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dossier	COM(2007)492 - Fixing of the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable ...
document	COM(2007)492
date	November 26, 2007

ANNEX I

Landings limits and associated conditions for year-to-year management of catch limits applicable to Community vessels in areas where catch limits exist by species and by area

The following tables set out the TACs and quotas (in tonnes live weight, except where otherwise specified) by stock, the allocation to the Member States and associated conditions for year-to-year management of the quotas.

Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. For the purposes of these tables the codes used for the different species are as follows:

Scientific name	Alpha-3 code	Common name
Clupea harengus	HER	Herring
Gadus morhua	COD	Cod
Platichthys flesus	FLE	Flounder
Pleuronectes platessa	PLE	Plaice
Psetta maxima	TUR	Turbot
Salmo salar	SAL	Atlantic salmon
Sprattus sprattus	SPR	Sprat

Species

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

Subdivisions 22-24

HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.

Denmark

6 245

Germany

24 579

Finland

Poland

5 797

Sweden

7 926

44 550

TAC

44 550

Analytical 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.

Species

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

Subdivisions 30-31

HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.

Finland

71 344

Sweden

15 676

87 020

TAC

87 020

Analytical 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.

Species

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

Subdivisions 25-27, 28,2, 29 and 32

HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.

Denmark

3 358

Germany

890

Estonia

17 148

Finland

33 472

Latvia

4 232

Lithuania

4 456

Poland

38 027

Sweden

51 047

152 630

TAC

Not relevant

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.

Species

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone

Subdivision 28,1

HER/03D.RG

Estonia

16 668

Latvia

19 426

36 094

TAC

36 094

Analytical 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.

Species

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone

EC waters of Subdivisions 25-32

COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.

Denmark

8 905

Germany

3 542

Estonia

868

Finland

681

Latvia

3 311

Lithuania

2 181

Poland

10 255

Sweden

9 022

38 765

TAC

Not relevant

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.

Species

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone

EC waters of Subdivisions 22-24

COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.

Denmark

8 390

Germany

4 102

Estonia

186

Finland

165

Latvia

694

Lithuania

450

Poland

2 245

Sweden

2 989

19 221

TAC

19 221

Analytical 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.

Species

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone

EC waters of IIIbcd

PLE/3B23.; PLE/3C22.; PLE/3D24.; PLE/3D25.; PLE/3D26.; PLE/3D27.; PLE/3D28.; PLE/3D29.; PLE/3D30.; PLE/3D31.; PLE/3D32.

Denmark

2 293

Germany

255

Poland

480

Sweden

173

3 201

TAC

3 201

Precautionary 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.

Species

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone

EC waters of IIIbcd excluding Subdivision 32

SAL/3B23.; SAL/3C22.; SAL/3D24.; SAL/3D25.; SAL/3D26.; SAL/3D27.; SAL/3D28.; SAL/3D29.; SAL/3D30.; SAL/3D31.

Denmark

75 511 (1)

Germany

8 401 (1)

Estonia

7 674 (1)

Finland

94 157 (1)

Latvia

48 028 (1)

Lithuania

5 646 (1)

Poland

22 907 (1)

Sweden

102 068 (1)

364 392 (1)

TAC

Not relevant

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.

Species

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

Zone

Subdivision 32

SAL/3D32.

Estonia

1 581 (2)

Finland

13 838 (2)

15 419 (2)

TAC

Not relevant

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.

Species

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone

EC waters of IIIbcd

SPR/3B23.; SPR/3C22.; SPR/3D24.; SPR/3D25.; SPR/3D26.; SPR/3D27.; SPR/3D28.; SPR/3D29.; SPR/3D30.; SPR/3D31.; SPR/3D32.

Denmark

44 833

Germany

28 403

Estonia

52 060

Finland

23 469

Latvia

62 877

Lithuania

22 745

Poland

133 435

Sweden

86 670

454 492

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC.
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

(1) Expressed by number of individual fish.

(2) Expressed by number of individual fish.

ANNEX II

1. Fishing effort limits

1.1.

For vessels flying their flag, Member States shall ensure that fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gear of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 90 mm, with bottom set lines, longlines except drifting lines, handlines and jigging equipment shall be permitted for a maximum number of

(a)	223 days absent from port in subdivisions 22-24 with the exception of the period from 1 to 30 April when Article 8 paragraph 1(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies, and

(b)	178 days absent from port in subdivisions 25-27, 28.2 with the exception of the period from 1 July to 31 August when Article 8 paragraph 1(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 applies.

1.2.

The maximum number of days absent from port per year for which a vessel may be present within the two areas defined in point 1.1 (a) and (b) fishing with the gears referred to in point 1.1 may not exceed the maximum number of days allocated for one of the two areas.

1.3.

Up to 4 additional days absent from port may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities with any of the gears defined in Article 8 paragraph 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 that have taken place since 1 January 2005 in the areas concerned in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector (1).

1.4.

Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations described in point 1.3 shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details of permanent cessations of the fishing activities in question by 30 January 2008. On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days absent from port defined in point 1.1 for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

(1) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 10. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1).

ANNEX III

TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL MEASURES

1. Restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot

1.1.

The retention on board of the following species of fish which are caught within the geographical areas and during the periods mentioned below shall be prohibited:

Species	Geographical area	Period
Flounder (Platichthys flesus)	Subdivisions 26 to 28, 29 south of 59°30′N Subdivision 32	15 February to 15 May 15 February to 31 May
Turbot (Psetta maxima)	Subdivisions 25 to 26, 28 south of 56°50′N	1 June to 31 July

2. By way of derogation from point 1, when fishing with trawls, Danish seines and similar gears with a mesh size equal to or greater then 105 mm or with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm, by-catches of flounder and turbot may be retained on board and landed within a limit of 10 % by live weight of the total catch retained on board and landed during the periods of prohibition referred to in that point.