CELEX: 51981PC0155
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-27
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning, for certain fish stocks occuring in the Community fishing zone, the fixing of the total allowable catches for 1981 and the shares available to the Community (presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of article 149 of the EEC treaty)

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                                                COM ( 81 ) 155 final
                                                Brussels , 27th March 1981
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                                AMENDMENT TO ,THE
                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL^ REGULATION ( EEC )
       concerning/ for certain fish stocks occuring in the Community
                        V   f ,
       fishing zone , the fixing of the total allowable catches for
       1981 and the shares available to the Community
            (presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant
          to the second paragraph of article 149 of the EEC treaty )
COM ( 81 ) 155 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                               T  i
The purpose of this proposed modification to the Commission 's proposal ( 1 )
for total allowable catches ( TACs ) in 1981 . is , in the first place , to
take account of changes in the allocations to interested third countries
following the recent negotiations with Sweden and , secondly , to allow
certain TACs to be adjusted upwards as a result of the progressive
refinement of the Commissions recommended policy for the management
of fishery resources .
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The Commission has reached a provisional agreement with Sweden about reci­
procal fishing in 1981 ; the allocations provided for in the agreement differ
in the case of certain stocks from those anticipated by the Commission in
its original proposal ( 1 ); this requires that some of the Commission 's
earlier figures for TACs and for shares available to the Community are
altered .
The Commission 's recommended policy for the management of fish stocks is meant
to obtain higher catch per unit effort , lower year -to-year variability in TACs
and higher TACs on average . There is also the need to manage the fish stocks
in order that they are not so severely depleted that they are unable to replace
themselves . Demersal stocks are much less susceptible to rapid depletion of
the spawning stocks than pelagic stocks .
Bearing in mind the need to reduce fishing effort in order to obtain the
long-term economic benefits which wilt result and taking account of the
discussions within the Council on the need to maintain fishing possibilities
within Community waters , the Commission has re-examined the TACs recommended
by ICES to determine whether the - Commi ssion' s recommended policy could be
more flexibly implemented without risk to the fish stocks . A more flexible
approach would allow the Commission to maintain the policy of reduction
in'fishing effort in the long term while taking account both of the need
of the fishing industry to adjust and the prevailing market situation .
The Commission noted that the TACs . recommended by ICES for the following ,
stocks , cod VI , whiting VI , whiting Vila , plaice Vila and plaice VII f,g ,
were based on reducing the fishing rate toy 20% from its 1979 level .
( 1 ) C0MC81 ) 78 final of 5 March 1981 .
 ---pagebreak--- However , there was no reduction in the fishing rate between 1979 and 1980 ,
so that this reduction represents a 20% reduction   in one year .  As this
is an abrupt step the Commission proposes to increase the TACs for 1981
so that the fishing rate in 1981 represents a 10% reduction from 1979 .    ;
For the cod stock in Vila , the TAC recommended by ICES is based on a 40%
reduction in the fishing rate and assumes that the 1979 year-class is of
average size , whereas it is very much Larger than average . The Commission
considers that advantage can be taken of this big yeai–class to rebuild
the stock by reducing the fishing rate by 20% from its 1979-1980 level
while at the same time allowing a much higher TAC than that recommended
by ICES .
For the other autonomous stocks for which advice is based on analytical
assessments, that advice is in accord with the Commission 's recommended
management policy .      * •
 ---pagebreak---                                Amendment to the              *
                  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 shares available to the Community .
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Pages 1 , 2 and 3 of the Annex to the Commission 's proposal ( 1 ) 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 shares available to the Community shall be amended by the replace­
ment of the figures and .footnotes set out in the Annex hereto for the species
concerned .
( 1 ) C0M(81 ) 78 final of 5 March 1981
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     ANNEX
       TACs by stock and
                                                                                                             Proportions
                                                                                          TAC 1981
                                                                                                             available to the
                 Species                     ICES . Divisiorj or NAFO Zone            ( in tonnes )          Community for
                                                                                                             1981   ( in tonnes )
    - Cod                               Ilia South- - Kattegat                            16.400                  9.900
        Cod                             III b,c,d                                      120 . 000 ( XX )         86.500(xxx )
        Cod-                            VI                                                10.800     (1)        10.800
        Cod                             VII   a                                            8.000                  8.000     ·
        Haddock                         IV                                             120.000                 106.700
       Whit ing                         VI                                                16.400                16.400
       Wh iti ng                        Vila               ·                               9.000                  9.000
       Plaice                           IV                                             105.000                 104.000
       Plaice .                         Vila                            _                  2.750                  2.750
       Plaice                           VII f ,g                                               650                   650
        Sprat                           IV              ·/   ■■■■   '■·.'  ■           400.000       (+)       3-14.000
                                        π , ..τ wry ν/ π ,      Community zone         580.000 (+) ( x )       460.000
       Blue Whiting                     IV, VI , VII , XIV ;              only
      Greenland halibut                 V , XIV                                1          15.000                14.250
       He r r i ng                      Ilia South - Kattegat                             35 , 600(x )          17.800 ( x )
       Herring                          IVa,c(Blackwater stock excUVIId , =               41 . 000 ( xx )       40.000
        Salmon                          III b,c,d '                                            700(xx )              700
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        (+) Precautionary TAC                        - ( x ) Provisional
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    ( xxx ) plus 32.500 tonnes not yet allocated .                                                        ,       ' . .       i .
        (1)       ; 10.300 tonnes in area Via , 500 tonnes in area VIb .                                                      ,«    •