CELEX: 31977R2243
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-11 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2243/77 of 11 October 1977 prohibiting fishing for Norway pout

13 . 10. 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 260/ 1
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                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2243/77
                                                   of 11 October 1977
                                         prohibiting fishing for Norway pout
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     situation on the basis of the scientific information
COMMUNITIES,                                                    available, this prohibition should be extended for the
                                                                main part of the zone referred to above until 31
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           October 1977,
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain
interim measures for the conservation and manage­                                       Article 1
ment of fishery resources (*), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 673/77 (2), and in particular Article         Fishing for Norway pout shall be prohibited from 16
5 (2) thereof,                                                  to 31 October 1977 in that part of the North Sea
                                                                bounded by a line joining the following points :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                — east coast of the United Kingdom at 56° 00' lati­
Whereas during fishing for Norway pout for industrial               tude North,
purposes a high proportion of immature fish of                  — 56° 00 latitude North — 00° 00 longitude,
demersal species are caught as by-catches ;                     — 60° 00' latitude North — 00° 00' longitude,
                                                                — 60° 00 latitude North — 03° 00 longitude West,
Whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 350/77             — 58° 30' latitude North — 03° 00' longitude West,
provides for the adoption of measures on fishing for            — east coast of the United Kingdom at 58° 30' lati­
Norway pout ; whereas, in implementation of that                    tude North .
Regulation, fishing for Norway pout was prohibited by
Regulation (EEC) No 1673/77 until 15 October 1977                                       Article 2
in part of the North Sea situated to the north-east of
the coast of the United Kingdom ; whereas for the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October
immediate future, pending a re-examination of the               1977 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 11 October 1977.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                              A. HUMBLET
(!) OJ No L 48, 19. 2. 1977, p. 28 .
(2) OJ No L 186, 26. 7. 1977, p. 30 .