CELEX: 51987PC0595
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Date: 1987-11-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                COM(87 ) 595 final
                                                Brussels , 23 November 1987
                                     Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       amending
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                                                            No 3094
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                           ( submitted by the Commission )
C0M(87 ) 595 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM                          u-rZ
The objective of this proposal is to modify Council Regulation ( EEC )
N° 3094 /86 of 7 October 1986 ( 1 ) laying down certain technical measure s for
the conservation of fishery resources , as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
N° 2968/87 of 27 September 1987 ( 2 ), in five respects :
1.    by increasing the minimum mesh size in Region 3 from 50mm to 55m when
      fishing for Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ) and prawns ( Parap naeus
      longirostris , Aristeus antennatus and Aristaecmorpha foliacea ) : Art cle 2
      of the above-mentioned Regulation provides for a review befo e 31
      December 1987 of the mesh size applicable in the Norway lobster and prawn
      fishery in Region 3 ; following a study by the Ad Boc Working Grc ip on
      Mesh Assessment in the Norway lobster and prawn fishery in Regior 3 of
      the Scientific and Technical Oorrnnttee for Fisheries ( STCF) , the ST F has
      recommended that the minimum mesh size should be increased ( 3 );
2.    to reduce the minimum landing sizes for Norway lobster in Regi >n 2 ,
      except the Skagerrak and Kattegat , in view of the wide length rar ge of
      Norway lobster retained by trawls , Danish seines and similar towed < ears ;
      it is not proposed to change the minimum landing sizes for Reg .on 3
      because they already correspond with the proposed new mesh size the
      minimum landing sizes in the Skagerrak and Kattegat are determin d in
      consultation with Norway and Sweden ;
3.    to close a loophole in the phrasing of the present Regulation whit     I can
      be interpreted to permit the landing of undersized protected speci     JS in
      all circumstances where they have been caught with less than the sta    idard
      mesh size for the region concerned and not only when they cann          t be
      physically separated from the catch of target species ;
4.    by deleting the provision that a minimum landing size of 45 am shall
      apply to cod caught in the Irish Sea during the last quarter of the /ear ;
      this provision is no longer appropriate in the light of the ] itest
      scientific advice on predation by cod on Norway lobster ;
5.    by amending the scientific names of certain species in accordance with
      the scientific nomenclature .
( 1 ) O.J. N L 288 , 11.10.1986 , p. 1
( 2 ) O.J. N° L 280, 3.10.1987 , p. 1
( 3 ) SEC ( 87 ) 1557
 ---pagebreak---                                      Proposai i'or a
                                COUNCIL REGULA i ION ( EEC )
         amending for the third time Regulation ( EEC ) No 3094 / 86 laying down
        certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Oorrmunity ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170 /83 of 25 January 1983
establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of
fishery resources ( 1 ) , as amended by the Alt of Accession of Spain and
Portugal , and in particular Article 11 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal fran the Ocrrmission ,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 states that the conservation
measures necessary to achieve the aims set out in Article 1 of the same
Regulation must be formulated in the light of the available scientific
advice ?
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 3094/86 ( 2 ), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2968/87 ( 3 ), lays down general rules for the fishing and
landing of biological resources found in Community waters ?
Whereas in the light of        the latest scientific advice , provision should be
made for an increase in      mesh size when fishing for Norway lobster ( Nephrops
norvegicus ) and prawns      ( Parapenaeus longirostns , Aristeus antennatus and
Aristaeonorpha foliacea )     in Region 3 ;
Whereas the selection of Norway lobster caught by towed gears is not precise
and covers a wide length range ? whereas it is therefore appropriate to reduce
the minimum landing sizes for Norway lobster to those at which twenty-five
percent of the Norway lobster entering the towed gear are retained in Region
2 except Skagerrak and Kattegat , where the minimum landing sizes are
established on the basis of trilateral consultations with Norway and Sweden ?
whereas the existing minimum landing sizes for Norway lobster in Region 3
already correspond to that criterion taking account of the increased minimum
mesh size and should therefore not be modified ?
Whereas m the light of the latest scientific advice a more rational
management of the stocks of Norway lobster and cod in the Irish Sea would be
obtained by minimizing predation on Norway lobster by cod ? whereas it is
therefore no longer appropriate to maintain a minimum landing size of 45
centimetres for cod caught in the Irish Sea during the last quarter of the
year ?
Whereas it is necessary to clarify the provisions concerning the
non-application of minimum landing sizes to protected species which have been
caught in small-mesh nets and which have not been sorted ?
Whereas it is necessary to airiend the scientific names of certain species in
accordance with the latest scientific nomenclature ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION!:
 ( 1 ) O.J. N° L 24, 27.1.1983 , p. 1
( 2 ) O.J. N° L 288 , 11.10.1986 , p. 1
 ( 3 ) O.J. N° L 280, 3.10.1987 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                        Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3094 / 86 is hereby amended as follows :
1.  Article 2(9 ) is deleted .
2.  Article 5(3 ) ( a ) is replaced by the following :
    "( a ) catches of protected species which have been taken within the limits
    specified in Article 2(1 ), which have not been sorted from the authorized
    target species and which are not sold , displayed or offered for sale for
    human consumption.”
3.  The entries in Annex I for Region 3 for the entire region , for the
    authorized target species
    - prawn ( Parapenaeus longi rostris , Aristeus antennatus and Ari staeamorpha
       foliacea ), and
    - Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus )
    are replaced by the entries as set out in Annex I hereto .
4.  In Annexes I and II the scientific name " Solea solea ” is replaced by
    " Solea vulgaris " . In Annex I the scientific name " Clupea sprattus "
    is replaced by " Sprattus sprattus " and the scientific name " Leander
    adspersus " by " Palaemon adspersus " .
5.  Footnote 1 to Annex II is deleted .
6.  The entries in Annex III for Region 2 , except Skagerrak and
    Kattegat , for whole Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus ) and for
    tails of Norway lobster are replaced by the entires as set out in
    Annex II hereto .
                                       Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publi ¬
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at                                       For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                    ANNEX I
Region Geographical area  Additional conditions  Minim un    Authorized target         Minim un         Maxim un
                                                mesh size         species           percentage of   percentage of
                                                   ( mm )                          target species protected species
  3     Entire region    Until 31 December 1988      50    Prawn ( Parapenaeus           30               50
                                                           longirostris ,
                                                           Aristeus antennatus
                                                           and Aristaeomorpha
                                                           foliácea )
                         Ercm 1 January 1989         55    Prawn ( Parapenaeus           30               50
                                                           longirostris ,
                                                           Aristeus antennatus
                                                           and Aristaeomorpha
                                                           foliácea )
        Entire region    Until 31 December 1988      50    Norway lobster                30        60 , of which Bake
                                                           ( Nephrops norvegicus                           30%
                         Ercm 1 January 1989         55    Norway lobster                30        60 , of which Hake
                                                           ( Nephrops norvegicus 1
                                                                                                           30%
 ---pagebreak---                              ANNEX II
                                                                   6
       Species          Region     Geographical area Miniman size
Whole Norway lobster       2       Except Skagerrak  17nm carapace
( Nephrops norveqicus )            and Kattegat      length
                                                     58mn overall
                                                     length
Tails of Norway lobster    2       Except Skagerrak  31mn
                                   and Kattegat
 ---pagebreak---                    BUSINESS AND EMEUOTMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
The proposal is intended to regulate fishing activities in Oorrmunity waters
in the interests of conserving marine resources .     Conservation is in the
long-term interests of small and medium-sized enterprises and business in
general .
The proposal to decrease certain minimon landing sizes for Norway lobster
will have considerable positive benefits in certain areas where the
employment situation is difficult and where the maintenance of an
inappropriate minimum landing size could have severe repercussions .