CELEX: 51979PC0080
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-16
Title: Modified proposal for a Council regulation laying down technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources. (submitted to the Council by the Commission in accordance with Article 149, paragraph 2 of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(79)80 final
                                                   Brussels , 16 February 1979
                             Modified proposal for a Council regulation
                               laying down technical measures for the
                                conservation of fishery resources .
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission in accordance with
                           Article 149 , paragraph 2 of the EEC Treaty)
COM ( 79) 80 final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The present proposal , submitted in conformity with Article 149 , paragraph 2
of the Treaty , modifies the proposal for a Council regulation laying down
technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources ( 1 ) in order
to take into account the results of the consultations which took place
with Sweden and Norway concerning the fishing conditions in Skagerrak and
Kattegat .
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 ( 1 ) COM ( 78 ) 635 final of 16 November 1978 .
 ---pagebreak--- Article 1 :
                                     &
Add the following sub-paragraph to the second paragraph :
"As used in the present regulation , the Kattegat is limited in the north by
a line drawn from Skagen lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna , and from
here to the nearest coast of Sweden and in the south by a line drawn from
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Hasenére Head to Gniben Point , from Korshage to Spodsbjerg - and from Gilbjerg
    V
Head to the Kullen .
The Skagerrak is limited in the west by a line drawn from the lighthouse of
Hanstholm to the lighthouse of Lindesnes and in the south by a line drawn
from Skagen lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna and from here to the
nearest coast of Sweden ."
                                                                   j
Article 6 :
Add the following sub-paragraph :
" For saithe caught in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat , 10% by weight of
each total landing or any representative part thereof may consist of undersized
sa i the .
Article 7 :
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Deleted .
Article 8 :
Replace the second sentence of paragraph 1 by the following :
" In the Kattegat and the Skagerrak , the minimum size for herring shall be 18 cm .
 ---pagebreak--- Article 10 :
a ) Region 2 :
Add the following words to the first indent :
" and 45 mm in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat ".
Article 13 :
Add a footnote to paragraph 2 :
" As far as the Skagerrak is concerned , the situation can be reviewed in 1979
taking into account the opinion of ICES ".
Insert following sub-paragraph after the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 3 :
" The use of trawls with smaller mesh size than 32 mm inside a 3 mile limit from
the coast line from 1st July to 15th September in the Kattegat and the Skagerrak
shall be prohibited .
However / when trawling within this area :
( a ) for deep-water prawn ( Pandalus borealis ) or shrimp a mesh size of 30 mm
       shall be allowed ,
 ( b ) for eelpout , gobies or skorpion fish , to be used for bait , mesh sizes
       smaller than 32 mm shall be allowed .
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                 Amend the following in Annex I
   Region                      Type of net                        Minimum size of meshés
                                                                         in mm
 i            !
   2                           Any part of any net
                                                                          70
   Outside North               made of single twine
   Sea ( a ) Skagerrak
   and Kattegat                Any part of any net                        75
                               made of double twine
   2                           Seine net , or such part of any
                               trawl net as is made of single             70
   Skagerrak and               twine and contains no manila
   Kattegat                    or sisal
                               Such part of any trawl net as
                               is made of double twine and                75
                               contains   no manila or sisal
                               Such part of any trawl net                 80
                               as is made of manila or sisal
i                         I[                                   1i                        r
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  In Annex   II
 Modify the minimum mesh size in mm authorized in Region 2 for
 the following species :
 Herring ( Clupea harengus )                          32
  in the Skagerrak and Kattegat
 Mackerel ( Scomber scombrus )                        32
 in the Skagerrak and Kattegat
 Horse mackerel ( Trachurus trachurus )               32
 in the Skagerrak and Kattegak
 Deep water prawns ( Pandalus borealis )              30
 m the Skagerrak and Kattegat
 Argentine ( Argentinidae )                           30
 in the Skagerrak and Kattegat
 Sandeel ( Ammodytes sp .)                            16
 in the Skagerrak the period between
 1 november and the last day of February
 inc lusi ve .
 Shrimp ( Crangon spp.and Leander adspersus )
 in the Skagerrak and Kattegat - inside 4 miles
 from the baselines                                   16
                                  - outside 4 mi les
 from the baselines                                   30
 Garfish   ( Belone belone )                          16
in the     Skagerrak and Kattegat
 Grey gurnard ( Eutrigla gurnardus )                  16
 in the Skagerrak and Kattegat
 In Annex    IV
 Add to the second sub-paragraph :
 " In the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat , the top-side of the
  cod-end should be measured . When measuring , mended meshes
should be avoided ".
                                                         ■/§■ i
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    In Annex V :
    Provisions referred to in Article 5 ( 2 )
                                           V '
    Add to the second paragraph :
    "When fishing with 16 mm nets or less in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat
    an extra strengthening bag with a minimum mesh size of 35 mm may be applied
    for the year 1979 only".
   Add a paragraph 4 :
    "4.     When fishing in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat , it shall be permitted
    to use in trawl nets and Danish seine$a non-return net with a smaller mesh
    size inside the net in front of the lacings of the cod-end , of such a length
    that it cannot extend rearward , beyond the cod-end lacings ". ( 1 )
        Add a paragraph 5 :
        " 5 . When fishing in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat , the devices
        mentionned in paragraphes 2 and 3 may not be used simultaneously .
In Annex VI ;
Minimum fish size ( cm ) referred to in Article 6 -
modify columns " Region 2 " with figures for the following species :
Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa )                          27
m Skagerrak and Kattegat
Flounder ( Plasti chthys flesus )                         20
in Skagerrak and Kattegat
Whiting in Skagerrak and Kattegat                         23
Dab ( Limanda limanda )                                   23
in Skagerrak and Kattegat
 ( 1 ) The situation can be reviewed in 1979 taking into account the
       opinion of ICES .