Proposal for a Council Regulation amending for the fourth time, Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required and amending Regulation (EC) No 66/98
Date: 2000-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing controls, fishing regulations

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 20.09.2000
COM(2000) 581 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending for the fourth time, Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing
opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks,
applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where
limitations in catch are required and amending Regulation (EC) No 66/98

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 is required following decisions recently
reached in international fora. In particular:

(1) the Total Allowable Catch of Capelin in Greenland waters for 2000 has been set within a
trilateral agreement among Greenland, Iceland and Norway at 975000 tons of which the quota
accruing to Greenland shall be 107500 tons and consequentially:

(i)

(ii)

the Community has become entitled to a quota of 75075 tons, this being equal
to 70% of the quota accruing to Greenland,

of the quota accruing to the Community, 10000 tons have been allocated to the
Faroe Islands, 30000 tons have been allocated to Iceland and 6700 tons have
been allocated to Norway,

(iii)

therefore, a net quota of 28375 tons has become available to Member States

(2) the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) at its last annual meeting held on
12-16 June 2000, adopted a catch limitation for yellowfin tuna in 2000 and modified the
provisional catch limitation for bigeye tuna adopted in 1999 and the Community, being in the
process of accession to IATTC, should fully co-operate with this organisation in all matters of
fisheries conservation by implementing these measures.

(3) In addition, greater clarity is required regarding geographical areas in which herring may
be caught in the North-East Atlantic.

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

amending for the fourth time, Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing
opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks,
applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where
limitations in catch are required and amending Regulation (EC) No 66/98

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a
Community system for fisheries and aquaculture1, and in particular Article 8, paragraph 4,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2742/19993 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1447/20004
fixes for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish
stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters.

The Total Allowable Catch of Capelin in Greenland waters for 2000 has been set
within a trilateral agreement among Greenland, Iceland and Norway at 975000 tons of
which the quota accruing to Greenland shall be 107500 tons and consequentially the
quota accruing to the Community have to be adapted.

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) at its last annual meeting
held on 12-16 June 2000, adopted a catch limitation for yellowfin tuna in 2000 and
modified the provisional catch limitation for bigeye tuna adopted in 1999 and the
Community, being in the process of accession to IATTC, should fully co-operate with
this organisation in all matters of fisheries conservation by implementing these
measures.

(4)

Greater clarity is required regarding geographical areas in which herring may be
caught in the North-East Atlantic.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 requires to be modified accordingly.

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OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1
OJ C …, p. .
OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1
OJ L 163, 04.07.2000, p. 5.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 is modified as follows:

1.

In Annex I C:

–

–

in the entry "Herring, Zone I, II", under "Special conditions", the reference to
“Faroese waters” shall be replaced by reference to “Faroese waters including
ICES Division Vb north of latitude 62° N”.

The entry in Annex I shall replace the corresponding entry.

2.

In Annex I F:

–

–

The entries in Annex II shall replace the corresponding entries.

The entries in Annex III shall be added.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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ANNEX I

Species : Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone : V, XIV (Greenland waters)

EC

TAC

28375 (1)
75075 (2)

(1)
(2)

Not relevant

Available to all Member States
Of which 6700 tonnes are allocated to
Norway, 30000 tonnes to Iceland and
10000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands.
The Community share represents 70%
of the Greenland share of the TAC for
capelin.

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ANNEX II

Species : Bigeye Tuna
Thunnus obesus

Zone : eastern Pacific Ocean (area bounded
by the coastline of the Americas, the
the 150°W meridian
40°N parallell,
and the 40°S parallel)

shall

closed

The fishery on all types of floating
objects
from
be
September 15 through December 15
The fishery may be closed earlier than
15 September if the catch of bigeye
tune of less than 60cm has reached the
level of 1999

EC

TAC

Not relevant

Not relevant (1)(2)

(1)

(2)

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ANNEX III

Species : Yellowfin Tuna
Thunnus albacores

Zone : eastern, Pacific Ocean (1)

EC

TAC

(2)

265000 (3)

(1) Within the geographical area bounded
by the west coast of the Americas and
the
sequentially
a
following coordinates:

joining

line

- a point on the west coast of the
United States at latitude 40°N
- latitude 40°N, longitude 125°W
- latitude 20°N, longitude 125°W
- latitude 20°N, longitude 120°W
- latitude 5°N, longitude 120°W
- latitude 5°N, longitude 110°W
- latitude 10°S, longitude 110°W
- latitude 10°S, longitude 90°W
- latitude 30°S, longitude 90°W
- a point on the west coast of Chile at

latitude 30°S

Catches
against the TAC

shall be counted directly

The fishery shall be closed on 1
December irrespective of whether the
265000 t have been caught.

(2)

(3)

Special conditions :

When the catch in the zone has reached 240000 t, fishing shall be prohibited in the following
areas:

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–

That part of the zone to the north of latitude 23°N

That part of the zone within an area bounded by latitude 5°N, latitude 5°S and
longitude 85°W.

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