Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2007 of 5 June 2007 establishing conditions for the experimental fishing for sand eel for 2007 in the North Sea
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, North Sea, Norway, access to information, fishery management, fishery research, fishing industry, fishing vessel

L 143/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.6.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 622/2007

of 5 June 2007

establishing conditions for the experimental fishing for sand eel for 2007 in the North Sea

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21
December 2006 fixing for 2007 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 Annexe IA thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Catch limits for experimental fishery for sand eel in ICES
zone IV are laid down in Annex IA to Regulation
In accordance with footnotes ac-
(EC) No 41/2007.
companying the relevant catch limits in that Annex,
the Commission may establish the conditions under
which the quotas for the experimental fishery relating
to sand eel abundance may be fished.

Pursuant to point 1 of Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No
41/2007, the conditions laid down in that Annex IID
shall apply to Community vessels fishing in ICES zones
IIIa and IV and in EC waters of
ICES zone IIa with
demersal
trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a
than 16 mm. Unless otherwise
mesh size of
specified, or as a consequence of consultations or
agreements between the Community and Norway, those
conditions are also applicable to third country vessels
authorised to fish for sand eel
ICES
zone IV.

in EC waters of

less

is a North Sea stock which is shared with
Sand eel
Norway but which is currently not
jointly managed.
Pursuant to consultations between the Community and
Norway on 30 March 2007 an agreement has been
reached on conditions for the experimental fishery for
sand eel
in the North Sea. That agreement should be
implemented into Community law.

(1) OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 444/2007 (OJ L 106, 24.4.2007, p. 22).

(4) With a view to fixing the fishing opportunities for sand
eel as early as possible pursuant to point 8 of Annex IID
to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 the experimental fishery
is carried out during April and the first half of May. It is
therefore necessary that conditions for the experimental
fishery for sand eel in 2007 in the North Sea are imple-
mented as soon as possible,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

This Regulation lays down the conditions under which
1.
quotas fixed in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 for
experimental
fishery relating to sand eel abundance may be
fished in 2007 in ICES zone IV.

2.
The conditions laid down in this Regulation shall apply in
addition to the conditions set out in Annex IID to Regulation
(EC) No 41/2007.

Article 2

Listing of Community fishing vessels

this Regulation,

Following the entry into force of

1.
the
Member States concerned shall transmit to the Commission
flag
without delay a list of
intending to participate in the experimental fishing on sand
eel
ICES zone IV, containing the
name, registration number and international radio call sign of
each vessel.

in Norwegian waters of

fishing vessels

flying their

2.
On the basis of the information received in accordance
with paragraph 1, the Commission shall establish a list of all
intending to participate in the
Community fishing vessels
experimental
in Norwegian waters and
transmit it to Norway.

fishing on sand eel

Article 3

Catch reporting by Community and Norwegian vessels

1.
Community fishing vessels shall send the catch report to
the Directorate of Fisheries in Norway every third day after the
vessel first enters the Norwegian zone, whenever they intend to
fish sand eel or have on board trawl net with mesh size less
than 16 mm.

6.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 143/15

In addition to the notifications on catch-on-entry and
2.
catch-on-exit reports transmitted in accordance with Annex VI
to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, Norwegian fishing vessels shall
send the catch report to the Commission every third day after
the vessel first enters the Community waters, whenever they
intend to fish sand eel or have on board trawl net with mesh
size less than 16 mm.

Article 4

Access to VMS information concerning Community vessels

Member States shall make available to their national scientists
participating in the relevant ICES working group or, in absence
thereof, directly to that working group, VMS data concerning
the vessels flying their flag and participating in the experimental
fishing on sand eel.

Article 5

Closure of the experimental fishery for Norwegian vessels

1.
For Norwegian fishing vessels the experimental fishing for
sand eel shall be permitted after 6 May 2007 in EC waters of
ICES zone IV only as far as:

(a) 30 % of the total effort deployed in 2005 by Norway has

not been fully used and;

(b) the catch limit of 20 000 tonnes has not been reached.

2.
The fishing effort deployed by Norwegian vessels shall not
exceed 25 vessels carrying out no more than one multiple-day
trip each.

Article 6

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, 5 June 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission