Legal provisions of COM(2008)595 - Fixing for 2009 and 2010 of the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks

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dossier COM(2008)595 - Fixing for 2009 and 2010 of the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks.
document COM(2008)595 EN
date November 28, 2008

Contents

Article 1 - Subject-matter

This Regulation fixes for the years 2009 and 2010 the annual fishing opportunities available to Community fishing vessels for stocks of deep-sea species in Community waters and in certain non-Community waters where catch limitations are required, and the specific conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used.

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.

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 (EC) 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 the present Regulation shall be considered ‘Analytical’ 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

1. 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.

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to catches taken in the course of scientific investigations carried out in accordance with Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98. Such catches shall not count against the quota.

Article 7 - Orange roughy

1. Fishing for orange roughy shall be prohibited in 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, 8°30′ 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. 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:

(a)all gears carried on board are lashed and stowed during the transit in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93; or

(b)the average speed during transit is equal to, or greater than, 8 knots.

3. Member States shall ensure that vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit are 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.

Article 8 - Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2009.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.