Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2003 of 21 May 2003 defining specific measures pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 concerning catches and landings of deep-sea species for seasonal fisheries by Denmark in the Skagerrak and North Sea

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 876/2003
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Scope

This Regulation applies to fishing vessels flying the flag of Denmark and registered in the Community which are engaged in the following activities:

(a) fishing within Norwegian waters of ICES Division IVa in the period 1 May to 31 October and returning directly to port in the period 1 May to 10 November after having fished in Norwegian waters of ICES Division IVa in the period 1 May to 31 October;

(b) fishing within the Skagerrak in the period 1 April to 31 May and returning directly to port in the period 1 April to 5 June after having fished in the Skagerrak in the period 1 April to 31 May.

Article 2

Specific measures

By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002:

1. vessels which are engaged in the activity defined in Article 1(a) and which do not hold a deep-sea fishing permit shall be authorised to retain on board, tranship or to land:

(a) any quantity of blue ling (Molva dypterigia) less than 300 kilograms;

(b) any aggregate quantity of deep-sea species other than blue ling (Molva dypterigia) less than 100 kilograms;

2. vessels which are engaged in the activity described in Article 1(b) and which do not hold a deep-sea fishing permit shall be authorised to retain on board, tranship or to land:

(a) any quantity of roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) less than 300 kilograms;

(b) any aggregate quantity of deep-sea species other than roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) less than 100 kilograms;

3. vessels which are engaged in both the activities defined in Article 1(a) and Article 1(b) which do not hold a deep-sea fishing permit shall be authorised to retain on board, tranship or to land:

(a) any quantity of roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) less than 300 kilograms;

(b) any quantity of blue ling (Molva dypterigia) less than 300 kilograms;

(c) any aggregate quantity of deep-sea species other than roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) and blue ling (Molva dypterigia) less than 100 kilograms.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of 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 Brussels, 21 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6.