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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-451/annex",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/451",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2017/451 of 14 March 2017 approving, on behalf of the European Union, certain amendments to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania",
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  "text": "Protocol, Article 2, paragraphs:\n1.. The annual financial contribution for the access by European Union vessels to the Mauritanian fishing zone referred to in Article 7 of the Agreement is set at EUR fifty-seven million, five-hundred thousand (57 500 000). This paragraph shall apply subject to Articles 5 to 10 and Article 16 of this Protocol.\n3.. The total allowable catches (categories 1, 2, 2a, 3, 6, 7 and 8) and the reference tonnages (categories 4 and 5) are set out in the datasheets contained in Annex 1 to this Protocol. They are established on the basis of the calendar year (1 January-31 December of the year concerned). If the first and the last period of the application of the Protocol do not correspond to a calendar year, the total allowable catches shall be fixed pro rata temporis and taking account, for each fishing category, of trends in terms of the distribution of catches throughout the year.\n7.. For fishing categories 4 and 5, if catches made by tuna vessels from the European Union in the Mauritanian fishing zone exceed the reference tonnage stipulated for each of these categories, the financial contribution of EUR fifty-seven million, five-hundred thousand (57 500 000) shall be increased, for each additional tonne caught, by the amount of the fee stated in the relevant datasheets for the year in question. However, the amount paid by the European Union in respect of the overrun must not exceed an amount equivalent to twice the corresponding reference tonnage. If the quantities of catches made by European Union vessels are more than twice the corresponding reference tonnage, the amount due in respect of the quantity exceeding that limit shall be paid the following year.\nTable of fishing categories referred to in Article 1(1):\nThis figure may be exceeded by a 10 % margin without any impact on the financial contribution paid by the European Union for access.\nIf these fishing opportunities are utilised, they shall be deducted from the total allowable catch provided for in category 6.\nFishing categories\nTotal allowable catches and reference tonnage\n1\nVessels fishing for crustaceans other than spiny lobster and crab\n5 000 tonnes\n2\nBlack hake (non-freezer) trawlers and bottom longliners\n6 000 tonnes\n2a\nBlack hake (freezer) trawlers:\nBlack hake 3 500 tonnes\nSquid 1 450 tonnes\nCuttlefish 600 tonnes\n3\nVessels fishing for demersal species other than black hake with gear other than trawls\n3 000 tonnes\n4\nTuna seiners\n12 500 tonnes\n(Reference tonnage)\n5\nPole-and-line tuna vessels and surface longliners\n7 500 tonnes\n(Reference tonnage)\n6\nPelagic freezer trawlers\n225 000 tonnes\n7\nNon-freezer pelagic vessels\n15 000 tonnes\n8\nCephalopods\n[pm] tonnes\nAnnex, Appendix 1 ‘Datasheets’, new datasheet 2a:\nFISHING CATEGORY 2a:BLACK HAKE (FREEZER) TRAWLERS:\n1. Fishing zone\n(a) North of latitude 19° 15′ 60″N: west of the line joining the following points:\n20° 46′ 30″N\n17° 03′ 00″W\n20° 36′ 00″N\n17° 11′ 00″W\n20° 36′ 00″N\n17° 36′ 00″W\n20° 03′ 00″N\n17° 36′ 00″W\n19° 45′ 70″N\n17° 03′ 00″W\n19° 29′ 00″N\n16° 51′ 50″W\n19° 15′ 60″N\n16° 51′ 50″W\n19° 15′ 60″N\n16° 49′ 60″W\n(b) South of latitude 19° 15′ 60″N as far as latitude 17° 50′ 00″N: west of the 18-nautical-mile line from the low-water mark;\n(c) South of latitude 17° 50′ 00″N: west of the 12-nautical-mile line from the low-water mark.\nIn the case of areas calculated on the basis of the low-water mark, the Joint Committee may replace the lines for delimiting zones with a series of geographical coordinates.\nAuthorised gear\nBottom trawl for hake.\ndoubling of the cod-end is prohibited.\ndoubling of the twine forming the cod-end is prohibited.\nMinimum authorised mesh\n70 mm (trawl)\nMinimum Size\nFor fish, the minimum size is to be measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the caudal fin (total length) (see Appendix 7)\nThe Joint Committee may determine the minimum size for species not listed above.\nBy-catches\nAuthorised\nNot authorised\n25 % of demersal species (other than black hake)\nCephalopods (other than squid and cuttlefish) and crustaceans\nThe Joint Committee may determine by-catch rates for species not listed above.\nFishing opportunities/fees\nPeriod\nYear\nTotal allowable catch (tonnes):\n3 500\nBlack hake (main target species)\n1 450\nsquid (secondary target species)\n600\ncuttlefish (secondary target species)\nFee\n70 EUR/t for black hake\n575 EUR/t for squid\n250 EUR/t for cuttlefish\n90 EUR/t for by-catch\nThe fee shall be calculated at the end of each period of three months in which the vessel is authorised to fish, taking into account the catches made during that period.\nThe licence shall be granted on advance payment of EUR 1 000 per vessel, to be deducted from the total amount of the fee; the advance payment shall be made at the beginning of each three-month period in which the vessel is authorised to fish.\nThe number of vessels authorised at the same time shall not exceed six.\nBiological rest periods\nWhere appropriate, the Joint Committee shall determine a biological recovery period based on the scientific opinion of the Joint Scientific Committee.\nScientific Observers\nBy way of derogation from the rule set out in point 2 of Chapter X of the Annex, the vessels shall take on board a Mauritanian scientific observer on each trip.\nComments\nThe fees shall be fixed for the entire period of application of the Protocol.",
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      "text": "This figure may be exceeded by a 10 % margin without any impact on the financial contribution paid by the European Union for access."
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      "text": "If these fishing opportunities are utilised, they shall be deducted from the total allowable catch provided for in category 6."
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