CELEX: 51980PC0722
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Date: 1980-11-13
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) CONCERNING, FOR CERTAIN FISH STOCKS OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY FISHING ZONE, THE FIXING OF THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES FOR 1981 AND THE CONDITIONS FOR TAKING THESE CATCHES TOGETHER WITH THE SHARES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         COM(80)722 final
                                         Brussels , 13th November 1980
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                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       CONCERNING , FOR CERTAIN FISH STOCKS OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY
        FISHING ZONE , THE FIXING OF THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES FOR
             1981 AND THE CONDITIONS FOR TAKING THESE CATCHES
            TOGETHER WITH THE SHARES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY
                (presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(80 ) 722 final
 ---pagebreak---                        -   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.  The object of this proposal is to fix , for fish stocks occurring
 in the . Community fishing zone , the total allowable catches ( TACs ) for 1981 ,
the share of these TACs available to the Community when account is taken
of its commitments to interested non-member states , and certain conditions .
                                                                             w *
 regarding by-catches etc ., which must- be observed in fishing the TACs .
       Λ                                               '···'      *
2.   This proposal is based on the management policy set out by the Commission
 in its communication to the Council of 21.11.1979 ( C0MC79 ) 687 final ). The .
essence of the     policy is to take measures to ensure the continuance of each      "
fish stock as a commerci al ly viable resource , to decrease fishing effort on     :
over-exploited stocks in order to avoid widely, fluctuating yields from year
to year , and then to move the . degree of exploitation of individual stocks
towards the level gi ving the - maximum average long-term catch . It was on the
basis of these objectives that the Counei I at its meeting of 29 January , 1980
accepted the TACs proposed for 1980 by the Commission . The policy is , however ,
a long-term one and has not yet been implemented for a sufficiently long period t
have shown obvious results . The levels of exploitation and TACs recommended
for 1981 are therefpre very similar to those fcr 1980 for the majority Of stocks ,
the variations that do occur reflecting mainly short-term changes caused by
fluctuations in year class strength .
3.   In maintaining these proposals the Commission 1s motivated principally by
the socio-economic needs of the fishing industry . The real interests of
Community fishermen demand that fishing patterns should be stabilised as
quickly as possible and that catch yields and , therefore', profitability ,
should be increased in the face of the rising costs of fishing . The only
way to do this is to reduce the fishing mortality rate . In this respect ,
the Commission wishes to emphasize      that it is precisely because it is
aware of the socio-economic needs of the fishing industry that it has adopted
a gradualist approach in making its TAC proposals because to bring the fishing
effort down to the desired level in one step would mean that the majority of
TACs woul.d be unacceptably .smal I.
4.    Consultations with certain third countries about the determination . of
 reciprocal fishing arrangements for 1980 are now in progress or about to
 start . The uncertainty resulting from the lack of agreement at present with
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these partners may affect the present proposals and especially the eventual
amounts available for the Community in respect of certain stocks such as
those in the North Sea , Baltic and NAFO 1 zone .  When these consultations
are completed the Commission will adjust its proposal accordingly .
With these exceptions , however , the Commission considers that the evalua­
tion of the overatl position which this proposal provides has the compre­
hensive character which , if the Council adopts the proposal , should allow
Community fishermen , without delay , to plan the development of their opera­
tions throughout this year 's fishing season .
 ---pagebreak---                                    PROPOSAL  FOR A
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                concerning , for certain fish stocks * occurring in the
                Community fishing zone , the fixing of the total allowa­
                ble catches for 1981 and the conditions for taking these
                  , catches together with the shares available to the
                                    Community
    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , / and
     in particular Article 43 thereof _/ *)
  : Having regard to Regulation ( EEC ) No .      /      of     establishing a Community
     system for the conservation and management of fishery resources ( 1 ) and in particular
    Articles 3 and 4 , paragraph 1 , thereof ;                                             '
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
/ Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 2j/ ; *)
   whereas in order to ensure the protection of the fishing grounds and stocks
   of fish and to ensure thereby a balanced exploitation of the resources of the
    sea in the interests of both fishermen and consumers , there should be fixed
   each year for each species requiring a limitation of catches , a total allowable
    catch ( TAC ) per stock or group of stocks , the share of the TACs available for
   the Community , taking into account commitments to third countries and the condi­
   tions governing the carrying out of fishing operations :
   HAD ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION      :
 , ( 1 ) O.J. n°
 /"C2 ) O.J. n° 7 *)
   *) The text within square brackets would be include -; if the Regulation establishing
        a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources
        would not be adopted by the Council in time .                               '    ,
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 1
The total allowable catches ( TACs ) fixed for 1981 , orv the basis of stocks or
groups of stocks ,in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the
Member States and subject to Community fi shing regulations , together with the
shares of these TACs available for the Community and the conditions governing
the taking of these potential catches ,are set out in the annex      hereto .
                          .     / Arti c le 2
The Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission ,
may modify the annex of this Regulation in order , if necessary , to take account
of new scientific advice becoming available , changes .in any other of the factors
on S/ hich the provisions of this Regulation are based and any subsequent modifi­
cations in the agreements reached with interested non-member States about the
allocation to them of quotas for fishing in the Community fishing zone in 1981 ./*)
                                  Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 3rd day after publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It is applicable from 1.1.1981 . ,
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and shall be.directly applicable .
in all Member States .
Done at                                                      For the Council
        ^                                                     The President
 *) The text within square brackets would be included if the Regulation establishing
    a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources
    would not be adopted , by the Council , in time .
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX
. TACs.by stock and by sector envisaged fop 1981" Proportions • available to the Community
                                                                                                            Proportions
                                                                                  TAC 1981                  avai lable to
            SPECIES                   ICES Division or NAFO Zone                ( in tonnes )               the Community
                                                                                                                for 1981
     Cod                         Illa North Skagerrak                             16.000 *         l              13.500        l
|~Cod                            Illa South Kattegat                               16 . 400        j              10.400       -l
ICod                             IIIb,c,d                                       120.000 **          I           123.000         l
I Cod            '                IV                                             19Q.000                        170.850          j
 I Cod               ""       Ifvî                                                 10.000 ( 1)       I            10.000          |
 j Cod                        I VI I except VHa . *         '           |            9.000 (+)                      9.000
     Cod           '           j VI I a              '                               5.000     .      Ij      -     5.000      '{
     Cod                          XIV
                                                                                       Not yet es      jablished ;                 j
 I Cod                         INAFO 1                                    I            Not yet es çabli shed                      |
     Cod                       I NAFO 3PS                 .                        ? snnn              l -           4.500         i
     Haddock -                  jllla Skagerrak + Kattegat                  I ' "    5.100 (+)           .          4.500
  j Haddock             .      liv                                                120.000                       '107.800
  | Haddock                     K                                                   18.000 C?)         T           18.000 (2 )
  ( Haddock.                    IVII                        '               j        9.000 (+)         j             9.000 .
  { saithe                        Illa , IV                                    - 127.000                 | • 67.000
  { Saithe                       VI "     '     ~                    '             27.000                          27.000            |
   jSaithe                      jvii -                                               4.880 <+)         j            4.880
     Whiting                    jllla North Skagerrak                       |        4.650 <+)            j         3.850            j
   jwhi<-._2d                   lilla South Kattegat                        |      17.350 (+)             j        16.150
   j'wnit ing                  jlllb,c,d , ; Community zone only            I        3.850 (+)            j         3.850
  |Whiting                     ¥v                                           j    150.000                ■I       134.930
   [ Whiting ^                  VI                                         !       14.000    . .          f       14.000
   IWhit ing                    VI la                                      j        8.000                |          8.000 ;
   [Whiting                     k/ I I except Vila                        [        18.000 (+)            j        ïîTooo
   {Plaice -                   jllla North Skagerrak                              14.000 (+)            j         13.400
  Plaice                        lilla South Kattegat                      I         8.000 < + )         I          7.000           I
  jplai eg                  .   |lllb,c,d , Community 2one only           j         4.150 (+)          I           4.150
  jPLaice                      IV           "                      ■ Ij        105.000           ! | 103.980                      J
  {Plaice                      i/ i                                    J            1.680 (+)         |            1.680
  Fiai ce                 ■    VI I a                    ~         ~1              2.000             jI            2 „ 000
  piai ce                      |/ IIb,c                       '     H|                 320 <+) n                       320       j
 f i ai ce                    1i/ I Id , e        ■             ' ""j!             3.0C0 <+)                      3.000          I
 Fl ai ce                     i!/nf,g         :                                       600                             600      ~j
F Lai ce       '              j/m                                      {              190 (+)       (                 190       f
      * Not including 1.600 tonnes attributed to Norwegian coastal area
     ** Community zone only
   <+) Precautionary TAC
  n ) 9.500 tonnes in zone Via - 500 tonnes in area VIb
  (2 ) 15.500 ts in area Via , 2.500 ts in area VIb
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                                                                                                                       Proportions
                                                                                          TAC 1981                     available to
              SPECIES                   ICES Division or NAFO Zone                     ( in tonnes )                   the Community
                                                                                                                         for 1981
  I Ameri can Plai ce [ NAFO                3Ps                                        •    5.000                                 500        I
  I Witch                      [ NAFO       3Ps                        -                    3.000              I                  400        j
   I Sole                      I 'lila                                        I                800 (+)         |                  800        j
   ! Sole                ' ~                                                              15.000               j            15.000           j
   ( Sole                            Vla                                      l                  50 <+) - j                        50
   I Sole                            Vlla                                                   1.500                            1.500            j
         Sole                        VÏIb,c      '                       '                       5Q ( + ) |                        50_
   | Sole                            Vild                                                   1.200 ( + )                      1.200 ■           {
                                                                                            1.000 <+>                         1 . 000
         Sole                        Vile                    -
    | Sole                           VIIf / 9                                               1.000                |            1.000
    | Sole                           VIII                                 ■                 3.070                             3.070
    | Mackerel                       IIIa / IV                     - ,                    37.500                 !          10.700(6) I
    I Mackerel               .J VI ,      VII , VIII             '                       335 . 500 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) l           299.500              l
    F Sprat                     ( ma                                 -                    72.000 (+)               I        49 . 000 ( Α )      I
    [ Sprat                          IIIb,c,d ; Community zone . only                       3.700 ^) >                        3.700             |
     1 Sprat                         IV                 .                       i       400 . 000 (+) ( 3 )               311.000
     \ Horse Mackerel'               IV , Ml , Mil , VIII                               250.000                    | 241.000.
         Hake                   l Illa                                                      1.365 ( + )            |          1.365       .
     I Hake                      l IV, VI , VII , VIIIa,b                                  30.000 (+) .                    22.500
     l Anchovies                 I VI II                       '                  | . 32.000 ( 4 )                   !      3.000
      I Norway Pout              I Ilia , IV                 -                    I - 540.000                   ' ( 500.000(4 )
      jBlue Whiting        ;      I IV , VI , ' VII , 1 XIV; Co""nunit yQ^e j            q8ri _ pnn ( + )( x )            4?6 . non ( x )
      lAnglerfish                    VI , VII , 'VIII                             [,       26. 800( + )                    24.800
      I Megri m                   i VI , VII , VIII                               }        14.090(+)                       12.590
         Sandee l                 | II la , IV                              -     j      571.000                          526.000(4 )            |
      I Sandee l                     XIV                                        l                                    l_             «5>
      | Sandee l                  1
                                     NAFO 1                          ––
                                                                                                  0                                 0(5 )
      |I Squid , octopus ,
         cuttlefish                i VI , VII , VIII                                 .     12.100                           12.100
       tefo?i&°Pus *                'NAFO 3-4                                           150.000                       |      7.000               j
 (+) Precautionary TAC . - ( x ) Provisional .
 ( 1 ) To protect the 'eastern'stock , fishing for mackerel is forbidden in ICES division Via )
          north of latitude 56°00'N from 1'Warch 1981 to 30 April 1981 . _
 ( 2) Fishing for mackerel carried out with towed gears whose trawl doors and/or footropes or
          bobbins are not in contact with the sea-bed at all times when in use and/ or whose mesh is
          smaller than those specified in Annex I of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2527/ 80 of
          30.9.1980, or with purse seines and similar gears shall be prohibited in that part of
          ICES division Vile west of 05°00'W and in that part of ICES division Vllf south of
          50°30'N during the period 15 February 1981 to 14 December 1981 .
( 3 ) The by-catch of herring in the sprat fishery shall not exceed 3%
( 4) A maximum of 20.000t of Norway pout , blue whiting induct, is interchangeable with the
          catch possibilities for sandeel in the Norwegian zone of the Mor*,h Sea , ICES zone IV .
( 5 ) Apart from certain catch possibilities for experimental purposes . *                                                     . .          _ c.nHav
( 6) Trawling and purse seining is prohibited in the SkagerraK . f rora Saturday midnight
          midnight and in the Kattegat from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight .
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                                                                                                                       IProportions
                                                                                                                         available to
         SPECIES                         ICES Division or NAFO Zone                            TAC 1981                !the Community
                                                                                             ( in tonnes )
                                                                                                                             ' for 1981
I Redf i sh                   i         V , XIV                                                   85.000 (+)                       42.500            I
j Redf i sh                   F NAF0            1                                                 10.000 (+) I                       9.800 < 1 ) l
I Redf i sh           -                  NAF0 3 Ps'                                I              18.000          |                  2 . 000 . |
| Greenland halibut f V ,                     XIV                                                 15.000          I                15.000             I
 ( Greenland halibut I                   NAF0 0-1                                                 25 . 000         j                19,650 ( g ?      j
 { Hali but                     r
                                         XIV                                                           200                               200(3 )
    Halibut                     I        NAF0 1                                                        500                              '500(3 )      }
 IRoundnose       ..
            grenadier                    NAFO Q-1                       '                            8.000           j                7.200(4 )        j
    Shrimp                               XIV                          '                       Not yet estab                  i s hed           (5) j
    Shrimp                -              NAFO 0-1:riorth of 68°00'N )                         Not yet estab                  ished _          ( 5) j
                            _
                                                     south of 68°00'N ;
  jshr i mp         ,                     French Guyana                              I                       (6 )        i                    (6 ) j
    Herr ing                _~J           IITa north : Skagerrak                                   15.200     ,        j|             6.300(7) ( 8 ) \
  [ Herring                               Ilia south : Kattegat                                   37.800                j|.       ■ 18.900 ( 7) ( 1 p[
  { Herring                       : IIIb,c,d                                         i            31.800 *                          30.800(8 ) j
  { Herring                               IV , VI Id                                                      0                                 0(11 ) '
  { Her r ing                      I Via , inc l , Donega l 3ay,excl.Clyde |           I             ~    ~~ ~–
                                                                                                          0               j                 0(11 ) i
  [herr ing                        l Via C lyde stock ( a )           _____                          2.000                I           2.000(8 )
   [ Herring            _          | VI la (lb ) tourne stock ( c )                     i                 0                                 0(11 )       j
   iHerr ing                        ' VI la ( b .) Wanx stock (d )                     !             6.000                 i          6.000(8)(12
   LtLarxJjia       :                ! vx xb . r ( Dcneaal Bay excepted )               |            7.000 ( + )" I                   7T0OO ( 3 ) -
   jHerring                          } VIIe,f                                          !                  0                !                0(11 )
   j-lgrr ing                        j VI Ig-k ( e )( Bantry. Bay excepted) I :                          -0                       ...       0
    IHerr ing                         Ivilj ( Bantry Bay only )                  __                  6.000 (+)                        6.000 ( 8 )
    Catfish       '                       NAF0 1                  ' .                    I           6.000                           6.000
    tapelin                           ! XIV •                                            ]       600.000 ( x ) |                    10.C00<x >
    S almon                           llllb,c,d : Community zone only                    jiot yet establ . l^ot yet establ , 1
    jsalmon                           ! NA F0 1 ; west of 44° west                     1 Not yet establ jished
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      (+) Precautionary TAC .
         * Community zone only ,
       ( x ) Provisional .         -                             -
           See footnotes on the following page .
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  ( 1 ) Subject to the introduction of a zone in which fishing for this stock would
             be prohibited , or of any other appropriate measure taking into account the
             experience acquired from applying           by-catch provisions .
   ( 2 ) 7.500 tonnes exclusively reserved to coastal fishermen of Greenland .
   ( 3 ) Special allocation exclusively reserved for coastal fishermen of Greenland ,
        ' by-catch not included . By-catches of halibut from this zone shall not exceed
            3% by weight of catches of other species for which a TAC has been fixed . The
            detailed rules of implementation to ensure compliance with the rates of by-
             catches will be adopted by the Council before 31.12.1980 .
  ( 4 ) 1.000 tonnes exclusively reserved to coastal fishermen of Greenland .
  ( 5 ) .Not yet established .                                       '   ■     ' -
  ( 6 ) See Regulation ( EEC ) No .           / 80 .
  ( 7 ) Trawling and purse seining is prohibited in the Skagerrak from Saturday mid­
            night to Sunday midnight and in the Kattegat from Friday midnight to Sunday
            midnight .                                                                 ,
  ( 8 ) By-catches of herring shall not exceed 10% by weight of the catches of sprats
            and 5% by weight of the catches of other species . The by-catch landed will
            be deducted from the quantities to be allocated to each Member State . When
            this TAC is exhausted , no further by-catches of herring may be landed .
  ( 9 ) Fishing for herring is forbidden in the Skagerrak from 1 January to 31 March
            1981 and from 1 October to 31     December 1981 ..
( 10)By-catches         of herring landed , from the Kattegat shall
          . not exceed   10% by weight of the catches of sprats and 5% by weight of the
            catches of  other species . The by-catches landed will be deducted from the
            quantities  allocated to each Member State .
( 11 ) By-catches of herring shall not exceed 5% by weight of thecatches of other
       : species except in the North Sea , ICES zone IV and in ICES zone Vlld where 1
            by-catches of herring shall not exceed 3% by weight of catches of other             .
            species .
( 12 ) Fishing for herring is forbidden in the Irish Sea ( ICES division Vila )
            throughout the whole year within 12 miles of the coasts of England , Scotland
            and Wales between latitudes 53°20'N and 55°00'N and from 22 September to
            16 November 1981 in that part of the Irish Sea ( ICES Vila ) north of latitude
            52°30'N .
  ( a ) Maritime area situated to the north-east of a line drawn between the Mull of
         . Kintyre and Corsewall Point .                           '       .
  ( b ) ICES      zone Vila ) is reduced by the zone added to the Celtic Sea bounded :
            - to  the north by latitude  52°30'N ,
            - to  the south by latitude  52°00'N ,
            - to  the west by the coast  of Ireland ,
            - to  the east by the coast  of the United Kingdom .
  ( c ) Fishing prohibited within 12 miles            zone from the base-lines off the east-
            coast of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 53o 00'N and 55°00'N throughout
            the whole year . .                      -                            ■ -     -
                                                                                          ./...
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< d ) Rtfarence is to the herring stock in the Irish Sea ( ICiS zone Vila ))
      excluding the zones referred to in footnotes ( b ) and < e ).
( e ) Increased by zone bounded :
      - to the north by Latitude   52°30'N ,
      - to the south by Latitude   52°00'N ,
      - to the west by the coast   of Ireland ,
      - to the east by the coast   of the United Kingdom .
                                                                 /