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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 373/ 77 of 24 February 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of certain non-member countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas interim measures for the conservation and COMMUNITIES , management of fishery resources should also be taken in respect of vessels flying the flag of Spain, Finland, Portugal and Sweden and of Canada and the United Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European States of America pending the conclusion of the Economic Community, fishing agreements currently being negotiated with these countries , Having regard to the Act of Accession ('),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the Council adopted , on 3 November 1976, a set of resolutions concerning certain external and internal aspects of the common fisheries policy ;

Article 1 Whereas the Council adopted , at its meeting on 20 December 1976, a statement on fishery activities in January 1 977 ; The only catches which Spain , Finland, Portugal and Sweden are authorized to make from 1 January 1977 Whereas notifications have been forwarded to the until 31 March 1977 in the 200 nautical mile fishing zones of the Member States situated off the North Sea Bulgarian , Cuban , Japanese and Romanian Govern­ ments in order to communicate the Council Deci­ and Atlantic coasts and covered by Community rules sions of 13 and 20 December 1976 prohibiting all on fisheries, and the places where such catches may be made , are laid down in the Annex . fishing activities by their vessels, as from 1 January 1977 , in the 200 nautical mile fishing zones of the Member States situated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by Community rules on fisheries ; A rticle 2 Whereas, in order to preserve fishing grounds, access by the fishing vessels of non-member countries to Pending the conclusions of a fishing agreement with these waters must be restricted ; Canada, the total catches which that country is autho­ rized to make from 1 January 1977 until 31 Whereas to this end the Council adopted on 28 December 1977 shall be equal , for the zones referred January 1977, Regulation ( EEC) No 194/ 77 laying to in Article 1 , to the quantity for which the quotas down certain interim measures for the conservation valid for 1977 were fixed by the International Commission for the North-West Atlantic Fisheries and management of fishery resources applicable to vessels flying the flag of Poland , the GDR or the ( ICNAF), and , for that part of the zones referred to in USSR (-') ; Article 1 which lie off the St Pierre and Miquelon Islands, to the catch possibilities provided for in the (') OJ No L 73 , 27 . J. 1972 , p . 14 . 1972 Agreement between France and Canada on (-) OJ No L 25 , 29 . I. 1 977 , p . 46 . mutual relations in fishery matters .

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Article 3 mile fishing zones of the Member States situated off the North Sea and Atlantic coasts and covered by Pending the conclusion of a fishing agreement with Community rules on fishing, including regular inspec­ the United States of America , the catches which that tion of the vessels of non-member countries . country is authorized to make from 1 January 1977 to 31 December 1977 in the zones referred to in Article In this connection , the Member States and the 1 shall be those recorded for the same species as were Commission shall communicate to each other the caught in 1975, with the same monthly spread as information necessary for the purposes of complying recorded in 1975, subject to the fixing for these with this Regulation , in particular concerning the species of any maximum authorized catches and of monitoring of the size of catches made by the vessels of the non-member countries concerned . any catch quotas .

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The Member States shall take the measures necessary This Regulation shall enter into force on the day to ensure to the fullest extent possible the implemen­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tation of Article 1 to 3 as regards the 200 nautical the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 24 February 1977 .

For the Council

The President

J. SILKIN

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ANNEX

Quantities which may be caught by certain non-member countries , by species and fishing area

The zones concerned are those defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas ( ICES) or defined in the Annex to the Convention establishing the International Commission for the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Commission ( ICNAF), in so far as they are situated in the fishing zones of the Member States extending up to 200 nautical miles from coasts bordering on the North Sea and the Atlantic , and covered by Community rules on fisheries .

Zone Quantity Species ( tonnes)

SPAIN Hake VI , VII , VIII 3 200 Horse mackerel VI A as far as it extends west of the line defined in footnote (') below, VI B 170 Horse mackerel VII C , VII K, VII J , as far as it extends south of 50° 30 ' north latitude , VII H 5 720 Horse mackerel VIII as far as it extends west of the line defined in footnote ( : ) below 4 1 10 All species except clupei formes and invertebrates VIII 20 000

FINLAND Herring IV ( token entry) PORTUGAL Cod 1 ( ICNAF ) 375

SWEDEN (-') Haddock IV 675 Sprat IV 1 490 Mackerel IV 1 063 Whiting IV 225 Herring IV (token entry)

(') The- line' originating in point : 6 NX ' 60 N. thence southwards to 6 \X M )' N , thence westwards to 10 \X SS 30 N. thence southwards to 10 NX ' 56 30 N. thence westwards to 12 \X Mi N\ thence southwards to 12 N\ 54 30 ' N. ( ') The line originating in point : X \X ' 48 N. thence southwards to X NX 4 7 N. thence eastwards to 6 NX' 4 "' N , thence southwards to 6 W 46 M )' N. thence eastwards to > NX 46 30 N , thence southwards to ^ W 46 N , thence eastward 1- to 4 W 46 N. thence southwards to 4 \\ 45 N , thence eastwards to 2 \\ 4 S N , flu nee southwards . (') These quantities will be supplemented b \ fishing rights granted to Sweden in Zones II ] A and III I ).