Legal provisions of COM(2004)746 - Fixing for 2005 and 2006 of the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks, and amending Council Regulation(EC) No 2347/2002 - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2004)746 - Fixing for 2005 and 2006 of the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks, and ... |
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document | COM(2004)746 ![]() |
date | December 22, 2004 |
Contents
- Article 1 - Subject matter
- Article 2 - Definitions
- Article 3 - Fixing of fishing opportunities
- Article 4 - Allocation among Member States
- Article 5 - Quota flexibility
- Article 6 - Conditions for landing catch and by-catch
- Article 7 - Orange Roughy
- Article 8 - Effort limitations and associated conditions for the management of stocks
- Article 9 - Entry into force
Article 1 - Subject matter
Article 2 - Definitions
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
Article 4 - Allocation among Member States
(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
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
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
(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
Article 9 - Entry into force
It shall apply as from 1 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.