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Date: 1977-10-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(77)515 final.
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                                                          Brussels . 13 October 1977 •
                                    Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                        laying down technical measures for the
                          conservation of fishery resources
                     ( submitted to the Council lay the Commission)
ca.:(77) 515 final
 ---pagebreak---                                   2XTLA:."ATOIÎY IWIORA:ÎÏA;X
  1 . The Community regime for conservation and management ox ficnory resourcec.
  envisages various measures for protection of fishing grounds to achieve the
  objective of optimaliaation of exploitable resources®
         They may include in particular for each species the establishment of sor.es
  whore fishing is prohibited or restricted to certain periods , certain iyp.iu or
  vcucul , or certain fishing gear ; the setting of standards as regardu th-; :r.osh
  size of fishing nets , the setting of a minimum size or v;eight and so or..
        Such measures have •been so far applied by Member States a.; an i r:.pl mo«tr..t i o.-.
 of existing Recommendations of the International Fisheries Commissions for tre
                                                          \                     »
 North Atlantic (iCI.AF and IIZAFC ). Additional measures have been taken on a ra­
 tional basis to cope with specific situations .
 2.     This proposal intends to insert those technical measures into Community Lav;*
 It is largely based on the existing Recommendations of the International Fishery
 Commissions for the Uorth Atlantic mentioned as applied by Member States . ;iov;.vor ,
 additional conservation measures are proposed , some of which were already " O.-.tair, . d
 in Council Regulation (EEC ) No .       /77 of         1977 » laying down certain intcriir.
measures for the conservation and management of fishery rosour?cs v ~ and come cf
which derive from decisions of the Council to take further measures , l.-.id dovm in
the Proceeding of the Council of 13 February 1977-
3.     Since the Proposal cannot be complete taking into account all :r.ea:rarcs for
      conservation and management of fish stocks , including examination of there
presently in force in Member States , Member States should be enabled to r;aintaii;
their existing measures insofar as these do not interfere with the decisions s. vie .
until now by the relevant International Fishery Oor::.:iissior.3 ar.d this ? ror; r>. ;>.!
art: not discriminatory . The Commission intends to complete th-i Co,;.T.:;nity
       ■»
tions after examination of the provisions of Member States , which have t «» be
notified according to Article 2 of Council Uc-gulation (2"C ) I7o . 101/id of              / \
Jar.aary 197'J | laying down a common structural policy for the fishing ir.dust:-;/ !'" '
( 1 ) oj :;0 . L
(2 ) OJ ilo . L 20 of 28.1.1976 , p. 19
 ---pagebreak---   4.    The Regulation should apply "bo all waters in tho worth Atlantic , where
  Member States have already and will have "by 1 January 1978 extended their
  sovereignty or jurisdiction up to 200 miles .
  5.    The proposal does not include any reference to a closed area or period
  for the fishing of ITorway pout , since the examination of the provisions
  n-jcessary after 31 October 1977 has not yet been concluded .   Neither does it
  deal with such other provisions contained in Council Regulation ( ZEC ) Ko „
       /77 of            , laying down certain interim measures for the cor.serva-
                                              1)
  tion and management of fishery resources       wnich nave to be amended on a
 yearly basis and are not of a permanent nature .
  6.    The Proposal does not deal with - salmon fishing in the Northwest Atlantic
 us this matter has been or is currently being considered in negotiations with
  the other coastal States of that area .
( 1 ) OJ Ko . L
 ---pagebreak---                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) No .    /77
                               of
                   levying down technical measures for the
                   conservation of fishery resources .
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN C025EUEITISS ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Coianunity ,
 Having regard to Regulation (EEC )       /77 of              establishing a Commurit.y
  system for the conservation and management of fishery resourccs(l ) and in parti­
 cular Article 2 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)        /77 of              ( l ) requires the
 Council to adopt the conservation measures necessary to achieve the protection
 of fishing grounds and fish stocks and the balanced exploitation of fishery
 resources ;           •
Whereas it is indespensable for avoiding discrimination and distortion of compe­
 tition between Keiaber States that the conservation measures are taken by the
Community ;
Vfhereas until now Member States have applied certain conservation measures either
on their own initiative or . as a result of Recommendations or Proposals of the
 relevant International Fishery Commissions ;
V.'hereas these latter measures are largely based on scientific findings and have
already been agreed upon by Ilember States ;
..Tiereas , therefore , as a first step these measures should be taken over as far
as consistent with the conservation aims of the Community ;
Whereas measures which are not of a permanent nature should be taken by additional
Regulations on a yearly basis ;
V.'hereas the minimum mesh sizes for protected species in the North Sea should be
increased and in that respect measures should be based on the scientific infor­
mation gitfen by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ( ICEJ ) ,
but additional information on other areas seems necessary .
V.'hereas , according to the same inforelation , liephrops should be excluded from the
species to be taken with small meshed nets but in a transitional period the- r.i . sh
size for Nephroxjs should be increased in all parts of the North Uast Atlantic to
the Cieih size required already now in the most important areas ;
( 1 ) OJ ïïo L
 ---pagebreak---   Whereas , subject to Community examination , Eernocr States raay               , undo
  certain conditions , and pending              further Community measures for tho
  conservation of fishery resources ,      maintain conservation measures additional
  to those contained in the present Regulation ;
 V.'hereas urgent further conservation measures and detailed rules on the imple­
 mentation of this Regulation may be Koccssary ; such measures and rules should
 be adopted in accordisnco with the procedure laid down in Article 32 of Council
 Hcjul-^t ion (;:EC ) to 100/76 of 23 January 197 ^ on the coirjcon organisation of
 the market in fishery products ( i );
 IIA3 ADOPTZD THIS HZCULATIOir :
(I ) OJ ITo L 20 , 23.1.1975 , p. I
 ---pagebreak---                                             Article  I
   1 . This Regulation applies to the taking and landing of the living resources in
         all maritime waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Member States
         and subject to Coiuaunity legislation insofar they are situated in the areas
         defined "by article 10 of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 2-i          '
         January 1959 and Article I of the International Convention for the Northwest
         Atlantic Fisheries of 8 February 1949®
   2.       This area shall be divided into the Regions :
                                                                                                f'
            (a) 1 ( All waters off the coasts of Greenland and St. Pierre et Eiquelon ),
            (b ) 2 ( All waters north of 48 ° II except those defined under subparagraph ( a))
            ( c ) 3 ( All waters south of 48 0 N)
   3.      Tho Regions may be subdivided by Divisions according to Statistical Sub-
   Areas or Divisions of the International Council for the Sxploration of the Sea
   ( ICJS ) or Subarcas ' or Divisions of the International Convention on the northwest
  Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) or parts thereof.
                                           Article 2
  1.       Ko vessel shall                       use any trawl , Danish seine or similar
  net- tovj-j'l or trawled through the sv;a which has in any part meshes of dimensions        !
  ;-.i:;allci' than the minimum ciao specified in Annex 1 for the corresponding Region
 an ;1, type of net .
 2.        Until 31 Decembei: 1978 , in the North Sea meshes may be used with dimensions
                                                           . .                              t
 smaller than those listed in Annex 1 for that area , provided they ire not smaller
 than those listed for Region 2 outside North Sea.
                 »•
*
  3.       Before 30 Juno 1978 , the Council , acting by qualified majority on a propcr.al
  Cvosn tl.o Coiuraission , shall decide on a revision of the mesh size for Region 2 out-
 si-Jo the North Sea and Region 3 or parts thereof and a revision of Annexes 5 a -*d
            1
                                          Article 3
 1.        Vessels may us© nets having meshes of dimensions smaller than those specified
 in Annex 1 , but not smaller than those specified' in Annex 2 in fisheries for tho
 species designated in that Annex in relation to particular Regions . This provision
 doe:; not apply to trawl fisheries for the jp^cies designated in Annex 3 in relation
   to part I Mil a r«                                                                      _ '
 ---pagebreak---                                          -   2 -
   2«     In Region 2 , no vessel shall carry on "board or us© any net having in tho
   cod-end meshes of dimensions "between 50mm and those specified in Annex 1 for
   that region, except in those waters east of a line' drawn from Hanstholm to
                             «
   Lindesnes®                                               '           •
                                           \
   3.     JTota used in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not "be used for catching
   other species*
                                  Article 4
    1 . Notwithstanding Article 3 parafp-aph 3
       - on any voyage on which only nets not complying with Article 2 paragraph 1
          are carried, not more than 20% "by weight of all fish on board or any tteffiple
         thereof of &t least 100 kg after sorting or below deck, may consist       of
          such species of fish as listed in Annex 6 ;
      – on any voyage where nets "both complying and not complying with Article 2
         paragraph 1 are carried, the percentage limitation mentioned in the pi^ce-
         ding sub-paragraph applies only to that part of the catch that has "been
         taken with A net not • complying with Article 2 paragraph 1 * Unless the'
         master of the vessel has otherwise properly recorded according to Article 3
         of Council Regulation (EEC ) No *     /77 of           1977 » laying down
         certain measures "Of control for fishing activities by Community vessels,^)
         all catch on board shall be treated as taken with a net not oomplying with
         Article 2 paragraph 1 «
     2 - Notwithstanding Article3 paragraph3 in the sandeel fishery with nets having
 a mesh size of less than 16mm, not more than 10$ by weight of the fish , or any
 sample thereof of at least 100 kg. on board may consist of other species *
                                        Article 5
        When fishing for species or in areas or during time periods where it ia not
allowed to use nets with meshes smaller than those specified, such nets must, be stowec
away in such a manner that they are not readily capable of being used.
                                      Article 6
           %                          1
I. The appropriate minimum mesh size shall be measured iri accordance with Annex 4#
 2 * No vessel shall use any device by means of which the mesh in any part
 of a fishing net is obstructed or otherwise in effect diminished • This
 provision does not exclude the use of the devices referred to in Annex 5 «
 ( I ) OJ Ho L
 ---pagebreak---                                                           i
                                    Article  7
 1.     Undersized fish shall not he retained on hoard any vessel hat shall he
 returned immediately to the sea and shall not he landed, transported or sold,
 exposed or offered for sale .
 2.     Fish shall he regarded as undersized if its size, measured from the tip
 of the snout to the end of the tail fin, is smaller than the minimum size rapooi - -
 fied in Annex 6 in relation to different species and Regions .
 3 . Notwithstanding paragraph 1 , on any voyage on which any net not conplying
 with Article 2 paragraph 1 is carried, not more than 10$ hy weight of all * he
 fish not intended for human consumption in the form of fish, or any sanple
 thereof of at least 100 kg , . after' sorting or helow deck at any time or on
 landing, may consist of undersized fish as specified in paragraph 2 .
                                   Article 8
   Article 2 paragraph I and Article 7 shall not apply to whiting fished hy
   vessels of a hhp not exceeding 150 east of a line drawn from Hanstholm
   to   Lindesnes provided that
                        • •
                                 landings thereof shall not include such other
   species of fish as listed in Annex 6 .
                                   Article 9
 1# Except in ICES Division Ilia east of a line drawn from Skagon to Pater
 Foster lighthouse it is prohibited to fish for herring of a size smaller than
 20cm measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin or the corres­
 ponding* number of herring per unit of weight (undersized herring). Article 7
 paragraph 1 applies .
2.    Notwithstanding paragraph 1 , landings of herring or other species mentioned
in Annex 2 may consist of 10JS hy weight of undersized or underweight herring.
      +
3.    It is prohibited to fish for industrial purposes mackerel of a size smaller
than 30cm measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail fin .
Article 7 paragraph 1 applies .
4*    Notwithstanding paragraph 3 , landings of mackerel for industrial purposes
may consist of 20$ by weight of undersized mackerel .
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article TQ
 la      ITo vessol fishing f-rvn* ETephrops shall use any trawl whioh has in any part
 nr.-nhes of dimensions smaller than 70nra in Rogion 2 and oOnsn in Region 3 , berth
 measured in single twine .
 2.      It is prohibited to fi3n for Nephrops of a total length emailor than lOOsr.
 mee.Siu.r6d froa the tip of the rostral spine to the end of tho telcon , or tho
 corresponding number of Nephrops per weight unit (undersized Nephrops ). Article
7 paragraph 1 applies .
 3c. This provision applies from 1 January 1979 * Until 31 December 1978» tho aini-
Ena mesh dimensions shall be 40mm in Regions 2 and 3 «
                                      Article 11
         Pishing for salmon in that part of Region 1 East of 44° W end in Regions 2
 shall be prohibited outside the waters situated within a limit of twelve miles ,
 measured from- the base lines of the Member States a
                                          ν.
                                       Article 12
                            • *
1*      The use of vessels which carry out processing operations additional to
salting, boiling of shrimps , filletingj freezing, reducing offal and reducing
unavoidable by-catches made within the authorized maximum limit shall bo prohi­
bited *                         ■ *
    ( a) Inside e.n area within 12 miles of the mainland coasto of Belgium , tho
       • Netherlands , Germany , and the west coast of Denmark up to the latitude
          of1 5S®30 * North , .measured from the baselines from which the territorial
          sea is measured , no vessel exceeding 50 CRT or 300 bhp shall trawl for
          sale or plaice' with .any beam or other trawl specifically arranged for
          catching flat fish .
         Nor shall it carry such beam or other 'trawl unless it is properly
          lashed and stowed in such a way that it may not be readily used ;
 ---pagebreak---     2.      0>) notwithstanding cab-paragraph (a) no such vessel fishing for other
                species in the area shall retain on board '
                sole and plaice in an amount exceeding 10 jSby weight of all catch on
                board .
                                     •Article 13
           The use of purse seines for the fishing of herring within the area bour.d
    by 5° end? 9° W longitude and 49° end 520 30 * IT latitude (Celtic Soa) is prohibited.
                                      Article 14
    The provisions of this Regulation Bhall not apply to fishing operations conducted
    solely for the purpose of scientific investigations or artificial propagation or
    transplantation by vessels authorized by a Member State for that purpose , or to
    fish taken in the course of such operations, Msmber States concerned shall
     communicate that authorization to the Commission# Pish taken under conditions other
     than those set out in the foregoing provisions may not be sold , exposed or
     offered for sale .
                                      Article 15
1.    Pending the adoption of further Community measures for the concervation of
fishery resources as referredto in Article 2 of Council Regulation ( ESC ) NO ,           /77 ,
          *                                                                                     1
Komber States may maintain     conservation measures relating to matters not covered
by Community provisions provided these measures :
   –• Are not inconsistent with the nature or the objectives of Community provisions
      and do not interfere with their .proper working^ •
   – do not discriminate in form or in fact against fishermen and vessels
      of other Kember States j
   - are not loos restrictive than and are in conformity Kith the Tropocalo
      and RecoRunondationU adopted by the rel « var.t Ir.tornatior.Al Fi my Co:.::r.i;niorin «
 ---pagebreak---   2.     If the CoraaiS3ion finds that a Member State measure does not meet the Criteria
                                                         «
 mentioned in paragraph 1                                     it shall decide that
the Member Stat© concerned shall abolish or alter such measure , unless the
Council , acting by a qualified majority on application of any Member State ,
decides otherwise - within o^e month . Such application shall have 'the effect
of ;; a:.ponuiii^ th~ decision of the Commission .
                                        Article 3o
       At the request . of a ICember State or at the initiative of the Commission ,
when the conservation of fish stocks requires immediate action , measures dc:o~a-
tin£       from this Ucgulation or furlher conservation measures may be taken
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 32 of Regulation No .
100/7 6 .                                   '
                                        Article 17
                                                     •  i                         •
           Detailed rules for the implementation of Artioles 3 , 4, 5 » o » 7,9»IO,I2 and 14
   of this Regulation may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
   in Article 32 of Regulation No . 100/76,
                                      - Article 18 •
                          • •
           This Regulation shall enter into foroe on the 1st Jannary 197 8«
  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable iSi all
  Member States •
  Done at Brussels*                                                 Por the Counc.il
                                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       ANNEX 1
           REGI01T «             TYPE OP IC3T         .
           kw , iuh s                  w          ,   t siZÜ ET i«n-i
                     4                                •            _
                     *
                     *
             1       ,            Irrelevant               120
                     «
                     i
                     *
                     S
             2       j   Such part of any net as is         70
          °Korth6 3 mad-e                twine.
            Sea      •         ;                    ;
                     f
                     *   Such part of any net as is         75
                     f
                    «   made of double twine .
                     %
                     Ï       :
                    i
             2      *
          (North *               Irrelevant                 90
           Sea) '
                    *
                    0  *
                    *
            3       *    Saoh part of any net as is         60
                    1    mads of single twine# .
                    :
                         Such part of any net as is
                   ê
                   3     made of double twine .
                                                           65
                   «
                   «
        '          3          '
For the purpose of this Regulation « as TTorth Sea shall be regarded        ICES -
Division VII d , Sub-Area 17 and that adjoining part of Division II at which
is under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of a Member State .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                   Basaaoea
                                 SPECXES                               MINIMUM KSCH
                                                               t
                                                                       SIZS BT m
   REGION" 1         Polar cod (Boreogachxs saida)                                16
                     Capelin (I'sJ lotus villosus)                                    II
                     Blue Whiting O'icromesistius poutassou)                          tt
                     Silver smelts (Argentina' spp)                                   tt
                     Herring (Clupea harengus )                                       It
                    Molluscs                                                         II
                     Silver pout (Gadiculus thorii )                                 tl
                    ïfcphrops                                                        tr
                    Norway Pout (Trisopterus esmarkii )                              tf
                    Prawns (Pandalus epp) exepst as speoified below:                t»
                    Prawns in ICMF Sub area     1                               40
                    Redfish in ICIIAF Division 3P                            none
                    Clupeoid fish " other tr\an herring                             fi
                    Eels                                                           II
                    Grcat weevers (Trachinus draco )                               II
                    Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)                           tl
                   Mackerel (Scomber Scombrus )                                   II
                    Sr.ndeelr; (Annoch-tidae )                                    »!•
                    Saùry (fjcomberesox gaurus)                                   I»
                   Sîirinpc (crançon î>pp )                                       II
                   Sraclta ( Osmerus spn)                                         II
  RDGIOIT 2        Herring (Clupea harengus)                                  16
                   Ilackerel (Scomber sconbrus)                                  II
                   Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)                          II
                   Sprat (Clupea sorattus )                                      II
                   Norway pout (Trisopteruo esmarkii )                           tl
                  31ue whiting (Micromesistus poutassou)                        II
                   Silver smelts (Argentina spp)                                II
                  Prawns (Pfndalus spp )                                        II
                  Shrimps (Crangon spp)                                         II
              , Shrimps within 12 miles of the mainland coast of
            '        Denmark and the Federal Republio of Germany to
                     a northern boundary of 5^°30 , ii                    none
                  Eels (adults )                                            16
                  Great weevers (Trachinus draco)                              »
                 IIolluscs                                                     h
                  Sandeels (Anmodytidae) except a3 specified below s      non©
                  oarideels in IGiiS Statistical Area 17 in the period
               . _ rJovemrjer to the lo.st day of February inclusive        16
               ■ Capelzn (t.allotus villosus)                                 h
                 Saury (Sconïboresox saurus)                                  h
                 Srnelts (Osmerusspp)                                         ii
region' 3        Bicol o^o ;lo ssa cuneata
                                                                           40
                 Sardine ( o.irdina pilchardus)                            20
                 Prn>:us (l'r.ndalus spp)                                    ii
                 Shrimps (Cran^on spp)                                       ri
                liols ( adults )    t                                      20
                 Sprat (Clupea sprattus )                                  16
                Anchovy foi ,roulis encrassicholus)                          H
                Sondeel (Ainnodytidae ) *
 t
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           ANKEX 3
          SPECIES AND AREAS FOR WHICH SMALL MESH 17ETS ARE EOT AUTHORIZED
 (1) Blue Whiting in that part of Region 2 to the south of latitude 52°30 ,2iT and
      west of longitude 7°00*W;
 (2) Dicologoglossa cuneata in all parta of Region 3 outside a line joining the
      following points, where Article 3 paragraph 1 phrase 1 applies for vessels
      not exceeding 150 EP s
              Lat . 46°l6m      Long. 01<>36 'W (phare des baleines)
                    46°05'ÎÎ -         01®44 «W "
                    45ο 40 ,Ν -        01°34·Η
                    44°40 , N -        01°34'V/
     and then due east to the coastî
(3) Shrimp and prawn outside the limit of 12 miles measured from the baselines
     of- the territorial sea in Region 3«
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        AÎTKEX 4
                                                                       KOSOaca
     The aininun mesh size ehall "bo each that when the mesh is stretched
diagonally lengthwise of the net a flat gauge Pirns thick of the appropriate
width shall pass through it easily when the net is wet *
     The mesh size of a net shall be taken "by the average of the measurement
of any series of twenty consecutive - meshes , at least ten meshes from the
lacings , and when measured in the cod-end of the net beginning at the aft
end and running parallel to "the long axis .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                       AJJNEX 5
                                                                                      •aaaetiB
                            - - .'-6 -, „«.• :           .          ♦
            • – • ' • - •. - ;•                            .
 1 . Any canvas , netting, or other material attached to the underside of the
 cod-end of a trawl net for the purpose of preventing wear or tear , fastened
 to the cod-end only along the forward and lateral edges of the device .
 2 . A strengthening hag made , of heavier material than the cod-end and having
 a minimum mesh size of 80mm f attached to trawl nets with meshes of dimen3ious
 smaller than thosu specified in Annex 1 .
3 . Notwithstanding paragraph 2 ,              a chafer or a cover made of a piece of netting ,
consisting of the same material                as the cod-end , having in all its parts a
mesh twice the mesh size of the                cod-end and fastened to the cod-end along the
forward , lateral-said rear edges              only of the netting in such a way that each
mesh of tM"' netting coincides with four meshes of the cod-end, attached to
t^.y^net8 with meshes of dimensious smaller than those specified in Annex 1
in Regions 2. and 3 and to all trawl nets in Region !•
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      ANNEX 6
                                                                     naanano
                                                           Minimim aize ( cm)
                                                         for arcn.s áe^crib^i in
                                                               Article 1
                                           That part of Region 1 -in¬      Rerionn
                                            side IGSS Statintical Sub-
                                                                           2    <?: 3
                                           areas II , V , XII and XIV .
   Cod (Gaduo morhua)                                   34
   Haddock (Kelanograumus aeglefinua)                   31                     27
   Kalce (îîerluccius merluccius )                     3°                      30
   Plaice (Pleuronect.es platessa)                     25                      25
  Witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossug)                   28                     28
  Lemon sole (Microstomas kitt )                       25                     25
  Sole ( Solea solea)               ■  '               24                   . 24
  Turcot ( Scophthalmus maximaa )                      30                     30
  Brill ( Scophthalimis rhombus)                       30                     3°
  Megrim ( Lopidorhombus spp)                          25                     25
. Whiting ("erlan^ius merlangus)                       23                     23
  Dab (Limanda limanda)                                15                     15
  Saithe (Pollachius vireria )                         35-                    301
  Co^mon sea bream (Pagellus cantabricus )                                    12
  Red imillet (MulluS sunnulletus )                                           15
  Bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax)' - ~                                           25
  Conner eel (Conger conger)                                                 58
  Pollock (Pollachius pollachius )                                           22
  Linz? (Molva molva)                                                        63
  Shad (Alosa spp)                                                           30
  Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)                                              145
  Grey mullet (Kugil spp )                                                   20
  Salmon (Salmo salar)                                                       48
  Trout ( onlmo trutta)                                                      23
    Except landings of saithe taken from the area east of a line drawn from
    Hanstholm to Lindesnes#