CELEX: 31991R3890
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3890/91 of 18 December 1991 fixing catch possibilities for 1992 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Regulatory Area as defined in the NAFO Convention

31 . 12 . 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 367 / 69
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3890 / 91
                                                         of 18 December 1991
                   fixing catch possibilities for 1992 for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the
                                          Regulatory Area as defined in the NAFO Convention
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas conservation efforts should be assessed on the
                                                                       basis of relevant scientific data so as to permit the
                                                                       implementation of conservation measures suited to the
                                                                       biological situation of stocks and their foreseeable
                                                                       development depending on the various options for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  exploiting them;
Economic Community,
                                                                       Whereas the present state of biological data as analysed by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 170 / 83 of               international scientific organizations and the conclusions
25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the                which may be drawn therefrom should be taken as a basis
conservation and management of fishery resources ( 1 ), as             for formulating choices regarding the management of
amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ,                 stocks :
and in particular Article 11 thereof,
                                                                        Whereas the extent to which such stocks are fished by the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      fleets of the Member States should be viewed in the light of
                                                                        overall fishing activity and the contribution made hitherto
                                                                        by the Community towards their conservation should be
                                                                        taken into account;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC )
No 170 / 83 , it falls to the Council to prepare, in the light of
the available scientific advice and, in particular, of the
report drawn up by the Scientific and Technical Fisheries               Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
 Committee, the conservation measures necessary to achieve             JSfo 170 / 83 , it falls to the Council to establish the total
 the aims set out in Article 1 of the said Regulation;                  allowable catches (TACs) by stock or group of stocks, the
                                                                        share available for the Community and also the specific
                                                                        conditions under which the catches must be made;
Whereas the Community has signed the United Nations
 Convention on the Law of the Sea, which contains
principles and rules relating to the conservation and                   Whereas, in order to ensure effective management, the
management of the living resources of the sea;                          TACs available for the Community in 1992 should be
                                                                        fairly allocated among the Member States in accordance
                                                                        with Article 4 of the said Regulation;
 Whereas     the     Convention       on    Future    Multilateral
 Cooperation      in    the   Northwest      Atlantic   Fisheries ,
 hereinafter referred to as the NAFO Convention, was
                                                                        Whereas the fishing; activities covered by this Regulation
 approved by the Council in its Regulation (EEC )
 No 3179 / 78 (2) and entered into force on 1 January                   are subject to the control measures provided for by Council
 1979 ;
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 2241 / 87 of 23 July 1987
                                                                        establishing certain control measures for fishing
                                                                        activities (3 ), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        3483 / 88 (4), and by Regulation (EEC) No 1956/ 88 of 9
 Whereas, in the framework of its wider international                   June 1988 adopting provisions for the application of the
 obligations, the Community participates in efforts to                  scheme of joint international inspection adopted by the
 conserve fish stocks arising in international waters;                  Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (5),
 0) OJ No L 24, 27. 1 . 1983 , p. 1 .                                    (3) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 378 , 31 . 12. 1978 , p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No L 306, 11 . 11 . 1988, p. 2.
                                                                         (5) OJ No L 175 , 6 . 7. 1988 , p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      following the entry into force of this Regulation. This
                                                                   information shall include:
                                                                   (a) name of vessel;
                          Article 1
                                                                   (b) official registration number of the vessel assigned by the
Catches in 1992 of the species set out in Annex I by vessels            competent national authorities ;
flying the flag of a Member State in the Regulatory Area as
defined in Article 1 (2) of the NAFO Convention shall be           (c) home port of the vessel;
limited, within the parts of the Regulatory Area referred to
in that Annex, to the quotas set out therein.
                                                                   (d) name of owner or charterer of the vessel;
                                                                   (e) a declaration that the master has been provided with a
                          Article 2                                     copy of the regulations in force in the Regulatory
                                                                        Area;
In addition to complying with Articles 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 of          (f) the principal target species of the vessel while fishing
Regulation (EEC) No 2241 / 87, skippers shall enter in the              within the Regulatory Area ;
log-book the information listed in Annex II .
                                                                    (g) the sub-areas where the vessel will be expected to
                                                                        fish .
In complying with Article 9 of that Regulation , Member
States shall also inform the Commission of catches of
species not subject to quota.
                                                                                               Article 4
                          Article 3
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.
Member States shall inform the Commission of all vessels
flying their flag which intend to engage in fishing or in the
processing of sea-fish in the area referred to in Article 1
at least 30 days before the intended commencement of such
activity or, as the case may be, not later than the 20th day        It shall apply until 31 December 1992 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 18 December 1991 .
                                                                                          For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                            P. BUKMAN
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                                                              ANNEX I
                                        Stock
                                                                                           Member State
                                                                                                                1992 quota
                                                                                                                 (tonnes)
       Species         Geographical region                       Zone
  Cod            North-west Atlantic                 NAFO 2 J - 3 KL            Belgium
                                                                                Denmark
                                                                                Germany                            6 791
\                                                                               Greece
                                                                                Spain                              7 067
               I                                                                France                             1 110
                                                                                Ireland
                                                                                Italy
                                                                                Luxembourg
                                                                                Netherlands
                                                                                Portugal                         11035
                                                   l                            United Kingdom                        297
                                                                                Available for Member States
                                                                                EEC total                        26 300
  Cod            North-west Atlantic                 NAFO 3 M                   Belgium
               \                                   \                            Denmark
               \                                   \                            Germany                               605
\              I                                   ||                           Greece
               Il\                                                              Spain                              1 855
               I                                   II                           France                                260
               ll\\                                                             Ireland
               IIII                                                             Italy
               III                                                              Luxembourg                   I
               ll                                                               Netherlands
               Il                                                               Portugal                           2 540
               III                                                              United Kingdom                      1205
               \                                                                Available for Member States
                                                                                EEC total                          6 465
   Cod           North-west Atlantic                 NAFO 3 NO                  Belgium
                                                                                Denmark
               I
                                                   l                            Germany                                10
                                                                                Greece
                                                   l                             Spain                             4155
                                                                                 France                                66
                                                                                 Ireland
                                                                                 Italy
                                                                                 Luxembourg                  \
                                                                                 Netherlands
                                                   l                             Portugal                             780
                                                                                 United Kingdom                         5
                                                                                 Available for Member States
                                                                                 EEC total                          5 016
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                                        Stock
                                                                                           Member State
                                                                                                             1992 quota
                                                                 Zone
                                                                                                              (tonnes)
     Species           Geographical region
Atlantic redfish North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 M                   Belgium
                                                                               Denmark
                                                                               Germany
                                                                               Greece
                                                                               Spain
                                                                               Fiance
                                                                               Ireland
                                                                                Italy
                                                                               Luxembourg
                                                                               Netherlands
                                                                                Portugal
                                                                                United Kingdom
                                                                                Available for Member States
                                                                                EEC total                       6 665
Atlantic redfish North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 LN                   Belgium
                                                                                Denmark
                                                                                Germany
                                                                                Greece
                                                                                Spain
                                                                                France
                                                                                Ireland
                                                                                Italy
                                                                                Luxembourg
                                                                                Netherlands
                                                                                Portugal
                                                                                United Kingdom
                                                                                Available for Member States
                                                                                EEC total                       6 000
American plaice  North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 M                    Belgium
                                                                                Denmark
                                                                                Germany
                                                                                Greece
                                                                                Spain
                                                                                France
                                                                                Ireland
                                                                                Italy
                                                                                Luxembourg
                                                                                Netherlands
                                                                                Portugal
                                                                                 U nited Kingdom
                                                                                A vailable for Member States
                                                                                EEC total                         350
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                                       Stock
                                                                                          Member State
                                                                                                            1992 quota
                                                                                                             (tonnes)
     Species          Geographical region                       Zone
American plaice North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 LNO                 Belgium
                                                                              Denmark
                                                                              Germany
                                                                              Greece
                                                                              Spain
                                                                              France
                                                                              Ireland
                                                                               Italy
                                                                               Luxembourg
                                                                              Netherlands
                                                                               Portugal
                                                                               United Kingdom
                                                                               Available for Member States
                                                                               EEC total                         328
Yellow tail     North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 LNO                  Belgium
flounder                                                                       Denmark
                                                                               Germany
                                                                               Greece
                                                                               Spain
                                                                               France
                                                                               Ireland
                                                                               Italy
                                                                               Luxembourg
                                                                               Netherlands
                                                                               Portugal
                                                                               United Kingdom
                                                                               Available for Member States
                                                                               EEC total                         140
Witch flounder  North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 NO                   Belgium
                                                                               Denmark
                                                                               Germany
                                                                               Greece
                                                                               Spain
                                                                               France
                                                                               Ireland
                                                                               Italy
                                                                               Luxembourg
                                                                               Netherlands
                                                                               Portugal
                                                                               United Kingdom
                                                                               Available for Member States
                                                                               EEC total                       1 000
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                                     Stock
                                                     -*
                                                                                       Member State
                                                                                                        1992 quota
                                                              Zone
                                                                                                         (tonnes)
     Species        Geographical region
Capelin       North-west Atlantic                NAFO 3 NO                  Belgium
                                                                            Denmark
                                                                            Germany
                                                                            Greece
                                                                            Spain
                                                                            France
                                                                            Ireland
                                                                            Italy
                                                                            Luxembourg
                                                                            Netherlands
                                                                            Portugal
                                                                            United Kingdom
                                                                            Available for Member States
                     "
                                                                            EEC total                        750
Squid         North-west Atlantic                NAFO subzones .3 + 4       Belgium
                                                                            Denmark
                                                                            Germany
                                                                            Greece
                                                                             Spain
                                                                             France
                                                                             Ireland
                                                                             Italy
                                                                            Luxembourg
                                                                            Netherlands
                                                                             Portugal
                                                                             United Kingdom
                                                                            Available for Member States
                                                                             EEC total                   15 000
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                                                                      ANNEX II
                                                  Items of information to appear in the log-book
                                                              Information                                                       Code
                Vessel name                                                                                                        01
                Vessel nationality                                                                                                 02
                Vessel registration number                                                                                         03
                Registration port                                                                                                  04
                Type of gear used (daily)                                                                                          10
                Type of gear                                                                                                        2 0)
                Date:                                                                                                     I
                — day                                                                                                              20
                — month                                                                                                            21
                — year                                                                                                             22
                Position :                                                                                                II
                — latitude                                                                                                         31
                — longitude                                                                                                        32
                — statistical area                                                                                                 33
                Number of hauls during the 24-hour period (2)                                                                      40
                Number of hours gear-fished during the 24-hour period (2)                                                          41
                Species names                                                                                                        2 0)
                Daily catch of each species (tonnes live-weight)                                                                   50
                Daily catch of each species for human consumption in the form of fish                                              61
                Daily catch of each species for reduction                                                                          62
                Daily discard of each species                                                                                      63
                Place(s) of transhipment                                                                                           70
                Date(s) of transhipment                                                                                            71
                Master's signature                                                                                                 80
                (') Codes to be completed by one of the items of information given in the second part of this Annex.
                (2) When two or more types of gear are used in the same 24-hour period , records should be separate for the different types.
                                                    Standard FAO abbreviations for main species
   Abbreviation                           Species                                   Abbreviation                            Species
      ALE             Alewife                                                           MEN             Atlantic menhaden
      ARG             Atlantic argentine                                                MIX             Mixed species
      BUT             Atlantic butterfish                                               MOL             Molluscs
      CAP             Capelin                                                           PEL             Pelagic fish (not specified)
      CAT             Wolffish ( = catfish)                                             PLA             American plaice
      COD             Atlantic cod                                                      POK             Pollock ( = saithe)
      CRA             Crabs                                                             RED             Atlantic redfish
      CRU             Crustaceans                                                       RNG             Roundnose grenadier
      DOG             Dogfish                                                           SAL             Atlantic salmon
      FLW             Winter flounder                                                   SAU             Atlantic saury
      FLX             Flatfish (not specified)                                          SCA             Sea scallops
      GHL             Greenland halibut                                                 SHA             Sharks
      GRC             Greenland cod                                                     SHR             Shrimps
      GRO             Groundfish (not specified)                                        SKA             Skate (not specified)
      HAD             Haddock                                                           SQU             Squid
      HAL             Atlantic halibut                                                  SWO             Swordfish
      HER             Atlantic herring                                                  SWX             Seaweed
      HKR             Red hake                                                          TUN             Tuna
      HKS             Silver hake                                                       URC             American sea urchin
      HKW             White hake                                                        USK             Cusk ( = tusk)
      INV             Shellfish (not specified)                                         VFF             Finfish (not specified)
      LOB             Northern lobster                                                  WIT             Witch flounder
      MAC             Atlantic mackerel                                                 YEL             Yellowtail flounder
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                                        Standard FAO abbreviations for gear
              Abbreviations                                          Gear
                OTB           Bottom otter trawl (side or stern not specified)
                OTB 1         Bottom otter trawl (side)
                OTB 2         Bottom otter trawl (stern)
                OTM           Midwater otter trawl (side or stern not specified)
                OTM 1         Midwater otter trawl (side)
                OTM 2         Midwater otter trawl (stern)
                PTB           Bottom pair trawl (two boats)
                PTM           Midwater pair trawl (two boats)
                —
                              Shrimp trawl (now included in bottom otter trawl categories)
                SDN           Danish seines
                SSC           Scottish seines
                SPR           Pair seine (two boats)
                SB            Beach seines
                PS            Purse seines
                GN            Gillnets (not specified)
                GNS           Gillnets ( set)
                GND           Gillnets (drift)
                LL            Longlines (set or drift not specified)
                LLS           Longlines (set)
                LLD           Longlines (drift)
                LHP           Handlines and pole-lines
                LHM           Handlines and pole-lines (mechanized)
                LTL           Troll lines
                FIX           Traps (not specified)
                FPN           Uncovered pound nets
                FPO           Covered pots and fyke nets
                FWR           Barriers , fences , weirs, etc.
                DRB           Boat dredges
                DRH         - Hand dredges (e.g. rakes and tongs)
                HAR           Harpoons
                MIS           Miscellaneous gear
                NK            Gear not known