Council Regulation (EC) No 941/2006 of 1 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, as concerns blue whiting and herring
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy, and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 fixes for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required.
(2) Pursuant to consultations between the Community and the Faeroe Islands on 23 February 2006 an arrangement on mutual access on blue whiting stock and the herring stock in each other's, fishing zones has been reached. This arrangement should be implemented.
(3) Since vessels that targeted hake with gill-nets in ICES Divisions VIa, b and VIIb, c, j, k and subarea XII were not implicated in the fishing practices that led to the prohibition of the use of gill-nets in those areas, it is appropriate to allow these fisheries to continue by way of derogation from the prohibition.
(4) The Community has held consultations with Norway on the management of fisheries on the stock of Norwegian spring spawning (Atlanto-Scandian) herring in the North-East Atlantic, in particular, with regard to licensing arrangements, which should be implemented.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes IA, IB and IV to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 1 June 2006. For the Council The President U. Haubner
ANNEX
ANNEX
The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 shall be amended as follows:
1. in Annex IA, the entry concerning the species Blue whiting in zone I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV (EC and international waters) shall be replaced by the following: Species Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV (EC and international waters) WHB/1 X 14 Denmark 52529 Analytical TAC. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies. Germany 20424 Spain 44533 France 36556 Ireland 40677 The Netherlands 64053 Portugal 4137 Sweden 12994 United Kingdom 68161 EC 344063 Norway 152442 Faeroe Islands 45000 TAC 2000000
2. in Annex IA, the following entry shall be inserted after the above entry: Species Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Zone EC waters of II, IVa, VIa, VIb, VII WHB/24A567 Faeroe Islands 10000 TAC 2000000
3. Special conditions:
in Annex IB, the entry concerning the species Herring in zone I and II (EC and international waters) shall be replaced by the following: Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified: II, Vb north of 62° N (Faeroese waters) (HER/2A5B-F) Belgium 2 Denmark 2117 Germany 371 Spain 7 France 91 Ireland 548 The Netherlands 758 Poland 107 Portugal 7 Finland 32 Sweden 784 United Kingdom 1354 Species Herring Clupea harengus Zone EC waters and international waters of I and II HER/1/2. Belgium 22 Denmark 21243 Germany 3720 Spain 70 France 917 Ireland 5499 The Netherlands 7602 Poland 1075 Portugal 70 Finland 329 Sweden 7872 United Kingdom 13581 EC 62000 Faeroe Islands 6196 TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply and Article 5(2) of that Regulation applies.
4.8.5. in Part A of Annex III the following point shall be added: By way of derogation from points 8.3 and 8.4 vessels targeting hake may deploy gill-nets with a mesh size of 120 mm in the areas concerned at any position where the charted depth is less than 600 metres.
5. PART I PART II Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for Community vessels fishing in third country waters Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third country fishing vessels in Community waters
Parts I and II of Annex IV shall be replaced by the following: Area of fishing Fishery Number of licences Allocation of licences amongst Member States Maximum number of vessels present at any time Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen Herring, north of 62° 00′ N 77 DK: 26, DE: 5, FR: 1, IRL: 7, NL: 9, SW: 10, UK: 17 57 Demersal species, north of 62° 00′ N 80 FR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 1 50 Mackerel, south of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery 11 DE: 1, DK: 26, FR: 2, NL: 1 not relevant Mackerel, south of 62° 00′ N, trawl fishery 19 not relevant Mackerel, north of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery 11 DK: 11 not relevant Industrial species, south of 62° 00′ N 480 DK: 450, UK: 30 150 Waters of the Faeroe Islands All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faeroese baselines 26 BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18 13 Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W 8 4 Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faeroese baseline. In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines. 70 BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20 26 Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30′ N and west of 9° 00′ W and in the area between 7° 00′ W and 9° 00′ W south of 60° 30′ N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60° 00′ N, 6° 00′ W. 70 DE: 8, FR: 12, UK: 0 20 Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend. 70 22 Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faeroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called main fishing area of blue whiting 36 DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 5 20 Line fishing 10 UK: 10 6 Fishing for mackerel 12 DK: 12 12 Herring fisheries north of 62° N 21 DE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 3 21 Waters of the Russian Federation All fisheries pm pm Fisheries for cod 7 pm Fisheries for sprat pm pm Flag State Fishery Number of licences Maximum number of vessels present at any time Norway Herring, north of 62° 00′ N 18 18 Faeroe Islands Mackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N) 14 14 Herring north of 62° 00′ N 21 21 Herring, IIIa 4 4 Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting) 15 15 Ling and tusk 20 10 Blue whiting, II, IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W) 20 20 Blue ling 16 16 Russian Federation Herring, IIId (Swedish waters) pm pm Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships) pm pm Sprat 4 pm Barbados Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 5 pm Snappers (French Guyana waters) 5 pm Guyana Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) pm pm Surinam Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 5 pm Trinidad and Tobago Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 8 pm Japan Tuna (French Guyana waters) pm Korea Tuna (French Guyana waters) pm pm Venezuela Snappers (French Guyana waters) 41 pm Sharks (French Guyana waters) 4 pm