Council Regulation (EC) No 1691/2004 of 24 September 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 as concerns fishing opportunities in Greenland waters
Date: 2004-09-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Greenland, authorised catch, catch quota, fishery resources, fishing area, fishing rights

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1691/2004

of 24 September 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 as concerns fishing opportunities in Greenland waters

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of
20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi-
the Common Fisheries
tation of
Policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Whereas:

(1)

In Council Regulation (EC) No 1245/2004 of 28 June
2004 on the conclusion of the Protocol modifying the
laying down the conditions relating to
Fourth Protocol
fishing provided for
in the Agreement on fisheries
between the European Economic Community, on the
one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the
local Government of Greenland, on the other (2), fishing
possibilities for the Community in Greenland waters are
laid down. The necessary measures should be taken to
implement the results of that Agreement.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December
2003 fixing for 2004 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
for
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
Community vessels,
in
in waters where limitations
catch are required (3),
should therefore be amended
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I C to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 shall be amended
in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 24 September 2004.

For the Council
The President

L. J. BRINKHORST

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 237, 8.7.2004, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

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Annex I C to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 is amended as follows:

ANNEX

(a)

the following entry shall be inserted before the entry concerning Roundnose grenadier in zone V, XIV (Greenland
waters):

‘Species:

Ireland

Spain

EC

TAC

Snow crab
Chionoecetes spp.

125

875

1 000
not relevant’

Zone: NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters)

PRC/NO1GRN

(b) the entry concerning the species Cod in zone I, II (Norwegian waters) is replaced by the following:

‘Species:

Germany

Greece

Spain

Ireland

France

Portugal

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

Cod
Gadus morhua

Zone: I, II (Norwegian waters)

COD/1N2AB-

2 431

301

2 712

301

2 232

2 712

9 431

20 120
486 000’

(c)

the entry concerning the species Cod in zone Greenland waters shall be inserted after the entry Cod in zone I, II b:

‘Species:

Germany

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

Cod
Gadus morhua

“pm”
“pm”
“pm”
not relevant’

Zone: Greenland waters

COD/N01514

(d) the entry concerning the species Atlantic halibut in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) is replaced by the following:

‘Species:

Portugal

EC

TAC

Atlantic halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters)

HAL/514GRN

800

1 000 (1) (2)

not relevant

(1) Of which 200 tonnes to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.
(2) If bycatches 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.’

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(e)

the following entry shall be inserted after the entry concerning Northern prawn in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters):

‘Species:

Denmark

France

EC

TAC

Northern prawn
Pandalus borealis

2 000

2 000

4 000
not relevant’

Zone: NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters)

PRA/NO1GRN

(f)

the entry concerning the species Greenland halibut in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) is replaced by the following:

‘Species:

Germany

United Kingdom

EC

TAC

Greenland halibut
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone: V, XIV (Greenland waters)

GHL/514GRN

7 647

403

9 000 (1)

not relevant

(1) Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 150 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.’

(g) the following entry shall be added after the entry concerning Flatfish in zone Vb (Faroese waters):

‘Species:

EC

TAC

Bycatches

2 000 (1)

not relevant

Zone: NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters)

XBC/NO1GRN

(1) Combined bycatches of cod, carfish, skate, ling and tusk. The bycatch quantities of cod shall not exceed 100 tonnes. May be fished

in sub-area XIV and V (Greenland waters).’