Annexes to COM(2007)201 - Amendment of Regulations (EC) No 1941/2006, (EC) No 2015/2006 and (EC) No 41/2007, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks

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document COM(2007)201 EN
date August 28, 2007
ANNEX I

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1941/2006 are hereby amended as follows:

1.Annex I shall be amended as follows:

(a)footnote (1) under the entries concerning the species cod in subdivisions 25-32 (EC waters) and the species cod in subdivisions 22-24 (EC waters) shall be deleted; and

(b)Appendix I to Annex I shall be deleted.

2.Annex II shall be amended as follows:

(a)point 1.1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.1.Fishing with trawls, seines, or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set lines or long lines, except drift lines, shall be prohibited:

(a)from 1 to 7 January, 31 March to 1 May and 31 December in Subdivisions 22 to 24; and

(b)from 1 to 7 January, 5 to 10 April, 1 July to 31 August and 31 December in Subdivisions 25 to 26.’;

(b)point 1.2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.2.For fishing vessels flying their flag, Member States shall ensure that fishing with trawls, seines or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set lines or long lines, except drift lines, shall also be prohibited for:

(a)77 calendar days in subdivisions 22 to 24 outside the period referred to in point 1.1(a); and

(b)67 calendar days in subdivisions 25 to 26 outside the period referred to in point 1.1(b).

Member States shall divide the days referred to in points (a) and (b) into periods of not less than 5 days, unless the days referred to in points (a) and (b) are added to the periods set out in points 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) respectively, excluding 31 December.’;

(c)the following point shall be added:

‘1.3.When fishing with drift lines within the periods and on the days set out in points 1.1 and 1.2, no cod shall be retained on board.’;

3.Point 2.7.1 of Annex III shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.7.1.If a Member State has designated ports for the landings of cod, fishing vessels retaining more than 750 kg of cod live weight may exclusively land the cod at these designated ports.’


ANNEX II

Part 2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2015/2006, is hereby amended as follows:

1.The entry concerning the species alfonsinos in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.
Zone:Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Year20072008
Spain7474
France2020
Ireland1010
Portugal214214
United Kingdom1010
EC328328’

2.The entry concerning the species roundnose grenadier in ICES zone IIIa and Community waters of ICES zones IIIbcd shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris
Zone:IIIa and Community waters of IIIbcd
Year20072008
Denmark1 002946
Germany65
Sweden5249
EC1 0601 000’

3.The entry concerning the species roundnose grenadier in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of ICES zones VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV and V (Greenland waters) shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris
Zone:Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Year20072008
Germany4040
Spain4 3914 391
France202202
Ireland99
United Kingdom1818
Latvia7171
Lithuania99
Poland1 3741 374
EC6 1146 114’

4.The entry concerning the species orange roughy in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIV shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus
Zone:Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Year20072008
Spain43
France2315
Ireland64
Portugal75
United Kingdom43
EC4430’

5.The entry concerning the species blue ling in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of third countries of ICES zones VI and VII shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Blue ling

Molva dypterygia
Zone:Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI and VII (2)
Year20072008
Germany2621
Estonia43
Spain8367
France1 8981 518
Ireland76
Lithuania21
Poland11
United Kingdom482386
Others (1)76
EC2 5102 009

6.The entry concerning the species red seabream in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of third countries shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Red seabream

Pagellus bogaraveo
Zone:X (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year20072008
Spain (3)1010
Portugal (3)1 1161 116
United Kingdom (3)1010
EC (3)1 1361 136


(1) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(2) Member States shall ensure that the fishery for blue ling is scientifically monitored, in particular the activities of those fishing vessels that landed more than 30 tonnes of blue ling in 2005. All vessels shall give prior notification of landing of more than 5 tonnes of blue ling and shall not land more than 25 tonnes of blue ling at the end of any fishing trip.’

(3) Up to 10 % of the 2008 quotas may be taken in December 2007.’


ANNEX III

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 are hereby amended as follows:

1.Annex IA shall be amended as follows:

(a)the title shall be replaced by the following:

(b)the entry concerning the species sandeel in ICES zone IIIa; EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Sandeel

Ammodytidae
Zone:IIIa; EC waters of IIa and IV (1)

SAN/2A3A4.
Denmark144 324 (2)Analytical TAC.

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
United Kingdom3 155 (3)
All Member States5 521 (4)  (5)
EC153 000 (6)
Norway20 000 (7)
TACNot relevant (8)

(c)the entry concerning the species herring in ICES zone IV north of 53° 30′ N shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Herring (9)

Clupea harengus
Zone:EC and Norwegian waters of IV north of 53° 30′ N

HER/04A., HER/04B.
Denmark50 349Analytical TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Germany34 118
France19 232
The Netherlands47 190
Sweden3 470
United Kingdom50 279
EC204 638
Norway50 000 (10)
TAC341 063
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified

Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-)
EC50 000’

(d)the entry concerning the species herring in ICES zones Vb and VIb and EC waters of ICES zone VIaN shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Herring

Clupea harengus
Zone:EC and international waters of Vb, VIb and VIaN (11)

HER/5B6ANB.
Germany3 727Precautionary TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
France705
Ireland5 036
The Netherlands3 727
United Kingdom20 145
EC33 340
Faroe Islands660 (12)
TAC34 000

(e)the entry concerning the species haddock in ICES zones VIb, XII and XIV shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Zone:EC and international waters of VIb, XII and XIV

HAD/6B1214
Belgium10Analytical 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.
Germany12
France509
Ireland363
United Kingdom3 721
EC4 615
TAC4 615’

(f)the entry concerning the species skates and rays in EC waters of IIa and IV shall be replaced by the following:

‘Species:Skates and rays

Rajidae
Zone:EC waters of IIa and IV

SRX/2AC4-C
Belgium369 (13)Precautionary TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Denmark14 (13)
Germany18 (13)
France58 (13)
The Netherlands314 (13)
United Kingdom1 417 (13)
EC2 190 (13)
TAC2 190

2.Annex IIA shall be amended as follows:

(a)point 10.1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘10.1.An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4.1 may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2002. The effort expended in 2001 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question in the relevant area shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2001. The additional number of days shall then be calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days originally allocated. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day. This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 5.2 or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.’;

(b)point 11.4 shall be replaced by the following:

‘11.4.Six additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area referred to in point 2.1(c) when carrying on board gear referred to in point 4.1(a)(iv) and 4.1(a)(v) may be allocated between 1 February 2007 and 31 January 2008 to Member States by the Commission on the basis of an Enhanced Data Pilot Project.’;

(c)point 11.5 shall be replaced by the following:

‘11.5.Twelve additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area referred to in point 2.1(c) when carrying on board gear referred to in point 4.1 except gear referred to in paragraphs 4.1(a)(iv) and 4.1(a)(v) may be allocated between 1 February 2007 and 31 January 2008 to Member States by the Commission on the basis of an Enhanced Data Pilot Project.’;

3.Annex III shall be amended as follows:

(a)point 8.1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘8.1.In the period from 14 February to 30 April 2007 it shall be prohibited to use any demersal trawl, seine or similar towed net, any gill net, tangle net or similar static net or any fishing gear incorporating hooks within that part of ICES division VIIa enclosed by:

—the east coast of Ireland and the east coast of Northern Ireland; and

—straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates;

—a point on the east coast of the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland at 54° 30′ N;

—54° 30′ N, 4° 50′ W;

—53° 15′ N, 4° 50′ W;

—a point at the east coast of Ireland at 53° 15′ N.’;

(b)point 9.4 shall be replaced by the following:

‘9.4.By way of derogation from point 9.3 it shall be permitted to use the following gear:

(a)gillnets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 120 mm and less than 150 mm, provided that they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth, are no more than 100 meshes deep, have a hanging ratio of not less than 0,5 and are rigged with floats or equivalent flotation. The nets shall each be of a maximum of 2,5 km in length, and the total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 25 km per vessel. The maximum soak time shall be 24 hours; or

(b)entangling nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 250 mm, provided that they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth, are no more than 15 meshes deep, have a hanging ratio of not less than 0,33 and are not rigged with floats or other means of flotation. The nets shall each be of a maximum of 10 km in length. The total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 100 km per vessel. The maximum soak time shall be 72 hours.

However, this derogation shall not apply in the NEAFC Regulatory area.’;

(c)point 21 shall be replaced by the following:

‘21.   Western and Central Pacific Ocean

21.1.Member States shall ensure that the total fishing effort for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south pacific albacore in the area of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (the Convention Area) is limited to the fishing effort provided for in fisheries partnership agreements between the Community and coastal States in the region.

21.2.Member States whose vessels are authorised to fish in the Convention Area shall develop management plans for the use of anchored or drifting floating aggregate devices (FADs). Those management plans shall include strategies to limit the interaction with juvenile bigeye and yellowfin tuna.

21.3.Management plans referred to in point 21.2 shall be submitted to the Commission not later than 15 October 2007. The Commission shall compile those management plans and submit a Community management plan to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Secretariat not later than 31 December 2007.

21.4.The number of Community vessels fishing for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the Convention Area shall not exceed 14 vessels. Community participation shall be limited to vessels flying the flag of Spain.’;

4.Annex IV shall be amended as follows:

(a)Part I shall be replaced by the following:

‘PART I

Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for Community vessels fishing in third country waters

Area of fishingFisheryNumber of licencesAllocation of licences amongst Member StatesMaximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan MayenHerring, North of 62° 00′ N93DK: 32, DE: 6, FR: 1, IRL: 9, NL: 11, SW: 12, UK: 21, PL: 169
Demersal species, North of 62° 00′ N80FR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 150
Mackerel, South of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery11DE: 1 (14), DK: 26 (14), FR: 2 (14), NL: 1 (14)not relevant
Mackerel, South of 62° 00′ N, trawl fishery19not relevant
Mackerel, North of 62° 00′ N, purse seine fishery11 (15)DK: 11not relevant
Industrial species, South of 62° 00′ N480DK: 450, UK: 30150
Waters of the Faroe IslandsAll trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines.26BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 1813
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 (16)4
Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese 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.70BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 2026
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.70DE: 8 (17), FR: 12 (17), UK: 0 (17)20 (18)
Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend.7022 (18)
Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called “main fishing area of blue whiting.”36DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 520
Line fishing10UK: 106
Fishing for mackerel12DK: 1212
Herring fisheries north of 62° N21DE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 321

(b)Part II shall be replaced by the following:

‘PART II

Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third country fishing vessels in Community waters

Flag StateFisheryNumber of licencesMaximum number of vessels present at any time
NorwayHerring, north of 62° 00′ N2020
Faeroe IslandsMackerel, 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)1414
Herring north of 62° 00′ N2121
Herring, IIIa44
Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)1515
Ling and tusk2010
Blue whiting, II, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W)2020
Blue ling1616
VenezuelaSnappers (19) (French Guyana waters)41pm
Sharks (French Guyana waters)4pm


(1) Excluding waters within six miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.

(2) Of which no more than 125 459 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of IIa and IV. The remaining 18 865 tonnes may be fished in ICES zone IIIa only.

(3) Of which no more than 2 742 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of IIa and IV. The remaining 413 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of ICES zone IIIa only.

(4) Of which no more than 4 799 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV. The remaining 722 tonnes may be fished in ICES zone IIIa only; Member States other than Sweden may fish only in EC waters of ICES zone IIIa.

(5) Except Denmark and the United Kingdom.

(6) Of which no more than 133 000 tonnes may be fished in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV. The remaining 20 000 tonnes may be fished in ICES zone IIIa only.

(7) To be taken in ICES zone IV.

(8) No more than 170 000 tonnes may be fished in ICES zones IIa and IV in accordance with the Agreed Record with Norway of 22 May 2007.’

(9) Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States must inform the Commission of their landings of herring distinguishing between ICES zones IVa and IVb.

(10) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

Special conditions

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified

Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-)
EC50 000’

(11) Reference is to the herring stock in ICES zone VIa, north of 56° 00′ N and in that part of VIa which is situated east of 7° 00′ W and north of 55° 00′ N, excluding the Clyde.

(12) This quota may only be taken in ICES zone VIa north of 56° 30′ N.’

(13) By-catch quota. Where more than 200 kg of these species are caught in any continuous 24-hour period they shall not comprise more than 25 % by live weight of the catch retained on board.’

(14) This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.

(15) To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62° 00′ N.

(16) Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.

(17) These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

(18) These figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.’

(19) To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guyana, and that it includes and obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.

The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.

Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.’