Council Regulation (EC) No 941/2006 of  1 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, as concerns blue whiting and herring
Date: 2006-06-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 941/2006

of 1 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, as concerns blue whiting and herring

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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-
tation of
the common fisheries
policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

resources under

fisheries

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 (2) fixes for 2006
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.

Pursuant to consultations between the Community and
the Faeroe Islands on 23 February 2006 an arrangement
on mutual access on blue whiting stock and the herring
stock in each other's, fishing zones has been reached.
This arrangement should be implemented.

(3)

(4)

Since vessels that targeted hake with gill-nets in ICES
Divisions VIa, b and VIIb, c, j, k and subarea XII were
not implicated in the fishing practices that led to the
prohibition of the use of gill-nets in those areas,
it is
appropriate to allow these fisheries to continue by way
of derogation from the prohibition.

The Community has held consultations with Norway on
the management of fisheries on the stock of Norwegian
spring spawning (Atlanto-Scandian) herring in the North-
East Atlantic,
in particular, with regard to licensing
arrangements, which should be implemented.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes IA, IB and IV to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Luxembourg, 1 June 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. HAUBNER

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 16, 20.1.2006, p. 1.

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The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be amended as follows:

ANNEX

1.

in Annex IA, the entry concerning the species Blue whiting in zone I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV
(EC and international waters) shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV (EC and inter-

national waters)
WHB/1 X 14

Analytical TAC.
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

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

52 529 (5) (6)
20 424 (5) (6)
44 533 (5) (6)
36 556 (5) (6)
40 677 (5) (6)
64 053 (5) (6)
4 137 (5) (6)
12 994 (5) (6)
68 161 (5) (6)
344 063 (5) (6)
152 442 (1) (2)
45 000 (3) (4)

TAC

2 000 000

(1) May be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56° 30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.
(2) Of which up to 500 tonnes may consist of argentine (Argentina spp.).
(3) Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (Argentina spp.).
(4) May be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56° 30′ N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.
(5) Of which up to 61 % may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen.
(6) Of which up to 2,9 % may be fished in Faeroese waters, zone Vb.’

2.

in Annex IA, the following entry shall be inserted after the above entry:

‘Species:

Blue whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Zone: EC waters of II, IVa (2), VIa (3), VIb, VII (4)

WHB/24A567

Faeroe Islands

10 000 (1)

TAC

2 000 000

(1) To be counted against Faeroe Islands’ catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement.
(2) The catch in zone IVa shall be no more than 2 500 tonnes.
(3) North of 56° 30′ N.
(4) West of 12° W.’

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3.

in Annex IB, the entry concerning the species Herring in zone I and II (EC and international waters) shall be replaced
by the following:

‘Species:

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

Faeroe Islands

Herring
Clupea harengus

Zone: EC waters and international waters of I and II

HER/1/2.

22
21 243
3 720
70
917
5 499
7 602
1 075
70
329
7 872
13 581
62 000

6 196 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

Special conditions:

Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do
that Regulation
not apply and Article 5(2) of
applies.

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

II, Vb north of 62° N (Faeroese
waters) (HER/2A5B-F)

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

(1) May be fished in EC waters.’

2
2 117
371
7
91
548
758
107
7
32
784
1 354

4.

in Part A of Annex III the following point shall be added:

‘8.5. By way of derogation from points 8.3 and 8.4 vessels targeting hake may deploy gill-nets with a mesh size of

120 mm in the areas concerned at any position where the charted depth is less than 600 metres.’

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5. Parts I and II of Annex IV shall be replaced by the following:

Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for Community vessels fishing in third country waters

‘PART I

Area of
fishing

Norwegian
waters and
fishery
zone
around Jan
Mayen

Fishery

Herring, north of 62° 00′ N

Demersal species, north of 62° 00′ N

Mackerel, south of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery

Mackerel, south of 62° 00′ N, trawl fishery

Number
of
licences

Allocation of
licences amongst
Member States

Maximum
number of
vessels present
at any time

77

80

11

19

DK: 26, DE: 5,
FR: 1, IRL: 7,
NL: 9, SW: 10,
UK: 17

FR: 18, PT: 9,
DE: 16, ES: 20,
UK: 14, IRL: 1

DE: 1 (1),
DK: 26 (1),
FR: 2 (1),
NL: 1 (1)

57

50

not relevant

not relevant

Mackerel, north of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery

11 (2) DK: 11

not relevant

Industrial species, south of 62° 00′ N

Waters of
the Faeroe
Islands

All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet
in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faeroese
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 Faeroese baseline. 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 four vessels to form pairs, should the
Faeroese 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

DK: 450,
UK: 30

BE: 0, DE: 4,
FR: 4, UK: 18

480

26

8 (3)

70

BE: 0, DE: 10,
FR: 40, UK: 20

70

70

36

10

12

21

DE: 8 (4),
FR: 12 (4),
UK: 0 (4)

DE: 3, DK: 19,
FR: 2, UK: 5,
NL: 5

UK: 10

DK: 12

DE: 1, DK: 7,
FR: 0, UK: 5,
IRL: 2, NL: 3,
SW: 3

150

13

4

26

20 (5)

22 (5)

20

6

12

21

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Area of
fishing

Waters of
the Russian
Federation

All fisheries

Fisheries for cod

Fisheries for sprat

Fishery

Number
of
licences

Allocation of
licences amongst
Member States

Maximum
number of
vessels present
at any time

pm

7 (6)

pm

pm

pm

pm

(1) This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.
(2) To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel south of 62° 00′ N.
(3) Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All
trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines”.

(4) These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.
(5) These figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines”.
(6) Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.

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Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third country fishing vessels in Community waters

PART II

Flag State

Fishery

Norway

Herring, north of 62° 00′ N

Faeroe Islands

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

fishing for Norway pout and sprat,

Industrial
IV, VIa (north of
56° 30′ N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue
whiting)

Ling and tusk

Blue whiting, II, IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of
12° 00′ W)

Russian
Federation

Blue ling

Herring, IIId (Swedish waters)

Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships)

Sprat

Barbados

Penaeus shrimps (2) (French Guyana waters)

Guyana

Surinam

Trinidad and
Tobago

Japan

Korea

Snappers (4) (French Guyana waters)

Penaeus shrimps (5) (French Guyana waters)

Penaeus shrimps (5) (French Guyana waters)

Penaeus shrimps (5) (French Guyana waters)

Tuna (9) (French Guyana waters)

Tuna (10) (French Guyana waters)

Venezuela

Snappers (5) (French Guyana waters)

Sharks (5) (French Guyana waters)

Number of
licences

Maximum
number of
vessels present
at any time

18

14

21

4

15

20

20

16

pm

pm

4 (1)

5

5

pm

5

8

pm

pm

41

4

18

14

21

4

15

10

20

16

pm

pm

pm

pm (3)

pm

pm (6)

pm (7)

pm (8)

pm (5)

pm

pm

(1) Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters.
(2) 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.

(3) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.
(4) 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 ship
owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes an
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.

(5) Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2006.
(6) Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2006.
(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.
(10) Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gill-nets.’