Article 1
The fishing opportunities established under the Protocol shall be allocated among the Member States as follows: (1) Category 1 – Vessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab: Spain 4 150 tonnes Italy 600 tonnes Portugal 250 tonnes In this category, no more than 15 vessels may operate in Mauritanian waters at any one time. (2) Category 2 – Black hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners: Spain 6 000 tonnes In this category, no more than four vessels may operate in Mauritanian waters at any one time. (3) Category 2a – Black hake (freezer) trawlers: Spain: Black hake 3 500 tonnes Squid 1 450 tonnes Cuttlefish 600 tonnes In this category, no more than six vessels may operate in Mauritanian waters at any one time. (4) Category 3 – Vessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls: Spain 3 000 tonnes In this category, no more than six vessels may operate in Mauritanian waters at any one time. (5) Category 4 – Tuna seiners (14 000 tonnes – reference tonnage): Spain 17 annual licences France 12 annual licences (6) Category 5 – Pole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners (7 000 tonnes – reference tonnage): Spain 14 annual licences France 1 annual licence (7) Category 6 – Pelagic freezer trawlers: Germany 13 038,4 tonnes France 2 714,6 tonnes Latvia 55 966,6 tonnes Lithuania 59 837,6 tonnes Netherlands 64 976,1 tonnes Poland 27 106,6 tonnes Ireland 8 860,1 tonnes During the period of application of the Protocol, the Member States shall have the following number of quarterly licences: Germany 4 France 2 Latvia 20 Lithuania 22 Netherlands 16 Poland 8 Ireland 2 The Member States shall inform the Commission if certain licences may be made available to other Member States. In this category, no more than 19 vessels may operate in Mauritanian waters at any one time. (8) Category 7 – Non-freezer pelagic vessels: Ireland 15 000 tonnes If not used, these fishing opportunities shall be transferred to category 6 according to the method of allocation of that category. In this category, no more than two vessels may operate in Mauritanian waters at any one time.