COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)

No 51/2006

of 22 December 2005

fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy(1), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas(2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks(3), and in particular Articles 6 and 8 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 811/2004 of 21 April 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of the Northern hake stock(4), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 requires the Council to adopt the measures necessary to ensure access to waters and resources and the sustainable pursuit of fishing activities taking account of available scientific advice and, in particular, the report prepared by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF).

(2) Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, it is incumbent upon the Council, to establish the total allowable catches (TAC) by fishery or group of fisheries. Fishing opportunities should be allocated to Member States and third countries in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 20 of that Regulation.

(3) In order to ensure effective management of the TACs and quotas, the specific conditions under which fishing operations occur should be established.

(4) The principles and certain procedures for fishery management need to be laid down at Community level, so that Member States can ensure the management of the vessels flying their flag.

(5) Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 lays down definitions of relevance for the allocation of fishing opportunities.

(6) In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 the stocks that are subject to the various measures referred to therein must be identified.

(7) In accordance with the procedure provided for in the agreements or protocols on fisheries relations, the Community has held consultations on fishing rights with Norway(5), the Faroe Islands(6) and Greenland(7)

(8) The Community is a contracting party to several regional fisheries organisations. Those fisheries organisations have recommended the setting of catch limitations and other conservation rules for certain species. Such recommendations should therefore be implemented by the Community.

(9) At its Annual Meeting in June 2005, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) adopted catch limitations for yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and skipjack tuna, and technical measures as regards the treatment of by-catches. Although the Community is not a member of the IATTC, it is necessary to implement those measures to ensure sustainable management of the resource under the jurisdiction of that Organisation.

(10) At its Annual Meeting in 2005, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) adopted tables indicating the under-utilisation and over-utilisation of the fishing possibilities of the ICCAT contracting parties. In that context, the ICCAT adopted a Decision observing that during the year 2004, the Community had under-exploited its quota for several stocks.

(11) In order to respect the adjustments to the Community quotas established by the ICCAT, it is necessary for the distribution of the fishing opportunities arising from the under-utilisation to be carried out on the basis of the respective contribution of each Member State towards the under-utilisation without modifying the distribution key established in this Regulation concerning the annual allocation of TACs.

(12) Fishing opportunities should be used in accordance with the Community legislation on the subject, and in particular with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87 of 20 May 1987 establishing detailed rules concerning the marking and documentation of fishing vessels(8), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish(9), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(10), Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 of 4 November 2003 on the management of the fishing effort relating to certain Community fishing areas and resources(11), Council Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean(12), Council Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down general provisions concerning special fishing permits(13), Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(14), Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms(15), Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States in the north-east Atlantic(16), Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 of 29 June 1998 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption(17), Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks(18), Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems(19), Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86 of 22 September 1986 defining characteristics for fishing vessels(20), Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 2001 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species(21), Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep -sea stocks(22) and 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(23).

(13) It is necessary, following the advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), to apply a temporary system to manage the catch limits of anchovy in Subarea VIII.

(14) It is necessary, following the advice from the ICES, to apply a temporary system to manage the fishing effort on sandeel in ICES Subarea IV and Division IIIa North.

(15) Having regard to the scientific knowledge as to the biological status of the blue whiting stock, and following the negotiations between the Coastal States on the management of that stock, it is necessary to modify the management areas while taking into account the specific characteristics of the fisheries concerned.

(16) As a transitional measure in the light of the most recent scientific advice from the ICES, the fishing effort on certain deep-sea species should be further reduced.

(17) For the adjustment of fishing effort limitations on cod as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 alternative arrangements are proposed in order to manage fishing effort consistently with the TAC, as laid down in Article 8(3) of the said Regulation.

(18) Scientific advice indicates that the stock of North Sea plaice is not fished sustainably and that levels of discards are very high. Scientific advice and advice from the North Sea Regional Advisory Council indicates that it is appropriate to adjust the fishing opportunities in terms of fishing effort of vessels targeting plaice.

(19) For the stocks of sole in the Western channel, it is necessary to apply a provisional effort management scheme. For the cod stocks in the Kattegat, in the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the Western channel, in the Irish Sea and in the west of Scotland, and the stocks of hake and of Norway lobster in ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa, the effort management scheme needs to be adapted.

(20) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 does not ensure that the catches of herring are limited to the catch limits fixed for the species. It is therefore necessary to introduce transitional measures ensuring an appropriate monitoring and counting of herring in unsorted landings.

(21) Current fishing practices when fishing with gillnets in deep waters west of Scotland and Ireland involve the use of gillnets of excessive lengths, leading to excessive soak times and high discard rates. Nets lost or deliberately discarded may continue to fish for a number of years without being retrieved. Scientific investigations have demonstrated that this fishing practice constitutes a serious threat to deep-sea species, and transitional measures to prohibit the fishery should be implemented until more permanent measures are adopted.

(22) In order to ensure sustainable exploitation of the hake stocks and to reduce discards, the latest developments on selective gears should be implemented as transitional measures in Subdivision VIII a, b, d.

(23) At its Annual Meeting in 2004, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) adopted a recommendation to restrict fishing within certain areas in order to protect vulnerable deep-sea habitats. This recommendation should be implemented by the Community.

(24) In order to contribute to the conservation of octopus and in particular to protect the juveniles, it is necessary to establish, in 2006, a minimum size of octopus from the maritime waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and situated in the CECAF region pending the adoption of a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98.

(25) In November 2005 the NEAFC recommended placing a number of vessels on the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries. Implementation of the recommendations in the Community legal order should be ensured.

(26) At the Annual Meeting of the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) in 2005, the GFCM adopted a recommendation on the management of certain fisheries exploiting deep-sea species and a recommendation concerning the establishment of a GFCM record of vessels of over 15 metres authorised to operate in the GFCM area. As the Community is a contracting party to the GFCM, these recommendations are binding on the Community and should therefore be implemented.

(27) In order to contribute to the conservation of fish stocks, certain supplementary measures on control and technical conditions of fishing should be implemented in 2006.

(28) Certain provisions should be introduced on the use of VMS data in order to provide for greater efficiency and effectiveness in the monitoring, control and surveillance of effort management.

(29) In order to ensure that catches of blue whiting by third-country vessels in Community waters are correctly accounted for, it is necessary to strengthen the control provisions for such vessels.

(30) Under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 it is incumbent upon the Council to decide on the conditions associated with the limits on catches and/or fishing effort limits. Scientific advice indicates that substantial catches in excess of agreed TACs result in the sustainability of fishing operations being prejudiced. It is therefore appropriate to introduce associated conditions that will result in improved implementation of the agreed fishing possibilities.

(31) At its Annual Meeting in 2004, the ICCAT adopted a number of technical measures for certain stocks of highly migratory species in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, specifying inter alia a new minimum size for bluefin tuna, restrictions on fishing within certain areas and time periods in order to protect bigeye tuna, measures concerning sport and recreational fishing activities in the Mediterranean Sea and the establishment of a sampling programme for the estimation of the size of the caged bluefin tuna. In order to contribute to the conservation of fish stocks it is necessary to implement these measures in 2006 pending the adoption of a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

(32) At its Annual Meeting in 2005, the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) adopted a measure to place scientific observers on board all vessels operating in the Convention Area and targeting species not subject to the conservation and management regimes of other competent regional fisheries organisations from 1 January 2006. This measure is binding on the Community and should therefore be implemented.

(33) At its 27th Annual Meeting of 19 to 23 September 2005, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) adopted a number of technical and control measures. It is necessary to implement these measures.

(34) In order to comply with international obligations assumed by the Community as a Contracting Party to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), including the obligation to apply the measures adopted by the CCAMLR Commission, the TACs adopted by that Commission for the 2005-2006 season and the corresponding season limit dates should be applied.

(35) At its XXIVth annual meeting in 2005, the CCAMLR adopted relevant catch limits for the stocks open to established fisheries by any CCAMLR Member. CCAMLR also approved the participation of Community vessels in exploratory fisheries for

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spp. in Subareas FAO 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) and made the relevant fishing activities subject to catch and by-catch limits, as well as to certain specific technical measures. Those limits and technical measures should also be applied.

(36) In order to ensure the livelihood of Community fishermen, and in order to avoid endangering resources and any possible difficulty due to the lapsing of Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required(24), it is essential to open these fisheries on 1 January 2006 and maintain in force in January 2006 some of the rules of the said Regulation. Given the urgency of the matter, it is imperative to grant an exception to the six-week period referred to in paragraph I(3) of the Protocol on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for the year 2006, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, and the associated conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used.

In addition, it fixes certain effort limits and associated conditions for January 2007, and for certain Antarctic stocks it fixes the fishing opportunities and specific conditions for the periods set out in Annex IE.

Article 2

Scope

1. If not otherwise provided for, this Regulation shall apply to:

(a) Community fishing vessels (‘Community vessels’); and

(b) fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in, third countries (‘third - country fishing vessels’) in Community waters (‘EC waters’).

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State concerned and of which the Commission and the Member State in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘total allowable catches’ means the quantity that can be taken from each stock each year;

(b) ‘quota’ means a fixed proportion of the TAC allocated to the Community, Member States or third countries;

(d) ‘NAFO Regulatory Area’ means the part of the area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) Convention not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of coastal States;

(e) ‘Skagerrak’ means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;

(f) ‘Kattegat’ means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;

(g) ‘Gulf of Cadiz’ means the area of ICES Subdivision IXa east of longitude 7

23'48"W.

Article 4

Fishing zones

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions shall apply:

(a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91. If ‘EC waters’ is added to a zone, it means that the zone refers only to EC waters of that zone;

(b) CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic(25);

(c) NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) zones are as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic(26);

(d) CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 .

CHAPTER II

FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS

Article 5

Catch limits and allocations

1. The catch limits for Community vessels in Community waters or in certain non-Community waters and the allocation of such catch limits among Member States and additional conditions in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are set out in Annex I.

2. Community vessels are hereby authorised to make catches, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the conditions set out in Articles 10, 17 and 18.

3. The Commission shall immediately stop fishing activities concerning anchovy in subarea VIII if STECF advises that the spawning stock biomass at spawning time in 2006 is less than 28 000 tonnes.

4. The Commission shall fix the final catch limits for the fisheries on sandeel in ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa, and Subarea IV (EC waters) according to the rules laid down in point 6 of Annex IID

5. The Commission shall fix catch limits for capelin in zones V, XIV (Greenland waters) available to the Community at 7,7% of the capelin TAC as soon as the TAC has been established.

6. Catch limits for the stocks of anglerfish in zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters) and in zones Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, and XIV may be revised by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 following analysis by the STECF of observed catch-per-unit-effort data collected during the first quarter of 2006.

7. Catch limits for the stock of Norway pout in zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa and IV (EC waters) and for the stock of sprat in zones IIa (EC waters) and IV (EC waters) may be revised by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 in the light of scientific information collected during the first half of 2006.

Article 6

Special provisions on allocations

1. The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in Annex I 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), 23(1) and 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93;

(d) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;

(e) deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.

2. For the purpose of withholding quotas to be transferred to 2007, Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall apply, by way of derogation from that Regulation, to all stocks subject to analytical TAC.

Article 7

Fishing effort limits and associated conditions for the management of stocks

1. From 1 February 2006 to 31 January 2007, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in:

— Annex IIA shall apply for the management of certain stocks in the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, Subarea IV, and ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa, VIa, VIIa and VIId;

— Annex IIB shall apply for the management of hake in ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa with the exception of Gulf of Cadiz.;

— Annex IIC shall apply for the management of sole stocks in the ICES Division VIIe;

— Annex IID shall apply for the management of sandeel stocks in the Skagerrak, ICES Subarea IV and Division IIa (EC waters).

2. For the period 1 January 2006 to 31 January 2006 for the stocks mentioned in paragraph 1, the fishing effort and associated conditions laid down in Annexes IVa, IVb, IVc and V to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 shall continue to apply.

3. Vessels using gear types identified in point 4 of Annex IIA and in point 3 of Annexes IIB and IIC respectively and fishing in areas defined in point 2 of Annex IIA and in point 1 of Annexes IIB and IIC respectively shall hold a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94, as provided for in these Annexes.

4. The Commission shall fix the final fishing effort for 2006 for the fisheries on sandeel in ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa, and Subarea IV based on the rules laid down in point 6 of Annex IId.

5. Member States shall ensure that for 2006 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits do not exceed 80% of the average annual fishing effort deployed by the vessels of the Member State concerned in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held and deep-sea species, as listed in Annex I and in point 15 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, were caught. This paragraph shall apply only to fishing trips on which more than 100 kg of deep sea species, other than greater silver smelt, were caught.

Article 8

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

1. Fish from stocks for which catch limits are fixed shall be retained on board or landed only if:

(a) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or

(b) the catches consist of a part of a Community share which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that share has not been exhausted.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following fish may be retained on board and landed even if a Member State has no quotas or the quotas or shares are exhausted:

(a) species, other than herring and mackerel, where

(i) they are caught mixed with other species with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 mm in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, and;

(ii) the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing;

(b) mackerel, where

(i) they are caught mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard;

(ii) they do not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board and;

(iii) the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing.

3. Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1434/98, shall not apply to herring caught in ICES Subarea IV and ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa and VIId.

4. All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of paragraph 2.

5. When catch limits of a Member State for herring in ICES Subareas II (EC waters), IV and Subdivisions IIIa and VIId are exhausted, flying the flag of that Member State, registered in the Community and operating within the fisheries to which the relevant catch limitations apply, shall be prohibited from landing catches which are unsorted and which contain herring.

6. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Articles 4 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98.

Article 9

Unsorted landings in ICES Subarea IV and ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa and VIId

1. Member States shall ensure that an adequate sampling programme is in place allowing an efficient monitoring of unsorted landings by species caught in ICES Subarea IV and ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa and VIId.

2. Unsorted catches in ICES Subarea IV and ICES Divisions IIa (EC waters), IIIa and VIId shall be landed only at ports and landing locations where a sampling programme as referred to in paragraph 1 is in place.

Article 10

Access limits

No fishing by Community vessels shall take place in the Skagerrak within 12 nautical miles from the baselines of Norway. However, vessels flying the flag of Denmark or Sweden shall be allowed to fish up to four nautical miles from the baselines of Norway

Article 11

Transitional technical and control measures

Transitional technical and control measures for Community vessels shall be as set out in Annex III.

CHAPTER III

CATCH LIMITS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS

Article 12

Transitional technical and control measures

Transitional technical and control measures for third-country fishing vessels shall be as set out in Annex III.

Article 13

Authorisation

Fishing vessels flying the flag of Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela and fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Community waters, within the catch limits set out in Annex I, and subject to the conditions provided for in Articles 14, 15 and 16 and 19 to 25.

Article 14

Geographical restrictions

1. Fishing by fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway or registered in the Faroe Islands shall be limited to those parts of the 200 nautical mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of Member States in ICES Subarea IV, the Kattegat and the Atlantic Ocean north of 43

00'N, except the area referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

2. Fishing in the Skagerrak by fishing vessels flying the flag of Norway shall be allowed seawards of four nautical miles from the baselines of Denmark and Sweden.

3. Fishing by fishing vessels flying the flag of Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the Department of French Guyana.

Article 15

Transit through Community waters

Third-country fishing vessels that transit through Community waters shall stow their nets so that they may not readily be used, in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) nets, weights and similar gear shall be disconnected from their trawl boards and towing and hauling wires and ropes,

(b) nets which are on or above deck shall be securely lashed to some part of the superstructure.

Article 16

Conditions for landing catches and by-catches

Fish from stocks for which catch limits are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless the catches have been taken by fishing vessels of a third-country having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.

CHAPTER IV

LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS

Article 17

Licences and associated conditions

1. Notwithstanding the general rules on fishing licences and special fishing permits provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1627/94, fishing by Community vessels in waters of a third country shall be subject to the holding of a licence issued by the authorities of that third country.

2. However, paragraph 1 shall not apply to the following Community vessels, when fishing in Norwegian waters of the North Sea:

(a) vessels of a tonnage equal to or less than 200 GT; or

(b) vessels carrying out fisheries for human consumption for species other than mackerel; or

3. The maximum number of licences and other associated conditions shall be fixed as set out in Part I of Annex IV. Requests for licences shall indicate the types of fishing and the name and characteristics of the Community vessels for which licences are to be issued and shall be addressed by the authorities of the Member States to the Commission. The Commission shall submit these requests to the authorities of the third country concerned.

4. If one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (swap) in the fishing areas set out in Part I of Annex IV, the transfer shall include an appropriate transfer of licences and shall be notified to the Commission. However, the total number of licences for each fishing area, as set out in Part I of Annex IV, shall not be exceeded.

5. Community vessels shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing the zone in which they operate.

Article 18

Faroe Islands

Community vessels licensed to conduct a directed fishery for one species in waters of the Faroe Islands may conduct directed fishery for another species provided that they give prior notification to the Faroese authorities.

CHAPTER V

LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS

Article 19

Obligation to have a licence and a special fishing permit

1. Notwithstanding Article 28b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, fishing vessels of less than 200 GT flying the flag of Norway shall be exempt from the obligation to have a licence and a special fishing permit.

2. The licence and special fishing permit shall be kept on board. However, fishing vessels registered in the Faroe Islands or Norway shall be exempt from that obligation.

3. Fishing vessels from third countries authorised to fish on 31 December 2005 may continue to fish as from 1 January 2006 until the list of fishing vessels authorised to fish is submitted to, and approved by, the Commission.

Article 20

Application for a licence and special fishing permit

An application to the Commission for a licence and special fishing permit from an authority of a third-country shall be accompanied by the following information:

(a) name of the vessel;

(b) registration number;

(d) port of registration;

(e) name and address of the owner or charterer;

(f) gross tonnage and overall length;

(g) engine power;

(h) call sign and radio frequency;

(i) intended method of fishing;

(j) intended area of fishing;

(k) species for which it is intended to fish;

(l) period for which a licence is applied for.

Article 21

Number of licences

The number of licences and special associated conditions shall be fixed as set out in Part II of Annex IV.

Article 22

Cancellation and withdrawal

1. Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day preceding the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue.

2. Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before their date of expiry if the quota for the stock in question as set out in Annex I has been exhausted.

3. Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation.

Article 23

Failure to comply with relevant rules

1. For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence or special fishing permit shall be issued for any third-country fishing vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been fulfilled.

2. The Commission shall submit to the authorities of the third-country concerned the names and characteristics of the third-country fishing vessels which will not be authorised to fish in the Community fishing zone for the following month or months as a consequence of an infringement of the relevant rules.

Article 24

Obligations of the licence holder

1. Third-country fishing vessels shall comply with the conservation and control measures and other provisions governing fishing by Community vessels in the zone in which they operate, in particular Regulations (EEC) No 1381/87, (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94, (EC) No 88/98(27), (EC) No 850/98, and (EC) No 1434/98.

2. The third-country fishing vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a logbook in which the information set out in Part I of Annex V, shall be entered.

3. Third-country fishing vessels, except vessels flying the flag of Norway fishing in ICES Division IIIa, shall transmit the information set out in Annex VI to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid down in that Annex.

Article 25

Specific provisions concerning the Department of French Guyana

1. The granting of licences to fish in the waters of the Department of French Guyana shall be subject to an undertaking by the owner of the third-country fishing vessel concerned to permit an observer to come on board at the Commission's request.

2. The master of each third-country fishing vessel in possession of a licence for finfish or tuna fishing in the waters of the Department of French Guyana shall, on landing the catch after each trip, submit a declaration to the French authorities stating the quantities of shrimp caught and kept on board since the last declaration. This declaration shall be in accordance with the model set out in Part III of Annex IV. The master shall be responsible for the accuracy of the declaration. The French authorities shall take all appropriate measures to verify the accuracy of the declarations, by checking them in particular against the logbook referred to in Article 24(2). The declaration shall be signed by the competent official after it has been verified. Before the end of each month, the French authorities shall send to the Commission all the declarations relating to the preceding month.

3. Third-country fishing vessels fishing in the waters of the Department of French Guyana shall keep a logbook corresponding to the model appearing in Part II of Annex V. A copy of this logbook shall be sent to the Commission within 30 days of the last day of each fishing trip, via the French authorities.

4. If, for a period of one month, the Commission receives no communication concerning a third-country fishing vessel in possession of a licence to fish in waters of the Department of French Guyana, the licence of that vessel shall be withdrawn.

CHAPTER VI

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE NAFO REGULATORY AREA

SECTION 1

Community participation

Article 26

List of vessels

1. Only Community vessels of more than 50 gross tonnes which have been issued a special fishing permits by their flag Member State and are included in the NAFO vessel register shall be authorised, on the conditions set out in their permits, to fish, keep on board, trans-ship and land fishery resources from the NAFO Regulatory Area.

2. Each Member State shall inform the Commission in computer readable form, at least 15 days before the new vessel enters the NAFO Regulatory Area, of any amendment to its list of vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community that are authorised to fish in the NAFO Regulatory Area. The Commission shall forward this information promptly to the NAFO Secretariat.

3. The information referred to in paragraph 2 shall include the following:

(a) the internal number of the vessel, as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register(28);

(b) the international radio call sign;

(d) the vessel type.

4. For vessels temporarily flying the flag of a Member State (bare boat charter), the information forwarded shall furthermore include:

(a) the date from which the vessel has been authorised to fly the flag of the Member State;

(b) the date from which the vessel has been authorised by the Member State to engage in fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area;

(c) the name of the State where the vessel is registered or has been previously registered and the date as from which it ceased flying the flag of that State;

(d) the name of the vessel;

(e) the official registration number of the vessel assigned by the competent national authorities;

(f) the home port of the vessel after the transfer;

(g) the name of owner or charterer of the vessel;

(h) a declaration that the master has been provided with a copy of the regulations in force in the NAFO Regulatory Area;

(i) the principal species which can be fished by the vessel in the NAFO Regulatory Area;

(j) the Subareas where the vessel may be expected to fish.

SECTION 2

Technical measures

Article 27

Mesh sizes

1. The use of trawl net having in any section thereof net meshes of dimensions less than 130 mm shall be prohibited for direct fishing of the groundfish species referred to in Annex VII. This mesh size may be reduced to a minimum of 60 mm for direct fishing of short-finned squid (

Illex illecebrosus

). For direct fishing of skates (

Rajidae

) this mesh size shall be increased to a minimum of 280 mm in the cod-end and 220 mm in all other parts of the trawl.

2. Vessels fishing for shrimp (

Pandalus borealis

) shall use nets with a minimum mesh size of 40 mm.

Article 28

Attachments to nets

1. The use of any means or device other than those described in this Article which obstructs the meshes of a net or which diminishes their size shall be prohibited.

2. Canvas, netting or any other material may be attached to the underside of the cod-end in order to reduce or prevent damage.

3. Devices may be attached to the upper side of the cod-end provided that they do not obstruct the meshes of the cod-end. The use of top-side chafers shall be limited to those listed in Annex VIII.

4. Vessels fishing for shrimp (

Pandalus borealis

) shall use sorting grids or grates with a maximum spacing between bars of 22 mm. Vessels fishing for shrimp in Division 3L shall also be equipped with toggle chains of a minimum of 72 cm in length as described in Annex IX.

Article 29

By-catches

1. Fishing vessels may not conduct directed fisheries for species for which by-catch limits apply. A directed fishery for a species is conducted when that species comprises the largest percentage by weight of the catch in any one haul.

2. By-catches of the species for which no quotas have been fixed by the Community for a part of the NAFO Regulatory Area and taken in that part when fishing directly for any species may not exceed for each species 2 500 kg or 10 % by weight of the total catch retained on board, whichever is the greater. However, in a part of the NAFO Regulatory Area where directed fishing of certain species is banned or an ‘others’ quota has been fully utilised, by-catches of each of the species listed in Annex ID shall not exceed 1 250 kg or 5 % respectively.

3. Whenever the total amounts of species subject to by-catch limits in any haul exceed the limits laid down in paragraph 2, whichever is applicable, vessels shall immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the previous haul position. Whenever the total amounts of species subject to by-catch limits in any subsequent haul exceed those limits, vessels shall again immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the previous haul position and shall not return to the area for at least 48 hours.

4. Whenever total by-catches of all species in any haul exceed 5 % by weight in Division 3M and 2,5 % in Division 3L, vessels fishing for shrimp (

Pandalus borealis

) shall immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the position of the previous haul.

5. Catches of shrimp shall not be used in the calculation of by-catch level of groundfish species.

Article 30

Minimum size of fish

1. Fish from the NAFO Regulatory Area which do not have the size required as set out in Annex X may not be processed, retained on board, trans-shipped, landed, transported, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale, but shall be returned immediately to the sea.

2. Where the quantity of caught fish not having the size required as set out in Annex X exceeds 10 % of the total quantity, the vessel shall move away to a distance of at least five nautical miles from any position of the previous haul before continuing fishing. Any processed fish for which minimum fish size requirements apply which is below a length equivalent in Annex X, shall be deemed to originate from fish that is below the minimum fish size.

SECTION 3

Control measures

Article 31

Product labelling and separate stowage

1. All processed fish harvested in the NAFO Regulatory Area shall be labelled in such a way that each species and product category as referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the commonorganisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products(29) is identifiable. It shall also be marked as having been caught in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

2. All shrimp harvested in Division 3L and all Greenland halibut harvested in Subarea 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO shall be marked as having been caught in these respective zones.

3. Taking into consideration the legitimate safety and navigational responsibility of the master of the vessel, the following shall apply:

— catch of the same species shall be stowed clearly separate from catches of other species. All catches taken within the NAFO Regulatory Area shall be stowed separately from catches taken outside this area.

— catches may be stowed in more than one part of the hold, but in each part of the hold where they are stowed, they shall be kept clearly separate, by the use of plastic, plywood, netting, etc. from catches of other species.

Article 32

Fishing and production logbooks and stowage plan

1. In addition to complying with Articles 6, 8, 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, masters of vessels shall enter in the logbook the information listed in Annex XI.

2. Before the 15th of each month, each Member State shall, in computer -readable form, notify the Commission of the quantities of stocks specified in Annex XIII landed during the preceding month and communicate any information received under Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

3. The masters of a Community vessel shall, in respect of catches of the species listed in Annex IC, keep:

(a) a production logbook stating their cumulative production, by species on board in product weight stated in kilograms;

(b) a stowage plan that shows the location of the different species in the holds.

4. The production logbook and stowage plan referred to in paragraph 3 shall be updated on a daily basis for the preceding day reckoned from 00.00 hrs (UTC) until 24.00 hrs (UTC) and shall be kept on board until the vessel has unloaded completely.

5. The master shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the quantities declared in the production logbook and the processed products stored on board to be verified.

6. Every two years Member States shall certify the accuracy of the capacity plans for all Community vessels authorised to fish pursuant to Article 26(1). The master shall ensure that a copy of such certification remains onboard to be shown to an inspector upon request.

Article 33

Carrying of nets

1. When fishing directly for one or more of the species listed in Annex VII, Community vessels shall not carry nets with a mesh size smaller than that laid down in Article 27.

2. However, Community vessels fishing in the course of the same voyage in areas other than the NAFO Regulatory Area may keep on board nets with a smaller mesh size than that laid down in Article 27 provided they are securely lashed and stowed and are not available for immediate use. Such nets must:

(a) be unshackled from their boards and their hauling or trawling cables and ropes; and

(b) if they are carried on or above the deck, be lashed securely to a part of the superstructure.

Article 34

Trans-shipment

1. Community vessels shall not engage in trans-shipment operations in the NAFO Regulatory Area unless they have received prior authorisation to do so from their competent authorities.

2. Community vessels shall not engage in trans-shipment operations of fish from or to a non-contracting party vessel which has been sighted or otherwise identified as having engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

3. Community vessels shall report each trans-shipment in the NAFO Regulatory Area to their competent authorities. Donor vessels shall make that report at least twenty-four hours in advance and receiving vessels not later than one hour after the trans-shipment.

4. The report referred to in paragraph 3 shall include the time, the geographical position, the total round weight by species to be off-loaded or on loaded in kilograms as well as the call sign of vessels involved in the trans-shipment.

5. The receiving vessel shall report, in addition to the total catch on board and the total weight to be landed, the name of the port and the expected time of landing at least 24 hours in advance of any landing.

6. Member States shall promptly transmit the reports referred to in paragraph 3 and 5 to the Commission, which shall promptly forward them to the NAFO Secretariat.

Article 35

Chartering of Community vessels

1. Member States may assent that a fishing vessel flying their flag and authorised to fish in the NAFO Regulatory Area be subject to a chartering arrangement for the utilisation in part or in full of a quota and/or fishing days allocated to another Contracting Party of NAFO. Chartering arrangements involving vessels identified by NAFO or any other Regional fisheries Organisation as having been involved in Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities shall, however, not be permitted.

2. On the date of the conclusion of a chartering arrangement, the flag Member State shall send the following information to the Commission, which shall forward this information to the Executive Secretary of NAFO:

(a) its assent to the charter arrangement;

(b) species covered by the charter and fishing opportunities allocated by the charter contract;

(d) name of the charterer;

(e) contracting party which chartered the vessel;

(f) the action the Member State has taken to ensure that the chartered vessels flying its flag comply with the NAFO conservation and enforcement measures for the duration of the chartering period.

3. When the charter arrangement ends, the flag Member State shall inform the Commission, which shall promptly forward this information to the Executive Secretary of NAFO.

4. The flag Member State shall act to ensure that:

(a) the vessel is not authorised to fish during the charter period against the fishing opportunities allocated to the flag Member State;

(b) the vessel is not authorised to fish under more than one charter arrangement during the same period;

(d) all catches and by-catches under notified chartering arrangements are recorded in the fishing logbook by the chartered vessel separate from other catch data.

5. Member States shall report all catches and by-catches as referred to in paragraph 4 (d) to the Commission separately from other national catch data. The Commission shall promptly forward those data to the Executive Secretary of NAFO.

Article 36

Monitoring of fishing effort

1. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the fishing effort of its vessels is commensurate with the fishing opportunities available to that Member State in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission the fishing plan for their vessels fishing for species in the NAFO Regulatory Area no later than 31 January 2006 or, thereafter, at least 30 days before the commencement of such activity. The fishing plan shall identify, inter alia, the vessel or vessels that will engage in these fisheries and the intended number of fishing days those vessels will spend in the NAFO Regulatory Area.

3. Member States shall, on an indicative basis, inform the Commission of the intended activities of their vessels in other areas.

4. The fishing plan shall represent the total fishing effort to be deployed in the NAFO Regulatory Area in relation to the fishing opportunities available to the Member State making the notification.

5. No later than 31 December 2006, Member States shall report to the Commission on the implementation of their fishing plans. Those reports shall include the number of vessels actually engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area, the catches of each vessel and the total number of days each vessel fished in the that Area. Activities of vessels fishing for shrimp in Divisions 3M and 3L shall be reported separately for each

Division

SECTION 4

Special requirements for data collection

Article 37

Data collection

1. Member States shall implement, where possible, special requirements for data collection for their vessels fishing in the following areas:

Area

Coordinate 1

Coordinate 2

Coordinate 3

Coordinate 4

Orphan Knoll

50.00.30

47.00.30

51.00.30

45.00.30

51.00.30

47.00.30

50.00.30

45.00.30

Corner

Seamounts

35.00.00

48.00.00

36.00.00

48.00.00

36.00.00

52.00.00

35.00.00

52.00.00

Newfoundland

Seamounts

43.29.00

43.20.00

44.00.00

43.20.00

44.00.00

46.40.00

43.29.00

46.40.00

New England

Seamounts

35.00.00

57.00.00

39.00.00

57.00.00

39.00.00

64.00.00

35.00.00

64.00.00

2. Data to be collected in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be collected on a set-by-set basis and should, to the extent possible, include:

(a) Species composition in numbers and weight;

(b) Length frequencies;

(d) Set location, latitudes and longitudes;

(e) Fishing gear;

(f) Depth fished;

(g) Time of day;

(h) Duration of set;

(i) Tow opened (for mobile gear);

(j) Other biological sampling, such as concerning maturity where possible.

3. The data collected in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be reported to the competent authorities of Member States for onward transmission to the NAFO Secretariat as soon as possible after the end of each fishing trip.

SECTION 5

Special provisions for Northern prawns

Article 38

Northern prawn fisheries

Each Member State shall report to the Commission daily on the quantities of Northern prawns (

Pandalus borealis

) caught in Division 3L of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community. All fishing activities shall take place at depths greater than 200 metres and shall be limited to one vessel per each Member State allocation at any one time.

SECTION 6

Special provisions for redfish

Article 39

Redfish fishery

1. Every second Monday, the master of a Community vessel fishing for redfish in Division Subarea 2 and Divisions IF, 3K and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area, shall notify the competent authorities of the Member State whose flag the vessel is flying or in which the vessel is registereds of the quantities of redfish caught in those zones in the two-week period ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday.

When accumulated catches reach 50 % of the TAC, the notification shall be made weekly each Monday.

2. Member States shall report to the Commission every second Tuesday before 12 noon for the fortnight ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday the quantities of redfish caught in Subarea 2 and Divisions IF, 3K and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory.

When accumulated catches have reached 50 % of the TAC, reports shall be sent on a weekly basis.

CHAPTER VII

SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR

SECTION 1

Restrictions and vessel information requirements

Article 40

Prohibitions and catch limitations

1. Direct fishing of the species set out in Annex XIII shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out in that Annex.

2. For new and exploratory fisheries, the catch and by-catch limits set out in Annex XIV shall apply in the Subareas set out in that Annex.

Article 41

Information requirements relating to vessels authorised to fish in the Area of CCAMLR

1. As from 1 August 2006, Member States shall communicate to the Commission, in addition to the information requirements relating to authorised vessels set forth in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, the following in respect of such vessels:

(a) vessel IMO number (if issued);

(b) previous flag, if any;

(d) name and address of vessel's owner(s), and any beneficial owner(s), if known;

(e) type of vessel;

(f) where and when it was built;

(g) length;

(h) colour photograph of the vessel, which shall consist of:

(i) one photograph not smaller than 12 x 7 cm showing the starboard side of the vessel, displaying its full overall length and complete structural features;

(ii) one photograph not smaller than 12 x 7 cm showing the port side of the vessel, displaying its full overall length and complete structural features;

(iii) one photograph not smaller than 12 x 7 cm showing the stern, taken directly from astern;

(i) measures taken to ensure tamper-proof operation of the satellite monitoring device installed on board.

2. As from 1 August 2006, Member States shall, to the extent practicable, also communicate to the Commission the following information relating to vessels authorised to fish in the Area of CCAMLR:

(a) name and address of operator, if different from vessel owner(s);

(b) names and nationality of master and, where relevant, of fishing master;

(d) beam (m);

(e) gross registered tonnage;

(f) vessel communication types and numbers (INMARSAT A, B and C numbers);

(g) normal crew complement;

(h) power of main engine or engines (kW);

(i) carrying capacity (tonnes), number of fish holds and their capacity (m

);

(j) any other information (e.g. ice classification) considered appropriate.

SECTION 2

Exploratory fisheries

Article 42

Participation in exploratory fisheries

1. Fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in Spain that have been notified to CCAMLR in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 may participate in long-line exploratory fisheries for

Dissostichus

spp. in Subareas FAO 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a) outside Areas of national jurisdiction and 58.4.3b) outside Areas of national jurisdiction.

2. No more than one fishing vessel shall fish in Divisions 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) at any one time.

3. With regard to Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2, total catch and by-catch limits per Subarea and Division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them shall be as set out in Annex XIV. Fishing in any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the specified catch limit, and that SSRU shall be closed to fishing for the remainder of the season.

4. Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information necessary to determine fishery potential and to avoid over-concentration of catch and fishing effort. However, fishing in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 shall be prohibited in depths less than 550 m.

Article 43

Reporting systems

Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries as referred to in Article 42 shall be subject to the following catch and effort reporting systems:

(a) the Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, with the exception that Member States shall submit to the Commission catch and effort reports not later than two working days after the end of each reporting period, for immediate transmission to CCAMLR. In Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2, reporting shall be made by Small Scale Research Units;

(b) the Monthly fine-scale Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

Dissostichus eleginoides

and

Dissostichus mawsoni

discarded, including those with the ‘jellymeat’ condition, shall be reported.

Article 44

Special requirements

1. The exploratory fisheries as referred to in Article 42 shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 600/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain technical measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources(30) with regard to applicable measures to reduce the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of long-line fisheries. In addition to these measures:

(a) the discharge of offal shall be prohibited in these fisheries;

(b) vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 which comply with CCAMLR Protocols (A, B or C) for longline weighting shall be exempted from the night-setting requirement; however, vessels which catch a total of three (3) seabirds shall immediately revert to night setting in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;

(c) vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as Divisions 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) which catch a total of three (3) seabirds shall cease fishing immediately and shall not be permitted to fish outside the normal fishing season for the remainder of the 2005/06 season.

2. Fishing vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in FAO Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 shall be subject to the following additional requirements:

(a) vessels shall be prohibited from discharging:

(i) oil or fuel products or oily residues into the sea, except as permitted in Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships);

(ii) garbage;

(iii) food wastes not capable of passing through a screen with openings no greater than 25 mm;

(iv) poultry or parts thereof (including egg shells);

(v) sewage within 12 nautical miles of land or ice shelves, or sewage while the ship is travelling at a speed of less than 4 knots; or

(vi) incineration ash.

(b) no live poultry or other living birds shall be brought into Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 and any dressed poultry not consumed shall be removed from Subareas 88.1 and 88.2;

Dissostichus

spp. in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 shall be prohibited within 10 nautical miles of the coast of the Balleny Islands.

Article 45

Definition of hauls

1. For the purposes of this Section, a haul shall comprise the setting of one or more lines in a single location. The precise geographic position of a haul shall be determined by the centre-point of the line or lines deployed for the purposes of catch and effort reporting.

2. To be designated as a research haul:

(a) each research haul shall be separated by no less than five nautical miles from any other research haul, distance to be measured from the geographical mid-point of each research haul;

(b) each haul shall comprise at least 3 500 hooks and no more than 10 000 hooks; this may comprise a number of separate lines set in the same location;

(c) each haul of a longline shall have a soak time of not less than six hours, measured from the time of completion of the setting process to the beginning of the hauling process.

Article 46

Research plans

Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 42 shall implement Research Plans, in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are divided. The Research Plan shall be implemented in the following manner:

(a) on first entry into a SSRU, the first 10 hauls, designated ‘first series’, shall be designated ‘research hauls’ and must satisfy the criteria set out in Article45(2);

(b) the next 10 hauls, or 10 tonnes of catch, whichever trigger level is achieved first, shall be designated the ‘second series’. Hauls in the second series may, at the discretion of the master, be fished as part of normal exploratory fishing. However, provided they satisfy the requirements of Article 45(2), these hauls may also be designated as research hauls;

(c) on completion of the first and second series of hauls, if the master wishes to continue to fish within the SSRU, the vessel shall undertake a ‘third series’ which shall result in a total of 20 research hauls being made in all three series. The third series of hauls shall be completed during the same visit as the first and the second series in a SSRU;

(d) on completion of 20 research hauls of the third series, the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU;

(e) in SSRUs A, B, C, E and G in Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 where fishable seabed area is less than 15 000 km

, points (b), (c) and (d) shall not apply and on completion of 10 research hauls the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU.

Article 47

Data collection plans

1. Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 42 shall implement data collection plans, in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Subareas 88.1 and 88.2 as well as Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are divided. The Data Collection Plan shall comprise the following data:

(a) the position and sea depth at each end of every line in a haul;

(b) the setting, soak, and hauling times;

(d) the number of hooks set;

(e) the bait type;

(f) the baiting success (%);

(g) the hook type; and

(h) the sea and cloud conditions and phase of the moon at the time of setting the lines.

2. All data referred to under paragraph 1 shall be collected for every research haul; in particular, all fish in a research haul up to 100 fish are to be measured and at least 30 fish sampled for biological studies. Where more than 100 fish are caught, a method for randomly subsampling the fish shall be applied.

Article 48

Tagging programme

Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries as referred to in Article 42 shall implement a tagging programme as follows:

(a) Dissostichus

spp. individuals shall be tagged and released at a rate of one individual per tonne of green weight catch throughout the season in accordance with the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol. Vessels shall only discontinue tagging after they have tagged 500 individuals, or leave the fishery having tagged one individual per tonne of green weight caught;

(b) the programme shall target individuals of all sizes in order to meet the tagging requirement of one individual per one tonne of green weight catch. All released individuals shall be double-tagged and releases shall cover as broad a geographical area as possible;

(c) all tags shall be clearly imprinted with a unique serial number and a return address so that the origin of tags can be retraced in the case of recapture of the tagged individual;

(d) all recaptured tagged individuals (i.e. fish caught that have a previously inserted tag) shall not be re-released, even if it was at liberty for only a short period;

(e) all recaptured tagged individuals shall be biologically sampled (length, weight, sex, gonad stage), an electronic photograph taken if possible, the otoliths recovered and the tag removed;

(f) all relevant tag data and any data recording tag recaptures shall be reported electronically in the CCAMLR format to CCAMLR within three months of the vessel departing these fisheries;

(g) all relevant tag data, any data recording tag recaptures, and specimens from recaptures shall also be reported electronically in the CCAMLR format to the relevant regional tag data repository as detailed in the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol.

Article 49

Scientific observers

Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 42 shall have at least two scientific observers, one of which shall be an observer appointed in accordance with the CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation, on board throughout all fishing activities within the fishing period.

CHAPTER VIII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 50

Data transmission

When pursuant to Articles 15(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Member States send data to the Commission relating to landings of quantities of stocks caught, they shall use the stock codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 51

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 from 1 January 2006.

Where the TACs of the CCAMLR area are set for periods starting before 1 January 2006, Article 40 shall apply with effect from the beginning of the respective periods of application of the TACs.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2005.

For the Council

The President

BRADSHAW

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OJ L 186, 28.7.1993, p. 1

. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(27) Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (

OJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1

). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 289/2005 (

OJ L 49, 22.2.2005, p. 1

(28)

OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 25

(29)

OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22

. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(30)

OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 1

ANNEX I

CATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO COMMUNITY VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST AND FOR THIRD COUNTRIES FISHING VESSELS IN EC WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (IN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)

All catch limits set out in this Annex shall be considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 5 of this Regulation, and shall, therefore, be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof.

Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. The following table of correspondences of Latin names and common names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

Scientific name	Alpha-3 code	Common name
Ammodytidae	SAN	Sandeel
Anarhichas lupus	CAT	Atlantic catfish
Aphanopus carbo	BSF	Black scabbardfish
Argentina silus	ARU	Greater silver smelt
Beryx spp.	ALF	Alfonsinos
Boreogadus saida	POC	Polar cod
Brosme brosme	USK	Tusk
Centrophorus squamosus	GUQ	Leafscale gulper shark
Centroscymnus coelolepis	CYO	Portuguese dogfish
Cetorhinus maximus	BSK	Basking shark
Chaenocephalus aceratus	SSI	Blackfin icefish
Champsocephalus gunnari	ANI	Antarctic icefish
Channichthys rhinoceratus	LIC	Unicorn icefish
Chionoecetes spp.	PCR	Snow crab
Clupea harengus	HER	Herring
Coryphaenoides rupestris	RNG	Roundnose grenadier
Dalatias licha	SCK	Kitefin shark
Deania calcea	DCA	Birdbeak dogfish
Dissostichus eleginoides	TOP	Antarctic toothfish
Engraulis encrasicolus	ANE	Anchovy
Etmopterus princeps	ETR	Great lantern shark
Etmopterus pusillus	ETP	Smooth lantern shark
Etmopterus spinax	ETX	Velvet belly
Euphausia superba	KRI	Krill
Gadus morhua	COD	Cod
Galeorhinus galeus	GAG	Tope shark
Germo alalunga	ALB	Albacore tunna
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	WIT	Witch flounder
Gobionotothen gibberifrons	NOG	Humped rockcod
Hippoglossoides platessoides	PLA	American plaice
Hippoglossus hippoglossus	HAL	Atlantic halibut
Hoplostethus atlanticus	ORY	Orange roughy
Illex illecebrosus	SQI	Short fin squid
Lamna nasus	POR	Porbeagle
Lampanyctus achirus	LAC	Lantern fish
Lepidonotothen squamifrons	NOS	Grey rockcod
Lepidorhombus spp.	LEZ	Megrims
Limanda ferruginea	YEL	Yellowtail flounder
Limanda limanda	DAB	Dab
Lophiidae	ANF	Anglerfish
Macrourus berglax	RHG	Roughead grenadier
Macrourus spp.	GRV	Grenadier
Makaira nigricans	BUM	Blue marlin
Mallotus villosus	CAP	Capelin
Martialia hyadesi	SQS	Squid
Melanogrammus aeglefinus	HAD	Haddock
Merlangius merlangus	WHG	Whiting
Merluccius merluccius	HKE	Hake
Micromesistius poutassou	WHB	Blue whiting
Microstomus kitt	LEM	Lemon sole
Molva dypterigia	BLI	Blue ling
Molva macrophthalmus	SLI	Spanish ling
Molva molva	LIN	Ling
Nephrops norvegicus	NEP	Norway lobster
Notothenia rossii	NOR	Marbled rockcod
Pagellus bogaraveo	SBR	Red Seabream
Pandalus borealis	PRA	Northern prawn
Paralomis spp.	PAI	Crab
Penaeus spp.	PEN	‘Penaeus’ shrimps
Phycis spp.	FOX	Forkbeards
Platichthys flesus	FLX	Flounder
Pleuronectes platessa	PLE	Plaice
Pleuronectiformes	FLX	Flatfish
Pollachius pollachius	POL	Pollack
Pollachius virens	POK	Saithe
Psetta maxima	TUR	Turbot
Pseudochaenichthus georgianus	SGI	South Georgian icefish
Rajidae	SRX-RAJ	Skates and rays
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	GHL	Greenland halibut
Salmo salar	SAL	Atlantic salmon
Scomber scombrus	MAC	Mackerel
Scopthalmus rhombus	BLL	Brill
Sebastes spp.	RED	Redfish
Solea solea	SOL	Common sole
Solea spp.	SOX	Sole
Squalus acanthias	DGS	Spurdog/dogfish
Tetrapturus alba	WHM	White marlin
Thunnus alalunga	ALB	Albacore
Thunnus albacares	YFT	Yellowfin tuna
Thunnus obesus	BET	Bigeye tuna
Thunnus thynnus	BFT	Bluefin tuna
Trachurus spp.	JAX	Horse mackerel
Trisopterus esmarki	NOP	Norway pout
Urophycis tenuis	HKW	White hake
Xiphias gladius	SWO	Swordfish

ANNEX IA

SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, NORTH SEA AND WESTERN COMMUNITY WATERS ICES areas Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF (EC waters), and French Guyana

Species:

Sandeel

Ammodytidae

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

SAN/04-N.

Denmark

0(1)

United Kingdom

0(1)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Sandeel

Ammodytidae

Zone:

IIa (EC waters)(2), IIIa, IV (EC waters)(2)

SAN/2A3A4.

Denmark

Not established

United Kingdom

Not established

All Member States

Not established(3)

Not established

Norway

0(4) (5)

TAC

Not established

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies

Species:

Greater silver smelt

Argentina silus

Zone:

EC and international waters of I and II

ARU/1/2.

Germany

France

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

116

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Greater silver smelt

Argentina silus

Zone:

EC and international waters of III and IV

ARU/3/4.

Denmark

1 180

Germany

France

Ireland

The Netherlands

Sweden

United Kingdom

1 331

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Greater silver smelt

Argentina silus

Zone:

EC and international waters of V, VI and VII

ARU/567.

Germany

405

France

Ireland

375

The Netherlands

4 225

United Kingdom

297

5 310

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Tusk

Brosme brosme

Zone:

EC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII

USK/2A47-C

Not relevant(6)

Norway

4 000(7) (8)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Tusk

Brosme brosme

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

USK/04-N.

Belgium

Denmark

191

Germany

France

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

200

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Zone:

EC waters of zones IV, VI and VII

BSK/467.

TAC

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring(9)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IIIa

HER/03A.

Denmark

34 052

Germany

545

Sweden

35 620

70 217

Faroe Islands

500(10)

TAC

81 600

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring(11)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IV north of 53°30' N

HER/04A., HER/04B.

Denmark

76 348

Germany

47 836

France

22 769

The Netherlands

57 938

Sweden

4 627

United Kingdom

63 333

272 851

Norway

50 000(12)

TAC

454 751

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-)
EC	50 000

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Norwegian waters south of 62° N

HER/04-N.

Sweden

963(13)

963

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Herring(14)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IIIa (by-catches)

HER/03A-BC

Denmark

17 547

Germany

156

Sweden

2 825

20 528

TAC

20 528

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring(15)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV, VIId (by-catches)

HER/2A47DX

Belgium

211

Denmark

40 684

Germany

211

France

211

The Netherlands

211

Sweden

199

United Kingdom

773

42 500

TAC

42 500

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring(16)

Clupea harengus

Zone:

IVc(17), VIId

HER/4CXB7D

Belgium

9 122(18)

Denmark

1 088(18)

Germany

682(18)

France

12 347(18)

The Netherlands

21 998(18)

United Kingdom

4 786(18)

50 023

TAC

454 751

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

Vb, VIaN(19) (EC waters), VIb

HER/5B6ANB

Germany

3 727

France

705

Ireland

5 036

The Netherlands

3 727

United Kingdom

20 145

33 340

Faroe Islands

660(20)

TAC

34 000

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIaS(21),VIIbc

HER/6AS7BC

Ireland

14 000

The Netherlands

1 400

15 400

TAC

15 400

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIa Clyde(22)

HER/06ACL.

United Kingdom

800

TAC

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIIa(23)

HER/07A/MM

Ireland

1 250

United Kingdom

3 550

4 800

TAC

4 800

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIIe,f

HER/7EF.

France

500

United Kingdom

500

1 000

TAC

1 000

Precautionary TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

VIIg,h,j,k(24)

HER/7G-K.

Germany

123

France

682

Ireland

9 549

The Netherlands

682

United Kingdom

11 050

TAC

11 050

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Zone:

VIII

ANE/08.

Spain

4 500(25)

France

500(25)

5 000(25)

TAC

5 000(25)

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

ANE/9/3411

Spain

3 826

Portugal

4 174

8 000

TAC

8 000

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Skagerrak

COD/03AN.

Belgium

Denmark

2 652

Germany

The Netherlands

Sweden

464

3 207

TAC

3 315

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Kattegat

COD/03AS.

Denmark

524

Germany

Sweden

315

850

TAC

850

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV

COD/2AC4.

Belgium

686

Denmark

3 940

Germany

2 498

France

847

The Netherlands

2 226

Sweden

United Kingdom

9 037

19 260

Norway

3 945(26)

TAC

23 205

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (COD/*04N-)
EC	16 740

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Norwegian waters south of 62° N

COD/04-N.

Sweden

382

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

COD/561214

Belgium

Germany

France

Ireland

138

United Kingdom

368

613

TAC

613

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Vb (EC zone), VIa (COD/*5BC6A)
Belgium	1
Germany	9
France	93
Ireland	132
United Kingdom	353
EC	588

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

VIIa

COD/07A.

Belgium

France

Ireland

1 204

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

527

1 828

TAC

1 828

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

VIIb-k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

COD/7X7A34

Belgium

236

France

4 053

Ireland

818

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

439

5 580

TAC

5 580

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

LEZ/2AC4-C

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

France

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

1 677

1 740

TAC

1 740

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

LEZ/561214

Spain

327

France

1 277

Ireland

373

United Kingdom

903

2 880

TAC

2 880

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

VII

LEZ/07.

Belgium

494

Spain

5 490

France

6 663

Ireland

3 029

United Kingdom

2 624

18 300

TAC

18 300

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

VIIIabde

LEZ/8ABDE.

Spain

1 176

France

949

2 125

TAC

2 125

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Megrims

Lepidorhombus spp.

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

LEZ/8C3411

Spain

1 171

France

Portugal

1 269

TAC

1 269

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Dab and flounder

Limanda limanda and Platichthys flesus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

D/F/2AC4-C

Belgium

466

Denmark

1 752

Germany

2 627

France

182

The Netherlands

10 594

Sweden

United Kingdom

1 473

17 100

TAC

17 100

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

ANF/2AC4-C

Belgium

365

Denmark

804

Germany

393

France

The Netherlands

276

Sweden

United Kingdom

8 392

10 314(27)

TAC

10 314(27)

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

ANF/04-N.

Belgium

Denmark

1 343

Germany

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

314

1 750

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

NF/561214

Belgium

168

Germany

192

Spain

180

France

2 073

Ireland

469

The Netherlands

162

United Kingdom

1 442

4 686(28)

TAC

4 686(28)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

VII

ANF/07.

Belgium

2 445(29)

Germany

273(29)

Spain

971(29)

France

15 688(29)

Ireland

2 005(29)

The Netherlands

317(29)

United Kingdom

4 757(29)

26 456(29)

TAC

26 456(29)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e

ANF/8ABDE.

Spain

1 137

France

6 325

7 462

TAC

7 462

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Anglerfish

Lophiidae

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

ANF/8C3411

Spain

1 629

France

Portugal

324

1 955

TAC

1 955

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)

HAD/3A/BCD

Belgium

Denmark

2 468

Germany

157

The Netherlands

Sweden

292

2 935(30)

TAC

3 189

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV

HAD/2AC4.

Belgium

472

Denmark

3 248

Germany

2 067

France

3 602

The Netherlands

354

Sweden

229

United Kingdom

34 574

44 546(31)

Norway

7 016

TAC

51 850

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (HAD/*04N-)
EC	33 350

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Norwegian waters, south of 62° N

HAD/04-N.

Sweden

707

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

VIb, XII, XIV

HAD/6B1214

Belgium

Germany

France

Ireland

United Kingdom

481

597

TAC

597

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Vb, VIa (EC waters)

HAD/5BC6A.

Belgium

Germany

France

862

Ireland

615

United Kingdom

6 294

7 810

TAC

7 810

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

VII , VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

HAD/7/3411

Belgium

128

France

7 680

Ireland

2 560

United Kingdom

1 152

11 520

TAC

11 520

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in division:

	VIIa (HAD/*07A.)
Belgium	20
France	92
Ireland	552
United Kingdom	611
EC	1 275

When reporting to the Commission the uptake of their quotas, Member States shall specify quantities taken in VIIa. Landings of haddock caught in Division VIIa shall be prohibited when the totality of such landings exceeds 1 275 tonnes.

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

IIIa

WHG/03A.

Denmark

819

The Netherlands

Sweden

910(32)

TAC

1 500

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV

WHG/2AC4.

Belgium

531

Denmark

2 297

Germany

597

France

3 452

The Netherlands

1 328

Sweden

United Kingdom

9 162

17 370(33)

Norway

2 380(34)

TAC

23 800

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (WHG/*04N-)
EC	14 512

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

WHG/561214

Germany

France

166

Ireland

406

United Kingdom

780

1 360

TAC

1 360

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

VIIa

WHG/07A.

Belgium

France

Ireland

252

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

169

437

TAC

437

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

VIIb-k

WHG/7X7A.

Belgium

195

France

11 964

Ireland

5 544

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

2 140

19 940

TAC

19 940

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

VIII

WHG/08.

Spain

1 440

France

2 160

3 600

TAC

3 600

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

WHG/9/3411

Portugal

653

TAC

653

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Whiting and Pollack

Merlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

Norwegian waters, south of 62° N

W/P/04-N.

Sweden

190

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)

HKE/3A/BCD

Denmark

1 219

Sweden

104

1 323

TAC

1 323(35)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

HKE/2AC4-C

Belgium

Denmark

891

Germany

102

France

197

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

278

1 541

TAC

1 541(36)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV

HKE/571214

Belgium

226

Spain

7 257

France

11 206

Ireland

1 358

The Netherlands

146

United Kingdom

4 424

24 617

TAC

24 617(37)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	VIIIabde (HKE/*8ABDE)
Belgium	29
Spain	1 171
France	1 171
Ireland	146
The Netherlands	15
United Kingdom	658
EC	3 190

Species:

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e

HKE/8ABDE.

Belgium

Spain

5 052

France

11 345

The Netherlands

16 419

TAC

16 419(38)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV (HKE/*57-14)
Belgium	1
Spain	1 463
France	2 635
The Netherlands	4
EC	4 103

Species:

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

HKE/8C3411

Spain

4 263

France

409

Portugal

1 989

6 661

TAC

6 661

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

WHB/04-N.

Denmark

18 050

United Kingdom

950

19 000

TAC

2 000 000

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIIIabde, XII and XIV (EC and international waters)

WHB/1 X 14

Denmark

52 529(43)

Germany

20 424(43)

Spain

44 533(43)

France

36 556(43)

Ireland

40 677(43)

The Netherlands

64 053(43)

Portugal

4 137(43)

Sweden

12 994(43)

United Kingdom

68 161(43)

344 063(43)

Norway

152 442(39) (40)

Faroe Islands

45 000(41) (42)

TAC

2 000 000

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

WHB/8C3411

Spain

46 795(44)

Portugal

11 699(44)

58 494(44)

TAC

2 000 000

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

EC waters of II, IVa(46), V, VI(47), VII(48)

WHB/24A567

Norway

320 189(45)

TAC

2 000 000

Species:

Lemon sole and witch

Microstomus kitt and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

L/W/2AC4-C

Belgium

334

Denmark

921

Germany

118

France

252

The Netherlands

767

Sweden

United Kingdom

3 773

6 175

TAC

6 175

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue ling

Molva dypterigia

Zone:

IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII (EC waters)

BLI/2A47-C

Not relevant(49)

Norway

200

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Blue ling

Molva dypterigia

Zone:

EC waters of zones VIa (north of 56°30' N), VIb

BLI/6AN6B.

Faroe Islands

400(50)

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

EC and international waters of I and II

LIN/1/2.

Denmark

Germany

France

United Kingdom

Others(51)

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

III (EC waters)

LIN/03.

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Sweden

United Kingdom

136

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

IV (EC waters)

LIN/04.

Belgium

Denmark

397

Germany

246

France

221

The Netherlands

Sweden

United Kingdom

3 052

3 966

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

V(EC and international waters)

LIN/05.

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

France

United Kingdom

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

EC and international waters of VI, VII,VIII,IX, X, XII, XIV

LIN/6X14.

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

204

Spain

4 124

France

4 397

Ireland

1 102

Portugal

United Kingdom

5 063

14 966

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

EC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII

LIN/2A47-C

Not relevant(52)

Norway

6 800(53) (54)

Faroe Islands

300(55) (56)

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling

Molva molva

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

LIN/04-N.

Belgium

Denmark

878

Germany

France

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

1 000

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

IIIa (EC waters), IIIbcd (EC waters)

NEP/3A/BCD

Denmark

3 800

Germany

Sweden

1 359

5 170

TAC

5 170

Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

NEP/2AC4-C

Belgium

1 472

Denmark

1 472

Germany

France

The Netherlands

758

United Kingdom

24 380

28 147

TAC

28 147

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

NEP/04-N.

Denmark

1 230

Germany

United Kingdom

1 300

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI

NEP/5BC6.

Spain

France

143

Ireland

239

United Kingdom

17 257

17 675

TAC

17 675

Analytical TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

VII

NEP/07.

Spain

1 290

France

5 228

Ireland

7 928

United Kingdom

7 052

21 498

TAC

21 498

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e

NEP/8ABDE.

Spain

242

France

3 788

4 030

TAC

4 030

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

VIIIc

NEP/08C.

Spain

140

France

146

TAC

146

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

NEP/9/3411

Spain

122

Portugal

364

486

TAC

486

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

IIIa

PRA/03A.

Denmark

3 887

Sweden

2 094

5 981

TAC

11 200

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

PRA/2AC4-C

Denmark

3 700

The Netherlands

Sweden

149

United Kingdom

1 096

4 980

TAC

4 980

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

Norwegian waters, south of 62° N

PRA/04-N.

Denmark

900

Sweden

158(57)

1 058

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

‘Penaeus’ shrimps

Penaeus spp

Zone:

French Guyana

PEN/FGU.

France

4 000(58)

Barbados

24(58)

Guyana

24(58)

Suriname

0(58)

Trinidad and Tobago

60(58)

TAC

4 108(58)

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Skagerrak

PLE/03AN.

Belgium

Denmark

5 979

Germany

The Netherlands

1 150

Sweden

320

7 526

TAC

7 680

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Kattegat

PLE/03AS.

Denmark

1 709

Germany

Sweden

192

1 920

TAC

1 920

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV

PLE/2AC4.

Belgium

3 435

Denmark

11 164

Germany

3 220

France

644

The Netherlands

21 470

United Kingdom

15 887

55 820

Norway

1 621

TAC

57 441

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken inthe zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (PLE/*04N-)
EC	22 905

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

PLE/561214

France

Ireland

287

United Kingdom

477

786

TAC

786

Precautionary TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIIa

PLE/07A.

Belgium

41(59)

France

18(59)

Ireland

1 051(59)

The Netherlands

13(59)

United Kingdom

485(59)

1 608(59)

TAC

1 608(59)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIIb,c

PLE/7BC.

France

Ireland

115

144

TAC

144

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIId,e

PLE/7DE.

Belgium

843

France

2 810

United Kingdom

1 498

5 151

TAC

5 151

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIIf,g

PLE/7FG.

Belgium

118

France

213

Ireland

United Kingdom

112

476

TAC

476

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIIh,j,k

PLE/7HJK.

Belgium

France

Ireland

172

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

396

TAC

396

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Zone:

VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

PLE/8/3411

Spain

France

298

Portugal

448

TAC

448

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

POL/561214

Spain

France

216

Ireland

United Kingdom

165

450

TAC

450

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

VII

POL/07.

Belgium

476

Spain

France

10 959

Ireland

1 168

United Kingdom

2 668

15 300

TAC

15 300

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

VIIIa,b,d,e

POL/8ABDE.

Spain

286

France

1 394

1 680

TAC

1 680

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

VIIIc

POL/08C.

Spain

236

France

262

TAC

262

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Zone:

IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

POL/9/3411

Spain

278

Portugal

288

TAC

288

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters), IV

POK/2A34.

Belgium

Denmark

5 111

Germany

12 906

France

30 374

The Netherlands

129

Sweden

702

United Kingdom

9 895

59 160

Norway

64 090(60)

TAC

123 250

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

POK/561214

Germany

798

France

7 930

Ireland

467

United Kingdom

3 592

12 787

TAC

12 787

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

VII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

POK/7X1034

Belgium

France

2 666

Ireland

1 333

United Kingdom

727

4 738

TAC

4 738

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Turbot and brill

Psetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

T/B/2AC4-C

Belgium

317

Denmark

677

Germany

173

France

The Netherlands

2 401

Sweden

United Kingdom

668

4 323

TAC

4 323

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Skates and rays

Rajidae

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

SRX/2AC4-C

Belgium

461

Denmark

Germany

France

The Netherlands

393

United Kingdom

1 770

2 737

TAC

2 737

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Greenland Halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

IIa (EC waters) IV, VI (EC and international waters)

GHL/2A-C46

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Spain

France

130

Ireland

Lithuania

Poland

United Kingdom

510

1 052(61)

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIb,c,d (EC waters), IV

MAC/2A34.

Belgium

154

Denmark

12 287

Germany

160

France

483

The Netherlands

487

Sweden

3 599(62) (63)

United Kingdom

451

17 621(62)

Norway

30 178(64)

TAC

415 824(65)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	IIIa MAC/*03A.	IIIa, IVb,cMAC/*3A4BC.	IVb MAC/*04B.	IVc MAC/*04C.	IIa (non-EC waters), VI, from1 January to31 March 2006MAC/*2A6.
Denmark		4 130			4 020
France		467
The Netherlands		470
Sweden			390	10
United Kingdom		435
Norway	3 000

Species:

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

IIa (non-EC waters), Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIV

MAC/2CX14-

Germany

14 369

Spain

Estonia

119

France

9 580

Ireland

47 894

Latvia

Lithuania

The Netherlands

20 954

Poland

1 012

United Kingdom

131 713

225 837

Norway

9 000(66)

Faroe Islands

3 496(67)

TAC

415 824(68)

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified, and only during the periods 1 January to 15 February and 1 October to 31 December.

	IVa (EC waters)MAC/*04A-C
Germany	4 336
France	2 891
Ireland	14 453
The Netherlands	6 323
United Kingdom	39 748
EC	67 751
Faroe Islands	9 000
Norway	1 055 ()
() North of 59° N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December.

Species:

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)

MAC/8C3411

Spain

21 574(70)

France

143(70)

Portugal

4 459(70)

26 176

TAC

26 176

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified.

	VIIIb(MAC/*08B.)
Spain	1 812
France	12
Portugal	374

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)

SOL/3A/BCD

Denmark

755

Germany

The Netherlands

Sweden

900

TAC

900

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

II, IV (EC waters)

SOL/24.

Belgium

1 456

Denmark

666

Germany

1 165

France

291

The Netherlands

13 143

United Kingdom

749

17 470

Norway

200

TAC

17 670

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIV

SOL/561214

Ireland

United Kingdom

TAC

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIIa

SOL/07A.

Belgium

474

France

Ireland

117

The Netherlands

150

United Kingdom

213

960

TAC

960

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIIb,c

SOL/7BC.

France

Ireland

TAC

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIId

SOL/07D.

Belgium

1 540

France

3 080

United Kingdom

1 100

5 720

TAC

5 720

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIIe

SOL/07E.

Belgium

France

354

United Kingdom

553

940

TAC

940

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIIf,g

SOL/7FG.

Belgium

594

France

Ireland

United Kingdom

267

950

TAC

950

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Common sole

Solea solea

Zone:

VIIh,j,k

SOL/7HJK.

Belgium

France

108

Ireland

293

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

108

650

TAC

650

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

IIIa

SPR/03A.

Denmark

34 843

Germany

Sweden

13 184

48 100

TAC

52 000

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

SPR/2AC4-C

Belgium

3 033

Denmark

240 068

Germany

3 033

France

3 033

The Netherlands

3 033

Sweden

1 330(71)

United Kingdom

10 010

263 540

Norway

10 000(72)

Faroe Islands

9 160(73)

TAC

282 700(74)

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Zone:

VIIde

SPR/7DE.

Belgium

Denmark

1 997

Germany

France

430

The Netherlands

430

United Kingdom

3 226

6 144

TAC

6 144

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Spurdog/dogfish

Squalus acanthias

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

DGS/2AC4-C

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

France

The Netherlands

Sweden

United Kingdom

778

691

Norway

90(75)

TAC

1 051

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)

JAX/2AC4-C

Belgium

Denmark

27 784

Germany

2 095

France

Ireland

1 612

The Netherlands

4 507

Sweden

750

United Kingdom

4 101

40 957

Norway

1 600(76)

Faroe Islands

713(77)

TAC

42 727

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII,XIV

JAX/578/14

Denmark

12 273

Germany

9 809

Spain

13 396

France

6 482

Ireland

31 934

The Netherlands

46 801

Portugal

1 296

United Kingdom

13 266

135 257

Faroe Islands

2 287(78) (79)

TAC

137 000

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Horse mackerel

Trachurusspp.

Zone:

VIIIc, IX

JAX/8C9.

Spain

29 587(80)

France

377(80)

Portugal

25 036(80)

55 000

TAC

55 000

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

X, CECAF(81)

JAX/X34PRT

Portugal

3 200(82)

3 200

TAC

3 200

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

CECAF (EC waters)(83)

JAX/341PRT

Portugal

1 280(84)

1 280

TAC

1 280

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Zone:

CECAF (EC waters)(85)

JAX/341SPN

Spain

1 280

TAC

1 280

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

Zone:

IIa (EC waters), IIIa, IV (EC waters)

NOP/2A3A4.

Denmark

Germany

The Netherlands

Norway

1 000(86)

TAC

Not relevant

Analytical TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

NOP/04-N.

Denmark

4 750(87) (88)

United Kingdom

250(87) (88)

5 000(87) (88)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Industrial fish

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

I/F/04-N.

Sweden

800(89) (90)

800

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Combined quota

Zone:

EC waters of zones Vb, VI, VII

R/G/5B67-C

Not relevant

Norway

140(91)

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Other species

Zone:

IV (Norwegian waters)

OTH/04-N.

Belgium

Denmark

3 500

Germany

395

France

162

Netherlands

280

The Sweden

Not relevant(92)

United Kingdom

2 625

7 000(93)

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Other species

Zone:

EC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56°30'N

OTH/2A46AN

Not relevant

Norway

4 720(94) (96)

Faroe Islands

400(95)

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Subject to review during 2006.

(2) Excluding waters within 6 miles of UK baselines at Shetland, Fair Isle and Foula.

(3) Except Denmark and the United Kingdom.

(4) To be taken in the North Sea.

(5) Subject to review during 2006.

(6) Specified in Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004.

(7) Of which an incidental catch of other species of 25 % per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Division Vb, and Subareas VI and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Division Vb, and Subareas VI and VII shall not exceed 3 000 tonnes.

(8) Including ling. The quotas for Norway are ling 6 800 tonnes, and tusk 4 000 tonnes and are interchangeable of up to 2 000 tonnes and may only be fished with long-lines in Division Vb and Subareas VI and VII.

(9) Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.

(10) To be taken in Skagerrak. Limited in the West by a line from the lighthouse of Hanstholm to the lighthouse of Lindesnes and in the South by a line from the lighthouse of Skagen to the lighthouse of Tistlarna and from there to the nearest coast of Sweden.

(11) Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm. Member States must inform the Commission of their landings of herring distinguishing between ICES Divisions IVa and IVb.

(12) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-)
EC	50 000

(13) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quota for these species.

(14) Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.

(15) Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes smaller than 32 mm.

(16) Landings of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.

(17) Except Blackwater stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime region of the Thames estuary within a zone delimited by a line running due south from Landguard Point (51°56' N, 1°19.1' E) to latitude 51°33' N and hence due west to a point on the coast of the United Kingdom.

(18) Transfers of up to 50% of this quota may be affected to ICES Division IVb. However, such transfers must be notified in advance to the Commission (HER/*04B).

(19) Reference is to the herring stock in Division VIa, north of 56° 00' N and in that part of VIa which is situated east of 07° 00' W and north of 55° 00' N, excluding the Clyde.

(20) This quota may only be taken in Division VIa north of 56° 30' N.

(21) Reference is to the herring stock in ICES Division VIa, south of 56°00' N and west of 07°00' W.

(22) Clyde stock: reference is to the herring stock in the maritime area situated to the north-east of a rhumb line drawn between the Mull of Kintyre and Corsewall Point.

(23) Division VIIa is reduced by the area added to the Divisions VIIg,h,j,k bounded:

— to the north by latitude 52° 30'N

— to the south by latitude 52° 00'N

— to the west by the coast of Ireland

— to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom

(24) Divisions VIIg,h,j,k are increased by the area bounded:

— to the north by latitude 52° 30'N,

— to the south by latitude 52° 00'N,

— to the west by the coast of Ireland,

— to the east by the coast of the United Kingdom.

(25) May not be fished before 1 March 2006. The TAC may be revised in the light of new scientific advice in 2006

(26) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (COD/*04N-)
EC	16 740

(27) Preliminary TAC. The final TAC will be established in the light of new scientific advice during the first half of 2006.

(28) Preliminary TAC. The final TAC will be established in the light of new scientific advice during the first half of 2006.

(29) Of which up to 5% may be fished in Zone VIII a,b,d,e

(30) Excluding an estimated 120 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

(31) Excluding an estimate of 289 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (HAD/*04N-)
EC	33 350

(32) Excluding an estimated 563 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

(33) Excluding an estimated 4 050 tonnes of industrial by-catch.

(34) May be taken in EC waters. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Norwegian waters (WHG/*04N-)
EC	14 512

(35) Within an overall TAC of 43 900 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

(36) Within an overall TAC of 43 900 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

(37) Within an overall TAC of 43 900 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	VIIIabde (HKE/*8ABDE)
Belgium	29
Spain	1 171
France	1 171
Ireland	146
The Netherlands	15
United Kingdom	658
EC	3 190

(38) Within an overall TAC of 43 900 tonnes for the northern stock of hake.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV (HKE/*57-14)
Belgium	1
Spain	1 463
France	2 635
The Netherlands	4
EC	4 103

(39) May be fished in EC waters in areas II, IVa, VIa north of 56°30'N, VIb, VII west of 12°W

(40) Of which up to 500 tonnes may consist of argentine (

Argentina spp.

(41) Catches of blue whiting may include unavoidable catches of argentine (

Argentina spp.

)

(42) May be fished in EC waters in areas VIa north of 56°30' N, VIb, VII west of 12° W.

(43) Of which up to 61% may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen.

(44) Of which up to 61% may be fished in Norwegian Economic Zone or in the fishery zone around Jan Mayen

(45) To be counted against Norway's catch limits established under the Coastal States arrangement.

(46) The catch in zone IVa shall be no more than 80 047 tonnes.

(47) North of 56°30'N

(48) West of 12°W

(49) Specified in Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004.

(50) To be fished by trawl, by-catches of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.

(51) Exclusively for by-catches. No directed fisheries are permitted under this quota.

(52) Specified in Regulation (EC) No 2270/2004.

(53) Of which an incidental catch of other species of 25% per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Subareas Vb, VI and VII. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Subareas Vb, VI and VII shall not exceed 3 000 tonnes.

(54) Including tusk. The quotas for Norway are ling 6 800 tonnes, and tusk 4 000 tonnes and are interchangeable of up to 2 000 tonnes and may only be fished with longlines in ICES Division Vb and Subareas VI andVII.

(55) Including blue ling and tusk. Only to be taken by long lines in VIa (north of 56°30' N) and VIb.

(56) Of which an incidental catch of other species of 20% per ship, at any moment, is authorised in Subarea VI. However, this percentage may be exceeded in the first 24 hours following the beginning of the fishing on a specific ground. The total incidental catch of other species in Subarea VI shall not exceed 75 tonnes.

(57) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack,whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.

(58) Fishing for shrimps

Penaeus subtilis

and

Penaeus brasiliensis

is prohibited in waters less than 30 m deep.

(59) An additional 15% may be fished between 1 June and 30 September.

(60) May only be taken in IV (EC waters) and IIIa. Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC.

(61) Of which 350 tonnes are allocated to Norway and are to be taken in the EC waters of Division IIa and Subarea VI. In Sub-area VI this quantity may only be fished with longlines.

(62) Including 275 tonnes to be taken in Norwegian waters of ICES Subarea IV (MAC/*04N-).

(63) When fishing in Norwegian waters, by-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe shall be counted against the quotas for these species.

(64) To be deducted from Norway's share of the TAC (access quota). This quota may be fished in Division IVa only, except for3 000 tonnes that may be fished in Division IIIa.

(65) TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area.

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:

	IIIa MAC/*03A.	IIIa, IVb,cMAC/*3A4BC.	IVb MAC/*04B.	IVc MAC/*04C.	IIa (non-EC waters), VI, from1 January to31 March 2006MAC/*2A6.
Denmark		4 130			4 020
France		467
The Netherlands		470
Sweden			390	10
United Kingdom		435
Norway	3 000

(66) May be fished only in IIa, VIa (north of 56°30' N), IVa, VIId, e, f, h.

(67) Of which 1 055 tonnes may be fished in ICESDivision IVa north of 59°N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December. A quantity of 2 908 tonnes of the Faroe Islands' own quota may be fished in ICES Division VIa (north of 56°30'N) throughout the year and/or in ICES Divisions VIIe, f, h, and/or ICES Division IVa.

(68) TAC agreed by the EC, Norway and Faroe Islands for the northern area.

Special conditions:

	IVa (EC waters)MAC/*04A-C
Germany	4 336
France	2 891
Ireland	14 453
The Netherlands	6 323
United Kingdom	39 748
EC	67 751
Faroe Islands	9 000
Norway	1 055 ()
() North of 59° N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December.

(69) North of 59° N (EC zone) from 1 January to 15 February and from 1 October to 31 December.

(70) The quantities subject to exchange with other Member States may be taken, up to a limit of 25% of the quota of the donor Member State, in ICES area VIIIa,b,d (MAC/*8ABD.).

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified.

	VIIIb(MAC/*08B.)
Spain	1 812
France	12
Portugal	374

(71) Including sandeel.

(72) May only be fished in Subarea IV (EC waters).

(73) This quantity may be fished in IV and VIanorth of 56°30'N. The quota includes a maximum by-catch of 1 832 tonnes of herring. If this by-catch quota is exhausted then fisheries by the Faroe Islands using nets with mesh sizes less than 32 mm is prohibited in Community waters. Any by-catch of blue whiting shall be counted against the blue whiting quota established for fishing areas VIa, VIb and VII.

(74) Preliminary TAC. The final TAC will be established in the light of new scientific advice during the first half of 2006.

(75) Including catches taken with long lines of tope shark and velvet belly, bird beak dogfish, leafscale gulper shark, greater lantern shark, smooth lantern shark and Portuguese dogfish. This quota may only be taken in ICES Subareas IV, VI and VII.

(76) May only be fished in Subarea IV (EC waters).

(77) Within a total quota of 3 000 tonnes for ICES Subareas IV, VIa (north of 56°30'N) and VII e,f,h.

(78) This quota may only be fished in ICES areas IV, VIa (north of 56°30'N) and VIIe, f, h.

(79) Within a total quota of 3 000 tonnes for ICES Subareas IV, VIa (north of 56°30'N) and VIIe,f,h.

(80) Of which no more than 5% may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm, notwithstanding Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the weight of the landings shall be affected by a coefficient of 1,2.

(81) Waters adjacent to the Azores under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal.

(82) Of which no more than 5% may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm, notwithstanding Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the weight of the landings shall be affected by a coefficient of 1,2.

(83) Waters adjacent to Madeira under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Portugal.

(84) Of which no more than 5% may consist of horse mackerel between 12 and 14 cm, notwithstanding Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98. For the purposes of the control of this quantity, the weight of the landings shall be affected by a coefficient of 1,2.

(85) Waters adjacent to the Canary Islands under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Spain.

(86) This quota may be fished in Division VIa, North of 56°30'N.

(87) Including inextricably mixed horse mackerel.

(88) Only as by-catches..

(89) By-catches of cod, haddock, pollack and whiting and saithe to be counted against the quotas for these species.

(90) Of which no more than 400 tonnes of horsemackerel.

(91) Taken with long lines only, including rat tails,

Mora mora

and greater fork beard.

(92) Quota allocated by Norway to Sweden of ‘other species’ at a traditional level.

(93) Including fisheries not specifically mentioned, exceptions may be introduced after consultations as appropriate.

(94) Limited to IIa and IV. Includes fisheries not specifically mentioned.

(95) Limited to by-catches of whitefish in IV and VIa.

(96) Including fisheries not specifically mentioned, exceptions may be introduced after consultations as appropriate.

ANNEX IB

NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND

ICES areas I, II, IIIa, IV, V, XII, XIV and NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

Species:

Snow crab

Chionoecetes spp.

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

PCR/ N01GRN

Ireland

125

Spain

875

1 000

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

RNG/N01GRN

Germany

192(1)

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)

RNG/514GRN

Germany

United Kingdom

285(2)

TAC

Not relevant

Precautionary TAC.Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Herring

Clupea harengus

Zone:

EC, Norwegian and International waters of I and II

HER/1/2.

Belgium

Denmark

21 243

Germany

3 720

Spain

France

917

Ireland

5 499

The Netherlands

7 602

Poland

1 075

Portugal

Finland

329

Sweden

7 872

United Kingdom

13 581

62 000

TAC

not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

COD/1N2AB.

Germany

2 286

Greece

283

Spain

2 550

Ireland

283

France

2 098

Portugal

2 550

United Kingdom

8 869

18 920

TAC

457 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (incl.V, XIV (Greenland waters))

COD/N01514

Germany

United Kingdom

TAC

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

I, II b

COD/1/2B.

Germany

3 023

Spain

7 814

France

1 290

Poland

1 417

Portugal

1 650

United Kingdom

1 936

All Member States

100(3)

17 229(4)

TAC

457 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Cod and haddock

Gadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

C/H/05B-F.

Germany

France

United Kingdom

430

500

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)

HAL/514GRN

Portugal

800

1 000(5) (6)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

HAL/N01GRN

200(7) (8)

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

IIb

CAP/02B.

TAC

Species:

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)

CAP/514GRN

All Member States

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

HAD/1N2AB.

Germany

591

France

355

United Kingdom

1 814

2 760

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

WHB/1/2-N.

Germany

500

France

500

1 000

TAC

2 000 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

WHB/05B-F.

Denmark

7 040

Germany

480

France

768

The Netherlands

672

United Kingdom

7 040

16 000

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Ling and Blue Ling

Molva molva and Molva dypterigia

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

B/L/05B-F.

Germany

898(9)

France

1 992(9)

United Kingdom

175(9)

3 065(9)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)

PRA/514GRN

Denmark

887

France

887

5 675(10)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

PRA/ N01GRN

Denmark

2 000

France

2 000

4 000

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

POK/1N2AB.

Germany

2 880

France

463

United Kingdom

257

3 600

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

I, II (International waters )

POK/1/2INT

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

POK/05B-F.

Belgium

Germany

347

France

1 691

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

650

2 800

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

GHL/1N2AB.

Germany

United Kingdom

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

I, II (International waters)

GHL/1/2INT

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)

GHL/514GRN

Germany

5 154

United Kingdom

271

6 300(11)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters)

GHL/N01GRN

Germany

550

1 500(12)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

IIa (Norwegian waters)

MAC/02A-N.

Denmark

9 000(13)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

MAC/05B-F.

Denmark

2 908(14)

2 908

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

V, XII, XIV(15) (16)

RED/51214.

Estonia

284(16) (17)

Germany

5 772(16) (17)

Spain

1 014(16) (17)

France

539(16) (17)

Ireland

2(16) (17)

Latvia

103(16) (17)

The Netherlands

3(16) (17)

Poland

520(16) (17)

Portugal

1 212(16) (17)

United Kingdom

14(16) (17)

9 463(16)

TAC

62 416

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

RED/1N2AB.

Germany

766(18)

Spain

95(18)

France

84(18)

Portugal

405(18)

United Kingdom

150(18)

1 500(18)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

V, XIV (Greenland waters)

RED/514GRN

Germany

9 356

France

United Kingdom

13 229(19) (20) (21)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

Va (Icelandic waters)

RED/05A-IS

Belgium

0(22) (23) (24)

Germany

0(22) (23) (24)

France

0(22) (23) (24)

United Kingdom

0(22) (23) (24)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

RED/05B-F.

Belgium

Germany

2 761

France

186

United Kingdom

3 000

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

By-catches

Zone:

NAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)

XBC/ N01GRN

2 000(25)

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

Other species(26)

Zone:

I, II (Norwegian waters)

OTH/1N2AB.

Germany

150(26)

France

60(26)

United Kingdom

240(26)

450(26)

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Other species(27)

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

OTH/05B-F.

Germany

305

France

275

United Kingdom

180

760

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Flatfish

Zone:

Vb (Faroese waters)

FLX/05B-F.

Germany

France

United Kingdom

306

450

TAC

Not relevant

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

(1) Of which 192 tonnes are allocated to Norway.

(2) Of which 285 tonnes are allocated to Norway.

(3) Except Germany, Spain, France, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

(4) The allocation of the share of the cod stock available to the Community in the zone Spitzbergen and Bear Island is entirely without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the 1920 Treaty of Paris.

(5) Of which 200 tonnes to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.

(6) If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted.

(7) Of which 200 tonnes, to be fished only with long lines, are allocated to Norway.

(8) If by-catches of Atlantic halibut in trawl cod and redfish fisheries imply over-runs of this quota, the Greenland authorities will provide solutions to the effect that Community cod and redfish fisheries can nevertheless continue until the respective quotas have been exhausted.

(9) By-catches up to 1 080 tonnes of roundnose grenadier and black scabbard fish to be counted against this quota.

(10) Of which 2 750 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 1 150 tonnes to Faroe Islands.

(11) Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 75 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.

(12) Of which 800 tonnes are allocated to Norway and 150 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands.

(13) May also be fished in Subarea IV (Norwegian waters) and in Division IIa (international waters) (MAC/*4N-2A).

(14) May be fished in IVa (EC waters) (MAC/*04A.).

(15) EC waters and international waters.

(16) May be taken in the NAFO Regulatory Area Subarea 2, Divisions IF and 3K but shall be counted against the quota for V, XII, XIV within a total quota of 15 675 tonnes (RED/*N1F3K).

(17) No more than 80% of the quota may be taken before 1 July 2006.

(18) Only as by-catch.

(19) May be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.

(20) 3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway.

(21) 260 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately.

(22) Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).

(23) To be fished between July and December.

(24) Provisional quota pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Iceland for 2006.

(25) Refers to the combined by-catch of cod, catfish, skate, ling and tusk. The by-catch quantities of cod shall not exceed 100 tonnes. May be fished East or West.

(26) Only as by-catch.

(27) Excluding fish species of no commercial value.

ANNEX IC

NORTH WEST ATLANTIC

Area of NAFO

All TACs and associate conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO.

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 2J3KL

COD/N2J3KL

0(1)

TAC

0(1)

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 3NO

COD/N3NO.

0(2)

TAC

0(2)

Species:

Cod

Gadus morhua

Zone:

NAFO 3M

COD/N3M.

0(3)

TAC

0(3)

Species:

Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 2J3KL

WIT/N2J3KL

0(4)

TAC

0(4)

Species:

Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Zone:

NAFO 3NO

WIT/N3NO.

0(5)

TAC

0(5)

Species:

American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Zone:

NAFO 3M

PLA/N3M.

0(6)

TAC

0(6)

Species:

American plaice

Hippoglossoides platessoides

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO

PLA/N3LNO.

0(7)

TAC

0(7)

Species:

Short fin squid

Illex illecebrosus

Zone:

NAFO sub-zones 3 and 4

SQI/N34.

Estonia

128(9)

Latvia

128(9)

Lithuania

128(9)

Poland

227(9)

(8) (9)

TAC

34 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Yellowtail flounder

Limanda ferruginea

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO

YEL/N3LNO.

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

0(10) (11)

TAC

15 000

Species:

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

Zone:

NAFO 3NO

CAP/N3NO.

0(12)

TAC

0(12)

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 3L(13)

PRA/N3L.

Estonia

245(14)

Latvia

245(14)

Lithuania

245(14)

Poland

245(14)

245(14) (15)

TAC

22 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern prawn

Pandalus borealis

Zone:

NAFO 3M(16)

PRA/N3M.

TAC

pm(17)

Species:

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Zone:

NAFO 3LMNO

GHL/N3LMNO

Estonia

371

Germany

378

Latvia

Lithuania

Spain

5 072

Portugal

2 139

8 038

TAC

13 079

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Skate

Rajidae

Zone:

NAFO 3LNO

SRX/N3LNO.

Spain

6 561

Portugal

1 274

Estonia

546

Lithuania

119

8 500

TAC

13 500

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO 3LN

RED/N3LN.

0(18)

TAC

0(18)

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO 3M

RED/N3M.

Estonia

1 571(19)

Germany

513(19)

Spain

233(19)

Latvia

1 571(19)

Lithuania

1 571(19)

Portugal

2 354(19)

7 813(19)

TAC

5 000(19)

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO 3O

RED/N3O.

Spain

1 771

Portugal

5 229

7 000

TAC

20 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Redfish

Sebastes spp.

Zone:

NAFO Subarea 2, Divisions IF and 3K

RED/N1F3K.

Latvia

364

Lithuania

3 019

TAC

3 383

Species:

White hake

Urophycis tenuis

Zone:

NAFO 3NO

HKW/N3NO.

Spain

2 165

Portugal

2 835

5 000

TAC

8 500

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

(1) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(2) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(3) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(4) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(5) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(6) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(7) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(8) No specified Community share, an amount of 29 467 tonnes is available to Canada and the EC Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

(9) To be fished between 1 July and 31 December.

(10) Despite having access to a shared quota of 76 tonnes for the Community, it is decided to set this amount to 0. There will be no directed fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catches within the rules set out in Article 29.

(11) Catches taken by vessels under this quota shall be reported to the Flag Member State and forwarded to the Executive Secretary of NAFO via the Commission at 48 hour intervals.

(12) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(13) Not including the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47o20'0	46o40'0
2	47o20'0	46o30'0
3	46o00'0	46o30'0
4	46o00'0	46o40'0

(14) To be fished from 1 January to 31 March, 1 July to 14 September and 1 December to 31 December.

(15) All Member States except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

(16) Vessels may also fish this stock in Division 3L in the box bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47°20'0	46°40'0
2	47°20'0	46°30'0
3	46°00'0	46°30'0
4	46°00'0	46°40'0

When conducting a fishery for shrimp in this box, vessels shall, whether or not crossing the line separating NAFO Divisions 3L and 3M, report in accordance with point 1.3 of the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 189/92 of 27 January 1992 adopting provisions for the application of control measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (

OJ L 21, 30.1.1992, p. 4

. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1048/97 (

OJ L 154, 12.6.1997, p. 1

)).

Moreover, fishing for shrimp shall be prohibited from 1 June to 31 December 2006 in the area bounded by the following coordinates:

Point No	Latitude N	Longitude W
1	47°55'0	45°00'0
2	47°30'0	44°15'0
3	46°55'0	44°15'0
4	46°35'0	44°30'0
5	46°35'0	45°40'0
6	47°30'0	45°40'0
7	47°55'0	45°00'0

(17) Not relevant. Fishery managed by limitations in fishing effort. The Member States concerned shall issue special fishing permits for their fishing vessels engaging in this fishery, and shall notify those permits to the Commission prior to the commencement of the vessel's activity, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1627/94. By way of derogation from Article 8 of that Regulation, permits will only become valid if the Commission has not objected within five working days following the notification.

The maximum number of vessels and fishing time allowed shall be:

Member State	Maximum number of vessels	Maximum number of fishing days
Denmark	2	131
Estonia	8	1667
Spain	10	257
Latvia	4	490
Lithuania	7	579
Poland	1	100
Portugal	1	69

Each Member State shall, within 25 days following the calendar month in which the catches are made, report monthly to the Commission the fishing days spent in Division 3M and in the area defined in footnote (1).

(18) There will be no direct fishing on this species, which will be caught only as by-catch within the rules set out in Article 29.

(19) This quota is subject to compliance with the TAC of 5 000 tonnes established for this stock. Upon exhaustion of the TAC, the directed fishery for this stock shall be stopped irrespective of the level of catches.

ANNEX ID

HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — All Areas

TACS in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC.

Species:

Bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and Mediterranean

BFT/AE045W

Cyprus

(1)

Greece

323

Spain

6 266

France

6 182

Italy

4 880

Malta

(1)

Portugal

590

All Member States

60(2)

18 301

TAC

32 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° N

SWO/AN05N

Spain

5 565

Portugal

1 010

All Member States

185,5(3)

6 760,5

TAC

14 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° N

SWO/AS05N

Spain

5 422,8

Portugal

357,2

5 780

TAC

16 055

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Northern Albacore

Germo alalunga

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5°N

ALB/AN05N

Ireland

5 678,7(4) (6)

Spain

24 282,5(4) (6)

France

7 784,9(4) (6)

United Kingdom

402,1(4) (6)

Portugal

2 672,3(4) (6)

40 820,5(4) (5)

TAC

34 500

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Southern Albacore

Germo alalunga

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° N

ALB/AS05N

Spain

943,7

France

311

Portugal

660

1 914,7

TAC

30 915

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Bigeye Tuna

Thunnus obesus

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean

BET/ATLANT

Spain

24 616,1

France

11 018,3

Portugal

10 873,3

46 507,7

TAC

90 000

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.

Species:

Blue marlin

Makaira nigricans

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean

BUM/ATLANT

103

TAC

Not relevant

Species:

White marlin

Tetrapturus alba

Zone:

Atlantic Ocean

WHM/ATLANT

46,5

TAC

Not relevant

(1) Cyprus and Malta may fish under the ICCAT ‘Others’ quota in accordance with the ICCAT Compliance Tables adopted at 2003 ICCAT annual meeting.

(2) Except Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

(3) Except Spain and Portugal, and only as by-catch.

(4) It is prohibited to use any gill net, bottom set gill net, trammel net and entangling net.

(5) The number of Community vessels fishing for Northern Albacore as a target species is fixed to 1 253 vessels in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.

(6) The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for Northern Albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001:

Member State	Maximum number of vessels
Ireland	50
Spain	730
France	151
United Kingdom	12
Portugal	310
EC	1 253

ANNEX IE

ANTARCTIC

Area of CCAMLR

These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Community share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, who will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion.

Species:

Blackfin icefish

Chaenocephalus aceratus

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antartic

SSI/F483.

TAC

2 200(1)

Species:

Unicorn icefish

Channichthys rhinoceratus

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

LIC/F5852.

TAC

150(2)

Species:

Antarctic icefish

Champsocephalus gunnari

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

ANI/F483.

TAC

2 244(3)

Species:

Antarctic icefish

Champsocephalus gunnari

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic(4)

ANI/F5852.

TAC

1 210(5)

Species:

Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

TOP/F483.

TAC

3 556(6) (7)

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the Subarea specified:

Management Area A: 48 W to 43 30 W – 52 30 S to 56 S (TOP/*F483A)

Management Area B: 43 30 W to 40 W – 52 30 S to 56 S (TOP/*F483B)

1 067

Management Area C: 40 W to 33 30 W – 52 30 S to 56 S (TOP/*F483C)

2 489

Species:

Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 48.4 Antarctic

TOP/F484.

TAC

100(8) (9) (10)

Species:

Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

TOP/F5852.

TAC

2 584(11) (12)

Species:

Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 48

KRI/F48.

TAC

4 000 000(13)

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the Subareas specified:

Subarea 48.1 (KRI/*F481.)

1 008 000

Subarea 48.2 (KRI/*F482.)

1 104 000

Subarea 48.3 (KRI/*F483.)

1 056 000

Subarea 48.4 (KRI/*F484.)

832 000

Species:

Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 58.4.1 Antarctic

KRI/F5841.

TAC

440 000(14)

Special conditions:

Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the areas specified:

Division 58.4.1 West of 115° E (KRI/*F-41W)

277 000

Division 58.4.1 East of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E)

163 000

Species:

Krill

Euphausia superba

Zone:

FAO 58.4.2 Antarctic

KRI/F5842.

TAC

450 000(15)

Species:

Humped rockcod

Gobionotothen gibberifrons

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

NOG/F483.

TAC

1 470(16)

Species:

Grey rockcod

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

NOS/F483.

TAC

300(17)

Species:

Grey rockcod

Lepidonotothen squamifrons

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

NOS/F5852.

TAC

80(18)

Species:

Marbled rockcod

Notothenia rossii

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

NOR/F483.

TAC

300(19)

Species:

Crab

Paralomis spp.

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

PAI/F483.

TAC

1 600(20)

Species:

South Georgia icefish

Pseudochaenichthus georgianus

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

SGI/F483.

TAC

300(21)

Species:

Grenadier

Macrourus spp.

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

GRV/F5852.

TAC

360(22)

Species:

Other species

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

OTH/F5852.

TAC

50(23)

Species:

Skates and rays

Rajidae

Zone:

FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic

SRX/F5852.

TAC

120(24) (25)

Species:

Squid

Martialia hyadesi

Zone:

FAO 48.3 Antarctic

SQS/F483.

TAC

2 500(26)

(1) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

(2) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for

Dissostichus eleginoides

and

Champsocephalus gunnari

. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

(3) This TAC is applicable for the period 15 November 2005 to 14 November 2006. Fishing for this stock during the period 1 March to 31 May 2006 shall be limited to 561 tonnes.

(4) For the purpose of this TAC, the area open to the fishery is defined as that portion of FAO statistical division 58.5.2 that lies within the area enclosed by a line:

(a) starting at the point where the meridian of longitude 72

15'E intersects the Australia–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement Boundary then south along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 53

25'S;

(b) then east along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 74

40'S and the meridian of longitude 76

(d) then north along the meridian to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 52

(e) then northwesterly along the geodesic to the intersection of the parallel of latitude 51

S with the meridian of longitude 74

30'E; and

(f) then southwesterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

(5) This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

(6) This TAC shall be applicable for long-line fishery in the period 1 May to 31 August 2006 and for pot fishery 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

(7) Including 177 tonnes of skates and rays and 177 tonnes of

Macrorus

spp. as by-catch.

(8) To be fished only with long-lines.

(9) This TAC shall be applicable during a fishing season defined as that applied in Subarea 48.3, or until the catch limit for

Dissostichus eleginoides

in Subarea 48.4 is reached, or until the catch limit for

Dissostichus eleginoides

in Subarea 48.3, as specified above, is reached, whichever is sooner.

(10) Each vessel taking part in this fishery shall undertake a tagging program in accordance with the CCAMLR tagging protocol.

(11) This TAC shall be applicable for trawl and pot fisheries in the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006 and for the long-line fishery in the period 1 May to 31 August 2006.

(12) This TAC is applicable for West of 79

20'E only. Fishing east of this meridian within this zone is prohibited (see Annex XIII).

(13) This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

(14) This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

(15) This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

(16) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

(17) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

(18) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

(19) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

(20) This TAC shall be applicable for the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

(21) TAC to cover by-catches in any directed fishery. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the directed fishery shall be closed.

(22) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for

Dissostichus eleginoides

and

Champsocephalus gunnari

. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

(23) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for

Dissostichus eleginoides

and

Champsocephalus gunnari

. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

(24) TAC to cover by-catches in the fisheries for

Dissostichus eleginoides

and

Champsocephalus gunnari

. Wherever this by-catch TAC is exhausted, the corresponding fisheries shall be closed.

(25) For the purposes of this TAC, skates and rays to be counted as one single species.

(26) This TAC is applicable for the period 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2006.

ANNEX II

ANNEX IIA

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN STOCKS

1. Scope

The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres, carrying on board any of the gears defined in point 4 and present in Area IV and Divisions IIa (EC waters) , IIIa, VIa, VIIa and VIId. For the purposes of this Annex, a reference to the year 2006 means the period from 1 February 2006 to 31 January 2007.

2. Definitions of geographical areas

2.1.

For the purposes of this Annex, the geographical area, representing all of following areas, shall apply:

(a) Kattegat

(b) Skagerrak, Area IV, and Divisions IIa (EC waters), and VIId

(d) Division Via

2.2.

For vessels notified to the Commission as being equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003, the following definition of ICES Division VIa shall apply:

Division VIa excluding that part of Division VIa that lies to the west of a line drawn by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

00'N, 04

00'W

45'N, 05

00'W

30'N, 06

00'W

00'N, 07

00'W

30'N, 08

00'W

00'N, 08

00'W

00'N, 08

30'W

00'N, 08

30'W

00'N, 09

00'W

00'N, 09

00'W

00'N, 10

00'W

30'N, 10

00'W

3. Definition of days present within an area

For the purpose of this Annex, a day present within an area shall be any period of 24 hours during which a vessel is present at any time within an area defined in point 2 and absent from port.. The time from which the 24-hour period is measured is at the discretion of the Member State whose flag is flown by the vessel concerned.

4. Definition of fishing gear

For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

(a) Trawls, Danish seines and similar gears, except beam trawls, of mesh size:

(i) equal to or larger than16 mm and less than 32 mm;

(ii) equal to or larger than 70 mm and less than 90 mm;

(iii) equal to or larger than 90 mm and less than 100 mm;

(iv) equal to or larger than 100 mm and less than 120 mm;

(v) equal to or larger than 120 mm;

(b) Beam trawls of mesh size:

(i) equal to or larger than 80 mm and less than 90 mm;

(ii) equal to or larger than 90 mm and less than 100 mm;

(iii) equal to or larger than 100 mm and less than 120 mm;

(iv) equal to or larger than 120 mm;

Gillnets, entangling nets with mesh size, except trammel nets:

(i) less than 110 mm;

(ii) equal to or larger than 110 mm and less than 220 mm;

(iii) equal to or larger than 220 mm;

(d) Trammel nets.

(e) Longlines.

IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS

5. Obligations of the Member States

Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the fishing gears referred to in point 4, fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community shall be present within an area defined in point 2 for no more than the number of days set out in point 8.

6. Levels of fishing effort

6.1.

A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear defined in point 4 in any areas defined in point 2 by any vessels flying its flag which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 or 2005 in that area excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area in question.

However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear defined in point 4 may be authorised to use a different gear defined in point 4, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.

6.2

A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in an area defined in point 2 shall not be permitted to fish with a gear defined in point 4 in that area, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted according to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea according to point 15 of this Annex.

7. Calculation of fishing effort

A Member State shall not count against the days present within an area allocated to any of vessels flying its flag under this Annex any days when the vessel was present within an area but unable to fish because it was assisting another vessel in need of emergency aid nor any days when the vessel has been present within an area but unable to fish because it is transporting an injured person for emergency medical aid. The Member State shall provide justification to the Commission within one month of any decisions taken on this basis with associated evidence of the emergency from competent authorities.

8. Maximum number of days

8.1.

For the purpose of fixing the maximum number of days a fishing vessel may be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:

(a) The vessel must comply with the conditions laid down in Appendix 1

(b) The vessel must comply with the conditions laid down in Appendix 2

(c) The total landings of cod in 2002 made by the vessel, or by the vessel or vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition,

mutatis mutandis

, that it has replaced in accordance with Community law, must represent less than 5% of the total landings of all species made by the vessel in 2002 according to the landings in live weight consigned in the Community logbook.

(d) The total landings of cod, sole and plaice in 2002 made by the vessel, or by the vessel or vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition,

mutatis mutandis

(e) The total landings in 2002 made by the vessel, or by the vessel or vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition,

mutatis mutandis

, that it has replaced in accordance with Community law, must represent less than 5% cod and more than 60% plaice of the total landings of all species made by the vessel in 2002 according to the landings in live weight consigned in the Community logbook.

(f) The total landings in 2002 made by the vessel, or by the vessel or vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition,

mutatis mutandis

, that it has replaced in accordance with Community law, must represent less than 5% cod and more than 5% turbot and lumpsucker of the total landings of all species made by the vessel in 2002 according to the landings in live weight consigned in the Community logbook.

(g) The vessel must be equipped with a trammel net of mesh size ≤ 110 mm and must be absent from port for no more than 24 hours at a time.

(h) The vessel must fly the flag and be registered in a Member State having developed a system, approved by the Commission, of automatic suspension of fishing licences in respect of infringements by vessels qualifying for this special condition.

(i) The vessel shall have been present in the area in the years 2003, 2004 or 2005 with fishing gear on board referred to in point 4, and in 2006 the quantities of cod retained on board shall represent less than 5% of the total landings of all species made by the vessel according to the landings in live weight recorded in the Community logbook. During a management period when a vessel is making use of this provision the vessel may not at any time carry on board fishing gear other than that specified in points 4.b.iii. or 4.b.iv.

(j) The vessel must comply with conditions laid down in Appendix 3.

(k) The total landings in 2002 made by the vessel or by the vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition mutatis mutandis that it has replaced in accordance with Community law, must represent less than 5% cod and more than 60% plaice of the total landings in live weight consigned in the Community logbook during the May - October period. At least 55% of the maximum number of days available under this special condition shall apply in the area east of 4°30'W in the months of May to October inclusive.

8.2.

The maximum number of days per year for which a vessel may be present within any one of the areas defined as in point 2 having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 is shown in Table I.

8.3.

The maximum number of days per year for which a vessel may be present within any combination of areas defined in point 2 may not be higher than the highest number of days allocated for one of the areas composing it.

8.4.

A day present within an area defined in point 2 of this Annex shall also count against the total number of days present within the area defined in point 1 of Annex IIC for a vessel operating with the same gear categories.

8.5.

Where a vessel crosses between two or more areas on a fishing trip the day shall be counted against the area in which the largest proportion of time was spent during that day.

9. Management periods

9.1.

A Member State may divide the days within an area given in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

9.2.

The number of days for which a vessel may be present within any of the areas defined in point 2 during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned.

9.3.

In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area for which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of any area referred to in point 2 for the remainder of the management period unless using only unregulated gear as described in point 18.

10. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities

10.1.

An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2002 either in accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector(1) or resulting from other circumstances duly motivated by Member States. The effort expended in 2001 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question shall be compared to comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2001. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day. This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 6.2.

10.2.

Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 10.1. shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details of the permanent cessations of fishing activities in question.

10.3.

On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 8.2. for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

10.4.

Any additional number of days resulting from permanent cessation of activity previously allocated by the Commission remains allocated in 2006.

11. Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage

11.1

Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying onboard any of the gears referred to in point 4 may be allocated in 2006 to Member States by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition.

11.2

Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 11.1 shall submit a description of their enhanced observer coverage programme.

11.3

On the basis of this description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 8.2 for that Member State and for the area and gear grouping concerned in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

12. Conditions for derogations from the normal allocation of days

12.1

The special fishing permit referred to in Article 7(3) for any vessel benefiting of any special conditions listed in point 8.1. shall identify such conditions.

12.2

If an additional number of days is allocated to a vessel resulting from compliance with any of the special conditions listed in points 8.1.(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (k), the catches taken by that vessel and retained on board shall consist of no more than the percentage of those species referred to in these points. The vessel shall not tranship any fish to another vessel. When either of these conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the allocation of days submitted special conditions.

13.

Table I

Maximum days a vessel may be present in 2006 within an area by fishing gear

			Areas as defined in point:
Gear group Point 4	Special condition Point 8	Denomination(2)	2.a Kattegat	2.b 1 — Skaggerak 2 — II, IVa, b,c, 3 — VIId			2.c VIIa	2.d VIa
Gear group Point 4	Special condition Point 8	Denomination(2)	2.a Kattegat	1	2	3	2.c VIIa	2.d VIa
4.a.i		Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 16 and < 32 mm	228(3)	228(3)			228	228
4.a.ii		Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 70 and < 90 mm	n.r.	n.r.	227		227	227
4.a.iii		Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥90 and < 100 mm	103	103	227		227	227
4.a.iv		Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm	103	103			114	91
4.a.v		Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 120 mm	103	103			114	91
4.a.iii	8.1.(a)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 90 and < 100 mm with a 120 mm square mesh window	137	137	227		227	227
4.a.iv	8.1.(a)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm with a 120 mm square mesh window	137	137	103		114	91
4.a.v	8.1.(a)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 120 mm with a 120 mm square mesh window	137	137	103		114	91
4.a.v	8.1.(j)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 120 mm with a 140 mm square mesh window	149	149	115		126	103
4.a.ii	8.1.(b)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 70 and < 90 mm complying with the conditions laid down in Appendix 2	Unlimited	Unlimited			Unl.	Unl.
4.a.iii	8.1.(b)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 90and < 100 mm complying with the conditions laid down in Appendix 2	Unlimited	Unlimited			Unl.	Unl.
4.a.iv	8.1.(c)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod	148	148			148	148
4.a.v	8.1.(c)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod	160	160			160	160
4.a.iv	8.1.(k)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod and more than 60 % of plaice	n.r.	n.r.			166	n.r.
4.a.v	8.1.(k)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod and more than 60 % of plaice	n.r.	n.r.			178	n.r.
4.a.v	8.1.(h)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 120 mm operating under a system of automatic suspension of fishing licences	115	115			126	103
4.a.ii	8.1.(d)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 70 and < 90 mm track records represent less than 5 % of cod, sole and plaice	280	280			280	280
4.a.iii	8.1.(d)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 90 and < 100 mm track records represent less than 5 % of cod, sole and plaice	Unlimited	Unl.	280		280	280
4.a.iv	8.1.(d)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm track records represent less than 5 % of cod, sole and plaice	Unlimited	Unlimited			Unl.	Unl.
4.a.v	8.1.(d)	Trawls or Danish seines with mesh size > 120 mm track records represent less than 5 % of cod, sole and plaice	Unlimited	Unlimited			Unl.	Unl.
4.b.i		Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 80 and < 90 mm	n.r.	143(3)		Unl.	143	143(3)
4.b.ii		Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 90 and < 100 mm	n.r.	143(3)		Unl.	143	143(3)
4.b.iii		Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm	n.r.	143		Unl.	143	143
4.b.iv		Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 120 mm	n.r.	143		Unl.	143	143
4.b.iii	8.1.(c)	Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 100and < 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod	n.r.	155		Unl.	155	155
4.b.iii	8.1.(i)	Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 100 and < 120 mm for vessels having used beam trawls of mesh < 100 mm in 2003, 2004 or 2005.	n.r.	155		Unl.	155	155
4.b.iv	8.1.(c)	Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod	n.r.	155		Unl.	155	155
4.b.iv	8.1.(i)	Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 120mm for vessels having used beam trawls of mesh < 100mm in 2003, 2004 or 2005.	n.r.	155		Unl.	155	155
4.b.iv	8.1.(e)	Beam trawls with mesh size ≥ 120 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod and more than 60 % of plaice	n.r.	155		Unl.	155	155
4.c.i		Gillnets and entangling nets with mesh size < 110 mm	140	140			140	140
4.c.ii		Gillnets and entangling nets with mesh size ≥ 110 mm and < 220 mm	140	140			140	140
4.c.iii	8.1.(f)	Gillnets and entangling nets with mesh size ≥ 220 mm track records shall represent less than 5 % of cod and more than 5 % of turbot and lumpsucker	162	140	162	140	140	140
4.d		Trammel nets	140	140			140	140
4.d	8.1.(g)	Trammel nets with mesh size < 110 mm. The vessel shall be absent from the port no more than 24 h.	140	140	205		140	140
4.e		Long-lines	173	173			173	173

n.r. means non relevant

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS AND DAYS PRESENT WITHIN AN AREA

14. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

14.1.

According to provisions laid down in point 6, a Member State may permit any fishing vessels flying its flag to transfer days present within a area referred to in point 2 for which it is eligible to another vessel flying its flag provided that the product of the days received by a vessel and its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Community fishing fleet register.

14.2.

The total number of days present within an area referred to in point 2 under point 14.1. multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record excluding transfers from other vessels in that area as verified by the Community logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. When a donor vessel uses the area definition of West of Scotland as defined in point 2.2 its track record calculation will be based on this area definition.

For the purposes of this point, the recipient vessel is deemed to use its own allocated days before any days transferred to it. Transferred days used by the recipient vessel are counted towards the track record of the donor vessel.

14.3.

For the purposes of this Annex and referring to the areas defined in point 2 and the groupings of fishing gears defined in point 4, the following transfer groups are defined:

(a) groupings of fishing gears 4.a.i within any area;

(b) groupings of fishing gears 4.a.ii within any area and 4.a.iii in Area IV, Divisions IIa (EC waters) VIa, VIIa and VIId;

(d) groupings of fishing gears 4.b.i, 4.b.ii, 4.b.iii, and 4.b.iv within any area;

(e) groupings of fishing gears 4.c.i, 4.c.ii and 4.c.iii within any area;

(f) grouping of fishing gears 4.d within any area;

(g) grouping of fishing gears 4.e within any area.

14.4.

The transfer of days as described in point 14.1. shall only be permitted between vessels operating within the same transfer group and during the same management period. A Member State may allow a transfer of days when a licensed donor vessel has temporarily ceased its activity without public aid.

14.5.

No transfer of days from vessels benefiting from the allocation under conditions referred to in points 8.1. and 17 is permitted.

14.6.

On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place.

15. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Different Member States may permit transfer of days present within an area for the same management period and within the same area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided the same provisions as laid down in points 6.1, 6.2, 7 and 14 apply. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission before such transfers take place of the transfer expressed in number of days and in fishing effort and the quotas relating thereto.

USE OF FISHING GEAR

16. Notification of fishing gear

Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management period. Until such notification is provided the vessel shall not be entitled to fish within the areas defined in point 2 with any of the gears referred to in point 4.

17. Use of more than one grouping of fishing gear

17.1.

A vessel may use gears belonging to more than one grouping of fishing gears defined under point 4 during one management period.

17.2

Where the master of a vessel or his representative notifies the use of more than one of the groupings of fishing gears defined under point 4, the total number of days available during the forthcoming management period shall be no more than the arithmetic mean of the days which the vessel is eligible for each gear, rounded down to the nearest whole day. It shall not be permitted to deploy any of the gears concerned for more days than the number of days laid down for that gear in Table I for the area concerned.

17.3.

The option to use more than one gear shall only be available if the following additional monitoring arrangements are met:

(a) during a given trip the fishing vessel may carry on board or use only one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4, except as provided for in point 19.2;

(b) before any trip the master of a vessel or his representative shall give prior notice to the competent authorities of the type of fishing gear that is to be carried on board or used unless the type of fishing gear has not changed from the one notified for the previous trip.

17.4.

Inspection and surveillance at sea and in port by the competent authorities shall be undertaken for verification of compliance with the above two requirements. Any vessel found to be not complying with these requirements shall with immediate effect no longer be permitted to use two groupings of fishing gears.

18. Combined use of regulated and unregulated fishing gear

A vessel wishing to combine the use of one or more of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 (regulated gears) with any other fishing gears not referred to in point 4 (unregulated gears) shall not be restricted in their use of the unregulated gear. Such vessels must pre-notify when the regulated gear is to be used. When no such notification has been given no gear referred to in point 4 may be carried on board. Such vessels must be authorised and equipped to undertake the alternative fishing activity.

19. Prohibition of carrying on board more than one regulated fishing gear

19.1.

A vessel which is present within any of the areas defined in point 2 and carrying on board a fishing gear belonging to one of the groupings of fishing gears referred to in point 4 may not simultaneously carry on board any gear belonging to one of the other groupings of fishing gears referred to in point 4.

19.2.

By way of derogation from point 19.1 a vessel may carry on board in an area referred to in point 2 fishing gears belonging to different groupings of fishing gears if the number of days allocated to these gear groups in that area is identical.

NON-FISHING RELATED ACTIVITIES AND TRANSIT

20. Non-fishing related activities

In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being counted against its days allocated under point 8, provided that the vessel first notifies its flag Member State of its intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for this time. Such vessels shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.

21. Transit

A vessel is allowed to transit across the area provided that it has no fishing permit to operate in the area or that it has first notified its authorities of its intention to do so. While that vessel is within the area any fishing gears carried on board must be lashed and stowed in accordance with conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEMS OBLIGATIONS

22. Recording of relevant data

Member States shall ensure that the following data received pursuant to Articles 8, 10(1) and 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 are recorded in a computer-readable form:

(a) entry into, and exit from port;

(b) each entry into, and exit from maritime areas where specific rules on access to waters and resources apply.

23. Cross-checks

Member States shall verify the submission of logbooks and relevant information recorded in the logbook by using VMS data. Such cross-checks shall be recorded and made available to the Commission on request.

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

24. Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days absent from port and present within the areas as set out in this Annex, shall collect for each quarter the information about total fishing effort deployed in the areas defined in point 2 for towed gears, static gears and demersal longlines and effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the areas concerned by this Annex.

25. Communication of relevant data

On request of the Commission, Members States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with the data referred to in point 24 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

Table II

Reporting format

Country	CFR	External Marking	Area fished	Length of management period	Gear type/types notified	Special conditions applying	Days eligible using this gear	Days spent with this gear type	Transfers of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)

Table III

Data format

Name of field

Max. number of characters/digits

Definition and comments

(1)

Country

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

Always the reporting country.

(2)

CFR

(Community Fleet Register Number).

Unique identification number of a fishing vessel.

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.

(3)	External marking

Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87

(4)

Area

Indicate if the vessel has been fishing in Area a, b, c or d of point 2.1 of this Annex

(5)	Length of management period

The number of days of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified may be aggregated.

(6)	Gear type/types notified

Indication of the gear types notified in accordance with point 4 of this Annex. e.g. a.i - e.

(7)	Special conditions applying

Indication of which, if any, of the special conditions a — g referred to in point 8.1 apply

(8)	Days eligible using this gear

Number of days for which this vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.

(9)	Days spent with this gear type

Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area according to this Annex.

(10)	Transfers of days

For days transferred indicate ‘- number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

(1)

OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 10.

Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 485/2005 (

OJ L 81, 30.3.2005, p. 1

(2) Only the denominations in points 4 and 8 are used.

(3) Application of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 where restrictions exist.

Appendix 1 to Annex IIA

A copy of the special permits referred to in point 12.1. of this Annex shall be kept on board the fishing vessel.

When holding the special fishing permit the vessel shall only keep on board and use a towed net with an exit window as specified in point 4 of this annex. The gear shall be approved by the national inspectors before commencing fishing.

Escape window

3.1.

The window shall be inserted in the untapered section with a minimum of 80 open meshes in the circumference. The window shall be inserted into the top panel and shall cover half the top panel. There shall be no more than two open diamond meshes between the posterior row of meshes in the side of the window and the adjacent selvedge. The window shall terminate no more than six metres from cod-line. The joining rate shall be two diamond meshes to one square mesh.

3.2.

The window shall be at least three meters in length. The meshes shall have a minimum opening of 120 mm. The meshes shall be square meshes, i.e. all four sides of the window netting will be cut bars. The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular to the length of the cod-end.

3.3.

The netting of square-meshed panel shall be knotless single twine. The window shall be inserted in such a way that the meshes remain fully open at all times when fishing. The window shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments.

Appendix 2 to Annex IIA

A copy of the special permits referred to in point 12.1. of this Annex shall be kept on board the fishing vessel.

When holding the special fishing permit the vessel shall only keep on board and use a towed net with grid designated to separate Norway lobster to round fish as specified in point 4 of this annex or any other devices with similar proven selective properties. The gear shall be approved by the national inspectors before commencing fishing.

Grid

3.1.

The grid shall be rectangular. The bars of the grid shall be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grid. The bar spacing of the grid shall not exceed 35 mm. It shall be permitted to use one or more hinges in order to facilitate the storage on the net drum.

3.2.

The grid shall be mounted diagonally in the trawl, upwards backwards, anywhere from just in front of the codend to 10 metres up in the extension piece. All sides of the grid shall be attached to the trawl.

3.3.

In the upper panel of the trawl there shall be an unblocked fish outlet in immediate connection to the upper side of the grid. The opening of the fish outlet shall have the same width in the posterior side as the width of the grid and shall be cut out to a tip in the anterior direction along mesh bars from both sides of the grid.

3.4.

It shall be permitted to attach in front of the grid a funnel to lead the fish towards the trawl floor and grid. The minimum mesh size of the funnel shall be the minimum mesh size of the codend. The minimum vertical opening of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be 30 centimetres. The width of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be the grid width.

For vessels holding a special fishing permit referred to in point 12.1. of this annex the catch retained onboard shall consist of less than 5 % of cod and more than 70 % of Norway lobster.

Appendix 3 to Annex IIA

A copy of the special permits referred to in point 12.1. of this Annex shall be kept on board the fishing vessel.

When holding the special fishing permit the vessel shall only keep on board and use a towed net with an exit window as specified in point 4 of this Annex. The gear shall be approved by the national inspectors before commencing fishing.

Escape window

3.1.

The window shall be inserted in the untapered section with a minimum of 80 open meshes in the circumference. The window shall be inserted into the top panel. There shall be no more than two open diamond meshes between the posterior row of meshes in the side of the window and the adjacent selvedge. The window shall terminate no more than 6 metres from cod-line. The joining rate shall be two diamond meshes to one square mesh.

3.2.

The window shall be at least three meters in length. The meshes shall have a minimum opening of 140 mm. The meshes shall be square meshes i.e. all four sides of the window netting will be cut bars. The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular to the length of the codend.

3.3.

ANNEX IIB

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NEPHROPS STOCKS

1. Scope

The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres, carrying on board towed and static gears defined in point 3 and present in Divisions VIIIc and IXa excluding the Gulf of Cadiz. For the purposes of this Annex, a reference to the year 2006 means the period from 1 February 2006 to 31 January 2007

2. Definition of days present within the area

For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within an area shall be any period of 24 hours during which a vessel is present at any time within the area defined in point 1 and absent from port. The time from which the 24-hour period is measured is at the discretion of the Member State whose flag is flown by the vessel concerned.

3. Definition of fishing gear

For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

(a) Trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh size:

(i) equal to or larger than 32 mm and less than 55 mm;

(ii) equal to or larger than 55 mm;

(b) Gill-nets of mesh size:

(i) equal to or larger than 60 mm and less than 80 mm;

(ii) equal to or larger than 80 mm;

IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS

4. Obligations of the Member States

Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the fishing gears referred to in point 3, fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified in point 7.

5. Levels of fishing effort

5.1.

A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear defined in point 3 in the area by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002,2003, 2004 or 2005 in the area, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.

However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear defined in point 3 may be authorised to use a different gear defined in point 3, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.

5.2

A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area defined in point 1 shall not be permitted to fish with a gear defined in point 3 in that area, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted according to the Article 20 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea according to point 13 of this Annex.

6. Calculation of fishing effort

A Member State shall not count against the days allocated to any of its vessels under this Annex either any days when the vessel has been present within the area but unable to fish because it was assisting another vessel in need of emergency aid or any days when a vessel has been present within the area but unable to fish because it is transporting an injured person for emergency medical aid. The Member State shall provide justification to the Commission within one month of any decisions taken on this basis with associated evidence of the emergency from the competent authorities.

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO FISHING VESSELS

7. Maximum number of days

7.1.

For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days a fishing vessel may be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:

(a) The total landings of hake in any of the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 made by the vessel, or by the vessel or vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition, mutatis mutandis, that it has replaced in accordance with Community law, shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight consigned in the Community logbook, and;

(b) The total landings of Norway lobster in any of the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 made by the vessel, or by the vessel or vessels using similar gears and qualifying for this special condition, mutatis mutandis, that it has replaced in accordance with Community law, shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight consigned in the Community logbook.

7.2.

The maximum number of days 2006per year for which a vessel may be present within the area having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 3 is shown in Table I.

8. Management periods

8.1.

A Member State may divide the days present within the area given in Table I into management periods of durations one or more calendar month.

8.2.

The number of days for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of the Member State concerned

8.3.

In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being counted against its days allocated under point 7, provided that the vessel first notifies its flag Member State of its intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for this time. Such vessels shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.

9. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessations of fishing activities

9.1.

An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 3 may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2004 either in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 or resulting from other circumstances duly motivated by Member States. Any vessels that can be shown to have been definitively withdrawn from the area may also be considered. The additional number of days allocated to vessels in a given gear category will be directly proportional to the fishing effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question compared to the comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day. . This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 5.2.

9.2.

Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1. shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details of permanent cessations of fishing activities in question.

9.3.

On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 7.2. for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

10. Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage

10.1.

10.2.

Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 10.1 shall submit a description of their enhanced observer coverage programme.

10.3.

11. Conditions for derogations from the normal allocation of days

11.1

If a vessel has received an additional number of days resulting from compliance with the special conditions listed in points 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) the vessel's landings shall not in 2006 exceed 5 tonnes live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes live weight of Norway lobster.

11.2.

The vessel shall not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel.

11.3.

When either of these conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the additional days.

Table I Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year

Gear group point 3	Special conditions point 7	Denomination(1)	Maximum number of days
3.a.i		Bottom trawls of mesh size ≥32 and <55 mm	240
3.a.ii		Bottom trawls of mesh size equal or larger than 55 mm	240
3.b.i		Gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 and <80 mm	240
3.c		Bottom long-lines	240
3.a.i	7.1(a) and 7.1(b)	Bottom trawls of mesh size ≥32 and <55 mm	Unlimited
3.a.ii	7.1(a) and 7.1(b)	Bottom trawls of mesh size ≥ 55 mm	unlimited
3.b.i	7.1(a)	Gill-nets of mesh size ≥ 60 and <80 mm	Unlimited
3.c	7.1(a)	Bottom long-lines	Unlimited

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS AND DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA

12. Transfer of days between vessels flying the flag of a Member State

12.1.

According to provisions laid down in point 5, a Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it is eligible to another vessel flying its flag within the area provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Community fishing fleet register.

12.2.

The total number of days present within the area transferred under point 12.1. multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record in the area as verified by the Community logbook in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 and 2004, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

12.3.

The transfer of days as described in 12.1. shall be permitted only between vessels operating within the same gear group and during the same management period.

12.4.

No transfer of days from vessels benefiting from the allocation referred to in point 3 is permitted.

12.5.

On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place.

13. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area referred to in point 1 for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided the same provisions as laid down in points 5.1., 5.2., 6 and 12. Where Member States decide to authorize such a transfer, as a preliminary they shall notify the Commission not only of that transfer expressed in number of days and in fishing effort but also expressed in fishing quotas relating thereto, as agreed between them.

USE OF FISHING GEAR

14. Notification of fishing gear

14.1.

Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management period. Until such notification is provided the vessel will not be entitled to fish within the area with any of the gears referred to in point 3.

14.2

Point 14.1 shall not apply to fishing vessels authorised by a Member State to use only one of the gear types defined in point 3.

15. Combined use of regulated and unregulated fishing gear

A vessel wishing to combine the use of one or more of the fishing gears referred to in point 3 (regulated gears) with any other fishing gears not referred to in point 3 (unregulated gears) will not be restricted in their use of the unregulated gear. Such vessels must pre notify when the regulated gear is to be used. When no such notification has been given, no gear referred to in point 3 may be carried on board. Such vessels must be authorised and equipped to undertake the alternative fishing activity.

16. Transit

MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE

17. Recording of relevant data

Member States shall ensure that the following data received pursuant to Articles 8, 10(1) and 11(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 are recorded in a computer-readable form:

(a) entry into, and exit from port;

(b) each entry into, and exit from maritime areas where specific rules on access to waters and resources apply.

18. Cross-checks

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

19. Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect, for each quarter the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area defined in point 1 for towed gears, static gears and longlines and effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex.

20. Communication of relevant data

On request of the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with the data referred to in point 19 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

Table II Reporting format

Country	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear type/ types notified	Special conditions applying	Days eligible using this gear	Days spent with this gear type	Transfers of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

Table III Data format

Name of field	Max. number of characters / digits	Definition and comments
(1) Country	3	Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. Always the reporting country.
(2) CFR	12	(Community Fleet Register Number). Unique identification number of a fishing vessel. Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.
(3) External marking	14	Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4) Length of management period	3	The number of days of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified may be aggregated.
(5) Gear type / types notified	5	Indication of the gear types notified in accordance with point 3 of this Annex. e.g. a.i., a.ii., b.i., b.ii. or c.
(6) Special conditions applying	1	Indication of which, if any, of the special conditions a and/or b referred to in point 7.1 apply
(7) Days eligible using this gear	3	Number of days for which this vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
(8) Days spent with this gear type	3	Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area according to this Annex.
(9) Transfers of days	3	For days transferred indicate‘- number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

(1) Only the denominations in points 3 and 7 are used.

ANNEX IIC

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS

1. Scope

The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres carrying on board any of the gears defined in point 3, and present in Division VIIe. For the purposes of this Annex, a reference to the year 2006 means the period from 1 February 2006 to 31 January 2007.

Vessels fishing with static nets greater than 120 mm and with a track record in 2004 of less than 300 kg of sole shall be exempt from the provisions of this Annex on condition that:

(a) such vessels catch less than 300 kg in 2006, and

(b) each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission by 31 July 2006 and 31 January 2007 on these vessels' catches of sole in 2006.

2. Definition of days present with the area

For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within area shall be any period of 24 hours during which a vessel is present at any time within the area defined in point 1 and absent from port. The time from which the 24-hour period is measured is at the discretion of the Member State whose flag is flown by the vessel concerned.

3. Definition of fishing gear

For the purposes of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

(a) Beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;

(b) Static nets including gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size less than 220 mm.

IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS

4. Obligations of the member States

5. Levels of fishing effort

5.1.

A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear defined in point 3 in the area by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003, 2004 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.

5.2.

A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area defined in point 1 shall not be permitted to fish with a gear defined in point 3 in that area, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted according to the Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and is allocated days at sea according to point 12 of this Annex.

6. Calculation of the fishing effort

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO FISHING VESSELS

7. Maximum number of days

7.1.

For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days a fishing vessel may be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply, in accordance with Table I:

(a) of the gear groups referred to in point 3 the vessel shall only carry on board or deploy the gear defined in point 3.b;

(b) the total landings in live weight of sole in 2004 as recorded in the Community logbook by the vessel concerned shall be less than 300 kg.

7.2.

The maximum number of days per year for which a vessel may be present within the area having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 3 is shown in Table I.

7.3.

The number of days in which a vessel is present within the total area covered by this Annex and Annex IIA shall not exceed the number shown in Table I of this Annex. However the number of days in which the vessel is present in the areas covered in Annex IIA shall comply with the maximum number fixed in accordance with Annex IIA.

8. Management periods

8.1.

Member States may divide the days present within the area given in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

8.2.

The number of days for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of Member States concerned.

8.3.

In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area for which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of the area for the remainder of the management period unless using a gear for which no maximum number of days has been fixed

9. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessations of fishing activities

9.1.

An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 3 may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2004 either in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 or resulting from other circumstances duly motivated by Member States. The additional number of days allocated to vessels in a given gear category will be directly proportional to the fishing effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question compared to the comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day. This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 5.2

9.2.

Member States wishing to benefit from such allocations shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details the permanent cessations of fishing activities in question.

9.3.

On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 7.1 for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

10. Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage

10.1

10.2

Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 10.1 shall submit a description of their enhanced observer coverage programme.

10.3

On the basis of this description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 8.2 for the Member State concerned and for the area and gear grouping concerned in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.

11. Conditions for derogations from the normal allocation of days

11.1.

If a vessel has received an additional number of days resulting from compliance with the special conditions listed in point 7.1 the vessel's landings shall not exceed 300 kg live weight of sole.

11.2.

The vessel shall not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel .

11.3.

When either of these conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the additional days.

Table I — Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year

Gear group point 3	Special conditions point 7	Denomination(1)	Western Channel
3.a		Beam trawls of mesh size ≥80 mm	216
3.b		Static nets with mesh size <220 mm	216
3.b.	7.1	Static nets with mesh size ≥120 mm; Less than 300 kg of sole per year	Unlimited

EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS AND DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA

12. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State

12.1.

In accordance with the provisions laid down in point 5, a Member State may permit any of its fishing vessels flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it is eligible to another of its vessels flying its flag within the area provided that the product of the days received by a vessel and its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Community fishing fleet register.

12.2.

The total number of days present within the area transferred under point 12.1. multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record in the area as verified by the Community logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

12.3.

The transfer of days as described in point 12.1. shall be permitted only between vessels operating within the same gear grouping referred to in point 3. and during the same management period.

12.4.

On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place.

13. Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided the same provisions as laid down in points 5.1., 5.2, 6 and 12. Where Member States decide to authorize such a transfer, as a preliminary they shall notify the Commission not only of that transfer expressed in number of days and in fishing effort but also expressed in fishing quotas relating thereto, as agreed between them.

USE OF FISHING GEAR

14. Notification of fishing gear

Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management period. Until such notification is provided the vessel shall not be entitled to fish within the area defined in point 1 with any of the gears referred to in point 3.

15. Non-fishing related activities.

In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being counted against its days allocated under point 7, provided that the vessel first notifies its flag Member State of its intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for that time. Such vessels shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.

16. Transit

A vessel shall be allowed to transit across the area provided that it has no fishing permit to operate in the area or it has first notified its authorities of its intention to do so. While that vessel is within the area any fishing gears carried on board must be lashed and stowed in accordance with conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE

17. Fishing effort messages

Articles 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e and 19k of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall apply to vessels carrying on board the fishing gears defined in point 3 and operating in the area defined in point 1. Vessels equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 or those operating under the definition of a day as defined in point 2 shall be excluded from these hailing requirements.

18. Recording of relevant data

Member States shall ensure that the following data received pursuant to Articles 8, 10(1) and 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 are recorded in a computer-readable form:

(a) entry into, and exit from port;

(b) each entry into, and exit from maritime areas where specific rules on access to waters and resources apply.

19. Cross-checks

20. Alternative control measures

Member States may implement alternative control measures to ensure compliance with the obligations referred in point 17 of this Annex which are as effective and transparent as these reporting obligations. Such alternative measures shall be notified to the Commission before being implemented.

21. Prior notification of transhipments and landings

The master of a Community vessel or his representative wishing to tranship any quantity retained on board or to land in a port or landing location of a third-country shall inform the competent authorities of the flag Member State at least 24 hours prior to transhipping or to landing in a third-country the information referred to in Article 19b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.

22. Margin of tolerance in the estimation of quantities reported in the logbook

By way of derogation from Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the permitted margin of tolerance, when estimating quantities, in kilograms retained on board of vessels referred to in point 17 shall be 8 % of the logbook figure. Where event that no conversion factors are laid down in Community legislation, the conversion factors adopted by the Member states whose flag the vessel is flying shall apply.

23. Separate stowage

When quantities of sole greater than 50 kg are stowed on board a vessel, it shall be prohibited to retain on board a fishing vessel in any container any quantity of Sole mixed with any other species of marine organism. The masters of Community vessels shall give inspectors of Member States such assistance as will enable the quantities declared in the logbook and the catches of sole retained on board to be cross checked.

24. Weighing

24.1.

The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that any quantity of sole exceeding 300 kg caught in the area shall be weighed using auction room scales before sale.

24.2.

The competent authorities of a Member State may require that any quantity of sole exceeding 300 kg caught in the area and first landed in that Member State is weighed in the presence of controllers before being transported from the port of first landing.

25. Transport

By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, quantities greater than 50 kg of any species in fisheries referred to in Article 7 of this Regulation which are transported to a place other than that of landing or import shall be accompanied by a copy of one of the declarations provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 pertaining to the quantities of these species transported. The exemption provided for in Article 13(4)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall not apply.

26. Specific monitoring programme

By way of derogation from Article 34c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the specific monitoring programme for any of the stocks in fisheries referred to in Article 7 may last more than two years from their date of entry into force.

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

27. Collection of relevant data

Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall collect for each quarter the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears and effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex.

28. Communication of relevant data

On request of the Commission, Members States shall make available to the Commission a spredsheet with the data on request referred to in point 26 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

Table II Reporting format

Country	CFR	External marking	Length of management period	Gear type/ types notified	Special conditions applying	Days eligible using this gear	Days spent with this gear type	Transfers of days
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

Table III Data format

Name of field	Max. number of characters / digits	Definition and comments
(1) Country	3	Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.Always the reporting country.
(2) CFR	12	(Community Fleet Register Number).Unique identification number of a fishing vessel. Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters additional zeros must be inserted on the left hand side.
(3) External marking	14	Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
(4) Length of management period	3	The number of days of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified may be aggregated.
(5) Gear type / types notified	5	Indication of the gear types notified in accordance with point 3 of this Annex. e.g. a. or b.
(6) Special conditions applying	1	Indication if the special condition referred to in point 7.1 applies
(7) Days eligible using this gear	3	Number of days for which this vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
(8) Days spent with this gear type	3	Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area according to this Annex.
(9) Transfers of days	3	For days transferred indicate ‘- number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

(1) Only the denominations in point 3 and 7are used.

ANNEX IID

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS FISHING FOR SANDEEL IN SUBAREA IV AND DIVISIONS IIA, AND IIIA

The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community vessels fishing in Division IIIa, Division IIa (EC waters) and Subarea IV with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm.

For the purposes of this Annex a day present within the area shall be:

(a) the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period or;

(b) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the Community logbook between the date and time of departure and the date and time of arrival or any part of any such time period.

Each Member State concerned shall, not later than 1 March 2006, establish a data base containing for Subarea IV and Division IIIa, for each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 and for each vessel flying its flag or registered within the Community which have been fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm, the following information:

(a) the name and internal registration number of the vessel;

(b) the installed engine power of the vessel in kilowatts measured in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86;

(c) the number of days present within the area when fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gear with a mesh size of less than 16 mm;

(d) the kilowatt-days as the product of the number of days present within the area and the installed engine power in kilowatts.

The following quantities shall be calculated by each Member State:

(a) the total kilowatt-days for each year as the sum of the kilowatt-days calculated in point 3(d);

(b) the average kilowatt-days for the period 2002 to 2004.

Each Member State shall ensure that the number of kilowatt-days in 2006 for vessels flying its flag or registered in the Community does not exceed 20 % of the number in 2004 as calculated under point 4(a).

The maximum number of kilowatt-days referred to in point 5 and the TAC and quotas for sandeel in zones IIa (EC waters), IIIa, and IV (EC waters) as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation shall be revised by the Commission as early as possible based on advice from the STECF on the size of the 2005 year class of North Sea sandeel, in accordance with the following rules:

(a) where STECF estimates the size of the 2005 year class of North Sea sandeel to be at or above 500 000 million individuals at age 0, no restrictions in kilowatt-days shall apply for the remaining of 2006 and the TAC for 2006 shall be fixed at 600 000 tonnes;

(b) where STECF estimates the size of the 2005 year class of North Sea sandeel to be between 300 000 million and 500 000 million individuals at age 0, the number of kilowatt-days shall not exceed the level in 2003 as calculated in point 4(a) and the TAC for 2006 shall be fixed at 300 000 tonnes;

(c) where STECF estimates the size of the 2005 year class of North Sea sandeel to be below 300 000 million individuals at age 0, fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited for the remainder of 2006. However, a limited fishery shall be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stocks in ICES Division IIIa and Subarea IV and the effects of the closure. To this end the Member States concerned shall, in cooperation with the Commission, develop a plan for the monitoring fishery.

ANNEX III

TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONTROL MEASURES

Part A

North Atlantic including the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat

1. Landing and weighing procedures for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel

1.1. Scope

1.1.1.

The following procedures shall apply to landings in the European Community by Community and third country vessels of quantities per landing exceeding 10 tonnes of herring, mackerel, and horse mackerel, or a combination thereof, taken in:

(a) for herring, ICES Subareas I, II, IV, VI and VII and Divisions III a, and Vb;

(b) for mackerel and horse mackerel, in ICES Subareas III, IV, VI and VII and Division IIa.

1.2. Designated ports

1.2.1.

Landings referred to in point 1.1 are only permitted in designated ports.

1.2.2.

Each Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission changes in the list, transmitted in 2004, of designated ports in which landings of herring, mackerel and horse mackerel may take place and, changes in inspection and surveillance procedures for those ports including the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of any of the species and stocks referred to in point 1.1.1. within each landing. Those changes shall be transmitted at least 15 days before they enter into force. The Commission shall transmit this information as well as ports designated by third countries to all Member States concerned

1.3. Entry to port

1.3.1.

The master of a fishing vessel referred to in point 1.1.1. or his agent shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State in which the landing is to be made, at least 4 hours in advance of entry to port of landing of the Member State concerned of the following:

(a) the port he intends to enter, the name of the vessel and its registration number;

(b) the estimated time of arrival at that port;

(d) the management area in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation where the catch was taken.

1.4. Discharge

1.4.1.

The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall require that the discharge does not commence until authorised to do so.

1.5. Logbook

1.5.1.

By way of derogation from the provisions of point 4.2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the master of a fishing vessel shall submit, immediately upon arrival to port, the relevant page or pages of the logbook to the competent authority at the port of landing.

The quantities retained on board, notified prior to landing as referred to in point 1.3.1.(c), shall be equal to the quantities recorded in the logbook after its completion.

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 the permitted margin of tolerance in estimates recorded into the logbook of the quantities in kilograms of fish retained on board of vessels shall be 8 %.

1.6. Weighing of fresh fish

1.6.1.

All buyers purchasing fresh fish shall ensure that all quantities received are weighed on systems approved by the competent authorities. The weighing shall be carried out prior to the fish being sorted, processed, held in storage and transported from the port of landing or resold. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations, sales notes and take-over declarations.

1.6.2.

When determining the weight any deduction for water shall not exceed 2 %.

1.7. Weighing of fresh fish after transport

1.7.1.

By way of derogation from point 1.6.1. Member States may permit fresh fish to be weighed after transport from the port of landing provided that the fish is transported to a destination on the territory of the Member State no more than 100 kilometres from the port of landing and that:

(a) the tanker in which the fish is transported is accompanied by an inspector from the place of landing to the place where the fish is weighed, or

(b) approval is given by the competent authorities at the place of landing to transport the fish subject to the following provisions:

(i) immediately prior to the tanker leaving the port of landing, the buyer or his agent shall provide to the competent authorities a written declaration giving the species of the fish and name of the vessel from which it is to be discharged, the unique identity number of the tanker and details of the destination where the fish will be weighed as well as the estimated time of arrival of the tanker at the destination;

(ii) a copy of the declaration provided for in (i) shall be kept by the driver during the transport of the fish and handed over to the receiver of the fish at the destination.

1.8. Weighing of frozen fish

1.8.1.

All buyers or holders of frozen fish shall ensure that the quantities landed are weighed prior to the fish being processed, held in storage, transported from the port of landing or resold. Any tare weight equal to the weight of boxes, plastic or other containers in which the fish to be weighed is packed may be deducted from the weight of any quantities landed.

1.8.2.

Alternatively, the weight of frozen fish packed in boxes may be determined by multiplying the average weight of a representative sample based on weighing the contents removed from the box and without plastic packaging whether or not after the thawing of any ice on the surface of the fish. Member States shall notify to the Commission for approval any changes in their sampling methodology approved by the Commission during 2004. Changes shall be approved by the Commission. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations, sales notes and take-over declarations.

1.9. Sales note and take-over declaration

1.9.1.

In addition to the provisions of Article 9 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 the processor or buyer of all fish landed shall submit a copy of the sales note or take-over declaration to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned on demand but in any event no later than 48 hours after the completion of the weighing.

1.10 Weighing facilities

1.10.1.

In cases where publicly operated weighing facilities are used the party weighing the fish shall issue to the buyer a weighing slip indicating the date and time of the weighing and the identity number of the tanker. A copy of the weighing slip shall be attached to the sales note or take-over declaration.

1.10.2.

In cases where privately operated weighing facilities are used the system shall be approved, calibrated and sealed by the competent authorities and be subject to the following provisions:

(a) the party weighing the fish shall keep a paginated weighing logbook indicating:

(i) the name and registration number of the vessel from which the fish has been landed,

(ii) the identity number of the tankers in cases where fish has been transported from the port of landing before weighing,

(iii) the species of fish,

(iv) the weight of each landing,

(v) the date and time of the beginning and end of the weighing.

(b) where the weighing is carried out on a conveyor belt system a visible counter shall be fitted that records the cumulative total of the weight. Such cumulative total shall be recorded in the paginated logbook referred to in point (a);

(c) the weighing logbook and the copies of written declarations provided for in point 1.7.1. (b) (ii) shall be kept for three years.

1.11. Access by competent authorities

The competent authorities shall have full access at all times to the weighing system, the weighing logbooks, written declarations and all premises where the fish is processed and kept.

1.12. Cross checks

1.12.1.

The competent authorities shall carry out administrative cross checks on all landings between the following:

(a) quantities by species indicated in the prior notice of landing, referred to in point 1.3.1 and the quantities recorded in the vessel's logbook,

(b) quantities by species recorded in the vessel's logbook and the quantities recorded in the landing declaration,

(c) quantities by species recorded on the landing declaration and the quantities recorded in the take-over declaration or the sales note.

1.13. Full inspection

1.13.1.

The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that at least 15 % of the quantities of fish landed and at least 10 % of the landings of fish are subject to full inspections which shall include at least the following:

(a) monitoring of the weighing of the catch from the vessel, by species. In the case of vessels pumping catch ashore the weighing of the entire discharge from the vessels selected for inspection shall be monitored. In the case of freezer trawlers, all boxes shall be counted. A representative sample of boxes/pallets shall be weighed in order to arrive at an average weight for the boxes/pallets. Sampling of boxes shall also be undertaken according to an approved methodology in order to arrive at an average net weight for the fish (without packing, ice);

(b) in addition to the cross checks referred to in point 1.12 cross verification between the following:

(i) quantities by species recorded in the weighing logbook and the quantities by species recorded in the take-over declaration or the sales note;

(ii) the written declarations received by the competent authorities pursuant to point 1.7.1. (b) (i) and the written declarations held by the receiver of the fish pursuant to point 1.7.1 (b) (ii);

(iii) identity numbers of tankers that appear in the written declarations provided for in point 1.7.1 (b) (i) and the weighing logbooks;

(d) verification that the vessel is empty of all fish, once the discharge has been completed.

1.14. Documentation

1.14.1.

All inspection activities covered by point 1 shall be documented. Such documentation shall be kept for 3 years.

2. Fishing for herring in ICES Division IIa (EC waters)

It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board herring caught in Division IIa (EC waters) in the periods 1 January to 28 February and 16 May to 31 December.

3. Technical conservation measures in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat

By way of derogation from the provisions set out in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the provisions in Appendix 1 to this Annex shall apply.

4. Restrictions on fishing for Cod

4.1. ICES Division VIa

Until 31 December 2006, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

05'N, 06

45'W

30'N, 06

00'W

40'N, 05

00'W

00'N, 04

00'W

30'N, 04

00'W

05'N, 06

45'W.

4.2. ICES Divisions VII f and g

From 1 February 2006 until 31 March 2006, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity in the following ICES rectangles: 30E4, 31E4, 32E3. This prohibition shall not apply within 6 nautical miles from the baseline.

4.3. By way of derogation from points 4.1. and 4.2. it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities using pots and creels within the specified areas and time periods, provided that:

(i) no fishing gear other than pots and creels are carried on board, and

(ii) no fish other than shellfish and crustacea are retained on board.

4.4. By way of derogation from points 4.1. and 4.2., it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities within the areas referred to in those points using nets of mesh size less than 55 mm, provided that:

(i) no net of mesh size greater than or equal to 55 mm is carried on board, and

(ii) no fish other than herring, mackerel, pilchard/sardines, sardinelles, horse mackerel, sprat, blue whiting and argentines are retained on board.

5. Closure of an area for sandeel fisheries

5.1.

It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board sandeels caught within the geographical area bounded by the east coast of England and Scotland, and enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

— the east coast of England at latitude 55

30'N,

— latitude 55

30'N, longitude 1

00'W,

— latitude 58

00'N, longitude 1

00'W,

— latitude 58

00'N, longitude 2

00'W,

— the east coast of Scotland at longitude 2

00'W.

5.2.

Fisheries for scientific investigation shall be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stock in the area and the effects of the closure.

6. Rockall Haddock box

All fishing, except with longlines, shall be prohibited in the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

Point No	Latitude	Longitude
1	57o00'N	15o00'W
2	57o00'N	14o00'W
3	56o30'N	14o00'W
4	56o30'N	15o00'W

7. Technical conservation measures in the Irish Sea

The technical conservation measures referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 of 12 February 2002 establishing measures to be applicable in 2002 for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES division VIIa)(1) shall temporarily apply in 2006.

8. Use of gillnets in ICES Divisions VIa, b and VIIb, c, j, k and Subarea XII

8.1.

For the purposes of this Annex, ‘Gillnet’ and ‘Entangling net’ means a gear made up of a single piece of net and held vertically in the water by floats and weights. It catches living aquatic resources by entangling or enmeshing.

8.2.

For the purposes of this Annex, ‘Trammel net’ means a gear made up of two or more pieces of net hung jointly in parallel on a single headline and held vertically in the water.

8.3.

Community vessels shall not deploy gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets at any position where the charted depth is greater than 200 metres in:

(a) ICES Divisions VIa, b and VII b, c, j, k

(b) ICES Subarea XII east of 27

8.4.

All nets referred to in points 8.1 and 8.2. shall be removed from the areas referred to in point 8.3. by 1 February 2006.

9. Condition for fisheries with certain towed gears authorized in the Bay of Biscay

By way of derogation of the provisions laid down in Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 of 19 March 2002 establishing additional technical measures for recovery of the stock of hake in ICES subareas III, IV, V, VI and VII and ICES Divisions VIII a, b, d, e(2), it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activity using trawls, Danish seines and similar gears, except beam trawls, of mesh size range 70 to 99 mm in the area defined in Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 if the gear is fitted with a square mesh window in accordance with Appendix 3 to this Annex.

10. Fishing effort for deep sea species

By way of derogation from Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, the following shall apply in 2006:

10.1.

Member States shall ensure that fishing activities which lead to catches and retention on board of more than 10 tonnes each calendar year of deep-sea species and of Greenland halibut by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory shall be subject to a deep-sea fishing permit.

10.2.

It shall however be prohibited to catch and retain on board, tranship or to land any aggregate quantity of the deep sea species and of Greenland halibut in excess of 100 kg in each sea trip, unless the vessel in question holds a deep-sea permit.

11. Interim measures for the protection of vulnerable deep-sea habitats

It shall be prohibited to conduct bottom trawling and fishing with static gear, including bottom set gill-nets and long-lines, within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

The Hecate Seamounts:

— 52

21.2866' N, 31

09.2688' W

— 52

20.8167' N, 30

51.5258' W

— 52

12.0777' N, 30

54.3824' W

— 52

12.4144' N, 31

14.8168' W

— 52

21.2866' N, 31

09.2688' W

The Faraday Seamounts:

— 50

01.7968' N, 29

37.8077' W

— 49

59.1490' N, 29

29.4580' W

— 49

52.6429' N, 29

30.2820' W

— 49

44.3831' N, 29

02.8711' W

— 49

44.4186' N, 28

52.4340' W

— 49

36.4557' N, 28

39.4703' W

— 49

29.9701' N, 28

45.0183' W

— 49

49.4197' N, 29

42.0923' W

— 50

01.7968' N, 29

37.8077' W

Part of the Reykjanes Ridge:

— 55

04.5327' N, 36

49.0135' W

— 55

05.4804' N, 35

58.9784' W

— 54

58.9914' N, 34

41.3634' W

— 54

41.1841' N, 34

00.0514' W

— 54

00.0'N, 34

00.0' W

— 53

54.6406' N, 34

49.9842' W

— 53

58.9668' N, 36

39.1260' W

— 55

04.5327' N, 36

49.0135' W

The Altair Seamounts:

— 44

50.4953' N, 34

26.9128' W

— 44

47.2611' N, 33

48.5158' W

— 44

31.2006' N, 33

50.1636' W

— 44

38.0481' N, 34

11.9715' W

— 44

38.9470' N, 34

27.6819' W

— 44

50.4953' N, 34

26.9128' W

The Antialtair Seamounts:

— 43

43.1307' N, 22

44.1174' W

— 43

39.5557' N, 22

19.2335' W

— 43

31.2802' N, 22

08.7964' W

— 43

27.7335' N, 22

14.6192' W

— 43

30.9616' N, 22

32.0325' W

— 43

40.6286' N, 22

47.0288' W

— 43

43.1307' N, 22

44.1174' W

12. CECAF

The minimum size for octopus (

Octopus vulgaris

) in the maritime waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries and situated in the CECAF region shall be 450 g (gutted). Octopus under the minimum size of 450 g (gutted) shall not be retained on board or be transhipped, landed, transported, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale, but shall be returned immediately to the sea.

13. Vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North-East Atlantic

13.1.

Vessels that have been placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries (IUU vessels) are listed in Appendix 4. The following measures shall apply to these vessels:

(a) IUU vessels that enter ports are not authorised to land or tranship therein and shall be inspected by the competent authorities. Such inspections shall include the vessel's documents, log books, fishing gear, catch onboard and any other matter relating to the vessel's activities in the Regulatory Area of NEAFC. Information on the result of the inspections shall immediately be transmitted to the Commission;

(b) fishing vessels, support vessels, refuel vessels, mother-ships and cargo vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall not in any way assist IUU vessels or participate in any transhipment or joint fishing operations with vessels on that list;

(d) IUU vessels shall not be authorised to fish in Community waters and be prohibited to be chartered;

(e) imports of fish coming from IUU vessels shall be prohibited;

(f) Member States shall refuse the granting of their flag to IUU vessels and encourage importers, transporters and other sectors concerned to refrain from negotiating and from transhipping of fish caught by such vessels.

13.2.

The Commission shall amend the list to be in accordance with the NEAFC list as soon as NEAFC adopts a new list.

14. Electric Fishing

By way of derogation from Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 fishing with beam trawl using electrical current shall be allowed under conditions to be established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 in the light of advice from STECF.

Part B

Mediterranean

15. Temporary measure for mesh size and fishery activities

The fisheries currently operating under the derogations, provided for in Article 3(1) and (1a) and Article 6(1) and (1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1626/94, may temporarily continue their activity in 2006.

16. Dredges and trawl nets in deep-sea fisheries

The use of towed dredges and trawl nets fisheries at depths beyond 1 000 m shall be prohibited.

17. Establishment of GFCM record of vessels over 15 m

17.1.

Before 1 June 2006 each Member State shall send the Commission, through the accustomed data-processing support, a list of the vessels of more than 15 metres overall length flying its flag and registered in its territory that it authorises to fish in the GFCM area by issue of a fishing permit.

17.2.

The list indicated in paragraph 17.1. shall include the following information:

(a) vessel's Community fleet register number, and external marking as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004;

(b) period authorised for fishing and/or transhipment;

17.3.

The Commission shall send the list to the GFCM Executive Secretariat before 1 July 2006 so that these vessels can be entered on the GFCM register of vessels more than 15 metres in overall length authorised to fish in the GFCM Agreement area (hereinafter referred to as the ‘GFCM register’).

17.4.

Any change to be made to the list indicated in paragraph 17.1. shall be notified to the Commission for transmission to the GFCM Executive Secretariat, the same procedure applying, at least 10 working days before the vessel begins fishing activity in the GFCM area.

17.5.

Community fishing vessels more than 15 metres in overall length that are not entered on the list indicated in paragraph 17.1. shall not fish, retain on board, tranship or land any type of fish and shellfish within the GFCM area.

17.6.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that:

(a) only vessels flying their flag that are included in the list indicated in paragraph 17.1. and hold on board a fishing permit issued by them are authorised, on the terms of the permit, to carry out fishing activities in the GFCM area;

(b) no fishing permit is issued to vessels that have carried out illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU fishing) in the GFCM area or elsewhere, unless the new owners provide adequate documentary evidence that the previous owners and operators have no longer any legal, beneficial or financial interest in, or exercise any control over, their vessels, or that their vessels neither take part in nor are associated with IUU fishing;

(c) to the extent possible, their national legislation prohibits owners and operators of vessels flying their flag that are included in the list indicated in paragraph 17.1. from taking part in or being associated with fishing activities in the GFCM Agreement area by vessels not on the GFCM register;

(d) to the extent possible, their national legislation requires owners of vessels flying their flag that are included in the list indicated in paragraph 17.1. to be nationals or legal entities within the flag Member State;

(e) their vessels comply with all the relevant GFCM conservation and management measures.

17.7.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit fishing, retention on board, transhipment and landing of fish and shellfish caught in the GFCM area by vessels more than 15 metres in overall length that are not on the GFCM register.

17.8.

Member States shall without delay pass on to the Commission any information showing that there are strong reasons for suspecting that vessels more than 15 metres in overall length that are not on the GFCM register are fishing for or transhipping fish and shellfish in the GFCM Agreement area.

Part C

Eastern Pacific Ocean

18. Purse seines in the Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)

18.1.

The fishing by purse-seine vessels for Yellowfin Tuna (

Thunnus albacares

), Bigeye Tuna (

Thunnus obesus

) and Skipjack Tunas (

Katsuwonus pelamis

) shall be prohibited from either, 1 August to 11 September 2006, or, 20 November to 31 December 2006 in the area defined by the following limits:

— the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,

— longitude 150

— latitude 40

18.2.

The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure before 1 July 2006. All the purse seine vessels of the Member States concerned must stop purse-seine fishing in the defined area during the period selected.

18.3.

As of the date of entry into force of this Regulation purse seiners fishing for tuna in the Regulatory Area of the IATTC shall retain on board and then land all bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna caught, except fish considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size. A single exception shall be the final set of a trip, when there may be insufficient well space remaining to accommodate all the tuna caught in that set.

18.4.

Purse seine vessels shall promptly release unharmed, to the extent practicable, all sea turtles, sharks, billfishes, rays, dorado, and other non-target species. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of any such animals.

19. The following specific measures to encircled or entangled sea turtles shall apply:

(a) whenever a sea turtle is sighted in the net, all reasonable efforts shall be made to rescue the turtle before it becomes entangled in the net, including, if necessary, the deployment of a speedboat;

(b) if a turtle is entangled in the net, net roll should stop as soon as the turtle comes out of the water and should not start again until the turtle has been disentangled and released;

(c) if a turtle is brought on board a vessel, all appropriate methods to assist in the recovery of the turtle should be made before returning it to the water;

(d) tuna-fishing vessels shall be prohibited from disposing of salt bags or any other type of plastic rubbish at sea;

(e) the release, when practicable, of sea turtles entangled in Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and other fishing gear is encouraged;

(f) the recovery of FADs which are not being used in the fishery is also encouraged.

Part D

Highly migratory fish in Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean

20. Minimum size for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

20.1.

By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 6 and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) N

973/2001, the minimum size for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea shall be 10 kg or 80 cm.

20.2.

By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, no tolerance limit shall be granted for bluefin tuna fished in the East Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea.

21. Minimum size for bigeye tuna

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 6 and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, the minimum size of bigeye tuna is abolished.

22. Restrictions on the use of certain types of vessels and gears

22.1.

In order to protect the bigeye stock, in particular juvenile fish, fishing by purse seiners and baitboats shall be prohibited during the period and in the area specified in points (a) and (b) below;

(a) the area is the following:

Southern limit: parallel 0

South latitude

Northern limit: parallel 5

North latitude

Western limit: meridian 20

West longitude

Eastern limit: meridian 10

West longitude;

(b) the period covered by the prohibition shall be from 1 November to 30 November of each year.

22.2.

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, Community vessels shall be authorised to fish without restriction on the use of certain types of vessels and gears in the area referred to in Article 3(2) and during the period specified in Article 3(1) of that Regulation.

23. Measures concerning sport and recreational fishing activities in the Mediterranean Sea

23.1.

Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to forbid the use, within the framework of sport and recreational fishing of towed nets, encircling nets, seine sliding, dredger, gillnets, trammel nets and longline to fish for tuna and tuna-like species, notably bluefin tuna, in the Mediterranean Sea.

23.2.

Each Member State shall ensure that catches of tuna and tuna-like species carried out in the Mediterranean Sea as a result from sport and recreational fishing are not marketed.

24. Sampling plan for bluefin Tuna

By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 5a of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, each Member State shall establish a sampling programme for the estimation of the numbers-at-size of the bluefin tuna caught; this requires notably that size sampling at cages must be done on one sample (= 100 specimen) for every 100 tonnes of live fish. Size sample will be collected during harvesting(3) at the farm, in accordance with the ICCAT methodology for reporting Task II. The sampling should be conducted during any harvesting, covering all cages. Data must be transmitted to ICCAT by 1 May 2006 for the sampling conducted the previous year.

Part E

South-east Atlantic

25. SEAFO

25.1.

All Community vessels operating in the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) Convention Area, and targeting species not subject to the conservation and management regimes of other competent regional fisheries organisations, shall carry qualified scientific observers from 1 January 2006.

25.2.

Member States shall take the necessary steps to appoint scientific observers and ensure that they are placed on board all vessels flying their flag or registered in their territory which are about to undertake fishing activities in the SEAFO Convention Area. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that properly appointed scientific observers remain on board the fishing vessels to which they have been assigned until they are replaced by other scientific observers.

25.3.

The master of a Community vessels operating in the SEAFO Convention Area from 1 January 2006 shall receive the scientific observer and co-operate with him in the performance of his duties during his stay on board.

25.4.

Member States shall send to the SEAFO Secretariat by 1 May each year at the latest a comprehensive report in a format to be defined by the Scientific Committee of SEAFO, assessing the content of the reports of the scientific observers assigned to fishing vessels flying their flag. This report shall be forwarded to the Commission at the same time.

(1)

OJ L 41, 13.2.2002, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 8

(3) For fish farmed more than 1 year, other additional sampling methods should be established.

Appendix 1 to Annex III

TOWED GEARS: Skagerrak and Kattegat

Mesh size ranges, target species and required catch percentages applicable to the use of a single mesh size range

Species	Mesh size range (mm)
	< 16	16-31		32-69		35-69	70‐89(5)	≥ 90
	Minimum percentage of target species
	50 %(6)	50 %(6)	20 %(6)	50 %(6)	20 %(6)	20 %(7)	30 %(8)	none
Sandeel (Ammodytidae)(3)	x	x	x	x	X	x	x	x
Sandeel (Ammodytidae)(4)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Greater weever (Trachinus draco)(1)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Molluscs (except Sepia)(1)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Garfish (Belone belone)(1)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Gray gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)(1)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Argentine (Argentina spp.)				x	x	x	x	x
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)		x		x	x	x	x	x
Eel (Anguilla, anguilla)			x	x	x	x	x	x
Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp., Palaemon adspersus)(2)			x	x	x	x	x	x
Mackerel (Scomber spp.)				x			x	x
Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)				x			x	x
Herring (Clupea harengus)				x			x	x
Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)						x	x	x
Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp., Palaemon adspersus)(1)					X		x	x
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)							x	x
Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)							x	x
All other marine organisms								x

(1) Only within four miles from the baselines.

(2) Outside four miles from the baselines.

(3) From 1 March to 31 October in Skagerrak and from 1 March to 31 July in Kattegat.

(4) From 1 November to the last day of February in Skagerrak and from 1 August to the last day of February in Kattegat.

(5) When applying this mesh size range the codend shall be constructed of square meshed netting with a sorting grid in accordance with Appendix 2 to this Annex.

(6) The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 10 % of any mixture of cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch, lemon sole, sole, turbot, brill, flounder, mackerel, megrim, whiting, dab, saithe, Norway lobster and lobster.

(7) The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 50 % of any mixture of cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch, lemon sole, sole, turbot, brill, flounder, herring, mackerel, megrim, whiting, dab, saithe, Norway lobster and lobster.

(8) The catch retained on board shall consist of no more than 60 % of any mixture of cod, haddock, hake, plaice, witch, lemon sole, sole, turbot, brill, flounder, megrim, whiting, dab, saithe and lobster.

Appendix 2 to Annex III

Specifications of the Sorting grid for 70 mm trawl fishery in Skagerrak and Kattegat

The species selective grid shall be attached in trawls with full square mesh codend with a mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 90 mm. The minimum length of the codend shall be 8 m. It shall be prohibited to use any trawl having more than 100 square meshes in any circumference of the codend, excluding the joining or the selvedges.

The grid shall be mounted diagonally in the trawl, upwards backwards, anywhere from just in front of the codend to 10 meters up in the extension piece. All sides of the grid shall be attached to the trawl.

It shall be permitted to attach in front of the grid a funnel to lead the fish towards the trawl floor and grid. The minimum mesh size of the funnel shall be 70 mm. The minimum vertical opening of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be 30 cm. The width of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be the grid width.

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Schematic illustration of a size and species selective trawl. Entering fish is lead towards the trawl floor and grid via a leading funnel. Larger fish is then led out of the trawl by the grid while smaller fish and Norway lobster pass through the grid and enter the codend. The full square mesh codend enhance escapement of small fish and undersized Norway lobster.

Appendix 3 to Annex III

Condition for fisheries with certain towed gears authorized in ICES Subareas III, IV, V, VI and VII and ICES divisions VIII a, b, c, e

Specifications of the top square mesh window

Specifications of 100 mm, measured as inner opening, square mesh window in the rear tapered section of the trawl, Danish seine or similar gear with a mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 100 mm.

The window shall be a rectangular section of netting. There shall be only one window. The window shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments.

Location of the window

The window shall be inserted into the middle of the top panel of the rear tapered section of the trawl just in front of the untapered section constituted by the extension piece and the codend.

The window shall terminate not more than 12 meshes from the hand braided row of meshes between the extension piece and the rear tapered section of the trawl.

Size of the window

The length and the width of the window shall be at least 2 m and at least 1 m respectively.

Netting of the window

The meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 100 mm. The meshes will be square meshes, i.e. all four sides of the window netting shall be cut all bars.

The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the codend.

The netting shall be single twine. The twine thickness shall be not more than 4 mm.

Insertion of the window into the diamond meshes netting

It shall be permitted to attach a selvedge on the four sides of the window. The diameter of this selvedge shall be no more than 12 mm.

The stretched length of the window shall be equal to the strength length of the diamond meshes attached to the longitudinal side of the window.

The number of diamond meshes of the top panel attached to the smallest side of the window (i.e. one metre long side which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the codend) shall be at least the number of full diamond meshes attached to the longitudinal side of the window divided by 0,7.

Other

The insertion of the window into the trawl is illustrated below.

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Appendix 4 to Annex III

List of vessels that have been confirmed by NEAFC

as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries

Vessel's name	Flag State	IMO(1) ship identification number
FONTENOVA	Panama	p.m.
IANNIS	Panama	p.m.
LANNIS I	Panama	p.m.
LISA	Commonwealth of Dominica	8606836
KERGUELEN	Guinea Conakry	p.m.
OKHOTINO	Commonwealth of Dominica	8522169
OLCHAN	Commonwealth of Dominica	8422838
OSTROE	Commonwealth of Dominica	8522042
OSTROVETS	Commonwealth of Dominica	8522030
OYRA	Commonwealth of Dominica	8522119
OZHERELYE	Commonwealth of Dominica	8422876
SUNNY JANE	Belize	7347407
PAVLOVSK	Commonwealth of Dominica	8326319
DOLPHIN	Georgia	p.m.
ICE BAY	Cambodia	8028424
TURICIA	Panama	7700104
GRAND SOL	Panama	p.m.
MURTOSA	Togo	7385174

(1) International Maritime Organisation

ANNEX IV

PART I

Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for Community vessels fishing in third country waters

Area of fishing	Fishery	Number of licences	Allocation of licences amongst Member States	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen	Herring, North of 62o00'N
	Demersal species, North of 62o00'N	80	FR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 1	50
	Mackerel, South of 62o00'N, purse seine fishery	11	DE: 1(1), DK: 26(1), FR: 2(1), NL: 1(1)	not relevant
	Mackerel, South of 62o00'N, trawl fishery	19	DE: 1(1), DK: 26(1), FR: 2(1), NL: 1(1)	not relevant
	Mackerel, North of 62o00'N, purse seine fishery	11(2)	DK: 11	not relevant
	Industrial species, South of 62o00'N	480	DK: 450, UK: 30	150
Waters of the Faroe Islands	All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines	26	BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18	13
Waters of the Faroe Islands	Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62o28'N and east of 6o30'W	8(3)		4
	Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61o20'N and 62o00'N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.	70	BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20	26
	Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61o30'N and west of 9o00'W and in the area between 7o00'W and 9o00'W south of 60o30'N and in the area south-west of a line between 60o30'N, 7o00'W and 60o00'N, 6o00'W.	70	DE: 8(4), FR: 12(4), UK: 0(4)	20(5)
	Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend.	70		22(5)
	Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting’	34	DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 5	20
	Line fishing	10	UK: 10	6
	Fishing for mackerel	12	DK: 12	12
	Herring fisheries north of 62oN	21	DE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 3	21
Waters of the Russian Federation	All fisheries	pm		pm
	Fisheries for cod	7(6)		pm
	Fisheries for sprat	pm		pm

PART II

Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third country fishing vessels in Community waters

Flag State	Fishery	Number of licences	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norway	Herring, North of 62o00'N	18	18
Faroe Islands	Mackerel, VIa (north of 56o30'N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56o30'N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56o30'N)	14	14
	Herring north of 62o00'N	21	21
	Herring, IIIa	4	4
	Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56o30'N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)	15	15
	Ling and tusk	20	10
	Blue whiting, VIa (north of 56o30'N), VIb, VII (west of 12o00'W)	20	20
	Blue ling	16	16
Russian Federation	Herring, IIId (Swedish waters)	pm	pm
	Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships)	pm	pm
	Sprat	4(7)	pm
Barbados	Penaeus shrimps(8) (French Guyana waters)	5	pm(9)
Barbados	Snappers(10) (French Guyana waters)	5	pm
Guyana	Penaeus shrimps(11) (French Guyana waters)	pm	pm(12)
Surinam	Penaeus shrimps(11) (French Guyana waters)	5	pm(13)
Trinidad and Tobago	Penaeus shrimps(11) (French Guyana waters)	8	pm(14)
Japan	Tuna(15) (French Guyana waters)	pm
Korea	Tuna(16) (French Guyana waters)	pm	pm(11)
Venezuela	Snappers(11) (French Guyana waters)	41	pm
Venezuela	Sharks(11) (French Guyana waters)	4	pm

PART III

Declaration pursuant to Article 25(2)

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(1) This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.

(2) To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62

00'N.

(3) Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for ‘All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.

(4) These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

(5) These figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.

(6) Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.

(7) Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters.

(8) The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.

(9) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.

(10) To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75% of all snapper catches, or 50% of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.

The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.

Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.

(11) Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2006.

(12) Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2006.

(13) The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.

(14) The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350.

(15) To be fished exclusively with longlines.

(16) Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gillnets.

ANNEX V

PART I

Information to be recorded in the logbook

When fishing is carried out within the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the Community which is covered by Community rules on fisheries, the following details are to be entered in the log-book immediately after the following events:

After each haul:

1.1.

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught;

1.2.

the date and the time of the haul;

1.3.

the geographical position in which the catches were made;

1.4.

the fishing method used.

After each trans-shipment to or from another vessel:

2.1.

the indication ‘received from’ or ‘transferred to’;

2.2.

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species trans-shipped;

2.3.

the name, external identifications letters and numbers of the vessel to or from which the trans‐shipment occurred;

2.4.

trans-shipment of cod is not allowed.

After each landing in a port of the Community:

3.1.

name of the port;

3.2.

the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed.

After each transmission of information to the Commission of the European Communities:

4.1.

date and time of the transmission;

4.2.

type of message: ‘catch on entry’, ‘catch on exit’, ‘catch’, ‘transhipment’;

4.3.

in the case of radio transmission: name of the radio station.

PART II

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ANNEX VI

CONTENT AND MODALITIES OF THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION

The information to be transmitted to the Commission of the European Communities and the timetable for its transmission is as follows:

1.1.

On each occasion a vessel commences a fishing trip(1) in Community waters it shall send a ‘catch on entry’ message specifying the following

SR	m(2)	(= start of record)
AD	m	XEU (= to Commission of the European Communities)
SQ	m	(serial number of message in current year)
TM	m	COE (= ‘catch on entry’)
RC	m	(international radio call sign)
TN	o(3)	(fishing trip serial number in the year)
NA	o	(name of the vessel)
IR	m	(Flag state as ISO-3 country code, where applicable followed by a unique reference number, if any, as applied in the flag state)
XR	m	(external identification letters; side number of the vessel)
LT(4)	o(5)	(latitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
LG(4)	o(5)	(longitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
LI	o	(estimated latitude position where the master intends to commence fishing, degrees or decimal presentation)
LN	o	(estimated longitude position where the master intends to commence fishing, degrees or decimal presentation)
RA	m	(relevant ICES area)
OB	m	(quantity by species on board, in the hold, in pairs as needed:
		FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms
DA	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
TI	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)
MA	m	(name of the master of the vessel)
ER	m	(= end of record)

1.2.

On each occasion a vessel terminates a fishing trip(1) in Community waters it shall send a ‘catch on exit’ message specifying the following:

SR	m	(= start of record)
AD	m	XEU (= to Commission of the European Communities)
SQ	m	(serial number of message for that vessel in current year)
TM	m	COX (= ‘catch on exit’)
RC	m	(international radio call sign)
TN	o	(fishing trip serial number in the year)
NA	o	(name of the vessel)
IR	m	(Flag state as ISO-3 country code, where applicable followed by a unique reference number, if any, as applied in the flag state)
XR	m	(external identification letters; side number of the vessel)
LT(6)	o(7)	(latitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
LG(6)	o(7)	(longitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
RA	m	(relevant ICES area where catches were taken)
CA	m	(catch quantity by species since last report in pairs as needed, : FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms)
OB	o	(quantity by species on board, in the hold, in pairs as needed: FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms
DF	o	(days fished since last report)
DA	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
TI	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)
MA	m	(name of the master of the vessel)
ER	m	(= end of record)

1.3.

At three-day intervals, commencing on the third day after the vessel first enters the zones referred to under 1.1 when fishing for herring and mackerel, and in weekly intervals, commencing the seventh day after the vessel first enters the zones referred to under 1.1 when fishing for all species other than herring and mackerel, a ‘catch report’ message has to be sent, specifying:

SR	m	(= start of record)
AD	m	XEU (= to Commission of the European Communities)
SQ	m	(serial number of message for that vessel in current year)
TM	m	CAT (= ‘catch report’)
RC	m	(international radio call sign)
TN	o	(fishing trip serial number in the year)
NA	o	(name of the vessel)
IR	m	(Flag state as ISO-3 country code, where applicable followed by a unique reference number, if any, as applied in the flag state)
XR	m	(external identification letters; side number of the vessel)
LT(6)	o(7)	(latitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
LG(6)	o(7)	(longitude position of the vessel at time of transmission)
RA	m	(relevant ICES area where catches were taken)
CA	m	(catch quantity by species since last report in pairs as needed, : FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms)
OB	o	(quantity by species on board, in the hold, in pairs as needed,: FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms
DF	o	(days fished since last report)
DA	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
TI	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)
MA	m	(name of the master of the vessel)
ER	m	(= end of record)

1.4.

Whenever a trans–shipment is planned between the ‘catch on entry’ and ‘catch on exit’ message and apart from the ‘catch report’ messages, an additional ‘trans–shipment’ message has to be sent minimum 24 hours in advance, specifying:

SR	m	(= start of record)
AD	m	XEU (= to Commission of the European Communities)
SQ	m	(serial number of message for that vessel in current year)
TM	m	TRA (= ‘trans–shipment’)
RC	m	(international radio call sign)
TN	o	(fishing trip serial number in the year)
NA	o	(name of the vessel)
IR	m	(Flag state as ISO-3 country code, where applicable followed by a unique reference number, if any, as applied in the flag state)
XR	m	(external identification letters; side number of the vessel)
KG	m	(quantity by species on- or off-loaded in pairs as needed, : FAO code + live weight in kilograms, rounded to the nearest 100 kilograms)
TT	m	(international radio call sign of the receiving vessel)
TF	m	(international radio call sign of the donor vessel)
LT(8)	m/o(9),(10)	(predicted latitude position of the vessel where the trans–shipment is planned)
LG(8)	m/o(9),(10)	(predicted longitude position of the vessel where the trans–shipment is planned)
PD	m	(predicted date when the trans–shipment is planned)
PT	m	(predicted time when the trans–shipment is planned)
DA	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
TI	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)
MA	m	(name of the master of the vessel)
ER	m	(= end of record)

Form of the communication

Unless point 3.3 is applied (see below), the information specified above under point 1 shall be transmitted respecting the codes and ordering of data as specified above; in particular,

— the text ‘VRONT’ must be placed in the subject line of the message;

— each data item will be placed on a new line;

— the data itself will be preceded by the indicated code, separated from each-other by a space.

Example (with fictitious data):

SR
AD	XEU
SQ	1
TM	COE
RC	IRCS
TN	1
NA	VESSEL NAME EXAMPLE
IR	NOR
XR	PO 12345
LT	+65.321
LO	-21.123
RA	04A.
OB	COD 100 HAD 300
DA	20051004
MA	CAPTAIN NAME EXAMPLE
TI	1315
ER

Communication scheme

3.1.

The information specified under point 1 shall be transmitted by the vessel to the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels by Telex (SAT COM C 420599543 FISH), electronic mail (FISHERIES-telecom@cec.eu.int) or via one of the radio stations listed under point 4 below and in the form specified under point 2.

3.2.

If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the message to be transmitted by the vessel, it may be transmitted on the vessel's behalf by another vessel.

3.3.

In the case a Flag State has the technical capability to send all above messages and contents in the so-called NAF-format on behalf of its operating vessels, that Flag State may — after bilateral agreement between the Flag State and the Commission — transmit this information via a secured transmission protocol to the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels. In that case, some extra information will be added — as a kind of envelope — to the transmission (after the AD information)

FR	m	(from; party alfa ISO-3 country code)
RN	m	(serial number of the record for the relevant year)
RD	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
RT	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)

Example (with data of above)

//SR//AD/XEU//FR/NOR//RN/5//RD/20051004//RT/1320//SQ/1//TM/COE//RC/IRCS//TN/1//NA/VESSEL NAME EXAMPLE//IR/NOR//XR/PO 12345//LT/+65.321//LG/-21.123//RA/04A.//OB/COD 100 HAD 300//DA/20051004//TI/1315//MA/CAPTAIN NAME EXAMPLE//ER//

The Flag State will receive a ‘return message’ specifying:

SR	m	(= start of record)
AD	m	(ISO-3 country code of Flag State)
FR	m	XEU (= to Commission of the European Communities)
RN	m	(serial number of message in current year for which a ‘return message’ is sent)
TM	m	RET (= ‘return’)
SQ	m	(serial number of original message for that vessel in current year)
RC	m	(international radio call sign mentioned in original message)
RS	m	(return status — ACK or NAK)
RE	m	(return error number)
DA	m	(date of transmission in yyyymmdd format)
TI	m	(time of transmission in hhmm format)
ER	m	(= end of record)

Name of the radio station

Name of radio station	Call sign of radio station
Lyngby	OXZ
Land's End	GLD
Valentia	EJK
Malin Head	EJM
Torshavn	OXJ
Bergen	LGN
Farsund	LGZ
Florø	LGL
Rogaland	LGQ
Tjøme	LGT
Ålesund	LGA
Ørlandet	LFO
Bodø	LPG
Svalbard	LGS
Gryt	GRYT RADIO
Göteborg	SOG
Turku	OFK

Code to be used to indicate the species

Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.)	ALF
American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)	PLA
Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	ANE
Angler/Monk (Lophius spp.)	MNZ
Argentine (Argentina silus)	ARG
Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)	POA
Basking shark (Cetorinhus maximus)	BSK
Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)	BSF
Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)	BLI
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)	WHB
Bob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	BOB
Cod (Gadus morhua)	COD
Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	CSH
Common squid (Loligo spp.)	SQC
Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)	DGS
Forkbeards (Phycis spp.)	FOR
Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	GHL
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	HAD
Hake (Merluccius merluccius)	HKE
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglussus)	HAL
Herring (Clupea harengus)	HER
Horse-mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)	HOM
Ling (Molva Molva)	LIN
Mackerel (Scomber Scombrus)	MAC
Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)	LEZ
Nortern deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis)	PRA
Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)	NEP
Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii)	NOP
Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)	ORY
Other	OTH
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	PLE
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)	POL
Porbeagle (Lamma nasus)	POR
Redfish (Sebastes spp.)	RED
Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)	SBR
Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)	RNG
Saithe (Pollachius virens)	POK
Salmon (Salmo salar)	SAL
Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.)	SAN
Sardine (Sardina pilchardus)	PIL
Shark (Selachii, Pleurotremata)	SKH
Shrimp (Penaeidae)	PEZ
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)	SPR
Squid (Illex spp.)	SQX
Tuna (Thunnidae)	TUN
Tusk (Brosme brosme)	USK
Whiting (Merlangus merlangus)	WHG
Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)	YEL

Codes to be used to indicate the relevant area

02A.	ICES division IIa — Norwegian Sea
02B.	ICES division IIb — Spitzbergen and Bear Island
03A.	ICES division IIIa — Skagerrak and Kattegat
03B.	ICES division IIIb
03C.	ICES division IIIc
03D.	ICES division IIId — Baltic Sea
04A.	ICES division IVa — Northern North Sea
04B.	ICES division IVb — Central North Sea
04C.	ICES division IVc — Southern North Sea
05A.	ICES division Va — Iceland Grounds
05B.	ICES division Vb — Faroes Grounds
06A.	ICES division VIa — Northwest coast of Scotland and North Ireland
06B.	ICES division VIb — Rockall
07A.	ICES division VIIa — Irish Sea
07B.	ICES division VIIb — West of Ireland
07C.	ICES division VIIc — Porcupine Bank
07D.	ICES division VIId — Eastern Channel
07E.	ICES division VIIe — Western English Channel
07F.	ICES division VIIf — Bristol Channel
07G.	ICES division VIIg — Celtic Sea North
07H.	ICES division VIIh — Celtic Sea South
07J.	ICES division VIIj — South-West of Ireland — East
07K.	ICES division VIIk — South-West of Ireland — West
08A.	ICES division VIIIa- Bay of Biscay — North
08B.	ICES division VIIIb — Bay of Biscay — Central
08C.	ICES division VIIIc — Bay of Biscay — South
08D.	ICES division VIIId — Bay of Biscay — Offshore
08E.	ICES division VIIIe — Bay of Biscay — West Bay
09A.	ICES division IXa — Portuguese waters — East
09B.	ICES division IXb — Portuguese waters — West
14A.	ICES division XIVa — North-East Greenland
14B.	ICES division XIVb — South-East Greenland

In addition to the provisions laid down in points 1 to 6 the following provisions shall apply to Third-Country vessels intending to fish for blue whiting in Community waters:

(a) Vessels that already have catch on board may only commence their fishing trip after having received authorisation from the competent authority of the coastal Member State concerned. At least four hours prior to entering Community waters the master of the vessel shall notify as appropriate one of the following Fisheries Monitoring Centres:

(i) UK (Edinburgh) by e-mail at the following address: ukfcc@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or by telephone (+44 131 271 9700), or

(ii) Ireland (Haulbowline) by e-mail at the following address: nscstaff@eircom.net or by telephone (+353 87 236 5998).

The notification shall specify the name, international radio call sign and port letters and number (PLN) of the vessel, the total quantity by species on board and the position (longitude/latitude) where the master estimates that the vessel will enter Community waters as well as the area where he intends to commence fishing. The vessel shall not commence fishing until it has received acknowledgement of the notification and instructions on whether or not the master is required to present the vessel for inspection. Each acknowledgement shall have a unique authorisation number which the master shall retain until the fishing trip is terminated.

Notwithstanding any inspections that may be carried out at sea the competent authorities may in duly justified circumstances require a master to present his vessel for inspection in port.

(b) Vessels that enter Community waters with no catch on board shall be exempt from the requirements laid down in paragraph a).

(c) By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraph 1.2, the fishing trip shall be considered as being terminated when the vessel leaves Community waters or enters a Community port where its catch is fully discharged.

Vessels shall only leave Community waters after passing through one of the following control routes:

ICES rectangle 48 E2 in Division VIa

ICES rectangle 46 E6 in Division IVa

ICES rectangles 48 E8, 49 E8 or 50 E8 in Division IVa.

The master of the vessel shall give at least four hours prior notification of entering one of the afore mentioned control routes to the Fisheries Monitoring Centre in Edinburgh by e-mail or telephone as provided for in paragraph 1. The notification shall specify the name, international radio call sign and port letters and number (PLN) of the vessel, the total quantity by species on board and the control route through which the vessel intends to pass.

The vessel shall not leave the area within the control route until it has received acknowledgement of the notification and instructions on whether or not the master is required to present the vessel for inspection. Each acknowledgement shall have a unique authorisation number which the master shall retain until the vessel leaves Community waters.

Notwithstanding any inspections that may be carried out at sea the competent authorities may in duly justified circumstances require a master to present his vessel for inspection in the ports of Lerwick or Scrabster.

(d) Vessels that transit through Community waters must stow their nets so that they may not readily be used in accordance with the following conditions:

(i) nets, weights and similar gear shall be disconnected from their trawl boards and towing and hauling wires and ropes,

(ii) nets which are on or above deck shall be securely lashed to some part of the superstructure.

(1) A fishing trip means a voyage commencing when a vessel intending to fish enters the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the Community which is covered by the Community rules on fisheries and terminating when a vessel leaves that zone.

(2) m = mandatory

(3) o = optional

(4) LT, LG: must be specified as decimal figure, 3 figures after the decimal point; until 31/12/2006 the use of LA and LO, with data in degrees and minutes continues to be supported.

(5) Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking.

(6) LT, LG: must be specified as decimal figure, 3 figures after the decimal point; until 31/12/2006 the use of LA and LO, with data in degrees and minutes, continues to be supported

(7) Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking.

(8) LT, LG: must be specified as decimal figure, 3 figures after the decimal point; until 31/12/2006 the use of LA and LO, with data in degrees and minutes, continues to be supported

(9) Optional if a vessel is subject to satellite tracking.

(10) Optional for the receiving vessel.

ANNEX VII

LIST OF SPECIES

Common English Name	Scientific Name	3-Alpha Code
Groundfish
Atlantic Cod	Gadus morhua	COD
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	HAD
Atlantic redfishes	Sebastes sp.	RED
Golden redfish	Sebastes marinus	REG
Beaked redfish (deepwater)	Sebastes mentella	REB
Acadian redfish	Sebastes fasciatus	REN
Silver hake	Merluccius bilinearis	HKS
Red hake(1)	Urophycis chuss	HKR
Pollock (=Saithe)	Pollachius virens	POK
American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides	PLA
Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	WIT
Yellowtail flounder	Limanda ferruginea	YEL
Greenland halibut	Reinharditius hippoglossoides	GHL
Atlantic halibut	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	HAL
Winter flounder	Pseudopleuronectes americanus	FLW
Summer flounder	Paralichthys dentatus	FLS
Windowpane flounder	Scophthalmus aquosus	FLD
Flatfishes (NS)	Pleuronectiformes	FLX
American angler (=Goosefish)	Lophius americanus	ANG
Atlantic searobins	Prionotus sp.	SRA
Atlantic tomcod	Microgadus tomcod	TOM
Blue antimora	Antimora rostrata	ANT
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	WHB
Cunner	Tautogolabrus adspersus	CUN
Cusk (=Tusk)	Brosme brosme	USK
Greenland cod	Gadus ogac	GRC
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	BLI
Ling	Molva molva	LIN
Lumpfish =(Lumpsucker)	Cyclopterus lumpus	LUM
Northern kingfish	Menticirrhus saxatilis	KGF
Northern puffer	Sphoeroides maculatus	PUF
Eelpouts (NS)	Lycodes sp.	ELZ
Ocean pout	Macrozoarces americanus	OPT
Polar cod	Boreogadus saida	POC
Roundnose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris	RNG
Roughhead grenadier	Macrourus berglax	RHG
Sandeels (=Sand Lances)	Ammodytes sp.	SAN
Sculpins	Myoxocephalus sp.	SCU
Scup	Stenotomus chrysops	SCP
Tautog	Tautoga onitis	TAU
Tilefish	Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps	TIL
White hake(1)	Urophycis tenuis	HKW
Wolffishes (NS)	Anarhicas sp.	CAT
Atlantic wolffish	Anarhichas lupus	CAA
Spotted wolffish	Anarhichas minor	CAS
Groundfish (NS)		GRO
Pelagics
Atlantic herring	Clupea harengus	HER
Atlantic mackerel	Scomber scombrus	MAC
Atlantic butterfish	Peprilus triacanthus	BUT
Atlantic menhaden	Brevoortia tyrannus	MHA
Atlantic saury	Scomberesox saurus	SAU
Bay anchovy	Anchoa mitchilli	ANB
Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix	BLU
Crevalle jack	Caranx hippos	CVJ
Frigate tuna	Auxis thazard	FRI
King mackerel	Scomberomourus cavalla	KGM
Atlantic Spanish mackerel	Scomberomourus maculatus	SSM
Sailfish	Istiophorus platypterus	SAI
White marlin	Tetrapturus albidus	WHM
Blue marlin	Makaira nigricans	BUM
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	SWO
Albacore tuna	Thunnus alalunga	ALB
Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda	BON
Little tunny	Euthynnus alletteratus	LTA
Bigeye tunny	Thunnus obesus	BET
Northern bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus	BFT
Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis	SKJ
Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares	YFT
Tunas (NS)	Scombridae	TUN
Pelagic fish (NS)		PEL
Invertebrates
Long-finned squid (Loligo)	Loligo pealei	SQL
Short-finned squid (Illex)	Illex illecebrosus	SQI
Squids (NS)	Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae	SQU
Atlantic razor clam	Ensis directus	CLR
Hard clam	Mercenaria mercenaria	CLH
Ocean quahog	Arctica islandica	CLQ
Soft clam	Mya arenaria	CLS
Surf clam	Spisula solidissima	CLB
Stimpson's surf clam	Spisula polynyma	CLT
Clams (NS)	Prionodesmacea, Teleodesmacea	CLX
Bay scallop	Argopecten irradians	SCB
Calico scallop	Argopecten gibbus	SCC
Marine worms (NS)	Polycheata	WOR
Horseshoe crab	Limulus polyphemus	HSC
Marine invertebrates (NS)	Invertebrata	INV
Iceland scallop	Chylamys islandica	ISC
Sea scallop	Placopecten magellanicus	SCA
Scallops (NS)	Pectinidae	SCX
American cupped oyster	Crassostrea virginica	OYA
Blue mussel	Mytilus edulis	MUS
Whelks (NS)	Busycon sp.	WHX
Periwinkles (NS)	Littorina sp.	PER
Marine molluscs (NS)	Mollusca	MOL
Atlantic rock crab	Cancer irroratus	CRK
Blue crab	Callinectes sapidus	CRB
Green crab	Carcinus maenas	CRG
Jonah crab	Cancer borealis	CRJ
Queen crab	Chionoecetes opilio	CRQ
Red crab	Geryon quinquedens	CRR
Stone king crab	Lithodes maia	KCT
Marine crabs (NS)	Reptantia	CRA
American lobster	Homarus americanus	LBA
Northern prawn	Pandalus borealis	PRA
Aesop shrimp	Pandalus montagui	AES
Penaeus shrimps (NS)	Penaeus sp.	PEN
Pink (=Pandalid) shrimps	Pandalus sp.	PAN
Marine crustaceans (NS)	Crustacea	CRU
Sea-urchin	Strongylocentrotus sp.	URC
Other Fish
Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	ALE
Amberjacks	Seriola sp.	AMX
American conger	Conger oceanicus	COA
American eel	Anguilla rostrata	ELA
Atlantic hagfish	Myxine glutinosa	MYG
American shad	Alosa sapidissima	SHA
Argentines (NS)	Argentina sp.	ARG
Atlantic croaker	Micropogonias undulatus	CKA
Atlantic needlefish	Strongylura marina	NFA
Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar	SAL
Atlantic silverside	Menidia menidia	SSA
Atlantic thread herring	Opisthonema oglinum	THA
Barid's slickhead	Alepocephalus bairdii	ALC
Black drum	Pogonias cromis	BDM
Black seabass	Centropristis striata	BSB
Blueback herring	Alosa aestivalis	BBH
Capelin	Mallotus villosus	CAP
Chars (NS)	Salvelinus sp.	CHR
Cobia	Rachycentron canadum	CBA
Common (Florida) pompano	Trachinotus carolinus	POM
Gizzard shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	SHG
Grunts (NS)	Pomadasyidae	GRX
Hickory shad	Alosa mediocris	SHH
Lanternfish	Notoscopelus sp.	LAX
Mullets (NS)	Mugilidae	MUL
North atlantic harvestfish	Peprilus alepidotus (=paru)	HVF
Pigfish	Orthopristis chrysoptera	PIG
Rainbow smelt	Osmerus mordax	SMR
Red drum	Sciaenops ocellatus	RDM
Red porgy	Pagrus pagrus	RPG
Rough scad	Trachurus lathami	RSC
Sand perch	Diplectrum formosum	PES
Sheepshead	Archosargus probatocephalus	SPH
Spot croaker	Leiostomus xanthurus	SPT
Spotted weakfish	Cynoscion nebulosus	SWF
Squeteague (Gray Weakfish)	Cynoscion regalis	STG
Striped bass	Morone saxatilis	STB
Sturgeons (NS)	Acipenseridae	STU
Tarpon	Tarpon (=megalops) atlanticus	TAR
Trouts (NS)	Salmo sp.	TRO
White perch	Morone americana	PEW
Alfonsinos (NS)	Beryx sp.	ALF
Spiny (=picked) dogfish	Squalus acantias	DGS
Dogfishes (NS)	Squalidae	DGX
Sand Tiger shark	Odontaspis taurus	CCT
Porbeagle	Lamna nasus	POR
Shortfin mako shark	Isurus oxyrinchus	SMA
Dusky shark	Carcharhinus obscurus	DUS
Great Blue shark	Prionace glauca	BSH
Large sharks (NS)	Squaliformes	SHX
Atlantic Sharpnose shark	Rhizoprionodon terraenovae	RHT
Black Dogfish	Centroscyllium fabricii	CFB
Boreal (Greenland) shark	Somniosus microcephalus	GSK
Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	BSK
Skates (NS)	Raja sp.	SKA
Little skate	Leucoraja erinacea	RJD
Arctic skate	Amblyraja hyperborea	RJG
Barndoor skate	Dipturus laevis	RJL
Winter skate	Leucoraja ocellata	RJT
Thorny skate (Starry Ray)	Amblyraja radiata	RJR
Smooth skate	Malcoraja senta	RJS
Spinytail skate (Spinetail Ray)	Bathyraja spinicauda	RJO
Finfishes (NS)		FIN

(1) In accordance with a recommendation adopted by STACRES at the 1970 Annual Meeting (ICNAF Redbook 1970, Part I, Page 67), hakes of the Genus

Urophycis

are designated as follows for statistical reporting: (a) hake reported from Subareas 1, 2, and 3, and Divisions 4R, S, T and V be designated as white hake,

Urophycis tenuis

; (b) hake taken by line gears or any hake greater than 55 cm standard length, reagardless of how caught, from Divisions 4W and X, Subarea 5 and Statistical Area 6 be designated as white hake,

Urophycis tenuis

; (c) Except as noted in (b), other hake of the Genus

Urophycis

taken in Divisions 4W and X, Subarea 5 and Statistical Area 6 be designated as red hake,

Urophycis chuss

ANNEX VIII

AUTHORISED TOPSIDE CHAFERS

1. ICNAF-type topside chafer

The ICNAF-type topside chafer is a rectangular piece of netting to be attached to the upper side of the codend of the trawl net to reduce and prevent damage so long as such netting conforms to the following conditions:

(a) this netting shall have a mesh size not less than that specified for the codend in Article 27;

(b) this netting may be fastened to the codend only along the forward and lateral edges of the netting and at no other place in it, and shall be fastened in such a manner that it extends forward of the splitting strap no more than four meshes and ends not less than four meshes in front of the cod line mesh; where a splitting strap is not used, the netting shall not extend to more than one-third of the codend measured from not less than four meshes in front of the cod line mesh;

(c) the width of this netting shall be at least one and a half times the width of the area of the codend which is covered, such widths to be measured at right angles to the long axis of the codend.

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2. Multiple flap-type topside chafer

The multiple flap-type topside chafer is defined as pieces of netting having in all their parts meshes the size of which, whether the pieces of netting are wet or dry, is not less than that of the codend, provided that:

(i) each piece of netting

(a) is fastened by its forward edge only across the codened at right angles to its long axis;

(b) is of a width of at least the width of the codend (such width being measured at right angles to the long axis of the codend at the point of attachment); and

(ii) the aggregate length of all the pieces of netting so attached does not exceed two-thirds of the length of the codend.

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POLISH CHAFER

3. Large-mesh (modified Polish-type) topside chafer

The large-mesh topside chafer consists of a rectangular piece of netting made of the same twine material as the codend, or of a single, thick, knotless twine material, attached to the rear portion of the upper side of the codend and extending over all or any part of the upper side of the codend and having in all its parts a mesh size twice that of the codend when measured wet and fastened to the codend along the forward, lateral and rear edges only of the netting in such a way that each mesh of the netting coincides with four meshes of the codend.

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ANNEX IX

SHRIMP TRAWL TOGGLE CHAINS: NAFO AREA

Toggle chains are chains, ropes, or a combination of both, which attach the footrope to the fishing line or bolchline at varying intervals. The terms ‘fishing line’ and ‘bolchline’ are interchangeable. Some vessels use one line only; others use both a fishing line and a bolchline as shown in the sketch. The toggle chain length shall be measured from the center of the chain or wire running through the footrope (center of footrope) to the underside of the fishing line.

The attached sketch shows how to measure the toggle chain length.

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ANNEX X

MINIMUM FISH SIZE(1)

Species	Gilled and gutted fish whether or not skinned; fresh or chilled, frozen, or salted.
Species	Whole	Head off	Head and Tail Off	Head Off and Split
Atlantic Cod	41 cm	27 cm	22 cm	27/25 cm(2)
Greenland halibut	30 cm	N/A	N/A	N/A
American plaice	25 cm	19 cm	15 cm	N/A
Yellowtail flounder	25 cm	19 cm	15 cm	N/A

(1) Fish size refers to fork length for Atlantic cod; whole length for other species.

(2) Lower size for green salted fish.

ANNEX XI

RECORDING OF CATCH (LOGBOOK ENTRIES)

FISHING LOGBOOK ENTRIES

Item of Information

Standard Code

Vessel name

Vessel nationality

Vessel registration number

Registration port

Types of gear used (separate record for different gear types)

Type of gear

Date

—

day

—

month

—

year

Position

—

latitude

—

longitude

—	statistical area

No. of hauls during the 24-hour period(1)

No. of hours gear fished during the 24-hour period(1)

Species names (Annex I)

Daily catch of each species (metric tons round fresh weight)

Daily catch of each species for human consumption in the Form of fish

Daily catch of each species for reduction

Daily discard of each species

Place(s) of trans-shipment

Date(s) of trans-shipment

Master's signature

GEAR CODES

Gear Categories

Standard Abbreviation Code

Surrounding nets

With purse lines (purse seines)

—	One boat operated purse seines

PS1

—	Two boat operated purse seines

PS2

Without purse lines (lampara)

Seine nets

Boat or vessel seines

—	Danish seines

SDN

—	Scottish seines

SSC

—	Pair seines

SPR

Seine nets (not specifed)

Trawls

Pots

FPO

Bottom trawls

—	Beam trawls

TBB

—	Otter trawls(2)

OTB

—	Pair trawls

PTB

—	Nephrops trawls

TBN

—	Shrimp trawls

TBS

—	Bottom trawls (not specified)

Midwater trawls

—	Otter trawls

OTM

—	Pair trawls

PTM

—	Shirmp trawls

TMS

—	Midwater trawls (not specified)

Otter twin trawls

OTT

Otter trawls (not specified)

Pair trawls (not specified)

Other trawls (not specified)

Gillnets and entangling nets

Set gillnets (anchored)

GNS

Drift nets

GND

Encircling gillnets

GNC

Fixed gillnets (on stakes)

GNF

Trammel nets

GTR

Combined gillnets-Trammel nets

GTN

Gillnets and entangling nets (not specified)

GEN

Gillnets (not specified)

Traps

Stationary uncovered pound-nets

FPN

Fyke nets

FYK

Stow nets

FSN

Barriers, fences, weirs, etc.

FWR

Aerial traps

FAR

Traps (not specified)

FIX

Hooks and lines

Hand-lines and pole-lines (hand operated)(3)

LHP

Hand-lines and pole-lines (mechanized)(3)

LHM

Set lines (longlines set)

LLS

Drifting longlines

LLD

Longlines (not specified)

Trolling lines

LTL

Hooks and lines (not specified)(4)

Grappling and wounding

Harpoons

HAR

Dredges

Boat dredges

DRB

Hand dredges

DRH

Lift nets

Portable lift nets

LNP

Boat operated lift nets

LNB

Shore operated stationary lift nets

LNS

Lift nets (not specified)

Falling gear

Cast nets

FCN

Falling Gear (not specified)

Harvesting machines

Pumps

HMP

Mechanized dredges

HMD

Harvesting machines (not specified)

HMX

Miscellaneous gear (5)

MIS

Recreational fishing gear

Gear not known or not specified

FISHING VESSEL CODES

Main Vessel Types

FAO Code	Type of vessel
BO	Protection vessel
CO	Fish training vessel
DB	Dredger non continuous
DM	Dredger continuous
DO	Beamer
DOX	Dredger NEI
FO	Fish carrier
FX	Fishing vessel NEI
GO	Gill netter
HOX	Mother ship NEI
HSF	Factory mother ship
KO	Hospital ship
LH	Hand liner
LL	Long liner
LO	Liner
LP	Pole and line vessel
LT	Troller
MO	Multipurpose vessels
MSN	Seiner hand liner
MTG	Trawler drifter
MTS	Trawler purse seiner
NB	Lift netter tender
NO	Lift netter
NOX	Lift netter NEI
PO	Vessel using pumps
SN	Seine netter
SO	Seiner
SOX	Seiner NEI
SP	Purse seiner
SPE	Purse seiner european
SPT	Tuna purse seiner
TO	Trawler
TOX	Trawlers NEI
TS	Side trawler
TSF	Side trawler freezer
TSW	Side trawler wetfish
TT	Stern trawler
TTF	Stern trawler freezer
TTP	Stern trawler factory
TU	Outrigger trawlers
WO	Trap setter
WOP	Pot vessels
WOX	Trap setters NEI
ZO	Fish research vessel
DRN	Drifnetter
NEI = Not Elsewhere Identified

Main vessel activities

Alfa Code	Category
ANC	Anchoring
DRI	Drifting
FIS	Fishing
HAU	Hauling
PRO	Processing
STE	Steaming
TRX	Trans-shipping on or off loading
OTH	Others — to be specified

(1) When two or more types of gear are used in the same 24-hour period, records should be separate for the different types.

(2) Fisheries agencies may indicate side and stern bottom and side and stern midwater trawls, as OTB-1 and OTB-2, and OTM-1 and OTM-2, respectively.

(3) Including jigging lines.

(4) Code LDV for dory operated line gears will be maintained for historical data purposes.

(5) This item includes: hand and landing nets, drive-in-nets, gathering by hand with simple hand implements with or without diving equipment, poisons and explosives, trained animals, electrical fishing.

ANNEX XII

NAFO AREA

The list that follows is a partial list of stocks that needs to be reported in accordance with Article 29(2).
ANG/N3NO	Lophius americanus	American angler
CAA/N3LMN	Anarhichas lupus	Atlantic wolffish
CAP/N3LM	Mallotus villosus	Capelin
CAT/N3LMN	Anarhichas spp.	Catfishes (Wolffishes) nei
HAD/N3LNO	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	Haddock
HAL/N23KL	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	Atlantic halibut
HAL/N3M	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	Atlantic halibut
HAL/N3NO	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	Atlantic halibut
HER/N3L	Clupea harengus	Herring
HKR/N2J3KL	Urophycis chuss	Red hake
HKR/N3MNO	Urophycis chuss	Red hake
HKS/N3NLMO	Merlucius bilinearis	Silver hake
RNG/N23	Coryphaenoides rupestris	Roundnose grenadier
HKW/N2J3KL	Urophycis tenuis	White hake
POK/N3O	Pollachius virens	Pollock (=Saithe)
RHG/N23	Macrourus berglax	Roughhead grenadier
SKA/N2J3KL	Raja spp.	Skates
SKA/N3M	Raja spp.	Skates
SQI/N56	Illex illecebrosus	Short fin squid
VFF/N3LMN	—	Fishes unsorted, unidentified
WIT/N3M	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	Witch flounder
YEL/N3M	Limanda ferruginea	Yellow tail flounder

ANNEX XIII

PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR AREA

Target species	Zone	Period of prohibition
Notothenia rossii	FAO 48.1 Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area FAO 48.2 Antarctic, around the South Orkneys FAO 48.3 Antarctic, around South Georgia	All year
Finfish	FAO 48.1 Antarctic(1) FAO 48.2 Antarctic(1)	All year
Gobionotothen gibberifrons Chaenocephalus aceratus Pseudochaenichthys georgianus Lepidonotothen squamifrons Patagonotothen guntheri	FAO 48.3	All year
Dissostichus spp	FAO 48.5 Antarctic	1.12.2005 to 30.11.2006
Dissostichus spp	FAO 88.3 Antarctic(1) FAO 58.5.1 Antarctic(1) (2) FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic east of 79o20'E and outside the EEZ to the west of 79o20'E(1) FAO 88.2 Antarctic north of 65oS(1) FAO 58.4.4 Antarctic(1) FAO 58.6 Antarctic(1) FAO 58.7 Antarctic(1)	All year
Lepidonotothen squamifrons	FAO 58.4.4(1)	All year
All species except Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides	FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic	1.12.2005 to 30.11.2006
Dissostichus mawsoni	FAO 48.4 Antarctic(1)	All year

(1) Except for scientific research purposes.

(2) Excluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).

ANNEX XIV

CATCH AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR IN 2005/06

Subarea/Division	Region	Season	SSRU	Dissostichus spp. Catch Limit (tonnes)	By-catch Catch Limit (tonnes)
Subarea/Division	Region	Season	SSRU	Dissostichus spp. Catch Limit (tonnes)	Skates and rays	Macrourus spp.	Other species
58.4.1	All Division	1.12.2005 to 30.11.2006	A B C D E F G H Total Subarea	0 0 200 0 200 0 200 0 600	All Division: 50	All Division: 96	All Division: 20
58.4.2	All Division	1.12.2005 to 30.11.2006	A B C D E Total Subarea	260 0 260 0 260 780	All Division: 50	All Division: 124	All Division: 20
58.4.3a)	All Division outside Areas of National Jurisdiction	1.05 to 31.08.2006	N/A	250	All Division: 50	All Division: 26	All Division: 20
58.4.3b)	All Division outside Areas of National Jurisdiction	1.05 to 31.08.2006	N/A	300	All Division: 50	All Division: 159	All Division: 20
88.1	All Subarea	1.12.2005 to 31.08.2006	A B, C, G D E F H, I, K J L Total Subarea	0 348(1) 0 0 0 1 893(1) 551(1) 172(1) 2 964(1)	0 50(1) 0 0 0 95(1) 50(1) 50(1) 148(1)	0 56(1) 0 0 0 303(1) 88(1) 28(1) 474(1)	0 60(1) 0 0 0 60(1) 20(1) 20(1) 0
88.2	All Subarea	1.12.2005 to 31.08.2006	A B C, D, F, G E Total Subarea	0 0 214(1) 273(1) 487(1)	0 0 50(1) 50(1) 50(1)	0 0 34(1) 44(1) 78(1)	0 0 20(1) 20(1) 0

(1)

Rules for catch limits for by-catch species per SSRU, applicable within total by-catch limits per Subarea:

— Skates and rays:

5 % of the catch limit for

Dissostichus

spp. or 50 tonnes, whichever is greatest

— Macrourus

spp.:

16 % of the catch limit for

Dissostichus

spp.

— Other species:

20 tonnes per SSRU.