Council Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 and 2006 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks
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31.12.2004
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 396/4
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2270/2004
of 22 December 2004
fixing for 2005 and 2006 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 the Council is to establish the measures necessary to ensure access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities taking into account, inter alia, available scientific advice.
(2)
Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, it is incumbent upon the Council to establish fishing opportunities by fishery or group of fisheries and to allocate them in accordance with prescribed criteria.
(3)
The latest scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) concerning certain stocks of fish found in the deep sea indicates that those stocks are harvested unsustainably, and that fishing opportunities for those stocks should be reduced in order to assure their sustainability.
(4)
The ICES has further advised that the exploitation rate of orange roughy in ICES Area VII is far too high. Scientific advice further indicates that orange roughy in Area VI is heavily depleted, and areas of vulnerable aggregations of these species have been identified. It is therefore appropriate to prohibit fishing for orange roughy in those areas.
(5)
The Community is a contracting party to the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention, which has recommended a limitation on the fishing effort deployed to catch certain deep-sea species. That recommendation should therefore be implemented by the Community.
(6)
In order to ensure effective management of quotas, the specific conditions under which fishing operations occur should be established.
(7)
In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (2), it is necessary to indicate which stocks are subject to the various measures fixed therein.
(8)
Scientific advice from ICES concerning most of the deep-sea species indicates that fishing effort should be reduced. In the absence of specific measures limiting the activity of vessels fishing for deep-sea species, it is therefore appropriate to adjust available effort by adjusting the power and capacity of the fishing fleet in accordance with the scientific advice.
(9)
The measures provided for in this Regulation should be fixed by reference to ICES zones as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the Northeast Atlantic (3) and to CECAF zones (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (4).
(10)
The fishing opportunities should be utilised in accordance with the Community legislation on the matter, and in particular with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels (5), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish (6), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (7), Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (8), Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing permits (9) and Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (10).
(11)
In order to ensure the livelihood of Community fishermen, it is important to open these fisheries on 1 January 2005. Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period referred to in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation fixes for 2005 and for 2006, for stocks of deep-sea species and for Community fishing vessels, annual fishing opportunities in zones in Community waters and in certain non Community waters where catch limitations are required, and the specific conditions under which fishing opportunities may be utilised.
Article 2
Definitions
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘deep-sea fishing permit’ means the fishing permit referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (11).
2. The definitions of ICES and CECAF zones are those given, respectively, in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 and Regulation (EC) No 2597/95.
Article 3
Fixing of fishing opportunities
Fishing opportunities for stocks of deep-sea species for Community vessels are fixed as set out in the Annex.
Article 4
Allocation among Member States
The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States provided for in the Annex shall be without prejudice to:
(a)
exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2371/2002;
(b)
reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21(4) and 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;
(c)
additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(d)
quantities withheld pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
(e)
deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
Article 5
Quota flexibility
For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, all quotas in the Annex to this Regulation shall be considered ‘Analytic’ quotas.
However, the measures provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply to those quotas.
Article 6
Conditions for landing catch and by-catch
Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed by this Regulation may be retained on board or landed only if they were taken by vessels of a Member State which has a quota which is not exhausted. All landings shall count against the quota.
The first subparagraph shall not apply to catches taken in the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EC) No 850/98, which shall not count against the quota.
Article 7
Orange Roughy
1. The Orange Roughy Protection Areas are defined as the following sea areas:
(a)
that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
57° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W
57° 00′ N, 8° 30′ W
56° 23′ N, 8° 30′ W
55° 00′ N, 9° 38′ W
55° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W
57° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W
(b)
that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
55° 30′ N, 15° 49′ W
53° 30′ N, 14° 11′ W
50° 30′ N, 14° 11′ W
50° 30′ N, 15° 49′ W
(c)
that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
55° 00′ N, 13° 51′ W
55° 00′ N, 10° 37′ W
54° 15′ N, 10° 37′ W
53° 30′ N, 11° 50′ W
53° 30′ N, 13° 51′ W
Those positions and the corresponding rhumb lines and vessel positions shall be measured according to the WGS84 standard.
2. Member States shall ensure that vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit shall be properly monitored by the Fisheries Monitoring Centres (FMC), which shall have a system to detect and record the vessels’ entry into, transit through and exit from the areas defined in paragraph 1.
3. Vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit that have entered the areas defined in paragraph 1 shall not retain on board or tranship any quantity of orange roughy, nor land any quantity of orange roughy at the end of that fishing trip unless:
—
all gears carried on board are lashed and stowed during the transit in accordance with conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93
—
the average speed during transit is not less than 8 knots.
Article 8
Effort limitations and associated conditions for the management of stocks
Each Member State shall ensure that for 2005 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits do not exceed 90 % of the fishing effort deployed by its vessels in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held and deep sea species, as listed in Annex I and Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, excluding greater silver smelt, were caught.
Article 9
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2004.
For the Council
The President
C. VEERMAN
(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.
(2) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
(4) OJ L 270, 13.11.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(5) OJ L 132, 21.5.1987, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 276, 10.10.1983 p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001 (OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23).
(7) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).
(8) OJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12).
(9) OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 7.
(10) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/2004 (OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 30).
(11) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.
ANNEX
Part 1
Definition of Species and Species Groups
Within each area fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. A table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given below for the purposes of this Regulation:
Common name
Scientific name
Black scabbardfish
Aphanopus carbo
Alfonsinos
Beryx spp.
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Roundnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Orange roughy
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Forkbeards
Phycis blennoides
Red seabream
Pagellus bogaraveo
Where reference is made to ‘deep sea sharks’, this shall refer to sharks in the following list of species: Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), Leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), Birdbeak dogfish (Deania calceus), Kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), Greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), Velvet belly (Etmopterus spinax), Black dogfish (Centroscyllium fabricii), Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus), Blackmouth dogfish (Galeus melastomus), Mouse catshark (Galeus murinus), Iceland catshark (Apristuris spp.).
Part 2
Annual fishing opportunities applicable for Community vessels in areas where catch limitations exist by species and by area (in tonnes live weight).
All references are to ICES sub-areas unless otherwise stated.
Species
:
Deep Sea Sharks
Zone
:
V, VI, VII, VIII, IX (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
161
Spain
767
Estonia
10
France
2 775
Ireland
448
Lithuania
10
Poland
10
Portugal
1 044
United Kingdom
1 538
EC
6 763
Species
:
Deep Sea Sharks
Zone
:
X (Community waters and international waters)
Portugal
14
EC
14
Species
:
Deep Sea Sharks and Deania histricosa and Deania profondorum
Zone
:
XII (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
169
France
54
Ireland
10
United Kingdom
10
EC
243
Species
:
Black scabbardfish
Aphanopus carbo
Zone
:
I, II, III, IV (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
10
France
10
United Kingdom
10
EC
30
Species
:
Black scabbardfish
Aphanopus carbo
Zone
:
V, VI, VII, XII (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
35
Spain
173
Estonia
17
France
2 433
Ireland
87
Latvia
113
Lithuania
1
Poland
1
United Kingdom
173
Others (1)
9
EC
3 042
Species
:
Black scabbardfish
Aphanopus carbo
Zone
:
VIII, IX, X (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
13
France
31
Portugal
3 956
EC
4 000
Species
:
Black scabbardfish
Aphanopus carbo
Zone
:
CECAF 34.1.2. (Community waters and international waters)
Portugal
4 285
EC
4 285
Species
:
Alfonsinos
Beryx spp.
Zone
:
III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
74
France
20
Ireland
10
Portugal
214
United Kingdom
10
EC
328
Species
:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone
:
I, II, XIV (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
10
France
10
United Kingdom
10
Others (2)
5
EG
35
Species
:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone
:
III (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark
20
Sweden
10
Germany
10
EC
40
Species
:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone
:
IV (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark
85
Germany
26
France
60
Sweden
9
United Kingdom
128
Others (3)
9
EG
317
Species
:
Tusk
Brosme brosme
Zone
:
V, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
9
Spain
29
France
353
Ireland
34
United Kingdom
170
Others (4)
9
EG
604
Species
:
Roundnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Zone
:
I, II, IV, Va (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark
2
Germany
2
France
14
United Kingdom
2
EC
20
Species
:
Roundnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Zone
:
III (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark
1 504
Germany
9
Sweden
77
EC
1 590
Species
:
Roundnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Zone
:
Vb, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
9
Estonia
73
Spain
74
France
3 736
Ireland
294
Latvia
32
Lithuania
131
Poland
676
United Kingdom
219
Others (5)
9
EC
5 253
Species
:
Roundnose grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Zone
:
VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
47
Spain
5 165
France
238
Ireland
10
United Kingdom
21
Latvia
83
Lithuania
10
Poland
1 616
EC
7 190
Species
:
Orange roughy
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Zone
:
VI (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
10
France
58
Ireland
10
United Kingdom
10
EC
88
Species
:
Orange roughy
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Zone
:
VII (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
9
France
866
Ireland
255
United Kingdom
9
Others (6)
9
EC
1 148
Species
:
Orange roughy
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Zone
:
I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
10
France
52
Ireland
14
Portugal
16
United Kingdom
10
EC
102
Species
:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone
:
II, IV, V (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark
9
Germany
9
France
52
Ireland
9
United Kingdom
31
Others (7)
9
EC
119
Species
:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone
:
III (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark
10
Germany
5
Sweden
10
EC
25
Species
:
Blue ling
Molva dypterygia
Zone
:
VI, VII (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
33
Estonia
5
Spain
104
France
2 371
Ireland
9
Lithuania
2
Poland
1
United Kingdom
603
Others (8)
9
EC
3 137
Species
:
Red seabream
Pagellus bogaraveo
Zone
:
VI, VII, VIII (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
238
France
12
Ireland
9
United Kingdom
30
Others (9)
9
EC
298
Species
:
Red seabream
Pagellus bogaraveo
Zone
:
IX (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
850
Portugal
230
EC
1 080
Species
:
Red seabream
Pagellus bogaraveo
Zone
:
X (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
10
Portugal
1 116
United Kingdom
10
EC
1 136
Species
:
Forkbeards
Phycis blennoides
Zone
:
I, II, III, IV (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
10
France
10
United Kingdom
16
EC
36
Species
:
Forkbeards
Phycis blennoides
Zone
:
V, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters)
Germany
10
Spain
588
France
356
Ireland
260
United Kingdom
814
EC
2 028
Species
:
Forkbeards
Phycis blennoides
Zone
:
VIII, IX (Community waters and international waters)
Spain
242
France
15
Portugal
10
EC
267
Species
:
Forkbeards
Phycis blennoides
Zone
:
X, XII (Community waters and international waters)
France
10
Portugal
43
United Kingdom
10
EC
63
(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(2) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(3) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(4) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(5) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(6) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(7) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(8) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
(9) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.