CELEX: 32004R0820
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 820/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 as regards fishing opportunities for blue whiting in certain zones

30.4.2004            EN                 Official Journal of the European Union         L 153/95
                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) 820/2004
                                          of 29 April 2004
  amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 as regards fishing opportunities for
                                    blue whiting in certain zones
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for
2004 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of
fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where
catch limitations are required 1, and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)     Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 lays down the possibility to increase the
        Community’s fishing opportunities for blue whiting and herring when third countries
        do not respect a responsible management of those stocks.
(2)     No maximum fishing opportunities for blue whiting for 2004 have been established by
        the Faeroe Islands and Norway. Iceland has established fishing opportunities far above
        their historical catches of the stock. It may therefore be considered that those third
        countries do not respect a responsible management of the blue whiting stock.
        While awaiting a long term management agreement on the blue whiting stock with the
        coastal States concerned, it is appropriate for the Community to provisionally increase
        its quota with 350 000 tonnes in zones II (International waters), IIa (EC waters), North
        Sea (EC waters), V,VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters).
(3)    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the
        Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture.
(4)     Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                Article 1
Annexes IB and IC to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 are amended in accordance with the
Annex to this Regulation.
1
        OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                                              Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.
                                              For the Commission
                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                              Member of the Commission
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 ---pagebreak---                                                   ANNEX
The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 are amended as follows:
1.      In Annex IB:
        The entries concerning the species blue whiting in zones:
        IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters),
        V, VI, VII, XII, and XIV,
        VIIIa,b,d,e,
        VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1
        are replaced by the following:
Species                  Blue whiting              Zone:     IIa (EC waters), North Sea (EC waters)
                         Micromesistius poutassou            WHB/2AC4-C
Denmark                      97 058
Germany                         160
The Netherlands                 294
Sweden                          313
United Kingdom                2 141
EC                           99 966
                                     (1)
Norway                       40 000
TAC                      Not relevant                        Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) of
                                                             Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
__________
(1)          Within a total quota of 120 000 tonnes in EC waters.
                                                       3
 ---pagebreak--- Species:                   Blue whiting             Zone:      V, VI, VII, XII and XIV
                           Micromesistius poutassou            WHB/571214
Denmark                         8 031
Germany                        31 087
                                      (1)
Spain                          51 812
France                         43 263
Ireland                        62 174
The Netherlands                97 665
                                      (1)
Portugal                        3 886
United Kingdom                 90 671
EC                            388 589
                                      (2)(3)
Norway                        120 000
                                      (4) (5)
Faroe Islands                  45 000
TAC                        Not relevant                        Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) of
                                                               Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
__________
(1)      Of which up to 75% may be taken in areas VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters).
(2)      May be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56°30'N, VIb, VII west of 12°W
(3)      Of which up to 500 tonnes may consist of argentine (Argentina spp.).
(4)      Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (Argentina spp.)
(5)      May be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56°30' N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.
Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones
specified:
                                                       IVa     WHB/04A-C
Norway                                                 40 000
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 ---pagebreak--- Species:                Blue whiting              Zone:     VIIIa,b,d, e
                        Micromesistius poutassou            WHB/8ABDE.
Spain                       19 993
France                      15 513
Portugal                     2 999
United Kingdom              14 477
EC                          52 982
TAC                     Not relevant                        Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) of
                                                            Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
Special conditions:
Any part of the abovementioned quotas may be fished in ICES Division Vb (EC waters), sub-areas VI, VII, XII
and XIV.
Species:                Blue whiting              Zone:     VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)
                        Micromesistius poutassou            WHB/8C3411
Spain                       87 970
Portugal                    21 993
                                   (1)
EC                         109 963
TAC                     Not relevant                        Analytical TAC where deductions of Article 5(2) of
                                                            Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
2.       In Annex IC:
         The entry concerning the species blue whiting in zone I, II (international waters) is
         replaced by the following:
Species:                Blue whiting               Zone:    I, II, (international waters)
                        Micromesistius poutassou
EC                                   70 000
TAC                            Not relevant
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