CELEX: 31977R1672
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1672/77 of 25 July 1977 laying down interim measures for the conservation and management of certain herring stocks

26 . 7. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 186/27
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1672/77
                                                       of 25 July 1977
                laying down interim measures for the conservation and management of certain
                                                       herring stocks
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      adopted on the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     subject to their being included at a later date in the
                                                                  common agricultural policy,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 103
 thereof,                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                              Article 1
 350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain
 interim measures for the conservation and manage­               The catch quotas for the direct fishing of herring in
 ment of fishery resources ( !), as last amended by Regu­         the North Sea until 30 September 1977 in sub-area IV
 lation (EEC) No 1417/77 (2), and in particular Article           and Division VII (d) as defined by the International
  1 (2) thereof,                                                  Council for the Exploration of the Sea shall be fixed
                                                                  at zero for all Member States.
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                           Article 2
 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 350/77
 provides inter alia for the adoption, as regards North           Direct fishing for herring in Divisions VII (e) and (f)
 Sea herring, of measures to be applied for the                  of the Celtic Sea as defined by the International
 remainder of 1977 ; whereas in implementing that                 Council for the Exploration of the Sea shall be prohi­
                                                                 bited until 31 December 1977.
 Regulation, on the basis of the available scientific esti­
 mates, direct fishing for herring should be prohibited
 until 30 September 1977, pending a re-examination of                                      Article 3
 the herring stock situation ;
                                                                  Direct fishing for herring shall be prohibited in the
Whereas, in order to render the measure laid down in             Irish Sea, Division VII (a) as defined by the Interna­
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 more effec­              tional Council for the Exploration of the Sea until 31
                                                                 December 1977 within 12 miles from the base line off
 tive, the prohibition of direct fishing for herring in
                                                                 the east coast of Northern Ireland and Ireland
the Celtic Sea should be extended to Divisions VII (e)
                                                                 between 53° 20 ' N and 54° 40' N.
and (f) as defined by the International Council for the
 Exploration of the Sea ;
                                                                                           Article 4
Whereas direct fishing for herring in the zones West
Celtic Sea and West of Ireland should also be tempor­            Direct fishing for herring shall be prohibited until 31
arily forbidden ;                                                August 1977 in the zone West of Ireland, Divisions
                                                                 VII (b) and (c) (excluding Donegal Bay)( 1), as defined
Whereas in view of the risk that the fishing effort will         by the International Council for the Exploration of
be transferred to other zones, conservation measures             the Sea and in the zone West Celtic Sea, Divisions VII
must be taken for other herring stocks ; whereas, there­         (j) and (k).
fore, the fishing of these stocks should be limited by
dividing the permitted catches equitably into quotas                                       Article 5
allocated to the Member States ;
                                                                  1 . Without prejudice to Articles 3 and 4, the catch
Whereas the spawning grounds of the herring stocks               quotas allocated to each Member State on an annual
in the Irish Sea, which are particularly vulnerable,             basis for the direct fishing of herring of certain stocks
must be protected ;                                              or groups of stocks moving in certain sub-areas and
                                                                 divisions defined by the International Council for the
Whereas the measures in question must be taken                   Exploration of the Sea are fixed for 1977 in the
                                                                 Annex .
without delay in view of the risks which the current
over-exploitation of fishery resources holds for                 2. Herring catches of these stocks realized during
Community supplies of certain species ; whereas as an            the period from 1 January 1977 until the entry into
interim step measures complementary to those laid
down in Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 should be                     (') Donegal Bay is defined as that part of Division VII (b),
                                                                     bounded on the north by 54° 30 latitude North, on the
(') OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 .                               west by 10° longitude West and on the south and the east
(2) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6. 1977, p . 20 .                              by the Irish coast.
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force of this Regulation shall be counted against the                               Article 7
quotas fixed under paragraph 1 .                            The Member States shall take, as far as is possible, all
                                                            necessary steps to ensure compliance with the provi­
                       Article 6
                                                            sions of this Regulation within the maritime waters
1.    The Member States shall be authorized to catch        under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, and covered by
herring as by-catches in the course of direct fishing       the Community rules on fisheries.
for other species in the zones referred to in Articles 1    The checks carried out by the Member States shall be
to 5 of this Regulation and in Article 2 of Regulation      reported at regular intervals to the Commission.
(EEC) No 350/77 up to a limit of 10 % by weight of          In each case they shall mention the type and the
catches of sprat and 5 % by weight of catches of            nationality of the vessel, any infringements recorded,
Norwegian pout, of sand eels and other species during       and measures taken as a result.
each voyage.
                                                                                     Article 8
2. By-catches in the North Sea, calculated on an
annual basis, may not, however, exceed 1 5 000 tonnes       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
for Denmark, 1 650 tonnes for the United Kingdom,           following its publication in the Official Journal of
410 tonnes for Germany and 275 tonnes for the other          the European Communities.
Member States.
                                                            It shall apply until the entry into force of the Commu­
3.    By-catches in the zones referred to in Article 5      nity rules for the conservation and management of
shall be counted against the quotas allocated to each       fishery resources or, at the latest, until 31 December
Member State for those zones .                               1977 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 July 1977.
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                          H. SIMONET
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                                                                          ANNEX
                          Quantities of herrings, by stock, which may be caught by Member States
             Except where indicated to the contrary the regions shall be those defined by the International
            Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in so far as these are under the sovereignty or jurisdic­
            tion of the Member States and are covered by Community rules on fishing.
                                                                Stock                                       Catches in thousand tonnes
                    Species
                                            Geographical region                   ICES division                        Quota
            Herring               West Celtic Sea                                 VII (j), (k)       Ireland                                 1 0
                                                                                                     Other Member States                    01
            Herring               West of Ireland                                 VII (b), (c) (')   Germany                                0-8
                                                                                                     France                                 0-4
                                                                                                     Ireland                                4-6
                                                                                                     Netherlands                             8-3
                                                                                                     United Kingdom                         0-8
            Herring               West of Scotland                                VI (a) (2))        Germany                                 3-7
                                                                                                      Denmark                                0-2
                                                                                                     France                                  1-2
                                                                                                     Ireland                                 6-4
                                                                                                      Netherlands                            30
                                                                                                     United Kingdom                        39 0
            (') Except Donegal Bay (*).
            (J) Including Donegal Bay (').
                (*) Donegal Bay is defined as that part of Division VII (b), bounded on the north by 54" 30' latitude North , on the west by 10°
                    longitude West and on the south and the east by the Irish coast.