CELEX: 31977R0373
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 373/77 of 24 February 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member countries

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                                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 373/77
                                                       of 24 February 1977
              laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of
              fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member
                                                             countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas interim measures for the conservation and
COMMUNITIES,                                                           management of fishery resources should also be taken
                                                                       in respect of vessels flying the flag of Spain, Finland,
                                                                       Portugal and Sweden and of Canada and the United
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                       States of America pending the conclusion of the
Economic Community,
                                                                       fishing agreements currently being negotiated with
                                                                       these countries ,
Having regard to the Act of Accession ('),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the Council adopted, on 3 November 1976, a
set of resolutions concerning certain external and
internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the Council adopted , at its meeting on 20
December 1976, a statement on fishery activities in
January 1 977 ;                                                       The only catches which Spain, Finland, Portugal and
                                                                      Sweden are authorized to make from 1 January 1977
Whereas notifications have been              forwarded to the         until 31 March 1977 in the 200 nautical mile fishing
Bulgarian , Cuban , Japanese and Romanian Govern­                     zones of the Member States situated off the North Sea
ments in order to communicate the Council Deci­                       and Atlantic coasts and covered by Community rules
sions of 13 and 20 December 1976 prohibiting all                      on fisheries, and the places where such catches may
fishing activities by their vessels, as from 1 January                be made , are laid down in the Annex .
1977, in the 200 nautical mile fishing zones of the
Member States situated off the North Sea and Atlantic
coasts and covered by Community rules on fisheries ;
                                                                                               A rticle 2
Whereas, in order to preserve fishing grounds, access
by the fishing vessels of non-member countries to                     Pending the conclusions of a fishing agreement with
these waters must be restricted ;
                                                                      Canada, the total catches which that country is autho­
                                                                      rized to make from 1 January 1977 until 31
Whereas to this end the Council adopted on 28                         December 1977 shall be equal , for the zones referred
January 1977, Regulation ( EEC) No 194/77 laying                      to in Article 1 , to the quantity for which the quotas
down certain interim measures for the conservation                    valid for 1977 were fixed by the International
and management of fishery resources applicable to                     Commission for the North-West Atlantic Fisheries
vessels flying the flag of Poland, the GDR or the                     ( ICNAF), and , for that part of the zones referred to in
USSR (-') ;                                                           Article 1 which lie off the St Pierre and Miquelon
                                                                      Islands, to the catch possibilities provided for in the
(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . J. 1972 , p . 14 .                               1972 Agreement between France and Canada on
(-) OJ No L 25 , 29 . I. 1 977 , p . 46 .                             mutual relations in fishery matters .
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                        Article 3                            mile fishing zones of the Member States situated off
                                                             the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by
Pending the conclusion of a fishing agreement with           Community rules on fishing, including regular inspec­
the United States of America , the catches which that        tion of the vessels of non-member countries .
country is authorized to make from 1 January 1977 to
31 December 1977 in the zones referred to in Article         In   this connection , the Member States and the
 1 shall be those recorded for the same species as were      Commission shall communicate to each other the
caught in 1975, with the same monthly spread as              information necessary for the purposes of complying
recorded in 1975, subject to the fixing for these            with this Regulation , in particular concerning the
species of any maximum authorized catches and of             monitoring of the size of catches made by the vessels
any catch quotas .                                           of the non-member countries concerned .
                        Article 4                                                   Article 5
The Member States shall take the measures necessary          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to ensure to the fullest extent possible the implemen­       following its publication in the Official Journal of
tation of Article 1 to 3 as regards the 200 nautical         the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 February 1977.
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                           J. SILKIN
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                                                                                ANNEX
            Quantities which may be caught by certain non-member countries, by species and fishing
                                                                                   area
            The zones concerned are those defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
            ( ICES) or defined in the Annex to the Convention establishing the International Commission for the
             North-West Atlantic Fisheries Commission ( ICNAF), in so far as they are situated in the fishing
            zones of the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts bordering on the North
            Sea and the Atlantic , and covered by Community rules on fisheries .
                                  Species                                                 Zone                               Quantity
                                                                                                                             (tonnes)
                                                                SPAIN
             Hake                                               VI , VII , VIII                                                3 200
             Horse mackerel                                     VI A as far as it extends west of the line defined
                                                                in footnote (') below, VI B                                      170
             Horse mackerel                                     VII C , VII K, VII J , as far as it extends south of
                                                                50° 30 ' north latitude , VII H                                5 720
             Horse mackerel                                     VIII as far as it extends west of the line defined in
                                                                footnote ( : ) below                                           4 1 10
             All species except clupei
             formes and invertebrates                           VIII                                                         20 000
                                                                FINLAND
             Herring                                            IV                                                      ( token entry)
                                                                PORTUGAL
             Cod                                                1 ( ICNAF )                                                      375
                                                                SWEDEN (-')
             Haddock                                            IV                                                               675
            Sprat                                               IV                                                             1 490
             Mackerel                                           IV                                                             1 063
             Whiting                                            IV                                                               225
             Herring                                            IV                                                      (token entry)
            (') The- line' originating in point :
                   6   NX '  60    N. thence southwards to
                   6   \X          M )' N , thence westwards to
                 10    \X     SS   30 N. thence southwards to
                 10    NX '   56   30    N. thence westwards to
                 12    \X          Mi N\ thence southwards to
                 12    N\     54   30 ' N.
            ( ') The line originating in point :
                 X   \X ' 48     N. thence southwards to
                 X   NX 4 7      N. thence eastwards to
                 6   NX' 4 "'    N , thence southwards to
                 6   W      46   M )'  N. thence eastwards to
                 >   NX     46   30    N , thence southwards to
                 ^   W      46   N,    thence eastward 1- to
                 4   W      46   N.    thence southwards to
                 4   \\     45   N , thence eastwards to
                 2   \\     4S   N , flu nee southwards .
            (') These quantities will be supplemented b \ fishing rights granted to Sweden in Zones II ] A and III I ).