# Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (revoked) EU Regulation No 41/2007 · adopted 21 December 2006 Council Regulation(EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Fishing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS ## 5 Catch limits and allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Special provisions on allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Fishing effort limits and associated conditions for the management of stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Unsorted landings in ICES zones IIIa, IV and VIId and EC waters of ICES zone IIa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Access limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Transitional technical and control measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: CATCH LIMITS AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS ## 12 Transitional technical and control measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Geographical restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Transit through Community waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Conditions for landing catches and by-catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS ## 17 Licences and associated conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Faroe Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS ## 19 Obligation to have a licence and a special fishing permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Application for a licence and special fishing permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Number of licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Cancellation and withdrawal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Failure to comply with relevant rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Obligations of the licence holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Specific provisions concerning the Department of French Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ## 26 Establishment of a closed season for the dolphinfish fisheries using fish aggregating devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Establishment of fisheries restrictive areas in order to protect deep sea sensitive habitats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE NAFO REGULATORY AREA ### Section 1: Community participation ## 28 List of vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Technical measures ## 29 Mesh sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Attachments to nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 By-catch retained on board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 By-catch in any one haul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Directed fishery and by-catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Minimum size of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Establishment of fisheries restrictive areas in order to protect deep sea sensitive habitats (seamounts) ## 35 Demersal fishing gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Control measures ## 36 Product labelling and separate stowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Fishing and production logbooks and stowage plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Carrying of nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Trans-shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Chartering of Community vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Monitoring of fishing effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Special provisions for northern prawns ## 42 Northern prawn fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: Special provisions for redfish ## 43 Redfish fishery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: Enforcement measures ## 44 Follow-up to infringements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Treatment of infringement reports from inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Enhanced follow-up with regard to certain serious infringements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Enforcement measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Report on infringements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LANDING OR TRANSHIPPING OF FROZEN FISH CAUGHT BY THIRD COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS IN THE NEAFC CONVENTION AREA ## 49 Port State control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Designated ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Prior notice of entry into port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Authorisation to land or tranship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Inspection reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR ### Section 1: Restrictions and vessel information requirements ## 55 Prohibitions and catch limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Information requirements relating to vessels authorised to fish in the Area of CCAMLR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Report of vessel sightings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Exploratory fisheries ## 58 Participation in exploratory fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Reporting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Special requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Definition of hauls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Research plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Data collection plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Tagging programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Scientific observers and inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Notifications of intent to participate in a krill fishery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Interim prohibition of deep-sea gillnetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Interim restrictions on the use of bottom trawling gear in the high-seas of the Area of CCAMLR for the fishing seasons 2006/07 and 2007/08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY VESSELS FISHING IN THE SEAFO CONVENTION AREA ### Section 1: Authorisation of vessels ## 69 Authorisation of vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Obligations for authorised vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Unauthorised vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Transhipments ## 72 Prohibition of transhipments at sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 In-port Transhipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Conservation measures for the management of vulnerable deep-water habitats and ecosystems ## 74 Closed areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Past fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Measures on reducing incidental by-catch of seabirds ## 76 Information on interactions with seabirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Mitigation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Control ## 78 Communication of vessel movements and catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Scientific observation and collection of information to support stock assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Sightings of non-Contracting Party vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter Xa: SPECIAL MEASURES FOR BLUEFIN TUNA IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN ### Section 1: Management measures ## 80a Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80b Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80c Quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80d Joint fishing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Technical measures ## 80e Closed fishing season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80f Use of planes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80g Minimum size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80h Sampling plan for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80i By-catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80j Recreational fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80k Sport fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Control measures ## 80l Register of vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80m Register of tuna traps authorised to fish for bluefin tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80n Designated ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80o Transhipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80p Recording requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80q Control in port or in farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80r Catch reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80s Cross-check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80t Caging operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80u Trap activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80v Observer programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80w Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80x Market measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80y Conversion factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80z ICCAT Scheme of Joint International Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHERIES ## 81 North Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XII: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 82 Data transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I CATCH LIMITS APPLICABLE TO COMMUNITY VESSELS IN AREAS WHERE CATCH LIMITS EXIST AND FOR THIRD COUNTRY FISHING VESSELS IN EC WATERS, BY SPECIES AND BY AREA (IN TONNES LIVE WEIGHT, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Appendix ANNEX IA: SKAGERRAK, KATTEGAT, ICES zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV, EC waters of CECAF, French Guyana waters ### Appendix ANNEX IB: NORTH EAST ATLANTIC AND GREENLAND ## ANNEX IC NORTH WEST ATLANTIC All TACs and associate conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO. ## ANNEX ID HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH — All areas TACs in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC. ## ANNEX IE ANTARCTIC These TACs, adopted by CCAMLR, are not allocated to the members of CCAMLR and hence the Community share is undetermined. Catches are monitored by the Secretariat of CCAMLR, who will communicate when fishing must cease due to TAC exhaustion. ## ANNEX IIA FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN STOCKS IN THE SKAGERRAK AND KATTEGAT ICES ZONES IV, VIA, VIIA, VIID AND EC WATERS OF ICES ZONE IIA ### Division: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: Definitions of geographical areas ## 2.1 For the purposes of this Annex, the geographical area, representing all of following areas, shall apply: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 For vessels notified to the Commission as being equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003, the following definition of ICES zone VIa shall apply: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definition of day present within an area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 4: Fishing gears ## 4.1 For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 For the purposes of this Annex and referring to the geographical areas defined in point 2.1 and the groupings of fishing gear defined in point 4.1, the following transfer groups are defined: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS ### Division 5: Vessels concerned by fishing effort limitations ## 5.1 A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear belonging to a grouping of fishing gear defined in point 4.1 in any geographical area defined in point 2.1 by any vessels flying its flag which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006 in that area, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area in question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Limitations in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: NUMBER OF DAYS ABSENT FROM PORT ALLOCATED TO FISHING VESSELS ### Division 8: Maximum number of days ## 8.1 For the purpose of fixing the maximum number of days a fishing vessel may be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Management periods ## 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 10: Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities ## 10.1 An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4.1 may be allocated to Member States by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place since 1 January 2002 . The effort expended in 2001 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question in the relevant area shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2001. The additional number of days shall then be calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days originally allocated. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day. This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 5.1 or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea. ## 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 11: Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage ## 11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 12: Special conditions for the allocation of days ## 12.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS ### Division 14: Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a member state ## 14.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14.2 The total number of days present within an area under point 14.1. multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of the donor vessel shall not be higher than the donor vessel's average annual days track record excluding transfers from other vessels in that area as verified by the Community logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. When a donor vessel uses the area definition of West of Scotland as defined in point 2.2 its track record calculation will be based on this area definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14.4 Transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without the special conditions laid down in point 8.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: USE OF FISHING GEAR ## 16 Notification of fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 17: Use of more than one grouping of fishing gear ## 17.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.5 If the number of gears is three or greater, a vessel may at any moment use one of the gears notified, and which have a limited number of days, subject to the condition that the total number of days spent fishing with whichever gear since the beginning of the year shall be: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.7 The option to use more than one gear shall only be available if the following additional monitoring arrangements are met: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Combined use of regulated and unregulated fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 19: Prohibition of carrying on board more than one regulated fishing gear ## 19.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: NON-FISHING RELATED ACTIVITIES AND TRANSIT ## 20 Non-fishing related activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE ## 22 Fishing effort messages By way of derogation from Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks, vessels equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Article 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 shall be excluded from the hailing requirements set out in Article 19c of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93. ### Division: VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEMS OBLIGATIONS ## 23 Recording of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Cross-checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: REPORTING OBLIGATIONS ## 25 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 26: Communication of relevant data ## 26.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26.2 A new format of spreadsheet for making the data referred to in point 25 available to the Commission may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Appendix 1 to Annex IIA A copy of the special permits referred to in point 12.1 of this Annex shall be kept on board the fishing vessel. ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Appendix 2 to Annex IIA A copy of the special permits referred to in point 12.1. of this Annex shall be kept on board the fishing vessel. ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Appendix 3 to Annex IIA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: ANNEX IIB ### Division: FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES ZONES VIIIc AND IXa EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CADIZ ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definition of day present within the area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS ### Division 4: Vessels concerned by fishing effort limitations ## 4.1 A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear belonging to a grouping of fishing gear defined in point 3 in the area by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006 in the area, excluding the record of fishing activities as a result of transfer of days between fishing vessels, unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Limitations in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO FISHING VESSELS ### Division 7: Maximum number of days ## 7.1 For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days a fishing vessel may be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Management periods ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Allocation of additional days for permanent cessation of fishing activities ## 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.1.a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.3 On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 7.2. for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 10: Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage ## 10.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 11: Special conditions for the allocation of days ## 11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.3 When either of these conditions is not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the allocation of days corresponding to the given special conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS ### Division 12: Transfer of days between vessels flying the flag of a member state ## 12.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different member states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: USE OF FISHING GEAR ### Division 14: Notification of fishing gear ## 14.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Combined used of regulated and unregulated fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: TRANSIT ## 16 Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE ## 17 Fishing effort messages Articles 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e and 19k of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall apply to vessels carrying on board the groupings of fishing gear defined in point 3 of this Annex and operating in the area defined in point 1 of this Annex. Vessels equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 shall be excluded from the hailing requirements set out in Article 19c of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93. ## 18 Recording of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Cross-checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: REPORTING OBLIGATIONS ## 20 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IIC FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS ICES ZONE VIIe ### Division: GENERAL PROVISIONS ### Division 1: Scope ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Vessels fishing with static nets with mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm and with track records of less than 300 kg live weight of sole according to the EC logbook in 2004 shall be exempt from the provisions of this Annex on the conditions that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definition of day present with the area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHING EFFORT LIMITATIONS ### Division 4: Vessels concerned by fishing effort limitations ## 4.1 A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear belonging to a grouping of fishing gear defined in point 3 in the area by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Limitations in activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO FISHING VESSELS ### Division 7: Maximum number of days ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Management periods ## 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Allocation of additional days for permanent cessations of fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: EXCHANGES OF FISHING EFFORT ALLOCATIONS ### Division 11: Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State ## 11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Transfer of days between fishing vessels flying the flag of different Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: USE OF FISHING GEAR ## 13 Notification of fishing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Non-fishing related activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: TRANSIT ## 15 Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: MONITORING, INSPECTION AND SURVEILLANCE ## 16 Fishing effort messages Articles 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e and 19k of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall apply to vessels carrying on board the groupings of fishing gear defined in point 3 of this Annex and operating in the area defined in point 1 of this Annex. Vessels equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 shall be excluded from the hailing requirements set out in Article 19c of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93. ## 17 Recording of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Cross-checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Alternative control measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Prior notification of transhipments and landings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Margin of tolerance in the estimation of quantities reported in the logbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Separate stowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 23: Weighing ## 23.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Specific monitoring programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: REPORTING OBLIGATIONS ## 26 Collection of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Communication of relevant data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ANNEX IID FISHING OPPORTUNITIES AND FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS FISHING FOR SANDEEL IN ICES ZONES IIIA AND IV AND IN EC WATERS OF ICES ZONE IIA ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 For the purposes of this Annex a day present within the area shall be: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Each Member State concerned shall, not later than 1 March 2007, establish a data base containing for ICES zones IIIa and IV, for each of the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and for each vessel flying its flag or registered within the Community which have been fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm, the following information: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The following quantities shall be calculated by each Member State: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 The TAC and quotas for sandeel in ICES zone IIIa and in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV as laid down in Annex I shall be revised by the Commission as early as possible based on advice from ICES and the STECF on the size of the 2006 year class of North Sea sandeel, in accordance with the following rules: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: TRANSITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONTROL MEASURES ### Part A: North Atlantic including the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat ### Division 1: Landing and weighing procedures for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel in ices zones I to VII ### Division 1.1: Scope ## 1.1.1 The following procedures shall apply to landings in the European Community by Community and third country vessels of quantities per landing exceeding 10 tonnes of herring, mackerel, and horse mackerel, or a combination thereof, taken in: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.2: Designated ports ## 1.2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.3: Entry to port ## 1.3.1 The master of a fishing vessel referred to in point 1.1.1. or his agent shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State in which the landing is to be made, at least 4 hours in advance of entry to port of landing of the Member State concerned of the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.4: Discharge ## 1.4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.5: Logbook ## 1.5.1 By way of derogation from the provisions of point 4.2 of Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the master of a fishing vessel shall submit, immediately upon arrival to port, the relevant page or pages of the logbook to the competent authority at the port of landing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.6: Weighing of fresh fish ## 1.6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.7: Weighing of fresh fish after transport ## 1.7.1 By way of derogation from point 1.6.1. Member States may permit fresh fish to be weighed after transport from the port of landing provided that the fish is transported to a destination on the territory of the Member State no more than 100 kilometres from the port of landing and that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.8: Weighing of frozen fish ## 1.8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.9: Sales note and take-over declaration ## 1.9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.10: Weighing facilities ## 1.10.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.10.2 In cases where privately operated weighing facilities are used the system shall be approved, calibrated and sealed by the competent authorities and be subject to the following provisions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.11 Access by competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.12: Cross checks ## 1.12.1 The competent authorities shall carry out administrative cross checks on all landings between the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.13: Full inspection ## 1.13.1 The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that at least 15 % of the quantities of fish landed and at least 10 % of the landings of fish are subject to full inspections which shall include at least the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 1.14: Documentation ## 1.14.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Fishing for herring in EC waters of ices zone IIa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Technical conservation measures in the Skagerrak and in the Kattegat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 4: Electric fishing in ices zones IVc and IVb ## 4.1 By way of derogation from Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 fishing with beam trawl using electrical pulse current shall be allowed in ICES zones IVc and IVb south of a rhumb line joined by the following points, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 The following measures shall apply in 2007: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 5: Closure of an area for sandeel fisheries in ICES zone IV ## 5.1 It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board sandeels caught within the geographical area bounded by the east coast of England and Scotland, and enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Rockall Haddock box in ICES zone VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 7: Restrictions on fishing for cod in ices zones VI and VII ## 7.1 ICES zone VIa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.2 ICES zones VII f and g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.3 By way of derogation from points 7.1. and 7.2. it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities using pots and creels within the specified areas and time periods, provided that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7.4 By way of derogation from points 7.1. and 7.2., it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities within the areas referred to in those points using nets of mesh size less than 55 mm, provided that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 8: Technical conservation measures in the Irish Sea ## 8.1 In the period from 14 February to 30 April 2007 it shall be prohibited to use any demersal trawl, seine or similar towed net, any gill net, tangle net or similar static net or any fishing gear incorporating hooks within that part of ICES division VIIa enclosed by: the east coast of Ireland and the east coast of Northern Ireland; and straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates; a point on the east coast of the Ards peninsula in Northern Ireland at 54° 30′ N; 54° 30′ N, 4° 50′ W; 53° 15′ N, 4° 50′ W; a point at the east coast of Ireland at 53° 15′ N. ## 8.2 By way of derogation from point 8.1, within the area and time period referred to therein: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Use of gillnets in ICES Zones VIa, b, VII b, c, j, k and XII ## 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.4 By way of derogation from point 9.3 it shall be permitted to use the following gear: (a)Gill nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 120 mm and less than 150 mm, provided that they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth, are no more than 100 meshes deep, have a hanging ratio of not less than 0,5 and are rigged with floats or equivalent floatation. The nets shall each be of a maximum of 5 nautical miles in length, and the total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 25 km per vessel. The maximum soak time shall be 24 hours; or (b)entangling nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 250 mm, provided that they are deployed in waters of less than 600 metres charted depth, are no more than 15 meshes deep, have a hanging ratio of not less than 0,33 and are not rigged with floats or other means of flotation. The nets shall each be of a maximum of 10 km in length. The total length of all nets deployed at any one time shall not exceed 100 km per vessel. The maximum soak time shall be 72 hours. However, this derogation shall not apply in the NEAFC Regulatory area. ## 9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.8 The naval services or other competent authorities shall have the right to remove unattended gear at sea in ICES Zones VIa, b, VII b, c, j, k and XII east of 27° W in the following situations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.9 The master of a vessel with a fixed net permit referred to in point 9.6 shall record in the logbook the following information during each fishing trip: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Condition for fisheries with certain towed gears authorized in the Bay of Biscay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 11: Restrictions on fishing for anchovy in ices zone VIII and for roundnose grenadier in ICES zone IIIa ## 11.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Fishing effort for deep sea species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Interim measures for the protection of vulnerable deep-sea habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part B: Highly migratory fish in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean ### Division 14: Minimum size for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea ## 14.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Minimum size for bigeye tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 16: Restrictions on the use of certain types of vessels and gears ## 16.1 In order to protect the stock of bigeye tuna, in particular juvenile fish, fishing by purse seiners and baitboats shall be prohibited and in the area specified in points (a) and for the period specified in (b): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 17: Measures concerning sport and recreational fishing activities in the Mediterranean Sea ## 17.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Sampling plan for bluefin Tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part C: Eastern Atlantic ## 19 Eastern Central Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part D: Eastern Pacific Ocean ### Division 20: Purse seines in the Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) ## 20.1 The fishing by purse-seine vessels for Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares), Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus) and Skipjack Tunas (Katsuwonus pelamis) shall be prohibited from either, 1 August to 11 September 2007, or, 20 November to 31 December 2007 in the area defined by the following limits: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part E: Eastern Pacific Ocean and Western and Central Pacific Ocean ### Division 21: Western and Central Pacific Ocean ## 21.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Special measures for the Eastern, Western and Central Pacific Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Specific measures applying to encircled or entangled sea turtles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Appendix 1 to Annex III: TOWED GEARS: Skagerrak and Kattegat ## 2 to Annex III Specifications fo the Sorting grid for 70 mm trawl fishery (a)The species selective grid shall be attached in trawls with full square mesh codend with a mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 90 mm. The minimum length of the codend shall be 8 m. It shall be prohibited to use any trawl having more than 100 square meshes in any circumference of the codend, excluding the joining or the selvedges. (b)The grid shall be rectangular. The bars of the grid shall be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grid. The bar spacing of the grid shall not exceed 35 mm. It shall be permitted to use one or more hinges in order to facilitate its storage on the net drum. (c)The grid shall be mounted diagonally in the trawl, upwards backwards, anywhere from just in front of the codend to the anterior end of the untapered section. All sides of the grid shall be attached to the trawl. (d)In the upper panel of the trawl there shall be an unblocked fish outlet in immediate connection to the upper side of the grid. The opening of the fish outlet shall have the same width in the posterior side as the width of the grid and shall be cut out to a tip in the anterior direction along mesh bars from both sides of the grid. (e)It shall be permitted to attach in front of the grid a funnel to lead the fish towards the trawl floor and grid. The minimum mesh size of the funnel shall be 70 mm. The minimum vertical opening of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be 15 cm. The width of the guiding funnel towards the grid shall be the grid width. Schematic illustration of a size and species selective trawl. Entering fish is lead towards the trawl floor and grid via a leading funnel. Larger fish is then led out of the trawl by the grid while smaller fish and Norway lobster pass through the grid and enter the codend. The full square mesh codend enhance escapement of small fish and undersized Norway lobster. ## 3 to Annex III Condition for fisheries with certain towed gears authorized in ICES zones III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII a, b, d, e (a)Specifications of the top square mesh window Specifications of 100 mm, measured as inner opening, square mesh window in the rear tapered section of the trawl, Danish seine or similar gear with a mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm and smaller than 100 mm. The window shall be a rectangular section of netting. There shall be only one window. The window shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments. (b)Location of the window The window shall be inserted into the middle of the top panel of the rear tapered section of the trawl just in front of the untapered section constituted by the extension piece and the codend. The window shall terminate not more than 12 meshes from the hand braided row of meshes between the extension piece and the rear tapered section of the trawl. (c)Size of the window The length and the width of the window shall be at least 2 m and at least 1 m respectively. (d)Netting of the window The meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 100 mm. The meshes will be square meshes, i.e. all four sides of the window netting shall be cut all bars. The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the codend. The netting shall be single twine. The twine thickness shall be not more than 4 mm. (e)Insertion of the window into the diamond meshes netting It shall be permitted to attach a selvedge on the four sides of the window. The diameter of this selvedge shall be no more than 12 mm. The stretched length of the window shall be equal to the strength length of the diamond meshes attached to the longitudinal side of the window. The number of diamond meshes of the top panel attached to the smallest side of the window (i.e. one metre long side which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the codend) shall be at least the number of full diamond meshes attached to the longitudinal side of the window divided by 0,7. (f)Other The insertion of the window into the trawl is illustrated below. ## I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Declaration pursuant to Article 25(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Information to be recorded in the logbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II ## Annex VI: CONTENT AND MODALITIES OF THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION ### Division 1: The information to be transmitted to the Commission of the European Communities and the timetable for its transmission is as follows: ## 1.1 On each occasion a vessel commences a fishing trip in Community waters it shall send a ‘catch on entry’ message specifying the following . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 On each occasion a vessel terminates a fishing trip in Community waters it shall send a ‘catch on exit’ message specifying the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 At three-day intervals, commencing on the third day after the vessel first enters the zones referred to under 1.1 when fishing for herring and mackerel, and in weekly intervals, commencing the seventh day after the vessel first enters the zones referred to under 1.1 when fishing for all species other than herring and mackerel, a ‘catch report’ message has to be sent, specifying: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 Whenever a trans-shipment is planned between the ‘catch on entry’ and ‘catch on exit’ message and apart from the ‘catch report’ messages, an additional ‘trans-shipment’ message has to be sent minimum 24 hours in advance, specifying: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Form of the communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3: Communication scheme ## 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 In the case a Flag State has the technical capability to send all above messages and contents in the so-called NAF-format on behalf of its operating vessels, that Flag State may — after bilateral agreement between the Flag State and the Commission — transmit this information via a secured transmission protocol to the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels. In that case, some extra information will be added — as a kind of envelope — to the transmission (after the AD information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Name of the radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Code to be used to indicate the species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Codes to be used to indicate the relevant area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII LIST OF SPECIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: AUTHORISED TOPSIDE CHAFERS ## 1 ICNAF-type topside chafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Multiple flap-type topside chafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: POLISH CHAFER ## 3 Large-mesh (modified Polish-type) topside chafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX SHRIMP TRAWL TOGGLE CHAINS: NAFO REGULATORY AREA Toggle chains are chains, ropes, or a combination of both, which attach the footrope to the fishing line or bolchline at varying intervals. The terms ‘fishing line’ and ‘bolchline’ are interchangeable. Some vessels use one line only; others use both a fishing line and a bolchline as shown in the sketch. The toggle chain length shall be measured from the center of the chain or wire running through the footrope (center of footrope) to the underside of the fishing line. The attached sketch shows how to measure the toggle chain length. ## Annex X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XI: RECORDING OF CATCH (LOGBOOK ENTRIES) ### Division: FISHING VESSEL CODES ## A Main vessel types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Main vessel activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XII NAFO AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XIV CATCH AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR NEW AND EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE AREA OF CCAMLR IN 2006/07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I Port State control forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 to Annex XV Products and packing A. Product form codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. Type of packing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## I SEAFO transhipment declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part II: Guidelines for Design and Deployment of Tori Lines ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: Tori Line Design ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3: Deployment of Tori Lines ## 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5 When fishers use a bait casting machine (BCM) they must ensure co-ordination of the tori line and machine by: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex XVIa: ICCAT Recovery Plan for Bluefin Tuna ### Division Part I: Specific conditions applying to bait boat, trolling boat and pelagic trawler fisheries in the Eastern Atlantic ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 By way of derogation from the provision of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the master of a Community vessel referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 or his representative must notify the competent authority of the Member State (including the competent authority of their flag State) or of the CPC in whose ports or landing facility they whish to use at least 4 hours before the estimated time of arrival at the port, of the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Bluefin tuna catches may not be offered for retail sale to the final consumer, irrespective of the marketing method, unless appropriate marking or labelling indicates: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Beginning 1 July 2007 , Member States whose bait boats are authorised to fish for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic shall institute tail tag requirements as follows: (a)Tail tags must be affixed on each bluefin tuna immediately upon offloading. (b)Each tail tag shall have a unique identification number and be included on bluefin tuna statistical documents and written on the outside of any package containing tuna. ## Part II Specification for logbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III ICCAT transfer/transhipment declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV ICCAT scheme of joint international inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Remarks It was agreed to leave in abeyance the date of entry into effect of the International Inspection Scheme until the ICCAT Commission decides otherwise. ICCAT Pennant: ## Annex XVII: Vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North Atlantic ### Division 1: NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC ## 1.1 The Commission shall without delay inform Member States of vessels flying flags of non-contracting Parties to the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’) that have been sighted engaging in fishing activities in the Regulatory Area of the Convention and placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) on a provisional list of vessels that are being presumed to be undermining the Recommendations established under the Convention. The following measures shall apply to these vessels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Vessels that have been placed by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission on the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries (hereinafter referred to as ‘IUU vessels’) are listed in Appendix 1. In addition to the measures referred to in point 1.1 the following measures shall apply to these vessels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: NORTHWEST ATLANTIC ## 2.1 Vessels that have been placed by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) on the list of IUU vessels are listed in Appendix 2. The following measures shall apply to these vessels: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Appendix 1 to Annex XVII: List of vessels that have been confirmed by NEAFC as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries (IUU vessels) ### Appendix 2 to Annex XVII: List of vessels that have been confirmed by NAFO as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries (IUU vessels) --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/41 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-41 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.