Council Regulation (EC) No 2517/2000 of 9 November 2000 amending 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
Date: 2000-11-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing area, fishing fleet, fishing regulations

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2517/2000

of 9 November 2000

amending 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

(6)

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

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20
December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries
and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

Whereas:

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

1. In Article 3(3), the entry:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 (2) fixes for 2000 the
fishing opportunities and associated conditions
for
certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable
in Community waters.

(2) Within the Agreement on fisheries relations between the
European Community and the Republic of Estonia (3), an
additional quantity of 600 tonnes of cod in the Baltic
Sea was granted to the Community.

(3)

(4)

The total allowable catch of capelin in Greenland waters
for 2000 has been set within a trilateral agreement
among Greenland,
Iceland and Norway at 975 000
tonnes of which the quota accruing to Greenland is to
be 107 500 tonnes and consequentially the quota
accruing to the Community has to be adapted.

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

‘Estonia

EUR 216 695’

shall be replaced by the entry:

‘Estonia

EUR 448 895’

2. The entry in Annex I hereto shall replace the corresponding

entry in Annex I A.

3. In Annex I C:

— In the entry ‘Herring, zone I, II’, under ‘Special condi-
tions’, the reference to ‘Faroese waters’ shall be replaced
by a reference to ‘Faroese waters, including ICES Divi-
sion Vb north of latitude 62° N’.

— The entry in Annex II hereto shall replace the corre-

sponding entry.

4. In Annex I F:

— The entries in Annex III hereto shall replace the corre-

sponding entries.

— The entries in Annex IV hereto shall be added.

(1) OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

Article 2

tion (EC) No 1181/98, (OJ L 164, 9.6.1998, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1902/2000 (OJ L 228, 8.9.2000,
p. 50).

(3) OJ L 332, 20.12.1996, p. 16.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of
the European
Communities.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. LANG

ANNEX I

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone: IIIbcd (Community waters)

(1) Of which 1 000 tonnes are allocated in Estonian waters but shall be

fished in Community waters.

(2) To be counted against the Estonian share of the IBSFC TAC.
(3) To be counted against the Latvian share of the IBSFC TAC.
(4) To be counted against the Lithuanian share of the IBSFC TAC.
(5) To be fished only with gillnets.

Denmark
Germany
Finland
Sweden
EC

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland

TAC

29 275
12 807
1 647
21 633
65 362 (1)

600 (2)
2 100 (3)
1 000 (4)
350 (5)

105 000

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones
specified:

EC

600

1 300

1 000

Estonian waters

Latvian waters

Lithuanian waters

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ANNEX II

Species: Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters)

EC

TAC

28 550 (1)
75 250 (2)

Not relevant

(1) Available to all Member States
(2) Of which 6 700 tonnes are allocated to Norway, 30 000 tonnes to
Iceland and 10 000 tonnes to the Faroe Islands. The Community share
represents 70 % of the Greenland share of the TAC for capelin.

ANNEX III

Species: Bigeye tuna

Thunnus obesus

Zone: eastern Pacific Ocean (area bounded by the coastline of the Americas, the

40° N parallel, the 150° N meridian and the 40° S parallel)

EC

TAC

Not relevant

(1) The fishery on all types of

floating objects shall be closed from

September 15 through December 15

Not relevant (1) (2)

(2) The fishery may be closed earlier than 15 September if the catch of
bigeye tune of less than 60 cm has reached the level of 1999

Species: Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacores

EC

TAC

(2)

265 000 (3)

ANNEX IV

Zone: eastern, Pacific Ocean (1)

(1) Within the geographical area bounded by the west coast of the Amer-
icas and a line sequentially joining the following coordinates:
— a point on the west coast of the United States at latitude 40° N
— latitude 40° N,
— latitude 20° N,
— latitude 20° N,
longitude 120° W
— latitude 5° N,
longitude 110° W
— latitude 5° N,
longitude 110° W
— latitude 10° S,
longitude 90° W
— latitude 10° S,
longitude 90° W
— latitude 30° S,
— a point on the west coast of Chile at latitude 30° S

longitude 125° W
longitude 125° W
longitude 120° W

(2) Catches shall be counted directly against the TAC
(3) The fishery shall be closed on 1 December irrespective of whether the

265 000 tonnes have been caught.

Special

conditions:

When the catch in the zone has reached 240 000 tonnes, fishing shall be prohibited in the following areas:

— 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.