Commission Regulation (EC) No 2017/2006 of 20 December 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the catch limits for the stock of Norway pout in ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa and IV (EC waters)
Date: 2006-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishery management, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2017/2006

of 20 December 2006

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 as regards the catch limits for the stock of Norway
pout in ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa and IV (EC waters)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22
December 2005 fixing 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 (1), and in
particular Article 5(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to Article 5(7) of Regulation (EC) No 51/2006,
the Commission may revise the catch limits for the stock
of Norway pout in ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa and IV
(EC waters) in the light of scientific information collected
during the first half of 2006.

Following new scientific advice from the International
Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) as well as
the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for
Fisheries (STEFC), new catch limits for the stock of
Norway pout in ICES zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa and IV
(EC waters) were established by Commission Regulation
(EC) No
(EC)
No 51/2006 (2).

amending Regulation

1259/2006

Norway pout is a North Sea stock which is shared with
Norway but which is currently not managed jointly by
the two Parties.

the

adoption

of Regulation

(EC) No
Following
the Community held consultations with
1259/2006,
Norway, which did not result
in agreement between
Norway and the Community on an allocation key for
that stock for 2006.

In the absence of an allocation key between Norway and
the Community for that stock and in recognition of the
fact that Norway should be able to fish part of the total
allowable catch (TAC) recommended by ICES and STECF,
the Community should set an autonomous Community
catch limit which is lower than the recommended TAC.

The autonomous Community catch limit should be fixed
the recommended TAC. That
at a level of 75 % of
to the Community share of
percentage corresponds
total catches on this stock during the last
five years
and represents the estimated zone attachment calculated
through survey data obtained during recent years.
However, such approach should be without prejudice
to the Community position as regards any future allo-
cation negotiations with Norway.

Annex IA to Regulation No 51/2006 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committee for
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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 Brussels, 20 December 2006.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 16, 20.1.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1782/2006 (OJ L 345, 8.12.2006, p. 10).

(2) OJ L 229, 23.8.2006, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 is amended as follows:

The entry concerning the stock of Norway pout in zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa and IV (EC waters) is replaced by the
following:

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IV (EC waters)
NOP/2A3A4.

Analytical TAC.
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

‘Species:

Norway pout
Trisopterus esmarki

Denmark

Germany

The Netherlands

EC

Norway

TAC

70 185

13

52

70 250

1 000 (1)

Not relevant

(1) This quota may be fished in Division VIa, North of 56° 30′ N.’