Lexploria

31.3.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 87/42

REGULATION (EC) No 217/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 11 March 2009

on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (recast)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic (2) has been substantially amended several times (3). Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.

(2)

The Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3179/78 (4) and establishing the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO), requires the Community to supply the NAFO Scientific Council with any available statistical and scientific information requested by the Scientific Council in the performance of its work.

(3)

Timely catch and activity statistics have been identified by the NAFO Scientific Council as essential to the performance of its work in evaluating the state of the fish stocks in the north-west Atlantic.

(4)

Several Member States have requested the submission of data in a different form or through a different medium from that specified in Annex V (the equivalent of the Statlant questionnaires).

(5)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5).

(6)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the lists of species and statistical fishing regions, descriptions of those regions, and measures, codes and definitions applied to fishing activity, fishing gear, vessel sizes and methods of fishing. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each Member State shall submit to the Commission data on the catches by vessels registered in, or flying the flag of, that Member State fishing in the north-west Atlantic, with due regard to Council Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 1588/90 of 11 June 1990 on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities (6).

The nominal catch data shall include all fishery products landed or transhipped at sea in no matter what form but shall exclude quantities which, subsequent to capture, are discarded at sea, consumed on board or used as bait on board. Aquaculture production shall be excluded. The data shall be recorded as the live weight equivalent of the landings or transhipments, to the nearest tonne.

Article 2

1. The data to be submitted shall be of two types:

(a)

the annual nominal catches, expressed in tonnes live weight equivalent of the landings, of each of the species listed in Annex I in each of the statistical fishing regions of the north-west Atlantic listed in Annex II and defined in Annex III;

(b)

the catches as specified under point (a) and the corresponding fishing activity, subdivided by calendar month of capture, fishing gear, vessel size and main species sought.

2. The data referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be submitted by 31 May of the year following the reference year and may be preliminary data. The data referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be submitted by 31 August of the year following the reference year and shall be definitive data.

The data referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 and submitted as preliminary data should be clearly identified as such.

No submissions shall be required for species/fishing region combinations for which no catches were recorded in the reference period of the submission.

Should the Member State concerned not have fished in the north-west Atlantic in the preceding calendar year, it shall inform the Commission thereof by 31 May of the following year.

3. The definitions and codes to be used in submitting information on fishing activity, fishing gear, method of fishing and vessel size are given in Annex IV.

4. The Commission may amend the lists of species and statistical fishing regions and the descriptions of those regions, as well as the measures, codes and definitions applied to fishing activity, fishing gear, vessel sizes and methods of fishing.

Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 6(2).

Article 3

Except where provisions adopted under the common fisheries policy dictate otherwise, a Member State shall be permitted to use sampling techniques to derive catch data for those parts of the fishing fleet for which the complete coverage of the data would involve the excessive application of administrative procedures. The details of the sampling procedures, together with details of the proportion of the total data derived by such techniques, must be included by the Member State in the report submitted pursuant to Article 7(1).

Article 4

Member States shall fulfil their obligations to the Commission pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 by submitting the data in the format shown in Annex V.

Member States may submit data in the format detailed in Annex VI.

With the prior approval of the Commission, Member States may submit data in a different form or on a different medium.

Article 5

Within 24 hours of receipt of the reports, whenever possible, the Commission shall transmit the information contained therein to the Executive Secretary of NAFO.

Article 6

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC (7), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

Article 7

1. By 28 July 1994, Member States shall submit a detailed report to the Commission describing how the data on catches and fishing activity are derived and specifying the degree of representativeness and reliability of those data. The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall draw up a summary of those reports.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any modifications to the information provided under paragraph 1 within three months of their introduction.

3. Methodological reports, data availability and data reliability referred to in paragraph 1 and other relevant issues connected with the application of this Regulation shall be examined once a year within the competent working group of the Committee.

Article 8

1. Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 is hereby repealed.

2. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VIII.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 Strasbourg, 11 March 2009.

For the European Parliament

The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council

The President

A. VONDRA

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 June 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 26 February 2009.

(2) OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1.

(3) See Annex VI.

(4) OJ L 378, 30.12.1978, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(6) OJ L 151, 15.6.1990, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1.

ANNEX I

LIST OF SPECIES WHICH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE COMMERCIAL CATCH STATISTICS FOR THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC

Member States must report the nominal catches of those species marked with an asterisk (*). The reporting of nominal catches of the remaining species is optional as concerns the identification of the individual species. However, where data for individual species are not submitted the data shall be included in aggregate categories. Member States may submit data for species not in the list provided that the species are clearly identified.

Note

:

‘n.e.i.’ is the abbreviation for ‘not elsewhere identified’.

English name

3-alpha identifier

Scientific name

GROUNDFISH

Atlantic cod

COD (*)

Gadus morhua

Haddock

HAD (*)

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Atlantic redfishes n.e.i.

RED (*)

Sebastes spp.

Silver hake

HKS (*)

Merluccius bilinearis

Red hake

HKR (*)

Urophycis chuss

Saithe (= pollock)

POK (*)

Pollachius virens

Golden redfish

REG (*)

Sebastes marinus

Beaked redfish

REB (*)

Sebastes mentella

American plaice (L. R. dab)

PLA (*)

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Witch flounder

WIT

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Yellowtail flounder

YEL (*)

Limanda ferruginea

Greenland halibut

GHL (*)

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Atlantic halibut

HAL (*)

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Winter flounder

FLW (*)

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

Summer flounder

FLS (*)

Paralichthys dentatus

Windowpane flounder

FLD (*)

Scophthalmus aquosus

Flatfishes n.e.i.

FLX

Pleuronectiformes

American angler

ANG (*)

Lophius americanus

Atlantic searobins

SRA

Prionotus spp.

Atlantic tomcod

TOM

Microgadus tomcod

Blue antimora

ANT

Antimora rostrata

Blue whiting (= poutassou)

WHB

Micromesistius poutassou

Cunner

CUN

Tautogolabrus adspersus

Cusk (= tusk)

USK

Brosme brosme

Greenland cod

GRC

Gadus ogac

Blue ling

BLI

Molva dypterygia

Ling

LIN (*)

Molva molva

Lumpfish (= lumpsucker)

LUM (*)

Cyclopterus lumpus

Northern kingfish

KGF

Menticirrhus saxatilis

Northern puffer

PUF

Sphoeroides maculatus

Eelpouts n.e.i.

ELZ

Lycodes spp.

Ocean pout

OPT

Zoarces americanus

Polar cod

POC

Boreogadus saida

Roundnose grenadier

RNG

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Roughhead grenadier

RHG

Macrourus berglax

Sandeels (= sand lances)

SAN

Ammodytes spp.

Sculpins n.e.i.

SCU

Myoxocephalus spp.

Scup

SCP

Stenotomus chrysops

Tautog

TAU

Tautoga onitis

Tilefish

TIL

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps

White hake

HKW (*)

Urophycis tenuis

Wolf-fishes n.e.i.

CAT (*)

Anarhichas spp.

Atlantic wolf-fish

CAA (*)

Anarhichas lupus

Spotted wolf-fish

CAS (*)

Anarhichas minor

Groundfishes n.e.i.

GRO

Osteichthyes

PELAGIC FISH

Atlantic herring

HER (*)

Clupea harengus

Atlantic mackerel

MAC (*)

Scomber scombrus

Atlantic butterfish

BUT

Peprilus triacanthus

Atlantic menhaden

MHA (*)

Brevoortia tyrannus

Atlantic saury

SAU

Scomberesox saurus

Bay anchovy

ANB

Anchoa mitchilli

Bluefish

BLU

Pomatomus saltatrix

Crevalle Jack

CVJ

Caranx hippos

Frigate tuna

FRI

Auxis thazard

King mackerel

KGM

Scomberomorus cavalla

Atlantic Spanish mackerel

SSM (*)

Scomberomorus maculatus

Sailfish

SAI

Istiophorus albicans

White marlin

WHM

Tetrapturus albidus

Blue marlin

BUM

Makaira nigricans

Swordfish

SWO

Xiphias gladius

Albacore tuna

ALB

Thunnus alalunga

Atlantic bonito

BON

Sarda sarda

Little tunny

LTA

Euthynnus alletteratus

Bigeye tuna

BET

Thunnus obesus

Northern bluefish tuna

BFT

Thunnus thynnus

Skipjack tuna

SKJ

Katsuwonus pelamis

Yellowfin tuna

YFT

Thunnus albacares

Tunas n.e.i.

TUN

Thunnini

Pelagic fishes n.e.i.

PEL

Osteichthyes

OTHER FIN FISH

Alewife

ALE

Alosa pseudoharengus

Amberjacks n.e.i.

AMX

Seriola spp.

American conger

COA

Conger oceanicus

American eel

ELA

Anguilla rostrata

American shad

SHA

Alosa sapidissima

Argentines n.e.i.

ARG

Argentina spp.

Atlantic croaker

CKA

Micropogonias undulatus

Atlantic needlefish

NFA

Strongylura marina

Atlantic thread herring

THA

Opisthonema oglinum

Baird's slickhead

ALC

Alepocephalus bairdii

Black drum

BDM

Pogonias cromis

Black sea bass

BSB

Centropristis striata

Blueback herring

BBH

Alosa aestivalis

Capelin

CAP (*)

Mallotus villosus

Char n.e.i.

CHR

Salvelinus spp.

Cobia

CBA

Rachycentron canadum

Common (= Florida) pompano

POM

Trachinotus carolinus

Gizzard shad

SHG

Dorosoma cepedianum

Grunts n.e.i.

GRX

Haemulidae

Hickory shad

SHH

Alosa mediocris

Lanternfish

LAX

Notoscopelus spp.

Mullets n.e.i.

MUL

Mugilidae

North Atlantic harvestfish

HVF

Peprilus alepidotus

Pigfish

PIG

Orthopristis chrysoptera

Rainbow smelt

SMR

Osmerus mordax

Red drum

RDM

Sciaenops ocellatus

Red porgy

RPG

Pagrus pagrus

Rough shad

RSC

Trachurus lathami

Sand perch

PES

Diplectrum formosum

Sheepshead

SPH

Archosargus probatocephalus

Spot croaker

SPT

Leiostomus xanthurus

Spotted weakfish

SWF

Cynoscion nebulosus

Squeteague

STG

Cynoscion regalis

Striped bass

STB

Morone saxatilis

Sturgeons n.e.i.

STU

Acipenseridae

Tarpon

TAR

Megalops atlanticus

Trout n.e.i.

TRO

Salmo spp.

White perch

PEW

Morone americana

Alfonsinos

ALF

Beryx spp.

Spiny (= piked) dogfish

DGS (*)

Squalus acanthias

Dogfishes n.e.i.

DGX (*)

Squalidae

Porbeagle

POR (*)

Lamna nasus

Large sharks n.e.i.

SHX

Squaliformes

Shortfin mako shark

SMA

Isurus oxyrinchus

Atlantic sharpnose shark

RHT

Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Black dogfish

CFB

Centroscyllium fabricii

Boreal (Greenland) shark

GSK

Somniosus microcephalus

Basking shark

BSK

Cetorhinus maximus

Little skate

RJD

Leucoraja erinacea

Barndoor skate

RJL

Dipturus laevis

Winter skate

RJT

Leucoraja ocellata

Thorny skate

RJR

Amblyraja radiata

Smooth skate

RJS

Malacoraja senta

Spinytail (spinetail) skate

RJQ

Bathyraja spinicauda

Arctic skate

RJG

Amblyraja hyperborea

Skates n.e.i.

SKA (*)

Raja spp.

Finfishes n.e.i.

FIN

Osteichthyes

INVERTEBRATES

Long-finned squid

SQL (*)

Loligo pealeii

Short-finned squid

SQI (*)

Illex illecebrosus

Squids n.e.i.

SQU (*)

Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae

Atlantic razor clam

CLR

Ensis directus

Hard clam

CLH

Mercenaria mercenaria

Ocean quahog

CLQ

Arctica islandica

Soft clam

CLS

Mya arenaria

Surf clam

CLB

Spisula solidissima

Clams n.e.i.

CLX

Bivalvia

Bay scallop

SCB

Argopecten irradians

Calico scallop

SCC

Argopecten gibbus

Icelandic scallop

ISC

Chlamys islandica

Sea scallop

SCA

Placopecten magellanicus

Scallops n.e.i.

SCX

Pectinidae

American cupped oyster

OYA

Crassostrea virginica

Blue mussel

MUS

Mytilus edulis

Whelks n.e.i.

WHX

Busycon spp.

Periwinkles n.e.i.

PER

Littorina spp.

Marine molluscs n.e.i.

MOL

Mollusca

Atlantic rock crab

CRK

Cancer irroratus

Blue crab

CRB

Callinectes sapidus

Green crab

CRG

Carcinus maenas

Jonah crab

CRJ

Cancer borealis

Queen crab

CRQ

Chionoecetes opilio

Red crab

CRR

Geryon quinquedens

Stone king crab

KCT

Lithodes maja

Marine crabs n.e.i.

CRA

Brachyura

American lobster

LBA

Homarus americanus

Northern prawn

PRA (*)

Pandalus borealis

Aesop shrimp

AES

Pandalus montagui

Penaeus shrimps n.e.i.

PEN (*)

Penaeus spp.

Pink (= pandalid) shrimps

PAN (*)

Pandalus spp.

Marine crustaceans n.e.i.

CRU

Crustacea

Sea urchin

URC

Strongylocentrotus spp.

Marine worms n.e.i.

WOR

Polychaeta

Horseshoe crab

HSC

Limulus polyphemus

Marine invertebrates n.e.i.

INV

Invertebrata

SEAWEEDS

Brown seaweeds

SWB

Phaeophyceae

Red seaweeds

SWR

Rhodophyceae

Seaweeds n.e.i.

SWX

Algae

SEALS

Harp seal

SEH

Pagophilus groenlandicus

Hooded seal

SEZ

Cystophora cristata

ANNEX II

STATISTICAL FISHING AREAS OF THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC FOR WHICH DATA ARE TO BE SUBMITTED

Sub-area 0

Division 0 A

Division 0 B

Sub-area 1

Division 1 A

Division 1 B

Division 1 C

Division 1 D

Division 1 E

Division 1 F

Division 1 NK (not known)

Sub-area 2

Division 2 G

Division 2 H

Division 2 J

Division 2 NK (not known)

Sub-area 3

Division 3 K

Division 3 L

Division 3 M

Division 3 N

Division 3 O

Division 3 P

Sub-division 3 P n

Sub-division 3 P s

Division 3 NK (not known)

Sub-area 4

Division 4 R

Division 4 S

Division 4 T

Division 4 V

Sub-division 4 V n

Sub-division 4 V s

Division 4 W

Division 4 X

Division 4 NK (not known)

Sub-area 5

Division 5 Y

Division 5 Z

Sub-division 5 Z e

Sub-unit 5 Z c

Sub-unit 5 Z u

Sub-division 5 Z w

Division 5 NK (not known)

Sub-area 6

Division 6 A

Division 6 B

Division 6 C

Division 6 D

Division 6 E

Division 6 F

Division 6 G

Division 6 H

Division 6 NK (not known)

Statistical fishing areas for the north-west Atlantic

ANNEX III

DESCRIPTION OF THE NAFO SUB-AREAS AND DIVISIONS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FISHERY STATISTICS AND REGULATIONS IN THE NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC

The scientific and statistical sub-areas, divisions and subdivisions provided for by Article XX of the Convention of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation are as follows:

Sub-area 0

That portion of the convention area bounded on the south by a line extending due east from a point at 61o00′ north latitude and 65o00′ west longitude to a point at 61o00′ north latitude and 59o00′ west longitude, thence in a south-easterly direction along a rhumb line to a point at 60o12′ north latitude and 57o13′ west longitude; thence bounded on the east by a series of geodesic lines joining the following points:

Point No

Latitude

Longitude

1

60o12′0

57o13′0

2

61o00′0

57o13′1

3

62o00′5

57o21′1

4

62o02′3

57o21′8

5

62o03′5

57o22′2

6

62o11′5

57o25′4

7

62o47′2

57o41′0

8

63o22′8

57o57′4

9

63o28′6

57o59′7

10

63o35′0

58o02′0

11

63o37′2

58o01′2

12

63o44′1

57o58′8

13

63o50′1

57o57′2

14

63o52′6

57o56′6

15

63o57′4

57o53′5

16

64o04′3

57o49′1

17

64o12′2

57o48′2

18

65o06′0

57o44′1

19

65o08′9

57o43′9

20

65o11′6

57o44′4

21

65o14′5

57o45′1

22

65o18′1

57o45′8

23

65o23′3

57o44′9

24

65o34′8

57o42′3

25

65o37′7

57o41′9

26

65o50′9

57o40′7

27

65o51′7

57o40′6

28

65o57′6

57o40′1

29

66o03′5

57o39′6

30

66o12′9

57o38′2

31

66o18′8

57o37′8

32

66o24′6

57o37′8

33

66o30′3

57o38′3

34

66o36′1

57o39′2

35

66o37′9

57o39′6

36

66o41′8

57o40′6

37

66o49′5

57o43′0

38

67o21′6

57o52′7

39

67o27′3

57o54′9

40

67o28′3

57o55′3

41

67o29′1

57o56′1

42

67o30′7

57o57′8

43

67o35′3

58o02′2

44

67o39′7

58o06′2

45

67o44′2

58o09′9

46

67o56′9

58o19′8

47

68o01′8

58o23′3

48

68o04′3

58o25′0

49

68o06′8

58o26′7

50

68o07′5

58o27′2

51

68o16′1

58o34′1

52

68o21′7

58o39′0

53

68o25′3

58o42′4

54

68o32′9

59o01′8

55

68o34′0

59o04′6

56

68o37′9

59o14′3

57

68o38′0

59o14′6

58

68o56′8

60o02′4

59

69o00′8

60o09′0

60

69o06′8

60o18′5

61

69o10′3

60o23′8

62

69o12′8

60o27′5

63

69o29′4

60o51′6

64

69o49′8

60o58′2

65

69o55′3

60o59′6

66

69o55′8

61o00′0

67

70o01′6

61o04′2

68

70o07′5

61o08′1

69

70o08′8

61o08′8

70

70o13′4

61o10′6

71

70o33′1

61o17′4

72

70o35′6

61o20′6

73

70o48′2

61o37′9

74

70o51′8

61o42′7

75

71o12′1

62o09′1

76

71o18′9

62o17′5

77

71o25′9

62o25′5

78

71o29′4

62o29′3

79

71o31′8

62o32′0

80

71o32′9

62o33′5

81

71o44′7

62o49′6

82

71o47′3

62o53′1

83

71o52′9

63o03′9

84

72o01′7

63o21′1

85

72o06′4

63o30′9

86

72o11′0

63o41′0

87

72o24′8

64o13′2

88

72o30′5

64o26′1

89

72o36′3

64o38′8

90

72o43′7

64o54′3

91

72o45′7

64o58′4

92

72o47′7

65o00′9

93

72o50′8

65o07′6

94

73o18′5

66o08′3

95

73o25′9

66o25′3

96

73o31′1

67o15′1

97

73o36′5

68o05′5

98

73o37′9

68o12′3

99

73o41′7

68o29′4

100

73o46′1

68o48′5

101

73o46′7

68o51′1

102

73o52′3

69o11′3

103

73o57′6

69o31′5

104

74o02′2

69o50′3

105

74o02′6

69o52′0

106

74o06′1

70o06′6

107

74o07′5

70o12′5

108

74o10′0

70o23′1

109

74o12′5

70o33′7

110

74o24′0

71o25′7

111

74o28′6

71o45′8

112

74o44′2

72o53′0

113

74o50′6

73o02′8

114

75o00′0

73o16′3

115

75o05′

73o30′

and thence due north to the parallel of 78o10′ north latitude; and bounded on the west by a line beginning at 61o00′ north latitude and 65o00′ west longitude and extending in a north-westerly direction along a rhumb line to the coast of Baffin Island at East Bluff (61o55′ north latitude and 66o20′ west longitude), and thence in a northerly direction along the coast of Baffin Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island and Ellesmere Island and following the meridian of 80o west longitude in the waters between those islands to 78o10′ north latitude; and bounded on the north by the parallel of 78o10′ north latitude.

Sub-area 0 is composed of two divisions

Division 0A

That portion of the sub-area lying to the north of the parallel of 66o15′ north latitude.

Division 0B

That portion of the sub-area lying to the south of the parallel of 66o15′ north latitude.

Sub-area 1

That portion of the convention area lying to the east of sub-area 0 and to the north and east of a rhumb line joining a point at 60o12′ north latitude and 57o13′ west longitude with a point at 52o15′ north latitude and 42o00′ west longitude.

Sub-area 1 is composed of six divisions

Division 1A

That portion of the sub-area lying north of the parallel of 68o50′ north latitude (Christianshaab).

Division 1B

That portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 66o15′ north latitude (5 nautical miles north of Umanarsugssuak) and the parallel of 68o50′ north latitude (Christianshaab).

Division 1C

That portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 64o15′ north latitude (4 nautical miles north of Godthaab) and the parallel of 66o15′ north latitude (5 nautical miles north of Umanarsugssuak).

Division 1D

That portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 62o30′ north latitude (Frederikshaab Glacier) and the parallel of 64o15′ north latitude (4 nautical miles north of Godthaab).

Division 1E

That portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 60o45′ north latitude (Cape Desolation) and the parallel of 62o30′ north latitude (Frederikshaab Glacier).

Division 1F

That portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 60o45′ north latitude (Cape Desolation).

Sub-area 2

That portion of the convention area lying to the east of the meridian of 64o30′ west longitude in the area of Hudson Strait, to the south of sub-area 0, to the south and west of sub-area 1 and to the north of the parallel of 52o15′ north latitude.

Sub-area 2 is composed of three divisions

Division 2G

That portion of the sub-area lying north of the parallel of 57o40′ north latitude (Cape Mugford).

Division 2H

That portion of the sub-area lying between the parallel of 55o20′ north latitude (Hopedale) and the parallel of 57o40′ north latitude (Cape Mugford).

Division 2J

That portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 55o20′ north latitude (Hopedale).

Sub-area 3

That portion of the convention area lying south of the parallel of 52o15′ north latitude, and to the east of a line extending due north from Cape Bauld on the north coast of Newfoundland to 52o15′ north latitude; to the north of the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude; and to the east and north of a rhumb line commencing at 39o00′ north latitude, 50o00′ west longitude and extending in a north-westerly direction to pass through a point at 43o30′ north latitude, 55o00′ west longitude in the direction of a point at 47o50′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude until it intersects a straight line connecting Cape Ray, 47o37,0′ north latitude; 59o18,0′ west longitude on the coast of Newfoundland, with Cape North, 47o02,0′ north latitude; 60o25,0′ west longitude on Cape Breton Island; thence in a north-easterly direction along said line to Cape Ray, 47o37,0′ north latitude, 59o18,0′ west longitude.

Sub-area 3 is composed of six divisions

Division 3K

That portion of the sub-area lying north of the parallel of 49o15′ north latitude (Cape Freels, Newfoundland).

Division 3L

That portion of the sub-area lying between the Newfoundland coast from Cape Freels to Cape St Mary and a line described as follows: beginning at Cape Freels, thence due east to the meridian of 46o30′ west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of 46o00′ north latitude, thence due west to the meridian of 54o30′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line to Cape St Mary, Newfoundland.

Division 3M

That portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 49o15′ north latitude and east of the meridian of 46o30′ west longitude.

Division 3N

That portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 46o00′ north latitude and between the meridian of 46o30′ west longitude and the meridian of 51o00′ west longitude.

Division 3O

That portion of the sub-area lying south of the parallel of 46o00′ north latitude and between the meridian of 51o00′ west longitude and the meridian of 54o30′ west longitude.

Division 3P

That portion of the sub-area lying south of the Newfoundland coast and west of a line from Cape St Mary, Newfoundland to a point at 46o00′ north latitude, 54o30′ west longitude, thence due south to a limit of the sub-area.

Division 3P is divided into two subdivisions:

3Pn — north-western subdivision — that portion of division 3P lying north-west of a line extending from 47o30,7′ north latitude; 57o43,2′ west longitude, approximately south-west to a point at 46o50,7′ north latitude and 58o49,0′ west longitude;

3Ps — south-eastern subdivision — that portion of division 3P lying south-east of the line defined for subdivision 3Pn.

Sub-area 4

That portion of the convention area lying north of the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, to the west of sub-area 3, and to the east of a line described as follows:

beginning at the terminus of the international boundary between the United States of America and Canada in Grand Manan Channel, at a point at 44o46′35,346″ north latitude; 66o54′11,253″ west longitude; thence due south to the parallel of 43o50′ north latitude; thence due west to the meridian of 67o24′27,24″ west longitude; thence along a geodetic line in a south-westerly direction to a point at 42o53′14″ north latitude and 67o44′35″ west longitude; thence along a geodetic line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 42o31′08″ north latitude and 67o28′05″ west longitude; thence along a geodetic line to a point at 42o20′ north latitude and 67o18′13,15″ west longitude;

thence due east to a point at 66o00′ west longitude; thence along a rhumb line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 42o00′ north latitude and 65o40′ west longitude and thence due south to the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude.

Sub-area 4 is composed of six divisions

Division 4R

That portion of the sub-area lying between the coast of Newfoundland from Cape Bauld to Cape Ray and a line described as follows: beginning at Cape Bauld, thence due north to the parallel of 52o15′ north latitude, thence due west to the Labrador coast, thence along the Labrador coast to the terminus of the Labrador-Quebec boundary, thence along a rhumb line in a south-westerly direction to a point at 49o25′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence due south to a point at 47o50′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in a south-easterly direction to the point at which the boundary of sub-area 3 intersects the straight line joining Cape North, Nova Scotia with Cape Ray, Newfoundland, thence to Cape Ray, Newfoundland.

Division 4S

That portion of the sub-area lying between the south coast of Quebec from the terminus of the Labrador-Quebec boundary to Pointe-des-Monts and a line described as follows: beginning at Pointe-des-Monts, thence due east to a point at 49o25′ north latitude, 64o40′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in an east-south-easterly direction to a point at 47o50′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence due north to a point at 49o25′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in a north-easterly direction to the terminus of the Labrador-Quebec boundary.

Division 4T

That portion of the sub-area lying between the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec from Cape North to Pointe-des-Monts and a line described as follows: beginning at Pointe-des-Monts, thence due east to a point at 49o25′ north latitude, 64o40′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 47o50′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence along a rhumb line in a southerly direction to Cape North, Nova Scotia.

Division 4V

That portion of the sub-area lying between the coast of Nova Scotia between Cape North and Fourchu and a line described as follows: beginning at Fourchu, thence along a rhumb line in an easterly direction to a point at 45o40′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence due south along the meridian of 60o00′ west longitude to the parallel of 44o10′ north latitude, thence due east to the meridian of 59o00′ west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, thence due east to a point where the boundary between sub-areas 3 and 4 meets the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, thence along the boundary between sub-areas 3 and 4 and a line continuing in a north-westerly direction to a point at 47o50′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, and thence along a rhumb line in a southerly direction to Cape North, Nova Scotia.

Division 4V is divided into two subdivisions:

4Vn — northern subdivision — that portion of division 4V lying north of the parallel of 45o40′ north latitude;

4Vs — southern subdivision — that portion of division 4V lying south of the parallel of 45o40′ north latitude.

Division 4W

That portion of the sub-area lying between the coast of Nova Scotia from Halifax to Fourchu and a line described as follows: beginning at Fourchu, thence along a rhumb line in an easterly direction to a point at 45o40′ north latitude, 60o00′ west longitude, thence due south along the meridian of 60o00′ west longitude to the parallel of 44o10′ north latitude, thence due east to the meridian of 59o00′ west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, thence due west to the meridian of 63o20′ west longitude, thence due north to a point on that meridian at 44o20′ north latitude, thence along a rhumb line in a north-westerly direction to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Division 4X

That portion of the sub-area lying between the western boundary of sub-area 4 and the coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from the terminus of the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine to Halifax, and a line described as follows: beginning at Halifax, thence along a rhumb line in a south-easterly direction to a point at 44o20′ north latitude, 63o20′ west longitude, thence due south to the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, and thence due west to the meridian of 65o40′ west longitude.

Sub-area 5

That portion of the convention area lying to the west of the western boundary of sub-area 4, to the north of the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, and to the east of the meridian of 71o40′ west longitude.

Sub-area 5 is composed of two divisions

Division 5Y

That portion of the sub-area lying between the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts from the border between Maine and New Brunswick to 70o00′ west longitude on Cape Cod (at approximately 42o north latitude) and a line described as follows: beginning at a point on Cape Cod at 70o west longitude (at approximately 42o north latitude), thence due north to 42o20′ north latitude, thence due east to 67o18′13,15″ west longitude at the boundary of sub-areas 4 and 5, and thence along that boundary to the boundary of Canada and the United States.

Division 5Z

That portion of the sub-area lying to the south and east of division 5Y.

Division 5Z is divided into two subdivisions: an eastern subdivision and a western subdivision defined as follows:

5Ze — eastern subdivision — that portion of division 5Z lying east of the meridian of 70o00′ west longitude;

Subdivision 5Ze is sub-divided into two sub-units (1):

5Zu (United States waters) is that part of subdivision 5Ze to the west of the geodetic lines connecting the points with the following coordinates:

Latitude north

Longitude west

A

44o11′12″

67o16′46″

B

42o53′14″

67o44′35″

C

42o31′08″

67o28′05″

D

40o27′05″

65o41′59″.

5Zc (Canadian waters) is that part of subdivision 5Ze to the east of the abovementioned geodetic lines;

5Zw — western subdivision — that portion of division 5Z lying west of the meridian of 70o00′ west longitude.

Sub-area 6

That part of the convention area bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Rhode Island at 71o40′ west longitude, thence due south to 39o00′ north latitude, thence due east to 42o00′ west longitude, thence due south to 35o00′ north latitude, thence due west to the coast of North America, thence northwards along the coast of North America to the point on Rhode Island at 71o40′ west longitude.

Sub-area 6 is composed of eight divisions

Division 6A

That portion of the sub-area lying to the north of the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude and to the west of sub-area 5.

Division 6B

That portion of the sub-area lying to the west of 70o00′ west longitude, to the south of the parallel of 39o00′ north latitude, and to the north and west of a line running westward along the parallel of 37o00′ north latitude to 76o00′ west longitude and thence due south to Cape Henry, Virginia.

Division 6C

That portion of the sub-area lying to the west of 70o00′ west longitude and to the south of division 6B.

Division 6D

That portion of the sub-area lying to the east of divisions 6B and 6C and to the west of 65o00′ west longitude.

Division 6E

That portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6D and to the west of 60o00′ west longitude.

Division 6F

That portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6E and to the west of 55o00′ west longitude.

Division 6G

That portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6F and to the west of 50o00′ west longitude.

Division 6H

That portion of the sub-area lying to the east of division 6G and to the west of 42o00′ west longitude.

(1) These two sub-units are not recorded in the sixth publication of the NAFO Convention (May 2000). However, following a proposal of the NAFO Scientific Council, they were approved by the NAFO General Council pursuant to Article XX(2) of the NAFO Convention.

ANNEX IV

DEFINITIONS AND CODING TO BE USED IN THE SUBMISSION OF CATCH DATA

(A) LIST OF FISHING GEAR/FISHING VESSEL CATEGORIES

(from the International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gears (ISSCFG))

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Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EC) No 217/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)