31977R2366

No L 277 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 10 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2366/77 of 25 October 1977 laying down the interim measures for the conservation and management of North Sea herring

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN extended until 31 December 1977 pending a review COMMUNITIES, of the situation , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain interim measures for the conservation and manageThe catch quotas authorized for direct fishing of ment of fishery resources ( ! ), as last amended by ReguNorth Sea herring in sub-zone IV and division VII (d) lation ( EEC) No 1 673/77 (2), and in particular Article defined by the International Council for the Explora1 (2) thereof, tion of the Sea (ICES) are fixed at zero up to 31 December 1977 for all Member States . Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas scientific estimates indicate that the Article 2 extremely precarious situation of the North Sea herring stock persists ; whereas, consequently, the ban This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1977 . on herring fishing in the North Sea should be

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

Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 1977.

For the Council

The President A. HUMBLET

0 ) OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 . (2) OJ No L 186, 26 . 7 . 1977, p . 30 .