CELEX: 51981PC0455
Language: en
Date: 1981-07-24
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the conditions governing fishing operations when taking the total allowable catches for 1981 (presented by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 149 of the EEC treaty)

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                                                     COM(81)455 final
                                                     Brussels , 24th July 1981
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                           \ \ AMENDMENT 'TO THE ,j
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                     PROPOSAL . FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              fixing the conditions governing fishing operations
              when taking the total allowable catches for 1981
             (presented by the Commission to the Council / pursuant to
           the second paragraph of article 149 of the EEC treaty )
COM ( 81 ) 455 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 The purpose of this proposed - mocH fi cat ion to the Commission 's proposal ( 1 )
 is to adjust the conditions governing herring and salmon fisheries in order to take
  account of the modifications concerning certain herring and salmon stocks contained
  in the last amended proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC ) concerning , for certain
  fish stocks occurring in the Community fishing zone , the fixing of
 the total allowable catches for 1981 and the shares available to the
 Community ( C0MC81 )      final of        1981 ).
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 A provision , relating to the method of measurement of by-catches of herring
 in the Skagerrak and Kattegat , is also included in order to take account
 of rules governing fishing in that zone which have been agreed between the
 delegations of the Community , Norway and Sweden .     •
( 1 ) C0M(81 ) 79 final of 6 March 1981
 ---pagebreak---                                             AMENDED
                          PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION- ( EEC )
                       fixing the conditions governing fishing operations .
                     , when taking the total allowable catches for 1981 .
  The Commission 's proposal . for a Council Regulation ( EEC ) fixing the conditions
  governing fishing operations when taking the total, allowable catches for 1981           ■
  is hereby amended as follows :                                              *
  1 . In Article 5 ,      paragraphs 2 and 3 are'repla-ced by the - paragraphs below :
'2 . When the herring TAC is . positive , the maximum permissible by-catch of herring
  which is inextricably mixed with the" catch of other species is as set out below
. by ICES divisions :                       ,'   " -
   ICES divisions'    Ilia and IIIb,c,.d          - 10% in sprat fishery and 5% in the case
                    ( Community zone only )         of catches of other species .
   ICES divisions Vila ( Manx stock ) Vila ~ 10% in sprat fishery , 5% in madkerel
                   ( Mourne stock ) VIIb,c ;        fishery and zero in the case of catches
                   VI I j ( Bantry Bay only )       of other species .
   ICES divisions IVc , Vlld , Vile and           - 7% . in sprat fishery , 5% in mackerel
                     VIa,(incl . Donegal Bay        fishery and zero in the- case of catches
                     and Clyde stock )    '         of other species .
  The maximum permissible by-catch percentages ; for the Skagerrak and Kattegat .
  shall be~ calculated with reference td the proportion of herring by weight in
  the catch on board or on landings or, in * any representative sample thereof
  exceeding 100 kg ..
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  Herring which have been sorted and are landed separately will be counted
  against the share available to the Community , notwithstanding catc-h possi­
  bilities accorded to third countries , or the quota if quotas have been allocated
  Once the share available to the Community has been exhausted , or if quotas have
  been agreed, once the quota has been exhausted, landings of herding which have
  been sorted are forbidden .
  3 . In ICES divisions IVc , VII d, Vile and Via ( including Donega I' Bay. and 'Clyde )
  stock ) the use of sorting machines is prohibited .
 ---pagebreak--- 2 . Article 7      paragraph 3 is replaced by the following :
                              Article 7
3 . Fishing for herring is forbidden in the Irish Sea ( ICES Division Vila )
throughout the whole year within 12 miles of the coasts of England , Scotland
and Wales between latitude 53°20'N and a line joining the Mull of Galloway
 ( Scotland ) to Point of Ayr ( Isle of Man ) and from 20 September to 15 Novembe
1981 in that part of the Irish Sea ( ICES Vila ) nqrth of latitude 52°30'N .
Logan Bay shall , however , continue to remain closed to herring fishing
throughout the year .
4 . Notwithstanding the provisions in        paragraph 2 and . 3 a limited drift
net fishery shall be permitted in the Mourne herring fishery subject to the
specific conditions set out in subparagraph 5 .
5 . In ICES Division Vila ( Mourne Stock ), fishing for herring in 1981 may
only be carried out by boats based in ports adjacent to this area , provided
that the only method of fishing allowed is drift netting with nets the size
which is not less than 54mm , stretched mesh , and that the difinition of the
boats in question is subject to the approval of the Commission ".
3 . Article 9 is replaced by the following :
                            " Article 9
1 . The opening' date for the salmon fishery in NAFO Subarea 1 in 1981 shall
be 25th August .                  ,  ■~
2 . From 1 November 1981 , when fishing for salmon in NAFO Subarea 1 , only net
with a mininum mesh size of 140 mm may be used ; this mesh size shall apply
with a tolerance of 5%'.'                     1