2008/601/EC: Commission Decision of 17 July 2008 on the allocation to the Netherlands of additional fishing days, for permanent cessation of fishing activities, within the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zone IV and EC waters of ICES zone IIa (notified under document number C(2008) 3586)
Date: 2008-07-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, Netherlands, fishery management, fishing area, fishing fleet, fishing regulations, fishing season

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Official Journal of the European Union

22.7.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 July 2008

on the allocation to the Netherlands of additional fishing days, for permanent cessation of fishing
activities, within the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not covered by the Skagerrak and the
Kattegat, ICES zone IV and EC waters of ICES zone IIa

(notified under document number C(2008) 3586)

(Only the Dutch text is authentic)

(2008/601/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of
16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities
and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups
for
of
Community vessels
in waters where catch limitations are
required (1), and in particular point 10 of Annex IIA,

in Community waters

applicable

stocks,

and

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

length equal

Point 8 of Annex IIA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008
the maximum number of days on which
specifies
Community vessels of an overall
to or
greater than 10 metres carrying on board beam trawls
of mesh sizes equal to or larger than 80 mm may be
present within the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa
not covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zone
IV and EC waters of ICES zone IIa, as defined in point
2.1 of Annex IIA, from 1 February 2008 to 31 January
2009.

Point 10 of Annex IIA enables the Commission to
allocate an additional number of fishing days on which
a vessel may be present within the geographical area
when carrying on board such beam trawls, on the
basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that
have taken place since 1 January 2002.

The Netherlands submitted on 4 April 2008 data demon­
strating that Dutch vessels carrying on board beam
trawlers with mesh size equal
to or larger than 80
mm, which have ceased activities since 1 January 2002,
deployed 16 % of the fishing effort deployed in 2001 by
Dutch vessels present within the geographical area and
carrying on board such beam trawls.

(4)

In view of the data submitted, 19 additional days at sea
for vessels carrying on board beam trawls of mesh size
equal to or larger than 80 mm and less than 90 mm, 23

(1) OJ L 19, 23.1.2008, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 541/2008 (OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 23).

additional days at sea for vessels carrying on board beam
trawls of mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm and
less than 100 mm, and 21 additional days at sea for
vessels carrying on board beam trawls of mesh size
equal to or larger than 100 mm should be allocated to
the Netherlands in the corresponding geographical area
during the period of application of Article 8 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 40/2008 extending from 1 February 2008
to 31 January 2009.

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of
the Netherlands and carrying on board beam trawls of mesh
size equal to or larger than 80 mm and less than 90 mm may
be present in the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not
covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zone IV and
EC waters of ICES zone IIa, as laid down in Table I of Annex
IIA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, shall be increased to 138
days per year.

Article 2

The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of
the Netherlands and carrying on board beam trawls of mesh
size equal to or larger than 90 mm and less than 100 mm may
be present in the Skagerrak, that part of ICES zone IIIa not
covered by the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zone IV and
EC waters of ICES zone IIa, as laid down in Table I of Annex
IIA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, shall be increased to 166
days per year.

Article 3

The maximum number of days a fishing vessel flying the flag of
the Netherlands and carrying on board beam trawls of mesh
size equal to or larger than 100 mm may be present in the
Skagerrak,
ICES zone IIIa not covered by the
Skagerrak and the Kattegat, ICES zone IV and EC waters of
ICES zone IIa, as laid down in Table I of Annex IIA to Regu­
lation (EC) No 40/2008, shall be increased to 150 days per
year.

that part of

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This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission