Council Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 and 2006 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks
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Subject matter
This Regulation fixes for 2005 and for 2006, for stocks of deep-sea species and for Community fishing vessels, annual fishing opportunities in zones in Community waters and in certain non Community waters where catch limitations are required, and the specific conditions under which fishing opportunities may be utilised.
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 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks ( 11 ) . 2. The definitions of ICES and CECAF zones are those given, respectively, in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 and Regulation (EC) No 2597/95.
Fixing of fishing opportunities
Fishing opportunities for stocks of deep-sea species for Community vessels are fixed as set out in the Annex.
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 (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.
Quota flexibility
For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, all quotas in the Annex to this Regulation shall be considered ‘Analytic’ quotas. However, the measures provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply to those quotas.
Conditions for landing catch and by-catch
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. 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.
Orange Roughy
1. The Orange Roughy Protection Areas are defined as 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, 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.
Effort limitations and associated conditions for the management of stocks
Each Member State shall ensure that for 2005 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits do not exceed 90 % of the fishing effort deployed by its vessels in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held and deep sea species, as listed in Annex I and Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, excluding greater silver smelt, were caught.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply as from 1 January 2005.
ANNEX Part 1 Definition of Species and Species Groups Within each area fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. A table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given below for the purposes of this Regulation: Common name Scientific name Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Alfonsinos Beryx spp. Tusk Brosme brosme Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Blue ling Molva dypterygia Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Where reference is made to ‘deep sea sharks’, this shall refer to sharks in the following list of species: Portuguese dogfish ( Centroscymnus coelolepis ), Leafscale gulper shark ( Centrophorus squamosus ), Birdbeak dogfish ( Deania calceus ), Kitefin shark ( Dalatias licha ), Greater lanternshark ( Etmopterus princeps ), Velvet belly ( Etmopterus spinax ), Black dogfish ( Centroscyllium fabricii ), Gulper shark ( Centrophorus granulosus ), Blackmouth dogfish ( Galeus melastomus ), Mouse catshark ( Galeus murinus ), Iceland catshark ( Apristuris spp. ). Part 2 Annual fishing opportunities applicable for Community vessels in areas where catch limitations exist by species and by area (in tonnes live weight). All references are to ICES sub-areas unless otherwise stated. Species : Deep Sea Sharks Zone : V, VI, VII, VIII, IX (Community waters and international waters) Germany 161 Spain 767 Estonia 10 France 2 775 Ireland 448 Lithuania 10 Poland 10 Portugal 1 044 United Kingdom 1 538 EC 6 763 Species : Deep Sea Sharks Zone : X (Community waters and international waters) Portugal 14 EC 14 Species : Deep Sea Sharks and Deania histricosa and Deania profondorum Zone : XII (Community waters and international waters) Spain 169 France 54 Ireland 10 United Kingdom 10 EC 243 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : I, II, III, IV (Community waters and international waters) Germany 10 France 10 United Kingdom 10 EC 30 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : V, VI, VII, XII (Community waters and international waters) Germany 35 Spain 173 Estonia 17 France 2 433 Ireland 87 Latvia 113 Lithuania 1 Poland 1 United Kingdom 173 Others ( 1 ) 9 EC 3 042 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : VIII, IX, X (Community waters and international waters) Spain 13 France 31 Portugal 3 956 EC 4 000 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : CECAF 34.1.2. (Community waters and international waters) Portugal 4 285 EC 4 285 Species : Alfonsinos Beryx spp. Zone : III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII (Community waters and international waters) Spain 74 France 20 Ireland 10 Portugal 214 United Kingdom 10 EC 328 Species : Tusk Brosme brosme Zone : I, II, XIV (Community waters and international waters) Germany 10 France 10 United Kingdom 10 Others ( 2 ) 5 EG 35 Species : Tusk Brosme brosme Zone : III (Community waters and international waters) Denmark 20 Sweden 10 Germany 10 EC 40 Species : Tusk Brosme brosme Zone : IV (Community waters and international waters) Denmark 85 Germany 26 France 60 Sweden 9 United Kingdom 128 Others ( 1 ) 9 EG 317 Species : Tusk Brosme brosme Zone : V, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters) Germany 9 Spain 29 France 353 Ireland 34 United Kingdom 170 Others ( 1 ) 9 EG 604 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : I, II, IV, Va (Community waters and international waters) Denmark 2 Germany 2 France 14 United Kingdom 2 EC 20 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : III (Community waters and international waters) Denmark 1 504 Germany 9 Sweden 77 EC 1 590 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : Vb, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters) Germany 9 Estonia 73 Spain 74 France 3 736 Ireland 294 Latvia 32 Lithuania 131 Poland 676 United Kingdom 219 Others ( 3 ) 9 EC 5 253 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV (Community waters and international waters) Germany 47 Spain 5 165 France 238 Ireland 10 United Kingdom 21 Latvia 83 Lithuania 10 Poland 1 616 EC 7 190 Species : Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Zone : VI (Community waters and international waters) Spain 10 France 58 Ireland 10 United Kingdom 10 EC 88 Species : Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Zone : VII (Community waters and international waters) Spain 9 France 866 Ireland 255 United Kingdom 9 Others ( 1 ) 9 EC 1 148 Species : Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Zone : I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV (Community waters and international waters) Spain 10 France 52 Ireland 14 Portugal 16 United Kingdom 10 EC 102 Species : Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone : II, IV, V (Community waters and international waters) Denmark 9 Germany 9 France 52 Ireland 9 United Kingdom 31 Others ( 4 ) 9 EC 119 Species : Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone : III (Community waters and international waters) Denmark 10 Germany 5 Sweden 10 EC 25 Species : Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone : VI, VII (Community waters and international waters) Germany 33 Estonia 5 Spain 104 France 2 371 Ireland 9 Lithuania 2 Poland 1 United Kingdom 603 Others ( 1 ) 9 EC 3 137 Species : Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Zone : VI, VII, VIII (Community waters and international waters) Spain 238 France 12 Ireland 9 United Kingdom 30 Others ( 1 ) 9 EC 298 Species : Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Zone : IX (Community waters and international waters) Spain 850 Portugal 230 EC 1 080 Species : Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Zone : X (Community waters and international waters) Spain 10 Portugal 1 116 United Kingdom 10 EC 1 136 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : I, II, III, IV (Community waters and international waters) Germany 10 France 10 United Kingdom 16 EC 36 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : V, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters) Germany 10 Spain 588 France 356 Ireland 260 United Kingdom 814 EC 2 028 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : VIII, IX (Community waters and international waters) Spain 242 France 15 Portugal 10 EC 267 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : X, XII (Community waters and international waters) France 10 Portugal 43 United Kingdom 10 EC 63 ( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 2 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 3 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 4 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 1 ) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.
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