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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1672/77 of 25 July 1977 laying down interim measures for the conservation and management of certain herring stocks

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN adopted on the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty, COMMUNITIES, subject to their being included at a later date in the common agricultural policy, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain The catch quotas for the direct fishing of herring in interim measures for the conservation and manage­ the North Sea until 30 September 1977 in sub-area IV ment of fishery resources ( !), as last amended by Regu­ and Division VII (d) as defined by the International lation (EEC) No 1417/77 (2), and in particular Article Council for the Exploration of the Sea shall be fixed 1 (2) thereof, at zero for all Member States . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Article 2 Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 provides inter alia for the adoption, as regards North Direct fishing for herring in Divisions VII (e) and (f) of the Celtic Sea as defined by the International Sea herring, of measures to be applied for the remainder of 1977 ; whereas in implementing that Council for the Exploration of the Sea shall be prohi­ bited until 31 December 1977 . Regulation, on the basis of the available scientific esti­ mates, direct fishing for herring should be prohibited Article 3 until 30 September 1977, pending a re-examination of the herring stock situation ; Direct fishing for herring shall be prohibited in the Irish Sea, Division VII (a) as defined by the Interna­ Whereas, in order to render the measure laid down in tional Council for the Exploration of the Sea until 31 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 more effec­ December 1977 within 12 miles from the base line off tive, the prohibition of direct fishing for herring in the east coast of Northern Ireland and Ireland the Celtic Sea should be extended to Divisions VII (e) between 53° 20 ' N and 54° 40' N. and (f) as defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ; Article 4 Whereas direct fishing for herring in the zones West Direct fishing for herring shall be prohibited until 31 Celtic Sea and West of Ireland should also be tempor­ August 1977 in the zone West of Ireland, Divisions arily forbidden ; VII (b) and (c) (excluding Donegal Bay)( 1), as defined by the International Council for the Exploration of Whereas in view of the risk that the fishing effort will be transferred to other zones, conservation measures the Sea and in the zone West Celtic Sea, Divisions VII (j) and (k). must be taken for other herring stocks ; whereas, there­ fore, the fishing of these stocks should be limited by Article 5 dividing the permitted catches equitably into quotas allocated to the Member States ; 1 . Without prejudice to Articles 3 and 4, the catch quotas allocated to each Member State on an annual Whereas the spawning grounds of the herring stocks basis for the direct fishing of herring of certain stocks in the Irish Sea, which are particularly vulnerable, or groups of stocks moving in certain sub-areas and must be protected ; divisions defined by the International Council for the Whereas the measures in question must be taken Exploration of the Sea are fixed for 1977 in the Annex . without delay in view of the risks which the current over-exploitation of fishery resources holds for 2. Herring catches of these stocks realized during Community supplies of certain species ; whereas as an the period from 1 January 1977 until the entry into interim step measures complementary to those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 should be (') Donegal Bay is defined as that part of Division VII (b), bounded on the north by 54° 30 latitude North, on the (') OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 . west by 10° longitude West and on the south and the east (2) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6. 1977, p . 20 . by the Irish coast.

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force of this Regulation shall be counted against the Article 7 quotas fixed under paragraph 1 . The Member States shall take, as far as is possible, all necessary steps to ensure compliance with the provi­ Article 6 sions of this Regulation within the maritime waters 1 . The Member States shall be authorized to catch under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, and covered by the Community rules on fisheries . herring as by-catches in the course of direct fishing for other species in the zones referred to in Articles 1 The checks carried out by the Member States shall be to 5 of this Regulation and in Article 2 of Regulation reported at regular intervals to the Commission. (EEC) No 350/77 up to a limit of 10 % by weight of In each case they shall mention the type and the catches of sprat and 5 % by weight of catches of nationality of the vessel, any infringements recorded, Norwegian pout, of sand eels and other species during and measures taken as a result . each voyage. Article 8 2. By-catches in the North Sea, calculated on an annual basis, may not, however, exceed 1 5 000 tonnes This Regulation shall enter into force on the day for Denmark, 1 650 tonnes for the United Kingdom, following its publication in the Official Journal of 410 tonnes for Germany and 275 tonnes for the other the European Communities. Member States . It shall apply until the entry into force of the Commu­ 3 . By-catches in the zones referred to in Article 5 nity rules for the conservation and management of shall be counted against the quotas allocated to each fishery resources or, at the latest, until 31 December Member State for those zones . 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1977 .

For the Council

The President

H. SIMONET

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ANNEX

Quantities of herrings, by stock, which may be caught by Member States

Except where indicated to the contrary the regions shall be those defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in so far as these are under the sovereignty or jurisdic­ tion of the Member States and are covered by Community rules on fishing.

Stock Catches in thousand tonnes Species Geographical region ICES division Quota

West Celtic Sea VII (j), (k) Ireland 1 0 Herring Other Member States 01

Herring West of Ireland VII (b), (c) (') Germany 0-8 France 0-4 Ireland 4-6 Netherlands 8-3 United Kingdom 0-8

Herring West of Scotland VI (a) (2)) Germany 3-7 Denmark 0-2 France 1-2 Ireland 6-4 Netherlands 30 United Kingdom 39 0

(') Except Donegal Bay (*). (J) Including Donegal Bay ('). (*) Donegal Bay is defined as that part of Division VII (b), bounded on the north by 54" 30' latitude North , on the west by 10° longitude West and on the south and the east by the Irish coast.