Council Regulation (EC) No 1359/2008 of 28 November 2008 fixing for 2009 and 2010 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks
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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.
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.
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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ANNEX PART 1 Definition of Species and Species Groups 1. In the list set out in part 2 of this Annex, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. However, deep-sea sharks are placed at the beginning of that list. 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. Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Blue ling Molva dypterygia Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Forkbeards Phycis blennoides 2. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘deep-sea sharks’, means the following list of species: Common name Scientific name Iceland catshark Apristuris spp. Gulper shark Centrophorus granulosus Leafscale gulper shark Centrophorus squamosus Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis Longnose velvet dogfish Centroscymnus crepidater Black dogfish Centroscyllium fabricii Birdbeak dogfish Deania calceus Kitefin shark Dalatias licha Greater lanternshark Etmopterus princeps Velvet belly Etmopterus spinax Blackmouth dogfish Galeus melastomus Mouse catshark Galeus murinus Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus 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 subareas and/or divisions unless otherwise stated. Species : Deep-sea sharks Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (DWS/56789-) Year 2009 ( 1 ) 2010 ( 2 ) Germany 20 0 Estonia 1 0 Ireland 55 0 Spain 93 0 France 339 0 Lithuania 1 0 Poland 1 0 Portugal 127 0 United Kingdom 187 0 EC 824 0 Species : Deep-sea sharks Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of X (DWS/10-) Year 2009 ( 3 ) 2010 ( 4 ) Portugal 10 0 EC 10 0 Species : Deep-sea sharks and Deania histricosa and Deania profondorum Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of XII (DWS/12-) Year 2009 ( 5 ) 2010 ( 6 ) Ireland 1 0 Spain 17 0 France 6 0 United Kingdom 1 0 EC 25 0 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III and IV (BSF/1234-) Year 2009 2010 Germany 4 4 France 4 4 United Kingdom 4 4 EC 12 12 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII and XII (BSF/56712-) Year 2009 2010 Germany 32 29 Estonia 15 14 Ireland 78 73 Spain 156 145 France 2 189 2 036 Latvia 102 95 Lithuania 1 1 Poland 1 1 United Kingdom 156 145 Others ( 7 ) 8 8 ( 7 ) EC 2 738 2 547 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX and X (BSF/8910-) Year 2009 2010 Spain 11 11 France 28 26 Portugal 3 561 3 311 EC 3 600 3 348 Species : Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of CECAF 34.1.2. (BSF/C3412-) Year 2009 2010 Portugal 4 285 4 285 EC 4 285 4 285 Species : Alfonsinos Beryx spp. Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (ALF/3X14-) Year 2009 2010 Ireland 10 10 Spain 74 74 France 20 20 Portugal 214 214 United Kingdom 10 10 EC 328 328 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, IV and Va (RNG/1245A-) Year 2009 2010 Denmark 2 2 Germany 2 2 France 11 11 United Kingdom 2 2 EC 17 17 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of III (RNG/03-) Year 2009 2010 Denmark 804 804 Germany 5 5 Sweden 41 41 EC 850 850 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of Vb, VI, VII (RNG/5B67-) Year 2009 ( 8 ) 2010 ( 8 ) Germany 7 6 Estonia 57 49 Ireland 254 216 Spain 63 54 France 3 222 2 738 Lithuania 74 63 Poland 37 32 United Kingdom 189 160 Others ( 9 ) 7 6 EC 3 910 3 324 Species : Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (RNG/8X14-) Year 2009 ( 10 ) 2010 ( 10 ) Germany 34 34 Ireland 7 7 Spain 3 734 3 734 France 172 172 Latvia 60 60 Lithuania 7 7 Poland 1 168 1 168 United Kingdom 15 15 EC 5 197 5 197 Species : Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI (ORY/06-) Year 2009 2010 Ireland 2 0 Spain 2 0 France 11 0 United Kingdom 2 0 EC 17 0 Species : Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VII (ORY/07-) Year 2009 2010 Ireland 15 0 Spain 0 0 France 50 0 United Kingdom 0 0 Others 0 0 EC 65 0 Species : Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV (ORY/1CX14C) Year 2009 2010 Ireland 2 0 Spain 1 0 France 9 0 Portugal 2 0 United Kingdom 1 0 EC 15 0 Species : Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of II, IV and V (BLI/245-) Year 2009 2010 Denmark 5 4 Germany 5 4 Ireland 5 4 France 28 25 United Kingdom 18 15 Others 5 4 ( 11 ) EC 66 56 Species : Blue ling Molva dypterygia Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of III (BLI/03-) Year 2009 2010 Denmark 5 4 Germany 3 3 Sweden 5 4 EC 13 11 Species : Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI, VII and VIII (SBR/678-) ( 12 ) Year 2009 2010 Ireland 7 6 ( 13 ) Spain 204 172 ( 13 ) France 10 9 ( 13 ) United Kingdom 25 22 ( 13 ) Others 7 6 ( 13 ) ( 14 ) EC 253 215 Species : Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of IX (SBR/09-) ( 15 ) Year 2009 2010 ( 16 ) Spain 722 614 Portugal 196 166 EC 918 780 Species : Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of X (SBR/10-) Year 2009 2010 Spain 10 10 ( 17 ) Portugal 1 116 1 116 ( 17 ) United Kingdom 10 10 ( 17 ) EC 1 136 1 136 ( 17 ) Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III and IV (GFB/1234-) Year 2009 2010 Germany 9 9 France 9 9 United Kingdom 13 13 EC 31 31 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI and VII (GFB/567-) Year 2009 2010 Germany 10 10 Ireland 260 260 Spain 588 588 France 356 356 United Kingdom 814 814 EC 2 028 2 028 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII and IX (GFB/89-) Year 2009 2010 Spain 242 242 France 15 15 Portugal 10 10 EC 267 267 Species : Forkbeards Phycis blennoides Zone : Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of X and XII (GFB/1012-) Year 2009 2010 France 9 9 Portugal 36 36 United Kingdom 9 9 EC 54 54 ( 1 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries for deep-sea sharks are permitted. ( 2 ) By-catches of up to 10 % of 2009 quotas are permitted. ( 3 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries for deep-sea sharks are permitted. ( 4 ) By-catches of up to 10 % of 2009 quotas are permitted. ( 5 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries for deep-sea sharks are permitted. ( 6 ) By-catches of up to 10 % of 2009 quotas are permitted. ( 7 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 8 ) A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV. ( 9 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 10 ) A maximum of 8 % of each quota may be fished in Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of Vb, VI, VII. ( 11 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 12 ) A minimum landing size of 30 cm (total length) shall be respected in 2009 and 35 cm (total length) in 2010. However, in 2010, 15 % of fish landed may have a minimum landing size of at least 30 cm (total length). ( 13 ) Up to 10 % of the 2010 quotas may be taken in December 2009. ( 14 ) By-catches only. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota. ( 15 ) A minimum landing size of 30 cm (total length) shall be respected in 2009 and 35 cm (total length) in 2010. However, in 2010, 15 % of fish landed may have a minimum landing size of at least 30 cm (total length). ( 16 ) Up to 10 % of the 2010 quotas may be taken in December 2009. ( 17 ) Up to 10 % of the 2010 quotas may be taken in December 2009.
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