Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1639/85 of 17 June 1985 fixing, in respect of the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the period falling between 1 July and 29 September 1985 when fishing for sprat by vessels with an overall length of less than 80 feet (24,38 m) is prohibited

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 1639/85
of 17 June 1985
fixing, in respect of the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the period falling between 1 July and 29 September 1985 when fishing for sprat by vessels with an overall length of less than 80 feet (24,38 m) is prohibited
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1/85 of 19 December 1984 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, provisional total allowable catches for 1985 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 800/85 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1/85 requires the four-week period, during which fishing for sprat with trawls of mesh size less than 32 mm in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat is prohibited for vessels with an overall length of less than 80 feet (24,38 m), to be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 (3);
Whereas juvenile herring are unavoidably caught when fishing for sprat in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat; whereas it is desirable to minimize the quantities caught in order not to endanger recruitment to the herring stocks;
Whereas the abundance of juvenile herring in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat is highest in the period July to September;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Mangement Committee for Fishery Resources;