Council Regulation (EEC) No 3927/92 of 20 December 1992 laying down 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 (EEC) N° 3927/92 of 20 December 1992 laying down 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 COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community  system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) N° 3760/92, it is for the Council to draw up, in  the light of the available scientific advice, the conservation measures necessary to achieve the  aims set out in Article 1 of the said Regulation;
Whereas the Community has signed the United Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea, which  contains prinicples and rules relating to the conservation and management of the living resources  within the exclusive economic zones of the coastal States and in 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) N°  3179/78 (2) and entered into force on 1 January 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 and whereas, in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of  Regulation (EEC) N° 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 to enable controls to be carried out on catches from the Regulatory Area while  supplementing the monitoring measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) N° 2241/87 (3) certain  specific control measures are to be defined, inter alia, for 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,