CELEX: 51979PC0367
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) LAYING DOWN CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE AND FISHING IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS IN THE NORTH WEST ATLANTIC (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                          PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                   LAYING DOWN CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION
                   OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING
                         THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE AND FISHING IN
                   INTERNATIONAL WATERS IN THE NORTH WEST ATLANTIC
                     (presented by the Commission to the Council )
COM ( 79 ) 367 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.      On 1 January 1979 "the Convention on lUture Multilateral Cooperation
in the Northwest Atlantic , commonly referred to as the "NAFO" Convention,
entered into force . The Community was one of the original signatories of
this Convention *
2.      Article XXIII of the said Convention provides that upon its entry
into force each proposal that has been transmitted or is effective under .
the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries of 1949
("the ICNAF Convention") shall become a measure "binding upon each
Contracting Party to the NAFO Convention with respect to the Regulatory
Area defined in the Convention , immediately if the proposal has become
effective under the ICNAF, or at such time as it becomes effective thereunder
A number of such proposals concerning fishery conservation measures have
come into force under ICNAF.
3.      As a Contracting Party to the NAFO Convention, the Community must
therefore take steps to ensure that these measures are complied with , and
that Community fishing vessels are aware of them . The present proposal
incorporates the measures which apply to the Regulatory Area of NAFO .
 ---pagebreak---                                     PROPOSAL I^OR A
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                   laying do-m. certain measures for the conservation of
                   fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the
                   flag of a Member State and fishing in international
                   waters in the North West Atlantic
THE COUNCIL OP TIE EUROPL&N COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and m
particular Article 43 thereof,
Vvrncr regard to Council Regulation (EEC) H* 3179/78 of 28 December 1978 concerning
the"*" conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Convention on FUture
Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries U >,
 Having' regard to the proposal of the Commission,
 Having regard to the opinion of . the European Parliament ,
 Hh"ea3      under Article XXIII of the NfiFO Convention, upon ^
 sal that is already effective under- theJ";""at,onal Conve
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 ITieasure^bindin^on^each S'tî£ Srîy îlth respect to th. Regulatory Area defined
 in the NAFO Convention ;
 Whereas' consequently a number of proposals for conservation measures adopted under
 the ICJTAF Convention have become binding measures under the NAFO Convention,
 Whereas it is the responsibility of the Community to take appropriate steps to
 ensure that the said measures are binding upon Community vessels ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                ••/••••
   ( 1 ) OJ îfo. L378 / 30.12.1978, p.1
 ---pagebreak---                                       Article 1
           Vessels flying the flag of a Member State and. fishing within the
Regulatory Area defined in Annex III of the Convention on Rtture Multilateral
Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantio Fisheries shall comply with the conservation
measures laid down in this Regulation*
                                      Article 2
           The use of a trawl net having in any part thereof net meshes of dimensions
less than 130 millimetres shall be prohibited for direct fishing for the      ■?.
species referred to in Annex I of this Regulation .   This
mesh size relates to manila twine netting when measured wet after use or the
equivalent thereof when measured dry before use# Mesh size equivalents for
different trawl mesh materials are indicated in Annex II of this Regulation.
                                           *
                                      Article 3
           By-catches of the species mentioned in Annex I taken by vessels fishing
  for species other than those mentioned, in Annex I with nets having a mesh size '
less than that specified in Article 2 shall not exceed 2,500 kilogrammes for each
  species on board the vessel , or 10$ by weight for each species of all fish on
 board the vessel , whichever is the greater *
                                -       .
                                      Article 4
1*         The use of any means or device other than those described in paragraph 2
which obstructs the meshes of a net or which otherwise diminishes the size of nets
 shall be prohibited *                                     .
 2*        Canvas , netting, or any other material may be attached to the underside of
the cod.-end    of a net in order to reduce and prevent damage *
 3*        Devices may be attached to the upper side of the cod-end provided that
 they do not obstruct the meshes of the cod-end . The use of top-side chafers shall
 be limited to those mentioned in Annex III of. this Regulation*
 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 5
          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities#
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States#
Done at .
                                                           For the Council ,
                                                            The President .
                                                            \
 ---pagebreak---                                   ANNEX I
                     Species referred to in Article 2
                      %
Cod (Gadus morhua)
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
Redfish ( Sebastes )
Halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus )
Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferraginea)
American Plaice ( Hippoglossides platessoides )
Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
Pollock ( Saithe) ( Pollachius virens)
White hake (Urophycis tenuis)
             I
(l ) not including Redfish occurring in statistical division 3N» 30 and 3P
 ---pagebreak---                                  ANNEX II
Me3h size équivalents
Type of net          *                    Mesh size
Seine net                                 110 mm
Such part of any trawl net as is
made of hemp , polyamide fibres , or
polyester fibres                          120 mm
Such part of any trawl net as is
made of manila or any other material
not mentioned above                       130 mm
 ---pagebreak---                                         ANNEX III
                           Authorised Topside Chafers
                      \                                                 .
  1 ) ICNAF-type topside chafer
  A rectangular piece of netting attached to the upper side of the cod-end         ofi -
  a trawl net to reduce and prevent damage and conforming to the following
  conditions :
( a) the netting shall not have a mesh size less than that specified for
       the net itself ;
(b ) the netting may "be fastened to the cod~end ] only along the foa/ard and
       lateral edges of the netting and at no other place in it , and shall be
       fastened in such a manner that it extends forward of the splitting
       strap no more than four meshes and ends not less than four meshes in
       front of the codline mesh ; where a splitting strap is not used the
       netting -shall not extend to more than one-third of the codrend      measured
       from not less than four meshes in front of' the codline mesh ;
( c) the number of meshes in the width of the netting shall be at least one
       and a half times the number of meshes in the width of that part of the codrend
       end •' which is covered , both widths being taken at right angles to
       the long axis of the codrend.'
  2 ) Multiple flap-type topside chafer
  Pieces of netting having in all their parts meshes the dimensions of which ,
  whether the pieces of netting are wet or dry, are not less than those of
  the meshes of the net to which they are attached , provided that :
  ( i ) each piece of netting
         (a) is fastened by its forward edge only across the codrend at . right        /
              angles to its long axis ;
         (b ) is of a width of at least the width of the codrend ( such width
              being measured at right angles to the long axis of the -cod'-rend at
              the point of attachment ); and ,
         ( c) is not more than ten meshes long ; and
 ( ii ) the aggregate length of all the pieces of netting so attaohed does not
         exceed two-thirds of the length of the codrenchi "
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
3 ) Laiyce mesh ( modified Polish-type ) topside chafer
A rectangular piece of netting made of the same twine material as the cod-
 end ,    or of a single , thick , knotless twine material , attached to
the rear portion of $he upper side of the cod -end and. extending ov.er
all or any part of the upper side of the cod "*end and having in all its.
parts a mesh size twice that of, the 'cod-end when measured wet apd fastened
to the codrend along the forward , lateral and rear edges only of the
netting in such a way that each mesh of the netting coincides with four
meshes of the cod -end .