Council Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 of 20 December 1994 laying down for 1995 certain conservation and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3366/94
of 20 December 1994
laying down for 1995 certain conservation  and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention  on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries
THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the 1994 Act of Accession,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 20 December 1992 establishing a Community  system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community has signed the United Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea, which  contains principles and rules relating to the conservation and management of the living resources  within the exclusive economic zons of the coastal States and on the high seas;
Whereas the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries,  hereinafter referred to as the NAFO Convention, was approved by the Council in Regulation (EEC) No  3179/78 (2) and entered into force on 1 Januar 1979; whereas the Regulatory Area as defined  consists of that part of the Convention Area which lies beyond the areas in which coastal States  exercise fisheries jurisdiction;
Whereas the NAFO Convention establishes a suitable framework for the rational conservation and  management of the fishery resources of the Regulatory Area with a view to achieving the optimum  utilization thereof; whereas, to this end, the Contracting Parties undertake to carry out joint  measures;
Whereas, in the light of the available scientific advice, the catches of certain species in certain  parts of the Regulatory Area should be limited; whereas, in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation  (EEC) No 3760/92, it falls to the Council to establish the total allowable catches (TACs) by stock  or group of stocks, the share available for the Community and the specific conditions under which  catches must be made and to allocate the share available to the Community among the Member States;
Whereas, in order to ensure the conservation of fishery resources and their balanced exploitation,  technical conservation measures must be defined, inter alia, for mesh sizes, the level of  by-catches and authorized fish sizes;
Whereas the enable controls to be carried out on catches from the Regulatory Area while  supplementing the monitoring measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 (3) certain  specific control measures are to be defined, inter alia, or the declaration of catches, the  communication of information, the holding of non-authorized nets and information and assistance  relating to the storage and processing of catches;
Whereas the maximum catch level for Greenland halibut in sub-areas 2 and 3 is at present  unallocated among NAFO Contracting Parties, whereas the NAFO Fisheries Commission will convene an  inter-sessional meeting to decide such allocation, and whereas catches of Greenland halibut will be  authorized in 1995 and will be counted against the quotas decided for Member States,