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Date: 1982-12-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning the management and control of certain catch quotas allocated for 1983 for vessels flying the flag of a Member State and fishing in the Regulatory Area defined in the NAFO Convention (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
concerning the management and control of certain catch quotas allocated
for 1983 for vessels flying the flag of a Member State and fishing in
             the Regulatory Area defined in the NAFO Convention
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
  C0M(82 ) 825 final
 ---pagebreak---                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . At Its annual meeting on 15 September 1982 the Fisheries Commission of
       the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization ( NAFO ) adopted proposals
       for catch quotas for the year 1983    of certain fish stocks occuring
       in the Regulatory Area defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral
       Cooperation in. the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries , to which the Community
       is a Contracting Party . These proposals become measures binding upon
       all Contracting Parties to the Convention on 27 December 1982    unless they
       have lodged an objection pursuant to Article XII of the NAFO Convention .
     - The Commission sees no reason for an objection by the Community .
       Consequently , the Community will be bound to adopt appropriate measures
       to implement the catch limitations provided for in the proposals concerned .
       This is the purpose of the present proposal .
2 . Since the NAFO proposal on squid in areas 3 and A made on *5 September
        1982 does not provide for specific quotas for Canada and the Community , and
       since it has not proved possible for the two parties to agree on their
        respective shares of the TAC for this stock , the Commission proposes
       that the Community establish a quota for its own fishermen which takes
       account of the TAC proposed by NAFO for the total stock and of the interest
       of Community fishermen .
3 . The other elements of the proposed Regulation , concerning measures to
    . ensure adequate control of fishing activity in the Regulatory Area , are
        unchanged from the provisions of the corresponding Regulation for 198?
        adopted by the Council ( 1 ).
 ( 1 > OJ No L
 ---pagebreak---                                                ?. oposal for a
                                   Cà - NCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
              concenMni.         management and control of certain catch quotas allocated for
              193i fc vessels fiyis»g the flag of a Member State and fishing in the Regulatory
                                       Area defined in the NAFO Convention
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                     Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European       1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1983 catches of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43            the species mentioned in Annex I, by vessels flying
thereof,
                                                            the flag of a Member State in the Regulatory Area, as
                                                            defined in Article 1 (2) of the NAFO Convention,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­              shall be limited, within the parts of the Regulatory
sion (' ),                                                  Area referred to in the said Annex, to the quotas set
                                                            out therein .
Having regard to the opinion of the European                2.     By-catches of the species referred to in Annex I
Parliament (2),                                             taken in those areas in which no allocation for a
                                                            directed fishery is provided by this      Regulation shall
Whereas    the   Convention     on     Future  Multilateral not exceed, for each of the species on     board the vessel,
Cooperation in the North-West Atlantic Fisheries (3),       listed in Annex I, 2 500 kg or 10 %        by weight of all
hereinafter referred to as 'the NAFO Convention', was       fish on board the vessel, whichever       is the greater.
approved by the Council in its Regulation (EEC) No
3179/78 (*);                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the NAFO Convention entered into force on            1 . Vessels fishing in the area referred to in Article 1
 1 January 1979 ;                                           shall keep a log-book in which the information speci­
                                                            fied in Annex II is to be entered .
Whereas the Fisheries Commission of the North-West          2. Vessels fishing in the area referred to in Article 1
Atlantic   Fisheries   Organization      adopted  on        shall transmit to the authorities of their flag State by
September 1982. a proposal establishing limitations for     the 16th day of each month in respect of the first half
catches of certain species in the Regulatory Area for       of that month and by the first day of each month in
 1983, which became a measure binding upon the              respect of the second half of the preceding month,
Community on                    » 1 98                      reports concerning their catches in the said area. Such
                                                            reports shall give catches in tonnes by species and
Whereas it is the responsibility of the Community to        quota area for the period covered by the report.
take appropriate steps to ensure compliance by              3. Vessels intending to fish in the Regulatory Area
Community vessels with the said measure ;                   for a particular stock for which no quota has been allo­
                                                            cated to the Community, shall transmit to the authori­
Whereas the NAFO Commission proposal on squid,              ties of their flag State notification of such an intention,
made on         September 198 does not provide for          at least 72 hours before starting to fish for an amount
specific quotas for Canada and the Community ;              allocated to 'Others' for that stock, together, if possible,
whereas the Community should therefore establish a          with an estimate of the projected catch. Vessels
quota for its own fishermen at a level which takes          engaging in such a fishery shall transmit to the autho­
account both of the TAC proposed by NAFO for the            rities of their flag State reports of catches from that
entire stock and of the interests of Community              stock, at 48-hour intervals.
fishermen ;
                                                                                     Article 3
Whereas information about catches by Community
vessels should be made available to their respective         1 . Member States shall transmit regularly to the
Member States and to the Commission in order to             Commission the reports of vessels flying their flag
                                                            which have been made in accordance with Article 2
ensure that these quotas are complied with,
                                                            (2). Reports received in respect of the first half of each
                                                            month shall be transmitted to the Commission by the
(') OJ No C                1982 p. . .                      20th day of the same month and those received in
W OJ No C           . . 198A p.
(') OJ No L 378, 30. 12. 1978, p. 2.                        respect of the second half of each month shall be
(") OJ No L 378, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1 .                       transmitted by the fifth day of the following month.
 ---pagebreak--- 2.    Member States shall transmit without delay to the                               Article 5
Commission information received in accordance with
Article 2 (3).                                                1 . when informed by the Executive Secretary of the
3.    Member States shall transmit to the Commission          North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization that one
by the 20th day of each month information concern­            of the quotas referred to in Article 2 (3) has been fully
                                                              utilized, the Commission shall so inform the Member
ing the landings made during the previous month by
vessels flying their flag fishing in the area referred to     States, which shall take appropriate measures to ensure
in Article 1 .                                                that fishing by vessels flying their fkg for the stock
                                                              concerned shall cease within three working days of the
                        Article 4
                                                              date of receipt by the Commission of the information
                                                              from the Executive Secretary.
Member States shall inform the Commission of all
vessels flying their flag which intend to engage in           2.     If the Commission has reason to believe, on the
fishing or in the processing of sea-fish in the area          basis of the information received from the Member
referred to in Article 1 at least 30 days before the          States, that the quota concerned has been fully
intended commencement of such activity. This infor­           utilized, it shall, without waiting for the notification
mation shall include :                                        from the Executive Secretary, so inform the Member
(a) name of the vessel ;                                      States, which shall take appropriate measures to ensure
                                                              that fishing by vessels flying their flag for the stock in
(b) official number of the vessel registered by the           question shall cease without delay.
    appropriate national authorities ;
(c) home port of the vessel ;
(d) name of owner or charterer of the vessel ;                                        Article 6
(e) a declaration that the master has been provided
    with a copy of the regulations in force in the            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    Regulatory Area ;                                         following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(f) principal target species of the vessel while fishing      European Communities.
    within the Regulatory Area ;
(g) subareas where the vessel will be expected to fish.       It shall apply from 1 January to 31 December 1983
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                           . The President
                                                                            i -. s       -• H
 ---pagebreak---                                              ANNEX I
                C-ich quotas for the period 1 January to 31 December 1985
                        Speciel                       NAFO Division            Quotas (tonne·)
Cod                                                      3 NO                        210
                                                         3 M            Germany                700
                                                                         France                300
                                                                        United Kingdom 1 405
American plaice                                          3 LNO                       700 0
                                                         3 M                        •$0o CO
Yellowtail flounder                                      3 LNO                     ò&o
Redfish                                                  3 M                      1 200
                                                         liv                       yKo («]
Witch                                                    3 NO                         50 ο
Squid (Illex)                                            3 + 4                    9 750 0
Capelin                                                  3 LNO                         0
(') This quota has not been allocated exclusively to Community vessels but to all Contracting Parties
    to NAFO having no specific allocation, including the Community. Fishing by Community vessels
    shall thus be suspended once the Community has been informed that the total quota has been
    exhausted.
0 Less any quantity taken by Community vessels in the parts of NAFO subareas falling within areas
    of national fisheries jurisdiction.
 ---pagebreak---                                                            ANNEX II
                                      Items of information to appear in the log-book
                                                  Information                                           Code
             Vessel name                                                                                 01
             Vessel nationality                                                                          02
             Vessel registration number                                                                  03
             Registration port                                                                           04
             Type of gear used (daily)                                                                   10
             Type of gear                                                                                  20
             Date :
             – day                                                                                       20
             – month                                                                                     21
             – year                                                                                      22
             Position :
             – latitude                                                                                  31
             – longitude                                                                                 32
             – statistical area                                                                          33
             Number of hauls during the 24-hour period (*)                                               40
             Number of hours gear-fished during the 24-hour period 0                                     41
             Species names                                                                                 20
             Daily catch of each species (tonnes live weight)                                            50
             Daily catch of each species for human consumption in the form of fish                       61
             Daily catch of each species folr reduction                                                  62
             Daily discard of each species                                                               63
             Place(s) of transhipment                                                                    70
             Date(s) of transhipment                                                                     71
             Master's signature                                                                           80
             (l) Codes to be completed by one of the items of information given in the second part of this Annex.
             (*) When two or more types of gear are used in the same 24-hour period, records should be separate
                 for the different types.
                                        Standard FAO abbreviations for main species
Abbreviation                        Species                         Abbreviation                     Species
 ALE            Alewife                                               MEN         Atlantic menhaden
 ARG            Atlantic argentine                                    MIX         Mixed species
  BUT           Atlantic butterfish                                   MOL         Molluscs
 CAP            Capelin                                               PEL         Pelagic fish (not specified)
 CAT            Wolffishes (– catfishes)                              PLA         American plaice
 COD            Atlantic cod                                          POK         Pollock (– saithe)
 CRA            Crabs                                                 RED         Atlantic redfish
  CRU           Crustaceans                                           RNG         Roundnose grenadier
  DOG           Dogfish                                               SAL         Atlantic salmon
  FLW           Winter flounder                                       SAU         Atlantic saury
  FLX           Flatfishes (not specified)                            SCA         Sea scallops
 GHL            Greenland halibut                                     SHA         Sharks
 GRC            Greenland cod                                         SHR         Shrimps
 GRO            Groundfish (not specified)                           SKA          Skates (not specified)
  HAD           Haddock                                              SQU          Squids
  HAL           Atlantic halibut                                     SWO          Swordfish
  HER           Atlantic herring                                      SWX         Seaweeds
  HK.R          Red hake                                             TUN          Tuna
  HKS           Silver hake                                           URC         American sea urchin
  HKW           White hake                                            USK         Cusk (– tusk)
  INV           Shellfish (not specified)                            VFF          Finfish (not specified)
  LOB           Northern lobster                                     WIT          Witch flounder
 MAC            Atlantic mackerel                                    YEL          Yellowtail flounder
 ---pagebreak---                     Standard FAO abbreviations for gears
Abbreviation                                     Gear
OTB          Bottom otter trawl (side or stern not specified)
OTB 1        Bottom otter trawl (side)
OTB 2        Bottom otter trawl (stern)
OTM          Midwater otter trawl (side or stern not specified)
OTM 1        Midwater otter trawl (side)
OTM 2        Midwater otter trawl (stem)
PTB          Bottom pair trawl (two boats)
PTM          Midwater pair trawl (two boats)
–
             Shrimp trawl (now included in bottom otter trawl categories)
SDN          Danish seines
SSC          Scottish seines
SPR          Pair seine (two boats)
SB           Beach seines
PS           Purse seines
GN           Gillnets (not specified)
GNS          Gillnets (set)
GND          Gillnets (drift)
LL           Longlines (set or drift not specified)
LLS          Longlines (set)
LLD          Longlines (drift)
LHP          Handlines and pole-lines
LHM          Handlines and pole-lines (mechanized)
LTL          Troll lines
FIX          Traps (not specified)
FPN          Uncovered pound nets.
FPO          Covered pots and fyke nets
FWR          Barriers, fences, weirs, etc.
DRB          Boat dredges
DRH          Hand dredges (e.g. rakes and tongs)
HAR          Harpoons
MIS          Miscellaneous gears
NK           Gears not known