Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2582/88 of 17 August 1988 concerning the stopping of fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of a Member State

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2582/88
of 17 August 1988
concerning the stopping of fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3977/87 of 21 December 1987, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, total allowable catches for 1988 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (2), provides for total allowable catches of herring for 1988;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to total allowable catches, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the total allowable catches;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions VI a South and VII b, c by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the total allowable catches for 1988,