CELEX: 51979PC0542
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Date: 1979-10-17
Title: proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down certain conservation and management measures for common fishery resources off the West Greenland coast applicable in 1979 to vessels flying the flag of Canada and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1277/79 (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(79)542 final
                                              Brussels / 17 October 1979
                               proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION
     laying down certain conservation and management measures for common
     fishery resources off the West Greenland coast applicable in 1979
     to vessels flying the flag of Canada and repealing Regulation ( EEC )
                                 No 1277 / 79
               ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(79 ) 542 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this proposal is to replace , by a Regulation based on
Article 43 of the Treaty , Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1277 / 79 of 25 June
 1979 , laying down certain conservation and management measures for common
                                                   «                             N
fisheries resources applicable in 1979 to vessels flying the flag of
Canada , which for reasons of urgency was adopted on the basis of Article 103 .
This Regulation laid down the quantities of fish which Canadian vessels are
 authorised to take in Community waters , the number of Canadian vessels autho­
 rised to operate there , and specific obligations such as the obligation to transmit
 information relating to the fishing activities carried out *
Some amendments should be made , however , to the said Regulation to take
account of a request made in July by the Canadian authorities . They
indicated that Canadian vessels would not be able to use up the quotas allocated
to them by Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1277 /79 and proposed thar a part of those
quotas should be allocated to Faroese and Norwegian vessels .
                                                     *
The Commission considers that the request made by the Canadian authorities
should be granted in view of the advantage to the Community of the arrangement
agreed to between the Community and Canada as regards the allocation of the
                                                                              1)
stocks in question in 1979 * For this reason it recently submitted a proposal
for a Regulation amending the quotas initially allocated to Faroese and
Norwegian vessels as requested by the Canadian authorities .
This proposal allows for these changes , by deducting from the Canadian
quota the sum of the increases in the Norwegian and Faroese quotas .
 ( 1 ) Doc . C0M(79)439 final , 30.7.1979
 ---pagebreak---                          PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                   Laying down certain conservation and management, measures for
                   common fishery resources off the West Greenland coast applic­
                   able in 1979 to' vessels flying the flag of Canada and repealing
                  Regulation ( EEC ) No 1277 / 79
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,          ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,          1
 and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                               1)
  Having regard to the .. inion of the European Parliament ,
                                             ■  ,                                      j
- Whereas on 3 November 1976 the Council adopted a set of Resolutions concerning
  certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;
                                                                      *
  Whereas on ,28 June 1979 the Community signed a Framework Agreement on
  Fisheries and an Agreement in the form of . an exchange of letters provisionally
  implementing that Agreement pending its conclusion ; ■            •     ;
  Whereas the Community and Canada have held consultations concerning their
  mutual fishing allocations for 1979 , in accordance with the procedure
  provided for in the Agreement signed on 28 June 1979 ;                          ^
  Whereas during the consultations the delegations agreed to recommend to
  their authorities that they fix certain catch quotas for 1979 for vessels
  of the other party ;
  Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1277 / 79 of 25 June 1979, laying down
   certain conservation and management measures for common fishery resources
   off the West Greenland Coast applicable in 1979 to vessels flying the flag
   of Canada 2 ) fixes the catch quotas for Canadian vessels in accordance with
   the conclusions of those consultations ;
             ;    - '                                                             ./..
    (1 )
    ( 2 ) OJ No . L 161 , 29,6.1979, p. 19
 ---pagebreak---                                           - 2 -
Whereas the measures introduced by Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1277 / 79 were
adopted as interim measures pending their inclusion in the common agricul­
tural policy by the adoption of a Regulation on the basis of Articlex43               1
                                                      \
of the T reaty ;
Whereas Canada has informed the Community that the quota         for deep-water
prawn    allocated to Canada by Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1277 / 79 '
will " not be used up entirely by Canadian vessels ;
Whereas Canada has proposed that the part of the Canadian quota which is
not caught by Canadian vessels should be allocated to vessels flying the
flag of Norway and to vessels registered in the Faeroe Islands ;
                                                        s     .
                                                                                      7
Whereas by the adoption of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No .                of
amending Regulations (EEC ) No 587 /79 ^ and No 1178 /79             the Community has
 followed up the Canadian proposal " by increasing the catch quotas allocated to
 Faroese 'and Norwegian vessels ; whereas the quotas allocated by Regulation -
 ( EEC ) No 1277 / 79 to vessels f lyings tfte flag>of Canada should therefore be
 reduced correspondingly ,                                          .~ '
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATIONS
(3)
( 4 ) OJ No L 81 of 31 -. 3.1979 , p. 9 .
( 5 ) OJ No L -151 of 19„6„1979 , p. 9 .
 ---pagebreak---                               Article   1
1. The area to which this Regulation applies shall be the part of the fishery
   zone    of Member States of the Community situated within subareas
   0 and 1 as defined by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation
   in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries / limited to the north by the parallel
   of 68° N latitude , and to the west by a line drawn parallel to and at a
   distance of 12 nautical' miles from the baselines from which the territorial
   sea of Greenland i s measured .
2. The catches which vessels flying the flag of Canada shall be authorised
   to take in 1979 in the area defined in paragraph 1 shall be limited to
   the quotas laid down in Annex I.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, unavoidable by-catches of a species for
   which no quota is established in a zone shall be permitted within the
 . limits fixed in the conservation measures in force in the zone concerned .
4. By-catches in a given zone of a species for which a quota is established
   in that zone shall be counted against the quota concerned .
                V       '                                  .
                                   Article 2
1. Vessels fishing for the quotas established in accordance with Article 1
   shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other
   provisions governing fishing activities in the zones referred to in
   Article 1 / including the reporting procedures .
2. Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a logbook as specified in
   Annex II . The original of the logbook shall be kept on board the vessel .
   The pink and blue copiesof the logbook shall be sent each month to the
   Commission at the latest by the last day of the month for the preceding
   month .                                       •'
3. Vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall transmit to the Commission , in
   accordance with the rules set out in Annex III , the information specified
   in that Annex .
 ---pagebreak---   The registration letters and numbers of the vessels referred to in
  paragraph 1 shall be clearly marked on both sides of the bow of the
  vessel .                  .
                                   Article 3
  Fishing shall be permitted only where a licence issued by the Commission
  on behalf of the Community at the request of the Canadian authorities is
. held on board and where the conditions set out in the licence are observed .
  The number of licences issued in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not
  exceed seven .     -
  When an application for a licence , is submitted to the Commission/ the
  following information shall be supplied : 1
  ( a ) name of the vessel ;
  ( b ) registration number ;
  < c ) external identification letters and numbers ;
  ( d ) port - of registration ; ,   , '  ,
  ( e ) name and address of the owner or charterer ;
  ( f ) gross tonnage and overall length ;                        .
  ( g ) lengine power ;                                             ^
  ( h ) call sign and radio frequency ;
  ( i ) intended method of fishing ;        _   -
  < j ) intended area of fishing ;                                          ,  -
  ( k ) species which it is intended to fish ;
  ( I ) period for which a licence is requested .        "  • ' "
  Each licence shall.be valid for one vessel only , When several vessels are
  taking part in the same fishing operation *, 'each vessel shall be if\ possession
  of a licence .
 ---pagebreak---                                       Article 4
The competent authorities of the Member States shall take appropriate steps ,
including the regular inspection of vessels , to ensure the enforcement of
this Regulation .
                                       Article 5
Where an infringement is duly established , the Member States shall , without
delay , inform the Commission of the name of the vessel involved and of any
action which they have taken .
                                       Article 6
1.   Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1277 / 79 is hereby repealed . Catches made by vessels
     flying the flag of Canada under that Regulation shall be deducted from
     the quantities set out in Annex I.
2.   Licences issued under Regulation ( EEC ) No . 1277 / 79 shall remain valid as
     if issued under this Regulation .            '
                                       Arti ele 7
                                                                  /
This Régulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication
in the Officiai   Journal of the European Communities .
                                      t
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council
                                                       i
                                                        The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                       A NNEX I
                                                        QuOtA8
                                                                            Quintiry
                                                 Sp*o«»
                                                                            (to* net)
                   Greenland halibut (Reinhardeius hippogiot-
                   soides)                                                    2 000 ( !)
                   Round-nose             grenadier       (Coryphseooidet
                   rupestri ;)                                                  500C)
                   Detp-wsttr prawn (Psrsdslus boreslis)                  L
                   (' ) Mi mis fHc rrHc!*?® in the CcnodiOA hshinc sono.
                                                     ANNEX II               .            .            »
                                                                                                     -I
The following logbook sbfit ! bt used wh en fishing w?2rc§n me joint wwraageroent co*w of the Gocaflni*
nity ftixj Gmsdfi m the statistical cone ICNAF 0f |.                  .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES' LOGBOOK FOR ICNAF ZONES 0 + I                                                                                                                         Ζ
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      O
                         Vessel name
                                                                                                                                        r             Date                                         Noon position (GMT)
                                                                                Communities                      Canadien                                                                                                                  ICNAF
                                                                                                                                          Day        Month       Year                 Latitude                       Longitude           division 09
                Side No                                                          licence No                    licence No                                                                                                                             Κ»
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ni
                                                                                                                 L it                    _J                l                     I      1        I      I N        II        -!      |W I l 1
   Time ;
    cow
            Time
             tow     Hour*       Depth
                                                     Posijton
                                                  at Mart of tow
                                                                           Type
                                                                             of
                                                                                    Nwmber
                                                                                    of nets
                                                                                    or lines
                                                                                             Mesh
                                                                                                   f           „       ..                              - Catch by species
                                                                                                                                                     (kilograms - round weight)      wc
                                                                                                                                                                              Round-nose
   began  finished , fished , ( metres) :                                                     size                                                   GreenlonJ
                                                       Longi­    ÎCNAF      gear     used
                                                                                                                              Cod        Redfish                 Hahbut                            Catfish      Capelin    Prjv«.n
                                                                                                                                                                               grenadier
  (C.M1)   (CiMT)
                                .       i LatùuJe       tude     division                                                     <! 0 !)     ( 103 )
                                                                                                                                                      halibut
                                                                                                                                                       < 11 8.
                                                                                                                                                                  ( 120)
                                                                                                                                                                                   ( 168 )
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ( 18S)       (340 )    1639)
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                                                                                                   I Discarded .                                                                               L__
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                                                                                                   [ Discarded                                    I
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                                         t
                                         !
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                                                                                                     Discarded                                                 Γ         ■  L                !
                                                                                                     Kept                   ΓΠr._j                             L_J                                           L J
                                                                                                     Discarded              Γ
                                                                                                                            ι                                               L_                 L_JL_J                                         –J
rr-                                                                                                  Kept                                          L_J                                         L_JL_J                               L_J
                                                       Sub-total for day
                                                                                                                                                                                           J
                                               ■■
                                                                                                   f                 :
                                                                                                   i Discarded                         l
                                                                                                                                                                                               I      :
                                           "■ I                                                      Kept                 j                        I                        [
                                                                                                                                                                                               I
                                                                                                                                                                                                             [
                                                     , Total for voyage                              Discarded                                                             I!               I               I!          I          I        I
I Round weight (kilograms) processed today for human consumption
J Round weight (kilograms) processed today for reduction                                                                  J
                                                                                                                   Total                                                                                     _J
  Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                                      Master's signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     κ>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     vC
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                     ;
                                                   ANNEX lit .
I.       The information to be transmitted to she Commission and the timetablle for its transmission are
        h follows :                                                                      <                                    •
  1.1 . On each occasion the vessel enters the zone situated within subareas 0
                and 1 as defined "by the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation
                in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries , limited to the north by the
                parallel of 68° N latitude , and to the west by a line drawn parallel
                to and at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the baselines from which
                the territorial sea of Greenland is measured ^ hereinafter referred to as
                "the zone "
       (a) the information specified under point 1.4 below ;                                                                  ; . I        *         f,v
        (b) the quantity (in kg) of each species of fish in tk hold ; .                                              ■ . ■ ' > * ,• '              .
                                                                                                                                               V
        (c) when end where fishing is to commence.                                                                                  ,   .      ^
         In the event that the fishing operation require# repented daily entries Into the joint imaneg®me«5 : f t ' •                        ,   .
         cone, • singie communication on first entering the sone will suffice.                                                        ' I ■
                                                                                                                                      r \
                    •   '                                                                     '          •         ■                      t
(A On each occasion the vesse! leaves the.                                 • wne
                                                     .$<ter a previous notice tor leaving «rf at 8e®a6 4# feowim : '
      , (a) the information specified under point 8.4 below ;                                                        ,V \
        ,(b) the quantity (in kg) of each species of fish in the hoi? ; -
         (c) the quantity (in kg) of each species caught since thejjr^/i&uS transmission ;
       '(d) theNAFO lone in which the catches were made s
         (e) the quantity (in kg) of each species transhipped since the,v«(ssel entered the
                    • Zone                  and the identification of the vessel of transhipment {                    . '■
         (f) the quantity (in kg) of each spirits landed in b port of the Community since the vwsxm
               entered the                    . -*one _                  -              v -
          (jj) the quantity (an kg) of discards specified by species since She pentoses transmission.
     • In the event that the fishing operations mguire repeated deilf essito few# the joint WwnngecnesS!
           sone, a single communication on the teat vsM trill etsUks.                '                     .., ,
                                                                  '                               !
 8 -J, As weeksiy ' finnservciis..                Oft the sy/sverj^h                                             Sfej® .
       ; '                .«©ne .                                                           •
           (i) she information specifted undeff poinfi 1.4 betoft »
           (b) the quantity (in kg} of each species caught since She jpwwitaMfl •Wttwww 5
           (c) the KAFO s©aw en which the catch*» ®'?re mate.                                   .
  IA (a) the nsme{                                     rjtøtTjbcf.t1. mé         ftfo® *rø£!f>$8,'frJ3S) U&Æ Støwflrø ©C ^
                master ;                                        '                                   ■-
           (b) the licence awmbe? iff she v&sse* fa liceswwd 3® i&aft «                '1                     •              '*
            (c) îhe senti numbeir oî the messege ;
            (d> identtfecaiion of ihe cvpe     srce**®ge ;
            (e) the date, the time »r.d &« geog?#phktl psiSics c£ ch.? wael.
   XI . The informat-ort                ur.de? ooht ! *5*:i i» twr.mitteo to the Cwmsfcf''* of the two-
             pe«n Communis « & *««» {s*W *&■*«»                                  ™ «** ol ^ "x '<~ a***** '**»«
             un<ier pwi^t 3             kt       ivm tp&ilffé X-itxx             4. . , -              ?
 ---pagebreak---                                                   - 2 -
XX If it 10               icf             off /est* majeure* ffw the message a© feu 8fleF&offtft8©«j
     H may be tranMnstted osi she _vca«8,c beheltf bf another vetseS. i
3.   Niime of méie tessthto                                                 Cal! 3ggn of n&dfo
     Skagen                                                                 ΟΧΡ
     Blåvand                                                                OXB
     Rønne                                                                  OYE
     Norddeich                                                              OAF DAK
                                                                             DAH DAL
                                                                             DAI DAM
                                                                             DAJ DAN
     Scheveningen                                                            PCH
     Oostende                                                               OST
     North ForeHend                                                         GNF
     Humbtr                                                                  GKZ
     Cullercoats                                                             GCC
     Wick                                                                    GKR
     Oban                                                                    GNE
     Portpztrick                                                             GPK
     Anglesey                                                                GLV      ^
     îifracombs                                                              GIL           ,
     Niton                                                                   GN !
     Stoncbavera                                                             GND
     Portshead                                                               GKA
                                                                             GK.B
                                                                             GK.C
     Land s End                                                              GLD             • -
     Valentsa                                                                 EJK
     Malin Hesd                                                               EjM :
     Boulogne                                                                 FFB .
     Brest                                                                    FFU
     Sa?nt-Na2aire                                                  0 %    ' FFQ
     Bordeaus-Arcachon                                                        FFC
     Prins Chrissisfts                                                       OZN ' }
     jusianehÊb                                                              QXF       §
     Godthåb                                                                             Osasse! G®èîhm
     Holstesnsbosr^                                                          OYS
     Godhavn
                                                                            Λ
4.   Form of communications
     The information specified under point I etalt contain H» foKiwrfJS® p «*iewk«»> which atoll ite
     given in the SoHowing order :
     – name oS vessel ;
   ; – cal ! ss&n .;
     –■ esternai idengifteation fette ?* ««d r.umbera ;
     – $e-ia ! number of she message for ihe voyage in question ;
     – indicatrcn of the type of message acconitag to the h)lo'T-;r>g code :
          – message – when entering ihe                           ''    * sow             ~          ? "W.,
          – message – when leevicsg It"? 1 '                '           'Z:7;i3 .                 i
          – weekly tr.esssge : 'f/KL' ;
          ixe                 i :-sin5o?j ;                                                             « •_
      – lbs FfiLrQ             & wh&fc             x* k srstfcted sc                j
              £~ .:•? m '!ysk>j Stø^g; te                                 •
 ---pagebreak---                                                   - 3 -
    - below
        the quantity
              ;
                     (ir kj) of each specie, of fish i„ ifce ho*.        lfv
                                                                      "o Au *
                                                                                        ,.,f.     ,.   .
                                                                                    -Tj^jsCs^mci m point 3
    - the quantity (in kg) of each spedes disc.rded «nce {he presets                     ■      •    r
        mentioned in poms 5 below ;                                P«–«» '-^wmjws^K usr.-g             s±$g
   - the TTAFO zone in which the catches were made ;
   - the quantity (in kg) of each specie, transhipped since the previa t»n.miujon ;
       the name and call sign of the vessel of transhipment ;
   - transmission
      the quantity ;(in kg) of each lpedes l.nded In e port  ^
                                                                 of !he Comntuviity sartce the psvveouo
   – the neme of the master.
      e code to be used to indicate the quantity of (ilh M              « W(M point « abev, t
  A Deep-water prawn (Pandalu, borealis)                                          '
   B Hake (Merluccius merluccius)
      Gr«"'»nd halibut (Reinhardtius hippogïawoitje»)
  D Cod (Gadus morrhua)
      Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
  F Halibut (Hippoglossus Hippoglossus)                                       • '      \ '
  G Mackerel (Scomber scombms)
  H Horse-mackerel (Trachuru, trachurus)
 I Round-nose grenadier (Coryphaenokfeg rupntris)                -
 J Saithe (Pollachius virens)                *                  ^
 K Whiting (Merlangus rnerl«ngu»)                                  4^
 I- Herring (Clupea harengus)                       '         -*
M Sandeel (Ammodytes »p)                  "              ■ r                    "             1
 N Sprat (Clupea sprattus)
                                                                    « \
O Plaice (Pleuronecte, platewa)                                      »
     Norv»y pout (Trisopterua eisnarkH)
Q Ling (Molvt molvi)
R Other                                             , . » .
S Shrimp (Pandalidae)
T Anchwy (Engrau!ui emcwskholus) '