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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)152 final
Brussels ,20April 1977
Proposal fora
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontheprorogation oftheprohibition ofthefishery forherring inthe
North Sea . «
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM(77 )152final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORdNTXJM
InitsRegulation(EEC)N°350/77of18February1977layingdowncertain
interimmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagementoffisheryresources,theCouncil
decided,takingintoaccounttheprecariousstatoofNorthSeaherringstocks,toban
thisfisheryfrom28February1977until30April1977insub-areaIVandindivision
VIIddefinedbytheInternational CouncilfortheExploration oftheSea,
TheCouncilhasalsoagreedtoadoptbeforethe1stMay1977themeasures
tobeappliedfortheremainderoftheyear.Indeterminingthesemeasures,account
shallbetakenoftheresultsofthelatestavailableestimatesoftheNorthSea
herringstock.Astheveryprecariousstocksituationpersists,itthereforeappears
tobeindispensable ,inordertoavoidthecollapseofthestock,thatalldirect
fishingofthisstockbeavoided.Thefollowingproposalforaregulationlaysdown,
inconsequence ,theprorogationofthebanoatheherringfisheryfortheremainderof
1977.
Infact,itiBclear,asindicatedinfigures1and2that,following
aconstantincreaseinfishingeffort,catchesofNorthSeaherringfirstincreased,
andthendeclinedrapidlyinrecentyears.
Thespawningstockhasdeclinedfromalevelofmorethan1milliontons
duringthesixtiestoalevelof200to300thousandstonsin1974-1975 *
Moreover,totalcatchesofNorthSeaherringwerenearly200.000
tonsin1976,i.e.ofthesameorderasthespawningstocklevel#Itfollowsthat
thelatterdependsessentially onnewrecruitsforitsannualrenewal.
Thestatisticalrelationships betweenthesizeofthespawningstockand
thenumberofrecruits(youngherrings)showsthatthelevelbeyondwhichrecruitment
cannolongerbeguaranteedhasnowbeenreached.Thedangerofthecollapseofthis
stockisagainemphasisedbythefactthatthelevelsforfuturerecruitments *;ased
ontheresultsofyoungherringsurveyswillprobablybeverylow.
Thiscouldmeanthatthereproductive stocksizecouldfallbelow
200.000tonsorevenbelow100.000tons.Forcomparative purposes,onemayobserve
thatthestocksizeoftheNorthSeaherringhasdeclinedbythesameproportionas
occurredinthecaseofthestockofAtlanto-Scandian herringshortlybeforeits
finalextinction. .
Intakingaccountofunavoidableby–catches,whichshouldbereducedas
faraspossible,onemustinsistthatalldirectcatchesbeavoided,andalsothat
thismeasureshouldconstitutetheonlywayinwhichthisstockcanbebuiltuptoa
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)NO/77
of 1977.
extendingtheprohibition onthefishingofherringinthe
NorthSea.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No35^/77of18February1977laying
downcertaininterimmeasuresfortheconservation andmanagementoffishery
resources(1),andinparticularArticle1(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No350/77prohibitsthefishingofNorthSea
herringfrom28February1977until30April1977andprovidesthatthe
measurestobeappliedfortheremainderoftheyeararetobedetermined
takingintoaccounttheresultsofthelatestavailablescientificestimates
oftheNorthSeaherringstockfor1977I
Whereasthesescientificestimatesdemonstratethattheveryprecariousstate
oftheNorthSeaherringstockpersists,andwhereasitisthereforenecessary
toextendfortheremainderof1977"theprohibition onthefiBhingofherring
intheNorthSea;
Whereasitisalsonecessarytoextendthespecialprovisionsconcerningherring
by-catchesindirectfishingforotherspecies;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
(1)OJNoL48,19.2.1977,p.28.

Article 1
Theprohibition onthefishingofNorthSeaherringisherebyextended ,
until31December1977insub-areaIVanddivisionVIIdasdefinedby
tlieInternational CouncilfortheExplorationoftheSea.
MemberStatesareauthorisedtocatchNorthSeaherringasby-catches
inthecourseofdirectfishingforotherspecies,uptoalimitof
10%byweightincatchesofspratand5byweightincatchesof
Norwaypoutandofsandeelsduringeachvoyage.
Thepermittedby–catohescalculatedonanannualbasismaynot,however,
exceed15»000tonnesforDenmark,1,650tonnesfortheUnitedKingdom,
410tonnesfortheFederalRepublioofGermanyand275tonnesforthe
otherMemberStates.
Article2
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArtiole7ofRegulation No350/77,
MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepstoensurecompliancewith
theprovisionsofthisRegulation.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1977*
ItshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceofCommunityarrangements for
theconservation andmanagementoffisheryresources,butinanyevent
notbeyond31December1977*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1977»
FortheCounoil.
ThePresident.