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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)787 final
Brussels,11January1980
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
concerningallocation andcontrolofcertaincatchquotasforvessels
flyingtheflagofaMemberStateandfishingtheRegulatory Area
definedintheNAFOConvention
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(79)787final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Atitsannual meeting inJune 1979 "theFisheries Commission ofthe
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO )adopted proposals
forcatch quotas fortheyear 1980 ofcertain fish stocks occurring
intheRegulatory Area defined inthe Convention onFuture Multilateral
Cooperation intheNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries ,towhich theCommunity
isaContracting Party .With oneexception these proposals "became
measures "binding upon allContracting Parties totheConvention on
« - 1
19September 1979 *Consequently the Community isbound toadopt _■e
appropriate measures toimplement the catch limitations provided for
intheproposals concerned .This isthepurpose ofthepresent proposal .
TheCommunity itself objected toaproposal concerning theallocation of
quotas forredfish inNAFO division 3M,invieft ofthefact' that no
quota had "been allocated totheCommunity despite itshistorical fishing
performance forthestock concerned ,whereas other member countries of
NAFO which had little ornorecord offishing had "been accorded quotas .
Consequently theCommunity isnot "bound "bytherelevant NAFO measures
limiting catches ofthis species .The Commission proposes ,however ,tha^in
conformity with thedeclaration made bytheCommunity ,delegation atthe
time that this recommendation wasadopted bytheNAFO Fisheries Commission ,-
theCommunity restrict thecatches ofCommunity vessels fishing this stock
toaquantity which corresponds totheproportion ofthestock traditionally
taken byCommunity vessels ,that is ,to2,000 tons .
Theother elements oftheproposed regulation ,concerning measures to
ensure adequate control offishing activity intheRegulatory Area ,are
unchanged from theprovisions oftheRegulation already proposed bythe
Commission for 1979»-which will shortly beadopted bytheCouncil .
i '

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning allocation and control
ofcertain catch quotas for vessels
flying the flag ofaMember State
and fishing intheRegulatory Area
defined inthe NAFO Convention
?
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article ^3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament (),

Whereas theConvention onFuture Multilateral Cooperation inthe
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries ,hereinafter referred toastheNAFO
Convention ,hasteen ,approved bytheCouncil initsRegulation
(EEC)No3179/78(1);
^Whereas theNAFO Convention entered into force on1January 1979 »
Whereas theFisheries Commission of ,theNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization adopted on7June 1979 a,proposal establishing limitations
forcatches ofcertain species intheRegulatory Area for1980 ,which ,
with theexception oftheproposal concerning redfish inDivision 3M,
became ameasure binding upon theCommunity on9August 1979 ; . -
- *
Whereas itistheresponsibility oftheCommunity totake appropriate
steps toensure compliance byCommunity vessels "with thesaid measure ;
Whereas although theCommunity hasobjected totheproposal regarding
allocations ofredfish inDivision 3M,andisnotbound bythemeasure
inquestion ,itisappropriate that theCommunity fixacatch quota for
this stock foritsvessels in1980 which corresponds totheir traditional
share ofthefishery ; '- .
' ' - .• . ■*' '•* y
Whereas ,tofacilitate theadministration oftheCommunity catch quota , ■-
this quota should beallocated between Member States ;.
Whereas this allocation should ensure anequitable distribution offishing
possibilities between Member States ;
Whereas information about catches byCommunity vessels should bemade
available totheir respective Member States inorder toensure that these .
quotas arecomplied with ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : *
(1).OJNoL378 ,30.12.1978 ,p.1.

Article 1
1. ;During theperiod 1January to31December 1980 ,catches ofthe
.species mentioned inAnnex Ibyvessels flying
theflag ofaMember State oftheCommunity intheRegulatory Area
asdefined inArticle 1(2)oftheNAFO Convention(l )shall "belimited ,
-within the parts ofthe Regulatory Area referred tointhe said «
Annex ,tothequotas set outtherein .
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2. By-catches ofthe species referred toinAnnex Itaken inthose
areas inwhich noallocation foradirected fishery isprovided
bythis Regulation shall not exceed for each ofthose species
onboard thevessel 2500kgor10per cent b^weight foreach species ofall
fish onboard the vessel -whichever isthegreater .
Article 2-
1. Vessels fishing inthearea referred tomArticle 1shall keep
alogbook inwhich theinformation specified inAnnex IIistobe
entered . '
2. Vessels fishing inthearea referred toinArticle 1>shall
transmit totheauthorities oftheir flag state bythe -sixteenth -
dayofeach month inrespect ofthefirst half ofthat month andbythefirst -
dayofeach month inrespect ofthesecond half ofthepreceding month .
reports concerning their catches inthesaid area .Such reports
shall give catches intonnes byspecies andquota area forthe
period covered bythereport .
(1)0JHoL378,30.12.78 ,pJ2

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3. Inaddition tothereports transmitted inaccordance with .>
paragraph 2,vessels fishing inthearea referred toinArticle 1
shall transmit reports concerning their catches from anyquota
referred toinfootnote 1ofAnnex Iinincrements of25tonnes .
Article 3
1. Member States shall transmit regularly tothe Commission the
•reports ofvessels flying "their flag which have been made in
accordance with Article 2(2). Reports received inrespsct ofthefirst
half ofeach month shal'l betransmitted totheCommission bythe
twentieth dayofthesame month andthose received inrespect ofthesecond
half ofeach month shall betransmitted bythefifth day ofthe /
following month . ' ,
2. Reports received inaccordance with Article 2(3 )shall be
transmitted without delay totheCommission .
.3. .Member States shall transmit totheCommission bythetwentieth
dayofeach month information concerning theLandings made during theprevious
month byvessels flying their flag fishing inthearea referred toinArticle 1.
Article 4
1. Member 'States shall inform theCommission ofallvessels flying
their flag which intend toengage infishing orinthetreatment of
sea -fish inthearea referred toinArticle 1atleast 30days
before theintended commencement ofsuch activity .This information
shall include :
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(a)name ofvessel ; t
(b)official number ofthevessel registered bytheappropriate
national authorities ; *
(c)home port ofthevessel ; ,
(d)owner orcharterer ofthevessel ;
(e)adeclaration that themaster hasbeen provided with acopy ofthe
regulations inforce intheRegulatory Area ;
(f)principal target species ofthevessel while fishing within
theRegulatory Area ;
(g)sub-areas where thevessel will beexpected tofish .
2. The Commission shall transmit the information received from
Member States inaccordance with paragraph 1tothe
Executive Secretary oftheNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation ,
hereinafter referred toasthe "Executive Secretary "..
Article 5
1. Inthecase ofquotas referred toinArticle 2(3),the
Commission .shall report to .the Executive Secretary inincrements of100tonnes
the catches taken byCommunity vessels .
2. When informed bythe Executive Secretary that one ofthe
quotas referred toinparagraph 1hasbeen fully utilized ,the
Commission shall soinform theMember States ,which shall take
appropriate measures toensure that fishing byvessels flying
their flag for thestock concerned shall cease within tendays of
thedate ofreceipt bytheCommission ofthe information from the
Executive Secretary .
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3.IftheCommissionhasreasontobelieve,onthebasisof
theinformation receivedfromtheMemberStates,thatthequota 1
concernedhasbeenfullyutilized,it.shall,withoutwaitingfor
thenotification fromtheExecutiveSecretary,soinformthe
MemberStates,whichshalltakeappropriate measures -toensurethat
fishingbyvesselsflyingtheirflagforthestockinquestion
shallceasewithoutdelay.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities . ' .
Itshallapplyuntil31December1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits.entiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates. •\.
,DoneatBrussels,
~FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXI
Catchquot&3fortheperiod1Januaryto31December 19.30.
Species NAFODivision Quotas(tonnes)
AtlanticCod 3M Prance .4500)
veaor&lRepublic
ofGermany 1955(1)
AmericanPlaice
Yellowtail Flounder
Redfish3LNO
3LNO
3M
3LNO
3KPrance
(SaintPierre
etMiquelon)
France
SEC
France
France
FedcralReput!ic
ofG^mar.y
Ireland
UnitedKingdomÏTodirecl-ed
fichory
700'3)
500(2)
400(3)
150
9°
720
1030
(1)Fortheperiod1Januaryto30April1980only.
(2)ThisquotahasnotbeenallocatedexclusivelytoCommunityvessels
„buttoallContractingPartiestoNAFO havingnosDecific
*allocation,includingtheCcnanunity.'FishingbyCommunityvesselsshallthusbesuspendedoncexheCommunityhasbeeninformedthai:thetotalauo"cahasbeenexhausted.-
(3)lessanyquantitytakenby'CommunityvesselsinthepartsofNA?0,
sub-areasfallingwithinareasofnationalfisheriesjurisdiction .
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ANNEXII
>■'RequiredLogbookEntries
Vesselname ' _
Vesselnationality
Vesselregistration number
Homeport ;' .
Typesofgearused(daily).~
Typeofgear 1,-
Date-day " ••-;
–month r ,
-year
Situation-latitudeandlongitude '
orv -s■": v _ -
-statistical area
(*)Noofhaulsduringthe24-hourperiod
(*)Noofhoursgearfishedduringthe24-hourperiod
,Namesofspecies
Dailycatchofeachspecies(tonnesliveweight) 1
Dailycatchofeachspeciesforhumanconsumption intheformof
"fish ' .. •-.
Dailycatchofeachspeciesforreduction .
Dailydiscardofeachspecies
Cumulativecatchofeachspecies(tonnesliveweight)
Place(s)oflandingortrans-shipment .
Date(s)oflandingortrans-shipment '
Master'ssignature
(*)Yftientwoormoretypesofgearareusedinthesame24-hourperiod,
recordsshouldbeseparateforeachtype.