CELEX: 51988PC0252
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Date: 1988-05-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1866/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(88 ) 252 final
                                                     Brussels , 4 May 1988
                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending for the second time Regulation ( EEC ) No 1866 / 86 laying down
  certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
        in the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and the Sound
                      ( presented by the Commission )
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                                   EXPLANA.TORY MEM)RANMJM
The objective of this proposal is to implement certain of the recommendations
adopted by tne International Baltic Sea Fishery Conmission at its 12th Session held
in Warsaw Iran 15-20 September 1986 and at its 13th Session neld in Warsaw from
21 - 26 September 1987 by modifying Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1866/86 of 12 June
1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery
resources m the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and the Sound ( 1 ).
In accordance with Article XI of the Convention on fishing and conservation of the
living resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts ( 2 ), it is obligatory for tne
Community to implement the recommendations to which no objection has been made .
The main recommendations concern :
      changes in the periods during which it is prohibited to fish with drifting and
      anchored gill nets and lines for salmon and trout ;
      step-wise increases in the minimum landing size for cod and tne minimum mesh
      size when fishing for cod .
Furtnermore , it is proposed to modify Article 12 . The present formulation of this
Article could be interpreted as prohibiting to hold m possession , to display or to
offer for sale fish , crustaceans or molluscs caught for tne purposes of artificial
restocking or transplantation if the other provisions of this Regulation are not
respected . The respect of the other provisions should be limited to the sale for
numan consumption .
( 1 ) O.J. N° L 162, 18.6.1986 , p. 1
( 2 ) O.J. N° L 237 , 26.8.83 , p. 5
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 ---pagebreak---                                        Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                  amending for the second time Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1866 /86
    laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
                  m the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and the Sound
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing
a Community system for the conservation and managanent of fishery resources ( 1 ),
and in particular Article 11 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal frcm the Commission ,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 170 /83 states that the conserve cion
measures necessary to achieve the aims set out m Article 1 thereof must be
formulated in the light of the available scientific advice ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1866 / 86 ( 2 ) , as amended by Regu lati on ( EEC ) No 2244 / 87
( 3 ), lays down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources
found m the waters of the Baltic Sea , the Belts and the Sound ;
Whereas , by its letters of 8 December 1986 and 21 December 1987 , the International
Baltic Sea Fishery Commission , established by the Baltic Sea Convention , notified
the contracting parties of certain recorrmendations to modify those technical
measures as adopted at the twelfth and thirteenth sessions of the Commission ;
Whereas the aforesaid Convention provides that the Oonmunity must bring these
recommendations into force in the waters of the Baltic Sea and the Belts subject to
the objection procedure laid down in Article XI of the Convention ;
Whereas it is necessary to clarify the provisions concerning the non-application of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1866 / 86 to fishing operations carried out during the
course of artificial restocking or transplantation of fish , crustaceans or molluscs
by providing that the other provisions of this Regulation only apply to fish ,
crustaceans and molluscs caught for that purpose and sold for human consumption ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                          Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1866 /86 is hereby amended as follows :
1.     The entries in thè table in Artide 2(1 ) for salmon ( Salno salar ) and sea trout
       ( Salmo trutta ) are deleced .
2.     The footnote to Article 2(1 ) is deleted .
( 1 ) 0J N° L 24 , 27.1.1983 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ ir L 162, 18.6.1986 , p. 1
( 3 ) OJ N° L 207 , 29.7.1987 , p. 15
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3. Article 7(2 ) is replaced by the following :
   " 2.     By way of derogation frcni Article 5(1 ) it shall be permitted to attach r.o
      the outside of the codend and the lengthening piece a strengthening bag . A
      strengthening bag is a cylindrical piece of netting completely surrounding
      the code rid and the lengthening piece . It may be made of either the same or
      heavier natenal as the codend or lengthening piece . The mesh size of tire
      strengthening bag shall be at least twice as large as the mesh size of the
      cocend except that its minimi.ni mesh size shall not be less than 80nm .
      A strengthening bag may be attached at the following points :
      ( a ) at its forward edge ; and
      ( b ) at its rear edge ; and , either
      ( c ) laced circumferentially to the codend and the lengthening piece around
            one row of meshes ; or
      ( d ) laced longitudinally along a single row of meshes ."
4. Article 9 is replaced by the following :
                                        " Article 9
                    Restrictions on fishing for salmon and sea trout
   1 . It shall be prohibited , in fishing for salmon ( Salrro salar ) or sea trout
        ( Salmo trutta ) :
        - to use drifting or anchored floating nets frcm 15 June to 15 September in
           the waters of subdivisions 22 to 31 beyond four nautical miles measured
           fran the baselines ;
        - to use drifting or anchored lines frcm 1 April to 15 November m the
           waters of subdivisions 22 to 31 beyond four nautical miles measured fran
           the baselines ;
        - to use drifting nets , anchored floating nets , drifting lines or anchored
           lines from 1 July to 15 September in the waters of subdivision 32 beyond
           four nautical miles measured frcm the baselines .
   2 . It shall be prohibited , m fishing for salmon ( Salmo salar ) or sea trout
        ( Salmo trutta ):
        - where fishing is conducted using anchored floating nets and drift nets , to
           use more than 600 nets at once per vessel , the length of each net not
           exceeding 35 metres measured in the gear 's headrope . In addition to the
           permitted number of nets , not tore than 100 reserve nets may be kept on
           board ;
        - where fishing is conducted by means of drifting lines or anchored lines ,
           to use more than 2 000 hooks at once per vessel .
        Hooks on drifting lines and anchored lines shall have a minimum distance
        uxetween the point and the shaft of at least 19 mu .
        In addition to the number of hooks permitted in fishing , a maximuu or. 200
        reserve hooks nay lie kept on board . "
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5.  The second paragraph of Article 12 is replaced by the following :
    " lisn , crustaceans and molluscs caughL for tue purposes set out m the fi_rst
      paragraph may not be sold for human consumption in contravention of the other
      provisions of this Regulation ."
6.  The entries in Annex III for cod ( Gadus morhua ) are replaced by the entries set
    out in Annex I hereto .
7.  The entries in Annex IV for cod ( Gadus morhua ) are replaced by the entries set
    out in Annex II hereto .
                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Tus Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at                                                          For the Counci L
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 ---pagebreak---                              ANNEX       I
Species             Voters                  Muurrun siæ .
God (Galas ncrka) All subdivisions south of Until 31. 12. 19Θ8
                  latitude 59°30'N          30an
                  ALI subdivisions sooth of Flan 1.1.19© until 31.12.19©
                  latitude 59°30'N          32cm
                  ALI subdivisions south of Ban 1.1.1990
                  latitale 59°30'N          33cm
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Species              Vfeters                      Type of net                             MLnmm medi siæ
                                                                                          length of lcrg diagural
Ctxi (Gados nerhs ) Sbuth cf latitude 59°30'N     Travis, E&nidn seines and similar nets   Until 31.12.19Θ8
                                                                                           95nm
                    Sbuth of latitude 59°30'N     Tracis , Carnài seines and similar nets  Fhan 1.1.1989 until
                                                                                            31.12.1989
                                                                                            lOÛm
                    Sooth of latitude 59°30'N     Travis , EBnish seines and similar nets  Hron 1.1.1990
                                                                                            lOSm
                                                                                                              . S'
                                                                                                               /
 ---pagebreak---                      BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
I’nxs proposal is intended to regulate fishing activities m the Baltic Sea , tne
Beits and tne Sound m the interests of conserving marine resources . Tne
proposal does not have any particular effects on small arid medium-sized
enterprises ; tne aim or conservation is m tne long-term interests of small and
medium-sized enterprises and business in general .