Council Regulation (EC) No 2425/2001 of 3 December 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 fixing for 2001 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: 2001-12-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, catch quota, conservation of fish stocks, fishery management, fishing fleet

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2425/2001

of 3 December 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 fixing for 2001 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,

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,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the Agreed Record between the
European Community and the Faroe Islands, the Faroe
Islands are entitled to a Norway pout quota higher than
that allocated in Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/
2000 (2). Therefore, the fishing possibilities for 2001 on
this stock need to be revised.

The Community, on behalf of Sweden, has agreed with
Poland that the right to fish for herring allocated to
transferred to
Sweden in Polish waters
Community waters.

shall be

A definitive catch limitation for capelin in the North
Atlantic has been fixed and, consequently, the definitive
Community catch quota for this stock within the waters
of Greenland should be fixed.

The area of distribution of redfish in the North East
Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) area overlaps
with certain areas of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area;
it is therefore
necessary to introduce a mechanism to consider catches
in both areas as part of the same stock, as recommended
by NEAFC and NAFO at their meetings in March 2001.

(5) Within the framework of NAFO, new limits on the
number of days to fish for northern prawn have been
established in March 2001.

(6)

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
adopted, at
its annual meeting in June 2001, catch
limitations for yellowfin tuna. Although the Community
is not a member of this organisation, it is necessary to
implement those catch limitations to ensure sustainable
management of this fish resource.

(7)

In the framework of NEAFC, new protected areas were
recommended in March 2001 to protect haddock.

(8) Within the framework of the International Baltic Sea
Fisheries Commission (IBSFC), new technical conserva-
tion measures have been recommended in March 2001
for the cod fishery. Those recommendations should be
implemented by the Community.

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

Agreements have been reached between the European
Community, Norway and the Faroe Islands on the
arrangement of fishing licences.

The biological situation of the blue whiting stock does
not allow any additional fishing in areas outside national
jurisdiction in ICES subarea II. Consequently, a TAC of 0
should be introduced for this year for the areas in ICES
subareas I and II that belong to the NEAFC Regulatory
area.

Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

the
long-term livelihood of
In order
to ensure
Community fishermen,
it is important to implement
fisheries legislation involving TACs and quotas during
the year to which they apply. Given the urgency of the
it is imperative to grant an exception to the
matter,
six-week period mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of the
Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the Euro-
pean Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union
and the Treaties establishing the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the entry in Annex I to this Regulation shall replace the

corresponding entry in Annex IB;

2. the entry in Annex Ia to this Regulation shall replace the

corresponding entry in Annex IA;

3. the entries in Annex II to this Regulation shall replace the

corresponding entries in Annex IC;

4. the entry in Annex IIa to this Regulation shall be inserted in

Annex IC;

5. Annex IE shall be amended as follows:

(i) the entry in Annex III to this Regulation shall replace

the corresponding entry;

(ii) the entry in Annex IV to this Regulation shall be added;

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

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

(2) OJ L 334, 30.12.2000, p. 1.

6. the entry in Annex V to this Regulation shall be added in

Annex IF;

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7. Annex V shall be amended as follows:

(i) the text under point 1 shall be replaced by the

following:
‘Notwithstanding the conditions set out in Annex V of
Regulation (EC) No 88/98, and in order to guarantee
the selectivity of the trawls, Danish seines and similar
nets with special mesh openings as referred to in Annex
IV of the same Regulation, the two models of exit
windows described in Appendix I and the model
described in Appendix II to this Annex shall be author-
ised in 2001’;

(ii) a new point 9 shall be inserted as follows:

‘9. Haddock box

All fishing, except with longlines, shall be prohib-
ited in waters beyond the areas under national juris-
diction of Member States in the box bounded by the
following coordinates:

Point No

1
2
3
4
5

Latitude

57° 000
57° 000
56° 575
56° 500
56° 500

Longitude

15° 000
14° 700
14° 327
14° 450
15° 000’

(iii) Annex VI to this Regulation shall be added as Appendix

II;

8. the entries in Annex VII to this Regulation shall replace the
corresponding entries in Annex VI, Part I and Part II.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 2001.

For the Council

The President

F. VANDENBROUCKE

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Species: Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
EC

189 820
40
140
190 000

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

10 000
20 000 (1)

220 000 (2)

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Sweden
EC

TAC

1 000 (1)
1 000 (1)

300 000

ANNEX I

Zone: IIa (EC waters), Skagerrak and Kattegat, North Sea (EC waters)

(1) To be counted against the quota for sandeel in IIa (EC waters), North

Sea (EC waters).

(2) Excluding Norway pout

taken within the quotas for mixture of

sandeel, Norway pout and sprat (see sandeels in the North Sea).

ANNEX Ia

Zone: III d (Polish waters)

(1) To be fished in Community (Swedish) waters in accordance with

IBSFC Fishery Rule 2.1.

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Species: Capelin

Mallotus villosus

EC

TAC

41 497 (1)

125 996 (2)

ANNEX II

Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters)

(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.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone: V, XII, XIV (1) (2)

Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Portugal
United Kingdom

EC

TAC

9 367
1 645
875
3
4
1 966
23

13 883

95 000

Species: Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

EC

TAC

0

Not relevant

(1) Community waters and areas beyond fisheries jurisdiction of other

coastal States.

(2) The quota may be taken in NAFO Division IF but should be counted

against the quota for ICES sub-areas V, XII and XIV

ANNEX IIa

Zone: I, II (NEAFC Regulatory area) (1)

(1) i.e. those parts of the NEAFC Convention Area that are situated within
ICES sub-areas I and II and lie beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of any
coastal state.

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Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

ANNEX III

Zone: NAFO 3M (1)

TAC

(2)

(1) Vessels may also fish this stock in Division 3L in the box bounded by

the following coordinates:

Point No

1

2

3

4

Latitude

47° 20(cid:1) 0

47° 20(cid:1) 0

46° 00(cid:1) 0

46° 00(cid:1) 0

Longitude

46° 40(cid:1) 0

46° 30(cid:1) 0

46° 30(cid:1) 0

46° 40(cid:1) 0

When conducting a fishery for shrimp in this box, vessels shall,
whether or not crossing the line separating NAFO Divisions 3L and
3M, report in accordance with point 1.3 of the annex to Regulation
(EEC) No 189/92 (OJ L 21 of 30.1.1992, p. 4).
Moreover, fishing for shrimp shall be prohibited from 1 June to 30
September 2001 in the area bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Latitude N

47° 55(cid:1) 0

47° 30(cid:1) 0

46° 55(cid:1) 0

46° 35(cid:1) 0

46° 35(cid:1) 0

47° 30(cid:1) 0

47° 55(cid:1) 0

Longitude W

45° 00(cid:1) 0

44° 15(cid:1) 0

44° 15(cid:1) 0

44° 30(cid:1) 0

45° 40(cid:1) 0

45° 40(cid:1) 0

45° 00(cid:1) 0

(2) Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort. The
Member States concerned shall issue special fishing permits for their
fishing vessels engaging in this fishery, and shall notify those permits
to the Commission prior to the commencement of the vessel's activity,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1627/94. By way of deroga-
tion from Article 8 of that regulation, permits will only become valid
the Commission has not objected within five working days
if
following the notification.
The maximum number of vessels and fishing time shall be:

Member State

Denmark

Spain

Portugal

Maximum number of
vessels

maximum number of
fishing days

2

10

1

115

225

60

Each Member State shall, within 25 days following the calendar
month in which the catches are made, report monthly to the Commis-
sion the fishing days spent in Division 3M and in the area defined in
footnote (1) above.

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Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC

9 367
1 645
875
3
4
1 966
23
13 883

TAC

95 000 (2)

Species: Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacares

EC

TAC

(1)

250 000 (2)

ANNEX IV

Zone: NAFO Div. IF (1)

(1) May be taken in NAFO Division IF but should be counted against the

quota for ICES sub-areas V, XII, XIV.

(2) These quotas are set on the basis of the TAC of 95 000 tons estab-

lished by NEAFC.

ANNEX V

Zone: Eastern Pacific Ocean, IATTC's yellowfin regulatory area (3)

(1) The TAC is unallocated.
(2) The director of IATTC is authorised to increase this limit by up to

three successive increments of 20 000 tonnes each.

(3) From the point on the mainland where the parallel of 40° N latitude
intersects the coast westward along the parallel of 40° N latitude to
40° N latitude by 125° W longitude, thence southerly along the meri-
dian of 125° W longitude to 20° N latitude by 125° W longitude,
thence easterly along the parallel of 20° N latitude to 20° N latitude
by 120° W longitude, thence southerly along the meridian of 120° W
longitude to 5° N latitude by 120° W longitude, thence easterly along
the paralell of 5° N latitude to 5° N latitude by 110° W longitude,
thence southerly along the meridian of 110° W longitude to 10° S
latitude by 110° W longitude, thence easterly along the parallel of
10° S latitude to 10° latitude by 90° longitude, thence southerly along
the meridian of 90° W longitude to 30° S latitude by 90° W longi-
tude, thence easterly along the parallel of 30° S latitude to the point
on the mainland where the parallel

intersects the coast.

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ANNEX VI

Appendix II to Annex V

Specifications of Top Window Codend ‘BACOMA’

Specification of 120 mm, measured as inner diameter opening, square mesh window in a codend with a 105 mm or
larger mesh size in trawls, Danish seines or similar towed nets.

The window shall be a rectangular section of netting in the codend. There shall be only one window. The window shall
not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments.

Size of the codend, extension piece and the rear end of the trawl

The codend shall be constructed of two panels of equal size,

joined together by selvedges one on each side.

The carrying on board of a net having more than 100 open diamond meshes in any circumference of the codend,
excluding the joining or the selvedges shall be prohibited.

The number of open diamond meshes, excluding those in the selvedges, at any point on any circumference of any
extension or lengthening piece shall not be less or more than the maximum number of meshes on the circumference of
the front end of the codend stricto sensu and the rear end of the tapered section of the trawl excluding meshes in the
selvedges (Figure 1).

Location of the window

The window shall be inserted into the top panel of the codend. The window shall terminate not more than 4 meshes from
the codline,

inclusive of the hand braided row of meshes through which the codline is passed (Figure 2).

Size of the window

The width of the window, expressed in number of mesh bars, shall be equal to the number of open diamond meshes in
the top panel divided by two. If necessary, it will be allowed to maintain at the most 20 % of the number of open
diamond meshes in the top panel divided evenly on the both sides of the window panel (Figure 3).

Length of the window shall be at least 3,5 meters.

The netting of the window

The meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 120 millimetres. The meshes shall be square meshes i.e. all four sides
of the window netting will be cut all bars. The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular
to the length of the codend. The netting shall be knotless braided single twine or a netting with similar proven selective
properties (stiffness, strengths and stability). The diameter of the single yarn shall be at least 4,9 millimetres.

Other specification

The mounting specifications are defined in Figures 4a to c. The length of the lifting strap shall not be less than 4 m.

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Figure 1

A trawl gear can be divided into three different sections according to their shape and function. Trawl body is always a
tapered section often between 10 and 40 m long. Extension piece is untapered section normally manufactured of either
one or two pieces of 49,5 mesh long nets giving a stretched length between 6 or 12 m. Codend is also an untapered
section often made of double twine in order to have a better resistance against heavy wearing. The length of codend is
often 49,5 meshes i.e. ca 6 meter although shorter codends (2 to 4) exists in smaller vessels. The part below lifting strap is
called lifting bag.

Figure 2

The distance of window panel from codline is 4 meshes. There are 3,5 diamond meshes in the upper panel and one 0,5
mesh deep hand-braided ‘codline’ row.

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Figure 3

Twenty percent of diamond meshes in the upper panel along a perpendicular row running from one selvedge to another
may be maintained. For example (like in figure) if the upper panel would be 30 open meshes wide 20 % of that would be
6 meshes. Then three open meshes is divided on both sides of the window panel. Consequently the width of the window
panel would then become 12 mesh bars (30 – 6 = 24 diamond meshes divided by two is 12 mesh bars).

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Figure 4a

Showing the construction of lower panel made of 49,5 meshes deep netting

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Figure 4b

The construction of upper panel, size and position of the window panel in case where the escape panel runs from
selvedge to selvedge

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Figure 4c

The construction of upper panel in case 20 % of diamond meshes in the upper panel are maintained and equally divided
on both sides of the window

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ANNEX VII

PART I

QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF LICENCES AND FISHING PERMITS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING
IN THIRD COUNTRY WATERS

Area of fishing

Fishery

Norwegian waters and
fishery
around
zone
Jan Mayen

Herring, North of 62° 00(cid:1) N

Waters of
Islands

the Faroe

Herring, North of 62° 00(cid:1) N

Number
of licences

Maximum number
of vessels present
at any time

40

21

30

21

QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF LICENCES AND FISHING PERMITS FOR THIRD COUNTRIES VESSELS IN
COMMUNITY WATERS

PART II

Flag State

Fishery

Norway

Herring, Nord of 62° 00(cid:1) N

Faroe Islands

Herring, North of 62° 00(cid:1) N

Number
of licences

Maximum number
of vessels present
at any time

10

21

10

21