Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3881/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) N° 3881/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States  fishing in the north-west Atlantic
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,
Whereas the management of the Community's fishery resources requires accurate and timely statistics  on the catches by Member States' vessels fishing in the north-west Atlantic;
Whereas the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the north-west Atlantic fisheries  approved by Regulation (EEC) N° 3179/78 (3), and establishing the North-West Atlantic Fisheries  Organization (NAFO) requires the Community to furnish to the NAFO Scientific Council any available  statistical and scientific information requested by the Scientific Council in the performance of  its work;
Whereas the Convention for the conservation of salmon in the north Atlantic Ocean approved by  Decision 82/886/EEC (4) and establishing the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization  (Nasco), requires the Community to supply that Organization with the available statistics that it  may request;
Whereas there is a need for fuller definitions and descriptions used in fishery statistics and in  the management of the fisheries of the north-west Atlantic,