CELEX: 51980PC0536
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Date: 1980-09-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) No 1717/80 LAYING DOWN FOR 1980 CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF NORWAY (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1717 / 80 LAYING DOWN
              FOR 1980 CERTAIN MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION
              AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES APPLICABLE
                   TO VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF . NORWAY
               (presented by the Commission to the Council )
  C0M(80 ) 536 final
 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
           Following the extension of the Danish fishing zone off the east
 coast of Greenland to the North of 67° N on 1 June 1980 , consultations took
place on 16 July 1980 between the Community and Norway at the request of
the Norwegian authorities under the fisheries agreement between the
Community and Norway concluded on 27 June 1980 .
          During these consultations the Community Delegation undertook to
recommend to its authorities that Norwegian fishermen should be authorized
to fish for capelin in the waters referred to above during the remainder
of the current year .
          At the same time the two delegations held consultations on the /
subject of TACs for certain common stocks of fish in the light of new
scientific reports frorr! ICES These talks concluded with the delegations under-
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taking to recommend their authorities to increase the TACs and the reciprocal
quotas for stocks of haddock and whiting in the North Sea .
    '     Following new reports from ICES on herring stocks in the Skagerrak
and the Kattegat , consultations took place on 17 July 1980 between the
Community , Norway and Swederv . These consultations resulted in an agreement
between the delegations to recommend their authorities to increase TACs
of this stock and the quotas for each of the parties .      -
          The purpose of the Regulation now being proposed is to authorize
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fishing for capelin by Norwegian vessels in the Community fishing zone
and to modify the quotas for herring , hadddck and whiting allocated to
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Norwegian vessels' as agreed during the consultations .
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                                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                           amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1717/SO laying down for 19S0 certain measures
                           for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels
                                                          flying the flag of Norway
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas , in the light of new scientific views on the
              COMMUNITIES.                                                total allowable catches CTACs ) for certain fish
                                                                          stocks common to the Community and Norway or to the
                                                                          Community , Norway and Sweden , consultations tooK
              Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
              Economic Community, and in particular Article 43            place between the parties concerned ; whereas ,
              thereof.                                                    during those consultations , the delegations
                                                                          agreed to recommend to their authorities that
              Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          the TACs for these stocks and the reciprocal
                                                                          quotas be increased ;
     Having regard to the opinion of the Euro­
     pean Parliament ( 1 ),                                               Whereas the ccnslusions ff these consultations
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                                                                          should be implemented by adjusting the quctas
          Whereas, following the decision of the Danish Govern­         . allocated to Norwegian vessels fcr herring
          ment to extend the fishing zone off ( he east coast of          stocks in the Skagerrak anc for haddock and
          Greenland to the north of 67° N , fishing activities in '       whiting in the North Sea by Regulation No
          those waters shall be subject to the relevant Commu­            ( EEC ) No 1717/ 80 ,
          nity rules ;
          Whereas, at the request of the Norwegian authorities,
          consultation * were held between the Community and                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       '  Norway within the framework of the Agreement on
           fisheries concluded between the two parties on
           27 June 1S20, with a view to determining the condi­
                                                                                                               Artide /
          tions under which certain Norwegian fishing activities
          could be carried out in those waters .      ..        ;
                                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1717/80 is hereby amended as
                                                                                  follows :
          Whereas the continuance of fishing activities by
           Norwegnn vessels in those waters should be autho­
          rized during I VSO ; whereas, therefore. Council Regula­
                                                                                  1 . Article 2 ( 1) shall be replaced by the following :
          tion ( EEC) No 1717/ 80 of 27 June iVHO laying down
           for 1980 certain measures for the conservation and                          '3. Vessels referred (o in par.igr.iph I , except
                                                                                        those fishing for capelin .ind (hose tithing in IC-IiS
           management of fishery resources applicable to vessels                       division 111 a ), shail transmit to the Commission
           flying the flag of Norway ^ should be amended so as                          the intorniution specified in Annex IV. This infor­
          to include a quota for capelin ;                                             mation shall be transmitted in accordance with the
                                                                                       rules laid down that year.'
                                                                                  Z Article 3 (1 ) and (2) shall be replaced by the
                                                                                       following :
                                                                                      " l ."     Fishing within ICES sub-area XIV and ICES
                                                                                       division V a) and NAFO sub-area 1 , under [ he
                                                                                      quotas established in Article 1 . shall be subject to
                                                                                       the holding on board of a licence issued by the
                                                                                      Commission on behalf of the Community and to
                                                                                      the observance of the conditions set out in the
                                                                                      licence.
(1 )
( 2 ) O.J.'No L 168 . 1 . 7.1980 , p. 9
                                                                                      However, as regards capelin fishing, the abovemen-
                                                                                      tioned rules shall apply only as from 1 October
                                                                                       1980.
                                                                                      2.       Licences for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall
                                                                                      be issued subject io the condition that the number
                                                                                      of licences shall not exceed :
                                                                                      – 13 for fishing Greenland halibut and redfish,
                                                                                    ■ <– 26 for fishing northern deep-water prawrv
                                                                                             (Pnnfalus boreaiis) within ICES sub-area XIV
                                                                                             and in NAFO sub-area 1 ,
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– 168 for capelin fishing north of 67# N in ICES
   sub-area XIV and ICES division Vtl
However, the number of vessels fishing simul-                        3. Annex I shall be replaced by the Annex to this
taneously for northern deep-water prawn may not                           Regulation.
exceed :                   • .                                                          • *■              J.'
– 14 as an average calculated per month for the ;                  ,
    whole year, the maximum beiog 19 vessels per
    month, in NAFO sub-area 1 ,                              j       ' - • •• *       _. . ..
–- nine as an average calculated per. month for the
    whole year, the maximum being 15 vessels per; .                          j                                - .....
   'month, in ICES sub-area XIV.' .                   ' . • : r'; •     *                    ■ ■ Article I 2    ;
                                                               $'/    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of.
                                                                      the European Communities.
                                                               r      It shall , apply from 1 January until 31 December
                                                                      1980.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States. ,
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                                               Fishing quotas
                                                 Are» within which fishing                Quantiry
              Species                                    is authorized                     (tonnes)
  Herring
                          *5
                                       Skagerrak ( ' )                                   4 . 2 5 φ)
 Mackerel                              ICES IV and Skagerrak ( ' )                        39 800
                                    ■ ICES VI a)(>) + VII d), e), f), h)                  22 000
 Horse-mackerel                        ICES IV, Vî a) (J) + Vii d), e), f). h)              S 000
 Sprat                                 ICES IV                                            71 000
                                      Skagerrak                                           1 1 000 (¡ )
 Cod                                   ICES IV                                            10 000
                                      Skagerrak ( ' )                                       2 000 (J )
 Haddock                               ICES IV      '                                    ó.cno -
                                      Skagerrak ( ' )                                         300 ( ')
Saithe                                 ICES IV and Skagerrak ^)                          20 000
Whiting                               ICES IV                                            7.000
                                      Skagerrak ( ' )                                         4Û0 (*)
Plaice                                ICES IV                                                 500
                                      Skagerrak ( ' )                                         200 (')
Sandee !, Norway pout/
blue whiting .                      . ICES IV                                            50 000 (■>)
Blue whiting                          ICES II, Vía) (J ), VIb), VII (>), XIV            125 000
 Ling, blue ling and tusk '           ICES IV, VI , VII                                  20 000
 Dogfish                              ¡CES IV, VI, VII                                     8 0GÖ (')
Basking shark O                       ICES IV, VI, VII                                        800 (*)
Porbeagle                             ÍCES IV, VI, Vii               '·                    1 COO
Northern deep-water
prawn                                 NAFO I (»)                          - · '            2 500
(Pandalus borcaüs)                    ICES XIV                                             2 500 (») .
Greenland       halibut   and
redfish                          -    NAFO 1 , ICES XIV                                    I 800
Halibut                               NAFO 1 , ICES XIV                                       200
Capelin                            • ICES XIV ( · »), Va) ( ' »)                         20 000
Other species                         ICES IV                                              5 000
( ' ) Limited in the west by a line drawn from the lighthouse of Hanstholm to the lighthouse of
      Lindcsnes and in the south by a line drawn from Skagen lighthouse to the lighthouse of Tistlarna
      and from there to the nearest coast of Sweden .
(J) To be reduced by the quantities taken outside the EEC fishing zone.
(J) North of 56° 30' N.                                        -
(4) Of which sanded alone no more than 50 000 tonnes of Norway pout and blue whiting together
      no more than 40 000 tonnes .     .
(5 ) West of 12° W.
(4) This quota does not include catches taken in the areas defined in Annex II. , '
( ;) Basking shark liver.
(') South of 68° N.
(*) Experimental fishery only.
( l0) North of 67® N.                      '