Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 of 27 July 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
Date: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 898/2007

of 27 July 2007

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in
EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV

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 Article 5(5) thereof:

(4)

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 should
therefore be amended accordingly.

The sprat is a short-lived species, therefore the catch
limitations should be implemented as soon as possible,
in order to avoid delays which could lead to over-fishing
of the stock.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

Preliminary catch limits for sprat in EC waters of ICES
zones IIa and IV are laid down in Annex IA to Regu-
lation (EC) No 41/2007.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

to Article 5(5) of

Pursuant
the
Commission may revise the catch limits in the light of
scientific information collected during the first half of
2007.

that Regulation,

Article 1

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Taking into account information collected during the first
half of 2007, the catch limits for sprat in the zones
concerned should be adjusted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 Brussels, 27 July 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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

(EC) No 754/2007 (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 26).

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ANNEX

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 is amended as follows:

The entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following:

‘Species:

Sprat
Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

EC waters of IIa and IV
SPR/2AC4-C

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

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
EC
Norway
Faroe Islands
TAC

1 917
151 705
1 917
1 917
1 917
1 330 (1)
6 325
167 028

18 812 (2)

9 160 (3) (4) (5)

195 000

(1) Including sandeel.
(2) May only be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IV.
(3) This quantity may be fished in ICES zone IV and zone VIa North of 56° 30′ N. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against

the blue whiting quota established for ICES zones VIa, VIb and VII.

(4) 1 832 tonnes can be caught as herring in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm. If the quota of 1 832 tonnes of herring

is exhausted then all fisheries using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited.

(5) Catches taken in the monitoring fisheries, corresponding to 2 % of the effort and up to a maximum of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as

sandeel.’