2002/104/EC: Commission Decision of 31 January 2002 amending Decision 98/125/EC approving the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of Ireland for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 (notified under document number C(2002) 354)
Date: 2002-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, common fisheries policy, exchange of information, fishing controls, fishing fleet, terms for aid

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 January 2002

amending Decision 98/125/EC approving the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet
of Ireland for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001

(notified under document number C(2002) 354)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2002/104/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17
December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrange-
ments regarding Community structural assistance in the Fish-
eries sector and the processing and marketing of its prod-
ucts (1), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/413/EC of 26 June 1997
concerning the objectives and detailed rules for restructuring
the Community fisheries sector for the period from 1 January
1997 to 31 December 2001 with a view to achieving a balance
on a sustainable basis between resources and their exploita-
tion (2), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The objectives
fixed by Commission Decision 98/
125/EC of 16 December 1997 approving the multi-
annual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of
Ireland for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31
December 2001 (3) were calculated using the informa-
tion available at that time.

The Irish authorities requested an adjustment of the
objectives of the multiannual guidance programme for
the fishing fleet of Ireland to take into account addi-
tional fishing opportunities in Mauritanian and adjacent
west African waters.

Articles 2 and 8 of Decision 97/413/EC provide for such
the multiannual
the objectives of
an adjustment of
guidance programmes.

(1) OJ L 377, 30.12.1999, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 175, 30.7.1997, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 39, 12.2.1998, p. 41.

The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for
Fisheries has confirmed that there may be scope for
additional pelagic fishing opportunities in Mauritanian
and adjacent west African waters, notably concerning
stocks of sardinella and horse mackerel.

The
recently signed Fishing Agreement with the
Republic of Mauritania lays down fishing opportunities
for pelagic species and specifies the modalities for utili-
sation of these opportunities; in addition, the Agreement
establishes a joint EU-Mauritania scientific committee
which will monitor closely the situation of the stocks.

The capacity and effort objectives of the pelagic segment
should be increased accordingly in order to allow the
fishing opportunities.
exploitation of

these additional

Fisheries should be identified within the pelagic segment
with separate effort objectives for the exploitation of
stocks in Community waters and for the exploitation of
stocks in Mauritanian and adjacent waters.

The measures envisaged in the present Decision are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

table of objectives

The
guidance
for
programmes for the fishing fleet of Ireland for the period 1997
to 2001, shown in the Annex to the present Decision,
including the footnotes, cancels and replaces that shown in the
Annex to Decision 98/125/EC.

the multiannual

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Article 2

This Decision is addressed to Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Ireland

Area

Stocks

Segment

Fishery

Catch
composition

Pilot rate

Weighted
reduction

Situation 1.1.1997

Objective 31.12.1996

Objective 31.12.2001

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)
× t
((cid:1)000)

kW × t
((cid:1)000)

GT (*)

kW

GT (*)
× t
((cid:1)000)

kW × t
((cid:1)000)

Demersal
pelagic

Pelagic

EU waters

third
and

EU,
country
international
waters

and

Polyvalent (1)

Pelagic trawl
and
purse
seines

IV,
Mackerel:
VI, VII b,
c,
VII e, f, g, h, j,
k

Mauritanian
waters (2)

6 %
DR:
OF:
12 %
Others: 12 %

2 %
DR:
OF:
19 %
Others: 79 %

30 %

5,3 % 41 879 161 232 48 769 173 027

46 185 163 857

25 %

5,3 % 20 254

38 893 22 308

29 039 6 001

7 405

5 683

7 013

4 343

4 450

Segment totals

20 254

38 893

36 363

43 439 10 026 11 463

Flatfish
demersal

and

Beam
trawl (3)

VII a,
Cod
Plaice and Sole
VII e, f, g, h, j,
k

8 %
DR:
OF:
28 %
Others: 64 %

30 %

10,6 %

1 130

5 129

1 156

6 113

330

1 786

1 156

6 113

295

1 597

Total

63 263 205 254 72 234 208 179

83 704 213 409

DR: Depletion Risk.
OF: Overfished.
(*)
(1)

Includes estimated GT values in accordance with Article 4 of the present Decision. The objectives will be revised as real GT values become available.
The objectives of the polyvalent segment for 31.12.1996 have been increased by 5 473 GT and by 28 447 kW to take into account the capacity of previously unregistered vessels. These figures will be revised when all remaining licence
applications have been processed.
The capacity objectives of this segment have been increased by 14 055 GT and by 14 400 kW to take into account additional fishing opportunities in Mauritanian and other West African waters. The fishing effort objectives for Community
waters remain unchanged. The fishing effort objectives fixed for Mauritanian waters assume a baseline activity of the vessels concerned of 309 days per year. These effort objectives are subject to review in the light of the development of the
fisheries.

(2)

(3) Up to 285 GT and 906 kW from the polyvalent segment objective may be transferred to the beam trawl segment objective during MAGP IV in order to update existing vessels in that segment.

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