Commission Regulation (EC) No 622/2007 of 5 June 2007 establishing conditions for the experimental fishing for sand eel for 2007 in the North Sea

Subject matter and scope

Article 1

1.   This Regulation lays down the conditions under which quotas fixed in Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 for experimental fishery relating to sand eel abundance may be fished in 2007 in ICES zone IV. 2.   The conditions laid down in this Regulation shall apply in addition to the conditions set out in Annex IID to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007.

Listing of Community fishing vessels

Article 2

1.   Following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Member States concerned shall transmit to the Commission without delay a list of fishing vessels flying their flag intending to participate in the experimental fishing on sand eel in Norwegian waters of ICES zone IV, containing the name, registration number and international radio call sign of each vessel. 2.   On the basis of the information received in accordance with paragraph 1, the Commission shall establish a list of all Community fishing vessels intending to participate in the experimental fishing on sand eel in Norwegian waters and transmit it to Norway.

Catch reporting by Community and Norwegian vessels

Article 3

1.   Community fishing vessels shall send the catch report to the Directorate of Fisheries in Norway every third day after the vessel first enters the Norwegian zone, whenever they intend to fish sand eel or have on board trawl net with mesh size less than 16 mm. 2.   In addition to the notifications on catch-on-entry and catch-on-exit reports transmitted in accordance with Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 41/2007, Norwegian fishing vessels shall send the catch report to the Commission every third day after the vessel first enters the Community waters, whenever they intend to fish sand eel or have on board trawl net with mesh size less than 16 mm.

Access to VMS information concerning Community vessels

Article 4

Member States shall make available to their national scientists participating in the relevant ICES working group or, in absence thereof, directly to that working group, VMS data concerning the vessels flying their flag and participating in the experimental fishing on sand eel.

Closure of the experimental fishery for Norwegian vessels

Article 5

1.   For Norwegian fishing vessels the experimental fishing for sand eel shall be permitted after 6 May 2007 in EC waters of ICES zone IV only as far as: (a) 30 % of the total effort deployed in 2005 by Norway has not been fully used and; (b) the catch limit of 20 000 tonnes has not been reached. 2.   The fishing effort deployed by Norwegian vessels shall not exceed 25 vessels carrying out no more than one multiple-day trip each.

Article 6

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