CELEX: 51980PC0926
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Date: 1980-12-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources off the West Greenland coast applicable to vessels flying the flag of a Member State (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         laying down certain interim measures for the conservation
     and management of fishery resources off the West Greenland coast
           applicable to vessels flying the flag of a Member State
               (presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
          Consultations between Community and Canadian delegations concerning
 their mutual fishing rights in NAFO sub-areas 0+1 were not completed in
 time to permit the adoption before 31 December 1980 of a Council regulation
 establishing definitive arrangements for 1981 for the conservation- and
management of fishery resources off the West Coast of Greenland applicable
 to vessels flying the flag of a Member State .
          In order to assure continuity in Community regulation of fishing
 applicable to vessels flying the flag of a Member State in this area , in
 particular wiht regard to catch reporting , it is necessary to adopt an
 interim regulation applicable for the period 1 January to 3 > M^y  . 1981
 based on Article 103 of the Treaty .
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                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                               of
           laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and
            management of fishery resources off the West Greenland coast applicable to
                                  vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 1 03
thereof,                                     i
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and Canada have                         Whereas , in order to ensure continuity
initialled a long-term fisheries                               in Community regulation of the
agreement which is to enter into                              conservation and management of fisheries
force in 1981 ;                                               resources in this area , it is necessary
                                                              to adopt , before 1 January 1981 ,
                                                               interim arrangements applicable to
Whereas delegations from the two                              vessels flying the flag of a Member
Parties have held consultation con­                           State to apply until the entry into
cerning their mutual fishing alloca­                          force of definitive arrangements for
tions for 1981        in NAFO sub-areas                       1981 ;
0 + 1;
                                                              Whereas in order to comply with this
Whereas these consultations were                              date it is necessary to adopte these
not concluded in time to permit the                            interim measures on the basis of Article
adoption , before 31 December 1980 , of                       103 of the Treaty .
definitive arrangements for the
conservation and management of
fishery resources off the West Coast
of Greenland applicable to vessels
flying the flag of a Member State ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC-) ^ '
N° 2166 /80 of 11 August 1980 laying
down for the year 1980 certain measures
for the conservation and management of
fishery resources off the West Green­
 land Coast applicable to vessels
flying the flag of a Member State ;
  ( 1 ) J0 L no L 212 of 15 August 1980
 ---pagebreak---                                                    - 2 -
                                                          fish for deep-water prawn within 12 miles of baselines
                                                          in the fishery zone of Denmark.
                                                                                     Article 2
                                                           1 . Vessels fishing in the fishery zone of Denmark
                                                          for the quotas established in Article 1 shall comply
                                                          with the conservation and control measures laid down
                                                          in this Regulation. -
                                                          2. Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a.
                                                           log-book in which at least the information given in
                                                          Annex II shall appear.
                                                           3. Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 over . 80 gross
                                                           registered tons shall transmit by radio to the authori­
                                                           ties of their flag State, in- accordance with the rules set
                                                          out. in Annex III, the information specified in that
                                                          Annex.
                                                           4. The registration letters and numbers of the
                                                          vessels referred to i/i - paragraph P shall be clearly
                                                           marked on both sides, of the bow of the vessel and on
                                                           the superstructure. -      v               ».
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                                                          The authorities of the Member States- shall»re - trarfsmit
                                                           the information received1 from vessels flying their flag
                                                           to the Commission as follows : -                  •   '■
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : t',                                                                         ■  *
                                                           1 . for vessels authorized tcr fish in the Canadian* and
                        Article 1                              Community zones, entry and. departure reports
                                                               which shall he retransmitted on the day of reteipt
1 . The area to which this Regulation applies shall      /     of the report ;                              ' :
be that part of the fisheries zones of Denmark and oi
Canada situated within sub-areas . 0 and 1 as defined      2. weekly catch repeats which snail m£ntiort the ,
                                                               following : .                                 •      ,
by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation                                                         i
in the North-West Atlantic Fisheries.
                                                               (a) for vessels authorized to fish in the Canadian
2. Except as provided for ir. paragraph 3, the                     and Community zones :            ' *      * »
catches which vessels flying the flag of a Member                  –; the name of the -vessel,               t ;
State shall be authorized to take in the period 1
January to - 31 may 1981 ' n 'he area defined in                   – the date, the tifne and the geographical-posi-
paragraph 1 shall be limited to rhe quotas laid down                   tion of the vessel,                   * • *- "
in Annex I.                                                        – quantities of species subject . to. Control
                                                                       caught since the last transmission ;
3.    In addition to the quotas laid down in Annex I,
Greenland coastal fishermen shall be authorized to             (b) for vessels authorized to fish solely in the
                                                                   Community zone, a summary report of catches
                                                                   made by these vessels.
 ---pagebreak---                          Article 4                                                  Article 6
The Commission , on the basis of the information
received   from    Member States    in accordance   with     Where an infringement is duly established, the compe­
                                                             tent authorities of the Member States shall , without
Article 3, shall calculate the date at which the quotas
laid down in Annex I will be fully utilized, and shall       delay, inform the Commission of the name of the
inform Member States that fishing by their vessels           vessel involved and of any action which they have
                                                             taken.
must cease from that date.
                         Article 5
                                                                                    Article 7
The competent authorities of the Member States shall
take appropriate steps, including the regular inspec­        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
tion of vessels, to ensure the enforcement of this Regu­     following its publication in the Official Journal of
lation .                                                     the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,             !
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                            ANNEX I
                                              Quotas
                                                        Part of the area        Quantities
                   Species .                        referred to in Article 1     (tonnes)
         1
Greenland halibut                           Entire area
                                                                                20,000 '
(Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides)
                               • <
Roundnosc grenadier                .        Entire area                          6,400
(Coryphaenoidcs rupestris)
 Deep-water prawn
(Pandalus borealis)                          NAFO sub-area 1 outside 12 miles
                                             from base-lines                  1
                                            – north of 68° Ν                        3 000 ( ' )
                                             – «» mili HÍ fiS'M                 23,Q0Q' )
                                             NAFO sub-area 0                        2 500
 ( ') To be fished by Greenland inshore fishermen .
 (2) Minus any catches taken in NAFO sub-area 0.
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                                             ANNEX II
All vessels shall have on board a log-book comprising the following information :
– vessel name
– registration -number
– licence number (where appropriate)
– date
– day
– month
– year
– time and position at start of tow
– depth
– latitude
– longitude
–- type of fishing gear used
– number of nets or hooks towed
– mesh or hook size _              ,
–   catches by species
–  amount kept/discarded (in the case of shrimp-fishing only)
–   total for day
–   total for voyage
–  quantity processed today for human consumption
–  quantity processed today for reduction
– total
– remarks
– masters signature
–- note to the effect that for each tow during which the limit separating the zones of the two Parties
   was crossed the cutches are allocated half for each zone.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                  ANNEX III
1.      The information to be transmitted by radio to the flag State of the vessel and the timetable for
        its transmission are as follows :
1.1 .   On each occasion the vessel enters the area defined in Article 1 ( 1 ), hereafter referred to as 'the
        zone' :
        (a) the information specified under point 1.4 below ;
        (b) the quantity (')> of each species of fish in the hold.
        In the event that the fishing operation requires repeated daily entries into the zone, a single
        communication on first entering ihe zone will suffice.
                                                            ν                     ί                     "
1.2.1 . On each occasion the vessel leaves the zone :         '
        (a) the information specified under point 1.4 below ;
        (b) the quantity of each species caught since the previous transmission ;
        (c) the quantity of each species trans-shipped since the vessel entered the zone and . the identi­
              fication of the vessel of trans-shipment ;
        (d) the quantity of each species landed in a port of the Community since the vessel entered
              the zone ;
        (e) the quantity of discards specified by species since previous transmission (when fishing for
              prawns only).                *            '
         In the event that the fishing operations require repeated daily exits from the zone, a single
         communication on the last exit will suffice.                  t
1.2.2. A notice of leaving at least 43 hours prior to the vessel's scheduled exit from the zone referred
         to under 1.1 or that part of ICES division XIV under the fisheries jurisdiction of the Coramu-
         n'ty-                                         i             .
13.- At weekly intervals, commencing on the seventh day after the vessel first enters the zone :
         (a) the information specified under 1.4 below ;
         (b) the quantity of each species caught since the previous transmission ;
         (c) the quantity of discards specified by species since previous transmission.
1.4.    (a) The name, call sign, identification numbers and letters' of the vessel , and the name of the
             master ;                                                    • .                v
         (b) the licence number if the vessel is licensed to fish ;
         (c) the serial number of the message ;              _.
         (d) identification of the type of message ;
         (e) the date, the time and the geographical position of the vessel.
2.       If it is impossible, for reasons of force majeure, for the message to be transmitted by the vessel,
         it may be transmitted on the vessel's behalf by another vessel .
3.       Form of communications :                   ,              -
         The information specified under point 1 shall contain the following particulars, which shall be
         given in the following order :
         – name of vessel ;          'i
         – call sign ;
         – external identification letters and numbers ;
         – serial number of the message for the voyage in question ;
(') For purposes of this Annex, quantities shall be expressed in tonnes rouno-weight.
 ---pagebreak---    – indication of (he type of menage According to the following code :
       – message – when entering the zone : 'IN ,
       – message – when leaving the zone : "OUT,
       – weekly message : *WKL' ;
   – the geographical position ;                      •
   – the date on which fishing is expected to commence ;
   –   the quantity of each species of fish in the hold ;
   –   the quantity of each species discarded since the previous transmission ;
   –   the quantity of each species trans-shipped since the previous transmission ;
   –   the quantity of each species landed in a port of the Community since the previous trans­
       mission,;
   – the name of the master.
4. The code to be used to indicate the species in the communications referred to above :
   A : Deep-water prawn (Pandalus boreal is) ;
   C : Greenland halibut (Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides) ; -
   D : Cod (Gadus morrhua) ;                             -
   F : Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) ;
   I : Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestrís) ;
   U : Redfish (Sebastes marinus)
   R : Other.