Report on monitoring Community conservation and management measures applicable to third country fishing vessels
Date: 1996-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, fishing controls, fishing licence

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  22.10.1996 
COM(96)493 final 

Report on monitoring Community conservation and management 
measures applicable to third country fîshing vessels. 

(presented by the Commission) 

I. 

INTRODUCTION. 

At  the  December  (1995)  Fisheries  Council,  both  the  Commission  and  the  Member  States 
agreed  on  the  necessity  to  review  and  report  on  the  monitoring  of  the  activities  of  third 
country  vessels  in Community  waters1.  The present  report  has been elaborated  on the basis 
of  the  information  supplied  by  the  Member  States  and  by  Norway  as  well  as  other 
information  available  to  the  Commission.  It  describes,  in  particular,  the  monitoring  of 
conservation  and management  measures  of  fishery  resources  applicable to: 

third-country  vessels  fishing  in Community  waters, 

third-country  vessels landing or transshipping  fishery  products  in Community 
ports. 

In preparation  of this report,  the Commission  convened  a meeting  with the Member  States 
in early  April  to review  the existing  monitoring  measures  and to examine  the scope  for  the 
reinforcement  of current  provisions  as well as a meeting with Norway,  in mid May,  with a 
view to exploring opportunities  for enhanced cooperation in the enforcement  of conservation 
and management  measures  of  fishery  resources. 

Finally, the present report addresses the scope for ensuring that existing monitoring measures 
applicable to third-country vessels fishing  in Community waters are comparable with to those 
applied  by  Norway  as well as to those measures  applicable  to Community  fishing  vessels. 

IL  MEASURES  APPLICABLE TO THIRD COUNTRY  VESSELS. 

Third  country  vessels  fishing  in Community  waters. 

Access  by  third-country  vessels  to  Community  waters  and  resources  is  in  principle 
prohibited. 

However,  the  Council  may  authorise  such  access  to  waters  and  fishery  resources.  The 
Council  exercises  this power  in the framework  of  fishery  agreements.  Indeed,  the  Council 
considers  annually the overall balance between fishing possibilities  obtained in third-country 

1 

Declaration of the Commission  and the Member States: 

"The  Commission  undertakes to  submit  to  the  Council  no  later  than  31  May  1996  a  report  on  the 
activities in Community  waters of vessels flying  the flags  of third countries and the manner in which 
they  are monitored,  on the basis, inter alia, of information  sent to  it by the Member States. 

The  Member  States  undertake to  send  the  Commission  no  later than  1 March  1996  all  information 
relating  to  the  monitoring  of  the  activities  of  third-country  fishing  vessels  operating  within  their 
exclusive economic zones or effecting  landings within their territories." 

1 

waters  and those to be allocated  in Community  waters2.  Taking  together  the  Community 
has  granted  access  in  1996  to  quotas  totalling  more  than  700  000  tonnes  in  Community 
waters  whilst,  in  exchange  for  these  quotas,  Community  fishermen  have  access  to  quotas 
totalling  about  550 000 tonnes  in third  country  waters. 

Occasionally,  some  cases  of  unauthorised  fishing  by  third  country  vessels  in  Community 
waters  are observed.  This seemed,  however,  not to be considered  as a major  problem  apart 
from  areas  such as off  the Azores,  Madeira  and the Strait of Gibraltar  and recently  also the 
Irish  westcoast. 

The monitoring measures applicable to third country vessels authorised to fish in Community 
waters were elaborated in the late seventies and consist particularly of access rules (licences), 
and  the  keeping  of  a logbook  as  well  as the communication  by  radio  of  vessel  movements 
and catches. These arrangements were, in fact,  inspired by the initial Norwegian scheme and 
have not been amended  in essence  since then. 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  agreed  with  the  third  country  in  question  and, 
subsequently,  laid down annually  by the Council,  the Commission  issues  licences  to  third-
country  vessels  authorised to fish in Community waters.  The vessel movements  (entry, exit) 
are  communicated  via  coastal  radio  stations  to  the  Commission  which  informs  the  control 
authorities  of the Member  States  concerned. 

The competent authorities of the coastal Member  State should carry  out inspections  of third-
country  vessels  at  sea  in  order  to  verify  compliance  with  conservation  measures  and  the 
veracity  of the quantities  registered  in the  logbook. 

O.J. N°L  330 of 30.12.95 
-  Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°3075/95  laying  down,  for  1996,  certain  measures  for  the 
conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources  applicable to  vessels  flying  the  flag  of 
Norway. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N"3077/95  laying  down,  for  1996,  certain  measures  for 
conservation and management of fishery  resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the 
Faroe Islands as amended by  Council Regulation  (EC) n°1064/96  (OJ  L.  141 of  14.06.96) 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°3081/95  laying  down,  for  1996,  certain  measures  for 
conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources  applicable  to  vessels  flying  the  flag  of 
Estonia. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°3083/95  laying  down,  for  1996,  certain  measures  for 
conservation and management of fishery  resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of the 
Latvia. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°3085/95  laying  down,  for  1996,  certain  measures  for 
conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources  applicable  to  vessels  flying  the  flag  of 
Lithuania. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°3088/95  laying  down,  for  1996,  certain  measures  for 
conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources  applicable  to  vessels  flying  the  flag  of 
Poland. 
-  Council Regulation (EC) N°3091/95 laying down certain measures for the conservation and 
management of fishery  resources applicable to vessels flying  the flag  of certain non-member 
countries in the 200-nautical-mile zone off  the coast of the French Department of  Guyana. 

On  the  basis  of  the  catches  communicated  by  radio,  the  Commission  administers  quota 
utilisation and informs where appropriate the third-country  in question and the Member States 
when  a quota  is  exhausted  and  fishing  shall  cease.  In such case,  the  licence for  fishing  on 
the  quota concerned  is no longer  valid. 

Finally,  during  the  annual  negotiations,  the  aggregate  catches  communicated  by  radio  are 
compared  with the logbook  totals  compiled  by the third  country  in question. 

The above monitoring  measures  have to ensure  that third-country  vessels  authorised  to  fish 
in  Community  waters  respect,  in particular,  the  quotas  allocated  to  them.  The  number  of 
authorised  third-country  vessels  is  close  to  500  the  majority  of  which  flies  the  flag  of 
Norway. 

Third-country  vessels  landing  or  transshipping  in Community  ports 

Member  States  shall  ensure  that  landings  by  third-country  vessels  and  transshipments  are 
recorded and shall carry out inspections to verify  the accuracy of registration of the quantities 
landed or transshipped.  In conformity  with Articles  10 and  11 of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 2847/93 establishing  a control  system  applicable to the common fisheries  policy3,  third-
country  vessels  shall provide  advance notice of landing to the competent  authorities  as well 
as  in the  case  where  fishery  products  are  transshipped.  Advance  notice  should  allow  the 
control  authorities  to carry  out timely  inspections  in order  to verify  the quantities  landed  or 
transshipped. 

In  the  framework  of  control  registration  and  reporting,  Member  States  are  not  obliged  to 
report  to the Commission  or the third-country  concerned  the quantities  of species  landed by 
third-country  vessels.  These  data  are  included  in regular  import  statistics.  However,  since 
1995,  in  accordance  with  the  recommendations  of  the  Baltic  Commission,  the  data  on 
landings in Community ports by third-country  vessels of certain species caught in the Baltic 
sea  are  notified  to the flag  state  and the  Commission. 

III. 

INSPECTIONS  CARRIED OUT BY MEMBER  STATES 

On  the  basis  of  the  information  obtained  from  the  Member  States  on  control  at  sea  and 
ashore,  it  is possible  to quantify  the extent of controls  carried  out by Member  States.  The 
number  of  inspections  by  Member  State should  be related  to the extent  of  the  activities  of 
third-country  vessels  carried  out  in  the  waters  of  that  Member  State.  Against  this 
background,  it should  be borne  in mind that the activities  of third-countries  fishing  vessels 
show an uneven distribution between the Member States. The information  transmitted by the 
Member  States4 is presented  in Annex I (global figures  for  the period  1993-1995 as well as 
detailed  figures  for  1995). 

O.J. No L 261  of 20.10.93  p.l 

France, Finland,  Ireland,  Italy, United  Kingdom,  Denmark,  Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, 
Spain and Portugal (Belgium  did not transmit data). 

In  general,  the  number  of  inspections  of  third-country  vessels  carried  out by  the Iviember 
States at sea and ashore is low in relation to the activities taking place. About 500 inspections 
(337  at  sea  and  172  ashore)  have  been  carried  out  in  1995  of  which  the  major  part  is 
conducted by the UK.  During these inspections,  only  11 infringements  were detected at sea. 
Furthermore,  the  information  on the  level  of  the  sanctions  imposed  suggests  that  in many 
cases  penalties  will  not deter  fishermen  effectively  from  committing  infringements. 

IV.  NORWAY;  CONTROL  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  CONSERVATION 

MEASURES. 

In  exchange  for  the  quota  allocated  to  third-country  vessels  in  Community  waters. 
Community  fishing  vessels  operate  in  the  waters  of  a  number  of  third-countries  such  as 
Norway,  Faroe  Islands,  Latvia,  Lithuania  and  Estonia. 
In  most  cases,  the  measures 
applicable to Community vessels  in the waters of these countries are similar to the measures 
applied  by  the  Community  to  their  vessels.  As  regards  Norway,  there  is,  however,  an 
imbalance. 

Control  and enforcement  of conservation  and management measures  of fishery  resources  in 
Norway  are  based  on  controls  at  sea  and  ashore.  Norwegian  authorities  carry  out  almost 
15 000  inspections  annually  of  which  about  2500  are  at  sea.  The  controls  of  landings  are 
carried out by the sales organisations. Controls extend after the first  sale during transport and 
up  to  export  of  the  products.  About  900  inspections  at  sea  are  carried  out  annually  on 
Community  fishing  vessels  (annex 2). 

The Norwegian coast guard carries out inspections  at sea. It has  13 surveillance vessels,  two 
large planes and six helicopters.  Occasionally, up to 16 additional vessels and 2 light  aircraft 
are  chartered. 

Control opportunities  in Norwegian waters are facilitated  by the more systematic  inspections 
which  have  been  introduced  over  the past  years  by  the  Norwegian  authorities  for  the  area 
north of 62 degrees  north.  This consists  inter alia,  of the obligation on Community  vessels 
to present  themselves at designated checkpoints, en route to or from  the fishing  grounds,  for 
possible inspection.  These measures prevent foreign fishing vessels from entering Norwegian 
waters with overreported  catches on board and from  leaving these waters with underreported 
catches. 

The  outcome  of  inspections  conducted  (warnings,  seizure/detention  fines)  on  Community 
vessels  by  the  Norwegian  authorities  suggests  that  the  applicable  rules  are  more  properly 
enforced  and the fact that expulsion is not uncommon should be noted. In a number of cases, 
Community  fishermen  reported  excessive  enforcement  practices  by  Norwegian  inspectors. 
These cases do not seem to be representative of the general level of enforcement  in Norway. 

SUMMARY  OF INSPECTION  ACTIVITIES  IN  1995 

Community  waters 

Norwegian  EEZ 

Number  of  vessels 
authorized  to  fish 

Norwegian  vessels  : 

Community  vessels  : 

less  than 200 GRT 
>  than 200 GRT 

+/-  100 
+/-  300 
of  which  : 
+/-  130 West  of 4°W 

+/-  1 200 
+/-  800 
of  which  : 
+/-  75 North  of  62°N 

Allocation  of  fishing 
possibilities 

Means  of  inspection 
-  patrol  vessels 

-  Aircraft 

+/-  540.000 tonnes 
of  which  : 
+/-  245.000  tonnes 
West  of 4°W 

+/-  300.000  tonnes 
of  which  : 
+/-  60.000  tonnes 
North  of  62°N 

DK  : 
6 patrol  vessels 
GER  :  21 patrol  vessels 
FR  : 
14 patrol  vessels 
IRL  :  7 patrol  vessels 
3 patrol  vessels 
NL  : 
17 patrol  vessels 
UK  : 

DK  : 
5 planes 
IRL  :  1 plane 
1 plane 
NL  : 
5 planes 
UK  : 

North  of  65 ' N 
8 patrol  vessels  of  which  3 
with  helicopters 

South of  65 ' N 
5 patrol  vessels 

2 Orion  planes 

6 Lynx  helicopters 

899 on Community  vessels 
of  which  108 North of 
65°N 

NOR  :  192 

Number  of boardings 

267 on Norwegian  vessels 
of  which 73 West  of 4° W 

Average  number  of 
boardings  per  patrol 
vessel 

102 
DK  : 
GER  :  213 
FR  : 
250 
IRL  :  126 
N L: 

82 

I UK :  265 

V. 

SCOPE FOR IMPROVED MONITORING  OF THIRD-COUNTRY  VESSELS 

The monitoring  of third-country  vessels  fishing  in Community  waters  does  not provide  the 
same guarantees as in Norway that the catches reported  correspond  to the real catch retained 
on  board.  Vessels  could  land  catches  in  a  nearby  interim  port,  whilst  reporting  to  the 
Commission the catches landed after  a roundtrip in their home port.  Vessels could also omit 
reporting  or  misreport  the  catches  during  the  last  days  before  leaving  Community  waters. 
Inspections  could  reveal  such  irregularities. 

The  evident  imbalance  with  respect  to  the  frequency  of  inspections,  the  organisation  of 
control  and the level  and type of sanctions  applied  in Community  waters,  on the one hand, 
and the Norwegian zone, on the other hand,  needs to be addressed  so that a greater  element 
of  equity  can  be  achieved  between  the  two  fleets.  Furthermore,  the  strengthening  of 
monitoring  of  Community  fishery  vessels  introduced  as  from  1993 such  as cross  checking 
landing  data  with  sales  notes  and  transport  documents,  the  requirement  to  issue  special 
fishing  permits5 for  certain fisheries  and other requirements  under the fishing  effort  scheme 
in western  waters6 should be reflected  also in measures  applicable to third-country  vessels. 
When  the  Council  decides  to  implement  satellite  tracking  for  Community  fishing  vessels, 
satellite  tracking  should  also  be  required  for  third-country  vessels  fishing  in  Community 
waters.  The use of modern communication technology should allow the sharing  in real time 
of all data on activities by third-country  vessels between all control authorities concerned and 
the Commission.  In this way,  the Commission  could cross-check  catch reports  transmitted 
by  third-country  vessels  with  all  other  vessel  information  available. 

In  that  context,  the  current  monitoring  measures  of  third-country  vessels  fishing  in 
Community  waters  have  to  be  reviewed.  Initiatives  in this  respect  should  be  coordinated 
with the third  countries  in question.  Against this background,  it is to be noted that Norway 
is  working  towards  enhanced  cooperation  with  the  Community  in  the  enforcement  of 
conservation and management measures.  In the short term, Norway would wish to exchange 
data  on  landings  by  Norwegian  vessels  in the Community  and  Community  vessels  landing 
in Norway  in particular  regarding  mackerel. 

In order  to proceed  with a review  of monitoring  measures  of third-country  vessel,  broadly 
three  geographical  areas  can be  identified: 

In western waters  (west of 4 degrees west) where mainly  Norwegian  vessels 
operate,  a monitoring  scheme could be envisaged  similar to the one currently 
operated  in Norwegian waters north of 62'N  with check points where vessels 
In  this  area,  third-country  vessels 
should  present  for  possible  inspection. 
should also be subject to the same requirements  as Community fishing  vessels 
under  the fishing  effort  scheme. 

5 

Council Regulation (EC) N" 1627/94 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing 
permits; OJ N" L  171 of 06.07.94, p. 7 

Règlement  (CE)  N°685/95  du  Conseil  relatif  à  la  gestion  des  efforts  de  pêche  concernant 
certaines zones et ressources de pêche communautaires; JO  N° L 71 du  31.03.95, p. 5 

In  the  North  Sea  and  the  Skagerrak  where  the  Community  and  Norway 
manage joint  stocks  monitoring  measures  should  be  agreed  with  Norway  in 
order  to avoid  different  control  regimes  being  applied  to both  fleets.  Check 
points  do  not  seem  to  be  appropriate  for  the  North  Sea.  More  frequent 
inspections  at  sea  and  ashore  as  well  as  the  exchange  of  information  on 
landings,  sales  and  enforcement  may  be  a  more  appropriate  enforcement 
strategy  in this  area. 

Reinforced  control  measures  in  the  Baltic  should  be  achieved  in  the  Baltic 
Commission.  All  contracting  parties  of  the  Baltic  Commission  should 
implement  these  measures  in  order  to  avoid  imbalances  and  possible 
distortions  of  competition  between  the  different  fleets.  The  Community 
should  use  its  influence  with  a  view  to  ensure  that  all  contracting  parties 
enforce  effectively  the  conservation  and  management  measures  of  fishing 
resources  agreed  in that  forum. 

Finally,  new legislation  would make monitoring  of third-country  vessels  more efficient  but 
it cannot resolve the deficit in inspections carried out by Member States.  It has been brought 
to  the  attention  of  the  Commission  that  the  control  means  available  in the  Member  States 
(aircraft,  surveillance vessels  and manpower) will not be sufficient  to achieve the same level 
of  control  as that carried  out by  Norway  in the area  North  of  628N.  In the framework  of 
the financial participation of the Community toward the expenditure incurred by the Member 
States on control of the CF.P.7,  the Commission will continue to encourage Member  States 
to make  sufficient  means  of control  and manpower  available to the competent  authorities. 

CONCLUSION 

In the context of the Fishery  Agreement between the Community and Norway,  the principle 
of reciprocity  should extend to enforcement of the measures applicable to both fleets.  Taking 
into  account  the current  imbalance  in this  area,  the Community  needs  to increase  the  level 
of  enforcement  applied  to Norwegian  vessels  fishing  in Community  waters.  This  aim  can 
be  achieved  within the current  legal  framework. 

It falls  to the Member  States  (Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany,  Netherlands,  United  Kingdom 
and  Ireland)  to  take  the  appropriate  measures  ensuring  that,  within  their  territory  and 
maritime  waters  subject  to  their  sovereignty  or jurisdiction,  the  number  of  inspections  of 
third-country vessels is increased and the appropriate sanctions laid down in Article 31 of the 
Regulation  (EC)  N°  2847/93  against  the  natural  or  legal  persons  responsible  for  the 
infringement  are effectively  inflicted.  This may  imply a reinforcement  of the means  at the 
disposal  of the control  authorities  to enable them to achieve such increase  in the number of 
inspections.  The  Commission  ensure  that,  where  appropriate,  licences  and  special  fishing 
permits  are  repealed  in respect  of vessels  not abiding by the rules. 

Decision of the Council  95/527/CE 
O.J. N°L301  of  14.12.95, p. 30 

ANNEX  I A 

1995 
Monitoring  of Third  Country  vessels. 
Inspections  at sea and ashore 

1995. 

Fishing  Vessels  flying  the  Flag  of: 

Inspecting  MS 
ICES  div. 

Norway 

Faroe 
Islands 

Lithuania 

Latvia 

Estonia 

Poland 

Green 
land 

Total 
Ices/country 

sea 

land 

sea 

land 

sea 

land 

sea 

land 

sea 

land 

sea 

land 

sea 

land 

| 
| 

land 

sea 

SWEDEN 
HIa,b,d. 

Inspections 

Infringmnt.  Detected*. 

Penalties. 

Total  infringements. 

DENMARK. 
IIIa,b,c,d.  IVb. 

Inspections 

Infringts  detected*. 

Penalties. 

Total  infringements. 

NETHERLANDS 
IVb.c 

Inspections. 

Infringts.detected*. 

Penalties. 

Total  infringements. 

UK. 

IVa,b;VIa.b;Vbl;VII 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

la 

0 

1 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Inspections. 

264 

146 

10 

Infringts.detected*. 

la,c 

0 

Penalties'. 

Total  infringements. 

1 

1 

0 

la 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

9 

2 

11 

2 

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lh,z 

la,Iz 

0 

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0 

0 

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0 

0 

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0 

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c=undersized 
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f=landing  prohibited  species. 
g=illegal  catch on directed  fishery.  k=mark/identif.ofvessel 
h=fishing  without license. 

j=marking regulation 

z=infringt taken to court. 

Sanctions  applied.  1  Norwegian vessel  £5,000  and £1,000 plus costs of £1,000  interpreter's fee of £300. 

1 Faeroe  vessel £16,500 (including  £13,500 value of gear and £200 value  offish). 

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1995 

Monitoring  of  Third  Country  vessels. 
Inspections at  sea and  ashore. 
(Continued) 

Fishing Vessels flying the Flag  of: 

Norway 

Faroe 
Islands 

Lithuania 

Latvia 

Estonia 

Poland 

Green 
land 

Total 
Ices/country 

land 

land 

land 

sea 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

-o 

1995. 

Inspecting MS 
ICES div. 
COPACE. 

SPAIN. 
IXa,b.copace34. 

Inspections 

Infringts.Detected* 

Penalties. 

Total  infringements. 

PORTUGAL'. 

Inspections 

Infringts  detected*. 

2c 

Penalties. 

Total  infringements. 

FRANCE.2 

FINLAND. 

No activity of third  country vessels. (Areas: IVc; VIId,e,h; VIIIa,b,c,d ) 

No activity  of third  country vessels (Area Hid) 

ITALY. 

No activity of third  country vessels (Mediterranean) 

IRELAND. 
VIa,b;VIIb,c,kj,g,a,. 

Inspections 

Infringts  detected*. 

Penalties. 

Total infringements. 

10 

13 

0 

0 

0 

0 

* Infringements  detected  :  a=infractions  on logbook or landing 

ions. e=bycatches. 

b=illegal gear. 
c=undersized fish. 
d=fishing  in closed area. 

Handing  prohibited species. 
g=illegal catch on directed  fishery. 
h=fishing  without license. 

i=too high engine power. 
j=marking regulation. 
k=mark/identif.of vessel. 
zHnfringt  taken to court. 

In  1995 a total of 493 vessels (including merchant vessels) were inspected by Portuguese Customs, Navy and Air Surveillance  Patrol : 
19 infrigements  were detected but all of them still in the first  step of administrative procedure. 

In  1995, 9 landings were made in French  ports (origin offish  : Poland,  China and Faroes I.) 8 landings (origin Poland  & China), total 
of: 
these landings  : 4733 T of mince and fillets of Alaska Pollock  for transformation,  1  landing (origin Faroes I.) total 69 T  of Hoplostete 
and Ling  for  direct sales  and transformation.  All these  landings were systematically  controlled  by  French  Authorities  and  Sanitary 
Services. 

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1995 
Monitoring  of  Third  Country  vessels. 
Inspections  at  sea  and  ashore. 

(Continued) 

Fishing  Vessels flying  the Flag  of: 

Belize 

Caiman. 
Islands 

Honduras 

Malta 

Morocco 

Panama 

Russia 

Sierra 
Leone 

Venezuela 

Total 
Ices/country 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

iy 

11 

4b,h 
Is 

2c 

12 

3y 
6s 

14 

Is 

2y 

0 

0 

0 
a=infractions  on  logbook  or  landing  declarations. 
b=illegal gear. 
c=no prior notice  72H for  arrival  in port. 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

e=bycatches. 
f=landing  prohibited  species. 
g=illegal  catch  on  directed fishery. 

i=too high engine  power. 
j=marking  regulation. 
k=mark/identif.of  vessel 

20 

15 

15 

1995. 

Inspecting  MS 
ICES div. 
COPACE. 

SPAIN. 
IX., COP34, 
Mediterranean 

Inspections 

Infringts. Detected *. 

Penalties  (see below)3 

Total  infringements. 

infringements  detected 

è 

'  Infringements 

Vessel's name  Nationality 
Kamalane 
Khalid 
Thunnus 
Espardaîe 
Lucky 1 
Lucky  3 
Bacanova 
Pescagel 
Pict 

Morocco 
Morocco 
Honduras 
Panama 
Panama 
Panama 
Venezuela 
Venezuela 
Caiman  Isles 

Infringement type 
Fishing  without  license 
Prohibited  gear,  fishing  without 
No prior notice  72h  in  advance 
No prior  notice  72h  in  advance 
No  prior notice  72h  in  advance 
No  prior notice  72h  in  advance 
No  prior notice  72h  in  advance 
No prior notice  72h  in  advance 
gear not stowed  away from the 

license, 
for  arrival  in port, 
for  arrival  in port 
for  arrival  in port 
for  arrival  in port 
for  arrival  in port 
for  arrival  in port 
fishing  deck. 

Amount  of penalties 
500.000  PST  (3138 ECU) 
1.000.000  PST  (6276 ECU) 
1.000.000 PST(6276  ECU) 
1.000.000  PST  (6276  ECU) 
500.000  PST  (3138 ECU) 
500.000  PST  (3138  ECU) 
150.000  PST  (940 ECU) 
150.000  PST  (940 ECU) 
4.000.000  PST  (25100 ECU) 

Dates 
18-01-1995 
03-02-1995 
20-02-1995 
20-02-1995 
28-08-1995 
28-08-1995 
10-07-1995 
10-07-1995 
26-12-1995 

1995 
Monitoring  of  Third  Country  vessels. 
Inspections  at  sea  and  ashore. 

(Continued) 

Fishing  Vessels  flying  the  Flag  of: 

Belize 

Caiman. 
Islands 

Honduras  Malta 

Morocco 

Panama 

Russia 

Sierra 
Leone 

Venezuela 

Total 
Ices/country 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

land 

10 

12 

1995. 

Inspecting  MS 
ICES div. 
COPACE. 

IRELAND. 

Inspections 

Infringts.Detected* 

Penalties  (see  below) 

Total  infringements. 

PORTUGAL1. 

UK. 
Via 

Inspections 

Infringts  detected*. 

Penalties2. 

^ 

Total  infringements. 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

•Infringements  detected 

a=infractions  on  logbook  or  landing  declarations. 
b=illegal  gear. 
c=no  prior  notice  72H  for  arrival  in port. 

0 

0 

0 

0 
e=bycatches. 
f=landing  prohibited  species. 
g=illegal  catch  on  directed  fishery. 

0 

0 

0 
i=too high  engine  power. 
j=marking  regulation. 
k=mark/identif.of  vessel 

1 Infringements  detected  in port by  Portuguese  Customs: 
5 vessels from Russia: no prior  notice  72H for  arrival  in port. 
1 vessel  from  Honduras: no prior  notice  72H for  arrival  in port. 
1 vessel from panama: no prior  notice  72H for  arrival  in port. 

1 Russian  vessel  (illegal  entry  in  UK limits)  £7,500 

1 Russian  vessel  (illegal  entry  in UK  limits)  £15,000  (including  £9,000  value  offish). 

ANNEX I  B 

Summary 1993-1995. 

Monitoring of third country vessels. 
Inspections ashore and at sea. 

1993 

1994 

1995 

MEMBER 
STATES 

Inspections 

ToUl 
Infring 
ements 

Inspections 

ToUl 
Infringe 
ments 

Inspections 

Total 
Infringe 
nients 

ashore 

at  sea 

total 

ashore 

at sea 

total 

ashore 

at sea 

total 

Denmark 

Germany 

Netherland 

France 

UK 

Portugal 

Ireland 

Spain 

Sweden 

Greece 

Italy 

Finland 

0 

0 

10 

0 

HI 

no 
data 

0 

8 

5 

7 

3 

7 

5 

7 

13 

7 

343 

454 

14 

14 

1 

5 

1 

13 

4 

1 

9 

0 

3 

3 

0 

1 

0 

0 

8 

0 

166 

4962 

13 

16 

10 

0 

2 

63 ' 

345 

41 

3 

23 

10 

0 

10 

63' 

2 

0 

5 

0 

1 

3 

3 

0 

0 

14 

o  _ -

39' 

511 

4 

5372 

14 

146 

4372 

267 

52 

16 

39 

0 

8 

19 

19 

7 

1 

24 

42 

3 

1 

3 

19' 

413 

4892 

20 

43 

49 

1 

0 

1 

32 

11 

21 
- » 

0 

12 

9 

Sweden joined  the EU in 1995 

No  activity  of third  country  vessels in Greek  waters 

No  activity  of third  country  vessels in Italian  waters 

No  activity of third  country  vessels in Finnish  waters 

1  Total of vessels inspected in the waters of French Guyana 

2  Total  of vessels inspected by Portuguese customs including merchant vessels 

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ANNEX  II 
Norway 

Monitoring  of  Community  fishing  vessels  in  Norwegian  EEZ  by  Norwegian  Coast  Guard  during  1995. 
Inspections  at  sea. 

Nationality. 

Inspections. 

Oral  warnings 
given. 

Written  warnings 
issued. 

Vessels  seized. 

Vessels  expelled. 

German. 

Spanish. 

French. 

British. 

Irish. 

Portuguese. 

Danish. 

Dutch. 

Swedish. 

Belgian. 

T O T A L. 

83 

32 

77 

353 

6 

9 

286 

5 

43 

5 

899 

2 

4 

1 

11 

0 

0 

7 

0 

1 

0 

26 

3 

8 

3 

40 

1 

0 

25 

0 

7 

3 

90 

1 

0 

0 

10 

1 

1 

1 

o_ -

1 

0 

15 

0. 

0 

0 

9 

0 

0 

4 

0 

1  ' 

0 

13 

Monitoring of Community  vessels in Norwegian  EEZ (Norwegian  Coast Guard)  1995. 

Fines and  penalties (1995). 

Germany  : one vessel  was fined NKR 40 000 fine and NKR 1 200 000 confiscation.  (Total:  150668  ECU). 

UK 

: one vessel  was  fined  NKR  25 000  fine  and NKR  75 000 confiscation.  (Total:  12150  ECU). 

• 

80 000 
80 000 
40  000 
10 000 
10 000 
40 000 

"  " 
"  " 
"  " 
"  " 
"  " 
"  " 

" 

" 
" 
" 

200 000 
160 000 
25 000 
60 000 
80 000 
250 000 

" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 

(Total:  34021  ECU). 
(Total:  24160  ECU). 
(Total:  7898  ECU). 
(Total:  8505  ECU). 
(Total:  10935  ECU). 
(Total:  35237  ECU). 

" 
" 
" 

" 
" 
" 

Ireland 

: one vessel  was fined NKR 25 000 fine and NKR  75 000 confiscation.fTotal:  12150  ECU). 

Portugal 

: one vessel  was fined NKR 40  000 fine and NKR 450 000 confiscation.fTotal:  59538  ECU). 

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