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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)80final
Brussels,16February1979
ModifiedproposalforaCouncilregulation
layingdowntechnicalmeasuresforthe
conservation offisheryresources.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommissioninaccordancewith
Article149,paragraph2oftheEECTreaty)
COM(79)80final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thepresentproposal,submittedinconformitywithArticle149,paragraph2
oftheTreaty,modifiestheproposalforaCouncilregulationlayingdown
technicalmeasuresfortheconservation offisheryresources (1)inorder
totakeintoaccounttheresultsoftheconsultations whichtookplace
withSwedenandNorwayconcerningthefishingconditionsinSkagerrakand
Kattegat.
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(1)COM(78)635finalof16November1978.

Article 1:
&
Addthefollowingsub-paragraph tothesecondparagraph:
"Asusedinthepresentregulation,theKattegatislimitedinthenorthby
alinedrawnfromSkagenlighthousetothelighthouseofTistlarna,andfrom
heretothenearestcoastofSwedenandinthesouthbyalinedrawnfrom
£ •
HasenéreHeadtoGnibenPoint,fromKorshagetoSpodsbjerg -andfromGilbjerg
V
HeadtotheKullen.
TheSkagerrakislimitedinthewestbyalinedrawnfromthelighthouseof
HanstholmtothelighthouseofLindesnesandinthesouthbyalinedrawn
fromSkagenlighthousetothelighthouseofTistlarnaandfromheretothe
nearestcoastofSweden."
j
Article6:
Addthefollowingsub-paragraph :
"ForsaithecaughtintheSkagerrakandintheKattegat,10%byweightof
eachtotallandingoranyrepresentative partthereofmayconsistofundersized
saithe.
Article7:
«
Deleted.
Article8:
Replacethesecondsentenceofparagraph 1bythefollowing:
"IntheKattegatandtheSkagerrak,theminimumsizeforherringshallbe18cm.

Article10:
a)Region2:
Addthefollowingwordstothefirstindent:
"and45mmintheSkagerrakandtheKattegat".
Article13:
Addafootnotetoparagraph 2:
"AsfarastheSkagerrakisconcerned,thesituationcanbereviewedin1979
takingintoaccounttheopinionofICES".
Insertfollowingsub-paragraph afterthefirstsub-paragraph ofparagraph3:
"Theuseoftrawlswithsmallermeshsizethan32mminsidea3milelimitfrom
thecoastlinefrom1stJulyto15thSeptemberintheKattegatandtheSkagerrak
shallbeprohibited.
However/whentrawlingwithinthisarea:
(a)fordeep-waterprawn(Pandalusborealis)orshrimpameshsizeof30mm
shallbeallowed,
(b)foreelpout,gobiesorskorpionfish,tobeusedforbait,meshsizes
smallerthan32mmshallbeallowed.

-3-
AmendthefollowinginAnnexI
Region
i !Typeofnet Minimumsizeofmeshés
inmm
2
OutsideNorth
Sea(a)Skagerrak
andKattegatAnypartofanynet
madeofsingletwine70
Anypartofanynet
madeofdoubletwine75
2
Skagerrak and
KattegatSeinenet,orsuchpartofany
trawlnetasismadeofsingle
twineandcontains nomanila
orsisal70
Suchpartofanytrawlnetas
ismadeofdoubletwineand
contains nomanilaorsisal75
Suchpartofanytrawlnet
asismadeofmanilaorsisal80
i I[ 1i r

-4-
InAnnexII
ModifytheminimummeshsizeinmmauthorizedinRegion2for
thefollowingspecies:
Herring(Clupeaharengus) 32
intheSkagerrak andKattegat
Mackerel(Scomberscombrus) 32
intheSkagerrak andKattegat
Horsemackerel (Trachurustrachurus) 32
intheSkagerrak andKattegak
Deepwaterprawns(Pandalusborealis) 30
mtheSkagerrak andKattegat
Argentine (Argentinidae ) 30
intheSkagerrak andKattegat
Sandeel(Ammodytes sp.) 16
intheSkagerraktheperiodbetween
1novemberandthelastdayofFebruary
inclusive.
Shrimp(Crangonspp.andLeanderadspersus )
intheSkagerrak andKattegat-inside4miles
fromthebaselines 16
-outside4miles
fromthebaselines 30
Garfish(Belonebelone) 16
intheSkagerrak andKattegat
Greygurnard(Eutriglagurnardus ) 16
intheSkagerrak andKattegat
InAnnexIV
Addtothesecondsub-paragraph :
"IntheSkagerrak andintheKattegat,thetop-sideofthe
cod-endshouldbemeasured.Whenmeasuring,mendedmeshes
shouldbeavoided".
■/§■i

-5~
InAnnexV:
ProvisionsreferredtoinArticle5(2)
V'
Addtothesecondparagraph:
"Whenfishingwith16mmnetsorlessintheSkagerrakandintheKattegat
anextrastrengthening bagwithaminimummeshsizeof35mmmaybeapplied
fortheyear1979only".
Addaparagraph4:
"4.WhenfishingintheSkagerrakandintheKattegat,itshallbepermitted
touseintrawlnetsandDanishseine$anon-returnnetwithasmallermesh
sizeinsidethenetinfrontofthelacingsofthecod-end,ofsuchalength
thatitcannotextendrearward,beyondthecod-endlacings".(1)
Addaparagraph 5:
"5.WhenfishingintheSkagerrakandtheKattegat,thedevices
mentionnedinparagraphes 2and3maynotbeusedsimultaneously .
InAnnexVI;
Minimumfishsize(cm)referredtoinArticle6-
modifycolumns"Region2"withfiguresforthefollowingspecies:
Plaice(Pleuronectes platessa) 27
mSkagerrakandKattegat
Flounder(Plastichthysflesus) 20
inSkagerrakandKattegat
WhitinginSkagerrakandKattegat 23
Dab(Limandalimanda) 23
inSkagerrakandKattegat
(1)Thesituationcanbereviewedin1979takingintoaccountthe
opinionofICES.