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Part II Quantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third country fishing vessels in Community watersF1

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters.

The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.

The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.

To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.

The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.

Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.

Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2006 .

Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2006.

The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.

The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350.

To be fished exclusively with longlines.

Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gill-nets.

Flag State Fishery Number of licences Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norway Herring, north of 62° 00′ N 18 18
Faeroe Islands Mackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N) 14 14
Herring north of 62° 00′ N 21 21
Herring, IIIa 4 4
Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting) 15 15
Ling and tusk 20 10
Blue whiting, II, IVa, VIa (north of 56° 30′ N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′ W) 20 20
Blue ling 16 16
Russian Federation Herring, IIId (Swedish waters) pm pm
Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships) pm pm
Sprat 4 f1 pm
Barbados Penaeus shrimps f2 (French Guyana waters) 5 pm f3
Snappers f4 (French Guyana waters) 5 pm
Guyana Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) pm pm f5
Surinam Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 5 pm
Trinidad and Tobago Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 8 pm
Japan Tuna f6 (French Guyana waters) pm
Korea Tuna (French Guyana waters) pm pm
Venezuela Snappers (French Guyana waters) 41 pm
Sharks (French Guyana waters) 4 pm

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 941/2006 of 1 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 51/2006, as concerns blue whiting and herring.

Footnotes

f1

Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters.

f2

The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.

f3

The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.

f4

To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.

The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.

Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.

f5

The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.

f6

To be fished exclusively with longlines.