CELEX: 51978PC0039
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-30
Title: DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF FISHING PLANS (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                           DRAFT RESOLUTION OP THE COUNCIL
                    CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF FISHING PLANS
                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0K(78 ) 39 final .
 ---pagebreak---                           DRAFT RESOLUTION 0? THE COUNCIL
                   CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OP PISHING PLANS
              The Council agrees that the objectives of Community fishing plans
  . are , according to circumstances , .
              – to distinguish and regulate the exercise of the special
                 fishing rights referred to in Articles 100 and 101 of the
                 Treaty of Accession and the exercise of fishing activities
                within the meaning of paragraph 3 of Article 100 of that
                 Treaty
              – to contribute towards assuring respect of conservation
                measures
              – to promote rational exploitation of the biological resources
                bearing in mind the social and economic needs of certain .
                categories of fishermen in specific regions of the Community,
                and
              – to assure , in regard to these regions , the enjoyment of the
                natural geographic advantage in catch possibilities within
                a few hours steaming time from home ports so as to favour
                balanced development in line with the progressive improvement
                of fish stocks .
              Insofar as it is necessary , in order to achieve these objectives ,
   Community fishing plans may be introduced for certain areas beyond 12 miles
  from baselines .
   2*         The Community fishing plan regime shall , therefore , be introduced as
  quickly as possible , but in any event not later than                   , in zones
  up to 12 miles from baselines where the coastal member State requests fishing
  plans and in Community waters in ICES zone Via and in ICES zones VII a , b , g,
. h and j . The fishing plans would normally relate to endangered stocks or stocks
  whose exploitation is of special importance to coastal populations .
             Pishing plans may not discriminate as between fishermen of the member
  States of the Community or affect their right of access .
  4*         In order to organise fishing activity in the zones mentioned in
  paragraph 2 , the fishing plans may, in particular, define the total fishing
  effort compatible with the available quotas and the areas where this effort
 may be deployed .
  5»         The fishing plans must ensure that the quotas allocated can be fished
  effectively by the interested fleets .
      t      Pishing plans. shall take into account that vessels which , due to their
 limited range of operation , can only exercise their activities close to the coast
  should have priority in the coastal areas .
 7 * _ The activity of other categories of vessels must be harmoniously intro­
 duced into the global fishing activity of all the vessels operating in the area
 and in particular undue concentration of long-range vessels in areas • closest to
 the coast should be prevented .
 ---pagebreak---  8.       Without prejudice to the requirement to observe the rules applicable
 to all fishing vessels , vessels under 40 feet between perpendiculars may be
 exempted from the fishing plans provided that , when evaluating fishing plans ,
 their catching capacity will be taken fully into account .
 9.       The regime applicable to the fishing activity of third country vessels
 in the zones covered by. fishing plans shall not be more favourable than that
 applied to fishermen of the member States .
 10 .      In preparing fishing plans the interested member State will in the
first instance establish draft plans and submit them to the Commission .
 11 .     The Commission will evaluate these draft plans in order %o establish
their conformity with the general objectives of the opening paragraph and with the
 specific criteria enumerated in paragraphs 3 to 8 above .
12 .      Fishing plans may clearly identify vessel categories , fishing periods ,
types of gear , number of boats , species to be fished and other relevant data
while ensuring that there is sufficient flexibility , for example , to enable
replacement of vessels and to ensure right of passage ; it being understood that
fishing plans may be tailored to suit different circumstances .
13 *      The fishing plan drafts will be approved , after modification if necessary
to ensure their conformity with the above-mentioned objectives and criteria , in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 14 of the Regulation
introducing a Community fishing resources conservation and management regime .
14 .      The Commission will issue 'an authorisation to the vessels concerned
in the fishing plans defining especially the species which may be caught and
where these catches may be taken in the zones subject to fishing plans . The
authorisation may be cancelled in the case of infringement of the rules of the
relevant fishing plans .
15 «      Pishing plans will normally be established on a yearly basis but it
may be necessary in the initial period to allow a longer time scale . Pishing
plans may be adjusted as Experience suggests and having regard to changes in the
state of particularly sensitive or endangered stocks .
16 .      While all member States involved in a fishing plan are responsible for
its observance the coastal member State to whose waters a fishing plan relates
retains final responsibility for ensuring respect for the . fishing plan established
in the same way as it has responsibility for ensuring respect for all other
Community control measures . It shall be entitled under the fishing plan to
receive the information necessary to assist it in this function .