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Date: 1979-07-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) allocating among Member States certain catch quotas for vessels fishing in the Regulatory area defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(79)372 final.
                                                     Brussels . 12 July 1979
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
allocating among Member States certain catch quotas for vessels fishing
in the Regulatory area defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral
             Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1.         011 1 January 1979 the Convention on Riture toiltilateral Cooperation
 in the Northwest Atlantic , commonly referred to as the "NAFO" Convention,
 entered into force . The Community was one of the original signatories of this
Convention .
2.          Article XXIII of the said Convention provides that upon its entry
 into force each proposal that has been transmitted or is effective under the
 International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries of I949 ("the
 ICNAF Convention") shall become a measure binding upon each Contracting
Party to the NAPO Convention with respect to the Regulatory Area defined in
the Convention, immediately if the proposal has become effective under the ICNAF,
or at such time as it becomes effective thereunder#     One such proposed is the
establishment of 1979 catch quotas for certain stocks which occur either wholly
or in part outside national areas of fisheries jurisdiction.
  3.   In addition to these quota proposals inherited from ICNAF the NAFO
  Fisheries Commission has adopted proposals for regulation     of the fisheries
  in the Regulatory area for certain species . This proposal will become
  binding upon the Community as of 1 July in the absence of an objection .
4.          As a Contracting Party to the NAPO Convention, the Community must
therefore take steps to ensure that these measures are complied with , and
that Community fishing vessels are aware of them .    In order to facilitate
administration of the EEC quota for each species , the Commission proposes that the
Community quota be allocated between Member States , which may proceed to a further
breakdown of their quotas between individual vessels . The proposed regulation also
requires Community vessels fishing these quotas to report their catches directly to
the Commission .
5.          In view of the entry into force of the Convention on 1 January 1979i
and the fact that fishing for the quotas concerned has already begun, the
Council should adopt the proposed Regulation as soon as possible in order to
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avoid any risk of overfishing.
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 allocating among Member States certain catch quotas for vessels fishing in the
 Regulatory area defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation
                    in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
 in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries , hereinafter referred to as the NAFO Convention , has been
aporoved by the European Economic Community in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
3179/ 78
Whereas the NAFO Convention entered into force on 1 January 1979 ;
Whereas , under Article XXIII of the said NAFO Convention , upon its entry into
force each proposal that has been transmitted or is effective under the International.
Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries , 1949, hereinafter referred to ss
the ICNAF Convention , shall become a measure binding on each Contracting Party
with respect to the Regulatory Area defined in the Convention immediately ,, if the
proposal has become effective under the ICNAF Convention , or at such time as it
becomes effective thereunder ;
Whereas a proposal establishing limitations for catches of certain species in the
Regulatory Area for 1979 became effective under the ICNAF Convention or. 15 January
1979 , ana has therefore become a binding measure under the NAFO Convent "! or.;
Whereas the Fisheries Commission of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
adopted on 9 March 1979 a proposal for the regulation of fisheries for squid ar.d
capelin in the Regulatory area defined in the NAFO Convention , which in the absen-e
of an objection by the Community , became a measure binding upon the Community on
28 May 1979 ;
Whereas it is the responsibility of the Community to take appropriate steps to
ensure compliance by Community vessels with the said measure ;
Whereas to facilitate the administration of the Community catch quota this quota
should be allocated between Member States ;
Whereas this allocation should ensure an equitable distribution of fishing possibil­
ities between Member States ;
Whereas information about catches by Community vessels should be made available to
the Commission in order to ensure that these quotas are respected ;
Whereas the Commission , acting on behalf of the Community , should be responsible
for notifying Member States and Community fishing vessels that fishing shall cease
from the date on which the said quotas are expected to be exhausted ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    S
  OJ No L 378 of 30.12.78
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                                  Article 1
 1,     During the period 1 January - 31 December 1979 catches by vessels flying
the flag of a Member State of the Community in the Regulatory Area as defined
 in Annex III of the Convention cn Suture Multilateral Cooperation in the
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries of the species mentioned in Annex I of this
Regulation ah&ll be limited within the parts of the Regulatory Area referred
to in "Jhe 3aid Annex xo the quotas set oat therein.
2.     Ey-catches of the speaios referred to in Annex I taken in those areas
 in which no allocation for a directed fishery is provided by this Regulation
shall not exceed 2 . 500 kg for eacri species per vessel or 10 per cent by weight for
each species of all fish on board the vessel , whichever is the greater .
                                  Article 2
1.     Vessels fishing in the area referred to in Article 1 shall have on
beard a document of registration of the vessel in a form prescribed fcy
naticnal legislation , which shall be made available to any authorised
inspector conducting an inspection made under the provisions of the Sch&ae
of Joint International Enforcement .
2.     Vessels fi ailing in the area referred to in Article 1 shall keep a
logbook in which the information specified in Annex II is to be enterad .
3.     The captains of vessels fishing in the area referred to in Article 1
shall supply the information specified in Annex III to the Commission ;n
 ecccrdance with the rules set out in that Annex .
                                  Article 3
1 . Each Member State shall register all vessels over 50 gross registered
tons flying its flag engaged in fishing or in the treatment of sea fish in
 tne area referred to in Article 1 .
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Z.     Member States shall transmit an extract of the registration referred to
ia psxa&raph 2 to the Commission within 30 days of the entry into forc-o of
this Regulation. This extract shall include :
        ( a) name of the vessel ;
        ('>) official number of the vessel registered by the
              appropriate national authorities ?
        ( c ) hone port of the vessel ;
        ( d) owner or charterer of the vessel ;
        ( e) certification that the master has "been provided with the
              regulations in force in the Regulatory Area;
        ( x ) principal target species of the vessel while fishing within
              the Regulatory Area;
       ( k ) sabareas where the vessel will be expected to fish .
3«     Member States shall transmit to the Commission by the twentieth day of
each month information concerning the landings made by vessels flying their
flag fishing in the area referred to in Article 1 during the previous month ,
and a copy of the relevant extracts from the logbook of each vessel which has
fished in the area referred to ii Article 1 .
                                    Article 4
       The Commission , on the basis of the reports which it receives in
accordance with Article 2 , shall calculate the date at which each of the
quotas set out in Annex I may be expected to be fully utilized , and shall
notify Member States and Community fishing vessels operating in the Regu­
latory Area that fishing for the species in question shall cease from the
same date .
                                   Article 5
       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
 publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
       It shall apply until 31 December 1979 *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States *
J ore at ,                                                    For the C->ur.cil ,
                                                              The Président ,
 ---pagebreak---                                   ANNEX     I
Catch quotas for the period 1 January to 31 December 1979
Species                 NAFO  Division                         &iotas    (tonnes)
COD                          3M                             Prance              4.000
                                                            Fed . Rep. of Ger . 3.200
                                                            United Kingdom       1.800
                             3N0                            EEC                  *ϊ
                                                                                         (£ )
REDFISH                      3M                             EEC                  2.000
                                                                                          D
AMERICAN PLAICE              3LN0                           France                   700
                                                                                         (2 )
YELLOWTAIL                   3LN0                           France                   4C0
                                                                                          2)
SGJID                                                       Prance              2.900
                                                            Fed . Rep. of Ger . 2.000
                                                            Ireland                 SCO
                                                            Italy               1 . 300
( l ) This quota has not "been allocated exclusively to Community vessels , but
      to all Contracting Parties to NAF0 and ICNAF having no specific allocation
      including the Community. Fishing by Community vessels shall thus be sus­
      pended once the Community has been informed that the total quota has been
      exhausted .
( 2 ) Less any quantity taken by Community vessels in the parts of NAF0
       subarea      falling within areas of national fisheries jurisdiction.
 ---pagebreak---                           ANNEX II
The following details are to be entered in the log-book .
1.  The quantity ( in kg ) of each species of fish in the hold when
    the vessel enters and leaves the Regulatory Area ;
2.  The quantity ( in kg ) of each species transferred to other vessels
    since the vessel entered the Regulatory Area and the identification
    of the vessel to which the transfer was made ;
3.  After each haul
    a ) the quantity ( in kg ) of each species caught ;
    b ) the date and the time of the haul ;
    c ) the geographical position in which the catches were made .
 ---pagebreak---                                       ANNEX III
The information to be transmitted to the Commission and the timetable for
its transmission are as follows :
1.1 . On each occasion the vessel enters the Regulatory Area, as defined in
      Annex III of the Convention on PUture Multilateral Cooperation in the
      Northwest Atlantic Fisheries :
      fa) the information specified under point 1.4 below;
      ( b ) the quantity ( in kg) of each species of fish in the hold ;
      ( c ) the date on which fishing is intended to commence .
1.2 . On each occasion the vessel leaves the Regulatory Area :
      ( a) the information specified under 1.4 below;
      (b) the quantity ( in kg) of each species of fish in the hold;
      ( c ) the quantity ( in kg) of each species caught since the previous
            transmission ;
      ( d) NAFO subarea in which the catches were made ;
      ( e ) the quantity ( in kg) of each species transferred to other vessels
            since the vessel entered the Regulatory Area and the identification
            of the vessel to which the transfer was made .
1.3 . At weekly intervals , commencing on the seventh day after the vessel
      first enters the Regulatory Area :
      (a) the information specified under point 1.4 below;
      (b ) the quantity ( in kg) of each species caught since the previous
            transmission ;
      ( c ) IVIAFO subarea in which the catches were made .
1.4* (a) the name , call sign, identification numbers and letters of the
            vessels and the name of its master ;
      (b )  the licence number of the vessel ;
      (c )  the sériai number of the message ;
      (d)   identification of the type of message ;
      (e)   the date , the time and the geographical position of the vessel .
 ---pagebreak--- 2.1 . The information specified under paht 1 shall be transmitted to the
      Commission of the European Communities in Erussels ( telex address 24189
       FISEUB)via one of the radio stations listed under point 3 below and in
      the form specified under point 4 *
2.2 . If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the messags to be
      transmitted by the vessel , it may be transmitted on the vessel 's behalf
      by another vessel#
Name of the radio station                          Call sign of radio station
 Norddeich                                                 BAP DAit
                                                           MH DAL
                                                           BAI DÂK
                                                           DAJ DAN
 Schovemngen                                               PCH
 Oostende                                                  OST
 Cban                                                      GJSE
 Fort-patrick                                              GPK
 Anglesey                                                  GL7
 Ilfr&conibe                                               GIL
 Kit on                                                    Gin
 Stonehaven                                                GIID
 Port shead                                                GKA
                                                           GKB
                                                           GKC
 Land 's End                                               GLD
 Valentia                                                  EJK
 Mai in Head                                               EJM
 Boulogne                                                  S!P3
 Brest                                                     F?U
 Saint-Nazaire                                             ETO
 Bordeaux-Arcachon                                         FFG
 Form of communications *
 Transmission of the information specified under point 1 shall take the form
 of messages and the information elements shall be given in the following order
 - name of vessel :
 - call sign;
 - external identification letters and numbers ;
 - serial number of the message for the voyage in question;
 - indication of the type of message according to the following code :
    • message - when entering the Regulatory Area : 'IN *,
    • message - when leaving the Regulatory Area : 'OUT' ,
    • weekly message : 'WKL 1 ;
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   - the geographical position;
   - the NAFO subarea in which fishing is expected to commence ;
   - the date on which fishing is expected to commence ;
   - the quantity ( in kg) of each species of fish in the hold using the code
     mentioned in point 5 below ;
   - the NAFO subarea in which the catches were made ;
   - the quantity ( in kg) of each species transferred to other vessels since
     the previous transmission ;
   - the name and call sign of the vessel to which the transfer was made ;
   - the quantity ( in kg) of each species landed in a port of the Community
     since the previous transmission;
   - name of the master .
5. The code to be used to indicate the quantities of fish on board as mentioned
   in point 4 above :
   ~ C : Greenland Halibut ( Rheinhardt ius hippoglossoides );
   ~ D : Cod ( Gadus morhua );
   - F : Halibut ( Hippog lossus hippog lossus );
   - I : Round-nose grenadier ( Coryphaenoides rupestris );
   - R : Other ;
   - U : Redfish ( Sebaste sp .);
   - V : American Plaice ;
   ~ W : Squid ( Illex );
   - X : Yellowtail ;
   - Y : Blue whiting ( Gadus poutassou ).