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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM (83)385  final 
Brussels,  20th June 1983 
Proposal  amending the proposal 
for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
fixing for  certain  fish stocks and groups of fish stocks occurring 
in the Commurity's  fishing zone, total allowable catches  for 1983, 
the share of these  catches available to the  Community, the allocation 
of that share  between  the Member  States and the conditions  under 
which  the total allowable catches  may be fished in the Commurity's  fishing zone, total allowable  catches for 1983, 
the share of these catches  available  to the  Community,the  allocation 
of that share  between the Member  States and the  conditions  under 
which the total allowable catches  may be  fished 
(submitted  to the Council  by the Commission) 
COM(83) 385 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
The purpose  of this  proposed  modification to the proposal of the  Commission 
for total  allowable catches (TACs),  quotas  and conditions  under which  the TACs 
may be fished (1) is  : 
- to take into  account  the latest  scientific  advice on herring and  mackerel 
stocks, 
- to incorporate the results of the latest negotiations with  Norway  concerning 
herring,  saithe and plaice stocks. 
The I rt errat icnal Council for the Exploration of the Sea  (ICES)  has now  completed 
its advice for all herring stocks,  except  that in  ICES division IVc (Blackwater 
stock),  for which  it does not make an assessment.  Based  on that advice, the 
Commission  proposes  TACs for the'autonomous  stocks in  ICES division  Vila 
(Mourne  and Manx stocks) and in the  Celtic  Sea (Annex  I) and the  proposed 
allocation  of these  TACs by member  States  (Annex  II) based  on the  quota 
allocations  in 1982 (2). 
Following receipt of the  scientific  advice, negotiations with  Norway  have been 
concluded concerning the  joint-  stocks of herring in the North Sea. The  TACs 
agreed with Norway,  the shares of these  TACs available to the  Community, 
and an allocation to  Sweden  of 700 tonnes  (3) are shown  in Annex  I. 
In view of the limited additional  availability  of herring in the North Sea in 
1983 (16.300  t), the  proposed  allocation over the allocations  made to Member 
States in  1982 is as follows  : 
For Belgium  an additional allocation of  3.300t  is proposed  in consideration of the 
fact that its only available fishing for herring is in the southern North Sea 
and eastern  Channel  (ICES  divisions IVc and  Vlld).  The.remainder  (I3.n0' ) tonnes) 
is divided equally  between  the other  five member  States  concerned.  - -
The total  allocations calculated in this  manner  are allocated by  quotas  to each 
member State between  each of the three stocks on the basis of  traditional 
fishing  patterns and coastal proximity. The  final  proposed  quotas  are shown 
in Annex  II. 
The Commission  is aware that the proposal for herring allocations in the North 
Sea for 1983  - as was already the  case for 1982  - is an ad hoc solution.  These 
allocations  in no way prejudge  its proposals for  subsequent  years, in particular 
when the stock  will have been reestablished. 
(1) C0M(83)213  final of 11 May 1983. 
(2) Council Regulation (EEC)  No 172/83  of 25.01 .83  - O.J. No L24 of  27.1 .83,  p. 30 
(3) Council Regulation (EEC)  No 1010/83  of 27.4.83  - O.J. No L115 of  30.4.83,p.  21 

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In order to protect the  young  herring in the North Sea,  ICES recommended  that 
the area in which sprat  fishing  is prohibited from  1 July to 31  October should 
be enlarged  and the prohibition  extended  to include herring.  The introduction 
of this extended  prohibition  forms part  of the agreement  with Norway and 
Articles 8 and 9 of  the proposal  of the Commission  have been amended  accordingly. 
Article 9 has  been further  slightly  amended  to clarify a prohibition  of sprat 
fishing in the Moray  Firth. 
Following  the latest  assessments  of the state  of the North  Sea stocks of saithe 
and plaice,  higher  TACs for these  two stocks were agreed with  Norway  (Annex  I). 
The allocations  of the Community  shares by quotas, based  on the quota  allocation 
in 1982,  are given  in Annex II. 
ICES has also recommended  that a ban on  fishing  for mackerel throughout  the 
year should  be introduced in  an area in the Channel  and to  the south-east  of 
Ireland. The Commission  proposes  to maintain its present  ban until the end 
of 1983. At  the same time, the  Commission  is prepared  to propose that the  TAC 
be increased  to 320.000  tonnes  (Annex  I), with the  Community  share (288.000) 
distributed  between  member  States as shown in Annex II. In proposing  a TAC 
of 320.000  tonnes the  Commission  now estimates that  fishing  on this stock 
outside  the Community  zone will not exceed 30.000  tonnes in the present year 
instead of the 60.000  tonnes it  had previously estimated. 
Consequent  upon the introduction  of final TAC and  quota proposals for  the 
stocks of herring  in the North Sea, Council Regulation (EEC)  No. 1353/83 
of 26 May 1983(1)  fixing  provisional quota  allocations  for herring stocks 
in the northern  and central  North Sea would be repealed. 
(1) O.J. No. L  139 of 28 May 1983 p. 54. 

3. Article  8 of C0MC83)  213 final of 11 May 1983  shall be amended to  read 
as follows: 
Article 8 
1. Fishing  for herring shall  be prohibited  : 
- in the  Skagerrak  throughout  the year except  for 12 weeks in the  period 
1 June to 24  September.  Two weeks in  advance  of the  proposed 
date of opening  of the  fishery,  Denmark  shall notify  the Commisison  and 
other member  States of that date and it shall notify  the Commission  and 
other member  States likewise  two weeks in  advance  of any  interruption  of 
the fishery. 
- in the  Kattegat  from 1 Mayto'  24 September. 
This provision shall  not apply to fishing within  two nautical miles  of the 
baselines, within  the same level as previous years,  by vessels  not exceeding 
90 feet and using other  types of gear than trawl. 
2. Fishing  for herring shall  be prohibited  from 1 July to 31  October  within  the 
area bounded  by the  following co-ordinates  : 
- the west coast of Denmark at 55°30' N 
- latitude  53°30' N  longitude  07°00' E 
- latitude  57°00' N  longitude  07°00' E 
- the west coast of Denmark at 57°00' N 
3. Fishing  for herring shall  be prohibited  throughout  the year in those waters 
between  latitudes  53°00' N and 55°00' N  which are situated  between  the 
eastern coasts  of Ireland  and Northern  Ireland  and a  line drawn 12 miles from 
the baselines. 
4. By derogation  from the povisions  of paragraph  3, vessels with  a length not 
exceeding  40 feet based in ports situated  on the  east coast  of Ireland  and 
Northern  Ireland  between  latitudes  53°00' N and 55°00' N may  fish for herring 
in the prohibited  area described  in paragraph  3. The  only method  of fishing 
authorized shall  be drift netting with  nets of a minimum  mesh size of 54 mm. 

4. Article 9 paragraphs 2 and 3 of C0M(83)213 final of 11 May 1983 shall be 
amended  to read as follows: 
Article 9 
2. Fishing for sprat shall be prohibited: 
ti) from 1 July to 31 October  within  the area bounded by the 
following co-ordinates: 
- the west coast of Denmark at 55°30'N 
- latitude  55°30'  N longitude 07°00'E 
- latitude 57°00'N longitude 07°00'E 
- the west coast of Denmark at 57°00 N 
Cii) in ICES  statistical rectangle  39E8  from 1 October to 31  March. 
For the purposes of this Regulation this  ICES  rectangle is 
bounded by a line running due east from the east coast 
of England along latitude  55°00'  N to longitude 1°00' W, 
due north  to latitude 55°30'N and due west to the English 
coast; 
Ciii)  in the inner waters of the Moray Firth west of longitude 
3°30'W and in the inner waters of the Firth of Forth west 
of longitude  3°00'  W from 1 October to 31  March. 

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5. Article  7 of C0MC83) 213  final of 11 May 1983  shall be amended by 
the addition  of the  following  second paragraph  : 
" 2. Trawls,  Danish  seines or similar  nets having  mesh sizes smaller 
than those specified  in Annex I of Regulation  (EEC) No. 171 of 
25/1/1983(1)  for the  region concerned  or purse seines may not be 
used for the  fishing of mackerel  from 1 March 1983 until 31 
December  1983 within an area defined  by a line joining  the 
following  points: 
- the south-west  coast of the  United Kingdom  at longitude  05 a00'W, 
- longitude  05 800'w, latitude  49°30'N,  · 
- longitude  07°00'W / latitude  49°30'N, 
- longitude  07°00'W,  latitude  50°30'N, 
- the south-west  coast of the  United Kingdom  at latitude  50°30 ,N." 
(1) O.J. No. L  24 of 27.1.83,  p. 14. 

A new Article 13 is introduced to read as follows: 
Article 13 
Council  Regulation(EEC) No. 1353/83 of 26 May 1983 fixing provisional 
quota allocations for the herring stocks in the northern and central 
North Sea (1) is hereby repealed. 
Article 13 of C0M(83) 213 final of 11 May 1983 becomes Article 14. 
(1) O.J.  L 139 of 28 May  1983  p. 54. 

Annex I of C0M(83)  213 final  of 11 May 1983  is replaced by the following: 
ANNEX  I 
Us by stock and by sector envisaged for 1983 - Proportions available to the Community 
Species 
I Cod ICES Division  or NAFO  zone TAC 1983 (in tonnes) Proportions 
available  to 
the Community 
for 1983 
IlIa Skagerrak 25 000(1) 20 620 •I Cod IlIa Kattegat 16 400 9 900 
Cod IIIb,c,d  (EC  zone) 120 000 118 000 
Cod IV.IIa  (EC  zone) 240 000 224 050 
Cod VI,Vb  (EC  zone) 20 000 20 000 
Cod VII except  Vila,VIII (EC  zone) 12 600 12 600 
Cod Vila 11 000 11 000 
XIV (EC  zone),Va(EC zone), 
Cod XIKEC  zone) 15 000 15 000 
Cod NAFO 1 75 000 75 000 
Cod NAFO 3Ps 28 000 5 170 
Haddock IIIa,IIIb,c,d  (EC  zone) 9 500+ 8 200 
Haddock IV.IIa  (EC  zone)  "v" ' 181 000 139 600(2) 
Haddock VI,Vb  (EC  zone) 44 500 44 500 
Haddock VII,VIII (EC  zone) 3 500+ 3 500 
IIa(EC zone),IIIa,IV, • 
Saithe IIIb,c,d(EC  zone) 158 000 75 800 
Saithe VI,Vb  (EC  zone) 23 000 23 000 
Saithe VII,VIII (EC  zone) 7 000+ 7 000 
Whiting Ilia 22 150 19 650 
Whiting IV.IIa  (EC  zone) 170 000 130 800(3) 
Whiting VI, Vb (EC  zone) 16 400 16 400 
Whiting Vila 18 170+ 18 170 
Whiting VII except Vila 18 500+ 18 500 
Plaice IlIa Skagerrak 10 000 9 400 
Plaice IlIa Kattegat 6 100 5 490 
Plaice IV.IIa  (EC  zone) 164 000 152 500 
Plaice VI,Vb  (EC  zone) 1 810+ 1 810 
Plaice Vila 4 500+ 4 500 
Plaice Vllb.e 200+ 200 
Plaice VIId,e 5 500+ 5 500 
Plaice VIIf,g 1 200+ 1 200 
Plaice VIIh,.i,k 500+ 500 
Plaice VIII (EC  zone) 250+ 250 
American  Plaice NAFO 3 Ps 5 000 550 
Witch NAFO 3 Ps 3 000 410 
Sole IIIa,IIIb,c,d  (EC  zone) . 600+ 600 
Sole IV.IIa  (EC  zone) 18 000 18 000 
Sole VI,Vb  (EC  zone) 70+ 70 
Sole Vila 1 250 1 250 
Sole VIIb,c 60+ 60 
Sole Vlld 1 800+ 1 800 
Sole Vile 850+ 850 
Sole VIIf,g 1 000 1 000 
Sole VIIh,.1,k 320+ 320 
Sole VIII (EC  zone) 3 100+ 3 100 
IIIa,IV,IIa(EC  zone), 
Mackerel IIIb,c,d(EC  zone) 30 000 6 500 
Mackerel VI,Vb(EC  zone), VII,VIIKEC  zone) 320 000 288 000 

Proporti  on"; 
SpHcies ICES Division  or NAFO zone TAC 1983 
(in tonnes) available  to 
the Community 
for 1983 
Sprat III? (5) 15 500(6) 
Sprat IIIb,c,d (EC zone) 3 400+ 3 400 
Sprat IV.I .>. (SC zone) 275 000+ 220 000 
Sprat VI Ie 10 000+ 10 000 
Korse mackerel IV,VI,VII,VIII  (EC zone) 100 000 94 000 
Hake IIIa,I.IIb,<3,d  (EC zone) 1 300+ 1 300 
Hake IV,Iïa (EC sone) 2 750+ 2 750 
Hake VI,VIÏ,VIII(EC  zone),Vb(EC zone) 35 550+ 26 250 
Anchovies VIII 32 000+ 3 000 
Norway pout IIIa,IV(EC zone),IIa(EC  zone) 379 050+ 340 000 
Blue whit ing IV(EC zone),VI,VII,XII(EC  zor.e) 
XIV(EC zone) 462 000 262 000 
Sandeel XIV(EC zore),Va  (EC zone) 0 0(7) 
Sandeel NAFO ^ 0 0(7) 
Redfish V (EC zone),XIV  (EC zóne) 59 000 58 500 
Redfish NAFO 1 10 000 10 000 
Redfish NAFO  3 Ps 18 000 2 000 
Greenland halibut V (EC zone),XIV  (EC zone) 3 850 3 -200 
Greenland halibut NAFO 1 20 000 7 250(8) 
Halibut XIV (EC zone),V (EC zone) 200+ 200 
Halibut NAFO 1 1 200+ 1 000 
Shrimp XIV (EC zone),V (EC zone) 5 200 2 525 
Shrimp NAFO  1 30 000 29 025 
Shrimp French Guyana (9) (9) 
Herring lila 58 800 25 790 
Herring IIIb,c,d (EC zone) 36 900 35 900 
Herring IVa, Ha (EC  zone) 40 000(10) 25 650 
Herring IVb(11) 30 000(12) 18 650 
Herring IVc(Blackwater stock excepted),Vlld 40 000( 13) 40 000(13) 
Herring IVc(Blackwater stock  ) (14) 0 0 
Herring VIa(North)(15)  VIb, Vb (EC zone) 70 000 61 200 
Herring VIa(South)(l6),VIIb,c 10 000 10 000 
Herring VIa(Clyde stock)  (17) 2 500+ 2 500 
Herring Vila (18) Mourne  stock  (19) 600 600 
Herring Vila (18) Manx stock (20) 2 400 2 400 
Herring Vlle 500+ 500 
Herring Vllf 0 0 
Herring Vllg-k (21) 6 000 (13) 6 000 (13) 
Catfish NAFO  1 6. 000 6 000 
Capelin Ilh 0 0 
Capelin XIV (EC zone),V (EC zone) 0 0 
Salmon IIIb,e,d (EC zone) 920+ 920 
Salmon NAFO 1: West of 44° West 1 253 1 253 

FOOTNOTES 
(1) Excluding catches taken with passive  gear inside the Norwegian  baselines. 
(2) Excluding estimated  5,500 tonnes of industrial  by-catch. 
(3) Excluding estimated  22,180 tonnes of industrial  by-catch. 
(4) Excluding 7,000 tonnes allocated to Denmark in period up to 31.3.1983. 
(5) To be determined in the light of scientific  advice not later than 15/6/1983. 
(6) Up to 15/6/1983. 
(7) Except for  certain catbh possibilities  for experimental purposes. 
(8) 12,100 tonnes not allocated. 
(9) See Regulation  (EEC) No. 
(10) Norway is entitled to fish an additional 3,200 tonnes outside the TAC. 
(11) Fishing for herring in  the whole of ICES  division IVb is prohibited 
from 15 August to 30 September 1983 and east of 3° east throughout 
the year. 
(12) Norway is entitled to fish an additional 2,800 tonnes outside the TAC. 
(13) From 1 October 1983 to 31 March 1984. 
(14) Maritime region  of the Thames estuary between Felixtowe and North Foreland 
within 6 miles from the UK baselines. 
(15) Reference is  to the herring stock  in ICES division Via),  north of 56°N 
and in that part of Via) which is situated east of 7°W and  north of 55°N, 
excluding the CLyde as defined in footnote (17). 
(16) Reference is  to the herring stock  in ICES division Via),  south of 56°N 
and west of 7°W. 
(17) Maritime area  situated to the North-East of a line drawn between  the 
Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point. 
(18) ICES division Vila  is reduced by the zone added to the  Celtic Sea 
bounded: 
- to the North by latitude 52°30'N, 
- to the South by latitude 52°00'N, 
- to the West by the coast of Ireland, 
- to the East by the coast of the United Kingdom. 
(19) Reference is to the herring stock  within  12 miles of the east coast of 
Ireland and of Northern Ireland between 53°00'N and 55°00'N. 
(20) Reference is to the herring stock in the  Irish  Sea (ICES division Vila) 
excluding the zone referred to in footnote  (19). 
(21) Increased by zone bounded: 
- to the North by latitude 52°30'N, 
- to the South by latitude 52°00'N, 
- to the West by the coast of Ireland, 
- to the East by the coast of the United Kingdom. 
(+) Precautionary TAC. 

(.5. ) 
Pages  20, 24, 33, 42, 43, 45  and 46 of Annex  II of  C0M(83)  213  final  of 11 May 1983 
are replaced  by the  following  revised  pages: 
Si! til. 
Specks . of.n 'CK/NAFO division Member State 198 Juor* ((onnea) 
Haddock 
1 Wc->>. vScr>i-
ìaiìó, 
Sc-wh Faroe < VI Vb) 
(BEC ione) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland >  • 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member States 120 
- 4 920 
3 510 
35 950 
EEC total 44 500 
Haddock 
-
• 
• 
* irij.h Sea. Bristol  Chan-
West and Sou;« Ite-iarid. English Chs.mei, Bay of Biscay VII VIII 
(EEC zone) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for MemhT States 40 
2 140 
1 '000 
320 
EEC total 3 500 
Saithe Skagcnrak and Kattegat North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea 111 a), SV, II a) ( EEC zone) I!Ib),c),  d) (EEC zone) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  Tor Member States 60 (») 
6 630 ;l)  
•16 730(2) 
'39 380(3) 
170 
1.2 830 p) 
• 
' ECC total 75 800 
No fishing  for • ;<is quota  may  take  piece,  in the  Skagerrak,  within  four miles  of the baselines 
of the Kingdom  jf Norway and  of the Kingdom  of Sweden respectively and,  in the  Kattegat, 
withii;  three  miSrs  of tbs baselines  of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 
No fishing  for qyota  may  take  place,  in the  Skagerrak,  within  12 miles  of the baselines  of 
'he Kingdom  of Norway  and of the  Kingdom  of Sweden respectively and,  in the  Kattegat, 
within  12 miles  of (he  baselines  of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 

.1 
! 
Species j 
\. Cn> graphical region« ICES/NAFO  1 diviiion  ! 
1 Member  State I9te quota (tonnes) 
Plaice j 
1 Skagerrak IIU) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France " . 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member States 60« 
7 800C) 
40(») 
1 500 (') 
EEC total 9400 
Plaice Kailegat Ilia) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 5 430(2) 
60 (J) 
1 EEC total 5 '490 
Plaice North Sea, Norwegian Sea 1 IV II a) (EEC rone) Belgium 
Denmark. 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 9 390 
30 500 
8 800 
1 760 
58 650 
43 400 
EEC total !"I52 500 
No fishing  for this quota may  take  place  within  four miles  of the baselines  of the Kingdom  of 
Norway and  of the Kingdom  of Sweden respectively. 
No fishing  for this quota may  take  place  within  three  miles  of the baselines  of the Kingdom 
of Sweden. 
No fishing  for this quota may  take  place,  in the  Skagerrak,  within  12 miles  of the baselines  or 
the Kingdom  of Norway  and of the  Kingdom  of Sweden respectively and,  in the  Kattegat, 
within  12 miles  of the baselines  of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 

.16. 
Stock I 
Specie» ! ICES/NAFO  j Member State 
j division  ; quota (tonnes) 
Mackerel Wir.t Sea' • land, Rockall, Irish Sea, Bristol Chan nei. West and South Ire­land, English Channel, Bay of Bis­cay, South Faroe. VI 
vu !vm (EEC zone) 1 Vb) j (EEC zone) 
! 
j I Belgium 1 Denmark j Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland Italy 
Luxembourg j Netherlands 
United Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States (1) 
18 430 
12 290 
... 61 440 
26 880 
168 960 Mackerel Wir.t Sea' • land, Rockall, Irish Sea, Bristol Chan nei. West and South Ire­land, English Channel, Bay of Bis­cay, South Faroe. VI 
vu !vm (EEC zone) 1 Vb) j (EEC zone) 
! 
j EEC total 288 000 
Sprat 
• Skagerrak and Kfcitig?; Ilia) 
Ì Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France Ireland 
lu!y 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands  » 
United Kingdom 
Available  for Member States 15 400  (2 
100 (3 Sprat 
• Skagerrak and Kfcitig?; Ilia) 
Ì 
EEC total 15 500 
Sprat 
1 8<-lfic3?a inb),c),d) (ESC zone) 
'' ! 
! Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United Kingdom 
Available  for Member States 
I 2 700 
700 
i i EEC total I  3 400 
I 
(1)Excluding  /OOC tonnes allocated  to Denmark in the  period up to 31.3.1983. 
(<>> No Ashing  for ;his quota may  take  place,  in the  Skagerrak,  within  four miles  of the baselines 
of the Kingdom  of Norway and  of the Kingdom  of Sweden respec'.iveiy and,  in the  Kattegat, 
within  three  miles of the baselines  of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 
(3) 'No fishing  for this cuota may  take  place,  in the Skagerrak,  within  12 miles  of the baselines  of 
the Kingdom  ur Norway and  of the Kingdom  of Sweden respectively and,  in the  Kattegat, 
within  12 miles  o'the  baselines  of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 

.24, 
Stock I9S$ quota (tonnes) Species Geographical regions 1CES/NAFO division Member Stale 
1 I9S$ quota (tonnes) 
Herring Skagerrak Ilia) Belgium 
and Kattegat 
• 
• Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 25" 380(')( 2) 
410(>) 
EEC total 25 790 
Herring Baltic Sea Hlb), c),d) (EEC zone) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 20 800 
15 100 
EEC total 35 900 
Herring North of IV a) Belgium North Sea, Norwegian Sea II a) 
(EEC zone) Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 4.100 
6.100 
550 
• * 
1 Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 5 00 . 
14 400 
i EEC total 25.650 
No fishing for this quota may  take  place  in the  Skagerrak within four miles  of the baselines  of 
the Kingdom  of Norway and  of the Kingdom  of Sweden respectively. 
No fishing  for this quota  may  take  place,  in the  Kattegat, within three miles  of the  baselines 
of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 
No fishing  for this quota may  take  place,  in the  Skagerrak, within  12 miles  of the baselines  of 
the Kingdom  of Norway  and of the  Kingdom  of Sweden respectively and,  in the  Kattegat, 
within 12'miles  of the baselines  of the Kingdom  of Sweden. 

.2b. 
Stock 
1 Specie« i <W»pt»cal 
1 regions ICES/NAFO division Member  State 198 3l"ot» (tonnes) 
Herring  ! Centra! North Sea 
! IV b) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece  , 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 3 500 
1 500 
550 
8.400 
4.700 Herring  ! Centra! North Sea 
! IV b) 
EEC total 18.650 
Herring Southern North Sea, Fast F.nglish Channel IVc)(ex-cluding Blackwater stock) VII d) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 8 300 
14 500 
12 700 
4 500 Herring Southern North Sea, Fast F.nglish Channel IVc)(ex-cluding Blackwater stock) VII d) 
EEC total 40 000 
Herring Southern North Sea (Blackwater stock) (') IV c) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States Herring Southern North Sea (Blackwater stock) (') IV c) 
EEC total 0 -
Maritime  region  of the  Thames  Estuary  between  Felixstowe  and  North  Foreland  within  six 
miles  from  UK  baselines. 

Species Slock 
Geographical regions ICES/NAFO division Member  State 1983 quota (tonnes) 
Herring Irish Sea (Mourne stock) (1 )· Vila) (3) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States ?on 
400 
EEC total 600 
Herring Irish Sea (') 
(Man stock) Vila) (3) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 600 
1 800 
EEC total 2 400 
Herring English Channel West Vile) Belgium-
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlandse 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 250 
250 
EEC total 500 
(1) As defined  in footnote  19 to Annex  I. 
(2) As defined  in footnote  20  to Annex  I. 
(3) ICES  division  VII a) is  reduced  by the  zone  added  to the 
Celtic  Sea  bounded  by: 
- latitude  52°30'N  on the north, 
- latitude  52°00*N  on the  south, 
- the  coast  wf Ireland  o.i the  uest, 
- the  coast  of the  United  Kingdom  on the  east. 

Stock l983quota (tonnes) Species Geographical regions ICES/NAFO division Member  Slate l983quota (tonnes) 
Herring BristoJ  Chan­nel Vllf) Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  Tor Member  States 
EEC total 0 
Herring Celtic Sea, South-West Ireland VU g) to k)(') Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 70 
370 
5 180 . 
370 
10 
EEC total 6 000 
Catfish West Green­land NAFO 1 Belgium 
Denmark 
Federal  Republic  of Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United  Kingdom 
Available  for Member  States 4 000 
2000 
EEC total 6 000 
(') Increased  by the zone bounded  by: — latitude  52°30"N  on the north, — latitude  52°00'N  on the south, — the coast of Ireland  on the west, — the coast of the United  Kingdom  on the east.