CELEX: 51993EC2018
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Date: 2006-11-29
Title: Proposal for a Regulation (EC) No …/... OF the European Parliament and of the Council of […] on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic (Codified version)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        COM(2006)

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                      REGULATION (EC) No …/... OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                      on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic

                                                                (Codified version)

                                                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.    In the context of a people’s Europe, the Commission attaches great importance to simplifying and clarifying Community law so as to make  it
       clearer and more accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance to make use of the  specific  rights
       it gives him.

       This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have  been  amended  several  times,  often  quite  substantially,  remain
       scattered, so that they must be sought partly in the original instrument and partly in later amending ones.  Considerable  research  work,
       comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the current rules.

       For this reason a codification of rules that have frequently been amended  is  also  essential  if  Community  law  is  to  be  clear  and
       transparent.

2.    On 1 April 1987 the Commission therefore decided[1] to instruct its staff that all legislative acts should be codified after no  more  than
       ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement and that departments should endeavour to codify at even shorter intervals the
       texts for which they are responsible, to ensure that the Community rules are clear and readily understandable.

3.    The Conclusions of the Presidency of the  Edinburgh  European  Council  (December 1992)  confirmed  this[2]  stressing  the  importance  of
       codification as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time.

       Codification must be undertaken in full compliance with the normal Community legislative procedure.

       Given that no changes of substance may be made to the instruments affected by codification, the European Parliament, the Council  and  the
       Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-
       track adoption of codification instruments.

4.    The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993  on  the  submission  of
       catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic[3]. The new Regulation will supersede  the  various  acts
       incorporated in it[4]; this proposal fully preserves the content of the acts being codified  and  hence  does  no  more  than  bring  them
       together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

5.    The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, in all  official  languages,  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No
       2018/93 and the instruments amending it, carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, by  means  of  a
       data-processing system. Where the Articles have been given new numbers, the correlation between the old and the new numbers is shown in  a
       table set out in Annex VII to the codified Regulation.

                                            ê 2018/93 (adapted)

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                      REGULATION (EC) No …/... OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

                                                                      of […]

                      on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article  Ö 285(1) Õ thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[5],

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty[6],

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by  Member  States  fishing  in  the
      Northwest Atlantic[7] has been substantially amended several times[8]. In the interests of clarity  and  rationality  the  said  Regulation
      should be codified.

                                            ê 2018/93 Recital 1

   2) The Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic fisheries approved by Council Regulation  (EEC)  No  3179/78[9]
      and establishing the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), requires the Community to supply the NAFO  Scientific  Council  with
      any available statistical and scientific information requested by the Scientific Council in the performance of its work.

                                            ê 2018/93 Recital 2

   3) Timely catch and activity statistics have been identified by the NAFO Scientific Council as essential to the performance  of  its  work  in
      evaluating the state of the fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic.

                                            ê 2018/93 recital 3 (adapted)

                                            ê 2018/93 recital 4 (adapted)

                                            ê 

   4) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision  1999/468/EC  of  28
      June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission[10],

                                            ê 2018/93

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                                                    Article 1

Each Member State shall submit to the Commission data on the catches by vessels registered in, or flying the flag of, that Member  State  fishing
in the Northwest Atlantic, with due regard to Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 [11].

The nominal catch data shall include all fishery products landed or transhipped at sea in no  matter  what  form  but  shall  exclude  quantities
which, subsequent to capture, are discarded at sea, consumed on board or used as bait on board. Aquaculture production  shall  be  excluded.  The
data shall be recorded as the live weight equivalent of the landings or transshipments, to the nearest tonne.

                                                                    Article 2

1. The data to be submitted shall be of two types:

(a)   the annual nominal catches, expressed in tonnes live weight equivalent of the landings, of each of the species listed in Annex  I  in  each
       of the statistical fishing regions of the Northwest Atlantic listed in Annex II and defined in Annex III ;

(b)   the catches as specified under point (a) and the corresponding fishing activity, subdivided by calendar month  of  capture,  fishing  gear,
       vessel size and main species sought.

2. The data referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be submitted by 31 May of the year following the reference year and may be preliminary data.  The
data referred to in 1(b) shall be submitted by 31 August of the year following the reference year and shall be definitive data.

The data referred to in 1(a) and submitted as preliminary data should be clearly identified as such.

No submissions shall be required for species/fishing region combinations for which no catches were  recorded  in  the  reference  period  of  the
submission.

Should the Member State not have fished in the Northwest Atlantic in the preceding calendar year, it shall inform the Commission  thereof  by  31
May of the following year.

3. The definitions and codes to be used in submitting information on fishing activity, fishing gear, method of fishing and vessel size are  given
in Annex IV.

4. The list of species and statistical fishing regions and the descriptions of these regions, as well as  the  measures,  codes  and  definitions
applied to fishing activity, fishing gears, vessel sizes and methods of fishing may be amended in accordance with the procedure  referred  to  in
Article 6(2).

                                                                    Article 3

Except where provisions adopted under the common fisheries policy  dictate  otherwise,  a  Member  State  shall  be  permitted  to  use  sampling
techniques to derive catch data for those parts of the fishing fleet for which the complete coverage of the  data  would  involve  the  excessive
application of administrative procedures. The details of the sampling procedures, together with details of  the  proportion  of  the  total  data
derived by such techniques, must be included by the Member State in the report submitted pursuant to Article 7(1).

                                                                    Article 4

                                            ê 2018/93 (adapted)

Member States shall fulfil their obligations to the Commission pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 by submitting the data Ö in Õ  the  format  Ö shown Õ
in Annex V .

With the prior approval of the Commission, Member States may submit data in a different Ö format Õ .

                                                                    Article 5

Within 24 hours of receipt of the reports, whenever possible, the Commission shall transmit the information contained therein  to  the  Executive
Secretary of NAFO.

                                            ê 1882/2003 Art. 3 and Annex III pt. 44 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 6

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee  on  Agricultural  Statistics,  Ö set  up  by  Council  Decision  72/279/EEC[12], Õ
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph , Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions  of  Article
8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

                                            ê 2018/93 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 7

1. Member States shall submit a detailed report to the Commission describing how the data  on  catches  and  fishing  activity  are  derived  and
specifying the degree of representativeness and reliability of these data. The Commission, in collaboration with the Member  States,  shall  draw
up a summary of these reports.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any modifications of the information provided under paragraph 1  within  three  months  of  their
introduction.

3. Methodological reports, data availability Ö and Õ data reliability Ö referred to in paragraph 1 Õ and other  relevant  issues  connected  with
the application of this Regulation shall be examined once a year within the competent Working Group of the Committee.

                                            ê 

                                                                    Article 8

Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance  with  the  correlation
table in Annex VII.

                                            ê 2018/93 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the European Parliament  For the Council
The President    The President
[…]   […]

                                            ê 1636/2001 Art. 1 and Annex I

                                                                     ANNEX I

                     LIST OF SPECIES WHICH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE COMMERCIAL CATCH STATISTICS FOR THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC

Member States must report the nominal catches of those species marked with an asterisk (*). The reporting of nominal  catches  of  the  remaining
species is optional as concerns the identification of the individual species. However, where data for individual species are  not  submitted  the
data shall be included in aggregate categories. Member States may submit data for species not in the list provided that the species  are  clearly
identified.

Note: ‘n.e.i.’ is the abbreviation for ‘not elsewhere identified’.

|English name                                     |3-alpha identifier           |Scientific name                                        |

                                                                    GROUNDFISH

|Atlantic cod                                     |COD (*)                      |Gadus morhua                                           |
|Haddock                                          |HAD (*)                      |Melanogrammus aeglefinus                               |
|Atlantic redfishes n.e.i.                        |RED (*)                      |Sebastes spp.                                          |
|Silver hake                                      |HKS (*)                      |Merluccius bilinearis                                  |
|Red hake                                         |HKR (*)                      |Urophycis chuss                                        |
|Saithe (= pollock)                               |POK (*)                      |Pollachius virens                                      |
|Golden redfish                                   |REG (*)                      |Sebastes marinus                                       |
|Beaked redfish                                   |REB (*)                      |Sebastes mentella                                      |
|American plaice (L. R. dab)                      |PLA (*)                      |Hippoglossoides platessoides                           |
|Witch flounder                                   |WIT                          |Glyptocephalus cynoglossus                             |
|Yellowtail flounder                              |YEL (*)                      |Pleuronectes ferruginea                                |
|Greenland halibut                                |GHL (*)                      |Reinhardtius hippoglossoides                           |
|Atlantic halibut                                 |HAL (*)                      |Hippoglossus hippoglossus                              |
|Winter flounder                                  |FLW (*)                      |Pseudopleuronectes americanus                          |
|Summer flounder                                  |FLS (*)                      |Paralichthys dentatus                                  |
|Windowpane flounder                              |FLD (*)                      |Scophthalmus aquosus                                   |
|Flatfishes n.e.i.                                |FLX                          |Pleuronectiformes                                      |
|American angler                                  |ANG (*)                      |Lophius americanus                                     |
|Atlantic searobins                               |SRA                          |Prionotus spp.                                         |
|Atlantic tomcod                                  |TOM                          |Microgadus tomcod                                      |
|Blue antimora                                    |ANT                          |Antimora rostrata                                      |
|Blue whiting (= poutassou)                       |WHB                          |Micromesistius poutassou                               |
|Cunner                                           |CUN                          |Tautogolabrus adspersus                                |
|Cusk (= tusk)                                    |USK                          |Brosme brosme                                          |
|Greenland cod                                    |GRC                          |Gadus ogac                                             |
|Blue ling                                        |BLI                          |Molva dypterygia                                       |
|Ling                                             |LIN (*)                      |Molva molva                                            |
|Lumpfish (= lumpsucker)                          |LUM (*)                      |Cyclopterus lumpus                                     |
|Northern kingfish                                |KGF                          |Menticirrhus saxatilis                                 |
|Northern puffer                                  |PUF                          |Sphoeroides maculatus                                  |
|Eelpouts n.e.i.                                  |ELZ                          |Lycodes spp.                                           |
|Ocean pout                                       |OPT                          |Macrozoarces americanus                                |
|Polar cod                                        |POC                          |Boreogadus saida                                       |
|Roundnose grenadier                              |RNG                          |Coryphaenoides rupestris                               |
|Roughhead grenadier                              |RHG                          |Macrourus berglax                                      |
|Sandeels (= sand lances)                         |SAN                          |Ammodytes spp.                                         |
|Sculpins n.e.i.                                  |SCU                          |Myoxocephalus spp.                                     |
|Scup                                             |SCP                          |Stenotomus chrysops                                    |
|Tautog                                           |TAU                          |Tautoga onitis                                         |
|Tilefish                                         |TIL                          |Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps                          |
|White hake                                       |HKW (*)                      |Urophycis tenuis                                       |
|Wolf-fishes n.e.i.                               |CAT (*)                      |Anarhichas spp.                                        |
|Atlantic wolf-fish                               |CAA (*)                      |Anarhichas lupus                                       |
|Spotted wolf-fish                                |CAS (*)                      |Anarhichas minor                                       |
|Groundfishes n.e.i.                              |GRO                          |Osteichthyes                                           |

                                                                   PELAGIC FISH

|Atlantic herring                                 |HER (*)                      |Clupea harengus                                        |
|Atlantic mackerel                                |MAC (*)                      |Scomber scombrus                                       |
|Atlantic butterfish                              |BUT                          |Peprilus triacanthus                                   |
|Atlantic menhaden                                |MHA (*)                      |Brevoortia tyrannus                                    |
|Atlantic saury                                   |SAU                          |Scomberesox saurus                                     |
|Bay anchovy                                      |ANB                          |Anchoa mitchilli                                       |
|Bluefish                                         |BLU                          |Pomatomus saltatrix                                    |
|Crevalle Jack                                    |CVJ                          |Caranx hippos                                          |
|Frigate tuna                                     |FRI                          |Auxis thazard                                          |
|King mackerel                                    |KGM                          |Scomberomorus cavalla                                  |
|Atlantic Spanish mackerel                        |SSM (*)                      |Scomberomorus maculatus                                |
|Sailfish                                         |SAI                          |Istiophorus platypterus                                |
|White marlin                                     |WHM                          |Tetrapturus albidus                                    |
|Blue marlin                                      |BUM                          |Makaira nigricans                                      |
|Swordfish                                        |SWO                          |Xiphias gladius                                        |
|Albacore tuna                                    |ALB                          |Thunnus alalunga                                       |
|Atlantic bonito                                  |BON                          |Sarda sarda                                            |
|Little tunny                                     |LTA                          |Euthynnus alletteratus                                 |
|Bigeye tuna                                      |BET                          |Thunnus obesus                                         |
|Northern bluefish tuna                           |BFT                          |Thunnus thynnus                                        |
|Skipjack tuna                                    |SKJ                          |Katsuwonus pelamis                                     |
|Yellowfin tuna                                   |YFT                          |Thunnus albacares                                      |
|Tunas n.e.i.                                     |TUN                          |Scombridae                                             |
|Pelagic fishes n.e.i.                            |PEL                          |Osteichthyes                                           |

                                                                  OTHER FIN FISH

|Alewife                                          |ALE                          |Alosa pseudoharengus                                   |
|Amberjacks n.e.i.                                |AMX                          |Seriola spp.                                           |
|American conger                                  |COA                          |Conger oceanicus                                       |
|American eel                                     |ELA                          |Anguilla rostrata                                      |
|American shad                                    |SHA                          |Alosa sapidissima                                      |
|Argentines n.e.i.                                |ARG                          |Argentina spp.                                         |
|Atlantic croaker                                 |CKA                          |Micropogonias undulatus                                |
|Atlantic needlefish                              |NFA                          |Strongylura marina                                     |
|Atlantic thread herring                          |THA                          |Opisthonema oglinum                                    |
|Baird's slickhead                                |ALC                          |Alepocephalus bairdii                                  |
|Black drum                                       |BDM                          |Pogonias cromis                                        |
|Black sea bass                                   |BSB                          |Centropristis striata                                  |
|Blueback herring                                 |BBH                          |Alosa aestivalis                                       |
|Capelin                                          |CAP (*)                      |Mallotus villosus                                      |
|Char n.e.i.                                      |CHR                          |Salvelinus spp.                                        |
|Cobia                                            |CBA                          |Rachycentron canadum                                   |
|Common (= Florida) pompano                       |POM                          |Trachinotus carolinus                                  |
|Gizzard shad                                     |SHG                          |Dorosoma cepedianum                                    |
|Grunts n.e.i.                                    |GRX                          |Pomadasyidae                                           |
|Hickory shad                                     |SHH                          |Alosa mediocris                                        |
|Lanternfish                                      |LAX                          |Notoscopelus spp.                                      |
|Mullets n.e.i.                                   |MUL                          |Mugilidae                                              |
|North Atlantic harvestfish                       |HVF                          |Peprilus alepidotus (= Paru)                           |
|Pigfish                                          |PIG                          |Orthopristis chrysoptera                               |
|Rainbow smelt                                    |SMR                          |Osmerus mordax                                         |
|Red drum                                         |RDM                          |Sciaenops ocellatus                                    |
|Red porgy                                        |RPG                          |Pagrus pagrus                                          |
|Rough shad                                       |RSC                          |Trachurus lathami                                      |
|Sand perch                                       |PES                          |Diplectrum formosum                                    |
|Sheepshead                                       |SPH                          |Archosargus probatocephalus                            |
|Spot croaker                                     |SPT                          |Leiostomus xanthurus                                   |
|Spotted weakfish                                 |SWF                          |Cynoscion nebulosus                                    |
|Squeteague                                       |STG                          |Cynoscion regalis                                      |
|Striped bass                                     |STB                          |Morone saxatilis                                       |
|Sturgeons n.e.i.                                 |STU                          |Acipenseridae                                          |
|Tarpon                                           |TAR                          |Tarpon (= Megalops) atlanticus                         |
|Trout n.e.i.                                     |TRO                          |Salmo spp.                                             |
|White perch                                      |PEW                          |Morone americana                                       |
|Alfonsinos                                       |ALF                          |Beryx spp.                                             |
|Spiny (= picked) dogfish                         |DGS (*)                      |Squalus acanthias                                      |
|Dogfishes n.e.i.                                 |DGX (*)                      |Squalidae                                              |
|Porbeagle                                        |POR (*)                      |Lamna nasus                                            |
|Large sharks n.e.i.                              |SHX                          |Squaliformes                                           |
|Shortfin mako shark                              |SMA                          |Isurus oxyrinchus                                      |
|Atlantic sharpnose shark                         |RHT                          |Rhizoprionodon terraenovae                             |
|Black dogfish                                    |CFB                          |Centroscyllium fabricii                                |
|Boreal (Greenland) shark                         |GSK                          |Somniousus microcephalus                               |
|Basking shark                                    |BSK                          |Cetorhinus maximus                                     |
|Little skate                                     |RJD                          |Leucoraja erinacea                                     |
|Barndoor skate                                   |RJL                          |Dipturus laevis                                        |
|Winter skate                                     |RJT                          |Leucoraja ocellata                                     |
|Thorny skate                                     |RJR                          |Amblyraja radiata                                      |
|Smooth skate                                     |RJS                          |Malacoraja senta                                       |
|Spinytail (spinetail) skate                      |RJQ                          |Bathyraja spinicauda                                   |
|Arctic skate                                     |RJG                          |Amblyraja hyperborea                                   |
|Skates n.e.i.                                    |SKA (*)                      |Raja spp.                                              |
|Finfishes n.e.i.                                 |FIN                          |Osteichthyes                                           |

                                                                  INVERTEBRATES

|Long-finned squid                                |SQL (*)                      |Loligo pealei                                          |
|Short-finned squid                               |SQI (*)                      |Illex illecebrosus                                     |
|Squids n.e.i.                                    |SQU (*)                      |Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae                            |
|Atlantic razor clam                              |CLR                          |Ensis directus                                         |
|Hard clam                                        |CLH                          |Mercenaria mercenaria                                  |
|Occan quahog                                     |CLQ                          |Arctica islandica                                      |
|Soft clam                                        |CLS                          |Mya arenaria                                           |
|Surf clam                                        |CLB                          |Spisula solidissima                                    |
|Clams n.e.i.                                     |CLX                          |Prionodesmacea, Teleodesmacea                          |
|Bay scallop                                      |SCB                          |Argopecten irradians                                   |
|Calico scallop                                   |SCC                          |Argopecten gibbus                                      |
|Icelandic scallop                                |ISC                          |Chlamys islandica                                      |
|Sea scallop                                      |SCA                          |Placopecten magellanicus                               |
|Scallops n.e.i.                                  |SCX                          |Pectinidae                                             |
|American cupped oyster                           |OYA                          |Crassostrea virginica                                  |
|Blue mussel                                      |MUS                          |Mytilus edulis                                         |
|Whelks n.e.i.                                    |WHX                          |Busycon spp.                                           |
|Periwinkles n.e.i.                               |PER                          |Littorina spp.                                         |
|Marine molluscs n.e.i.                           |MOL                          |Mollusca                                               |
|Atlantic rock crab                               |CRK                          |Cancer irroratus                                       |
|Blue crab                                        |CRB                          |Callinectes sapidus                                    |
|Green crab                                       |CRG                          |Carcinus maenas                                        |
|Jonah crab                                       |CRJ                          |Cancer borealis                                        |
|Queen crab                                       |CRQ                          |Chinoecetes opilio                                     |
|Red crab                                         |CRR                          |Geryon quinquedens                                     |
|Stone king crab                                  |KCT                          |Lithodes maia                                          |
|Marine crabs n.e.i.                              |CRA                          |Reptantia                                              |
|American lobster                                 |LBA                          |Homarus americanus                                     |
|Northern prawn                                   |PRA (*)                      |Pandalus borealis                                      |
|Aesop shrimp                                     |AES                          |Pandalus montagui                                      |
|Penaeus shrimps n.e.i.                           |PEN (*)                      |Penaeus spp.                                           |
|Pink (= pandalid) shrimps                        |PAN (*)                      |Pandalus spp.                                          |
|Marine crustaceans n.e.i.                        |CRU                          |Crustacea                                              |
|Sea urchin                                       |URC                          |Strongylocentrotus spp.                                |
|Marine worms n.e.i.                              |WOR                          |Polychaeta                                             |
|Horeshoe crab                                    |HSC                          |Limulus polythemus                                     |
|Marine invertebrates n.e.i.                      |INV                          |Invertebrata                                           |

                                                                     SEAWEEDS

|Brown seaweeds                                   |SWB                          |Phaeophyceae                                           |
|Red seaweeds                                     |SWR                          |Rhodophyceae                                           |
|Seaweeds n.e.i.                                  |SWX                          |Algae                                                  |

                                                                      SEALS

|Harp seal                                        |SHE                          |Pagophilus groenlandicus                         |
|Hooded seal                                      |SEZ                          |Cystophora cristata                              |

                                                                  ______________

                                            ê 2018/93

                                                                     ANNEX II

                              STATISTICAL FISHING AREAS OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FOR WHICH DATA ARE TO BE SUBMITTED

Sub-area 0

      Division 0 A

      Division 0 B

Sub-area 1

      Division 1 A

      Division 1 B

      Division 1 C

      Division 1 D

      Division 1 E

      Division 1 F

      Division 1 NK (not known)

Sub-area 2

      Division 2 G

      Division 2 H

      Division 2 J

      Division 2 NK (not known)

Sub-area 3

      Division 3 K

      Division 3 L

      Division 3 M

      Division 3 N

      Division 3 O

      Division 3 P

            Sub-division 3 P n

            Sub-division 3 P s

      Division 3 NK (not known)

Sub-area 4

      Division 4 R

      Division 4 S

      Division 4 T

      Division 4 V

            Sub-division 4 V n

            Sub-division 4 V s

      Division 4 W

      Division 4 X

      Division 4 NK (not known)

Sub-area 5

      Division 5 Y

      Division 5 Z

            Sub-division 5 Z e

            Sub-unit 5 Z c

            Sub-unit 5 Z u

            Sub-division 5 Z w

      Division 5 NK (not known)

Sub-area 6

      Division 6 A

      Division 6 B

      Division 6 C

      Division 6 D

      Division 6 E

      Division 6 F

      Division 6 G

      Division 6 H

      Division 6 NK (not known)

                                               Statistical fishing areas for the Northwest Atlantic

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                                                                  _____________

                                                                    ANNEX III

                                            ê 1636/2001 Art. 1 and Annex II

       DESCRIPTION OF THE NAFO SUBAREAS AND DIVISIONS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FISHERY STATISTICS AND REGULATIONS IN THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC

The scientific and statistical subareas, divisions and subdivisions provided for by Article XX of  the  Convention  of  the  North-West  Atlantic
Fisheries Organisation are as follows:

Subarea 0

That portion of the Convention Area bounded on the south by a line extending due east from a point at  61°00′  north  latitude  and  65°00′  west
longitude to a point at 61°00′ north latitude and 59°00′ west longitude, thence in a south-easterly direction along a rhumb line to  a  point  at
60°12′ north latitude and 57°13′ west longitude; thence bounded on the east by a series of geodisic lines joining the following points:

|Point No                                    |Latitude                                    |Longitude                                    |
|1                                           |60°12′0                                     |57°13′0                                      |
|2                                           |61°00′0                                     |57°13′1                                      |
|3                                           |62°00′5                                     |57°21′1                                      |
|4                                           |62°02′3                                     |57°21′8                                      |
|5                                           |62°03′5                                     |57°22′2                                      |
|6                                           |62°11′5                                     |57°25′4                                      |
|7                                           |62°47′2                                     |57°41′0                                      |
|8                                           |63°22′8                                     |57°57′4                                      |
|9                                           |63°28′6                                     |57°59′7                                      |
|10                                          |63°35′0                                     |58°02′0                                      |
|11                                          |63°37′2                                     |58°01′2                                      |
|12                                          |63°44′1                                     |57°58′8                                      |
|13                                          |63°50′1                                     |57°57′2                                      |
|14                                          |63°52′6                                     |57°56′6                                      |
|15                                          |63°57′4                                     |57°53′5                                      |
|16                                          |64°04′3                                     |57°49′1                                      |
|17                                          |64°12′2                                     |57°48′2                                      |
|18                                          |65°06′0                                     |57°44′1                                      |
|19                                          |65°08′9                                     |57°43′9                                      |
|20                                          |65°11′6                                     |57°44′4                                      |
|21                                          |65°14′5                                     |57°45′1                                      |
|22                                          |65°18′1                                     |57°45′8                                      |
|23                                          |65°23′3                                     |57°44′9                                      |
|24                                          |65°34′8                                     |57°42′3                                      |
|25                                          |65°37′7                                     |57°41′9                                      |
|26                                          |65°50′9                                     |57°40′7                                      |
|27                                          |65°51′7                                     |57°40′6                                      |
|28                                          |65°57′6                                     |57°40′1                                      |
|29                                          |66°03′5                                     |57°39′6                                      |
|30                                          |66°12′9                                     |57°38′2                                      |
|31                                          |66°18′8                                     |57°37′8                                      |
|32                                          |66°24′6                                     |57°37′8                                      |
|33                                          |66°30′3                                     |57°38′3                                      |
|34                                          |66°36′1                                     |57°39′2                                      |
|35                                          |66°37′9                                     |57°39′6                                      |
|36                                          |66°41′8                                     |57°40′6                                      |
|37                                          |66°49′5                                     |57°43′0                                      |
|38                                          |67°21′6                                     |57°52′7                                      |
|39                                          |67°27′3                                     |57°54′9                                      |
|40                                          |67°28′3                                     |57°55′3                                      |
|41                                          |67°29′1                                     |57°56′1                                      |
|42                                          |67°30′7                                     |57°57′8                                      |
|43                                          |67°35′3                                     |58°02′2                                      |
|44                                          |67°39′7                                     |58°06′2                                      |
|45                                          |67°44′2                                     |58°09′9                                      |
|46                                          |67°56′9                                     |58°19′8                                      |
|47                                          |68°01′8                                     |58°23′3                                      |
|48                                          |68°04′3                                     |58°25′0                                      |
|49                                          |68°06′8                                     |58°26′7                                      |
|50                                          |68°07′5                                     |58°27′2                                      |
|51                                          |68°16′1                                     |58°34′1                                      |
|52                                          |68°21′7                                     |58°39′0                                      |
|53                                          |68°25′3                                     |58°42′4                                      |
|54                                          |68°32′9                                     |59°01′8                                      |
|55                                          |68°34′0                                     |59°04′6                                      |
|56                                          |68°37′9                                     |59°14′3                                      |
|57                                          |68°38′0                                     |59°14′6                                      |
|58                                          |68°56′8                                     |60°02′4                                      |
|59                                          |69°00′8                                     |60°09′0                                      |
|60                                          |69°06′8                                     |60°18′5                                      |
|61                                          |69°10′3                                     |60°23′8                                      |
|62                                          |69°12′8                                     |60°27′5                                      |
|63                                          |69°29′4                                     |60°51′6                                      |
|64                                          |69°49′8                                     |60°58′2                                      |
|65                                          |69°55′3                                     |60°59′6                                      |
|66                                          |69°55′8                                     |61°00′0                                      |
|67                                          |70°01′6                                     |61°04′2                                      |
|68                                          |70°07′5                                     |61°08′1                                      |
|69                                          |70°08′8                                     |61°08′8                                      |
|70                                          |70°13′4                                     |61°10′6                                      |
|71                                          |70°33′1                                     |61°17′4                                      |
|72                                          |70°35′6                                     |61°20′6                                      |
|73                                          |70°48′2                                     |61°37′9                                      |
|74                                          |70°51′8                                     |61°42′7                                      |
|75                                          |71°12′1                                     |62°09′1                                      |
|76                                          |71°18′9                                     |62°17′5                                      |
|77                                          |71°25′9                                     |62°25′5                                      |
|78                                          |71°29′4                                     |62°29′3                                      |
|79                                          |71°31′8                                     |62°32′0                                      |
|80                                          |71°32′9                                     |62°33′5                                      |
|81                                          |71°44′7                                     |62°49′6                                      |
|82                                          |71°47′3                                     |62°53′1                                      |
|83                                          |71°52′9                                     |63°03′9                                      |
|84                                          |72°01′7                                     |63°21′1                                      |
|85                                          |72°06′4                                     |63°30′9                                      |
|86                                          |72°11′0                                     |63°41′0                                      |
|87                                          |72°24′8                                     |64°13′2                                      |
|88                                          |72°30′5                                     |64°26′1                                      |
|89                                          |72°36′3                                     |64°38′8                                      |
|90                                          |72°43′7                                     |64°54′3                                      |
|91                                          |72°45′7                                     |64°58′4                                      |
|92                                          |72°47′7                                     |65°00′9                                      |
|93                                          |72°50′8                                     |65°07′6                                      |
|94                                          |73°18′5                                     |66°08′3                                      |
|95                                          |73°25′9                                     |66°25′3                                      |
|96                                          |73°31′1                                     |67°15′1                                      |
|97                                          |73°36′5                                     |68°05′5                                      |
|98                                          |73°37′9                                     |68°12′3                                      |
|99                                          |73°41′7                                     |68°29′4                                      |
|100                                         |73°46′1                                     |68°48′5                                      |
|101                                         |73°46′7                                     |68°51′1                                      |
|102                                         |73°52′3                                     |69°11′3                                      |
|103                                         |73°57′6                                     |69°31′5                                      |
|104                                         |74°02′2                                     |69°50′3                                      |
|105                                         |74°02′6                                     |69°52′0                                      |
|106                                         |74°06′1                                     |70°06′6                                      |
|107                                         |74°07′5                                     |70°12′5                                      |
|108                                         |74°10′0                                     |70°23′1                                      |
|109                                         |74°12′5                                     |70°33′7                                      |
|110                                         |74°24′0                                     |71°25′7                                      |
|111                                         |74°28′6                                     |71°45′8                                      |
|112                                         |74°44′2                                     |72°53′0                                      |
|113                                         |74°50′6                                     |73°02′8                                      |
|114                                         |75°00′0                                     |73°16′3                                      |
|115                                         |75°05′                                      |73°30′                                       |

and thence due north to the parallel of 78°10′ north latitude; and bounded on the west by a line beginning at 61°00′ north  latitude  and  65°00′
west longitude and extending in a north-westerly direction along a rhumb line to the coast of Baffin Island at East Bluff (61°55′ north  latitude
and 66°20′ west longitude), and thence in a northerly direction along the coast of Baffin  Island,  Bylot  Island,  Devon  Island  and  Ellesmere
Island and following the meridian of 80° west longitude in the waters between those islands to 78°10′ north latitude; and bounded  on  the  north
by the parallel of 78°10′ north latitude.

Subarea 0 is composed of two divisions

Division 0A

That portion of the subarea lying to the north of the parallel of 66°15′ north latitude.

Division 0B

That portion of the subarea lying to the south of the parallel of 66°15′ north latitude.

Subarea 1

That portion of the Convention Area lying to the east of subarea 0 and to the north and east of a rhumb line joining  a  point  at  60°12′  north
latitude and 57°13′ west longitude with a point at 52°15′ north latitude and 42°00′ west longitude.

Subarea 1 is composed of six divisions

Division 1A

That portion of the subarea lying north of the parallel of 68°50′ north latitude (Christianshaab).

Division 1B

That portion of the subarea lying between the parallel of 66°15′ north latitude (5 nautical miles north of Umanarsugssuak) and  the  parallel  of
68°50′ north latitude (Christianshaab).

Division 1C

That portion of the subarea lying between the parallel of 64°15′ north latitude (4 nautical miles north of Godthaab) and the parallel  of  66°15′
north latitude (5 nautical miles north of Umanarsugssuak).

Division 1D

That portion of the subarea lying between the parallel of 62°30′ north  latitude  (Frederikshaab  Glacier)  and  the  parallel  of  64°15′  north
latitude (4 nautical miles north of Godthaab).

Division 1E

That portion of the subarea lying between the parallel of 60°45′ north latitude (Cape Desolation) and  the  parallel  of  62°30′  north  latitude
(Frederikshaab Glacier).

Division 1F

That portion of the subarea lying south of the parallel of 60°45′ north latitude (Cape Desolation).

Subarea 2

That portion of the Convention Area lying to the east of the meridian of 64°30′ west longitude in the area of Hudson  Strait,  to  the  south  of
subarea 0, to the south and west of subarea 1 and to the north of the parallel of 52°15′ north latitude.

Subarea 2 is composed of three divisions

Division 2G

That portion of the subarea lying north of the parallel of 57°40′ north latitude (Cape Mugford).

Division 2H

That portion of the subarea lying between the parallel of 55°20′ north latitude (Hopedale) and  the  parallel  of  57°40′  north  latitude  (Cape
Mugford).

Division 2J

That portion of the subarea lying south of the parallel of 55°20′ north latitude (Hopedale).

Subarea 3

That portion of the Convention Area lying south of the parallel of 52°15′ north latitude, and to the east of a  line  extending  due  north  from
Cape Bauld on the north coast of Newfoundland to 52°15′ north latitude; to the north of the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude; and  to  the  east
and north of a rhumb line commencing at 39°00′ north latitude, 50°00′ west longitude and extending in a north-Westerly direction to pass  through
a point at 43°30′ north latitude, 55°00′ west longitude in the direction of a point at 47°50′ north latitude,  60°00′  west  longitude  until  it
intersects a straight line connecting Cape Ray, 47°37,0′ north latitude; 59°18,0′ west longitude on the coast of Newfoundland, with  Cape  North,
47°02,0′ north latitude; 60°25,0′ west longitude on Cape Breton Island; thence in a  north-easterly  direction  along  said  line  to  Cape  Ray,
47°37,0′ north latitude, 59°18,0′ west longitude.

Subarea 3 is composed of six divisions

Division 3K

That portion of the subarea lying north of the parallel of 49°15′ north latitude (Cape Freels, Newfoundland).

Division 3L

That portion of the subarea lying between the Newfoundland coast from Cape Freels to Cape St Mary and a line described as follows:  beginning  at
Cape Freels, thence due east to the meridian of 46°30′ west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of  46°00′  north  latitude,  thence  due
west to the meridian of 54°30′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line to Cape St Mary, Newfoundland.

Division 3M

That portion of the subarea lying south of the parallel of 49°15′ north latitude and east of the meridian of 46°30′ west longitude.

Division 3N

That portion of the subarea lying south of the parallel of 46°00′ north latitude and between the  meridian  of  46°30′  west  longitude  and  the
meridian of 51°00′ west longitude.

Division 3O

That portion of the subarea lying south of the parallel of 46°00′ north latitude and between the  meridian  of  51°00′  west  longitude  and  the
meridian of 54°30′ west longitude.

Division 3P

That portion of the subarea lying south of the Newfoundland coast and west of a line from Cape St Mary, Newfoundland to a point at  46°00′  north
latitude, 54°30′ west longitude, thence due south to a limit of the subarea.

Division 3P is divided into two subdivisions:

3Pn — north-western subdivision — that portion of division 3P lying north-west of a line extending from 47°30,7′ north  latitude;  57°43,2′  west
longitude, approximately southwest to a point at 46°50,7′ north latitude and 58°49,0′ west longitude;

3Ps — south-eastern subdivision — that portion of division 3P lying south-east of the line defined for subdivision 3Pn.

Subarea 4

That portion of the Convention Area lying north of the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude, to the west of subarea 3, and to the  east  of  a  line
described as follows:

beginning at the terminus of the international boundary between the United States of America and Canada in Grand Manan Channel,  at  a  point  at
44°46′35,346″ north latitude; 66°54′11,253″ west longitude; thence due south to the parallel of 43°50′ north latitude; thence  due  west  to  the
meridian of 67°24′27,24″ west longitude; thence along a geodetic line in a south-westerly direction to a point at 42°53′14″  north  latitude  and
67°44′35″ west longitude; thence along a geodetic line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 42°31′08″ north latitude  and  67°28′05″  west
longitude; thence along a geodetic line to a point at 42°20′ north latitude and 67°18′13,15″ west longitude;

thence due east to a point at 66°00′ west longitude; thence along a rhumb line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 42°00′ north  latitude
and 65°40′ west longitude and thence due south to the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude.

Subarea 4 is composed of six divisions

Division 4R

That portion of the subarea lying between the coast of Newfoundland from Cape Bauld to Cape Ray and a line described  as  follows:  beginning  at
Cape Bauld, thence due north to the parallel of 52°15′ north latitude, thence due west to the Labrador coast, thence along the Labrador coast  to
the terminus of the Labrador-Quebec boundary, thence along a rhumb line in a south-westerly direction  to  a  point  at  49°25′  north  latitude,
60°00′ west longitude, thence due south to a point at 47°50′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude,  thence  along  a  rhumb  line  in  a  south-
easterly direction to the point at which the boundary of Subarea 3 intersects the straight line joining Cape North, Nova Scotia  with  Cape  Ray,
Newfoundland, thence to Cape Ray, Newfoundland.

Division 4S

That portion of the subarea lying between the south coast of Quebec from the terminus of the Labrador Quebec boundary to Pte.  des  Monts  and  a
line described as follows: beginning at Pte. des Monts, thence due east to a point at 49°25′ north latitude, 64°40′ west longitude, thence  along
a rhumb line in an east-southeasterly direction to a point at 47°50′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude,  thence  due  north  to  a  point  at
49°25′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in a north-easterly direction to  the  terminus  of  the  Labrador-Quebec
boundary.

Division 4T

That portion of the subarea lying between the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec from Cape North  to  Pte.  des  Monts  and  a  line
described as follows: beginning at Pte. des Monts, thence due east to a point at 49°25′ north latitude, 64°40′ west  longitude,  thence  along  a
rhumb line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 47°50′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb  line  in  a  southerly
direction to Cape North, Nova Scotia.

Division 4V

That portion of the subarea lying between the coast of Nova Scotia between Cape North and Fourchu and a line described as follows:  beginning  at
Fourchu, thence along a rhumb line in an easterly direction to a point at 45°40′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude, thence  due  south  along
the meridian of 60°00′ west longitude to the parallel of 44°10′ north latitude, thence due east to the meridian of 59°00′ west longitude,  thence
due south to the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude, thence due east to a point where the boundary between subareas 3 and 4 meets the parallel  of
39°00′ north latitude, thence along the boundary between subareas 3 and 4 and a line continuing in a  north-westerly  direction  to  a  point  at
47°50′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude, and thence along a rhumb line in a southerly direction to Cape North, Nova Scotia.

Division 4V is divided into two subdivisions:

4Vn — northern subdivision — that portion of division 4V lying north of the parallel of 45°40′ north latitude;

4Vs — southern subdivision — that portion of division 4V lying south of the parallel of 45°40′ north latitude.

Division 4W

That portion of the subarea lying between the coast of Nova Scotia from Halifax to  Fourchu  and  a  line  described  as  follows:  beginning  at
Fourchu, thence along a rhumb line in an easterly direction to a point at 45°40′ north latitude, 60°00′ west longitude, thence  due  south  along
the meridian of 60°00′ west longitude to the parallel of 44°10′ north latitude, thence due east to the meridian of 59°00′ west longitude,  thence
due south to the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude, thence due west to the meridian of 63°20′ west longitude, thence due  north  to  a  point  on
that meridian at 44°20′ north latitude, thence along a rhumb line in a north-westerly direction to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Division 4X

That portion of the subarea lying between the western boundary of subarea 4 and the coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from the terminus  of
the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine to Halifax, and a line described as follows: beginning at Halifax, thence along a rhumb  line  in  a
south-easterly direction to a point at 44°20′ north latitude, 63°20′ west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of 39°00′  north  latitude,
and thence due west to the meridian of 65°40′ west longitude.

Subarea 5

That portion of the Convention Area lying to the west of the western boundary of subarea 4,  to  the  north  of  the  parallel  of  39°00′  north
latitude, and to the east of the meridian of 71°40′ west longitude.

Subarea 5 is composed of two divisions

Division 5Y

That portion of the subarea lying between the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts from the border between Maine  and  New  Brunswick
to 70°00′ west longitude on Cape Cod (at approximately 42° north latitude) and a line described as follows: beginning at a point on Cape  Cod  at
70° west longitude (at approximately 42° north latitude), thence due north to 42°20′  north  latitude,  thence  due  east  to  67°18′13,15″  west
longitude at the boundary of subareas 4 and 5, and thence along that boundary to the boundary of Canada and the United States.

Division 5Z

That portion of the subarea lying to the south and east of division 5Y.

Division 5Z is divided into two subdivisions: an eastern subdivision and a western subdivision defined as follows:

5Ze — eastern subdivision — that portion of division 5Z lying east of the meridian of 70°00′ west longitude;

Subdivision 5Ze is sub-divided into two subunits[13]:

5Zu (United States waters) is that part of subdivision 5Ze to  the  west  of  the  geodetic  lines  connecting  the  points  with  the  following
coordinates:

|Latitude north                                                     |Longitude west                                                     |
|A     |44°11′12″                                                   |67°16′46″                                                          |
|B     |42°53′14″                                                   |67°44′35″                                                          |
|C     |42°31′08″                                                   |67°28′05″                                                          |
|D     |40°27′05″                                                   |65°41′59″.                                                         |

5Zc (Canadian waters) is that part of subdivision 5Ze to the east of the abovementioned geodetic lines;

5Zw — western subdivision — that portion of division 5Z lying west of the meridian of 70°00′ west longitude.

Subarea 6

That part of the Convention Area bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Rhode Island at 71°40′ west longitude, thence  due  south
to 39°00′ north latitude, thence due east to 42°00′ west longitude, thence due south to 35°00′ north latitude, thence due west to  the  coast  of
North America, thence northwards along the coast of North America to the point on Rhode Island at 71°40′ west longitude.

Subarea 6 is composed of eight divisions

Division 6A

That portion of the subarea lying to the north of the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude and to the west of subarea 5.

Division 6B

That portion of the subarea lying to the west of 70°00′ west longitude, to the south of the parallel of 39°00′ north latitude, and to  the  north
and west of a line running westward along the parallel of 37°00′ north latitude to 76°00′ west longitude and thence  due  south  to  Cape  Henry,
Virginia.

Division 6C

That portion of the subarea lying to the west of 70°00′ west longitude and to the south of subdivision 6B.

Division 6D

That portion of the subarea lying to the east of divisions 6B and 6C and to the west of 65°00′ west longitude.

Division 6E

That portion of the subarea lying to the east of division 6D and to the west of 60°00′ west longitude.

Division 6F

That portion of the subarea lying to the east of division 6E and to the west of 55°00′ west longitude.

Division 6G

That portion of the subarea lying to the east of division 6F and to the west of 50°00′ west longitude.

Division 6H

That portion of the subarea lying to the east of division 6G and to the west of 42°00′ west longitude.

                                                                    __________

                                            ê 2018/93

                                                                     ANNEX IV

                                            ê 1636/2001 Art. 1 and Annex III

                                        DEFINITIONS AND CODING TO BE USED IN THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA

(a)   LIST OF FISHING GEAR/FISHING VESSEL CATEGORIES

      (from the International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gears (ISSCFG))

|Category                                                                 |Abbreviation                                    |
|Trawls                                                                   |                                                |
|Bottom trawls                                                            |                                                |
|beam trawls                                                              |TBB                                             |
|otter trawls (side or stern not specified)                               |OTB                                             |
|otter trawls (side)                                                      |OTB1                                            |
|otter trawls (stern)                                                     |OTB2                                            |
|pair trawls (two vessels)                                                |PTB                                             |
|shrimp trawls                                                            |TBS                                             |
|nephrops trawls                                                          |TBN                                             |
|bottom trawls (not specified)                                            |TB                                              |
|Midwater trawls                                                          |                                                |
|otter trawls (side or stern not specified)                               |OTM                                             |
|otter trawls (side)                                                      |OTM1                                            |
|otter trawls (stern)                                                     |OTM2                                            |
|pair trawls (two vessels)                                                |PTM                                             |
|shrimp trawls                                                            |TMS                                             |
|midwater trawls (not specified)                                          |TM                                              |
|Twin trawl                                                               |OTS                                             |
|Otter twin trawls                                                        |OTT                                             |
|Pair trawls (two vessels) (not specified)                                |PT                                              |
|Otter trawls (not specified)                                             |OT                                              |
|Other trawls (not specified)                                             |TX                                              |
|Seine nets                                                               |                                                |
|Beach seines                                                             |SB                                              |
|Boat or vessel seines                                                    |SV                                              |
|Danish seines                                                            |SDN                                             |
|Scottish seines                                                          |SSC                                             |
|pair seines (two vessels)                                                |SPR                                             |
|Seine nets (not specified)                                               |SX                                              |
|Surrounding nets                                                         |                                                |
|With purse lines (purse seine)                                           |PS                                              |
|operated by one vessel                                                   |PS1                                             |
|operated by two vessels                                                  |PS2                                             |
|Without purse lines (lampara)                                            |LA                                              |
|Gillnets and entangling nets                                             |                                                |
|Set gillnets (anchored)                                                  |GNS                                             |
|Drift gillnets                                                           |GND                                             |
|Encircling gillnets                                                      |GNC                                             |
|Fixed gillnets (on stakes)                                               |GNF                                             |
|Trammel nets                                                             |GTR                                             |
|Combined gillnet-trammel nets                                            |GTN                                             |
|Gillnets and entangling nets (not specified)                             |GEN                                             |
|Gillnets (not specified)                                                 |GN                                              |
|Hooks and lines                                                          |                                                |
|Set longlines                                                            |LLS                                             |
|Drift longlines                                                          |LLD                                             |
|Longlines (not specified)                                                |LL                                              |
|Handlines and polelines (hand-operated)                                  |LHP                                             |
|Handlines and polelines (mechanised)                                     |LTM                                             |
|Trolling lines                                                           |LTL                                             |
|Hooks and lines (not specified)                                          |LX                                              |
|Traps                                                                    |                                                |
|Stationary uncovered poundnets                                           |FPN                                             |
|Covered pots                                                             |FPO                                             |
|Fyke nets                                                                |FYK                                             |
|Barriers, fences, weirs, etc.                                            |FWR                                             |
|Stownets                                                                 |FSN                                             |
|Aerial nets                                                              |FAR                                             |
|Traps (not specified)                                                    |FIX                                             |
|Falling gear                                                             |                                                |
|Cast nets                                                                |FCN                                             |
|Falling gear (unspecified)                                               |FG                                              |
|Dredges                                                                  |                                                |
|Boat dredge                                                              |DRB                                             |
|Hand dredge                                                              |DRH                                             |
|Grappling and wounding                                                   |                                                |
|Harpoon                                                                  |HAR                                             |
|Lift nets                                                                |                                                |
|Portable lift nets                                                       |LNP                                             |
|Boat operated lift nets                                                  |LNB                                             |
|Shore operated stationary lift nets                                      |LNS                                             |
|Lift nets (not specified)                                                |LN                                              |
|Harvesting machines                                                      |                                                |
|Pumps                                                                    |HMP                                             |
|Mechanised dredges                                                       |HMD                                             |
|Harvesting machines (not specified)                                      |HMX                                             |
|Miscellaneous gears                                                      |MIS                                             |
|Gear not known                                                           |NK                                              |

(b)   DEFINITIONS OF FISHING EFFORT MEASURES FOR GEAR CATEGORIES

      Three levels of precisions of fishing effort should be provided, where possible.

      Category A

|Fishing gear                 |Effort measure               |Definitions                                                   |
|Surrounding nets (purse      |Number of sets               |Number of times the gear has been set or shot, whether or not |
|seines)                      |                             |a catch was made. This measure is appropriate when shoal size |
|                             |                             |and packing is related to stock abundance or sets are made in |
|                             |                             |a random manner                                               |
|Beach seines                 |Number of sets               |Number of times the gear has been set or shot, whether or not |
|                             |                             |a catch was made                                              |
|Boat seines                  |Number of hours fished       |Number of times the gear was set or shot times the estimated  |
|                             |                             |mean set or shot duration                                     |
|Trawls                       |Number of hours              |Number of hours during which the trawl was in the water       |
|                             |                             |(midwater trawl) or on the bottom (bottom trawl), and fishing |
|Boat dredges                 |Number of hours fished       |Number of hours during which the dredge was on the bottom and |
|                             |                             |fishing                                                       |
|Gillnets (set or drift)      |Number of effort units       |Length of nets expressed in 100-metre units multiplied by the |
|                             |                             |number of sets made (= accumulated total length in metres of  |
|                             |                             |net used in a given time divided by 100)                      |
|Gillnets (fixed)             |Number of effort units       |Length of net expressed in 100-metre units multiplied by the  |
|                             |                             |number of times the net was cleared                           |
|Traps (uncovered pound nets) |Number of effort units       |Number of days fished times the number of units hauled        |
|Covered pots and fyke nets   |Number of effort units       |Number of lifts times the number of units (= total number of  |
|                             |                             |units fished in a given time period)                          |
|Longlines (set or drift)     |Thousands of hooks           |Number of hooks fished in a given time period divided by 1 000|
|Handlines (pole, troll, jig, |Number of line days          |Total number of lines used in a given time period             |
|etc.)                        |                             |                                                              |
|Harpoons                     |                             |(Report effort levels B and C only)                           |

      Category B

      Numbers of days fished: the number of days on which fishing took place. For those fisheries in which searching is  a  substantial  part  of
       the fishing operation, days in which searching but no fishing took place should be included in ‘days fished’ data.

      Category C

      For number of days on ground in addition to days fished and searching also all other days while the vessel was  on  the  ground  should  be
       included.

      Per cent of estimated effort (prorated effort)

      Since corresponding effort measures may not be available for the total catch, the percentage of the effort that has been  estimated  should
       be indicated. This is calculated from:

      (((Total catch) − (Catch for which effort has been recorded)) × 100)/(Total catch)

(c)   VESSEL SIZE CATEGORIES

      (from the International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Vessels (ISSCFV))

      Tonnage classes

|Gross tonnage category                                    |Code                                                           |
|0-49,9                                                    |02                                                             |
|50-149,9                                                  |03                                                             |
|150-499,9                                                 |04                                                             |
|500-999,9                                                 |05                                                             |
|1 000-1 999,9                                             |06                                                             |
|2 000-99 999,9                                            |07                                                             |
|Not known                                                 |00                                                             |

(d)   MAIN SPECIES SOUGHT

      This is the species to which the fishing was principally directed. However, it may  not  correspond  with  the  species  which  formed  the
       greater part of the catch. The species should be indicated using the 3-alpha identifier (see Annex I).

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                                            ê 2018/93 (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX V

FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF DATA

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       .

                                            ê 1636/2001 Art. 2 and Annex IV (adapted)

A.    CODING FORMAT

For submissions pursuant to Article 2(1)(a)

The data should be submitted as variable length records with a colon (:) between the fields of the record. The following fields should be
included in each record:

|Field                                                               |Remarks                                                             |
|Country                                                             |ISO 2-alpha code (e.g. FR = France)                                 |
|Year                                                                |e.g. 2001 or 01                                                     |
|FAO major fishing area                                              |21 = North-West Atlantic                                            |
|Division                                                            |e.g. 3 Pn = NAFO subdivision 3 Pn                                   |
|Species                                                             |3-alpha identifier                                                  |
|Catch                                                               |Tonnes                                                              |

For submissions pursuant to Article 2(1)(b)

The data should be submitted as variable length records with a colon (:) between the fields of the record. The following fields should be
included in each record:

|Field                                                               |Remarks                                                             |
|Country                                                             |ISO 2-alpha code (e.g. FR = France)                                 |
|Year                                                                |e.g. 0001 or 2001 for the year 2001                                 |
|Month                                                               |e.g. 01 = January                                                   |
|FAO major fishing area                                              |21 = North-West Atlantic                                            |
|Division                                                            |e.g. 3 Pn = NAFO subdivision 3 Pn                                   |
|Main species sought                                                 |3-alpha identifier                                                  |
|Vessel/gear category                                                |ISSCFG code (e.g. 0TB2 = bottom otter trawl)                        |
|Vessel size class                                                   |ISSCFV code (e.g. 04 = 150-499,9 GT):                               |
|Average gross tonnage                                               |Tonnes                                                              |
|Average engine power                                                |Kilowatts                                                           |
|Percentage effort estimated                                         |Numeric                                                             |
|Unit                                                                |3-alpha identifier of species or effort identifier (e.g. COD =      |
|                                                                    |Atlantic cod or A = effort measure A)                               |
|Data                                                                |Catch (in metric tonnes) or effort unit                             |

(a)   The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings.

(b)   Country codes:

|Belgium                                                 |BE                                                             |
|Bulgaria                                                |BG                                                             |
|Czech Republic                                          |CZ                                                             |
|Denmark                                                 |DK                                                             |
|Germany                                                 |DE                                                             |
|Estonia                                                 |EE                                                             |
|Greece                                                  |EL                                                             |
|Spain                                                   |ES                                                             |
|France                                                  |FR                                                             |
|Ireland                                                 |IE                                                             |
|Iceland                                                 |IS                                                             |
|Italy                                                   |IT                                                             |
|Cyprus                                                  |CY                                                             |
|Latvia                                                  |LV                                                             |
|Lithuania                                               |LT                                                             |
|Luxembourg                                              |LU                                                             |
|Hungary                                                 |HU                                                             |
|Malta                                                   |MT                                                             |
|Netherlands                                             |NL                                                             |
|Norway                                                  |NO                                                             |
|Austria                                                 |AT                                                             |
|Poland                                                  |PL                                                             |
|Portugal                                                |PT                                                             |
|Romania                                                 |RO                                                             |
|Slovenia                                                |SI                                                             |
|Slovakia                                                |SK                                                             |
|Finland                                                 |FI                                                             |
|Sweden                                                  |SE                                                             |
|Turkey                                                  |TR                                                             |
|United Kingdom                                          |UK                                                             |

B.    METHOD OF TRANSMISSION OF THE DATA TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

As far as is possible, the data should be transmitted in an electronic format (for example as an e-mail attachment).

Failing this, the submission of a file on a 3,5¢ HD floppy disk will be accepted.

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                                            é

                                                                     ANNEX VI

                                                                      Part A

                                                Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

|Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93                                  |                                                            |
|(OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1)                                          |                                                            |
|Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2001                                |                                                          |
|(OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 1)                                            |                                                          |
|Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the     |only Article 3 and Annex III, pt. 44                      |
|Council                                                                |                                                          |
|(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)                                           |                                                          |

                                                                      Part B

                                                    Non-repealed successive amendmenting Acts

1994 Act of Accession

2003 Act of Accession

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                                                                    ANNEX VII

                                                                Correlation Table

|Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93                                          |This Regulation                                                      |
|Article 1                                                            |Article 1                                                            |
|Article 2                                                            |Article 2                                                            |
|Article 3                                                            |Article 3                                                            |
|Article 4                                                            |Article 4                                                            |
|Article 5                                                            |Article 5                                                            |
|Article 6                                                            |Article 6                                                            |
|Article 7(1)                                                         |Article 7(1)                                                         |
|Article 7(2)                                                         |Article 7(2)                                                         |
|Article 7(3)                                                         |___                                                                  |
|Article 7(4)                                                         |Article 7(3)                                                         |
|Article 8                                                            |_____                                                                |
|_______                                                              |Article 8                                                            |
|Article 9                                                            |Article 9                                                            |
|Annex I                                                              |Annex I                                                              |
|Annex II                                                             |Annex II                                                             |
|Annex III                                                            |Annex III                                                            |
|Annex IV                                                             |Annex IV                                                             |
|Annex V                                                              |Annex V                                                              |
|_______                                                              |Annex VI                                                             |
|_______                                                              |Annex VII                                                            |

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[1]   COM(87) 868 PV.
[2]   See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.
[3]   Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the  Council  –  Codification  of  the  Acquis
      communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final.
[4]   See Annex VI to this proposal.
[5]   OJ C […], […], p. […].
[6]   OJ C […], […], p. […].
[7]   OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council  (OJ  L
      284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
[8]   See Annex VI.
[9]   OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 653/80 (OJ L 74, 20.3.1980, p. 1).
[10]  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
[11]  OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.
[12]  OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.
[13]  These two subunits are not recorded in the sixth publication of the NAFO Convention (May 2000). However, following a proposal of  the  NAFO
      Scientific Council, they were approved by the NAFO General Council pursuant to Article XX(2) of the NAFO Convention.