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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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NBrussels ,14July 1977
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
.\
prohibiting the direct fishing andlanding
ofherring forindustrial purposes
(presented totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(77)360 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thisproposalforaregulationprohibiting thefishingand
landingofherringforindustrial purposesispartoftheextended
conservation measuresalreadyproposedforthisspecies.
Itisgenerallyconcededthatthepreoccupying situation
affectingthegreaterpartoftheNorthAtlanticherringstocksisdue
tothesystematicover-exploitation ofcertainofthesestocksandto
theintensiveexploitation ofothersfollowingthecontinuation ofthe
fishingeffort.
Suchasituationcannotbutcausedifficulties intheprovision
ofsuppliestotheprocessingindustry,inordertocoverthetraditional
needsforhumanconsumption .Moreover,thisindustrysuffersfromthe
measuresaimedatprohibiting orlimitingcatcheswhichitisnecessary
totakeinordertoremedythesituationdescribed above.
Takingintoaccountthesefactors,itappearsthattheonly
measurewhichallowsforboththebuildingupofstocksofherringtoan
economically viablelevelandalsofortheallotmentofquantities
presentlyavailablefortheprovisioning ofthetraditional marketfor
humanconsumption,involvesthetotalbanoftheindustrialfisheryfor
herringinwatersunderthesovereignty orjurisdiction ofMemberStates
aswellastheirlandingintheCommunity.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
prohibiting thedirectfishingandLandingof
herringforindustrial purposes
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle43thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalformtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
Whereasthegreaterpartofthestocksofherringwhichareinwatersunder
thesovereignty andjurisdiction ofMemberStateshavereachedanalarming
state,wastheconservation measureswhicharenecessarytotakebylimiting
thecatchespossiblyaffectingtheinterestsofthetraditional fishery
forhumanconsumption andraiseserioussupplyproblemsfortheprocessing
industry;
Whereas,inconsequence,itisindispensable tobanthedirectfishery
forherringforindustrial purposesinordertoallowforaregularsupply
tothefoodprocessing anddistribution industries;
Whereassuchameasurecanbeeffectiveonlyifallindustrialfishing
operationswithinMemberStates'fishinglimitsareprohibitedto
fishermenwhethertheyarenationalsofMemberStatesorofnon-member
countries;

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Whereasthequantitiesofherringcaughtybhthedirectfisheryandintended
forindustiral purposesoutsidewatersunderthesovereignty orthe
jurisdiction oftheMemberStatesarenowlandedintheCommunity;as
itistobeensuredthatthesequantities arereservedforhumanconsumption
totheexclusionofthereductionindustrywhichcanbesuppliedbyother
species;
HASADOPTED THEFOLLOWING REGULATION :

Article1
-Alldirectherringfishingforindustrialpurposesshallheprohibited
inwatersunderthesovereignty andthejurisdiction oftheMember
States.
Article2
AlllandingsintheCommunityofherringcaughtbythedirectfishery
forherringandintendedforindustrialendsisforbidden,nomatter
whattheorigin.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident