FISHING ) ( NO 3 ) ORDER 1977 , S.I . 1977 NO 1756 , PROHIBITING FISHING FOR NORWAY POUT FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1977 IN THE SAME ZONE BOUNDED TO THE EAST BY THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN . FOR ITS PART , THE COMMISSION SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL AT THE SAME TIME A PROPOSAL WHICH , AFTER CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AND IN ITS FINAL STATE , AIMED AT MAINTAINING THE NORWAY POUT BOX ACCORDING TO ITS FORMER DEFINITION , IN OTHER WORDS BOUNDED TO THE EAST BY 00* 00U LONGITUDE . THIS PROPOSAL SUFFERED THE SAME FATE AS ALL THE MEASURES OF FISHING POLICY PENDING BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON 30 AND 31 JANUARY 1978 , SO THAT THERE WERE NO COMMUNITY CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR THE ZONE IN QUESTION DURING 1978 .
52 ON 3 AND 20 JULY 1978 , THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION , REFERRING TO THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ANNEX VI TO THE HAGUE RESOLUTION , SEVERAL DRAFT CONSERVATION MEASURES , INCLUDING A PROPOSAL FOR THE SEASONAL EXTENSION , DURING THE PERIOD EVERY YEAR FROM 1 OCTOBER TO 31 MARCH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR , OF THE NORWAY POUT BOX , EXTENDING THE EASTERN LIMIT OF THAT ZONE TO THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM FISHING ZONE AND THE NORWEGIAN FISHING ZONE AND , FROM THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION OF THAT DIVIDING LINE WITH 2* LONGITUDE EAST , ALONG THAT MERIDIAN . THIS INFORMATION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DRAFT MEASURE PROPOSED . THE FILE DOES NOT SHOW WHETHER DENMARK , WHOSE FISHING INDUSTRY WAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED MEASURE , WAS INFORMED PURSUANT TO REGULATION NO 101/76 .
53 THE COMMISSION DID NOT GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO THE PROPOSED MEASURE . THAT MEASURE WAS NEVERTHELESS BROUGHT INTO FORCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE DRAFT NOTIFIED TO THE COMMISSION BY THE NORWAY POUT ( PROHIBITION OF FISHING ) ( NO 3 ) ( VARIATION ) ORDER 1978 , S.I . NO 1379 , INTRODUCED ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1978 AND BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON 1 OCTOBER 1978 , THE EFFECT OF WHICH IS TO EXTEND THE AREA TO WHICH THE PROHIBITION ON FISHING FOR NORWAY POUT APPLIES EASTWARDS TO THE LINE DESCRIBED ABOVE FOR A PERIOD FROM 1 OCTOBER IN EACH YEAR TO 31 MARCH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR .
54 THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS THAT THIS MEASURE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY LAW BECAUSE IT IS NOT A TRUE CONSERVATION MEASURE BUT IN REALITY A MEASURE OF ECONOMIC POLICY WHOSE OBJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE CATCHES OF UNITED KINGDOM FISHERMEN , WHO FISH FOR HADDOCK AND WHITING IN THAT REGION , TO THE DETRIMENT OF DANISH FISHERMEN WHO TRADITIONALLY FISH FOR NORWAY POUT FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES IN THE EXTENDED ZONE IN QUESTION . THE DANISH GOVERNMENT , INTERVENING IN THE CASE , HAS DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE SERIOUS DAMAGE CAUSED TO A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION OF ITS FISHING FLEET WHOSE EXISTENCE IS ENDANGERED BY THE MEASURE ADOPTED UNILATERALLY BY THE UNITED