Commission Regulation (EC) No 495/2008 of 2 June 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for blue whiting in EC and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2008-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Spain, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag

4.6.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 495/2008

of 2 June 2008

establishing a prohibition of fishing for blue whiting in EC and international waters of I, II, III, IV,
V, VI, VII, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

or registered in the Member State referred to therein have
exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock
and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,

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 26(4) thereof,

resources under

fisheries

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quota exhaustion

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of
12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to
common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in
the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein
for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out
in that Annex.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008
fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated
fish
conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
in Community waters
stocks
for
and
in waters where catch limitations
Community vessels,
are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.

applicable

to

According
the
received
the stock referred to in the
Commission, catches of
Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of

information

the

by

Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation
by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State
referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in
that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship
or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.

Article 3

Entry into force

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, 2 June 2008.

For the Commission

Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 865/2007 (OJ L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11), as
corrected by OJ L 36, 8.2.2007, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 19, 23.1.2008, p. 1.

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No

Member State

Stock

Species

Area

Date

ANNEX

06/T&Q

ESP

WHB/1X14

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)

EC and international waters of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIa,
VIIIb, VIIId, VIIIe, XII and XIV

29.4.2008