CELEX: 51977PC0485
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) prohibiting fishing for Norwegian pout (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(77)485 final.
                                                 Brussels . 6 October 1977
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
                        prohibiting fishing for
                            Norwegian pout
            ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  COM(77 ) 485 final
 ---pagebreak---                         Explanatory Memorandum
Following its session of the 19th July 1977 , the Council met to
re-examine the regime applicable to fishing for Norway Pout from
15 October 1977 «
The Commission proposes to submit its proposals on the protection of
juvenile fish originating from stocks of demersal species , these pro­
posals to be elaborated in the light of the scientific report which
the Commission has invited the International Council for the Explora­
tion of the Sea to establish .
For this reason , the Commission proposes that the ban on fishing for
Norway Pout be extended until 31-10.1977 »
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 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                         prohibiting fishing for
                             Norwegian pout
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 350/77 of l8 February 1977            ,
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 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management .
 of fishery resources ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) N°          /77 ( 2 ).
 and in particular Article 5 ( 2 ) thereof ,                                                 j
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 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                      j
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 Whereas , during fishing . of Norwegian pout for industrial purposes , a                 k
 high proportion of immature fish of demersal species are caught as by-                     i
 catches ;                                                                                p!
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Whereas Article 5 ( 2) of Regulation (EEC ) N° 350/77 provides for the                      j
adoption of measures on fishing for Norwegian pout :   whereas , in impleraen-              ;
tation of that Regulation, Council Regulation (EEC ) N® 1673/77 of 25 July 1977            j!
(3) prohibited fishing for Norwegian pout until 15 October 1977 in part of                j
the North Sea situated to the North East of the United Kingdom ; whereas                  ji
for the immediate future , pending a re-examination of the situation on the               j
basis of the scientific information available , this prohibition should be                jj
extended until 31 October 1977 ?                                                            !
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s
 ( 1 ) O.J. N° L  48 , 19-2.1977 , p. 28 .                                              !
 ( 2 ) O.J. N° L                                                                        !
 ( 3 ) O.J. N° L 186 , 26.7.1977 , p . 30 .                                             j:i
 ---pagebreak---                           Article 1
      Fishing for Norwegian pout is hereby forbidden from 16 to 31 Octo­
ber 1977 in that part of the North Sea bounded by a line joining the
following pointp :
- east coast of the United Kingdom at 56° 00' latitude North ,
- 56° 00' latitude North - 00° 00 * longitude ,
- 60° 00' latitude North - 00° 00' longitude ,
- 60° 00 * latitude North - 0w° 00 * longitude West ,
- coast of the United Kingdom at 0*f° 00 * longitude West .
                          Article 2
      This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 1977-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council ,
                                                      The President .