2008/987/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 2008 on the allocation to Latvia of additional fishing days in the Baltic Sea within subdivisions 25 and 26 (notified under document number C(2008) 8217)
Date: 2008-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, Latvia, fishery management, fishery resources, fishing regulations, fishing vessel, maritime shipping, sea fish

L 352/50

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.12.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 December 2008

on the allocation to Latvia of additional fishing days in the Baltic Sea within subdivisions 25 and 26

(notified under document number C(2008) 8217)

(Only the Latvian text is authentic)

(2008/987/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

of up to four fishing days absent from port on the basis
of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have
taken place since 1 January 2005.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1404/2007 of
26 November 2007 fixing the fishing opportunities and asso­
ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of stocks
applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2008 (1), and in particular point
1.3 of Annex II,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Point 1.1 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1404/2007
specifies the maximum number of days on which a vessel
fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gear of a
mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with gillnets,
entangling nets or trammel nets of a mesh size equal to
or larger than 90 mm, with bottom set lines, longlines
except drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment
may be absent
in subdivisions 25-27 and
28.2 with the exception of the period from 1 July to
31 August when Article 8 paragraph 1(b) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007
establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the
Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks,
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 779/97 (2) applies.

from port

In accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 169/2008 (3), ICES subdivisions 27 and 28.2 are
certain fishing effort
excluded from the
scope of
limitations
2008,
for
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007.

obligations

recording

and

(3)

Point 1.3 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1404/2007
enables the Commission to allocate an additional number

(1) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 51, 26.2.2008, p. 3.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Latvia submitted in January 2008 a request in accordance
to Regulation (EC) No
with point 1.4 of Annex II
1404/2007, containing,
in particular a list of Latvian
vessels fishing with above-mentioned gear which have
ceased activities since 1 January 2005. Supplementary
information was submitted by Latvia on 4 June and
10 July 2008.

According to the Community TAC and quota database,
Latvia has exchanged 661 tonnes out of 694 tonnes of
its cod quota in subdivision 22-24. The days absent from
port already set for Latvia for fishing in subdivision 22-
24 are sufficient for remaining fishing opportunities and
there is no need for allocation of additional days to this
area.

In view of the data submitted, four additional days in
addition to the already allowed 178 days at sea for
vessels
can be
fishing with above-mentioned gear
allocated to Latvia to be used in 2008 in ICES subdi­
visions 25 and 26.

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, as laid down in point 1.1(b) of
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1404/2007, a Latvian fishing
vessel may be absent from port per year in the Baltic Sea
subdivisions 25 and 26 shall be increased by four additional
days. This Decision applies to vessels using trawls, Danish seines
or similar gear of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm,
with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets of a mesh size
equal to or larger than 90 mm, with bottom set lines, longlines
except drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment.

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 352/51

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Latvia.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission