31977R1779

No L 196/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 8 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1779/77 of 2 August 1977 laying down interim conservation and management measures for herring fishing in the Irish Sea

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN (Calf of Man), thence running clockwise round the COMMUNITIES, Isle of Man (at a distance of 12 miles from the base­ lines) as far as Point of Ayre (Isle of Man), then east­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European ward to St Bees Head (United Kingdom). Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 thereof, Article 2 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, in the interests of a coherent conservation 1 . Without prejudice to Article 1 of this Regulation and Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1672/77, the and management policy, appropriate measures must catch quotas allocated to each Member State on an be adopted for all herring stocks ; whereas measures annual basis for the direct fishing of herring in Divi­ complementary to those laid down for herring fishing sion VII (a) (4) of the Irish Sea (as defined by the Inter­ in the Irish Sea in Council Regulation (EEC) No national Council for the Exploration of the Sea) shall 1672/77 of 25 July 1977 laying down interim be as follows for 1977 : measures for the conservation and management of certain herring stocks should therefore be adopted (') ; France 190 tonnes Ireland 1 000 tonnes Whereas the measures in question must be taken Netherlands 1 1 0 tonnes without delay in view of the risks which the current 1 1 900 tonnes United Kingdom over-exploitation of fishery resources holds for Community supplies of certain species ; whereas as an 2. Herring catches made in the zone referred to in interim step measures complementary to those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 350/77 (2), as last paragraph 1 during the period from 1 January 1977 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1417/77 (3), and in until the entry into force of this Regulation shall be Regulation (EEC) No 1672/77 should be adopted on counted against the quotas fixed under that paragraph. the basis of Article 103 of the Treaty, subject to their being included at a later date in the common agricul­ tural policy ; Article 3

Whereas Article 227 (5) (c) of the Treaty and Protocol The Member States shall be authorized to catch 3 of the Act of Accession lay down the conditions herring as by-catches in the course of direct fishing under which the Treaty applies to the Isle of Man in for other species in the zone referred to in Article 2 particular, up to a limit of 10 % by weight of catches of sprat and 5 % by weight of catches of Norwegian pout, of sand eels and other species during each voyage. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION Such by-catches shall be counted against the quotas allocated to each Member State for that zone. Article 1

Direct fishing for herring shall be prohibited for Article 4 Community fishermen from 1 October to 19 November 1977 in the part of Division VII (a) (as The Member States shall take, as far as is possible, all defined by the International Council for the Explora­ necessary steps to ensure compliance with the provi­ tion of the Sea) surrounding the Isle of Man and in that between the Isle of Man and the west coast of the sions of this Regulation within the maritime waters under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, and covered by United Kingdom . the Community rules on fisheries. rhis zone shall be delimited by a line running from Carmel Head (Anglesey) to the Chicken Rock Light (4) Except for the part bounded : — on the north by latitude 52° 30' North, ;>) OJ No L 186, 26. 7. 1977, p. 27. — on the south by latitude 52° 00' North, (2) OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 . — on the west by the Irish coast, (3) OJ No L 160, 30 . 6. 1977, p. 20 . — on the east by the coast of the United Kingdom .

3 . 8 . 77 No L 196/5 Official Journal of the European Communities

The checks carried out by the Member States shall be Article 5 reported at regular intervals to the Commission. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until the entry into force of the Commu­ In each case they shall mention the type and the nity rules for the conservation and management of nationality of the vessel, any infringements recorded, fishery resources or, at the latest, until 31 December and measures taken as a result. 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1977.

For the Council

The President

H. SIMONET