ANNEXES to the Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters

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Document­datum 08-11-2018
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Kenmerk 13731/18 ADD 2
Van Secretary-General of the European Commission, signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director
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Council of the European Union

Brussels, 8 November 2018 (OR. en)

13731/18 ADD 2

PECHE 444

PROPOSAL

From: Secretary-General of the European Commission, signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director

date of receipt: 8 November 2018

To: Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union

No. Cion doc.: COM(2018) 732 final i - Annexes 2 to 8

Subject: ANNEXES to the Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks,

applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non Union waters

Delegations will find attached document COM(2018) 732 final i - Annexes 2 to 8.

Encl.: COM(2018) 732 final i - Annexes 2 to 8

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 7.11.2018 COM(2018) 732 final i

ANNEXES 2 to 8

ANNEXES

to the

Proposal for a Council Regulation

fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters ANNEX IIA

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN SOUTHERN HAKE

AND NORWAY LOBSTER STOCKS IN ICES DIVISIONS 8c AND 9a EXCLUDING THE GULF OF CÁDIZ

Chapter I

General Provisions

  • 1. 
    SCOPE

This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels of 10 metres’ length overall or more carrying on board or deploying trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm and gillnets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm or bottom longlines in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 i, and present in ICES

divisions 8c and 9a excluding the Gulf of Cádiz.

  • 2. 
    DEFINITIONS

    For the purposes of this Annex:

    (a) ‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:

    (i) trawls, Danish seines or similar gears of mesh size equal to or larger than 32 mm, and

    (ii) gillnets of mesh size equal to or larger than 60 mm and bottom longlines;

    (b) ‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

    (c) ‘area’ means ICES divisions 8c and 9a excluding the Gulf of Cádiz;

    (d) ‘current management period’ means the period specified in Article 1(2)(b) of this Regulation;

    (e) ‘special conditions’ means the special conditions set out in point 6.1.

  • 3. 
    LIMITATION IN ACTIVITY

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 i, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, Union fishing vessels flying its flag shall be present within the area for no more than the number of days specified in

Chapter III of this Annex.

Chapter II

Authorisations

  • 4. 
    AUTHORISED VESSELS

4.1. A Member State shall not authorise fishing with regulated gear in the area by any vessel flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity in the area in the period from 2002 to 2017, 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.

4.2. A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 i and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 11 or 12 of this Annex.

Chapter III

Number of days present within the area

allocated to Union fishing vessels

  • 5. 
    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS

5.1. During the current management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

5.2. If a vessel is able to demonstrate that its hake catches represent less than 8 % of the total live weight of fish caught in a given fishing trip, the flag Member State of the vessel shall be allowed not to count the days at sea associated with that fishing trip against the applicable maximum number of days at sea as set out in Table I.

  • 6. 
    SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF DAYS

6.1. For the purposes of fixing the maximum number of days at sea that a Union fishing vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area, the following special conditions shall apply in accordance with Table I:

(a) the total landings of hake in each of the two calendar years 2016 and 2017 made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight; and

(b) the total landings of Norway lobster in the years specified in point (a) above made by the vessel concerned shall represent less than 2,5 tonnes according to the landings in live weight.

6.2. If a vessel benefits from an unlimited number of days as a result of its compliance with the special conditions, the vessel’s landings in the current management period shall not exceed 5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of hake and 2,5 tonnes of the total landings in live weight of Norway lobster.

6.3. When either of the special 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 condition.

6.4. The application of the special conditions referred to in point 6.1. may be transferred from one vessel to one or more other vessels which replace that vessel in the fleet, provided that the replacing vessel uses similar gear and does not have in any year of its operation a record of landings of hake and Norway lobster higher than the quantities specified in point 6.1.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by fishing gear per year

Special condition Regulated gear Maximum number of days

Trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh ES 129 size ≥ 32 mm, gillnets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and

bottom longlines FR 109

PT 113 Special condition Regulated gear Maximum number of days

6.1.(a) and 6.1.(b) Trawls, Danish seines and similar gears of mesh size ≥ 32 mm, gillnets of mesh size ≥ 60 mm and Unlimited bottom longlines

  • 7. 
    KILOWATT DAY SYSTEM

7.1. A Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear and special conditions as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear and to the special conditions is respected.

7.2. This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear and, where applicable, the special conditions. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 7.1. were not applied. For as long as the number of days is unlimited according to Table I, the relevant number of days the vessel would benefit from is 360.

7.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear and special conditions as laid down in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on:

(a) the list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the track record of the years specified in point 6.1.(a) for such vessels reflecting the catch composition defined in the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b), if those vessels are qualified for such special conditions;

(c) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 7.1.

7.4. On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 7 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 7.1.

  • 8. 
    ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES

8.1. An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place during the preceding management period, either in

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accordance with Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 i or Council

1 Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 i of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1).

Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 i 1 . Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never

return to fishing activities.

8.2. The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the regulated gear shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

8.3. Points 8.1. and 8.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 3 or 6.4., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

8.4. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing, for the gear grouping and special conditions as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

(a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears and, if necessary, special conditions.

8.5. On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).

8.6. During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears. Additional days stemming from a withdrawn vessel that benefited from a special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) may not be allocated to a vessel remaining active that does not benefit from a special condition.

8.7. When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the preceding management period, the maximum number of days per Member State and gear shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the current management period.

  • 9. 
    ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR ENHANCED SCIENTIFIC OBSERVER COVERAGE

9.1. Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and shall go beyond the requirements on data

1 Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 i of 24 July 2008 instituting a temporary specific action aiming to promote the restructuring of the European Community fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis (OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 1).

collection, as laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 i 1 and its implementing rules for national programmes.

9.2. Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the vessel and any crew member.

9.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 9.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

9.4. On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5.1. for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).

9.5. If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

Chapter IV

Management

  • 10. 
    GENERAL OBLIGATION

Member States shall manage the maximum allowable effort in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 i and Articles 26 to 35

of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 i.

  • 11. 
    MANAGEMENT PERIODS

11.1. A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

11.2. The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

11.3. Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 10. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

Chapter V

Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

  • 12. 
    TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE

1 Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 i of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1).

12.1. A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Union fishing fleet register.

12.2. The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 12.1., 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 in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years specified in point 6.1.(a) multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

12.3. The transfer of days as described in point 12.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

12.4. The transfer of days is only permitted for vessels benefiting from an allocation of fishing days without special conditions.

12.5. On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. The format of spreadsheets for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).

  • 13. 
    TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES

Member States may permit the transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.1. and 4.2. and 12 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission, before the transfer takes place, of the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred,

the fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

Chapter VI

Reporting obligations

  • 14. 
    FISHING EFFORT REPORT

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 i shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the

area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

  • 15. 
    COLLECTION OF RELEVANT DATA

Member States shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the

area as set out in this Annex.

  • 16. 
    COMMUNICATION OF RELEVANT DATA

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 15 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be

communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission’s request, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the current and the precedent management periods, using the data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II Reporting format kW-day information by management period

Member State Gear Management period Cumulative effort declaration

  • (1) 
    (2) (3) (4)

    Table III Data format kW-day information by management period

    Name of field Maximum number of Alignment

    (1)

    characters/digits L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments

  • (1) 
    Member State 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered
  • (2) 
    Gear 2 One of the following gear types:

    TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm

    GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm

    LL = bottom longlines

  • (3) 
    Management period 4 One management period in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period
  • (4) 
    Cumulative effort 7 R Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days deployed declaration from 1 February until 31 January of the relevant management period
  • (1) 
    Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

    Table IV Reporting format for vessel-related information

    Length of Gear notified Special condition applying Days eligible using Days spent with notified Transfer

Member State CFR External to notified gear(s) notified gear(s) gear(s) of days marking management

period No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 …

  • (1) 
    (2) (3) (4) (5) (5) (5) (5) (6) (6) (6) (6) (7) (7) (7) (7) (8) (8) (8) (8) (9)

    Table V Data format for vessel-related information

    Name of field Maximum number of Alignment

    (1)

    characters/digits L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments

  • (1) 
    Member State 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered
  • (2) 
    CFR 12 Union fishing fleet register number (CFR)

    Unique identification number of a fishing vessel

Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the

left hand side

Name of field Maximum number of Alignment

(1)

characters/digits L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments

  • (4) 
    Length of management 2 L Length of the management period measured in months period
  • (5) 
    Gears notified 2 L One of the following gear types:

    TR = trawls, Danish seines and similar gear ≥ 32 mm

    GN = gillnets ≥ 60 mm

    LL = bottom longlines

  • (6) 
    Special condition 2 L Indication of which, if any, of the special condition referred to in point 6.1.(a) or (b) applying to notified of Annex IIA that apply

    gear(s)

  • (7) 
    Days eligible using 3 L Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIA for the choice of notified gear(s) gears and length of management period notified
  • (8) 
    Days spent with notified 3 L Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using gear gear(s) corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period
  • (9) 
    Transfers of days 4 L For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’
  • (1) 
    Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.
  • (2) 
    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 i of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 i establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1).

ANNEX IIB

FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CHANNEL SOLE STOCKS IN ICES DIVISION 7e

Chapter I

General provisions

  • 1. 
    SCOPE

1.1. This Annex shall apply to Union fishing vessels of 10 metres length overall or more carrying on board or deploying beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm and static nets including gillnets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 509/2007 i, and present in ICES division 7e.

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 per year during the three previous years, according to their fishing records, shall be exempt from the application of this Annex subject to the following conditions:

(a) such vessels caught less than 300 kg live weight of sole during the 2017 management period;

(b) such vessels do not tranship any fish at sea to another vessel;

(c) by 31 July 2019 and 31 January 2020 each Member State concerned makes a report to the Commission on those vessels’ catch records for sole in the three previous years as well as on catches of sole in 2019.

Where any of those conditions is not met, the vessels concerned shall cease to be exempt from the application of this Annex, with immediate effect.

  • 2. 
    DEFINITIONS

    For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:

    (a) ‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:

    (i) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm, and

    (ii) static nets, including gillnets, trammel nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm;

    (b) ‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

    (c) ‘area’ means ICES division 7e;

    (d) ‘current management period’ means the period from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019.

  • 3. 
    LIMITATION IN ACTIVITY

Without prejudice to Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 i, each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any regulated gear, Union fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Union shall be present within the area for no more than the

number of days set out in Chapter III of this Annex.

Chapter II

Authorisations

  • 4. 
    AUTHORISED VESSELS

4.1 A Member State shall not authorise fishing with regulated gear in the area by any vessel flying its flag which has no record of such fishing activity in the area in the period from 2002 to 2017, 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.

4.2 However, a vessel with a track record of using a regulated gear may be authorised to use a different fishing gear, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the regulated gear.

4.3 A vessel flying the flag of a Member State having no quotas in the area shall not be authorised to fish in the area with regulated gear, unless the vessel is allocated a quota after a transfer as permitted in accordance with Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 i and is allocated days at sea in accordance with point 10 or 11 of this Annex.

Chapter III

Number of days present within the area

allocated to Union fishing vessels

  • 5. 
    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS

During the current management period, the maximum number of days at sea for which a Member State may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present within the area having

carried on board any regulated gear is shown in Table I.

Table I

Maximum number of days a vessel may be present within the area by category of regulated gear per year

Regulated gear Maximum number of days

Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm BE 176

FR 188

UK 222

Static nets with mesh size ≤ 220 mm BE 176

FR 191

UK 176

  • 6. 
    KILOWATT DAY SYSTEM

6.1. During the current management period, a Member State may manage its fishing effort allocations in accordance with a kilowatt days system. Through that system it may authorise any vessel concerned by any regulated gear as set out in Table I to be present within the area for a maximum number of days which is different from that set out in that Table, provided that the overall amount of kilowatt days corresponding to the regulated gear is respected.

6.2. This overall amount of kilowatt days shall be the sum of all individual fishing efforts allocated to the vessels flying the flag of that Member State and qualified for the regulated gear. Such individual fishing efforts shall be calculated in kilowatt days by multiplying the engine power of each vessel by the number of days at sea it would benefit from, according to Table I, if point 6.1. were not applied.

6.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, for the regulated gear as laid down in Table I, with reports in electronic format containing the details of the calculation based on:

(a) the list of vessels authorised to fish by indicating their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the number of days at sea for which each vessel would have initially been authorised to fish according to Table I and the number of days at sea which each vessel would benefit from in application of point 6.1.

6.4. On the basis of that request, the Commission shall assess whether the conditions referred to in point 6 are complied with and, where applicable, may authorise that Member State to benefit from the system referred to in point 6.1.

  • 7. 
    ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES

7.1. An additional number of days at sea on which a vessel may be authorised by its flag Member State to be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of permanent cessations of fishing activities that have taken place during the preceding management period either in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 i or with Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 i. Permanent cessations resulting from any other circumstances may be considered by the Commission on a case-by-case basis, following a written and duly motivated request from the Member State concerned. Such written request shall identify the vessels concerned and confirm, for each of them, that they shall never return to fishing activities.

7.2. The effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using a given gear grouping shall be divided by the effort expended by all vessels using that gear grouping during 2003. The additional number of days at sea shall be then calculated by multiplying the ratio so obtained by the number of days that would have been allocated according to Table I. Any part of a day resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

7.3. Points 7.1.and 7.2. shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 4.2., or when the withdrawal has already been used in previous years to obtain additional days at sea.

7.4. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 7.1. shall submit a request to the Commission, by 15 June of the current management period, with reports in electronic format containing for the gear grouping as laid down in Table I, the details of the calculation based on:

(a) lists of withdrawn vessels with their Union fishing fleet register number (CFR) and their engine power;

(b) the fishing activity deployed by such vessels in 2003 calculated in days at sea according to the grouping of fishing gears.

7.5. On the basis of such a request by a Member State the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate that Member State a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).

7.6. During the current management period, a Member State may re-allocate those additional days at sea to all or part of the vessels remaining in fleet and qualified for the regulated gears.

7.7. When the Commission allocates additional days at sea due to a permanent cessation of fishing activities during the preceding management period the maximum number of days per Member State and gear shown in Table I shall be adjusted accordingly for the current management period.

  • 8. 
    ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR ENHANCED SCIENTIFIC OBSERVER COVERAGE

8.1. Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any regulated gear may be allocated between 1 February 2018 and 31 January 2019 to a Member State by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of scientific observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition and go beyond the requirements on data collection, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 i and its implementing rules for national programmes.

8.2. Scientific observers shall be independent from the owner, the master of the fishing vessel and any crew member.

8.3. A Member State wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 8.1. shall submit a description of its enhanced scientific observer coverage programme to the Commission for approval.

8.4. On the basis of that description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, allocate the Member State concerned a number of days additional to that referred to in point 5 for that Member State and for the vessels, the area and gear concerned by the enhanced programme of scientific observers. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).

8.5. If an enhanced scientific observer coverage programme submitted by a Member State has been approved by the Commission in the past and the Member State concerned wishes to continue its application without changes, it shall inform the Commission of the continuation of that programme four weeks before the beginning of the period for which the programme applies.

Chapter IV

Management

  • 10. 
    MANAGEMENT PERIODS

10.1. A Member State may divide the days present within the area set out in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months.

10.2. The number of days or hours for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed by the Member State concerned.

10.3. Where a Member State authorises vessels flying its flag to be present within the area by hours, the Member State shall continue measuring the consumption of days as specified in point 9. Upon request by the Commission, the Member State shall demonstrate its precautionary measures taken to avoid an excessive consumption of days within the area due to a vessel terminating presences in the area before the end of a 24-hour period.

Chapter V

Exchanges of fishing effort allocations

  • 11. 
    TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF A MEMBER STATE

11.1. A Member State may permit any fishing vessel flying its flag to transfer days present within the area for which it has been authorised to another vessel flying its flag within the area, provided that the product of the days received by a vessel multiplied by its engine power in kilowatts (kilowatt days) is equal to or less than the product of the days transferred by the donor vessel and the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. The engine power in kilowatts of the vessels shall be that recorded for each vessel in the Union fishing fleet register.

11.2. The total number of days present within the area transferred in accordance with point 11.1., 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 in the area as verified by the fishing logbook in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.

11.3. The transfer of days as described in point 11.1. shall be permitted between vessels operating with any regulated gear and during the same management period.

11.4. On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide information on the transfers that have taken place. Formats of spreadsheet for the collection and transmission of information referred to in this point may be established by the Commission, by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).

  • 12. 
    TRANSFER OF DAYS BETWEEN FISHING VESSELS FLYING THE FLAG OF DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES

Member States may permit transfer of days present within the area for the same management period and within the area between any fishing vessels flying their flags provided that points 4.2., 4.4., 5, 6 and 10 apply mutatis mutandis. Where Member States decide to authorise such a transfer, they shall notify the Commission before the transfer takes place, the details of the transfer, including the number of days to be transferred, the

fishing effort and, where applicable, the fishing quotas relating thereto.

Chapter VI

Reporting obligations

  • 13. 
    FISHING EFFORT REPORT

Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 i shall apply to vessels falling under the scope of this Annex. The geographical area referred to in that Article shall be understood as the

area specified in point 2 of this Annex.

  • 14. 
    COLLECTION OF RELEVANT DATA

Member States shall collect on a quarterly basis the information about total fishing effort deployed within the area for towed gears and static gears, effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area, and the engine power of those vessels in kilowatt days, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days present within the

area as set out in this Annex.

  • 15. 
    COMMUNICATION OF RELEVANT DATA

Upon request from the Commission, Member States shall make available to the Commission a spreadsheet with data specified in point 14 in the format specified in Tables II and III by sending it to the appropriate electronic mailbox address, which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission. Member States shall, upon the Commission’s request, send detailed information to the Commission on effort allocated and consumed covering all or parts of the 2018 and 2019 management periods, using the

data format specified in Tables IV and V.

Table II Reporting format kW-day information by management period

Member State Gear Management period Cumulative effort declaration

  • (1) 
    (2) (3) (4)

    Table III Data format kW-day information by management period

    Name of field Maximum number of Alignment

(1)

characters/digits L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments

  • (1) 
    Member State 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which the vessel is registered
  • (2) 
    Gear 2 One of the following gear types: BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm

    GN = gillnet < 220 mm TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm

  • (3) 
    Management period 4 One year in the period from the 2006 management period to the current management period
  • (4) 
    Cumulative effort 7 R Cumulative amount of fishing effort expressed in kilowatt days declaration deployed from 1 February until 31 January of the relevant management period
  • (1) 
    Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

    Table IV Reporting format for vessel-related information

    Length of Gear notified Days eligible using notified Days spent with notified

Member State CFR External gear(s) gear(s) Transfer of marking management

period days No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 … No 1 No 2 No 3 …

  • (1) 
    (2) (3) (4) (5) (5) (5) (5) (6) (6) (6) (6) (7) (7) (7) (7) (8)

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Table V Data format for vessel-related information

Name of field Maximum number of Alignment

(1)

characters/digits L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments

  • (1) 
    Member State 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered
  • (2) 
    CFR 12 Union fishing fleet register number (CFR)

    Unique identification number of a fishing vessel

    Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) followed by an identifying series (9 characters). Where a series has fewer than 9 characters, additional zeros shall be inserted on the left hand side

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Name of field Maximum number of Alignment

(1)

characters/digits L(eft)/R(ight) Definition and comments

  • (4) 
    Length of management 2 L Length of the management period measured in months period
  • (5) 
    Gears notified 2 L One of the following gear types:

    BT = beam trawls ≥ 80 mm

    GN = gillnet < 220 mm

    TN = trammel net or entangling net < 220 mm

  • (6) 
    Special condition 3 L Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under Annex IIB for the choice of gears applying to notified and length of management period notified

gear(s)

  • (7) 
    Days spent with notified 3 L Number of days the vessel actually spent present within the area and using a gear gear(s) corresponding to gear notified during the notified management period
  • (8) 
    Transfers of days 4 L For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’
  • (1) 
    Information relevant for transmission of data by fixed-length formatting.

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ANNEX IIC

MANAGEMENT AREAS FOR SANDEEL IN ICES DIVISIONS 2a, 3a AND ICES SUBAREA 4

For the purposes of the management of the fishing opportunities of sandeel in ICES divisions 2a, 3a and ICES subarea 4 fixed in Annex IA, the management areas within which specific catch limits apply are defined as shown below and in the Appendix to this Annex:

Sandeel management area ICES statistical rectangles

1r 31–33 E9–F4; 33 F5; 34–37 E9–F6; 38–40 F0–F5; 41 F4–F5

2r 35 F7–F8; 36 F7–F9; 37 F7–F8; 38-41 F6–F8; 42 F6–F9; 43 F7–

F9; 44 F9–G0; 45 G0–G1; 46 G1

3r 41–46 F1–F3; 42–46 F4–F5; 43–46 F6; 44–46 F7–F8; 45–46 F9;

46–47 G0; 47 G1 and 48 G0

4 38–40 E7–E9 and 41–46 E6–F0

5r 47–52 F1–F5

6 41–43 G0–G3; 44 G1

7r 47–52 E6–F0

Appendix 1 to Annex IIC

Sandeel Management Areas

ANNEX III

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR UNION FISHING VESSELS FISHING IN THIRD-COUNTRY WATERS

Number of Allocation of fishing Maximum

Area of fishing Fishery fishing authorisations amongst number of vessels

authorisations Member States present at any time

Norwegian waters Herring, north of 62° 00' N pm DK pm and fishery zone

around Jan Mayen DE pm

FR pm

IE pm pm

NL pm

PL pm

SV pm

UK pm

EN 1 EN

Number of Allocation of fishing Maximum

Area of fishing Fishery fishing authorisations amongst number of vessels

authorisations Member States present at any time

Demersal species, north of 62° 00' N DE pm

IE pm

ES pm

pm FR pm pm

PT pm

UK pm

Unallocated pm

Mackerel (1) Not relevant Not relevant pm

Industrial species, south of 62° 00' N DK pm pm pm UK pm

Faroese waters All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone BE pm

between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines DE pm

pm pm FR pm

UK pm

EN 2 EN

Number of Allocation of fishing Maximum

Area of fishing Fishery fishing authorisations amongst number of vessels

authorisations Member States present at any time

Directed fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 pm (2) Not relevant

mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W pm

Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the pm BE pm periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December,

those vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N DE pm pm

and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines FR pm

UK pm

Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the pm DE (3) pm pm (4) 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 FR

(3)

south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60°00′ N, 6°00′ pm

W

Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 pm Not relevant pm (4) mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend

EN 3 EN

Number of Allocation of fishing Maximum

Area of fishing Fishery fishing authorisations amongst number of vessels

authorisations Member States present at any time

Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations pm DE pm pm may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese

authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main DK pm

fishing area of blue whiting’ FR pm

NL pm

UK pm

SE pm

ES pm

IE pm

PT pm

Line fisheries pm UK pm pm

EN 4 EN

Number of Allocation of fishing Maximum

Area of fishing Fishery fishing authorisations amongst number of vessels

authorisations Member States present at any time

Mackerel DK pm

BE pm

DE pm

FR pm pm pm

IE pm

NL pm

SE pm

UK pm

Herring, north of 62° 00' N DK pm

DE pm

IE pm

FR pm pm pm

NL pm

PL pm

SE pm

UK pm

EN 5 EN

Number of Allocation of fishing Maximum

Area of fishing Fishery fishing authorisations amongst number of vessels

authorisations Member States present at any time

1, 2b (5) Fishery for snow crab with pots EE 1 Not applicable

ES 1

20 LV 11

LT 4

PL 3

  • (1) 
    Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice. (2) Those figures 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. (3) Those figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time. (4) Those figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’. (5) The allocation of fishing opportunities available to the Union in the zone of Svalbard is without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the Treaty of Paris of 1920.

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ANNEX IV

ICCAT CONVENTION AREA 1

  • 1. 
    Maximum number of Union bait boats and trolling boats authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Eastern Atlantic

    Spain pm

    France pm

    Union pm

  • 2. 
    Maximum number of Union coastal artisanal fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Mediterranean

    Spain pm

    France pm

    Italy pm

    Cyprus pm 2

    Malta pm 2

    Union pm

1 The numbers shown in sections 1, 2 and 3 may decrease in order to comply with international obligations of the Union.

2 This number may increase if a purse seine vessel is replaced by 10 longline vessels in accordance with footnote 4 or footnote 6 of table A in point 4 of this Annex.

  • 3. 
    Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish actively for bluefin tuna between 8 kg/75 cm and 30 kg/115 cm in the Adriatic Sea for farming purposes

    Croatia pm

    Italy pm

    Union pm

  • 4. 
    Maximum number and total capacity in gross tonnage of fishing vessels of each Member State that may be authorised to fish for, retain on board, tranship, transport, or land bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Table A

Number of fishing vessels 1

Cyprus 2 Greece 3 Croatia Italy France Spain Malta 4

Purse Seiners pm pm pm pm pm pm pm

Longliners pm 5 pm pm pm pm pm pm

Baitboat pm pm pm pm pm pm pm

Handline pm pm pm pm pm 6 pm pm

Trawler pm pm pm pm pm pm pm

Other artisanal 7 pm pm pm pm pm pm pm

1 The numbers in this Table A of section 4 may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.

2 One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels or one small purse seiner and no more than three longline vessels.

3 One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels or one small size purse seine vessel and three other artisanal vessels.

4 One medium size purse seiner may be replaced by no more than 10 longline vessels.

5 Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment.

6 Line vessels operating in the Atlantic.

7 Polyvalent vessels, using multi-gear equipment (longline, handline, trolling line).

Table B

Total capacity in gross tonnage

Cyprus Croatia Greece Italy France Spain Malta

Purse To be To be To be To be To be To be To be Seiners established established established established established established established

Longliners To be To be To be To be To be To be To be established established established established established established established

Baitboats To be To be To be To be To be To be To be established established established established established established established

Handlines To be To be To be To be To be To be To be established established established established established established established

Trawlers To be To be To be To be To be To be To be established established established established established established established

Other To be To be To be To be To be To be To be artisanal established established established established established established established

  • 5. 
    Maximum number of traps engaged in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery authorised by each Member State

    Member State Number of traps 1

    Spain pm

    Italy pm

    Portugal pm

1 This number may be further increased, provided that the international obligations of the Union are complied with.

  • 6. 
    Maximum bluefin tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity for each Member State and maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna that each Member State may allocate to its farms in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Table A

Maximum tuna farming capacity and fattening capacity

Number of farms Capacity (in tonnes)

Spain pm pm

Italy pm pm

Greece pm pm

Cyprus pm pm

Croatia pm pm

Malta pm pm

Table B 1

Maximum input of wild caught bluefin tuna (in tonnes)

Spain pm

Italy pm

Greece pm

Cyprus pm

Croatia pm

Malta pm

Portugal pm

1 The farming capacity of Portugal of 500 tonnes is covered by the unused capacity of the Union set out in table A.

  • 7. 
    The distribution between the Member States of the maximum number of fishing vessels flying the flag of a Member State authorised to fish for northern albacore as a target species in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 520/2007 i shall be as follows:

    Member State Maximum number of vessels

    Ireland pm

    Spain pm

    France pm

    United Kingdom pm

    Portugal pm

  • 8. 
    Maximum number of Union fishing vessels of at least 20 meters length that fish for bigeye tuna in the ICCAT Convention Area shall be as follows:

    Member State Maximum number of vessels Maximum number of vessels with purse seines with longlines

    Spain pm pm

    France pm pm

    Portugal pm pm

    Union pm pm ANNEX V

CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

PART A PROHIBITION OF DIRECTED FISHING IN CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA

Target species Zone Period of prohibition

Sharks (all species) Convention Area pm

Notothenia rossii FAO 48.1. Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area

FAO 48.2. Antarctic, around the South Orkneys pm

FAO 48.3. Antarctic, around South Georgia

Finfish (1) FAO 48.1. Antarctic

(1)

FAO 48.2. Antarctic pm

Gobionotothen gibberifrons FAO 48.3.

Chaenocephalus aceratus

Pseudochaenichthys georgianus

Lepidonotothen squamifrons pm

Patagonotothen guntheri

Electrona carlsbergi (1)

Dissostichus spp. FAO 48.5. Antarctic pm

Target species Zone Period of prohibition

Dissostichus spp. (1) FAO 88.3. Antarctic

FAO 58.5.1. Antarctic (1) (2)

FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic east of 79° 20' E and

outside the EEZ to the west of 79° 20' E (1) pm FAO 58.4.4. Antarctic (1) (2)

FAO 58.6. Antarctic

  • (1) 
    (2)

FAO 58.7. Antarctic

(1)

Lepidonotothen squamifrons (1) (2) FAO 58.4.4. pm

All species except FAO 58.5.2. Antarctic

Champsocephalus gunnari and pm

Dissostichus eleginoides

Dissostichus mawsoni FAO 48.4. Antarctic (1) within the area bounded by latitudes 55° 30' S and 57° 20' S and by pm longitudes 25o 30' W and 29o 30' W

  • (1) 
    Except for scientific research purposes.
  • (2) 
    Excluding waters subject to national jurisdiction (EEZs).

    PART B TACs AND BY-CATCH LIMITS FOR EXPLORATORY FISHERIES IN THE CCAMLR CONVENTION AREA IN 2018/2019

    SSRUs

    Subarea/ Dissostichus

    By-catch catch limit (in tonnes)

Division Region Season mawsoni catch limit SSRU Limit Skates Macrourus Other (in tonnes)

and rays spp. species

58.4.1. Whole Division A, B, D, F, H pm 5841-1 pm pm pm

C (including 58.4.1_1, 58.4. 1_2) 5841-2 pm pm pm pm

5841-3 pm pm pm pm pm

E (58.4.1_3, 58.4.1_4) 5841-4 pm pm pm pm

5841-5 pm pm pm

G (including 58.4.1_5, 58.4.1_6) pm 5841-6 pm pm pm

58.4.2. Whole Division A, B, C, D pm pm pm pm pm pm E (including 58.4.2_1) pm

58.4.3a. Whole

Division58.4.3a._1 pm Not relevant pm pm pm pm

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SSRUs By-catch catch limit (in tonnes)

Subarea/ Dissostichus

Division Region Season mawsoni catch limit SSRU Limit Skates Macrourus Other (in tonnes)

and rays spp. species

88.1. Whole Subarea A, B, C, G pm (1) A, B, C, G (1) pm pm pm

G, H, I, J, K pm (4) G, H, I, J, K (4) pm pm pm

pm Special Research Zone of the pm (5) pm (2) (3) Special Research Zone of

Ross Sea Region marine protected the Ross Sea Region pm pm pm area marine protected area (5)

88.2. Whole Subarea (6) C, D, E, F, G pm 7) C, D, E, F, G, H, I pm pm pm

pm H pm pm

I pm

1 Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area and north of 70° S. 2 Including 45 tonnes for Ross Sea survey. 3 Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross sea region marine protected area. 4 Including for 88.2 A and B outside the Ross Sea region marine protected area and south of 70° S. 5 Including for 88.2 A within the Special Research Zone of the Ross Sea region marine protected area. 6 Excluding 88.2 A and B which are included in 88.1. 7 Overall limit with no more than 200 tonnes in each research block.

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Appendix to Annex V, Part B

List of Small-Scale Research Units (SSRUs)

Region SSRU Boundary line

48.6 A From 50° S 20° W, due east to 1°30' E, due south to 60° S, due west to 20° W, due north to 50° S.

B From 60° S 20° W, due east to 10° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 20° W, due north to 60° S.

C From 60° S 10° W, due east to 0° longitude, due south to coast, westward along coast to 10° W, due north to 60° S.

D From 60° S 0° longitude, due east to 10° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 0° longitude, due north to 60° S.

E From 60° S 10° E, due east to 20° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 10° E, due north to 60° S.

F From 60° S 20° E, due east to 30° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 20° E, due north to 60° S.

G From 50° S 1° 30' E, due east to 30° E, due south to 60° S, due west to 1° 30' E, due north to 50° S.

58.4.1 A From 55° S 86° E, due east to 150° E, due south to 60° S, due west to 86° E, due north to 55° S.

B From 60° S 86° E, due east to 90° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 80° E, due north to 64° S, due east to 86° E, due north to 60° S.

C From 60° S 90° E, due east to 100° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 90° E, due north to 60° S.

D From 60° S 100° E, due east to 110° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 100° E, due north to 60° S.

E From 60° S 110° E, due east to 120° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 110° E, due north to 60° S.

F From 60° S 120° E, due east to 130° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 120° E, due north to 60° S.

Region SSRU Boundary line

G From 60° S 130° E, due east to 140° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 130° E, due north to 60° S.

H From 60° S 140° E, due east to 150° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 140° E, due north to 60° S.

58.4.2 A From 62° S 30° E, due east to 40° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 30° E, due north to 62° S.

B From 62° S 40° E, due east to 50° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 40° E, due north to 62° S.

C From 62° S 50° E, due east to 60° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 50° E, due north to 62° S.

D From 62° S 60° E, due east to 70° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 60° E, due north to 62° S.

E From 62° S 70° E, due east to 73° 10' E, due south to 64° S, due east to 80° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 70° E, due north to 62° S.

58.4.3a A Whole division, from 56° S 60° E, due east to 73°10' E, due south to 62° S, due west to 60° E, due north to 56° S.

58.4.3b A From 56° S 73° 10' E, due east to 79° E, south to 59° S, due west to 73°10' E, due north to 56° S.

B From 60° S 73° 10' E, due east to 86° E, south to 64° S, due west to 73°10' E, due north to 60° S.

C From 59° S 73° 10' E, due east to 79° E, south to 60° S, due west to 73°10' E, due north to 59° S.

D From 59° S 79° E, due east to 86° E, south to 60° S, due west to 79° E, due north to 59° S.

E From 56° S 79° E, due east to 80° E, due north to 55° S, due east to 86° E, south to 59° S, due west to 79° E, due north to 56°S.

Region SSRU Boundary line

58.4.4 A From 51° S 40° E, due east to 42° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 40° E, due north to 51° S.

B From 51° S 42° E, due east to 46° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 42° E, due north to 51° S.

C From 51° S 46° E, due east to 50° E, due south to 54° S, due west to 46° E, due north to 51° S.

D Whole division excluding SSRUs A, B, C, and with outer boundary from 50° S 30° E, due east to 60° E, due south to 62° S, due west to 30° E, due north to 50° S.

58.6 A From 45° S 40° E, due east to 44° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 40° E, due north to 45° S.

B From 45° S 44° E, due east to 48° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 44° E, due north to 45° S.

C From 45° S 48° E, due east to 51° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 48° E, due north to 45° S.

D From 45° S 51° E, due east to 54° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 51° E, due north to 45° S.

58.7 A From 45° S 37° E, due east to 40° E, due south to 48° S, due west to 37° E, due north to 45° S.

88.1 A From 60° S 150° E, due east to 170° E, due south to 65° S, due west to 150° E, due north to 60° S.

B From 60° S 170° E, due east to 179° E, due south to 66°40' S, due west to 170° E, due north to 60° S.

C From 60° S 179° E, due east to 170° W, due south to 70° S, due west to 178° W, due north to 66°40' S, due west to 179° E, due north to 60° S.

D From 65° S 150° E, due east to 160° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 150° E, due north to 65° S.

Region SSRU Boundary line

E From 65° S 160° E, due east to 170° E, due south to 68° 30' S, due west to 160° E, due north to 65° S.

F From 68° 30' S 160° E, due east to 170° E, due south to coast, westward along coast to 160° E, due north to 68° 30' S.

G From 66° 40' S 170° E, due east to 178° W, due south to 70° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due south to 70° 50' S, due west to 170° E, due north to 66°40' S.

H From 70° 50' S 170° E, due east to 178° 50' E, due south to 73° S, due west to coast, northward along coast to 170° E, due north to 70° 50' S.

I From 70° S 178° 50' E, due east to 170° W, due south to 73° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due north to 70° S.

J From 73° S at coast near 170° E, due east to 178° 50' E, due south to 80° S, due west to 170° E, northward along coast to 73° S.

K From 73° S 178° 50' E, due east to 170° W, due south to 76° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due north to 73° S.

L From 76° S 178° 50' E, due east to 170° W, due south to 80° S, due west to 178° 50' E, due north to 76° S.

M From 73° S at coast near 169° 30' E, due east to 170° E, due south to 80° S, due west to coast, northward along coast to 73° S.

88.2 A From 60° S 170° W, due east to 160° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 170° W, due north to 60° S.

B From 60° S 160° W, due east to 150° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 160° W, due north to 60° S.

C From 70° 50' S 150° W, due east to 140° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 150° W, due north to 70° 50' S.

D From 70° 50' S 140° W, due east to 130° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 140° W, due north to 70° 50' S.

Region SSRU Boundary line

E From 70° 50' S 130° W, due east to 120° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 130° W, due north to 70° 50' S.

F From 70° 50' S 120° W, due east to 110° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 120° W, due north to 70° 50' S.

G From 70°50' S 110° W, due east to 105° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 110° W, due north to 70° 50' S.

H From 65° S 150° W, due east to 105° W, due south to 70° 50' S, due west to 150° W, due north to 65° S.

I From 60° S 150° W, due east to 105° W, due south to 65° S, due west to 150°W, due north to 60° S.

88.3 A From 60° S 105° W, due east to 95° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 105° W, due north to 60° S.

B From 60° S 95° W, due east to 85° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 95° W, due north to 60° S.

C From 60° S 85° W, due east to 75° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 85° W, due north to 60° S.

D From 60° S 75° W, due east to 70° W, due south to coast, westward along coast to 75° W, due north to 60° S.

PART C

ANNEX 21-03/A

NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FISHERY FOR EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA

General information

Member: .................................................................................................................................................

Fishing season: .......................................................................................................................................

Name of vessel: ......................................................................................................................................

Expected level of catch (tonne): .............................................................................................................

Vessel’s daily processing capacity (tonnes in green weight): ................................................................

Intended fishing subareas and divisions

This conservation measure applies to notifications of intentions to fish for krill in Subareas 48.1, 48.2, 48.3 and 48.4 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2. Intentions to fish for krill in other subareas and divisions must be notified under Conservation Measure 21-02.

Subarea/Division Tick the appropriate boxes

48.1 □

48.2 □

48.3 □

48.4 □

58.4.1 □

58.4.2 □

Fishing technique: Tick the appropriate boxes

□ Conventional trawl

□ Continuous fishing system

□ Pumping to clear codend

□ Other method: Please specify

Product types and methods for direct estimation of green weight of krill caught

Method for direct estimation of green weight of Product type krill caught, where relevant (refer to

Annex 21-03/B) (1)

Whole frozen

Boiled

Meal

Oil

Other product, please specify

  • (1) 
    If the method is not listed in Annex 21-03/B, then please describe in detail

Net configuration

Net measurements Net 1 Net 2 Other net(s)

Net opening (mouth)

Maximum vertical opening (m)

Maximum horizontal opening (m)

Net circumference at mouth (1) (m)

Mouth area (m 2 )

Panel average mesh size (3) (mm) Outer (2) Inner (2) (2) Outer Inner (2) Outer (2) Inner (2)

1st panel

2nd panel

3rd panel

Final panel (Codend)

  • (1) 
    Expected in operational conditions.
  • (2) 
    Size of outer mesh, and inner mesh where a liner is used.
  • (3) 
    Inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01.

Net diagram(s): ......................................................................................................................................

For each net used, or any change in net configuration, refer to the relevant net diagram in the CCAMLR fishing gear library if available (www.ccamlr.org/node/74407), or submit a detailed diagram and description to the forthcoming meeting of WG-EMM. Net diagrams must include:

  • 1. 
    Length and width of each trawl panel (in sufficient detail to allow calculation of the angle of each panel with respect to water flow.)
  • 2. 
    Mesh size (inside measurement of stretched mesh based on the procedure in Conservation Measure 22-01), shape (e.g. diamond shape) and material (e.g. polypropylene).
  • 3. 
    Mesh construction (e.g. knotted, fused).
  • 4. 
    Details of streamers used inside the trawl (design, location on panels, indicate ‘nil’ if streamers are not in use); streamers prevent krill fouling the mesh or escaping.

Marine mammal exclusion device

Device diagram(s): .................................................................................................................................

For each type of device used, or any change in device configuration, refer to the relevant diagram in the CCAMLR fishing gear library if available (www.ccamlr.org/node/74407), or submit a detailed diagram and description to the forthcoming meeting of WG-EMM.

Collection of acoustic data

Provide information on the echosounders and sonars used by the vessel.

Type (e.g. echosounder, sonar)

Manufacturer

Model

Transducer frequencies (kHz)

Collection of acoustic data (detailed description): .................................................................................

Outline steps which will be taken to collect acoustic data to provide information on the distribution and abundance of Euphausia superba and other pelagic species such as myctophiids and salps (SC-CAMLR-XXX, paragraph 2.10)

ANNEX 21-03/B

GUIDELINES FOR ESTIMATING THE GREEN WEIGHT OF KRILL CAUGHT

Parameter Method Equation (kg)

Description Type Estimation method Unit

Holding W*L*H*ρ*1 000 W = tank width Constant Measure at the start m tank of fishing

volume L = tank length Constant Measure at the start m

of fishing

ρ = volume-to-mass Variable Volume-to-mass kg/litre conversion factor conversion

H = depth of krill in Haul-specific Direct observation m tank

Flow V*F 1 krill *ρ V = volume of krill Haul -specific Direct observation litre meter (1) and water combined

F krill = fraction of Haul 1 -specific Flow meter volume -

krill in the sample correction

ρ = volume-to-mass Variable Volume-to-mass kg/litre conversion factor conversion

Flow (V*ρ)–M V = volume of krill Haul 1 -specific Direct observation litre meter (2) paste

M = amount of Haul 1 -specific Direct observation kg water added to the process, converted to mass

ρ = density of krill Variable Direct observation kg/litre paste Parameter

Method Equation (kg) Description Type Estimation method Unit

Flow scale M*(1–F) M = mass of krill Haul 2 -specific Direct observation kg and water combined

F = fraction of water Variable Flow scale mass - in the sample correction

Plate tray (M–M tray )*N M tray = mass of Constant Direct observation kg empty tray prior to fishing

M = mean mass of Variable Direct observation, kg krill and tray prior to freezing combined with water drained

N = number of trays Haul-specific Direct observation -

Meal M meal *MCF M meal = mass of Haul-specific Direct observation kg conversion meal produced

MCF = meal Variable Meal to whole krill - conversion factor conversion

Codend W*H*L*ρ*π/4*1 000 W = codend width Constant Measure at the start m volume of fishing

H = codend height Constant Measure at the start m of fishing

ρ = volume-to-mass Variable Volume-to-mass kg/litre conversion factor conversion

L = codend length Haul-specific Direct observation m

Other Please specify

  • (1) 
    Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.
  • (2) 
    Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or a two-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

Observation steps and frequency

Holding tank volume

At the start of fishing Measure the width and length of the holding tank (if the tank is not rectangular in shape, then additional measurements may be required; precision ±0,05 m)

Every month (1) Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the holding tank

Every haul Measure the depth of krill in the tank (if krill are held in the tank between hauls, then measure the difference in depth; precision ±0,1 m)

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

Flow meter (1)

Prior to fishing Ensure that the flow meter is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)

More than once per Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion (ρ) derived from the drained month (1) mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the flow meter

Every haul (2) Obtain a sample from the flow meter and:

measure the volume (e.g. 10 litres) of krill and water combined

estimate the flow meter volume correction derived from the drained

volume of krill

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

Flow meter (2)

Prior to fishing Ensure that both flow meters (one for the krill product and one for the water added) are calibrated (i.e. show the same, correct reading)

Every week (1) Estimate the density (ρ) of the krill product (ground krill paste) by measuring the mass of a known volume of krill product (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the corresponding flow meter

Every haul (2) Read both flow meters, and calculate the total volumes of the krill product (ground krill paste) and that of the water added; density of the water is assumed to be 1 kg/litre

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

Flow scale

Prior to fishing Ensure that the flow scale is measuring whole krill (i.e. prior to processing)

Every haul (2) Obtain a sample from the flow scale and:

measure the mass of krill and water combined

estimate the flow scale mass correction derived from the drained mass of

krill

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

Plate tray

Prior to fishing Measure the mass of the tray (if trays vary in design, then measure the mass of each type; precision ±0,1 kg)

Every haul Measure the mass of krill and tray combined (precision ±0,1 kg)

Count the number of trays used (if trays vary in design, then count the

number of trays of each type)

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

Meal conversion

Every month (1) Estimate the meal to whole krill conversion by processing 1 000 to 5 000 kg (drained mass) of whole krill

Every haul Measure the mass of meal produced

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation) Codend volume

At the start of fishing Measure the width and height of the codend (precision ±0,1 m)

Every month (1) Estimate the volume-to-mass conversion derived from the drained mass of krill in a known volume (e.g. 10 litres) taken from the codend

Every haul Measure the length of codend containing krill (precision ±0,1 m)

Estimate the green weight of krill caught (using equation)

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  • (1) 
    A new period will commence when the vessel moves to a new subarea or division.
  • (2) 
    Individual haul when using a conventional trawl, or integrated over a six-hour period when using the continuous fishing system.

ANNEX VI

IOTC AREA OF COMPETENCE

  • 1. 
    Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence

    Member State Maximum number of vessels Capacity (gross tonnage)

Spain 22 61 364

France 27 45 383

Portugal 5 1 627

Italy 1 2 137

Union 55 110 511

  • 2. 
    Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area of Competence

    Member State Maximum number of vessels Capacity (gross tonnage)

Spain 27 11 590

France 41 (1) 7 882

Portugal 15 6 925

United Kingdom 4 1 400

Union 87 27 797

  • (1) 
    This figure does not include vessels registered in Mayotte; it may be increased in the future in accordance with Mayotte’s fleet development plan.
  • 3. 
    The vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Area of Competence.
  • 4. 
    The vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Area of Competence.

ANNEX VII

WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

Maximum number of Union fishing vessels authorised to fish for swordfish in areas south of 20° S of the WCPFC Convention Area

Spain pm

Union pm

ANNEX VIII

QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF FISHING AUTHORISATIONS FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS FISHING IN UNION WATERS

Maximum number

Flag State Fishery Number of fishing authorisations of vessels present at

any time

Norway Herring, north of 62° 00' N pm pm

Faroe Islands Mackerel, 6a (north of 56° 30' N), 2a,

4a (north of 59º N)

Horse mackerel, 4, 6a (north of 56° 30' pm pm

N), 7e, 7f, 7h

Herring, north of 62° 00' N pm pm

Herring, 3a pm pm

Industrial fishing for Norway pout, 4, 6a (north of 56° 30' N) (including

unavoidable by-catches of blue pm pm

whiting)

Ling and tusk pm pm

Blue whiting, 2, 4a, 5, 6a (north of 56° 30' N), 6b, 7 (west pm pm of 12° 00' W)

Blue ling pm pm

Venezuela (1) Snappers (French Guiana waters) pm pm

  • (1) 
    To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking’s plant. Such a contract 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 Guianese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement 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.

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Behandeld document

8 nov
'18
Voorstel voor een VERORDENING VAN DE RAAD tot vaststelling, voor 2019, van de vangstmogelijkheden voor sommige visbestanden en groepen visbestanden welke in de wateren van de Unie en, voor vissersvaartuigen van de Unie, in bepaalde wateren buiten de Unie van toepassing zijn
PROPOSAL
Secretary-General of the European Commission
13731/18
 
 
 

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