Commission Regulation (EC) No 1038/2008 of 22 October 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 as regards the catch limits for the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV
Date: 2008-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU waters, authorised catch, catch area, fishery management, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish

23.10.2008

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1038/2008

of 22 October 2008

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 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 40/2008 of
16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities
and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups
of
for
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and,
Community vessels,
in waters where catch limitations are
required (1), and in particular Article 5(5) thereof,

(4)

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

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

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 should
therefore be amended accordingly.

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 40/2008.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

to Article 5(5) of

the
Pursuant
Commission may revise the catch limits in the light of
scientific information collected during the first half
of 2008.

that Regulation,

Article 1

Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Taking into account information collected during the first
half of 2008 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, 22 October 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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

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ANNEX

In Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, 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

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

1 729
136 826
1 729
1 729
1 729
1 330 (1)
5 705
150 777
10 063 (2)

9 160 (3) (4) (5)

170 000

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.

(1) Including sand eel.
(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 deployed by Member States and up to a maximum

of 2 500 tonnes can be caught as sand eel.’