthequotaifquotashavebeenallocated
OncetheshareavailabletotheCommunityhasbeenexhausted,orifquotashave
beenagreed,oncethequotahasbeenexhausted,landingsofherdingwhichhave
beensortedareforbidden.
3.InICESdivisionsIVc,VIId,VileandVia(includingDonegaI'Bay.and'Clyde)
stock)theuseofsortingmachinesisprohibited.fixingtheconditions
,whentakingthetotal

2.Article7paragraph 3isreplacedbythefollowing :
Article7
3.FishingforherringisforbiddenintheIrishSea(ICESDivisionVila)
throughoutthewholeyearwithin12milesofthecoastsofEngland,Scotland
andWalesbetweenlatitude53°20'NandalinejoiningtheMullofGalloway
(Scotland)toPointofAyr(IsleofMan)andfrom20Septemberto15Novembe
1981inthatpartoftheIrishSea(ICESVila)nqrthoflatitude52°30'N.
LoganBayshall,however,continuetoremainclosedtoherringfishing
throughouttheyear.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsinparagraph 2and.3alimiteddrift
netfisheryshallbepermittedintheMourneherringfisherysubjecttothe
specificconditionssetoutinsubparagraph 5.
5.InICESDivisionVila(MourneStock),fishingforherringin1981may
onlybecarriedoutbyboatsbasedinportsadjacenttothisarea,provided
thattheonlymethodoffishingallowedisdriftnettingwithnetsthesize
whichisnotlessthan54mm,stretchedmesh,andthatthedifinitionofthe
boatsinquestionissubjecttotheapprovaloftheCommission".
3.Article9isreplacedbythefollowing :
"Article9
1.Theopening'dateforthesalmonfisheryinNAFOSubarea 1in1981shall
be25thAugust. , ■~
2.From1November1981,whenfishingforsalmoninNAFOSubarea 1,onlynet
withamininummeshsizeof140mmmaybeused;thismeshsizeshallapply
withatoleranceof5%'.' 1