Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 catch limitations are required
Date: 2003-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, catch quota, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2287/2003

of 19 December 2003

fixing for 2004 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 catch limitations are required

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of 2003 (1),
particular Article 24, Annexes VI, VIII, IX and XII thereof,

in

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable
exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries
Policy (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 66/98 of
18 December 1997 laying down certain conservation and
control measures
in the
applicable
Antarctic (3), and in particular Article 21 thereof,

to fishing activities

Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

to adopt

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 requires the
Council
the measures necessary to ensure
access to waters and resources and the sustainable
pursuit of fishing activities taking into account available
scientific advice and, in particular, the report prepared
by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee
for Fisheries.

Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, it is
incumbent upon the Council,
to establish the total
allowable catches (TAC) by fishery or group of fisheries.
Fishing opportunities should be allocated to Member
States and third countries
in accordance with the
criteria laid down in Article 20 of that Regulation.

(1) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 6, 10.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as repealed by Regulation (EC)

No 2742/1999 (OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1).

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

In order to ensure effective management of the TACs
and quotas, the specific conditions under which fishing
operations occur should be established.

It is necessary to establish the principles and certain
procedures of fishery management at Community level,
so that Member States can ensure the management of
the vessels flying their flag.

In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC)
No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional
conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and
quotas (4),
it is necessary to identify the stocks which
are subject to the various measures fixed therein.

In accordance with the procedure provided for in the
the
agreements or protocols on fisheries
Community has held consultations on fishing rights
with Norway (5),
the Faroe Islands (6), Greenland (7),
Iceland (8), Latvia (9), Lithuania (10) and Estonia (11).

relations,

Pursuant to Article 124 of the 1994 Act of Accession,
fisheries agreements concluded by Sweden and Finland
with third countries are managed by the Community. In
accordance with these agreements, the Community has
held consultations with Poland.

Pursuant to the 2003 Act of Accession, provisions on
fishing opportunities for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and
Poland are to be in accordance with the Accession
Treaty from the date of accession. However, the same
basis for allocation of fishing opportunities should be
applied from 1 January 2004 until the date of accession.

(4) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 48.
(6) OJ L 226, 29.8.1980, p. 12.
(7) OJ L 29, 1.2.1985, p. 9.
(8) OJ L 161, 2.7.1993, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 332, 20.12.1996, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 332, 20.12.1996, p. 6.
(11) OJ L 332, 20.12.1996, p. 16.

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(9)

fisheries

The Community is a Contracting Party to several
regional
fisheries
organisations.
organisations have recommended the setting of catch
limitations and other conservation rules for certain
species. These recommendations should therefore be
implemented by the Community.

These

indicating

(10) At its Annual Meeting, the International Commission for
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has adopted
tables
and
over-utilisation of the ICCAT contracting parties fishing
ICCAT has adopted a
possibilities.
decision observing that during the year 2002,
the
European Community had underexploited its quota for
several stocks.

In this context,

under-utilisation

the

(11)

(12)

it

In order to respect the adjustments to the Community
is necessary for the
quotas established by ICCAT,
distribution of the under-utilisation to be carried out on
the basis of the respective contribution of each Member
State towards the under-utilisation without modifying
the distribution key established in this Regulation
concerning the annual allocation of TACs.

in

and

with

The execution of
fishing opportunities should be in
accordance with the Community legislation on the
matter,
Commission
particular
Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987
establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and
documentation of fishing vessels (1), Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down
detailed rules for recording information on Member
fish (2), Council Regulation (EEC)
States' catches of
No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control
system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3),
Council Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 of 27 June 1994
the
laying down certain technical measures
conservation
the
Mediterranean (4), Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94
of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions
concerning special fishing permits (5), Regulation (EC)
No 66/98, Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of
18 December 1997 laying down certain technical
measures for the conservation of fishery resources in
the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (6),
Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998
for
through
technical measures for the protection of
juveniles of
marine organisms (7) and, Council Regulation (EC)
No 1434/98 of 29 June 1998 specifying conditions

fishery resources

conservation of

resources

for
in

fishery

the

of

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

under which herring may be landed for purposes other
than direct human consumption (8).

In order to contribute to the conservation of fish stocks,
and
certain complementary measures on control
technical conditions of fishing should be implemented
in 2004.

is necessary

It
to adopt Community provisions
concerning fishing in the Gulf of Riga in accordance
with the guidelines established in the 2003 Act of
Accession. It is appropriate to introduce an obligation
to hold special fishing permits in order to have access
to these waters.

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
adopted, at
its meeting in October 2003, a special
closure of fisheries for the purse seine fleet, along with
technical measures regarding the retention of all catches,
by-catch provisions and provisions
relating to sea
turtles. Although the Community is not a member of
this organisation,
is necessary to implement those
catch limitations to ensure sustainable management of
this fish resource.

it

TACs for stocks for which recovery plans can already be
implemented in 2004 should correspond to the
recovery strategies laid down in these plans. For stocks
where such recovery plans cannot be implemented in
2004, a more restrictive short-term management should
apply.

Pending the adoption of
implementation of
included therein,
it
effort management
endangered stocks,
Council
the
recommends a zero TAC in 2004.

recovery plans and the
the effort management
schemes
is necessary to apply provisional
the most
least
schemes at
those for which the International
(ICES)
Exploration of

Sea

the

for

for

(18)

It is necessary, following the advice from ICES, to apply
a temporary system to manage the fishing effort of the
industrial
in ICES sub-area IV
sandeel
(Skagerrak and the North Sea).

fishery for

(1) OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001 (OJ L 268, 9.10.2001,
p. 23).

(3) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 (OJ L 137, 19.5.2001, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 7.
(6) OJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as

last

amended by

Regulation (EC) No 1520/98 (OJ L 201, 17.7.1998, p. 1).

(7) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 (OJ L 137, 19.5.2001, p. 1).

(19) At its 25th Annual Meeting of 15 to 19 September
2003, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
in
adopted a rebuilding plan for Greenland halibut
NAFO Sub-area 2 and divisions 3KLMNO. The plan
foresees a reduction of the TAC level until 2007 as well
as additional measures to ensure its effectiveness. It is
therefore necessary to implement these measures already
a Council
from 2004 pending the
Regulation implementing multiannual measures
to
rebuild the Greenland halibut stock.

adoption of

(8) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 10.

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to comply with international obligations
In order
undertaken by the Community as a Contracting Party to
the Conservation of Antarctic
the Convention for
Marine Living Resources
including the
obligation to apply the measures adopted by the
CCAMLR Commission, the TACs adopted by the latter
for
the 2003-2004 season and the corresponding
season limit dates should be applied.

(CCAMLR),

(21) At

its XXII Annual meeting in 2003, CCAMLR
in
approved the participation of EC-flagged vessels
exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp.
in Sub-areas
FAO 88.1 and FAO 48.6, and made the relevant fishing
activities subject to catch and by-catch limits, as well as

to certain specific technical measures. Those limits and
technical measures should also be applied.

(22)

the

to ensure
livelihood of Community
In order
fishermen,
it is important to open these fisheries on
1 January 2004. Given the urgency of the matter, it is
imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period
mentioned in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role
of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed
to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties
establishing the European Communities,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for the year 2004,
for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, and the
specific conditions under which such fishing opportunities
may be used.

for certain Antarctic stocks,

However,
fixes the fishing
opportunities and specific conditions for the period specified
in Annex IF.

it

(ii) shares of the TACs available to the Community;

(iii) quotas allocated to the Community in third country

waters;

(iv) allocation of Community fishing opportunities under
(ii) and (iii) to Member States in the form of quotas;

(v) allocation to third countries of quotas to be fished in

Community waters.

Article 2

Scope

(b)

‘international waters' means waters
sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;

falling outside the

This Regulation shall apply to:

(a) Community fishing vessels
‘Community vessels'; and

(hereinafter

referred to as

(c)

‘NAFO Regulatory Area' means the part of the area of the
Fisheries Organisation)
NAFO (Northwest Atlantic
Convention not falling under the sovereignty or within the
jurisdiction of coastal States;

(b) fishing vessels flying the flag of and registered in third
countries (hereinafter
in waters
falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Member
States (hereinafter referred to as ‘EC waters').

‘third country vessels')

(d)

‘Skagerrak' means the area bounded on the west by a line
drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes
lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the
Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this
point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a)

‘fishing opportunities' means:

(e)

‘Kattegat' means the area bounded on the north by a line
to the Tistlarna
drawn from the Skagen lighthouse
lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the
Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from
Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg
and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(i)

total allowable catches (‘TACs') or
the number of
vessels authorised to fish and/or the duration of these
authorisations;

(f)

‘North Sea' means ICES Sub-area IV and that part of ICES
Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the
Skagerrak given in point (c);

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(g)

‘Management Unit 3' means ICES Sub-divisions 30 and 31
and the part of Sub-division 29 situated north of 59°30¡ N.

Article 4

Fishing zones

(h) ‘Gulf of Riga' means the area bounded on the west by a
lighthouse (57° 34.1234¡ N, 21°
line drawn from Ovisi
42.9574¡ E) on the west coast of Latvia to the Southern
Rock of Cape Loode (57° 57.4760¡ N, 21° 58.2789¡ E) on
the
the
southernmost point of the peninsula of Sõrve and then in
a north-eastern direction along the east coast of the island
of Saaremaa,
line drawn
and in the north by a
from 58°30.0¡ N 23°13.2¡E to 58°30.0¡N 23°41¡1E.

then southwards

Saaremaa,

island

of

to

(i)

the Czech Republic,

‘new Member States' means
the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic
of Latvia,
the Republic of
Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland,
the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

the Republic of Lithuania,

For the purpose of this Regulation:

(a)

ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea)
zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91;

(b) CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing
zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No
2597/95;

(c) NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) zones

are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93;

(d) CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic
as defined in

zones

are

Marine Living Resources)
Regulation (EC) No 66/98.

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS

CHAPTER II

Article 5

Article 6

Fishing opportunities and allocations

Special provisions on allocations

Fishing

opportunities

1.
in
Community waters or in certain non-Community waters and
the allocation of such fishing opportunities among Member
States shall be as set out in Annexes I and II.

for Community

vessels

Community vessels are hereby authorised to make
2.
catches, within the quota limits set out in the Annex I,
in
waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of Estonia, the
Faroe Islands, Greenland,
Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway,
Poland and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, and the
Russian Federation,
in
Articles 9, 16 and 17.

to the conditions

set out

subject

3.
The Commission shall fix the fishing opportunities for
capelin in zones V, XIV (Greenland waters) available to the
Community equal to 70 % of Greenland's share of the capelin
TAC as soon as the TAC has been established. Following the
transfer of 30 000 tonnes to Iceland, 10 000 tonnes to the
Faroe Islands and 6 700 tonnes to Norway,
the remaining
amount shall be available to all Member States.

The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States
provided for in Annexes I and II shall be without prejudice to:

(a) exchanges made

pursuant
Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;

to Article

20(5)

of

(b) reallocations made pursuant to Article 21(4), Article 23(1)

and Article 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93;

(c) additional

landings

allowed

under Article

3

of

Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(d) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of

Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(e) deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC)

No 847/96.

Article 7

Quota flexibility

4.
Fishing opportunities for the stocks of blue whiting in
zones I-XIV (EC waters and international waters) and herring
in zones I and II (EC waters and international waters) may be
increased by
the Commission in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC)
respect a
No 2371/2002 when third countries do not
responsible management of those stocks.

For 2004, the stocks which are subject to a precautionary or
to an analytical TAC, the stocks to which the year-to-year
flexibility conditions
in Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are to apply, and the stocks to
which the penalty coefficients provided for in Article 5(2) of
that Regulation are to apply, shall be as set out in Annex I of
this Regulation.

set out

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Article 8

Conditions for landing catch and by-catch

Fishing by Community vessels

the
2.
jurisdiction of Iceland shall be limited to the area defined by
straight lines sequentially connecting the following coordinates:

in waters under

Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed

1.
shall not be retained on board or landed unless:

South Western Area

(a)

the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State
having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or

(b) the catches from part of a Community share which has
not been allocated by quota among Member States, and
that share has not been exhausted; or

(c)

for all species other than herring and mackerel, where they
are mixed with other species, the catches have been taken
with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 millimetres in
accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98,
and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or

(d) for herring,

the
Regulation (EC) No 1434/98; or

catches

comply with Article 2 of

(e)

for mackerel, where they are mixed with horse mackerel or
pilchard, the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total
weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board,
and the catches are not sorted; or

(f) catches

scientific
investigations carried out under Regulation (EC) No 850/98.

taken during

course of

the

are

All

landings shall count against

the
2.
Community share has not been allocated between Member
States by quotas, against
for
catches made under the provisions of paragraph 1(c), (d), (e)
and (f).

the Community share, except

the quota or,

if

3.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, when any of the fishing
opportunities indicated in Annex II are exhausted, it shall be
prohibited for vessels operating within the fisheries to which
the relevant catch limitations apply to land catches which are
unsorted and which contain herring.

The determination of the percentage of by-catches and
4.
their disposal shall be made in accordance with Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 850/98.

Article 9

Access limits

1.
No fishing by Community vessels shall take place in the
Skagerrak within 12 nautical miles from the baselines of
Norway. However, vessels flying the flag of Denmark or
Sweden shall be allowed to fish up to 4 miles from the
baselines of Norway.

1. 63°12¡N and 23°05¡W through 62°00¡N and 26°00¡W,

2. 62°58¡N and 22°25¡W,

3. 63°06¡N and 21°30¡W,

4. 63°03¡N and 21°00¡W from there 180°00¡S;

South Eastern Area

1. 63°14¡N and 10°40¡W,

2. 63°14¡N and 11°23¡W,

3. 63°35¡N and 12°21¡W,

4. 64°00¡N and 12°30¡W,

5. 63°53¡N and 13°30¡W,

6. 63°36¡N and 14°30¡W,

7. 63°10¡N and 17°00¡W from there 180°00¡S.

Article 10

Special conditions for North Sea herring

The measures set out in Annex III shall apply with regard to
the capture, sorting and landing of herring taken from the
North Sea, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat.

Article 11

Other technical and control measures

The technical measures set out in Annex IV shall apply in
2004 in addition to those set out
in Regulation (EC)
No 850/98, Regulation (EC) No 88/98, Regulation (EC)
No 1626/94 and Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

Detailed rules for the implementation of points 11 and 12 of
Annex IV may be adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

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Article 12

Effort limitations and associated conditions for the
management of stocks

For the period 1 January 2004 to 31 January 2004, for
1.
the management of cod stocks in Skagerrak, Kattegat, North
Sea and to the West of Scotland the fishing effort limitations
and associated conditions
laid down in Annex XVII of
Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 (1) shall apply.

2.
For the period 1 February 2004 to 31 December 2004,
for the management of cod stocks in Skagerrak, Kattegat,

North Sea and Eastern Channel, Irish Sea and to the West of
Scotland,
associated
limitations
conditions laid down in Annex V shall apply.

fishing

effort

and

the

For the management of sandeel stocks in ICES Sub-area
limitations and

3.
IV (Skagerrak and North Sea),
associated conditions laid down in Annex VI shall apply.

the effort

Detailed rules for the implementation of paragraph 6 of
4.
Annex VI may be adopted in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS

CHAPTER III

Article 13

Authorisation

Vessels flying the flag of Barbados, Estonia, Guyana,
Japan,
South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, the Russian
Federation, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela and
vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to
make catches, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, in
Community waters, and subject to the conditions stipulated
under Articles 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24.

Article 14

Geographic restrictions

Fishing by vessels flying the flag of:

(a) Norway or registered in the Faroe Islands shall be limited
the 200 nautical mile zone lying
to those parts of
seawards of 12 nautical miles
from the baselines of
Member States in the North Sea, Kattegat, Baltic Sea and
Atlantic Ocean north of 43°00¡ N, except the area referred
to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; fishing
in the Skagerrak by vessels flying the flag of Norway shall
be allowed seawards of
four nautical miles from the
baselines of Denmark and Sweden;

(b) Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shall be limited to those parts
of the 200-nautical-mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical
miles from the baselines of Member States in the Baltic Sea
south of 59°30¡ N;

(c) Poland and the Russian Federation shall be limited to those
parts of the Swedish part of the 200-nautical-mile zone
lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of
Sweden in the Baltic Sea south of 59°30¡N;

(d) Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Suriname, Trinidad
and Tobago, and Venezuela shall be limited to those parts
of the 200-nautical-mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical
miles from the baselines of
the French Department of
Guyana.

Article 15

Conditions for landing catch and by-catch

Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed shall
not be retained on board or landed unless the catches have
been taken by vessels of a third country having a quota and
that quota is not exhausted.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002
fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions
fish stocks, applicable in
for certain fish stocks and groups of
Community waters and, for Community vessels,
in waters where
catch limitations are required (OJ L 356, 31.12.2002 p. 12).
Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1754/2003
(OJ L 252, 4.10.2003, p. 1).

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CHAPTER IV

LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS

Article 16

Licences and associated conditions

Notwithstanding the general rules on fishing licences and
1.
in Regulation (EC)
special
No 1627/94,
third countries shall be
subject to the holding of a licence issued by the authorities of
the third country.

fishing permits provided for
fishing in waters of

the first

However,
subparagraph shall not apply to the
following vessels, when fishing in Norwegian waters of the
North Sea:

(a) vessels of a tonnage equal to or less than 200 GT;

(b) vessels carrying out fisheries for human consumption for

species other than mackerel;

(c) Swedish vessels, in line with established practice.

in Annex VII, Part

The maximum number of licences and other associated
2.
conditions shall be fixed as set out
I.
Requests for licences shall indicate the types of fishing and the
name and characteristics of the vessels for which licenses are
to be issued and shall be addressed by the authorities of the
Member States to the Commission. The Commission shall
submit these requests to the authorities of the third country
concerned.

3.
Community vessels shall comply with the conservation
and control measures and all other provisions governing the
zone in which they operate.

Article 17

Faroe Islands

Community vessels licensed to conduct a directed fishery for
one species in waters of
the Faroe Islands may conduct
directed fishery for another species provided that they give
prior notification of the change to the Faroese authorities.

CHAPTER V

LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS

Article 18

(a) name of the vessel;

Obligation to have a licence and a special fishing permit

(b) registration number;

Notwithstanding Article

1.
(EC)
No 2847/93, Norwegian vessels of less than 200 GT shall be
exempt from the obligation to have a licence and a fishing
permit.

of Regulation

28b

(c) external identification letters and numbers;

The licence and special fishing permit shall be kept on
2.
board. Vessels registered in the Faroe Islands or Norway shall
be exempt from that obligation.

(d) port of registration;

Vessels

from third countries authorised to fish on
3.
31 December 2003 may continue to fish as
from the
beginning of the year 2004 until the list of vessels authorised
to fish is submitted to and approved by the Commission.

(f) gross tonnage and overall length;

(e) name and address of the owner or charterer;

Article 19

(g) engine power;

Application for a licence and special fishing permit

(h) call sign and radio frequency;

An application for a licence and special fishing permit from an
authority of a third country to the Commission shall be
accompanied by the following information:

(i)

intended method of fishing;

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(j)

intended area of fishing;

(k) species for which it is intended to fish;

(l) period for which a licence is required.

Article 20

Number of licences

of Community vessels in the zone in which they operate, in
(EC) No 1627/94,
particular Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93,
(EC) No 88/98,
(EC) No 1434/98 and
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87.

(EC) No 850/98,

2.
The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a
logbook in which the information set out in Annex VIII, Part I
is entered.

The number of licences and special associated conditions shall
be fixed as set out in Annex VII, Part II.

3.
Third country vessels, except Norwegian vessels fishing
in ICES Division IIIa, shall transmit the information set out in
Annex IX to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid
down in that Annex.

Article 21

Cancellation and withdrawal

Licences and special

fishing permits may be cancelled
1.
with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing
permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day before
the date of
fishing
permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing
permits shall take effect from their date of issue.

the new licences and special

issue of

2.
Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or
partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the quota for
in Annex I has been
the stock in question provided for
exhausted.

3.
Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn
in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in
this Regulation.

Article 22

Failure to comply with relevant rules

For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and
1.
special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect
of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not
been fulfilled.

2.
The Commission shall submit to the authorities of the
third country concerned the names and characteristics of the
vessels which will not be authorised to fish in the Community
fishing zone for
the following month or months as a
consequence of an infringement of the relevant rules.

Article 23

Obligations of the licence holder

Third country vessels shall comply with the conservation
1.
and control measures and other provisions governing fishing

Article 24

Specific provisions concerning the French Department of
Guyana

The granting of

licences to fish in the waters of the
1.
French Department of Guyana
to an
undertaking by the owner of the vessel concerned to permit an
observer to come on board at the Commission's request.

shall be

subject

The master of each vessel in possession of a licence for
2.
finfish or tuna fishing in the waters of the French Department
of Guyana shall, on landing the catch after each trip, submit a
declaration to the French authorities stating the quantities of
shrimp caught and kept on board since the last declaration.
This declaration shall be made using the form of which a
model appears in Annex VII, Part III. The master shall be
responsible for the accuracy of the declaration. The French
authorities shall take all appropriate measures to verify the
accuracy of the declarations, by checking them in particular
logbook referred to in Article 23(2). The
against
declaration shall be signed by the competent official after it
has been verified. Before the end of each month, the French
authorities shall send to the Commission all the declarations
relating to the preceding month.

the

The vessels

fishing in the waters of

3.
French
Department of Guyana shall keep a logbook corresponding to
the model appearing in Annex VIII, Part II. A copy of this
logbook shall be sent to the Commission within 30 days of the
last day of each fishing trip, via the French authorities.

the

If, for a period of one month, the Commission receives
4.
no communication concerning a vessel
in possession of a
licence to fish in waters of the French Department of Guyana,
the licence of that vessel shall be withdrawn.

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE NAFO REGULATORY
AREA

CHAPTER VI

SECTION 1

(a) date from which the vessel has been authorised to fly the

flag of the Member State;

Community participation

Article 25

List of vessels

1.
Only EC vessels of more than 50 gross tonnes which
have been issued a special fishing permit by their flag Member
State shall be authorised, on the conditions set out in the
permit, to fish, keep on board, trans-ship and land fishery
resources from the NAFO Regulatory Area.

2.
in
Each Member State shall send to the Commission,
computer readable form, a list of all vessels of more than 50
gross tonnes flying its flag and registered in the Community
that are authorised to fish in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

3.
The list referred to in paragraph 2 shall be transmitted to
the Commission within 15 days following the entry into force
of this Regulation and, in the case of amendments to the list,
least 5 days before the new vessel enters the NAFO
at
this
shall
Regulatory
information promptly to the NAFO Secretariat.

The Commission

forward

area.

The list referred to in paragraph 2 shall contain the

4.
following information:

(a)

the internal number of the vessel, as defined in Annex I to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/98 of 30 September
1998 concerning the
the
Community (1);

fishing vessel

register of

(b)

international radio call sign;

(c) vessel charterer, where applicable;

(d) vessel type.

For vessels temporarily flying the flag of a Member State

5.
(bare boat charter), the information forwarded shall include:

(b) date from which the vessel has been authorised by the
Member State to engage in fishing in the NAFO Regulatory
Area;

(c) name of the State where the vessel

is registered or has
been previously registered and the date as from which it
ceased flying the flag of that State;

(d) name of the vessel;

(e) official registration number of the vessel assigned by the

competent national authorities;

(f) home port of the vessel after the transfer;

(g) name of owner or charterer of the vessel;

(h) a declaration that the master has been provided with a
copy of the regulations in force in the NAFO Regulatory
Area;

(i)

the principal species which can be fished by the vessel in
the NAFO Regulatory Area;

(j)

the sub-areas where the vessel may be expected to fish.

SECTION 2

Technical measures

Article 26

Mesh sizes

The use of trawl net having in any section thereof net meshes
of dimensions less than 130 mm shall be prohibited for direct
fishing of the species referred to in Annex X. This mesh size
may be reduced to a minimum of 60 mm for direct fishing of
short-finned squid (Illex illecebrosus). For direct fishing of skates
(Rajidae) this mesh size shall be increased to a minimum of
280 mm in the cod-end and 220 mm in all other parts of the
trawl.

(1) OJ L 266, 1.10.1998, p. 27. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 839/2002 (OJ L 134, 22.5.2002, p. 5).

Vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) shall use nets with
a minimum mesh size of 40 mm.

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Article 27

Attachments to nets

The use of any means or device other

1.
than those
described in this Article which obstructs the meshes of a net
or which diminishes their size shall be prohibited.

2.
Canvas, netting or any other material may be attached to
the underside of the cod-end in order to reduce or prevent
damage.

Division 3L, vessels shall immediately move a minimum of five
nautical miles from the position of the previous haul.

Catches of shrimp shall not be used in the calculation of
by-catch level of groundfish species.

Article 29

Minimum size of fish

3.
Devices may be attached to the upper side of the cod-end
provided that they do not obstruct the meshes of the cod-end.
The use of top-side chafers shall be limited to those listed in
Annex XI.

4.
Vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) shall use
sorting grids or grates with a maximum spacing between bars
of 22 mm. Vessels fishing for shrimp in Division 3L shall also
be equipped with toggle chains of a minimum of 72 cm in
length.

Fish from the NAFO Regulatory Area which do not have the
size required as set out in Annex XII may not be processed,
retained on board, trans-shipped,
landed, transported, stored,
sold, displayed or offered for sale, but shall be returned
immediately to the sea. Where the quantity of caught fish not
having the required size exceeds 10 % of the total quantity, the
vessel shall move away to a distance of at least five nautical
miles from any position of the previous haul before continuing
fishing. Any processed fish for which minimum fish size
in
requirements apply which is below a length equivalent
Annex XII, shall be deemed to originate from fish that is below
the minimum fish size.

Article 28

By-catches

1. Masters of vessels may not conduct directed fisheries for
species for which by-catch limits apply. A directed fishery for a
species is conducted when that species comprises the largest
percentage by weight of the catch in any one haul.

By-catches of the species listed in Annex ID for which no
2.
quotas have been fixed by the Community for a part of the
NAFO Regulatory Area and taken in that part when fishing
directly for any species may not exceed for each species
2 500 kg or 10 % by weight of the total catch retained on
in a part of the
board, whichever is the greater. However,
Regulatory Area where directed fishing of certain species is
banned, by-catches of each of the species listed in Annex ID
shall not exceed 1 250 kg or 5 % respectively.

species

the total amounts of

3. Whenever
for which
by-catch limits apply in any haul exceed the limits laid down
in paragraph 2, whichever
shall
immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the
previous haul position. Whenever the total amounts of species
for which by-catch limits apply in any subsequent haul exceed
shall again immediately move a
the said limits, vessels
minimum of
from the previous haul
position and shall not return to the area for at least 48 hours.

five nautical miles

applicable,

vessels

is

SECTION 3

Control measures

Article 30

Logbook and storage plan

1.
In addition to complying with Articles 6, 8, 11 and 12 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, masters of vessels shall enter in
the logbook the information listed in Annex XIII
to this
Regulation.

Each Member State shall,

2.
in computer readable form,
before the 15th of each month, notify the Commission of the
quantities of stocks specified in Annex XIV landed during the
preceding month and communicate any information received
under Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

The master of a Community vessel shall,

3.
catches of the species listed in Annex ID, keep:

in respect of

(a) a logbook stating, by species and by processed product, the

aggregate output; or

4.
in the
For vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis),
event that total by-catches of all species listed in Annex ID in
any haul exceed 5 % by weight in Division 3M and 2,5 % in

(b) a storage plan of products processed, indicating, by species,

where they are located in the hold.

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The master shall provide the necessary assistance to
logbook and the

4.
enable
the quantities declared in the
processed products stored on board to be verified.

SECTION 4

Special provisions for Northern prawns

Article 31

Nets

When fishing directly for one or more of the species listed in
Annex X, vessels shall not carry nets with a mesh size smaller
than that laid down in Article 26. However, vessels fishing in
the course of the same voyage in areas other than the NAFO
Regulatory Area may keep such nets on board provided these
nets are securely lashed and stowed and are not available for
immediate use, that is to say:

(a) nets shall be unshackled from their boards and their

hauling or trawling cables and ropes; and

(b) nets carried on or above the deck must be lashed securely

to a part of the superstructure.

Article 32

Trans-shipment

vessels

shall not

Community
in trans-shipment
operations in the NAFO Regulatory Area unless they have
received prior authorisation to do so from their competent
authorities.

engage

Article 33

Monitoring of fishing effort

1.
Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to
ensure that the fishing effort of its vessels referred to in Article
25 be commensurate to the fishing possibilities available to
that Member State in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

to the Commission the
transmit
2. Member States shall
fishing plan for their vessels fishing for species in the NAFO
Regulatory Area no later than 31 January 2004 or thereafter,
at least 30 days before the commencement of such activity.
The fishing plan shall identify, inter alia, the vessel or vessels
which will engage in these fisheries. The fishing plan shall
represent the total fishing effort to be deployed with respect to
the
fishing
opportunities available to the Member State making the
notification.

in relation to the

extent of

fisheries

the

Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2004, report
to the Commission on the implementation of their fishing
plans, including the number of vessels actually engaged in this
fishery and the total number of days fished.

Article 34

Northern prawn fisheries

Each Member State shall report to the Commission daily the
quantities of Northern prawns (Pandalus borealis) caught
in
Division 3L of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying its
flag and registered in the Community. All fishing activities
shall take place in depths greater than 200 metres and shall be
limited to one vessel per each Member State allocation at any
one time.

SECTION 5

Special provisions for Greenland halibut

Article 35

Special fishing permit for Greenland halibut

1.
It shall be prohibited for Community vessels with a
length overall of more than 24 metres which are not entered
into the list referred to in paragraph 2 to fish, retain onboard,
trans-ship or land Greenland halibut.

2.
Each Member State shall send to the Commission a list of
all vessels of more than 24 metres overall length flying its flag
and registered in the Community that it authorises to fish for
Greenland halibut in Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO by
issue of a special fishing permit.

The list referred to in paragraph 2 shall

3.
include the
internal number as defined in Annex I of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2090/98.

4.
This list shall be transmitted to the Commission in
computer readable form within 15 days following the entry
into force of this Regulation and, in the case of amendments
to the list, at least 5 days before the new vessel enters Sub-area
2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. The Commission shall forward the
list promptly to the NAFO Secretariat.

Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to
5.
allocate its quota for Greenland halibut among its authorised
vessels
shall
referred to in paragraph 2. Member States
transmit the information concerning the allocation of quotas
to the Commission within 15 days following the entry into
force of this Regulation.

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Article 36

Reports

2. Member States shall designate ports in which landings of
Greenland halibut can take place and shall determine the
associated inspection and surveillance procedures,
including
the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the
quantities of Greenland halibut within each landing.

1. Masters of vessels referred in Article 35(2) shall transmit
the following reports to the Flag Member State:

(a) The quantities of Greenland halibut retained onboard when
the Community vessel enters Sub-area 2 and Divisions
3KLMNO. This report shall be transmitted not earlier than
12 hours and not later than 6 hours in advance of each
entry of the vessel to this zone.

(b) Weekly catches of Greenland halibut. This report shall be
transmitted for the first time no later than the end of the
seventh day following the entry of the vessel into Sub-area
2 and Divisions 3 KLMNO, or, when fishing trips take
more than seven days, at the latest on Monday for catches
that have been taken in the Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3
KLMNO during the preceding week ending at midnight on
Sunday.

exits

vessel

(c) The quantities of Greenland halibut held onboard when the
Sub-area 2 and Divisions
Community
3KLMNO. This report shall be transmitted not earlier than
12 hours and not later than 6 hours in advance of each
departure of the vessel from this zone and shall include
the number of fishing days and the total catches in this
zone.

(d) The

and

loaded

quantities

each
trans-shipment of Greenland halibut during the vessel's
stay in Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. These reports
shall be transmitted no later than 24 hours after the
completion of the trans-shipment.

unloaded

for

3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission within
15 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation a list
the
of designated ports and, within 15 days
associated inspection and surveillance procedures referred to in
paragraph 2. The Commission shall promptly forward this
information to the NAFO Secretariat.

thereafter,

4.
The Commission shall promptly transmit a list of the
designated ports referred to in paragraph 2 as well as ports
designated by other Contracting Parties of NAFO to all
Member States.

Article 38

Inspection in port

1. Member States shall ensure that all vessels entering a
designated port to land and/or trans-ship Greenland halibut
undergo an inspection in port in accordance with the port
inspection scheme of NAFO.

It is prohibited to discharge and/or trans-ship catches
2.
from vessels referred to in paragraph 1 until the inspectors are
present.

2. Member States shall, upon receipt, transmit the reports
under paragraph 1(a), (c) and (d) to the Commission.

3.
All quantities discharged shall be weighed by species
before being transported to a cold store or another destination.

halibut

catches

3. When
in
of Greenland
accordance with paragraph 2 are deemed to have exhausted
70 % of the Member States' quota allocation, Member States
shall take necessary measures to reinforce the monitoring of
these
the catches and shall
measures.

inform the Commission of

notified

4. Member States shall
the corresponding port
transmit
inspection report to the NAFO Secretariat, with a copy to the
Commission, within 7 working days from the date at which
the inspection was completed.

Article 37

Designated ports

Article 39

Prohibition of landings and trans-shipments for
non-Contracting Party vessels

It

1.
is prohibited to land any quantities of Greenland
halibut at any place other than ports designated by NAFO
Contracting Parties. Landings of Greenland halibut in ports of
non-Contracting Parties are prohibited.

Member States shall ensure that landings and trans-shipments
of Greenland halibut from non-Contracting Party vessels which
have been engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory
Area are prohibited.

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Article 40

Follow up on fishing activities

Member States shall submit a report to the Commission by 31
December 2004 at the latest on the implementation of the
measures laid down in Articles 34 to 39, including the total
number of days fished.

SECTION 6

Special provisions for redfish

Article 41

Redfish fishery

is flying or

and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area, shall notify to the
competent authorities of the Member State, whose flag the
vessel
the
in which the vessel
quantities of redfish caught in those areas and zones in the
two-week period ending at 12 midnight on the previous
Sunday.

is registered,

When accumulated catches reached 50 % of
notification shall be made weekly each Monday.

the TAC,

the

2. Member States shall report
to the Commission every
second Tuesday before 12 noon for the fortnight ending at 12
midnight on the previous Sunday the quantities of redfish
caught in Sub-area 2 and Divisions IF, 3K and 3M of the
flag and
NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels
registered in their territory.

flying their

1.
Every second Monday, the master of a Community vessel
fishing for redfish in Division Sub-area 2 and Division IF, 3K

When accumulated catches reached 50 % of the TAC, reports
shall be sent on a weekly basis.

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR

CHAPTER VII

SECTION 1

Restrictions

Article 42

Prohibitions and catch limitations

1.
Direct fishing of the species set out in Annex XV shall be
prohibited in the zones and during the periods indicated in
that Annex.

For new and exploratory fisheries, the catch and by-catch
the

2.
limits
sub-areas/divisions indicated in that Annex.

in Annex XVI

apply

shall

out

set

in

SECTION 2

Exploratory fisheries

Article 43

Participation in exploratory fisheries

Fishing vessels flying the flag of and registered in Spain
1.
that have been notified to CCAMLR in accordance with the
provisions of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 66/98 may
participate in long-line exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus
spp. in FAO Sub-area 48.6 and FAO Sub-area 88.1. No more
than one fishing vessel shall fish in Sub-area 48.6 at any one

time. Total catch and by-catch limits per Sub-area and their
distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within
each of the two Sub-areas are set out in Annex XVI.

Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and
2.
bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information
necessary to determine
and to avoid
over-concentration of catch and effort. To this end, fishing in
any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the
specified catch limit and that SSRU shall be closed to fishing
for the remainder of the season.

fishery potential

Article 44

Reporting systems

Fishing vessels participating in the
exploratory fisheries
referred to in Article 43 shall be subject to the following catch
and effort reporting systems:

(a)

the Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in
Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 66/98;

(b) the Monthly fine-scale Catch and Effort Reporting System

set out in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 66/98;

(c)

the total number and weight of Dissostichus eleginoides and
including those with the
Dissostichus mawsoni discarded,
‘jellymeat' condition, shall be reported.

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Article 45

Special requirements

(b) each haul shall comprise at least 3 500 hooks and no
more than 10 000 hooks; this may comprise a number of
separate lines set in the same location;

The exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 43 shall
1.
be carried out in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 66/98 with regard to applicable measures to reduce
the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of long-line
fisheries. In addition to these measures, the discharge of offal
shall be prohibited in these fisheries.

2.
Fishing vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in
FAO Sub-area 88.1 shall be subject to the following additional
requirements:

(a) vessels shall be prohibited from discharging:

(i) oil or fuel products or oily residues into the sea, except

as permitted in Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;

(ii) garbage;

(iii) food wastes not capable of passing through a screen

with openings no greater than 25 mm;

(iv) poultry or parts (including egg shells); or

(v) sewage within 12 nautical miles of land or ice shelves,
or sewage while the ship is travelling at a speed of less
than 4 knots.

(b) No live poultry or other living birds shall be brought into
Sub-area 88.1 and any dressed poultry not consumed shall
be removed from Sub-area 88.1.

(c) Fishing for Dissostichus spp.

in Sub-area 88.1 shall be
prohibited within 10 nautical miles of the coast of the
Balleny Islands.

Article 46

Definition of hauls

1.
For the purposes of this Section, a haul comprises the
setting of one or more lines in a single location. The precise
geographic position of a haul shall be determined by the
centre-point of the line or lines deployed for the purposes of
catch and effort reporting.

2.

To be designated as a research haul:

(c) each haul of a longline shall have a soak time of not less
than six hours, measured from the time of completion of
the setting process to the beginning of the hauling process.

Article 47

Research plans

exploratory fisheries
Fishing vessels participating in the
referred to in Article 43 shall
implement Research Plans, in
each and all SSRUs in which FAO Sub-areas 48.6 and 88.1 are
divided. The Research Plan shall be implemented in the
following manner:

(a) on first entry into a SSRU, the first 10 hauls, designated
‘first series', shall be designated ‘research hauls' and must
satisfy the criteria set out in Article 46(2);

(b) the next 10 hauls, or 10 tonnes of catch, whichever trigger
level
is achieved first, are designated the ‘second series'.
Hauls in the second series can, at the discretion of the
master, be fished as part of normal exploratory fishing.
However, provided they satisfy the requirements of Article
46(2), these hauls can also be designated as research hauls;

(c) on completion of the first and second series of hauls, if the
master wishes to continue to fish within the SSRU, the
vessel must undertake a ‘third series' which will result in a
total of 20 research hauls being made in all three series.
The third series of hauls shall be completed during the
same visit as the first and the second series in a SSRU;

(d) on completion of 20 research hauls

the vessel may

continue to fish within the SSRU;

(e)

in SSRUs A, B, C, E and G in Sub-area 88.1 where fishable
seabed area is less than 15 000 km2, subparagraphs (b), (c)
and (d) shall not apply and on completion of 10 research
hauls the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU.

Article 48

Data collection plans

(a) each research haul must be separated by no less than 5
nautical miles from any other research haul, distance to be
each
measured from the geographical mid-point of
research haul;

1.
Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries
referred to in Article 43 shall implement Data Collection Plans,
in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Sub-areas 48.6 and 88.1
are divided. The Data Collection Plan shall comprise the
following data:

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(a) position and sea depth at each end of every line in a haul;

(b) setting, soak, and hauling times;

(c) number and species of fish lost at surface;

(d) number of hooks set;

(e) bait type;

(f) baiting success (%);

(g) hook type; and

(h) sea and cloud conditions and phase of the moon at the

time of setting the lines.

2.
All data specified under paragraph 1 shall be collected
for every research haul; in particular, all fish in a research haul
up to 100 fish are to be measured and at least 30 fish sampled
for biological studies. Where more than 100 fish are caught, a
method for randomly subsampling the fish should be applied.

the season. Vessels

shall only discontinue
throughout
tagging after they have tagged 500 individuals, or leave the
fishery having tagged one individual per tonne of green
weight caught;

(b) the programme should target small individuals under 100
cm, although larger
should be tagged if
individuals
necessary in order to meet the tagging requirement of one
individual per one tonne of green weight catch. All
released individuals should be double-tagged and releases
should cover as broad a geographical area as possible;

(c) all tags shall be clearly imprinted with a unique serial
number and a return address so that the origin of tags can
be retraced in the case of
the tagged
individual;

recapture of

(d) all relevant tag data and any tag recaptures of Dissostichus
spp. in the fishery shall be reported in computer readable
form to CCAMLR within two months of
the vessel
departing these fisheries.

Article 49

Tagging programme

Article 50

Scientific observers

Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries
referred to in Article 43 shall further implement a tagging
programme as follows:

(a) Dissostichus spp. individuals shall be tagged and released at
a rate of one individual per tonne of green weight catch

Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries
referred to in Article 43 shall have at
two scientific
observers, one of which shall be an observer appointed in
International
accordance with the CCAMLR Scheme of
Scientific Observation, on board throughout
fishing
activities within the fishing period.

least

all

CHAPTER VIII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 51

Data transmission

Article 53

Entry into force

Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, data relating to the
landing of quantities of stocks caught shall be sent by Member
States to the Commission in computer readable form by using
stock codes set out in each table of stock.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

Article 52

Quotas for new Member States

Where the TACs of
the CCAMLR area are set for periods
starting before 1 January 2004, Article 42 shall apply with
effect
respective periods of
application of the TACs.

from the beginning of

the

The catches by vessels from the new Member States between
1 January 2004 and the date of accession shall be counted
against the quotas laid down in Annex I.

The provisions of point 12 of Annex IV shall enter into force
on 1 February 2004 except points 12.3 and 12.7, second point
that shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

Within 15 days after the date of accession the new Member
States shall notify the Commission of the amount of their
catches between 1 January 2004 and the date of accession.

Articles 13 and 14 shall not apply to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
and Poland from the date of accession of these States.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2003.

For the Council

The President

Giovanni ALEMANNO

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ANNEX I

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES APPLICABLE FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH
LIMITATIONS EXIST AND FOR VESSELS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES IN EC WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY
AREA (IN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)

All catch limitations set out in this Annex are considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 9, and shall, therefore,
be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof.

Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. A table
of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given below for the purposes of this Regulation:

Common name

Albacore

Alfonsinos

American plaice

Anchovy

Anglerfish

Antarctic icefish

Antarctic toothfish

Atlantic catfish

Atlantic halibut

Atlantic salmon

Basking shark

Bigeye tuna

Birdbeak dogfish

Black scabbardfish

Blackfin icefish

Blue ling

Blue marlin

Blue whiting

Bluefin tuna

Capelin

Cod

Common sole

Crab

Dab

Flatfish

Flounder

Forkbeards

Greater silver smelt

Alpha-3 code

Scientific name

ALB

ALF

PLA

ANE

ANF

ANI

TOP

CAT

HAL

SAL

BSK

BET

DCA

BSF

SSI

BLI

BUM

WHB

BFT

CAP

COD

SOL

PAI

DAB

FLX

FLX

FOX

ARU

Thunnus alalunga

Beryx spp.

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Engraulis encrasicolus

Lophiidae

Champsocephalus gunnari

Dissostichus eleginoides

Anarhichas lupus

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Salmo salar

Cetorhinus maximus

Thunnus obesus

Deania calcea

Aphanopus carbo

Chaenocephalus aceratus

Molva dypterigia

Makaira nigricans

Micromesistius poutassou

Thunnus thynnus

Mallotus villosus

Gadus morhua

Solea solea

Paralomis spp.

Limanda limanda

Pleuronectiformes

Platichthys flesus

Phycis spp.

Argentina silus

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Common name

Greenland halibut

Grenadier

Great lantern shark

Grey rockcod

Haddock

Hake

Herring

Horse mackerel

Humped rockcod

Kitefin shark

Krill

Lantern fish

Leafscale gulper shark

Lemon sole

Ling

Mackerel

Marbled rockcod

Megrims

Northern prawn

Norway lobster

Norway pout

Orange roughy

‘Penaeus' shrimps

Plaice

Polar cod

Pollack

Porbeagle

Portuguese dogfish

Redfish

Red Seabream

Roughead grenadier

Roundnose grenadier

Saithe

Sandeel

Seabass

Short fin squid

Alpha-3 code

Scientific name

GHL

GRV

ETR

NOS

HAD

HKE

HER

JAX

NOG

SCK

KRI

LAC

GUQ

LEM

LIN

MAC

NOR

LEZ

PRA

NEP

NOP

ORY

PEN

PLE

POC

POL

POR

CYO

RED

SBR

RHG

RNG

POK

SAN

BSS

SQI

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Macrourus spp.

Etmopterus princeps

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Merluccius merluccius

Clupea harengus

Trachurus spp.

Gobionotothen gibberifrons

Dalatias licha

Euphausia superba

Lampanyctus achirus

Centrophorus squamosus

Microstomus kitt

Molva molva

Scomber scombrus

Notothenia rossii

Lepidorhombus spp.

Pandalus borealis

Nephrops norvegicus

Trisopterus esmarki

Hoplostethus atlanticus

Penaeus spp

Pleuronectes platessa

Boreogadus saida

Pollachius pollachius

Lamna nasus

Centroscymnus coelolepis

Sebastes spp.

Pagellus bogaraveo

Macrourus berglax

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Pollachius virens

Ammodytidae

Dicentrarchus labrax

Illex illecebrosus

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Common name

Skates and rays

Smooth lantern shark

Snow crab

South Georgian icefish

Spanish ling

Sprat

Spurdog

Swordfish

Toothfish

Tope shark

Turbot

Tusk

Unicorn icefish

Velvet belly

White marlin

Whiting

Witch flounder

Yellowfin tuna

Yellowtail flounder

Alpha-3 code

SRX-RAJ

ETP

PCR

SGI

SLI

SPR

DGS

SWO

TOP

GAG

TUR

USK

LIC

ETX

WHM

WHG

WIT

YFT

YEL

Scientific name

Rajidae

Etmopterus pusillus

Chionoecetes spp.

Pseudochaenichthys georgianus

Molva macrophthalmus

Sprattus sprattus

Squalus acanthias

Xiphias gladius

Dissostichus eleginoides

Galeorhinus galeus

Psetta maxima

Brosme brosme

Channichthys rhinoceratus

Etmopterus spinax

Tetrapturus alba

Merlangius merlangus

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Thunnus albacares

Limanda ferruginea

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ANNEX IA

BALTIC SEA

All TACs in this area, except for plaice, are adopted in the framework of IBSFC.

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Management Unit 3
HER/MU3

Finland
Sweden
EC

TAC

50 175
11 025
61 200

61 200

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IIIbcd (EC waters), except Management Unit 3 (1)
HER/3BCD-C

Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
EC

TAC

8 279 (3) (7)
25 106 (3) (7)
14 536 (2) (5)
9 386 (3) (7)
9 834 (2) (5)
2 568 (4) (6)
28 870 (5)
36 499 (3) (7)
135 080 (8)

171 350

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish waters.
(2) Of the quotas allocated to Estonia and Latvia at least 11 260 tonnes must be fished in the Gulf of Riga (HER/03D-RG).
(3) To be fished in EC waters only except 500 tonnes which may be fished in Lithuanian waters (HER/03D-LI) within a total EC quota

of 500 tonnes.

(4) Of which 500 tonnes may be fished in EC waters.
(5) May not be fished in EC waters.
(6)
(7)
(8) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 78 770 tonnes.
Footnotes 3, 4 and 5 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

Excluding 500 tonnes transferred to Denmark, Germany, Finland and Sweden.
Including transfer from Lithuania.

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Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Sub-divisions 25-32 (EC waters) (1)
COD/25/32-

Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
EC

TAC

8 360 (2) (4) (6) (10)
3 656 (2) (4) (6) (10)

542 (5) (10)
434 (2) (4) (6) (10)

2 061 (7) (10)
1 355 (3) (10)
6 423 (8) (10)
6 090 (2) (4) (6) (10)
28 920 (9)

32 000 (11)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish waters.
(2) To be fished in EC waters only except 1 100 tonnes which may be fished in Lithuanian waters (COD/03DLI) within a total EC quota

of 1 100 tonnes.

(3) May be fished in EC waters within a total quota for sub-divisions 22-32 of 1 100 tonnes.
(4) To be fished in EC waters only except 650 tonnes which may be fished in Estonian waters (COD/03D-E.) within a total EC quota of

650 tonnes.

(5) May be fished in EC waters within a total quota for sub-divisions 22-32 of 650 tonnes.
(6) To be fished in EC waters only except 1 450 tonnes which may be fished in Latvian waters (COD/03D-LA) within a total EC quota

of 1 450 tonnes.

(7) May be fished in EC waters within a total quota for sub-divisions 22-32 of 1 450 tonnes.
(8) May not be fished in EC waters.
(9) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 18 539 tonnes.
(10) May be fished in sub-divisions 22-24.
(11) TAC to be revised in light of new catch forecasts provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
Footnotes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Sub-divisions 22-24 (EC waters) (1)
COD/22/24-

Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
EC

TAC

8 557 (7)
3 742 (7)

555 (2) (7)
444 (7)
2 109 (3) (7)
1 387 (4) (7)
6 574 (5) (7)
6 233 (7)
29 600 (6)

29 600 (8)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC, and Polish waters.
(2) May be fished in EC waters within a total quota for sub-divisions 22-32 of 650 tonnes.
(3) May be fished in EC waters within a total quota for sub-divisions 22-32 of 1 450 tonnes.
(4) May be fished in EC waters within a total quota for sub-divisions 22-32 of 1 100 tonnes.
(5) May not be fished in EC waters.
(6) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 18 975 tonnes.
(7) May be fished in sub-divisions 25-32.
(8) TAC to be revised in light of new catch forecasts provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
Footnote 2, 3, 4 and 5 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

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Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

IIIbcd (EC waters) (1)
PLE/3BCD-C

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Poland
EC

TAC

2 697
300
203
565 (2)
3 766 (3)

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC and Polish waters.
(2) May not be fished in EC waters.
(3) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 3 200 tonnes.
Footnote 2 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

Species: Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone:

IIIbcd (EC waters) excluding Sub-division 32 (1)
SAL/3BCD-C

Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
EC

TAC

93 512 (2) (3) (5)
10 404 (2) (3) (5)
9 504 (2) (4)
116 603 (2) (3) (5)
59 478 (2) (6)
6 992 (2) (7)
28 368 (2) (7)
126 400 (2) (3) (5)
451 260 (2) (8)

460 000 (2)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish waters.
(2)
(3) To be fished in EC waters only except 2 000 individuals which may be fished in Estonian waters (SAL/03D-E.) within a total EC

Expressed by number of individual fish.

quota of 2 000 individuals.

(4) Of which 2 000 individuals may be fished in EC waters.
(5) To be fished in EC waters only except 3 000 individuals which may be fished in Latvian waters (SAL/03D-LA) within a total EC

quota of 3 000 individuals.

(6) Of which 3 000 individuals may be fished in EC waters.
(7) May not be fished in EC waters.
(8) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 346 918 individuals.
Footnotes 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

Species: Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone:

Sub-division 32 of IBSFC (1)
SAL/03D-32

Finland
Estonia
EC

TAC

28 490 (2)
3 255 (2) (3)
31 745 (2) (4)

35 000 (2)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Expressed by number of individual fish.

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC and Estonian waters.
(2)
(3) May not be fished in EC waters.
(4) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 28 490 individuals.
Footnote 3 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

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Species:

Sprat
Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

IIIbcd (EC waters) (1)
SPR/3BCD-C

Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
EC

TAC

37 254 (2) (4)
23 601 (2) (4)
43 260 (6)
19 501 (2) (4)
52 249 (5)
18 901 (3)
110 880 (6)
72 019 (2) (4)
377 665 (7)

420 000

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the zone includes EC, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish waters.
(2) To be fished in EC waters only except 3 000 tonnes which may be fished in Lithuanian waters (SPR/03D-LI) within a total EC quota

of 3 000 tonnes.

(3) Of which 3 000 tonnes may be fished in EC waters.
(4) To be fished in EC waters only except 6 000 tonnes which may be fished in Latvian waters (SPR/03D-LA) within a total EC quota

of 6 000 tonnes.

(5) Of which 6 000 tonnes may be fished in EC waters.
(6) May not be fished in EC waters.
(7) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 152 376 tonnes.
Footnotes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall apply until the date of accession of the new Member States.

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ANNEX IB

SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, NORTH SEA AND WESTERN COMMUNITY WATERS

ICES areas Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF (EC waters), and French Guyana

Species:

Sandeel
Ammodytidae

Denmark
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)
SAN/04-N.

124 450
6 550
131 000 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Sandeel
Ammodytidae

Denmark
United Kingdom
All Member States
EC

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

727 472
15 901
27 826 (2)
771 200 (5)

35 000 (3) (5)
20 000 (3) (4)

826 200

Zone:

IIa (1), Skagerrak, Kattegat, North Sea (1)
SAN/24.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

EC waters excluding waters within 6 miles of United Kingdom baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.
Except Denmark and the United Kingdom.

(1)
(2)
(3) To be taken in the North Sea.
(4)

Includes Norway pout and a maximum of 4 000 tonnes of sprat. The sprat and a maximum of 6 000 tonnes of Norway pout may
be fished in division VIa north of 56°30¡N.
Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

(5)

Species:

Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus

Zone:

EC waters of zones IV, VI and VII
BSK/467

EC

TAC

0

0

Species: Herring (1)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat
HER/03A.

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
EC

Faroe Islands

TAC

29 177
467
30 521
60 164

500 (2)

70 000 (3)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Landed as the entire catch or sorted from the remainder of the catch.

(1)
(2) To be taken in Skagerrak.
(3)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species: Herring (1)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

North Sea north of 53°30¡ N
HER/4AB.

Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

(1)

77 196
48 208
18 250
50 068
4 680
62 100
260 502

50 000 (2)

460 000 (3)

Landed as the entire catch or sorted from the remainder of the catch, Member States must inform the Commission of their
landings of herring distinguishing between ICES Divisions IVa and IVb (zones HER/04A. and HER/04B.).

(2) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.
(3)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

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

Norwegian waters south of 62° N
(HER/04-NFS)

EC

50 000 (3)

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Sweden
EC

Zone:

Norwegian waters south of 62° N
HER/04-N.

910 (1) (2)
910 (2)

460 000 (2)

By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quota for these species.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Herring (1)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IVc (2), VIId
HER/4CXB7D

TAC

(1)
(2)

TAC

(1)
(2)

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

9 159 (3)
1 526 (3)
953 (3)
17 178 (3)
30 621 (3)
6 662 (3)
66 098

460 000 (4)

Landed as the entire catch or sorted from the remainder of the catch.
Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by
a line running due south from Landguard Point (51°56¡ N, 1°19.1¡ E) to latitude 51°33¡ N and hence due west to a point on the
coast of the United Kingdom.

(3) Transfers of up to 50 % of this quota may be affected to ICES Division IVb. However, such transfers must be notified in advance to

the Commission.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

(4)

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Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Vb, VIaN (1), VIb
HER/5B6ANB

Germany
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

Faroe Islands

TAC

3 280
621
4 432
3 280
17 727
29 340

660 (2)

30 000

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Reference is to the herring stock in ICES Division VIa, north of 56°00¡ N and in that part of VIa which is situated east of 07°00¡ W

and north of 55°00¡ N, excluding the Clyde.

(2) This quota may only be taken in Division VIa north of 56°30¡ N.

Species: Hering

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIaS (1),VIIbc
HER/6AS7BC

Ireland
The Netherlands
EC

TAC

12 727
1 273
14 000

14 000

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Reference is to the herring stock in ICES Division VIa, south of 56°00¡ N and west of 07°00¡ W.

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

United Kingdom
EC

TAC

1 000
1 000

1 000

Zone:

VIa Clyde (1)
HER/06ACL.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between the Mull of

Kintyre and Corsewall Point.

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

Zone:

VIIa (1)
HER/07A/MM

1 250
3 550
4 800

4 800

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

ICES Division VIIa is reduced by the area added to the ICES area VIIghjk bounded:
— to the north by latitude 52° 30¡N
— to the south by latitude 52° 00¡N
— to the west by the coast of Ireland
— to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

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Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIIe,f
HER/7EF.

France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Germany
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

500
500
1 000

1 000

144
802
11 235
802
16
13 000

13 000

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIg,h,j,k (1)
HER/7GK.

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

ICES Division VIIg,h,j,k is increased by the area bounded:
— to the north by latitude 52° 30¡N,
— to the south by latitude 52° 00¡N,
— to the west by the coast of Ireland,
— to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

Species: Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Zone:

VIII
ANE/08.

Spain
France
EC

TAC

29 700
3 300
33 000

33 000 (1)

(1) This TAC will be reviewed during 2004 in the light of new scientific advice.

Species: Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
ANE/9/3411

Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

3 826
4 174
8 000

8 000

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Skagerrak
COD/03AN.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
Sweden
EC

TAC

10
3 119
78
20
546
3 773

3 900 (1)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Kattegat
COD/03AS.

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
EC

TAC

841
17
505
1 363

1 363

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea
COD/2AC4.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

807
4 635
2 939
997
2 619
31
10 631
22 659

4 641 (1)

27 300 (2)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.
(2)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

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

Norwegian waters
(COD/04-NFS)

EC

19 694 (2)

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Sweden
EC

Zone:

Norwegian waters south of 62° N
COD/04-N.

426 (1)
426 (1)

Not relevant

Pending the conclusion of Consultations between the European Community, on behalf of Sweden, and Norway, for 2004.

TAC

(1)

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Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
COD/561214

Belgium
Germany
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Special conditions:

1
13
135
191
508
848

848

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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

Vb (EC zone), VIa
(COD/5BC6A.)

Belgium
Germany
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

3
24
258
101
428
814

29
79
1 416
7
620
2 150

2 150

242
4 149
824
35
450
5 700

5 700

Zone:

VIIa
COD/07A.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIb-k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
COD/7X7A34

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Porbeagle
Lamna nasus

Zone:

EC waters of zones IV, VI and VII
POR/467.

EC
Norway
Faroe Islands

Not subject to restriction
pm
125 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Only to be fished with long line.

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Species: Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
LEZ/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Spain
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

6
5
5
31
24
1 819
1 890

1 890

409
1 596
466
1 129
3 600

3 600

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
LEZ/561214

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

VII
LEZ/07.

Belgium
Spain
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

489
5 430
6 589
2 996
2 595
18 099

18 099

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

VIIIabde
LEZ/8ABDE.

Spain
France
EC

TAC

Species: Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

1 163
938
2 101

2 101

1 233
62
41
1 336

1 336

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
LEZ/8C3411

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Dab and flounder

Limanda limanda and Platichthys flesus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
D/F/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Belgium
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Belgium
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

533
2 003
3 004
208
12 112
7
1 684
19 551

19 551

247
546
266
51
187
6
5 697
7 000

7 000

114
130
122
1 408
318
110
978
3 180

3 180

1 931
215
768
12 395
1 584
250
3 759
20 902

20 902

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
ANF/2AC4-C

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
ANF/561214

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VII
ANF/07.

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e
ANF/8ABDE.

Spain
France
EC

TAC

Species: Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

883
4 915
5 798

5 798

1 917
2
381
2 300

2 300

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
ANF/8C3411

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIbcd (EC waters)
HAD/3A/BCD

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)
(2)

11
1 802
115
2
213
2 143 (1)

4 940 (2)

Excluding an estimated 874 tonnes of industrial by-catch.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea
HAD/2AC4.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

694
4 773
3 037
5 294
521
337
50 811 (1)
65 467 (2)

11 899 (3)

80 000 (3)

(1) Of which 40 649 tonnes to be caught and landed by vessels holding special fishing permits under the provisions of Paragraph 17

of Annex IV.
Excluding an estimate of 2 634 tonnes of industrial by-catch.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

(2)
(3)

Special conditions:

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

Norwegian waters
(HAD/04-NFS)

EC

31 357 (2)

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Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Norwegian waters, south of 62° N
HAD/04-N.

Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)

789 (1)
789 (1)

80 000 (1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

VIb, XII, XIV
HAD/61214.

Belgium
Germany
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

2
2
77
55
566
702

702

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Vb, VIa (EC waters),
HAD/5BC6A.

Belgium
Germany
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

12
14
571
1 010
4 897
6 503

6 503

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
HAD/7/3411

Belgium
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

107
6 400
2 133
960
9 600

9 600 (1)

(1) To be revised according to new scientific advice during 2004.

Special conditions:

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

Belgium
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

VIIa (HAD/07A.):

24
109
649
718
1 500

When reporting to the Commission the uptake of their quotas, Member States shall specify quantities taken in VIIa. Landings of haddock
caught in Division VIIa will be prohibited when the totality of such landings exceeds 1 500 tonnes.

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Species: Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat
WHG/03A.

Denmark
The Netherlands
Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)
(2)

651
2
70
723 (1)

1 500 (2)

Excluding an estimated 750 tonnes of industrial by-catch.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea
WHG/2AC4.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

376
1 626
423
2 443
940
2
6 484
12 294 (1)

1 600 (2)

16 000 (3)

Excluding an estimaded 2 106 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

(1)
(2) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.
(3)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

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

Norwegian waters
(WHG/04-NFS)

EC

9 756 (3)

Species: Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
WHG/561214

Germany
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

5
98
466
1 032
1 600

1 600

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

VIIa
WHG/07A.

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

1
18
296
0
199
514

514

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Wittling

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

VIIb-k
WHG/7X7A.

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

263
16 200
7 507
132
2 898
27 000

27 000

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

VIII
WHG/08.

Spain
France
EC

TAC

Species: Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Portugal
EC

TAC

1 800
2 700
4 500

4 500

1 020
1 020

1 020

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
WHG/9/3411

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Whiting and Pollack

Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

Norwegian waters, south of 62° N
W/F/04-N.

Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)

190 (1)
190 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIbcd (EC waters)
HKE/3A/BCD

Denmark
Sweden
EC

TAC

1 086
92
1 178

1 178 (1)

(1) Within an overall TAC of 39 100 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
HKE/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

20
792
91
176
46
248
1 373

1 373 (1)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Within an overall TAC of 39 100 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

Species: Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV
HKE/571214

Belgium
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

202
6 463
9 982
1 209
130
3 940
21 926

21 926 (1)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Within an overall TAC of 39 100 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

Special conditions:

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

Belgium
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

VIIIabde
(HKE/8ABDE.)

26
1 043
1 043
130
13
586
2 841

Species: Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e
HKE/8ABDE.

Belgium
Spain
France
The Netherlands
EC

TAC

7
4 499
10 104
13
14 623

14 623 (1)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Within an overall TAC of 39 100 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

Special conditions:

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

Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV
(HKE/571214)

Belgium
Spain
France
The Netherlands
EC

1
1 303
2 346
4
3 655

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Species: Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
HKE/8C3411

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

3 807
366
1 777
5 950

5 950

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
WHB/2AC4-C

Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

52 365
86
159
169
1 155
53 934 (2)

40 000 (1) (2)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Within a total quota of 120 000 tonnes in EC waters.
(2)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

Denmark
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

18 050
950
19 000 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

V, VI, VII, XII and XIV
WHB/571214

Denmark
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC
Norway
Faroe Islands

4 333
16 772
27 954 (1)
23 341
33 544
52 693

2 097 (1)
48 919
209 653 (6)
120 000 (2) (3) (6)
45 000 (4) (5)

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Of which up to 75 % may be taken in areas VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters).
(2) May be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56°30¡ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.
(3) Of which up to 500 tonnes may consist of argentine (Argentina spp.).
(4) Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (Argentina spp.)
(5) May be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56°30¡ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.
(6)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

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

IVa
WHB/04A-C

Norway

40 000 (6)

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e
WHB/8ABDE.

Spain
France
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC

10 787
8 370
1 618
7 811
28 585 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

Any part of the abovementioned quotas may be fished in ICES Division Vb (EC waters), sub-areas VI, VII, XII and XIV.

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
WHB/8C3411

Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

47 462
11 866
59 328 (1)

Not relevant

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species:

Lemon sole and witch
Microstomus kitt and Glyptocephalus
cynoglossus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
L/W/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

380
1 048
135
287
872
12
4 289
7 023

7 023

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Blue ling
Molva dypterigia

Zone:

EC waters of zones VIa (north of 56° 30¡ N), VIb
BLI/6AN6B.

Faroe Islands

TAC

900 (1)

Not relevant

(1) To be fished by trawl, by-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.

Species:

Ling
Molva molva

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

9 500 (1) (2) (5)
800 (3) (4)

Not relevant

Zone:

EC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII
LIN/2A47-C

(2)

(1) Of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Sub-areas VI and VII. However, this
percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental
catch of other species in Sub-areas VI and VII shall not exceed pm tonnes.
Including tusk. The quotas for Norway are ling 9 500 tonnes, and tusk 5 000 tonnes and are interchangeable of up to 2 000
tonnes and may only be fished with longlines in ICES Division Vb and Sub-areas VI and VII.
Including blue ling and tusk. Only to be taken by long lines in VIa (north of 56° 30¡ N) and VIb.

(3)
(4) Of which an incidental catch of other species of 20 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Sub-area VI. However, this
percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental
catch of other species in Sub-area VI shall not exceed 75 tonnes.
Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

(5)

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat (EC waters), IIIbcd
(EC waters)
NEP/3A/BCD

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
EC

TAC

3 380
10
1 210
4 600

4 600

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
NEP/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

993
993
15
29
511
16 446
18 987

18 987 (1)

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) TAC to be revised to 21 350 tonnes and allocated to Member States when Council decides on management arrangements to control

catches in fisheries that catch Nephrops and cod.

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI
NEP/5BC6.

Spain
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Spain
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

23
92
153
11 032
11 300

11 300

1 047
4 243
6 436
5 724
17 450

17 450

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VII
NEP/07.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e
NEP/8ABDE.

Spain
France
EC

TAC

Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Spain
France
EC

TAC

189
2 961
3 150

3 150

173
7
180

180

Precautionary TAC where deductions of Article
5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIIc
NEP/08C.

Precautionary TAC where deductions of Article
5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
NEP/9/3411

Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

150
450
600

600

Precautionary TAC where deductions of Article
5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat
PRA/03A.

Denmark
Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)

3 717
2 002
5 719

10 710 (1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
PRA/2AC4-C

Denmark
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

3 626
34
146
1 074
4 880

100 (1) (2)

4 980

(1) To be fished in area IV.
(2)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

Zone:

Norwegian waters, south of 62° N
PRA/04-N.

Denmark
Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)
(2)

900
140 (2)
1 040 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.
By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack, whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.

Species:

‘Penaeus' shrimps
Penaeus spp

Zone:

French Guyana
PEN/FGU.

France
EC
Barbados
Guyana
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago

TAC

4 000 (1)
4 000 (1)
24 (1)
24 (1)
0 (1)
60 (1)

4 108 (1)

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Fishing for shrimps Penaeus subtilis and Penaeus brasiliensis is prohibited in waters less than 30 m deep.

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Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Skagerrak
PLE/03AN.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)

57
7 397
38
1 422
396
9 310

9 500 (1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Kattegat
PLE/03AS.

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
EC

TAC

1 658
19
186
1 863

1 863

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea
PLE/2AC4.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

3 564
11 585
3 342
668
22 278
16 486
57 923

3 077

61 000 (1)

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

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

Norwegian waters
(PLE/04-NFS)

EC

30 000 (1)

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
PLE/561214

France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

34
447
746
1 227

1 227

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIIa
PLE/07A.

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

France
Ireland
EC

TAC

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Belgium
France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

34
15
876
10
404
1 340

1 340

16
144
160

160

992
3 305
1 763
6 060

6 060

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIb,c
PLE/7BC.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIId,e
PLE/7DE.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIIf,g
PLE/7FG.

Belgium
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

139
251
39
131
560

560

29
58
203
117
58
466

466

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIh,j,k
PLE/7HJK.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species:

Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
PLE/8/3411

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

Species:

Pollack
Pollachius pollachius

Spain
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

75
298
75
448

448

10
337
99
258
704

704

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
POL/561214

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Pollack
Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

VII
POL/07.

Belgium
Spain
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

529
32
12 177
1 298
2 964
17 000

17 000

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Pollack
Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e
POL/8ABDE.

Spain
France
EC

TAC

Species:

Pollack
Pollachius pollachius

Spain
France
EC

TAC

286
1 394
1 680

1 680

369
41
410

410

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIIc
POL/08C.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species:

Pollack
Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
POL/9/3411

Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

348
12
360

360

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIbcd
(EC waters), North Sea
POK/2A34-

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

66
7 879
19 896
46 823
199
1 083
15 254
91 200

98 800 (1)

190 000 (2)

(1) May only be taken in IV (EC waters) and Skagerrak. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the

TAC.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

(2)

Special conditions:

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

Norwegian waters
(POK/04-NFS)

EC

91 200 (2)

Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)

Zone:

Norwegian waters south of 62°N
POK/04-N.

982
982

190 000 (1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
POK/561214

Germany
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

1 441
14 307
478
3 488
19 713

19 713 (1)

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Zone:

VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
POK/7X1034

Belgium
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

18
3 921
1 960
1 069
6 968

6 968

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Turbot and brill
Psetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
T/B/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species:

Skates and rays
Rajidae

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

358
764
195
92
2 710
5
753
4 877

4 877

590
23
29
92
503
2 266
3 503

3 503

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
SRX/2AC4-C

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), VI
GHL/2AC6-

EC

Not subject to restriction

Norway

TAC

950 (1)

Not relevant

(1)

Fishing in VI is restricted to long lines.

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Species: Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIb,c,d
(EC waters), North Sea
MAC/2A34-

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

453
11 951
473
1 428
1 437
4 308 (1) (2) (3)
1 331
21 381 (2) (4) (5) (8)

37 246 (6) (8)

545 500 (7)

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1)

Including a fishery by this Member State of 1 865 tonnes of mackerel in ICES Division IIIa and in EC waters of ICES Division IVab
(MAC/3A/4AB).
Including 260 tonnes to be taken in Norwegian waters of ICES Sub-area IV(MAC/04-N.).

(2)
(3) When fishing in Norwegian waters, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas

(4)

(5)

for these species.
Including 1 865 tonnes accruing from conditions defined in footnote 2 of the Annex of the Agreed Records of Conclusions of
Fisheries Consultations between the European Community and Norway, Brussels, 9 December 1995.
Including 636 tonnes accruing from the arrangement between the European Community and Norway for 2004 on the
Management of the joint EU-Norway share of the NEAFC allowable catch.

(6) To be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This quota may be fished in division IVa only, except for 3 000

tonnes that may be fished in division IIIa.

(7) TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area.
(8)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified (8):

IIIa
MAC/03A.

IIIa, IVb,c
MAC/3A/4BC

IVb
MAC/04B.

IVc
MAC/04C.

Denmark
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
Norway

4 130
440
440

440

3 000

340

10

IIa (non-EC waters), VI, from 1
January to 31 March 2004
MAC/2A6.

4 020

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Species: Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

IIa (non-EC waters), Vb(EC waters), VI, VII,
VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIV
MAC/2CX14-

Germany
Spain
Estonia
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Poland
United Kingdom
EC
Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

18 965
20
150
12 644
63 216
27 656
1 096
173 848
297 595 (4) (5) (6)
12 020 (1) (6)
4 314 (2)

545 500 (3)

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) May be fished only in IIa, IVa, VIa (north of 56°30¡ N), VIId, e, f, h.
(2) Of which 1 301 tonnes may be fished in ICES Division IVa north of 59°N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1
October to 31 December. A quantity of 3 589 tonnes of the Faroe Islands' own quota may be fished in ICES Division VIa (north of
56°30¡N) throughout the year and/or in ICES Divisions VIIe, f, h, and/or ICES Division IVa.

(3) TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area.
(4)

Including 9 784 tonnes accruing from the Arrangement between the Norway and the European Community on the Management of
the joint EU-Norway share of the NEAFC allowable catch 2004.

(5) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 296 349 tonnes.
(6)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified, and only
during the periods 1 January to 15 February and 1 October to 31 December.

Germany
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
Norway
Faroe Islands

IVa (EC waters)
MAC/04A-C.

5 690
3 794
18 966
8 297
52 158
12 020 (6)
1 301 (1)

(1) North of 59° N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December.

Species: Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
MAC/8C3411

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

26 625 (1)
177 (1)
5 503 (1)
32 305

32 305

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) The quantities subject to exchange with other Member States may be taken, up to a limit of 25 % of the quota of the donor

Member State, in ICES area VIIIa,b,d (MAC/8ABD.).

Special conditions:

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

Spain
France
Portugal

VIIIb
(MAC/08B.)

3 000
20
5 000

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Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIbcd (EC waters)
SOL/3A/BCD

Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
Sweden
EC

TAC

436
25
42
16
520

520

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

II, North Sea
SOL/24.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

France
Ireland
EC

TAC

1 417
648
1 133
283
12 790
729
17 000

17 000

68
17
85

85

394
5
98
125
178
800

800

10
55
65

65

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV
SOL/561214

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIa
SOL/07A.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIb,c
SOL/7BC.

Precautionary TAC where where deductions of
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIId
SOL/07D.

Belgium
France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Belgium
France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Belgium
France
Ireland
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Belgium
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

Species: Common sole

Solea solea

Belgium
Spain
France
The Netherlands
EC

TAC

1 588
3 177
1 135
5 900

5 900

11
113
176
300

300

656
66
33
295
1 050

1 050

32
65
176
52
65
390

390

45
8
3 300
247
3 600

3 600

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIe
SOL/07E.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIf,g
SOL/7FG.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIh,j,k
SOL/7HJK.

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Zone:

VIIIa,b
SOL/8AB.

Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species:

Sole
Solea spp.

Zone:

VIIIc,d,e, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
SOX/8CDE34

Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

572
948
1 520

1 520

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Species:

Sprat
Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat
SPR/03A.

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
EC

TAC

33 504 (1)
70 (1)
12 676 (1)
46 250 (1)

50 000 (2)

(1) This quota may be fished with towed gears with a mesh size of no less than 16 mm and shall not be subject to the conditions

defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1434/98.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

(2)

Species:

Sprat
Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
SPR/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

2 738
216 683
2 738
2 738
2 738
1 330 (1)
9 035
238 000 (4)

15 000 (2) (4)
4 000 (3)

257 000

Including sandeel.

(1)
(2) May only be fished in Sub-area IV (EC waters).
(3) To be counted against the quota for sandeel in the North Sea.
(4)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Sprat
Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

VIIde
SPR/7DE.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

50
3 120
50
670
670
5 040
9 600

9 600

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

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Species:

Spurdog/dogfish
Squalus acanthias

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
DGS/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway

TAC

76
435
79
139
119
6
3 618
4 472 (2)

200 (1) (2)

4 672

(1)

(2)

Including catches taken with long lines of tope shark and velvet belly, bird beak dogfish, leafscale gulper shark, greater lantern
shark, smooth lantern shark and Portuguese dogfish. This quota may only be taken in ICES Sub-areas IV, VI and VII.
Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
JAX/2AC4-C

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

74
31 811
2 399
51
1 846
5 161
750
4 696
46 788 (3)

1 600 (1) (3)
7 000 (2)

50 267

(1) May only be fished in Sub-area IV (EC waters).
(2) Within a total quota of 7 000 tonnes for ICES Sub-Areas IV, VIa (north of 56°30¡N) and VII e,f,h.
(3)
Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIV
JAX/578/14

Denmark
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC
Faroe Islands

TAC

11 966
9 564
13 062
6 320
31 137
45 631
1 264
12 935
131 879

7 000 (1) (2)

137 000

Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) This quota may only be fished in ICES areas IV, VIa (north of 56° 30¡ N) and VIIe, f, h.
(2) Within a total quota of 7 000 tonnes for ICES Sub-areas IV, VIa (north of 56°30¡N) and VIIe,f,h.

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Species: Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

VIIIc, IX
JAX/8C9.

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

29 587 (1)
377 (1)
25 036 (1)
55 000

55 000

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Of which no more than 5 % may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm, notwithstanding Article 19 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 850/98. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the weight of the landings shall be affected by a
coefficient of 1.2.

Species: Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

X, CECAF (1)
JAX/X34PRT

Portugal
EC

TAC

3 200
3 200

3 200

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Waters adjacent to the Azores under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal.

Species: Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

CECAF (EC waters) (1)
JAX/341PRT

Portugal
EC

TAC

1 600
1 600

1 600

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Waters adjacent to Madeira under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal.

Species: Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

CECAF (EC waters) (1)
JAX/341SPN

Spain
EC

TAC

1 600
1 600

1 600

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain.

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Species: Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), Skagerrak and Kattegat, North Sea
(EC waters)
NOP/2A3A4-

Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
EC

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

172 840
33
127
173 000 (5)

5 000 (1) (2) (5)
20 000 (3) (4)

198 000

Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(1) This quota may be fished in ICES Division VIa, North of 56°30¡N.
(2) Up to 5 000 tonnes may be taken as sandeel.
(3) To be counted against the quota for sandeel in IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters).
(4) Up to 6 000 tonnes may be fished in division VIa north of 56°30¡N.
(5)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)
NOP/04-N.

47 500 (1) (2)
2 500 (1) (2)
50 000 (1) (2) (3)

Not relevant

Denmark
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)
(2)
(3)

Including inextricably mixed horse mackerel.
80 % of this quota may be taken as sand eel.
Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Industrial fish

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)
I/F/04-N.

Sweden
EC

TAC

800 (1) (2)
800 (3)

Not relevant

By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe to be counted against the quotas for these species.

(1)
(2) Of which no more than 400 tonnes of horse mackerel.
(3)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Combined quota

Zone:

EC waters of zones Vb, VI, VII
R/G/5B67-C

EC
Norway

TAC

Not subject to restriction

600 (1) (2)

Not relevant

(1) Taken with long lines only; including rat tails, Mora mora and greater fork beard.
(2)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species: Other species

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)
OTH/04-N.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

60
5 500
620
255
440
pm (1)

4 125
11 000 (2)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of ‘other species' at a traditional level.
(2)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Other species

Zone:

EC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56° 30¡N
OTH/2A46AN

EC

Not subject to restriction

5 000 (1) (3)
400 (2)

Not relevant

Norway
Faroe Islands

TAC

(1)

(2)
(3)

Limited to IIa and IV.
appropriate; catches of sole shall be limited to by-catches only.
Limited to by-catches of whitefish in IV and VIa.
Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Includes fisheries not specifically mentioned; exceptions may be introduced after consultations, as

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ANNEX IC

NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND ICES

areas I, II, IIIa, IV, V, XII, XIV and NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

Species: Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)
RNG/514GRN

Germany
United Kingdom
EC

1 629
86
2 000 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Of which 285 tonnes are allocated to Norway, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)
RNG/N01GRN

Germany
EC

TAC

1 035
1 350 (1)

Not relevant

(1) Of which 315 tonnes are allocated to Norway, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

I, II (EC waters and International waters)
HER/1/2.

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

25
24 945
4 368
82
1 076
6 458
8 927
82
366
9 244
15 948
71 542

TAC

Not relevant

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
COD/1N2AB-

Germany
Greece
Spain
Ireland
France
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

2 431
301
2 712
301
2 232
2 712
9 431
20 120 (1)

486 000

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

I, II b
COD/1/2B.

Germany
Spain
France
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom
All Member States
EC

TAC

3 216
8 313
1 372
1 507
1 755
2 059

100 (1)
18 322 (2) (3)

486 000

Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

(1)
(2) The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Community in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island is entirely without

prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.
(3) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota is 18 618 tonnes.

Species: Cod and haddock

Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
C/H/05B-F.

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

10
60
430
500

TAC

Not relevant

Species: Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)
HAL/514GRN

EC

TAC

200 (1) (2)

Not relevant

(1) Of which 200 tonnes to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations

(2)

with Norway for 2004.
If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will
provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have
been exhausted.

Species: Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)
HAL/N01GRN

EC

TAC

200 (1) (2)

Not relevant

(1) Of which 200 tonnes, to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations

(2)

with Norway for 2004
If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will
provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have
been exhausted.

Species: Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

IIb
CAP/02B.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (2)

(1) Without prejudice to the Community rights.
(2)

Subject to revision in the light of scientific advice.

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Species: Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)
CAP/514GRN

All Member States
EC

49 285
95 985 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Of which 6 700 tonnes are allocated to Norway pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004, 30 000
tonnes to Iceland and 10 000 tonnes to Faroe Islands. The Community share represents 70 % of the capelin TAC for the season.
Upon revision of this TAC in the course of 2004, the Community quota shall be revised accordingly.

Species: Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
HAD/1N2AB-

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

471
283
1 446
2 200 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

EC

TAC

20 000

Not relevant

Zone:

I, II (international waters)

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
WHB/1/2-N.

Germany
France
EC

TAC

(1)

500
500
1 000 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
WHB/05B-F.

Denmark
United Kingdom
All Member States
EC

7 040
7 040
1 920
16 000

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Ling and Blue Ling
Molva molva and Molva dypterigia

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
B/L/05B-F.

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

950 (1)
2 106 (1)
184 (1)
3 240 (1)

Not relevant

By-catches up to 1 080 tonnes of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.

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Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)
PRA/514GRN

Denmark
France
EC

TAC

1 012
1 012
5 675 (1)

Not relevant

(1) Of which 2 500 tonnes are allocated to Norway pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004 and 1 150

tonnes to Faroe Islands.

Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
POK/1N2AB-

2 880
463
257
3 600 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Zone:

I, II (International waters)
POK/1/2INT

EC

TAC

0

Not relevant

Species:

Saithe
Pollachius virens

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
POK/05B-F.

Belgium
Germany
France
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
EC

50
310
1 510
50
580
2 500

TAC

Not relevant

Species: Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
GHL/1N2AB-

Germany
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

50
50
100 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

I, II (International waters)
GHL/1/2INT

EC

TAC

0

Not relevant

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Species: Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)
GHL/514GRN

Germany
United Kingdom
EC

4 038
213
4 800 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Of which 400 tonnes are allocated to Norway pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004 and

150 tonnes are allocated to Faroe Islands.

Species: Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters)
GHL/N01GRN

Germany
EC

TAC

550
1 500 (1)

Not relevant

(1) Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004 and

150 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.

Species: Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

IIa (Norwegian waters)
MAC/02A-N.

Denmark
EC

TAC

12 020 (1)
12 020 (1) (2)

Not relevant

(1) May also be fished in sub-area IV (Norwegian waters) and in Division IIa (non-EC waters).
(2)
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
MAC/05B-F

Denmark
EC

TAC

3 589 (1)
3 589

Not relevant

(1) May be fished in IVa (EC waters).

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

V, XII, XIV (1) (2)
RED/51214.

Estonia
Germany
Spain
France
Ireland
The Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

350
11 175 (2)
1 963 (2)
1 044 (2)
4 (2)
5 (2)
1 007 (2)
2 346 (2)
27 (2)
16 563 (2) (3)

120 000 (2)

EC waters and international waters.

(1)
(2) May be taken in the NAFO Regulatory Area Sub-area 2, Divisions IF and 3K but shall be counted against the quota for V, XII, XIV

within a total quota of 25 000 tonnes.

(3) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the quota for EC will be 16 563 tonnes.

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Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Germany
Spain
France
Portugal
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
RED/1N2AB-

512
63
56
269
100
1 000 (1)

Not relevant

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

21 168
107
150

25 500 (1) (2) (3)

TAC

Not relevant

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)
RED/514GRN

(1) A maximum of 20 000 tonnes may be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery

(2)

(3)

shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.
3 575 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with
Norway for 2004.
500 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported
separately.

Zone:

Va (Icelandic waters)
RED/05A-IS

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
RED/05B-F.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Belgium
Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

100 (1) (2)
1 690 (1) (2)
50 (1) (2)
1 160 (1) (2)
3 000 (1) (2)

TAC

Not relevant

Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).

(1)
(2) To be fished between July and December.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Belgium
Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

45
5 796
392
67
6 300

TAC

Not relevant

Species: Other species (1)

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)
OTH/1N2AB-

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

150 (1)
60 (1)
240 (1)
450 (1) (2)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Only as by-catch.
(2)

Provisional quota, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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Species: Other species (1)

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
OTH/05B-F.

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

305
275
180
760

TAC

Not relevant

(1)

Excluding fish species of no commercial value.

Species:

Flatfish

Germany
France
United Kingdom
EC

180
140
680
1 000 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

(1)

Including Greenland halibut.

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)
FLX/05B-F.

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ANNEX ID

NORTH WEST ATLANTIC

Area of NAFO

All TACs and associate conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO.

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 2J3KL
COD/N2J3KL

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 3NO
COD/N3NO.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species: Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 3M
COD/N3M.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species: Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 2J3KL
WIT/N2J3KL

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species: Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 3NO
WIT/N3NO.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species: American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Zone:

NAFO 3M
PLA/N3M.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

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Species: American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO
PLA/N3LNO.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species:

Short fin squid
Ilex illecebrosus

Zone:

NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4
SQI/N34.

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
EC

TAC

128 (2)
128 (2)
128 (2)
227 (2)

(1) (2)

34 000

(1) No specified Community share, an amount of 29 467 tonnes is available to Canada and the EC Member States except Estonia,

Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

(2) To be fished between 1 July and 31 December.

Species: Yellowtail flounder
Limanda ferruginea

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO
YEL/N3LNO.

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
EC

TAC

(2) (3)
(2) (3)
(2) (3)
(2) (3)

290 (1)

14 500

(1) All Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and to be fished as by-catches only. The fishery will be closed when

the entire quota is taken.

(2) A total of 73 tonnes is available to the fishing vessels of these new Member States, and only as by-catch.
(3) The competent authorities of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland shall inform the Executive Secretary of NAFO, at least 48 hours
in advance of the entry of their vessels into the NAFO Area, of the intention to enter into the NAFO Area, and to fish on this
quota in accordance with NAFO rules. Catches taken by vessels under this quota shall be reported to the Flag Member State and
forwarded to the Executive Secretary of NAFO at 48 hour intervals.

Species: Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

NAFO 3NO
CAP/N3NO.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

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Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 3L (1)
PRA/N3L.

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
EC

TAC

144 (2)
144 (2)
144 (2)
144 (2)
144 (2) (3)

13 000

(1) Not including the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No
1
2
3
4

Latitude N
47°20¡0
47°20¡0
46°00¡0
46°00¡0

Longitude W
46°40¡0
46°30¡0
46°30¡0
46°40¡0

(2) To be fished from 1 January to 31 March, 1 July to 14 September and 1 December to 31 December.
(3) All Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Species: Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

TAC

(2)

Zone:

NAFO 3M (1)
PRA/N3M.

(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 N
47°20¡0
47°20¡0
46°00¡0
46°00¡0

Longitude W
46°40¡0
46°30¡0
46°30¡0
46°40¡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 (EC) No 189/92 (OJ L 21, 30.1.1992, p. 4).
Moreover, fishing for shrimp shall be prohibited from 1 June to 31 December 2004 in the area bounded by the following
coordinates:

Point No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Latitude N
47°55¡0
47°30¡0
46°55¡0
46°35¡0
46°35¡0
47°30¡0
47°55¡0

Longitude W
45°00¡0
44°15¡0
44°15¡0
44°30¡0
45°40¡0
45°40¡0
45°00¡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 derogation from Article 8 of that regulation, permits
will only become valid if the Commission has not objected within five working days following the notification.
The maximum number of vessels and fishing time allowed shall be:

Member State

Maximum number
of vessels

Maximum number
of fishing days

Denmark
Estonia
Spain
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal

2
8
10
4
7
1
1

131
1 667
257
490
579
100
69

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

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Species: Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

NAFO 3LMNO
GHL/N3LMNO

Estonia
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

408

(1) (2)

(1) (2)
(1) (2)
(1) (2)

5 482
2 313
8 203

14 820

(1) A total of 985 tonnes is available to the fishing vessels of these new Member States.
(2) The competent authorities of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland shall inform the Executive Secretary of NAFO, at least 48 hours
in advance of the entry of their vessels into the NAFO Area, of the intention of vessels holding a special fishing permit pursuant to
Article 34 (2) to fish on the others quota for Greenland Halibut in accordance with NAFO rules. Catches taken by such vessels
under this quota shall be reported to the Flag Member State and forwarded to the Executive Secretary of NAFO at 48 hour
intervals.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO 3M
RED/N3M.

Estonia
Germany
Spain
Latvia
Lithuania
Portugal
EC
Poland

TAC

1 571 (1)
513 (1)
233 (1)
1 571 (1)
1 571 (1)
2 354 (1)
7 813 (1) (2)

124 (1) (3) (4)

5 000 (1)

(1) This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC of 5 000 tonnes established for this stock. Upon exhaustion of the TAC, the

directed fishery for this stock shall be stopped irrespective of the level of catches.

(2) Until the date of accession of the new Member States, the EC quota will be 3 100 tonnes.
(3) May be fished within a total quota of 124 tonnes.
(4) The competent authorities of Poland shall inform the Executive Secretary of NAFO, at least 48 hours in advance of the entry of
their vessels into the NAFO Area, of the intention to enter into the NAFO Area, and to fish on this quota in accordance with
NAFO rules. Catches taken by vessels under this quota shall be reported to the Flag Member State and forwarded to the Executive
Secretary of NAFO at 48 hour intervals.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO 3LN
RED/N3LN.

EC

TAC

0 (1)

0 (1)

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 28.

Species: Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO Sub-area 2, Divisions IF and 3K
RED/N1F3K.

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania

TAC

(1)
(1)
(1)

32 500

(1) To be fished within a total quota of 7 500 tonnes and to be shared with Canada, Cuba, France (St Pierre et Miquelon), Japan, Korea,

Ukraine and USA.

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ANNEX IE

HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH

All Areas

TACS in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT
and IATTC.

Species:

Bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and
Mediterranean
BFT/AE045W

Cyprus
Greece
Spain
France
Italy
Malta
Portugal
All Member States
EC

TAC

(1)

326
6 317
6 233
4 920

(1)

594
60 (2)

18 450

32 000

(1) Cyprus and Malta may fish under the ICCAT ‘Others' quota in accordance with the ICCAT Compliance Tables adopted at 2003

ICCAT Annual Meeting.
Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

(2)

Species:

Swordfish
Xiphias gladius

Spain
Portugal
All Member States
EC

TAC

(1)

Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° N
SWO/AN05N

5 682,4
1 010,4

148,5 (1)

6 841,3

14 000

Species:

Swordfish
Xiphias gladius

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° N
SWO/AS05N

Spain
Portugal
EC

TAC

5 488,5
361,5

5 850

15 776

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Species: Northern Albacore

Germo alalunga

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5°N
ALB/AN05N

Ireland
Spain
France
United Kingdom
Portugal
EC

TAC

5 216,1 (1) (3)
26 649,1 (1) (3)
6 909,1 (1) (3)
402,1 (1) (3)
1 953,1 (1) (3)
41 129,5 (1) (2)

34 500

It is prohibited to use any gill net, bottom set gill net, trammel net and entangling net.

(1)
(2) The number of Community fishing vessels fishing for Northern Albacore as a target species is fixed to 1 253 vessels in accordance

with Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

(3) The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State
authorised to fish for Northern Albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001:

Member State
Ireland
Spain
France
United Kingdom
Portugal
EC

Maximum number of vessels
50
730
151
12
310
1 253

Species:

Southern Albacore
Germo alalunga

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° N
ALB/AS05N

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

Species:

Bigeye Tuna
Thunnus obesus

Spain
France
Portugal
EC

TAC

1 216,6
223,6
474,5
1 914,7

29 200

18 838,2
8 177
8 922
35 937,2

Average catches of
1991-1992

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean
BET/ATLANT

Species:

Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean
BUM/ATLANT

EC

TAC

Species: White marlin

Tetrapturus alba

EC

TAC

103

Not relevant

46,5

Not relevant

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean
WHM/ATLANT

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ANNEX IF

ANTARCTIC

Area of CCAMLR

These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Community share is
undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, who will communicate when fishing must cease
due to TAC exhaustion.

Species:

Blackfin icefish
Chaenocephalus aceratus

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
SSI/F483.

TAC

2 200 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery should be closed.

Species: Unicorn icefish

Channichthys rhinoceratus

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
LIC/F5852.

TAC

150 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is

exhausted, the corresponding fisheries should be closed.

Species: Antarctic icefish

Champsocephalus gunnari

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
ANI/F483.

TAC

2 887 (1)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004. Fishing for this stock during the period 1 March to

31 May 2004 shall be limited to 722 tonnes.

Species: Antarctic icefish

Champsocephalus gunnari

TAC

292 (1)

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic (2)
ANI/F5852.

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004.
(2)

the point where the meridian of

For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as that portion of FAO statistical division 58.5.2 that lies
within the area enclosed by a line:
(a)

starting at
Agreement Boundary then south along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 53°25¡S;
then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 74°E;
then northeasterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 52°40¡S and the meridian of longitude
76°E;
then north along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 52°S;
then northwesterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 51°S with the meridian of longitude
74°30¡E; and
then southwesterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

longitude 72°15¡E intersects the Australia–France Maritime Delimitation

Antarctic toothfish
Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
TOP/F483.

4 420 (1) (2)

(1) This TAC is applicable for long-line fishery in the period 1 May to 31 August 2004 and for pot fishery 1 December 2003 to

30 November 2004.
Including 221 tonnes of skates and rays and 221 tonnes of Macrorus spp. as by-catch.

(2)

(b)
(c)

(d)
(e)

(f)

Species:

TAC

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Species: Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 48.4 Antarctic
TOP/F484.

TAC

28 (1) (2)

(1) To be fished only with long-lines.
(2) This TAC is applicable during a fishing season defined as that applied in Sub-area 48.3, or until the catch limit for Dissostichus
eleginoides in Sub-area 48.4 is reached, or until the catch limit for Dissostichus eleginoides in Sub-area 48.3, as specified above, is
reached, whichever is sooner.

Species: Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
TOP/F5852.

TAC

2 873 (1) (2)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the trawl fishery in the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004 and for the long-line fishery in

the period 1 May to 31 August 2004.

(2) This TAC is applicable for West of 79°20¡E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited (see Annex XIV).

Species: Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 48
KRI/F48.

TAC

4 000 000 (1)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the sub-areas specified:

Sub-area 48.1 (KRI/F481.)
Sub-area 48.2 (KRI/F482.)
Sub-area 48.3 (KRI/F483.)
Sub-area 48.4 (KRI/F484.)

1 008 000
1 104 000
1 056 000
832 000

Species: Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 58.4.1 Antarctic
KRI/F5841.

TAC

440 000 (1)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the areas specified

Division 58.4.1 West of 115° E (KRI/F5841W)
Division 58.4.1 East of 115° E (KRI/F5841E)

277 000
163 000

Species: Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 58.4.2 Antarctic
KRI/F5842.

TAC

450 000 (1)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004.

Species: Humped rockcod

Gobionotothen gibberifrons

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
NOG/F483.

TAC

1 470 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery should be closed.

Species: Grey rockcod

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
NOS/F483.

TAC

300 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery should be closed.

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Species: Grey rockcod

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
NOS/F5852.

TAC

80 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery should be closed.

Species: Marbled rockcod

Notothenia rossii

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
NOR/F483.

TAC

300 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery should be closed.

Species: Crab

Paralomis spp.

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
PAI/F483.

TAC

1 600 (1)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004.

Species:

South Georgia icefish
Pseudochaenichthus georgianus

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
SGI/F483.

TAC

300 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery should be closed.

Species: Grenadier

Macrourus spp.

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
GRV/F5852.

TAC

360 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is

exhausted, the corresponding fisheries should be closed.

Species: Other species

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
OTH/F5852.

TAC

50 (1)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is

exhausted, the corresponding fisheries should be closed.

Species:

Skates and rays
Rajae

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic
SRX/F5852.

TAC

120 (1) (2)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for Dissostichus eleginoides and Champsocephalus gunnari. Wherever this by-catch TAC is

exhausted, the corresponding fisheries should be closed.
For the purposes of this TAC, skates and rays to be counted as one single species.

(2)

Species:

Squid
Martialia hyadesi

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic
SQS/F483.

TAC

2 500 (1)

(1) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2003 to 30 November 2004.

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ANNEX II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES APPLICABLE IN 2004 FOR HERRING TO BE LANDED UNSORTED FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN HUMAN CONSUMPTION (IN TONNES, LIVE WEIGHT)

All catch limitations set out in this Annex are considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 3 and shall, therefore, be
subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof.

Species: Herring (1)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Skagerrak and Kattegat
HER/03A-BC

By-catches of herring taken in fisheries for species other than herring and landed unsorted.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

Species: Herring (1)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), North Sea, VIId
HER/2A47DX

Denmark
Germany
Sweden
EC

TAC

(1)
(2)

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC

TAC

(1)
(2)

17 950
160
2 890
21 000

21 000 (2)

189
36 377
189
189
189
178
691
38 000

38 000 (2)

By-catches of herring taken in fisheries for species other than herring and landed unsorted.
Provisional TAC, pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.

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ANNEX III

SPECIAL MEASURES CONCERNING NORTH SEA HERRING

1. Member States shall adopt special measures concerning the capture, sorting or landing of herring taken from the
North Sea or from the Skagerrak and Kattegat with a view to ensuring the observance of catch limitations, in
particular those set out in Annex II. These measures shall include, in particular:

— special control and inspection programmes;

— fishing effort plans, including lists of authorised vessels and, where deemed necessary on the basis of quota

exhaustion beyond the level of 70 %, limitations on the activity of authorised vessels;

— control of trans-shipment and of practices which incur discarding;

— where possible, temporary prohibition of fishing in areas where high by-catch rates of herring, in particular

juveniles, are known to occur.

2.

In the case of landings of herring unsorted from the remainder of the catch, Member States shall ensure that
adequate sampling programmes are in place in order to monitor effectively all landings of by catches of herring. It
fish containing unsorted herring in harbours where these sampling
shall be prohibited to land catches of
programmes are not in place.

3. Commission inspectors shall, in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and whenever the
Commission deems it necessary for the purposes of points 1 and 2, carry out independent inspections to verify the
implementation by the competent authorities of the sampling programmes and of the special measures mentioned
in point 1.

4. The Commission shall prohibit landings of herring if it is deemed that implementation of the measures mentioned

in points 1 and 2 does not achieve a strict control of fishing mortality of herring in all fisheries.

5. All landings of herring caught in ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId by vessels which carry on board only towed nets of
mesh sizes equal to or greater than 32 mm, while taking these catches in these areas, will be counted against a
relevant quota as defined in Annex I.

6. All landings of herring caught in ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId by vessels which carry on board towed nets of mesh
size less than 32 mm, while taking these catches in these areas, will be counted against a relevant quota as defined
in Annex II. Herring landed by vessels operating within these conditions shall not be offered for sale for human
consumption.

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ANNEX IV

TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL MEASURES

1.

Type of gear authorised for cod fishery in the Baltic Sea

1.1.

Towed nets

1.1.1. W i t h o u t e x i t w i n d o w s

Towed nets without an exit window shall be prohibited.

1.1.2. W i t h e x i t w i n d o w s

By way of derogation from the provisions of special selectivity devices in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 88/98,
the provisions in Appendix 1 to this Annex shall apply.

1.2.

Gillnets

By way of derogation from the provisions of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the minimum mesh size
for gillnets shall be 110 mm.

The nets shall not exceed a maximum length of 12 km for vessels with an overall length of up to and including
12 m.

The nets shall not exceed a maximum length of 24 km for vessels with an overall length of more than 12 m.

The soaking time of the nets shall not exceed 48 hours counting from the time the nets are first put in the
water to the time when the nets are fully recovered on board the fishing vessel.

2.

By-catch of cod in the Baltic Sea

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 88/98, no undersized cod may
be kept on board. However, by way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3(5) of that Regulation, the
by-catch of cod taken when fishing for herring and sprat with mesh sizes of 32 mm or smaller shall not exceed
3 % by weight. Of this by-catch, no more than 5 % of undersized cod shall be kept on board.

By-catches of cod may not exceed 10 % when fishing for other species than herring and sprat with trawls and
Danish seines other than those referred to in point 1.1.2.

3.

Minimum size for cod

By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the minimum
size for cod shall be 38 cm.

4.

Summer ban for Baltic cod

Fishing for cod shall be prohibited in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound from 1 June to 31 August 2004
inclusive.

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5.

Closure of Bornholm Deep

Fishing shall be prohibited from 15 May to 31 August 2004 in the Bornholm Deep, in the maritime area
defined by the lines connecting the following coordinates:

— latitude 55°30¡N, longitude 15°30¡E.

— latitude 55°30¡N, longitude 16°30¡E.

— latitude 55°00¡N, longitude 16°30¡E.

— latitude 55°00¡N, longitude 16°00¡E.

— latitude 55°15¡N, longitude 16°00¡E.

— latitude 55°15¡N, longitude 15°30¡E.

— latitude 55°30¡N, longitude 15°30¡E.

6.

Technical conservation measures in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat

Notwithstanding the conditions set out in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the following rules shall
apply in 2004:

(a) A mesh size of 35 mm shall apply when fishing for prawns (Pandalus borealis);

(b) A mesh size of 30 mm shall be used when fishing for argentine (Argentina spp.);

(c) When fishing for whiting with a mesh size of 70 to 89 mm, the by-catches shall not exceed 30 % for the
following species: cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch, lemon sole, turbot, brill, flounder, megrim, dab, saithe
and lobster;

(d) When fishing for Norway lobster with a mesh size of 70 to 89 mm, the by-catches should not exceed
lemon sole, turbot, brill, flounder,

60 % for the following species: cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch,
megrim, whiting, dab, saithe and lobster;

(e) When fishing for prawns (Pandalus borealis) with a mesh size of 35 to 69 mm, the by-catches should not
exceed 50 % for the following species: cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch, lemon sole, turbot, brill, flounder,
herring, mackerel, megrim, whiting, dab, saithe, Norway lobster and lobster;

(f)

In all fisheries other than those covered in (c), (d) and (e), using a mesh size below 90 mm, the by-catches
should not exceed 10 % for the following species: cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch, lemon sole, turbot,
brill, flounder, mackerel, megrim, whiting, dab, saithe, Norway lobster and lobster.

7.

Rockall Haddock box

All fishing, except with longlines, shall be prohibited in Community and in international waters in the box
bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No

1
2
3
4

Latitude

57°00¡N
57°00¡N
56°30¡N
56°30¡N

Longitude

15°00¡W
14°00¡W
14°00¡W
15°00¡W

8.

Fishing for herring in area IIa (EC waters)

Fishing with towed gear of a mesh size less than 54 mm or with purse seines in area IIa (EC waters) is allowed
only between 1 March and 15 May.

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9.

Technical conservation measures in the Mediterranean

The fisheries currently operating under the derogations, provided for in Article 3(1) and (1a) and Article 6(1)
and (1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1626/94, may temporarily continue their activity in 2004.

10.

Closure of an area for sandeel fisheries

It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board sandeels caught within the geographical area bounded by the
east coast of England and Scotland, and a line sequentially joining the following coordinates:

— the east coast of England at latitude 55°30¡N,

— latitude 55°30¡N, longitude 1°00¡W,

— latitude 58°00¡N, longitude 1°00¡W,

— latitude 58°00¡N, longitude 2°00¡W,

— the east coast of Scotland at longitude 2°00¡W,

— the east coast of Scotland at longitude 2°00¡W,

However, a limited fishery will be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stock in the area and the effects of
the closure.

11.

Specific provisions for the Gulf of Riga

11.1.

Special fishing permit

1.

In order to exercise fishing activities in the Gulf of Riga vessels shall hold a special fishing permit issued in
accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.

2. Member States shall ensure that vessels to which a special fishing permit referred to in paragraph 1 has
been issued are included in a list containing their name and internal registration number to be provided to
the Commission by each Member State.

Vessels included in the list shall satisfy the following conditions:

(a)

the total engine power (kW) of the vessels within the lists must not exceed that observed for each
Member State in the years 2000-2001 in the Gulf of Riga;

(b)

the engine power of a vessel must not exceed 221 kilowatts (kW) at any time.

11.2.

Replacement of vessels or engines

1. Any individual vessel on the list referred to in point 11.1.2 may be replaced by another vessel or vessels,

provided that:

(a)

such replacement will not lead to an increase in the total engine power as indicated in point 11.1.2 (a)
in the Member State concerned; and

(b)

the engine power of any replacement vessel does not exceed 221 kW at any time.

2. An engine of any individual vessel included in the list referred to in point 11.1.2 may be replaced, provided

that:

(a)

the replacement of an engine does not lead to the vessel's engine power exceeding 221 kW at any
time; and

(b)

the power of the replacement engine is not such that replacement will lead to an increase in the total
engine power as indicated in point 11.1.2 (a) for the Member State concerned.

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12. Weighing procedures for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel

12.1.

The following procedures shall apply to landings in the European Community by Community and third country
vessels of quantities per landing exceeding 10 tonnes of herring, mackerel, and horse mackerel, or a
combination thereof, taken in:

for herring, ICES Sub-areas I, II and Divisions III a North, IV, Vb, VI and VII b, c, d,

for mackerel and horse mackerel, in ICES Sub-area IIa and Divisions III a, b, d, IV, VI and VII.

12.2.

Landings referred to in point 12.1 are only permitted in designated ports.

12.3.

Each Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission before 15 January 2004 the list of designated
ports in which landings of herring, mackerel and horse mackerel may take place and, within 30 days thereafter,
inspection and surveillance procedures for those ports including the terms and conditions for recording and
reporting the quantities of any of the species and stocks referred to in point 12.1 within each landing. The
Commission shall transmit this information as well as ports designated by third countries to all Member States
concerned.

12.4.

The master of a fishing vessel referred to in point 12.1 shall inform the competent authorities of the Member
State in which the landing is to be made, at least four hours in advance of entry to port of landing of the
Member State concerned, of:

(a)

the port he intends to enter;

(b)

the estimated time of arrival at that port;

(c)

the quantities in kilograms live weight by species retained on board.

The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall require that the discharge does not commence
until authorised to do so.

12.5.

By way of derogation from the provisions of point 4.2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 the
master of a fishing vessel shall submit, immediately upon arrival to port, the relevant page or pages of the
logbook as demanded by the competent authority at the port of landing.

The quantities retained on board, notified prior to landing as referred to in point 12.4(c), shall be equal to the
quantities recorded in the logbook after its completion.

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 the permitted
margin of tolerance in estimates recorded into the logbook of the quantities in kilograms of fish retained on
board of vessels shall be 7 %.

12.6. All buyers purchasing fresh fish shall weigh all quantities received. The weighing shall be carried out prior to

the fish being sorted, processed, held in cold storage, transported from the port of landing or resold.

When determining the weight any deduction for water shall not exceed 2 %.

In addition to the obligations set out in Article 9(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 the processor or
buyer of the quantities landed shall submit to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned a copy
of the invoice or a document replacing it, as referred to in Article 22(3) of the sixth Council Directive
77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common
system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (1). Any such invoice or document shall include the
information required by the provisions of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and shall be submitted
on demand or within 48 hours of the completion on the weighing.

(1) OJ L 145, 13.6.1977, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2003/92/EC (OJ L 260, 11.10.2003, p. 8).

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12.7.

All buyers or holders of frozen fish shall weigh the quantities landed prior to the fish being processed, held in
cold storage, transported from the port of landing or resold. Any tare weight equal to the weight of boxes,
plastic or other containers in which the fish to be weighed is packed may be deducted from the weight of any
quantities landed.

Alternatively, the weight of frozen fish packed in boxes may be determined by multiplying the average weight
of a representative sample based on weighing the contents removed from the box and without plastic
packaging whether or not after the thawing of any ice on the surface of the fish. Member States shall notify
before 31 January 2004 their sampling methodology, which shall be approved by the Commission.

12.8.

The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that the fish is weighed in the presence of a
controller.

13.

Restrictions on fishing for Cod in West of Scotland

Until 31 December 2004, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within the area enclosed by
sequentially joining with straight lines the following geographical coordinates:

59°05¡N, 06°45¡W

59°30¡N, 06°00¡W

59°40¡N, 05°00¡W

60°00¡N, 04°00¡W

59°30¡N, 04°00¡W

59°05¡N, 06°45¡W.

14.

Mesh size ranges, target species and required catch percentages applicable to the use of a single mesh
size range in towed gears in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat

By way of derogation from the provisions of towed gears in Skagerrak and Kattegat as laid down in Annex IV
to Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the provisions in Appendix 2 to this Annex shall apply from 1 March 2004.

15.

Purse seines in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC))

The fishing by purse-seine vessels for Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares), Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) and
Skipjack Tunas (Katsuwonus pelamis) shall be prohibited from 1 August to 11 September 2004, in the area
defined by the following limits:

the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,

longitude 150° W,

latitude 40° N,

latitude 40° S.

As of the date of application of this Regulation purse seiners fishing for tuna in the Regulatory Area of the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission shall retain on board all the bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna
caught, except fish considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size. However, this
provision shall not apply to the final set of a trip.

Purse seine vessels shall promptly release unharmed, to the extent practicable, all sea turtles, sharks, billfishes,
rays, mahi-mahi and other non-target species. Fishermen are encouraged to develop, and use techniques, and
equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of any such animals.

The following specific measures to encircled or entangled sea turtles shall apply:

whenever a sea turtle is sighted in the net, all reasonable efforts should be made to rescue the turtle before it
becomes entangled in the net, including, if necessary, the deployment of a speedboat,

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if a turtle is entangled in the net, net roll should stop as soon as the turtle comes out of the water and should
not start again until the turtle has been disentangled and released,

if a turtle is brought on board a vessel, all appropriate methods to assist in the recovery of the turtle should be
made before returning it to the water,

tuna-fishing vessels shall be prohibited from disposing of salt bags or any other type of plastic rubbish at sea.

16.

Technical conservation measures in the Irish Sea

The technical conservation measures referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 shall
temporarily apply in 2004.

17.

Special Conditions for fishing for Haddock in the North Sea

(a) For the purposes of this point, ‘cod protection area' means that part of ICES Divisions IV included in the

following ICES rectangles that lies further than 12 nautical miles from coastal baselines:

49E6, 48E6, 47E6, 46E6, 50E7, 49E7, 48E7, 50E8, 49E8, 51E9, 50E9, 49E9, 48E9, 47E9, 50F0, 49F0,
48F0, 47F0, 51F1, 50F1, 49F1, 50F2, 49F2, 46F3, 45F3, 45F4, 44F4, 43F5, 43F6, 43F7, 42F7, 38E9, 37E9,
37F0, 46E8, 45E8, 47E9, 46E9, 45E9, 44E9, 47F0, 46F0, 45F0, 44F0, 47F1, 46F1, 45F1, 44F1.

(b) Vessels to which a Member State has issued a special fishing permit for directed fishing for haddock in
accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 shall comply with the following conditions:

(i)

notify national authorities of the place and time at which any landing of fish will be made at least
four hours before such a landing occurs unless landings are made within the periods specified by the
Member State;

(ii) make such landings exclusively at ports that shall be designated by the flag Member State;

(iii)

submit the relevant logbooksheet(s) to the national authorities prior to the commencement of the
discharge of the catches retained on board;

(iv) not discharge any fish retained on board until permission to do so has been given by the relevant

national authorities;

(v)

retain on board no more than 5 % of cod as a proportion of the live weight of marine organisms on
the vessel;

(vi) not trans-ship any fish at sea;

(vii)

fish exclusively outside the cod protection area;

(viii) not transit within the cod protection area unless the fishing gear on board is securely lashed and

stowed;

(ix) not to carry on board or deploy trawl gear of less than 100 mm mesh size.

(c) Special fishing permits referred to in sub-point (b) shall not be issued for a period longer than three

months.

(d) No special fishing permit shall be issued that is valid in the period of three months subsequent to the date
of expiry of a previous special fishing permit held by the same vessel if any of the following events have
ocurred in the period of validity of the permit:

(i)

(ii)

upon inspection by the national fisheries inspection service, the vessel is found to have more than
5 % of cod on board, measured in live weight as a percentage of all fish on board the vessel;

the vessel fails to provide a VMS report or, in the event of a failure of the VMS system, a manual
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(iii) upon inspection of a landing by the national fisheries inspection service, the vessel is found to have
landed or to have retained on board more than 10 % more fish of any species (in live weight) than
the quantity of that species declared in the logbooksheet(s) submitted under paragraph 17(b)(iii);

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

the vessel is observed by a national fisheries inspection service to be trans-shipping to another vessel
at sea;

the vessel is observed by a national fisheries inspection service to be landing fish without having
received the permission to do so referred to in paragraph 17(b)(iv);

the vessel is observed by a national fisheries inspection service to be within the cod protection area
when its gear is not lashed and stowed;

(vii) upon inspection by a national fisheries inspection service, the vessel is found to be in contravention

of the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98;

(viii) the vessel is observed by a national fisheries inspection service to be discharging fish without having

previously submitted the logbooksheet(s) as specified in paragraph 17(b)(iii).

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Appendix 1 to Annex IV

Specifications of top window codend ‘BACOMA'

Specification of 110 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 metres.

The netting of the window

The meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 110 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. The diameter of the single yarn shall be at least 4,9 millimetres.

Other specification

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

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Figure 1

Trawl gear can be divided into three different sections according to shape and function. The trawl body is always a
tapered section often between 10 and 40 m long. The extension piece is an 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. The codend is also an
untapered section often made of double twine in order to have a better resistance against heavy wearing. The codend
length is often 49,5 meshes i.e. circa 6 metres although shorter codends (2-4) exists in smaller vessels. The part below
the lifting strap is called a lifting bag.

Figure 2

The distance of the window panel from the 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 (as in Figure 3) if the upper panel were 30 open meshes wide, 20 % of that
would be 6 meshes. Then three open meshes are divided on both sides of the window panel. Consequently the width
of the window panel then becomes 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 when 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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Appendix 2 to Annex IV

Towed gears: Skagerrak and Kattegat

Mesh size ranges, target species and required catch percentages applicable to the use of a single mesh size
range

Species

Mesh size range (millimetres)

<16

16–31

32–69

70–89 (5)

¯90

Minimum percentage of target species

50 %

50 %

20 %

50 %

20 %

30 %

none

Sand eels (Ammodytidae) (3)

x

Sand eels (Ammodytidae) (4)

Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii)

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)

Greater weever (Trachinus draco) (1)

Molluscs (except Sepia) (1)

Garfish (Belone belone) (1)

Gray gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) (1)

Argentine (Argentina spp.)

Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Eel (Anguilla, anguilla)

Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp., Palaemon
adspersus) (2)

Mackerel (Scomber spp.)

Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)

Herring (Clupea harengus)

Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp., Palaemon
adspersus) (1)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

All other marine organisms

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

(1) Only within four miles from the baselines.
(2) Outside four miles from the baselines.
(3) From 1 March to 31 October in Skagerrak and from 1 March to 31 July in Kattegat.
(4) From 1 November to the last day of February in Skagerrak and from 1 August to the last day of February in Kattegat.
(5) When applying this mesh size range after 1 March 2004, the cod-end and the extension piece shall be constructed of square meshed

netting.

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ANNEX V

INTERIM FISHING EFFORT LIMITATION AND ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR MONITORING,
INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF CERTAIN FISH STOCKS RECOVERY

General provisions

1. The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing vessels of length overall equal to or

greater than 10 metres.

2.

For the purposes of this Annex, the following geographical area shall apply:

(a) Kattegat (ICES Division IIIa south),

Skagerrak and North Sea (ICES Divisions IVa,b,c, IIIa north and IIa EC),

West of Scotland (ICES Division VIa),

Eastern Channel (ICES Divisions VIId), and

Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa).

(b) For vessels notified to the Commission as being equipped with appropriate vessel monitoring systems, the

following definition for the area West of Scotland, ICES Division VIa shall apply:

ICES Division VIa excluding that part which lies to the west of a line drawn by sequentially joining with
straight lines the following geographical coordinates:

60°00¡N, 04°00¡W

59°45¡N, 05°00¡W

59°30¡N, 06°00¡W

59°00¡N, 07°00¡W

58°30¡N, 08°00¡W

58°00¡N, 08°00¡W

58°00¡N, 08°30¡W

56°00¡N, 08°30¡W

56°00¡N, 09°00¡W

55°00¡N, 09°00¡W

55°00¡N, 10°00¡W

54°30¡N, 10°00¡W.

3.

For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within the area and absent from port shall be:

(a)

the 24-hour period between 00:00 Hrs of a calendar day and 24:00 Hrs of the same calendar day or any part
of such a period during which a vessel is present within either of the areas defined in point 2 and absent from
port; or

(b) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook during which a vessel is present within

either of the areas defined in point 2 and absent from port or any part of any such time period.

A Member State which wishes to employ the definition of a day present within the area and absent from port laid
down under subpoint (b) shall notify the Commission of the means of monitoring the activities of a vessel to
ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in subpoint (b).

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4.

For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

(a) demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm except beam

trawls;

(b) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;

(c)

static demersal nets including gill nets, trammel nets and tangle nets;

(d) demersal longlines;

(e) demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 70 mm and 99 mm except beam trawls

with mesh size between 80 mm and 99 mm;

(f) demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 16 mm and 31 mm except beam trawls.

Fishing effort

5.

6.

Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the fishing gears referred to in point 4,
fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community shall be present within the area and absent from
port for no more than the number of days specified in point 6.

(a) The maximum number of days in any calendar month for which a vessel may be present within the area and
absent from port having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 is shown in
Table I.

Table I — Maximum days present within the area and absent from port by fishing gear

Area defined in point

Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point

4a

4b

4c

4d

4e

4f

2a. Kattegat, North Sea and Skagerrak,
West of Scotland, Eastern Channel,
Irish Sea.

10

14

14

17

22

20

(b) A Member State may aggregate the days present within the area and absent from port in Table I within
management periods of up to eleven calendar months. Member States shall notify the Commission of their
intention to aggregate management periods before the beginning of any aggregated period.

(c) An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port when
carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 may be allocated to Member States by the
Commission on the basis of the achieved results of decommissioning programmes that have taken place since
1 January 2002.

Member States wishing to benefit from such allocations shall submit a request to the Commission with reports
containing the details of their completed decommissioning programmes.

On the basis of such a request the Commission, following consultation with Member States, may amend the
number of days defined in point (a) for that Member State.

(d) Derogations from the number of days present within the area and absent from port shown in Table I may be

allocated to vessels by Member States under the conditions shown in Table II.

Member States wishing to allocate these additional days shall notify the Commission with details of the vessels
that will benefit and with details of their track records at least two weeks before the additional days are to be
granted.

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Table II — Derogations from days present within the area and absent from port in Table I and associated conditions

Area Defined in point 2

Gear defined in point 4

2002 vessel track record (*)

Days

2(a)

2(a)

4(a) and 4(e)

Less than 5 % of each of
cod, sole and plaice

no days restriction

4(a)

Less than 5 % cod

100 to 120 mm up to 14
over 120 mm up to 15

2(a) Kattegat (ICES
Division IIIa south),
North Sea

4(c) gear of mesh size
equal to or greater than
220 mm

Less than 5 % cod and
more than 5 % of turbot
and lumpfish

Up to 16 days

2(a) Eastern channel ICES
Division VIId

4(c) gear of mesh size
equal to or less than
110 mm

Up to 20 days

Vessels of less than 15 m
in length with landings
of over 35 % unregulated
species and absent from
port for no more than
24 hours (**)

(*) As verified by the EC logbook — average annual landing in live weight.
(**) Notwithstanding this provision, the derogation shall also apply to a maximum of six vessels flying the flag of France and
registered in the Community of length overall equal to or greater than 15 metres. A list of such vessels shall be submitted
to the Commission before 1 February 2004.

If this higher allocation of days is given to a vessel, as a result of its low percentage track record of catch of
certain species, that vessel shall not at any time retain more than the percentage of those species on board as
shown in Table II. When this condition is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer
be entitled to the additional days.

(e) Upon the request of a Member State the Commission may allocate a derogation under the first line in Table II
in respect of the saithe fishery without the requirement for a track record in previous years of fishing with less
than 5 % by catch. Along with its request the Member State shall submit details of the vessels that would
benefit, with evidence of their quota holding and planned activity. The request shall be submitted to the
Commission at least four weeks before the beginning of the first management period in which the days are to
be allocated.

Any vessel allocated extra days under this provision may not at any time retain on board more than 5 % of
each of the following species: cod, sole and plaice.

Inspection and surveillance at sea and in port by the competent authorities shall be undertaken for verification
of compliance with the above requirement. Any vessel found to be not complying with the requirement shall
with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the additional days.

(f)

In recognition of the area closure in the Irish Sea for the protection of spawning fish and the assumed
reduction in fishing mortality on cod, an additional two days will be available for vessels in groupings of
fishing gears 4a and 4b which spend more than half of their allocated days in a given management period
fishing in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa).

7.

Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the
authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management
period. Until such notification is provided the vessel will not be entitled to fish within the areas defined in point 2.

Where the master of a vessel or his representative notifies the use of two of the groupings of fishing gears defined
under point 4, the total number of days available during the forthcoming management period shall be no more
than half the sum of the days to which the vessel is eligible for each gear, rounded down to the nearest whole day.
It shall not be permitted to deploy either of the gears concerned for more days than the number of days laid down
for that gear in Table I.

The option to use two gears shall only be available if the following additional monitoring arrangements are met:

— During a given trip the fishing vessel may carry on board only one fishing gear;

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— Before any trip the master of a vessel or his representative shall give prior notice to the competent authorities

of the type of fishing gear that is to be carried on board.

Inspection and surveillance at sea and in port by the competent authorities shall be undertaken for verification of
compliance with the above two requirements. Any vessel found to be not complying with these requirements shall
with immediate effect no longer be permitted to use two groupings of fishing gears.

8. A vessel which is present within any of the areas defined in point 2 and carrying on board any one of the fishing
gears referred to in point 4 may not simultaneously carry on board any of the other gears referred to in point 4.

9.

(a)

In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area and absent
from port to which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of any area referred to in point 2 for the
remainder of the management period.

(b)

In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being
counted against its days allocated under point 6, provided that the vessel first notifies the Member State of its
intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for this time. Such vessels
shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.

10.

(a) A Member State may permit any of its fishing vessels to transfer days present within the area and absent from
port to which it is eligible to another of its vessels for the same management period and within the same area
provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt
days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel multiplied by the engine
power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each
vessel in the Community fishing fleet register.

(b) The total number of days present within the area and absent from port transferred under sub-point (a)
multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel shall not be higher than the donor vessel's
average annual days as verified by the EC logbook in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003, multiplied by the engine
power in kilowatts of that vessel.

(c) The transfer of days as described in sub-point (a) shall only be permitted between vessels operating within the
same gear grouping and area categories referred to in point 6(a) and during the same management period.

(d) No transfer of days from vessels benefiting from the allocation referred to in points 6(d), 6(e) and 7 is

permitted.

(e) On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place.

11. A vessel with no track record of fishing in one of the areas defined in point 2 is allowed to transit across these
areas provided that it has first notified its authorities of its intention to do so. While that vessel is within any of the
areas defined in point 2 any fishing gears carried on board must be lashed and stowed in accordance with
conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

12. A Member State shall not permit fishing with any of the gears defined in point 4 in any area defined in point 2 by
any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2001, 2002 or 2003 in that area unless
it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.

Monitoring, inspection and surveillance

13. Notwithstanding Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Articles 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e and 19j of

that
Regulation shall apply to vessels deploying the fishing gears defined in point 4 and operating in the areas defined
in point 2.

14. Member States may implement alternative control measures to ensure compliance with reporting obligations
referred in point 13 of this Annex which are as effective and transparent as these reporting obligations. Such
alternative measures shall be notified to the Commission before being implemented.

15. The master of a fishing vessel, or his representative, prior to any entry to port of a Member State after having been
present in an area referred to in Table III with more than the quantities of any species indicated on that table, shall
inform, at least four hours in advance of such entry, the competent authorities of that Member State of:

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— the estimated time of arrival at that port,

— the quantities in kilograms live weight for each species of which more than 50 kg is retained on board.

16. The competent authorities of a Member State in which a landing requiring pre-notification is to be made may

require that the discharge does not commence until authorised by those authorities.

Table III — Landing quantities in tonnes by area and species above which special condition apply

Area defined in point

2a. Kattegat, North Sea and Skagerrak, West of Scotland,

Eastern Channel, Irish Sea.

PN — Prior Notification as referred to in point 16.
DP — Designated Port as referred to in point 17.

Volume of Species in tonnes:
Cod

PN

1

DP

2

17.

It is not permitted to land in excess of the quantities of any species referred to in Table III (under the DP heading)
for a fishing vessel having been in the area defined in the table outside a designated port.

Each Member State shall transmit to the Commission within 15 days of the date of entry into force of this
Regulation the list of designated ports and, within 30 days thereafter,
inspection and surveillance procedures
including, for those ports, the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of any of the species
and stocks referred to in Article 12 of this Regulation within each landing. The Commission shall transmit this
information to all Member States.

18. By way of derogation from Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying
down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish (1), the permitted margin of
tolerance, when estimating quantities, in kilograms retained on board of vessels referred to in point 13 shall be 8 %
of the logbook figure.

19. It shall be prohibited to retain on board a fishing vessel in any container any quantity of cod mixed with any other
species of marine organism. Containers with cod shall be stowed in the hold in such a way that they are kept
separate from other containers.

20. The competent authorities of a Member State may require that any quantity of cod caught in any of the areas
specified in point 2 and first landed in that Member State is weighed in the presence of controllers before being
transported from the port of first landing. For cod first landed in a port designated under point 17, representative
samples, amounting to at least 20 % of the landings, shall be weighed in the presence of controllers authorised by
the Member States before they are offered for first sale and sold. To this end, the Member States shall submit to the
Commission, within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, details of the sampling regime to
be employed.

21. By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, quantities greater than 50 kg of any
species referred to in Article 12 of this Regulation which are transported to a place other than that of landing or
import shall be accompanied by a copy of one of the declarations provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2847/93 pertaining to the quantities of
in
these species
Article 13(4)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall not apply.

transported. The exemption provided for

22. By way of derogation from Article 34(c)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the specific monitoring programme
for any of the stocks referred to in Article 12 may last more than two years from their date of entry into force.

(1) OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001 (OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23).

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ANNEX VI

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS FISHING FOR SANDEEL IN THE NORTH SEA AND THE SKAGERRAK

1.

From 1 January to 31 December 2004, the conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing
vessels fishing in the North Sea and the Skagerrak with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh
size of less than 16 mm.

2.

For the purposes of this Annex a day absent from port shall be:

(a)

the 24-hour period between 00:00 Hrs of a calendar day and 24:00 Hrs of the same calendar day or any part
of such a period or;

(b) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook between the date and time of departure and

the date and time of arrival or any part of any such time period.

3.

Each Member State shall not later than 1 March 2004 establish a data base containing for the North Sea and
Skagerrak, for each of the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 and for each vessel flying its flag or registered within the
Community which have been fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less
than 16 mm, the following information:

(a)

the name and internal registration number of the vessel;

(b)

(c)

(d)

the installed engine power of the vessel
Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels (1);

in kilowatts measured in accordance with Article 5 of Council

the number of days absent from port when fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gear with a
mesh size of less than 16 mm;

the kilowatt-days as the product of the number of days absent from port and the installed engine power in
kilowatts.

4. The following quantities shall be calculated by each Member State:

(a)

the total kilowatt-days for each year as the sum of the kilowatt-days calculated in paragraph 3(d);

(b)

the average kilowatt-days for the period 2001 to 2003.

5.

Each Member State shall ensure that the number of kilowatt-days in 2004 for vessels flying its flag or registered in
the Community does not exceed the number in 2003 as calculated in point 4(a).

6. The maximum number of kilowatt-days referred to in point 5 shall be revised by the Commission as early as
possible and not later than 15 June 2004, based on advice from the Scientific Technical and Economic Committee
for Fisheries (STECF) on the size of the 2003 year class of North Sea sandeel, in accordance with the following
rules:

(a) where STECF estimates the size of the 2003 year class of North Sea sandeel to be at or above 500 000 million

individuals at age 0, no restrictions in kilowatt-days shall apply for the remaining of 2004;

(b) where STECF estimates the size of the 2003 year class of North Sea sandeel to be between 300 000 million
and 500 000 million individuals at age 0, the number of kilowatt-days shall not exceed the level in 2003 as
calculated in point 4(a);

(c) where STECF estimates the size of the 2003 year class of North Sea sandeel to be below 300 000 million
individuals at age 0, fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than
16 mm shall be prohibited for the remaining of 2004. However, a limited fishery will be allowed in order to
monitor the sandeel stocks in the North Sea and the Skagerrak and the effects of the closure. To this end the
Member States concerned shall in cooperation with the Commission develop a plan for the monitoring fishery.

(1) OJ L 274, 25.9.1986, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3259/94 (OJ L 339, 29.12.1994, p. 11).

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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 (1) waters and
fishery zone around Jan
Mayen

Herring, North of 62°00¡N

Estonian waters (2)

Cod, herring, salmon and sprat

Waters of the Faroe Islands

All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet
in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese
baselines.

Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum
mesh of 135 mm,
restricted to the area south of
62°28¡N and east of 6°30¡W.

Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines. In
the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31
December, these vessels may operate in the area between
61°20¡N and 62°00¡N and between 12 and 21 miles
from the baselines.

Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of
100 mm in the area south of 61°30¡N and west of
9°00¡W and in the area between 7°00¡W and 9°00¡W
south of 60°30¡N and in the area south-west of a line
between 60°30¡N, 7°00¡W and 60°00¡N, 6°00¡W.

Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh
size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use
round-straps around the codend.

Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences
may be increased by ford vessels to form pairs, should
the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access
to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting'

Line fishing

Fishing for mackerel

Herring fisheries north of 62°N

Iceland

All fisheries

Latvian waters (2)

Fishing for cod, herring and sprat

Fishing for salmon

Lithuanian waters (2)

All fisheries

Waters of the Russian
Federation

All fisheries

Fisheries for cod

Fisheries for sprat

(1) Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.
(2) Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2004.

Number of
licences

Maximum
number of
vessels present at
any time

75

250

26

8

70

55

70

13

4

26

70

20

70

34

10

12

21

18

130

40

300

pm

pm

pm

22

20

6

12

21

5

38

15

60

pm

pm

pm

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

Flag State

Fishery

Number of
licences

Maximum
number of
vessels present at
any time

Norway (1)

Estonia (2)

Faroe Islands

Herring, North of 62° 00¡N

Herring, salmon, sprat

Cod

Mackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30¡N), VIIe,f,h, horse
mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30¡N), VIIe,f,h; herring,
VIa (north of 56° 30¡N)

Herring north of 62° 00¡N

Herring, IIIa

Industrial
IV, VIa
fishing for Norway pout and sprat,
(north of 56° 30¡N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable
by-catches of blue whiting)

Ling and tusk

Blue whiting, VIa (north of 56° 30¡N), VIb, VII (west of
12° 00¡W)

Blue ling

Porbeagle (all zones except NAFO 3PS)

Latvia (2)

Cod, herring, sprat, IIId

Salmon, IIId

Lithuania (2)

Cod, herring, sprat, salmon, IIId

Herring, sprat, IIId (transport and refrigerator vessels)

Russian Federation

Herring, IIId (Swedish waters)

Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships)

Barbados

Penaeus shrimps (4) (French Guyana waters)

Snappers (6) (French Guyana waters)

18

106

30

14

21

4

15

20

20

16

3

90

4

70

5

pm

pm

5

5

18

63

15

14

21

4

15

10

20

16

3

45

2

40 (3)

4

pm

pm

pm (5)

pm

Guyana

Penaeus shrimps (2) (French Guyana waters)

pm

pm (1)

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Flag State

Fishery

Surinam

Penaeus shrimps (2) (French Guyana waters)

Trinidad and Tobago

Penaeus shrimps (2) (French Guyana waters)

Japan

Korea

Tuna (9) (French Guyana waters)

Tuna (3) (French Guyana waters)

Venezuela

Snappers (2) (French Guyana waters)

Sharks (2) (French Guyana waters)

Number of
licences

Maximum
number of
vessels present at
any time

5

8

pm

pm

41

4

pm (7)

pm (8)

pm (2)

pm

pm

(1) Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.
(2) Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2004.
(3) Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gillnets.
(4) The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a
fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of
each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was
issued.

(5) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.
(6) To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at
depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the
shipowner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes
and obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that
department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.
The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the
actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A
copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.
Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their
reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.

(7) The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.
(8) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350.
(9) To be fished exclusively with longlines.

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DECLARATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 15(2)

LANDING DECLARATION (1)

Name of vessel:

Name of master:

Master's signature:

Registration No:

Name of agent:

Voyage made from the

to the

Port of landing:

‘Head-off' shrimps:

‘Head-on' shrimps:

Thunnidae:

Shark:

Quantity of shrimps landed (in live-weight)

or (

× 1,6) =

kg (head-on shrimps)

kg

kg

kg

kg

Snapper (Lutjanidae):

Other:

kg

kg

(1) One copy is kept by the master, one copy is kept by the control officer, and one copy is to be sent to the Commission of the European Communities.

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ANNEX VIII

PART I

INFORMATION TO BE RECORDED IN THE LOGBOOK

When fishing within the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the Community which is
covered by Community rules on fisheries, the following details are to be entered in the logbook immediately after the
following events:

After each haul:

1.1.

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught;

1.2.

the date and the time of the haul;

1.3.

the geographical position in which the catches were made;

1.4.

the fishing method used.

After each trans-shipment to or from another vessel:

2.1.

the indication ‘received from' or ‘transferred to';

2.2.

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species trans-shipped;

2.3.

the name, external
occurred.

identifications letters and numbers of the vessel to or from which the trans-shipment

2.4.

trans-shipment of cod is not allowed.

After each landing in a port of the Community:

3.1.

name of the port;

3.2.

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed.

After each transmission of information to the Commission of the European Communities:

4.1.

date and time of the transmission;

4.2.

type of message: IN, OUT, ICES, WKL or 2 WKL;

4.3.

in the case of radio transmission: name of the radio station.

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CONTENT AND MODALITIES OF THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION

ANNEX IX

The information to be transmitted to the Commission of
transmission are as follows:

the European Communities and the timetable for its

1.1. On each occasion the vessel enters the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the

Community which is covered by Community rules on fisheries:

(a)

the information specified under 1.5;

(b)

the quantity (in kilograms) of each species of fish in the hold;

(c)

the date and ICES division within which the master intends to commence fishing.

Where the fishing operations necessitate more than one entry into the zones referred to under 1.1 on a given
day, one communication shall suffice on first entry.

1.2. On each occasion the vessel leaves the zone referred to under 1.1:

(a)

the information specified under 1.5;

(b)

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species of fish in the hold;

(c)

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught since the previous transmission;

(d)

the ICES division in which the catches were taken;

(e)

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species transferred to and/or from other vessels since the
vessel entered the zone and the identification of the vessel to which the transfer was made;

(f)

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed in a port of the Community since the vessel
entered the zone.

Where the fishing operations necessitate more than one entry into the zones referred to under 1.1 on a given
day, one single communication on the last exit will be sufficient.

1.3. At three-day intervals, commencing on the third day after the vessel first enters the zones referred to under 1.1
when fishing for herring and mackerel, and at weekly intervals, commencing on the seventh day after the vessel
first enters the zones referred to under 1.1 when fishing for all species other than herring and mackerel:

(a)

the information specified under 1.5;

(b)

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught since the previous transmission;

(c)

the ICES division in which the catches were made.

1.4. On each occasion the vessel moves from one ICES division to another:

(a)

the information specified under 1.5;

(b)

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught since the previous transmission;

(c)

the ICES division in which the catches have been taken.

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1.5.

(a) The name, call sign, external identification letters and numbers of the vessel and the name of its master;

(b)

the licence number if the vessel is under licence;

(c)

the serial number of the message for the voyage concerned;

(d)

identification of the type of message;

(e)

the date, the time and the geographical position of the vessel.

2.1. The information specified under point 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission of the European Communities in
Brussels (telex 24189 FISEU-B) via one of the radio stations listed under point 3 below and in the form specified
under point 4.

2.2.

If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the message to be transmitted by the vessel,
transmitted on the vessel's behalf by another vessel.

it may be

3.

Name of radio station

Call sign of radio station

Lyngby

Land's End

Valentia

Malin Head

Torshavn

Bergen

Farsund

Florø

Rogaland

Tjøme

Ålesund

Ørlandet

Bodø

Svalbard

Blåvand

Gryt

Göteborg

Turku

OXZ

GLD

EJK

EJM

OXJ

LGN

LGZ

LGL

LGQ

LGT

LGA

LFO

LPG

LGS

OXB

GRYT RADIO

SOG

OFK

4.

Form of the communications

The information specified under point 1 shall contain the following particulars, which shall be given in the
following order:

— name of vessel;

— call sign;

— external identification letters and numbers;

— serial number of the message for the voyage in question;

— indication of the type of message according to the following code:

— message when entering one of the zones referred to under 1.1: ‘IN',

— message when leaving one of the zones referred to under 1.1: ‘OUT',

— message when moving from one ICES division to another: ‘ICES',

— weekly message: ‘WKL',

— three-day message: ‘2 WKL';

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— the date, the time and the geographical position;

— the ICES divisions/sub-areas in which fishing is expected to commence;

— the date on which fishing is expected to commence;

— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species of fish in the hold using the code mentioned in

point 5;

— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species of fish caught since the previous transmission using

the code mentioned in point 5;

— the ICES divisions/sub-areas in which the catches were made;

— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species transferred to and/or from other vessels since the

previous transmission;

— the name and call sign of the vessel to and/or from which the transfer was made;

— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed in a port of the Community since the previous

transmission;

— the name of the master.

5.

Code to be used to indicate the species on board as mentioned in 1.4 above:

Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.),

American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides),

Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus),

Angler/Monk (Lophius spp.),

Argentine (Argentina silus),

Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama),

Basking shark (Cetorinhus maximus),

Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo),

Blue ling (Molva dypterygia),

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou),

Bob shrimp (Xyphopenaeus kroyerii),

Cod (Gadus morhua),

Common shrimp (Crangon crangon),

Common squid (Loligo spp.),

Dogfish (Squalus acanthias),

Forkbeards (Phycis spp.),

Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides),

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus),

Hake (Merluccius merluccius),

Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus),

Herring (Clupea harengus),

Horse-mackerel (Trachurus trachurus),

Ling (Molva molva),

Mackerel (Scomber scombrus),

Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.),

Northern deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis),

WHB

PLA

ANE

MNZ

ARG

POA

BSK

BSF

BLI

WHB

BOB

COD

CSH

SQC

DGS

FOR

GHL

HAD

HKE

HAL

HER

HOM

LIN

MAC

LEZ

PRA

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Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus),

Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii),

Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus),

Other,

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa),

Pollack (Pollachius pollachius),

Porbeagle (Lamma nasus),

Redfish (Sebastes spp.),

Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo),

Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris),

Saithe (Pollachius virens),

Salmon (Salmo salar),

Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.),

Sardine (Sardina pilchardus),

Shark (Selachii, Pleurotremata),

Shrimp (Penaeidae),

Sprat (Sprattus sprattus),

Squid (Illex spp.),

Tuna (Thunnidae),

Tusk (Brosme brosme),

Whiting (Merlangus merlangus),

Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea),

NEP

NOP

ORY

OTH

PLE

POL

POR

RED

SBR

RNG

POK

SAL

SAN

PIL

SKH

PEZ

SPR

SQX

TUN

USK

WHG

YEL

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ANNEX X

LIST OF SPECIES

Common English Name

Scientific Name

3-Alpha Code

Groundfish

Atlantic Cod

Haddock

Atlantic redfishes

Golden redfish

Beaked redfish (deepwater)

Acadian redfish

Silver hake

Red hake (*)

Pollock (=Saithe)

American plaice

Witch flounder

Yellowtail flounder

Polar cod

Roundnose grenadier

Roughhead grenadier

Sandeels (=Sand Lances)

Sculpins

Scup

Tautog

Tilefish

White hake (*)

Wolffishes (NS)

Atlantic wolffish

Spotted wolffish

Greenland halibut

Atlantic halibut

Winter flounder

Summer flounder

Windowpane flounder

Flatfishes (NS)

American angler (=Goosefish)

Atlantic searobins

Atlantic tomcod

Blue antimora

Blue whiting

Cunner

Cusk (=Tusk)

Greenland cod

Blue ling

Ling

Groundfish (NS)

Gadus morhua

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Sebastes sp.

Sebastes marinus

Sebastes mentella

Sebastes fasciatus

Merluccius bilinearis

Urophycis chuss

Pollachius virens

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Limanda ferruginea

Boreogadus saida

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Macrourus berglax

Ammodytes sp.

Myoxocephalus sp.

Stenotomus chrysops

Tautoga onitis

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps

Urophycis tenuis

Anarhicas sp.

Anarhichas lupus

Anarhichas minor

Reinharditius hippoglossoides

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

Paralichthys dentatus

Scophthalmus aquosus

Pleuronectiformes

Lophius americanus

Prionotus sp.

Microgadus tomcod

Antimora rostrata

Micromesistius poutassou

Tautogolabrus adspersus

Brosme brosme

Gadus ogac

Molva dypterygia

Molva molva

COD

HAD

RED

REG

REB

REN

HKS

HKR

POK

PLA

WIT

YEL

POC

RNG

RHG

SAN

SCU

SCP

TAU

TIL

HKW

CAT

CAA

CAS

GHL

HAL

FLW

FLS

FLD

FLX

ANG

SRA

TOM

ANT

WHB

CUN

USK

GRC

BLI

LIN

GRO

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Common English Name

Scientific Name

3-Alpha Code

Pelagics

Atlantic herring

Atlantic mackerel

Atlantic butterfish

Atlantic menhaden

Atlantic saury

Bay anchovy

Bluefish

Crevalle jack

Frigate tuna

King mackerel

Atlantic Spanish mackerel

Sailfish

White marlin

Blue marlin

Lumpfish =(Lumpsucker)

Northern kingfish

Northern puffer

Eelpouts (NS)

Ocean pout

Swordfish

Albacore tuna

Atlantic bonito

Little tunny

Bigeye tunny

Northern bluefin tuna

Skipjack tuna

Yellowfin tuna

Tunas (NS)

Pelagic fish (NS)

Invertebrates

Long-finned squid (Loligo)

Short-finned squid (Illex)

Squids (NS)

Atlantic razor clam

Hard clam

Marine worms (NS)

Horseshoe crab

Marine invertebrates (NS)

Other Fish

Alewife

American conger

American eel

Atlantic hagfish

Clupea harengus

Scomber scombrus

Peprilus triacanthus

Brevoortia tyrannus

Scomberesox saurus

Anchoa mitchilli

Pomatomus saltatrix

Caranx hippos

Auxis thazard

Scomberomourus cavalla

Scomberomourus maculatus

Istiophorus platypterus

Tetrapturus albidus

Makaira nigricans

Cyclopterus lumpus

Menticirrhus saxatilis

Sphoeroides maculatus

Lycodes sp.

Macrozoarces americanus

Xiphias gladius

Thunnus alalunga

Sarda sarda

Euthynnus alletteratus

Thunnus obesus

Thunnus thynnus

Katsuwonus pelamis

Thunnus albacares

Scombridae

Loligo pealei

Illex illecebrosus

Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae

Ensis directus

Mercenaria mercenaria

Polycheata

Limulus polyphemus

Invertebrata

Alosa pseudoharengus

Conger oceanicus

Anguilla rostrata

Myxine glutinosa

HER

MAC

BUT

MHA

SAU

ANB

BLU

CVJ

FRI

KGM

SSM

SAI

WHM

BUM

LUM

KGF

PUF

ELZ

OPT

SWO

ALB

BON

LTA

BET

BFT

SKJ

YFT

TUN

PEL

SQL

SQI

SQU

CLR

CLH

WOR

HSC

INV

ALE

COA

ELA

MYG

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Common English Name

Scientific Name

3-Alpha Code

American shad

Argentines (NS)

Ocean quahog

Soft clam

Surf clam

Stimpson's surf clam

Clams (NS)

Bay scallop

Calico scallop

Iceland scallop

Sea scallop

Scallops (NS)

American cupped oyster

Blue mussel

Whelks (NS)

Periwinkles (NS)

Marine molluscs (NS)

Atlantic croaker

Atlantic needlefish

Atlantic salmon

Atlantic silverside

Atlantic thread herring

Barid's slickhead

Black drum

Black seabass

Blueback herring

Capelin

Chars (NS)

Cobia

Common (Florida) pompano

Gizzard shad

Grunts (NS)

Atlantic rock crab

Blue crab

Green crab

Jonah crab

Queen crab

Red crab

Stone king crab

Marine crabs (NS)

American lobster

Northern prawn

Aesop shrimp

Penaeus shirmps (NS)

Pink (=Pandalid) shrimps

Marine crustaceans (NS)

Alosa sapidissima

Argentina sp.

Arctica islandica

Mya arenaria

Spisula solidissima

Spisula polynyma

Prionodesmacea, Teleodesmacea

Argopecten irradians

Argopecten gibbus

Chylamys islandica

Placopecten magellanicus

Pectinidae

Crassostrea virginica

Mytilus edulis

Busycon sp.

Littorina sp.

Mollusca

Micropogonias undulatus

Strongylura marina

Salmo salar

Menidia menidia

Opisthonema oglinum

Alepocephalus bairdii

Pogonias cromis

Centropristis striata

Alosa aestivalis

Mallotus villosus

Salvelinus sp.

Rachycentron canadum

Trachinotus carolinus

Dorosoma cepedianum

Pomadasyidae

Cancer irroratus

Callinectes sapidus

Carcinus maenas

Cancer borealis

Chionoecetes opilio

Geryon quinquedens

Lithodes maia

Reptantia

Homarus americanus

Pandalus borealis

Pandalus montagui

Penaeus sp.

Pandalus sp.

Crustacea

SHA

ARG

CLQ

CLS

CLB

CLT

CLX

SCB

SCC

ISC

SCA

SCX

OYA

MUS

WHX

PER

MOL

CKA

NFA

SAL

SSA

THA

ALC

BDM

BSB

BBH

CAP

CHR

CBA

POM

SHG

GRX

CRK

CRB

CRG

CRJ

CRQ

CRR

KCT

CRA

LBA

PRA

AES

PEN

PAN

CRU

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Common English Name

Scientific Name

3-Alpha Code

Sea-urchin

Hickory shad

Lanternfish

Mullets (NS)

North atlantic harvestfish

Pigfish

Rainbow smelt

Red drum

Red porgy

Rough scad

Sand perch

Sheepshead

Spot croaker

Spotted weakfish

Squeteague (Gray Weakfish)

Striped bass

Sturgeons (NS)

Tarpon

Trouts (NS)

White perch

Alfonsinos (NS)

Spiny (=picked ) dogfish

Dogfishes (NS)

Sand Tiger shark

Porbeagle

Shortfin mako shark

Dusky shark

Great Blue shark

Large sharks (NS)

Atlantic Sharpnose shark

Black Dogfish

Boreal (Greenland) shark

Basking shark

Skates (NS)

Little skate

Arctic skate

Barndoor skate

Winter skate

Thorny skate (Starry Ray)

Smooth skate

Strongylocentrotus sp.

Alosa mediocris

Notoscopelus sp.

Mugilidae

Peprilus alepidotus (=paru)

Orthopristis chrysoptera

Osmerus mordax

Sciaenops ocellatus

Pagrus pagrus

Trachurus lathami

Diplectrum formosum

Archosargus probatocephalus

Leiostomus xanthurus

Cynoscion nebulosus

Cynoscion regalis

Morone saxatilis

Acipenseridae

Tarpon (=megalops) atlanticus

Salmo sp.

Morone americana

Beryx sp.

Squalus acantias

Squalidae

Odontaspis taurus

Lamna nasus

Isurus oxyrinchus

Carcharhinus obscurus

Prionace glauca

Squaliformes

Rhizoprionodon terraenova

Centroscyllium fabricii

Sonmnousus microcephalus

Cetorhinus maximus

Raja sp.

Leucoraja erinacea

Amblyraja hyperborea

Dipturus laevis

Leucoraja ocellata

Amblyraja radiata

Malcoraja senta

Spinytail skate (Spinetail Ray)

Bathyraja spinicauda

Finfishes (NS)

URC

SHH

LAX

MUL

HVF

PIG

SMR

RDM

RPG

RSC

PES

SPH

SPT

SWF

STG

STB

STU

TAR

TRO

PEW

ALF

DGS

DGX

CCT

POR

SMA

DUS

BSH

SHX

RHT

CFB

GSK

BSK

SKA

RJD

RJG

RJL

RJT

RJR

RJS

RJO

FIN

(*) In accordance with a recommendation adopted by STACRES at the 1970 Annual Meeting (ICNAF Redbook 1970, Part I, Page 67),
hakes of the Genus Urophycis are designated as follows for statistical reporting: (a) hake reported from Subareas 1, 2, and 3, and
Divisions 4R, S, T and V be designated as white hake, Urophycis tenuis; (b) hake taken by line gears or any hake greater than 55 cm
standard length, reagardless of how caught, from Divisions 4W and X, Subarea 5 and Statistical Area 6 be designated as white hake,
Urophycis tenuis; (c) Except as noted in (b), other hake of the Genus Urophycis taken in Divisions 4W and X, Subarea 5 and Statistical
Area 6 be designated as red hake, Urophycis chuss

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ANNEX XI

AUTHORISED TOPSIDE CHAFERS

1. ICNAF-type topside chafer

The ICNAF-type topside chafer is a rectangular piece of netting to be attached to the upper side of the codend of the
trawl net to reduce and prevent damage so long as such netting conforms to the following conditions:

(a)

this netting shall have a mesh size not less than that specified for the codend in Article 10;

(b)

this netting may be fastened to the codend only along the forward and lateral edges of the netting and at no other
place in it, and shall be fastened in such a manner that it extends forward of the splitting strap no more than four
meshes and ends not less than four meshes in front of the cod line mesh; where a splitting strap is not used, the
netting shall not extend to more than one-third of the codend measured from not less than four meshes in front of
the cod line mesh;

(c)

the width of this netting shall be at least one and a half times the width of the area of the codend which is
covered, such widths to be measured at right angles to the long axis of the codend.

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2. Multiple flap-type topside chafer

The multiple flap-type topside chafer is defined as pieces of netting having in all their parts meshes the size of which,
whether the pieces of netting are wet or dry, is not less than that of the codend, provided that:

(i)

each piece of netting:

(a)

is fastened by its forward edge only across the codened at right angles to its long axis;

(b)

is of a width of at least the width of the codend (such width being measured at right angles to the long axis of
the codend at the point of attachment); and

(c)

is not more than 10 meshes long; and

(ii)

the aggregate length of all the pieces of netting so attached does not exceed two-thirds of the length of the codend.

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3. Large-mesh (modified Polish-type) topside chafer

POLISH CHAFER

The large-mesh topside chafer consists of a rectangular piece of netting made of the same twine material as the codend,
or of a single, thick, knotless twine material, attached to the rear portion of the upper side of the codend and extending
over all or any part of the upper side of the codend and having in all its parts a mesh size twice that of the codend
when measured wet and fastened to the codend along the forward, lateral and rear edges only of the netting in such a
way that each mesh of the netting coincides with four meshes of the codend.

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ANNEX XII

MINIMUM FISH SIZE (*)

Species

Atlantic cod

Greenland halibut

American plaice

Yellow tail flounder

Gilled and gutted fish whether or not skinned;
fresh or chilled, frozen, or salted

Whole

41 cm

30 cm

25 cm

25 cm

Head off

Head and tail off

Head off and split

27 cm

N/A

19 cm

19 cm

22 cm

N/A

15 cm

15 cm

27/25 cm (**)

N/A

N/A

N/A

(*) Fish size refers to fork length for Atlantic cod; whole length for other species.
(**) Lower size for green salted fish.

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ANNEX XIII

RECORDING OF CATCH (LOGBOOK ENTRIES)

FISHING LOGBOOK ENTRIES

Item of information

Standard code

Vessel name

Vessel nationality

Vessel registration number

Registration port

Types of gear used (separate record for different gear types)

Type of gear

Date:

— day

— month

— year

Position:

— latitude

— longitude

— statistical area

Number of hauls during the 24-hour period (1)

Number of hours gear fished during the 24-hour period (1)

Species names (Annex II)

Daily catch of each species (metric tons round fresh weight)

Daily catch of each species for human consumption in the form of fish

Daily catch of each species for reduction

Daily discard of each species

Place(s) of transshipment

Date(s) of transshipment

Master's signature

01

02

03

04

10

20

21

22

31

32

33

40

41

50

61

62

63

70

71

80

(1) When two or more types of gear are used in the same 24-hour period, records should be separate for the different types.

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GEAR CODES

Gear categories

Standard abbreviation
code

Surrounding nets

With purse lines (purse seines)

— One boat operated purse seines

— Two boat operated purse seines

Without purse lines (lampara)

Seine nets

Boat or vessel seines

— Danish seines

— Scottish seines

— Pair seines

Seine nets (not specifed)

Trawls

Pots

Bottom trawls

— Beam trawls

— Otter trawls (1)

— Pair trawls

— Nephrops trawls

— Shrimp trawls

— Bottom trawls (not specified)

Midwater trawls

— Otter trawls

— Pair trawls

— Shrimp trawls

— Midwater trawls (not specified)

Otter twin trawls

Otter trawls (not specified)

Pair trawls (not specified)

Other trawls (not specified)

Dredges

Boat dredges

Hand dredges

Lift nets

Portable lift nets

Boat operated lift nets

Shore operated stationary lift nets

Lift nets (not specified)

Falling gear

Cast nets

Falling gear (not specified)

PS

PS1

PS2

LA

SB

SV

SDN

SSC

SPR

SX

FPO

TBB

OTB

PTB

TBN

TBS

TB

OTM

PTM

TMS

TM

OTT

OT

PT

TX

DRB

DRH

LNP

LNB

LNS

LN

FCN

FG

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Gear categories

Standard abbreviation
code

Gillnets and entangling nets

Set gillnets (anchored)

Drift nets

Encircling gillnets

Fixed gillnets (on stakes)

Trammel nets

Combined gillnets-trammel nets

Gillnets and entangling nets (not specified)

Gillnets (not specified)

Traps

Stationary uncovered pound-nets

Fyke nets

Stow nets

Barriers, fences, weirs, etc.

Aerial traps

Traps (not specified)

Hooks and lines

Hand-lines and pole-lines (hand operated) (2)

Hand-lines and pole-lines (mechanized) (2)

Set lines (longlines set)

Drifting longlines

Longlines (not specified)

Trolling lines

Hooks and lines (not specified) (3)

Grappling and wounding

Harpoons

Harvesting machines

Pumps

Mechanized dredges

Harvesting machines (not specified)

Miscellaneous gear (4)

Recreational fishing gear

Gear not known or not specified

GNS

GND

GNC

GNF

GTR

GTN

GEN

GN

FPN

FYK

FSN

FWR

FAR

FIX

LHP

LHM

LLS

LLD

LL

LTL

LX

HAR

HMP

HMD

HMX

MIS

RG

NK

(1) Fisheries agencies may indicate side and stern bottom and side and stern midwater trawls, as OTB-1 and OTB-2, and OTM-1 and

OTM-2, respectively.
(2) Including jigging lines.
(3) Code LDV for dory operated line gears will be maintained for historical data purposes.
(4) This item includes: hand and landing nets, drive-in-nets, gathering by hand with simple hand implements with or without diving

equipment, poisons and explosives, trained animals, electrical fishing.

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A. Main vessel types

FISHING VESSEL CODES

FAO code

Type of vessel

BO

CO

DB

DM

DO

Protection vessel

Fish training vessel

Dredger non continuous

Dredger continuous

Beamer

DOX

Dredger NEI

FO

FX

GO

HOX

HSF

KO

LH

LL

LO

LP

LT

MO

MSN

MTG

MTS

NB

NO

NOX

PO

SN

SO

SOX

SP

SPE

SPT

TO

TOX

TS

TSF

TSW

TT

TTF

TTP

TU

Fish carrier

Fishing vessel NEI

Gill netter

Mother ship NEI

Factory mother ship

Hospital ship

Hand liner

Long liner

Liner

Pole and line vessel

Troller

Multipurpose vessels

Seiner hand liner

Trawler drifter

Trawler purse seiner

Lift netter tender

Lift netter

Lift netter NEI

Vessel using pumps

Seine netter

Seiner

Seiner NEI

Purse seiner

Purse seiner european

Tuna purse seiner

Trawler

Trawlers NEI

Side trawler

Side trawler freezer

Side trawler wetfish

Stern trawler

Stern trawler freezer

Stern trawler factory

Outrigger trawlers

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FAO code

Type of vessel

WO

WOP

WOX

ZO

DRN

Trap setter

Pot vessels

Trap setters NEI

Fish research vessel

Drifnetter

NEI = Not Elsewhere Identified

B. Main vessel activities

Alfa code

Category

ANC

DRI

FIS

HAU

PRO

STE

TRX

OTH

Anchoring

Drifting

Fishing

Hauling

Processing

Steaming

Trans-shipping on or off loading

Others-to be specified

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ANNEX XIV

NAFO AREA

The list that follows is a partial list of stocks that needs to be reported in accordance with Article 30(2).

ANG/N3NO.

CAA/N3LMN.

CAT/N3LMN.

HAD/N3NO.

HAL/N23KL.

HAL/N3M.

HAL/N3NO.

HKR/N2J3KL

HKR/N3MNO.

HKS/N3NLMO

HKW/N2J3KL

RED/N3O.

RHG/N23.

SKA/N2J3KL

SKA/N3M.

SKA/N3NO.

VFF/N3LMN.

WIT/N3M.

YEL/N3M.

Lophius americanus

Anarhichas lupus

Anarhichas spp.

American angler

Atlantic wolffish

Catfishes (Wolffishes) nei

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Haddock

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Urophycis chuss

Urophycis chuss

Merlucius bilinearis

Urophycis tenuis

Sebastes spp.

Macrourus berglax

Raja spp.

Raja spp.

Raja spp.

—

Atlantic halibut

Atlantic halibut

Atlantic halibut

Red hake

Red hake

Silver hake

White hake

Atlantic redfish

Roughhead grenadier

Skates

Skates

Skates

Fishes unsorted, unidentified

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Witch flounder

Limanda ferruginea

Yellow tail flounder

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ANNEX XV

PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR AREA

Target species

Zone

Period of prohibition

Notothenia rossii

FAO 48.1 Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area

All year

FAO 48.2 Antarctic, around the South Orkneys

FAO 48.3 Antarctic, around South Georgia

FAO 48.1 Antarctic (1)
FAO 48.2 Antarctic (1)

FAO 48.3

Finfish

Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Chaenocephalus aceratus

Pseudochaenichthys georgianus

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Patagonotothen guntheri

Dissostichus spp.

FAO 48.5 Antarctic

Dissostichus spp.

FAO 88.3 Antarctic (1)
FAO 58.5.1 Antarctic (1) (2)
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic east of 79°20¡E and outside the
EEZ to the west of 79°20¡E (1)
FAO 88.2 Antarctic north of 65° S (1)
FAO 58.4.4 Antarctic (1)
FAO 58.6 Antarctic (1)
FAO 58.7 Antarctic (1)

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

FAO 58.4.4 (1)

All species except:
Champsocephalus gunnari and
Dissostichus eleginoides

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

Dissostichus mawsoni

FAO 48.4 Antarctic (1)

(1) Except for scientific research purposes.
(2) Exluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).

All year

All year

1.12.2003 to
30.11.2004

All year

All year

1.12.2003 to
30.11.2004

All year

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ANNEX XVI

CATCH AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR IN
2003/04

Sub-area/
division

Region

Season

SSRU

Dissostichus spp.
Catch limit
(tonnes)

By-catch catch limit
(tonnes)

Skates and
rays

Macrourus
spp.

Other
species

48.6

North of 60°S

South of 60°S

88.1

All Subarea

1.3 to
31.8.2004

15.2 to
15.10.2004

1.12.2003 to
31.8.2004

A

All

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

455

455

0

80

223

0

57

0

83

786

776

316

749

180

50

50

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

73

73

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

20

20

0

20

20

0

20

0

20

20

20

20

20

20

Total
Subarea

3 250

163

520

(1) Rules for catch limits for by-catch species per SSRU, applicable within total by-catch limits per Subarea:

— Skates and rays: 5 % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp. or 50 tonnes, whichever is greatest;
— Macrourus spp.: 16 % of the catch limit for Dissostichus spp.
20 tonnes per SSRU.
— Other species: