Annex I

United Kingdom

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 are amended as follows:

1..

In Annex IB:

(a)

The entry concerning the species ling in zone III (Community waters and international waters) is replaced by the following:

May not be fished in Division 3 IIIb,c,d.’

‘SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneIII (Community waters and international waters)
Belgium 10^f1
Denmark 76
Germany 10
Sweden 30
United Kingdom 10
EC 136

May not be fished in Division 3 IIIb,c,d.’
‘SpeciesLingMolva molva	ZoneIII (Community waters and international waters)
Belgium	10^f1
Denmark	76
Germany	10
Sweden	30
United Kingdom	10
EC	136

(b)

The entry concerning the species Northern prawn in zone IIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters) is replaced by the following:

‘

SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)PRA/2AC4-C
Denmark 3 700
The Netherlands 35
Sweden 149
United Kingdom 1 096
EC 4 980
TAC 4 980 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

’

SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis	ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)PRA/2AC4-C
Denmark	3 700
The Netherlands	35
Sweden	149
United Kingdom	1 096
EC	4 980
TAC	4 980	Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

(c)

The entry concerning the ‘Combined quota’ in zone EC waters of zones Vb, VI, VII is replaced by the following:

Taken with long lines only, including rat tails, Mora mora and greater fork beard.’

‘SpeciesCombined quota ZoneEC waters of zones Vb, VI, VIIR/G/5B67-C
EC Not relevant
Norway 600^f2
TAC Not relevant

Taken with long lines only, including rat tails, Mora mora and greater fork beard.’
‘SpeciesCombined quota	ZoneEC waters of zones Vb, VI, VIIR/G/5B67-C
EC	Not relevant
Norway	600^f2
TAC	Not relevant

(d)

The entry concerning ‘Other species’ in zone EC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56° 30' N is replaced by the following:

Limited to IIa and IV. Includes fisheries not specifically mentioned.

Limited to by-catches of whitefish in IV and VIa.’

‘SpeciesOther species ZoneEC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56° 30' NOTH/2A46AN
EC Not relevant
Norway 4 720^f3
Faroe Islands 400^f4
TAC Not relevant

Limited to IIa and IV. Includes fisheries not specifically mentioned.
Limited to by-catches of whitefish in IV and VIa.’
‘SpeciesOther species	ZoneEC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56° 30' NOTH/2A46AN
EC	Not relevant
Norway	4 720^f3
Faroe Islands	400^f4
TAC	Not relevant

2..

In Annex IC:

(a)

The entry concerning the species snow crab in zone NAFO 0,1 (Greenland waters) is replaced by the following:

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SpeciesSnow crabChionoecetes spp. ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)PCR/N01GRN
Ireland 125
Spain 875
EC 1 000
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply,

’

SpeciesSnow crabChionoecetes spp.	ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)PCR/N01GRN
Ireland	125
Spain	875
EC	1 000
TAC	Not relevant	Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply,

(b)

The entry concerning the species capelin in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) is replaced by the following:

Of which 45 930 tonnes are allocated to Iceland.

To be fished before 30 April 2005.’

‘SpeciesCapelinMallotus villosus ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)CAP/514GRN
All Member States 0
EC 50 050^f5 ^f6
TAC Not relevant

Of which 45 930 tonnes are allocated to Iceland.
To be fished before 30 April 2005.’
‘SpeciesCapelinMallotus villosus	ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)CAP/514GRN
All Member States	0
EC	50 050^f5 ^f6
TAC	Not relevant

(c)

The entry concerning the species redfish in zone V, XIV (Greenland waters) is replaced by the following two entries:

May be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.

3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway.

500 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately.

Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.

‘SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)RED/514GRN
Germany 11 794^f7
France 60
United Kingdom 84
EC 15 938^f8 ^f9 ^f10
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).

To be fished between July and December.’

SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneVa (Icelandic waters)RED/05A-IS
Belgium 100^f11 ^f12
Germany 1 690
France 50
United Kingdom 1 160
EC 3 000
TAC Not relevant

3..

In Annex ID, the entry concerning the species white hake in zone NAFO 3NO is replaced by the following:

‘

SpeciesWhite hakeUrophycis tenuis ZoneNAFO 3NOHKW/N3NO
Spain 2 165
Portugal 2 835
EC 5 000
TAC 8 500 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

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May be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.
3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway.
500 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately.
Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.
‘SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp.	ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)RED/514GRN
Germany	11 794^f7
France	60
United Kingdom	84
EC	15 938^f8 ^f9 ^f10
TAC	Not relevant	Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
To be fished between July and December.’
SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp.	ZoneVa (Icelandic waters)RED/05A-IS
Belgium	100^f11 ^f12
Germany	1 690
France	50
United Kingdom	1 160
EC	3 000
TAC	Not relevant

SpeciesWhite hakeUrophycis tenuis	ZoneNAFO 3NOHKW/N3NO
Spain	2 165
Portugal	2 835
EC	5 000
TAC	8 500	Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

4..

In Annex IVa:

(a)

Table II is replaced by the following:

‘

Table II — Derogations from days present within the area and absent from port in Table I and associated conditions

As verified by the EC logbook — average annual landing in live weight.

The vessel may be present within the area for the number of days in the month concerned.

Vessels subject to this derogation shall comply with the conditions laid down in Appendix 1 to this Annex.

Area Gear defined in point 4 2002 vessel track record^f13 Days
Area defined in point 2 4(a), 4(e) Less than 5 % of each of cod, sole and plaice No days restriction^f14
Area defined in point 2 4(a), 4(b) Less than 5 % cod 100 to < 120 mm up to 13 ≥ 120 mm up to 14
Kattegatt and North Sea 4(c) gear of mesh size equal to or greater than 220 mm Less than 5 % cod and more than 5 % of turbot and lumpfish Up to 15 days
Kattegatt and Skagerrak 4(a) gear with 120 mm square mesh window^f15 n/a 12 days
Eastern Channel 4(c) trammel nets of mesh size equal to or less than 110 mm Vessels absent from port for no more than 24 hours 19 days

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(b)

In Appendix 1, the second sentence of point 4(a) is replaced by the following:

‘The window shall be inserted into the top panel.’

5..
In Annex IVc, point 6(a) is replaced by the following:
‘6.
(a)

The maximum number of days in any calendar month for which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 is shown in Table I.

Where a vessel crosses between two areas on a fishing trip the day shall be counted against the area in which the largest proportion of time was spent during that day.

The number of days in which a vessel is present within the global area constituted by the areas defined in point 2 of this Annex and in point 2 of Annex IVa shall not exceed the number shown in Table I of this Annex. However the number of days in which the vessel is present in the areas defined in point 2 of Annex IVa shall comply with the maximum number fixed in accordance with Annex IVa.

Table I — Maximum days present within the area and absent from port by fishing gear

Area defined in point 2: Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point:
4a 4b

2.

Western Channel (ICES Division VIIe)

20 20
’

As verified by the EC logbook — average annual landing in live weight.
The vessel may be present within the area for the number of days in the month concerned.
Vessels subject to this derogation shall comply with the conditions laid down in Appendix 1 to this Annex.
Area	Gear defined in point 4	2002 vessel track record^f13	Days
Area defined in point 2	4(a), 4(e)	Less than 5 % of each of cod, sole and plaice	No days restriction^f14
Area defined in point 2	4(a), 4(b)	Less than 5 % cod	100 to < 120 mm up to 13 ≥ 120 mm up to 14
Kattegatt and North Sea	4(c) gear of mesh size equal to or greater than 220 mm	Less than 5 % cod and more than 5 % of turbot and lumpfish	Up to 15 days
Kattegatt and Skagerrak	4(a) gear with 120 mm square mesh window^f15	n/a	12 days
Eastern Channel	4(c) trammel nets of mesh size equal to or less than 110 mm	Vessels absent from port for no more than 24 hours	19 days

Area defined in point 2:	Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point:
4a	4b
2. Western Channel (ICES Division VIIe)	20	20

6..

In Annex VI, Part I is replaced by the following:

‘

PART I

QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF LICENCES AND FISHING PERMITS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD COUNTRY WATERS

This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.

To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62° 00' N.

Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.

These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

These figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.

Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.

Area of fishing Fishery Number of licences Repartition of licences amongst Member States Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen Herring, North of 62° 00' N 75 DK: 26, DE: 5, FR: 1, IRL: 7, NL: 9, SW: 10, UK: 17 55
Demersal species, North of 62° 00' N 80 FR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 1 50
Mackerel, South of 62° 00' N, purse seine fishery 11 DE: 1^f16, DK: 26, FR: 2, NL: 1 not relevant
Mackerel, South of 62° 00' N, trawl fishery 19 not relevant
Mackerel, North of 62° 00' N, purse seine fishery 11^f17 DK: 11 not relevant
Industrial species, South of 62° 00' N 480 DK: 450, UK: 30 150
Waters of the Faroe Islands All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines 26 BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18 13
Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28' N and east of 6° 30' W 8^f18 4
Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20' N and 62° 00' N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines. 70 BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20 26
Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30' N and west of 9° 00' W and in the area between 7° 00' W and 9° 00' W south of 60° 30' N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30' N, 7° 00' W and 60° 00' N, 6° 00' W. 70 DE: 8^f19, FR: 12, UK: 0 20^f20
Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend. 70 22
Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called “main fishing area of blue whiting” 34 DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 5 20
Line fishing 10 UK: 10 6
Fishing for mackerel 12 DK: 12 12
Herring fisheries north of 62° N 21 DE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 3 21
Iceland All fisheries 18 5
Waters of the Russian Federation All fisheries pm pm
Fisheries for cod 7^f21 pm
Fisheries for sprat pm pm

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This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.
To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62° 00' N.
Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.
These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.
These figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.
Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.
Area of fishing	Fishery	Number of licences	Repartition of licences amongst Member States	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen	Herring, North of 62° 00' N	75	DK: 26, DE: 5, FR: 1, IRL: 7, NL: 9, SW: 10, UK: 17	55
Demersal species, North of 62° 00' N	80	FR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 1	50
Mackerel, South of 62° 00' N, purse seine fishery	11	DE: 1^f16, DK: 26, FR: 2, NL: 1	not relevant
Mackerel, South of 62° 00' N, trawl fishery	19		not relevant
Mackerel, North of 62° 00' N, purse seine fishery	11^f17	DK: 11	not relevant
Industrial species, South of 62° 00' N	480	DK: 450, UK: 30	150
Waters of the Faroe Islands	All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines	26	BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 18	13
Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28' N and east of 6° 30' W	8^f18		4
Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods 1 March to 31 May and 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20' N and 62° 00' N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.	70	BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 20	26
Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30' N and west of 9° 00' W and in the area between 7° 00' W and 9° 00' W south of 60° 30' N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30' N, 7° 00' W and 60° 00' N, 6° 00' W.	70	DE: 8^f19, FR: 12, UK: 0	20^f20
Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend.	70		22
Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of licences may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called “main fishing area of blue whiting”	34	DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 5	20
Line fishing	10	UK: 10	6
Fishing for mackerel	12	DK: 12	12
Herring fisheries north of 62° N	21	DE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 3	21
Iceland	All fisheries	18		5
Waters of the Russian Federation	All fisheries	pm		pm
Fisheries for cod	7^f21		pm
Fisheries for sprat	pm		pm

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: May not be fished in Division 3 IIIb,c,d.’
f2: Taken with long lines only, including rat tails, Mora mora and greater fork beard.’
f3: Limited to IIa and IV. Includes fisheries not specifically mentioned.
f4: Limited to by-catches of whitefish in IV and VIa.’
f5: Of which 45 930 tonnes are allocated to Iceland.
f6: To be fished before 30 April 2005.’
f7: Provisional quota, pending the conclusions of fisheries consultations with Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for 2005.
f8: May be fished by pelagic trawl. Catches from the bottom trawl fishery and the pelagic trawl fishery shall be reported separately. May be fished East or West.
f9: 3 500 tonnes to be fished with pelagic trawl are allocated to Norway.
f10: 500 tonnes are allocated to the Faroe Islands. Catches from the bottom trawl and pelagic trawl fisheries shall be reported separately.
f11: Including unavoidable by-catches (cod not allowed).
f12: To be fished between July and December.’
f13: As verified by the EC logbook — average annual landing in live weight.
f14: The vessel may be present within the area for the number of days in the month concerned.
f15: Vessels subject to this derogation shall comply with the conditions laid down in Appendix 1 to this Annex.
f16: This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.
f17: To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62° 00' N.
f18: Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for “All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.
f19: These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.
f20: These figures are included in the figures for “Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines”.
f21: Applies only to vessels flying the flag of Latvia.