
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes fishing opportunities for the year 2005, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, and the specific conditions under which such fishing opportunities may be used.
However, for certain Antarctic stocks, it fixes the fishing opportunities and specific conditions for the periods set out in Annex IF.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall apply to:

((a)) Community fishing vessels (‘Community vessels’); and
((b)) fishing vessels flying the flag of, and registered in, third countries (‘third country vessels’) in waters falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Member States (‘EC waters’).
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘fishing opportunities’ means:

((i)) total allowable catches (‘TACs’) or the number of vessels authorised to fish and/or the duration of these authorisations;
((ii)) shares of the TACs available to the Community;
((iii)) quotas allocated to the Community in third country waters;
((iv)) allocation of Community fishing opportunities under (ii) and (iii) to Member States in the form of quotas;
((v)) allocation to third countries of quotas to be fished in Community waters;
((b)) ‘international waters’ means waters falling outside the sovereignty or jurisdiction of any State;
((c)) ‘NAFO Regulatory Area’ means the part of the area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) Convention not falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of coastal States;
((d)) ‘Skagerrak’ means the area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast;
((e)) ‘Kattegat’ means the area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen;
((f)) ‘North Sea’ means ICES Sub-area IV and that part of ICES Division IIIa which is not covered by the definition of the Skagerrak given in point (d);
((g)) ‘Gulf of Riga’ means the area bounded on the west bya line drawn from Ovisi lighthouse (57°34.1234′N, 21°42.9574′E) on the west coast of Latvia to the Southern Rock of Cape Loode (57°57.4760′N, 21°58.2789′E) on the island of Saaremaa, then southwards to the southernmost point of the peninsula of Sõrve and then in a north-eastern direction along the east coast of the island of Saaremaa, and in the north by a line drawn from 58°30.0′N 23°13.2′E to 58°30.0′N 23°41′1E;
((h)) ‘Gulf of Cadiz’ means the area of ICES Sub-division IXa east of longitue 7°23′48″W.
Article 4 
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following zone definitions shall apply:

((a)) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic;
((b)) CECAF (Eastern Central Atlantic or FAO major fishing zone 34) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 of 23 October 1995 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic;
((c)) NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) zones are as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 of 30 June 1993 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the Northwest Atlantic;
((d)) CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 601/2004.
CHAPTER II
Article 5 

1. Fishing opportunities for Community vessels in Community waters or in certain non-Community waters and the allocation of such fishing opportunities among Member States shall be as set out in Annex I.
2. Community vessels are hereby authorised to make catches, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway, and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen, subject to the conditions set out in Articles 9, 16 and 17.
3. The Commission shall fix the fishing opportunities for capelin in zones V, XIV (Greenland waters) available to the Community equal to 7,7 % of the capelin TAC as soon as the TAC has been established.
4. Fishing opportunities for the stocks of blue whiting in zones I-XIV (EC waters and international waters) and herring in zones I and II (EC waters and international waters) may be increased by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 when third countries do not respect a responsible management of those stocks.
Article 6 
The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States as set out in Annex I shall be without prejudice to:

((a)) exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;
((b)) reallocations made pursuant to Article 21(4), Article 23(1) and Article 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93;
((c)) additional landings allowed under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
((d)) quantities withheld in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
((e)) deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96.
Article 7 
For 2005, the following stocks shall be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation:

((a)) the stocks which are subject to a precautionary or to an analytical TAC;
((b)) the stocks to which the year-to-year flexibility conditions set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 are to apply; and
((c)) the stocks to which the penalty coefficients provided for in Article 5(2) of that Regulation are to apply.
Article 8 

1. Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless:
(a) the catches have been taken by vessels of a Member State having a quota and that quota is not exhausted; or
(b) the catches from part of a Community share which has not been allocated by quota among Member States, and that share has not been exhausted; or
(c) for all species other than herring and mackerel, where they are mixed with other species, the catches have been taken with nets whose mesh size is less than 32 millimetres in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, and are not sorted either on board or on landing; or
(d) for herring, the catches comply with the measures referred to in point 12 of Annex III; or
(e) for mackerel, where they are mixed with horse mackerel or pilchard, the mackerel does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of mackerel, horse mackerel and pilchard on board, and the catches are not sorted either on board or on landing; or
(f) catches are taken during the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EC) No 850/98 or Regulation (EC) No 88/98.
2. All landings shall count against the quota or, if the Community share has not been allocated between Member States by quotas, against the Community share, except for catches made under the provisions of paragraph 1 (c), (e) and (f).
3. By derogation from paragraph 1, when fishing opportunities of a Member State for herring in Sub-areas II (EC waters), III, IV and subdivision VII d are exhausted, it shall be prohibited for vessels, flying the flag of that Member State, and registered in the Community, and operating within the fisheries to which the relevant catch limitations apply, to land catches which are unsorted and which contain herring.
4. The determination of the percentage of by-catches and their disposal shall be made in accordance with Articles 4 and 11 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 88/98.
Article 9 
No fishing by Community vessels shall take place in the Skagerrak within 12 nautical miles from the baselines of Norway. However, vessels flying the flag of Denmark or Sweden shall be allowed to fish up to 4 miles from the baselines of Norway.
Article 10 
The measures set out in Annex II shall apply with regard to the landing of unsorted landings from Sub-areas IIa (EC waters), III, IV and VIId.
Article 11 
The technical measures set out in Annex III shall apply in 2005 in addition to those set out in Regulation (EC) No 850/98, Regulation (EC) No 88/98, Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 and Regulation (EC) No 973/2001.
Detailed rules for the implementation of point 10 of Annex III may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
Article 12 

1. For the period 1 January to 31 January 2005, for the management of cod stocks in Kattegat, North Sea, Eastern Channel, Skagerrak, to the West of Scotland and in the Irish Sea the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in points 1 to 5, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e and 7 to 22 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 shall apply.
2. For the period 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005 for the management of cod stocks mentioned in paragraph 1, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex IVa shall apply.
3. From the 1 February 2005, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex IVb shall apply to the management of fisheries in the Cantabrian Sea and the Western Iberian peninsula.
4. From 1 February 2005, the fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex IVc shall apply to the management of the stock of sole in the Western Channel.
5. The fishing effort limitations and associated conditions laid down in Annex V shall apply to the management of sandeel stocks in Skagerrak and the North Sea.
6. The Commission shall fix the final fishing effort for 2005 for the fisheries on sandeel in zones IIa, IIIa, IV based on the rules laid down in point 6 of Annex V.
7. All vessels using gear types identified in points 4 of Annexes IVa, IVb, IVc respectively and fishing in areas defined in points 2 of Annexes IVa, IVb, IVc respectively shall hold a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.
8. Member States shall ensure that for 2005 the fishing effort levels, measured in kilowatt days absent from port, by vessels holding deep-sea fishing permits do not exceed 90 % of the average annual fishing effort deployed by that Member State's vessels in 2003 on trips when deep-sea fishing permits were held and deep-sea species, as listed in Annex I and Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, excluding greater silver smelt, were caught.
CHAPTER III
Article 13 
Vessels flying the flag of Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela and vessels registered in the Faroe Islands shall be authorised to make catches in Community waters, within the quota limits set out in Annex I, and subject to the conditions provided for in Articles 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24.
Article 14 
Fishing by vessels flying the flag of:

((a)) Norway or registered in the Faroe Islands shall be limited to those parts of the 200 nautical mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of Member States in the North Sea, Kattegat and the Atlantic Ocean north of 43°00′N, except the area referred to in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002; fishing in the Skagerrak by vessels flying the flag of Norway shall be allowed seawards of four nautical miles from the baselines of Denmark and Sweden;
((b)) Barbados, Guyana, Japan, South Korea, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela shall be limited to those parts of the 200-nautical-mile zone lying seawards of 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the French Department of Guyana.
Article 15 
Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed shall not be retained on board or landed unless the catches have been taken by vessels of a third country having a quota and that quota is not exhausted.
CHAPTER IV
Article 16 

1. Notwithstanding the general rules on fishing licences and special fishing permits provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1627/94, fishing in waters of third countries shall be subject to the holding of a licence issued by the authorities of the third country.However, the first subparagraph shall not apply to the following Community vessels, when fishing in Norwegian waters of the North Sea:
(a) vessels of a tonnage equal to or less than 200 GT;
(b) vessels carrying out fisheries for human consumption for species other than mackerel;
(c) vessels flying the flag of Sweden, in line with established practice.
2. The maximum number of licences and other associated conditions shall be fixed as set out in Part I of Annex VI. Requests for licences shall indicate the types of fishing and the name and characteristics of the vessels for which licences are to be issued and shall be addressed by the authorities of the Member States to the Commission. The Commission shall submit these requests to the authorities of the third country concerned.If one Member State transfers quota to another Member State (swap) in the fishing areas set out in Part I of Annex VI, the transfer shall include an appropriate transfer of licences and shall be notified to the Commission. However, the total number of licences for each fishing area, as set out in Part I of Annex VI, shall not be exceeded.
3. Community vessels shall comply with the conservation and control measures and all other provisions governing the zone in which they operate.
Article 17 
Community vessels licensed to conduct a directed fishery for one species in waters of the Faroe Islands may conduct directed fishery for another species provided that they give prior notification of the change to the Faroese authorities.
CHAPTER V
Article 18 

1. Notwithstanding Article 28b of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, vessels flying the flag of Norway of less than 200 GT shall be exempt from the obligation to have a licence and a fishing permit.
2. The licence and special fishing permit shall be kept on board. However, vessels registered in the Faroe Islands or Norway shall be exempt from that obligation.
3. Vessels from third countries authorised to fish on 31 December 2004 may continue to fish as from 1 January 2005 until the list of vessels authorised to fish is submitted to and approved by the Commission.
Article 19 
An application to the Commission for a licence and special fishing permit from an authority of a third country shall be accompanied by the following information:

((a)) name of the vessel;
((b)) registration number;
((c)) external identification letters and numbers;
((d)) port of registration;
((e)) name and address of the owner or charterer;
((f)) gross tonnage and overall length;
((g)) engine power;
((h)) call sign and radio frequency;
((i)) intended method of fishing;
((j)) intended area of fishing;
((k)) species for which it is intended to fish;
((l)) period for which a licence is required.
Article 20 
The number of licences and special associated conditions shall be fixed as set out in Part II of Annex VI.
Article 21 

1. Licences and special fishing permits may be cancelled with a view to the issue of new licences and special fishing permits. Such cancellations shall take effect on the day preceding the date of issue of the new licences and special fishing permits by the Commission. New licences and special fishing permits shall take effect from their date of issue.
2. Licences and special fishing permits shall be wholly or partially withdrawn before the date of expiry if the quota for the stock in question set out in Annex I has been exhausted.
3. Licences and special fishing permits shall be withdrawn in the event of any failure to meet the obligations laid down in this Regulation.
Article 22 

1. For a period not exceeding 12 months, no licence and special fishing permit shall be issued for any vessel in respect of which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have not been fulfilled.
2. The Commission shall submit to the authorities of the third country concerned the names and characteristics of the vessels which will not be authorised to fish in the Community fishing zone for the following month or months as a consequence of an infringement of the relevant rules.
Article 23 

1. Third-country vessels shall comply with the conservation and control measures and other provisions governing fishing of Community vessels in the zone in which they operate, in particular Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94, (EC) No 88/98, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 1434/98 and (EEC) No 1381/87.
2. The vessels referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep a logbook in which the information set out in Part I of Annex VII, shall be entered.
3. Third-country vessels, except vessels flying the flag of Norway fishing in ICES Division IIIa, shall transmit the information set out in Annex VIII to the Commission, in accordance with the rules laid down in that Annex.
Article 24 

1. The granting of licences to fish in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be subject to an undertaking by the owner of the vessel concerned to permit an observer to come on board at the Commission's request.
2. The master of each vessel in possession of a licence for finfish or tuna fishing in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall, on landing the catch after each trip, submit a declaration to the French authorities stating the quantities of shrimp caught and kept on board since the last declaration. This declaration shall be in accordance with the model set out in Part III of Annex VI. The master shall be responsible for the accuracy of the declaration. The French authorities shall take all appropriate measures to verify the accuracy of the declarations, by checking them in particular against the logbook referred to in Article 23(2). The declaration shall be signed by the competent official after it has been verified. Before the end of each month, the French authorities shall send to the Commission all the declarations relating to the preceding month.
3. Vessels fishing in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall keep a logbook corresponding to the model appearing in Part II of Annex VII. A copy of this logbook shall be sent to the Commission within 30 days of the last day of each fishing trip, via the French authorities.
4. If, for a period of one month, the Commission receives no communication concerning a vessel in possession of a licence to fish in waters of the French Department of Guyana, the licence of that vessel shall be withdrawn.
CHAPTER VI
SECTION 1
Article 25 

1. Only Community vessels of more than 50 gross tonnes which have been issued a special fishing permit by their flag Member State and are included in the NAFO vessel register shall be authorised, on the conditions set out in the permit, to fish, keep on board, trans-ship and land fishery resources from the NAFO Regulatory Area.
2. Each Member State shall inform the Commission in computer readable form, at least 15 days before the new vessel enters the NAFO Regulatory area, of any amendment to its list of vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community that are authorized to fish in the NAFO Regulatory area. The Commission shall forward this information promptly to the NAFO Secretariat.
3. The information referred to in paragraph 2 shall include the following information:
(a) the internal number of the vessel, as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register;
(b) the international radio call sign;
(c) the vessel charterer, where applicable;
(d) the vessel type.
4. For vessels temporarily flying the flag of a Member State (bare boat charter), the information forwarded shall include:
(a) the date from which the vessel has been authorised to fly the flag of the Member State;
(b) the date from which the vessel has been authorised by the Member State to engage in fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area;
(c) the name of the State where the vessel is registered or has been previously registered and the date as from which it ceased flying the flag of that State;
(d) the name of the vessel;
(e) the official registration number of the vessel assigned by the competent national authorities;
(f) the home port of the vessel after the transfer;
(g) the name of owner or charterer of the vessel;
(h) a declaration that the master has been provided with a copy of the regulations in force in the NAFO Regulatory Area;
(i) the principal species which can be fished by the vessel in the NAFO Regulatory Area;
(j) the sub-areas where the vessel may be expected to fish.
SECTION 2
Article 26 

1. The use of trawl net having in any section thereof net meshes of dimensions less than 130 mm shall be prohibited for direct fishing of the groundfish species referred to in Annex IX. This mesh size may be reduced to a minimum of 60 mm for direct fishing of short-finned squid (Illex illecebrosus). For direct fishing of skates (Rajidae) this mesh size shall be increased to a minimum of 280 mm in the cod-end and 220 mm in all other parts of the trawl.
2. Vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) shall use nets with a minimum mesh size of 40 mm.
Article 27 

1. The use of any means or device other than those described in this Article which obstructs the meshes of a net or which diminishes their size shall be prohibited.
2. Canvas, netting or any other material may be attached to the underside of the cod-end in order to reduce or prevent damage.
3. Devices may be attached to the upper side of the cod-end provided that they do not obstruct the meshes of the cod-end. The use of top-side chafers shall be limited to those listed in Annex X.
4. Vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis) shall use sorting grids or grates with a maximum spacing between bars of 22 mm. Vessels fishing for shrimp in Division 3L shall also be equipped with toggle chains of a minimum of 72 cm in length as described in Appendix 4 to Annex III.
Article 28 

1. Masters of vessels may not conduct directed fisheries for species for which by-catch limits apply. A directed fishery for a species is conducted when that species comprises the largest percentage by weight of the catch in any one haul.
2. By-catches of the species listed in Annex ID for which no quotas have been fixed by the Community for a part of the NAFO Regulatory Area and taken in that part when fishing directly for any species may not exceed for each species 2 500 kg or 10 % by weight of the total catch retained on board, whichever is the greater. However, in a part of the NAFO Regulatory Area where directed fishing of certain species is banned or an ‘others’ quota has been fully utilised, by-catches of each of the species listed in Annex ID shall not exceed 1 250 kg or 5 % respectively.
3. Whenever the total amounts of species for which by-catch limits apply in any haul exceed the limits laid down in paragraph 2, whichever is applicable, vessels shall immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the previous haul position. Whenever the total amounts of species for which by-catch limits apply in any subsequent haul exceed the said limits, vessels shall again immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the previous haul position and shall not return to the area for at least 48 hours.
4. For vessels fishing for shrimp (Pandalus borealis), in the event that total by-catches of all species listed in Annex ID in any haul exceed 5 % by weight in Division 3M and 2,5 % in Division 3L, vessels shall immediately move a minimum of five nautical miles from the position of the previous haul.
5. Catches of shrimp shall not be used in the calculation of by-catch level of groundfish species.
Article 29 
Fish from the NAFO Regulatory Area which do not have the size required as set out in Annex XI may not be processed, retained on board, trans-shipped, landed, transported, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale, but shall be returned immediately to the sea. Where the quantity of caught fish not having the required size exceeds 10 % of the total quantity, the vessel shall move away to a distance of at least five nautical miles from any position of the previous haul before continuing fishing. Any processed fish for which minimum fish size requirements apply which is below a length equivalent in Annex XI, shall be deemed to originate from fish that is below the minimum fish size.
SECTION 3
Article 30 

1. All processed fish harvested in the NAFO Regulatory Area shall be labelled in such a way that each species and product category is identifiable. It shall also be marked as having been caught in the NAFO Regulatory Area.
2. All shrimp harvested in Division 3L and all Greenland halibut harvested in Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO shall be marked as having been caught in these respective areas.
3. Catches of the same species shall be stowed clearly separate from catches of other species. All catches taken within the NAFO Regulatory Area shall be stowed separately from catches taken outside this area.Catches may be stowed in more than one part of the hold but in each part of the hold where it is stowed, it shall be kept clearly separate, by the use of plastic, plywood, netting, etc. from catches of other species.
Article 31 

1. In addition to complying with Articles 6, 8, 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, masters of vessels shall enter in the logbook the information listed in Annex XII to this Regulation.
2. Each Member State shall, in computer readable form, before the 15th of each month, notify the Commission of the quantities of stocks specified in Annex XIII landed during the preceding month and communicate any information received under Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
3. The master of a Community vessel shall, in respect of catches of the species listed in Annex ID, keep:
(a) a production logbook stating their cumulative production, by species;
(b) a stowage plan that shows the location of the different species in the holds as well as the quantities of such species on board in product weight stated in kilograms.
4. The production logbook and stowage plan referred to in paragraph 3 shall be updated on a daily basis for the preceding day reckoned from 00.00 hrs (UTC) until 24.00 hrs (UTC) and shall be kept onboard until the vessel has unloaded completely.
5. The master shall provide the necessary assistance to enable the quantities declared in the logbook and the processed products stored on board to be verified.
Article 32 
When fishing directly for one or more of the species listed in Annex IX, vessels shall not carry nets with a mesh size smaller than that laid down in Article 26. However, vessels fishing in the course of the same voyage in areas other than the NAFO Regulatory Area may keep such nets on board provided these nets are securely lashed and stowed and are not available for immediate use, that is to say:

((a)) nets shall be unshackled from their boards and their hauling or trawling cables and ropes; and
((b)) nets carried on or above the deck shall be lashed securely to a part of the superstructure.
Article 33 
Community vessels shall not engage in trans-shipment operations in the NAFO Regulatory Area unless they have received prior authorisation to do so from their competent authorities.
Article 34 

1. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the fishing effort of its vessels referred to in Article 25 is commensurate to the fishing possibilities available to that Member State in the NAFO Regulatory Area.
2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission the fishing plan for their vessels fishing for species in the NAFO Regulatory Area no later than 31 January 2005 or, thereafter, at least 30 days before the commencement of such activity. The fishing plan shall identify, inter alia, the vessel or vessels which will engage in these fisheries and the intended number of fishing days in the NAFO Regulatory Area.Member States shall, on an indicative basis, inform the Commission of the intended activities of the vessels in other areas.The fishing plan shall represent the total fishing effort to be deployed with respect to the fisheries in relation to the extent of the fishing opportunities available to the Member State making the notification.Member States shall, no later than 31 December 2005, report to the Commission on the implementation of their fishing plans, including the number of vessels actually engaged in this fishery and the total number of days fished.
SECTION 4
Article 35 
Each Member State shall report to the Commission daily on the quantities of Northern prawns (Pandalus borealis) caught in Division 3L of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community. All fishing activities shall take place in depths greater than 200 metres and shall be limited to one vessel per each Member State allocation at any one time.
SECTION 5
Article 36 
It shall be prohibited for Community fishing vessels to fish Greenland halibut in NAFO Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO and to retain on board, trans-ship or land Greenland halibut fished in that zone if they do not carry a special fishing permit issued by their flag Member State.
Article 37 

1. Member State shall ensure that vessels to which the special fishing permits referred to in Article 36 are to be issued are included in a list containing their names and internal numbers as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004. Member States shall issue the special fishing permit only when the vessel has been entered into the NAFO vessel register.
2. Each Member State shall send to the Commission the list provided for in paragraph 1 and all subsequent amendments in a computer readable form.
3. Amendments to the list provided for in paragraph 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission at least five days prior to the date that the vessel newly inserted in that list enters Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. The Commission shall promptly forward amendments to the list to the NAFO Secretariat.
4. Each Member State shall take necessary measures to allocate its quota for Greenland halibut among its vessels included in the list referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall inform the Commission of the allocation of quotas not later than 15 days following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 38 

1. Masters of vessels referred to in Article 37(2) shall transmit the following reports to the Flag Member State:
(a) the quantities of Greenland halibut retained onboard when the Community vessel enters Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. This report shall be transmitted not earlier than 12 hours and not later than 6 hours in advance of each entry of the vessel to this zone;
(b) weekly catches of Greenland halibut. This report shall be transmitted for the first time no later than the end of the seventh day following the entry of the vessel into Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3 KLMNO, or, when fishing trips take more than seven days, at the latest on Monday for catches that have been taken in the sub-area 2 and divisions 3 KLMNO during the preceding week ending at midnight on Sunday;
(c) the quantities of Greenland halibut held onboard when the Community vessel exits Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. This report shall be transmitted not earlier than 12 hours and not later than 6 hours in advance of each departure of the vessel from this zone and shall include the number of fishing days and the total catches in this zone;
(d) the quantities loaded and unloaded for each trans-shipment of Greenland halibut during the vessel's stay in Sub-area 2 and Divisions 3KLMNO. These reports shall be transmitted no later than 24 hours after the completion of the trans-shipment.
2. Member States shall, upon receipt, transmit the reports provided for in paragraph 1(a), (c) and (d) to the Commission.
3. When catches of Greenland halibut notified in accordance with paragraph 2 are deemed to have exhausted 70 % of the Member States' quota allocation, masters shall transmit the reports referred to in point 1(b) on a three day basis.
Article 39 

1. It shall be prohibited to land any quantities of Greenland halibut at any place other than ports designated by NAFO Contracting Parties. Landings of Greenland halibut in ports of non-Contracting Parties are prohibited.
2. Member States shall designate ports in which landings of Greenland halibut may take place and shall determine the associated inspection and surveillance procedures, including the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of Greenland halibut within each landing.
3. Member States shall transmit to the Commission within 15 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation a list of designated ports and, within 15 days thereafter, the associated inspection and surveillance procedures referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission shall promptly forward this information to the NAFO Secretariat.
4. The Commission shall promptly transmit the list of the designated ports referred to in paragraph 2 as well as ports designated by other Contracting Parties of NAFO to all Member States.
Article 40 

1. Member States shall ensure that all vessels entering a designated port to land and/or trans-ship Greenland halibut caught within NAFO Sub-Area 2 and Divisions 3 KLMNO are submitted to an inspection in port in accordance with the port inspection scheme of NAFO.
2. It shall be prohibited to discharge and/or trans-ship catches from the vessels referred to in paragraph 1 until the inspectors are present.
3. All quantities discharged shall be weighed by species before being transported to a cold store or another destination.
4. Member States shall transmit the corresponding port inspection report to the NAFO Secretariat, with a copy to the Commission, within seven working days from the date at which the inspection was completed.
Article 41 
Member States shall ensure that landings and trans-shipments of Greenland halibut from non-Contracting Party vessels which have been engaged in fishing activities in the NAFO Regulatory Area are prohibited.
Article 42 
Member States shall submit a report to the Commission by 31 December 2005 at the latest on the implementation of the measures laid down in Articles 36 to 41, including the total number of days fished.
SECTION 6
Article 43 

1. Every second Monday, the master of a Community vessel fishing for redfish in Division Sub-Area 2 and Division IF, 3K and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area, shall notify to the competent authorities of the Member State, whose flag the vessel is flying or in which the vessel is registered, the quantities of redfish caught in those zones in the two-week period ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday.When accumulated catches reach 50 % of the TAC, the notification shall be made weekly each Monday.
2. Member States shall report to the Commission every second Tuesday before 12 noon for the fortnight ending at 12 midnight on the previous Sunday the quantities of redfish caught in Sub-area 2 and Divisions IF, 3K and 3M of the NAFO Regulatory Area by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory.When accumulated catches have reached 50 % of the TAC, reports shall be sent on a weekly basis.
CHAPTER VII
SECTION 1
Article 44 

1. Direct fishing of the species set out in Annex XIV shall be prohibited in the zones and during the periods set out in that Annex.
2. For new and exploratory fisheries, the catch and by-catch limits set out in Annex XV shall apply in the Sub-areas set out in that Annex.
Article 45 

1. In addition to the information requirements relating to authorised vessels set forth in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, Member States shall, as from 1 August 2005, communicate to the Commission the following in respect of such vessels:
(a) vessel IMO number (if issued);
(b) previous flag, if any;
(c) international Radio Call Sign;
(d) name and address of vessel's owner(s), and any beneficial owner(s), if known;
(e) type of vessel;
(f) where and when built;
(g) length;
(h) colour photograph of the vessel, which shall consist of:
((i)) one photograph not smaller than 12 × 7 cm showing the starboard side of the vessel, displaying its full overall length and complete structural features;
((ii)) one photograph not smaller than 12 × 7 cm showing the port side of the vessel, displaying its full overall length and complete structural features;
((iii)) one photograph not smaller than 12 × 7 cm showing the stern, taken directly from astern;
(i) measures taken to ensure tamper-proof operation of the satellite monitoring device installed on board.
2. As from 1 August 2005, Member States shall, to the extent practicable, also communicate to the Commission the following information relating to vessels authorised to fish in the Area of CCAMLR:
(a) name and address of operator, if different from vessel owner(s);
(b) names and nationality of master and, where relevant, of fishing master;
(c) type of fishing method or methods;
(d) beam (m);
(e) gross registered tonnage;
(f) vessel communication types and numbers (INMARSAT A, B and C numbers);
(g) normal crew complement;
(h) power of main engine or engines (kW);
(i) carrying capacity (tonnes), number of fish holds and their capacity (m3);
(j) any other information (e.g. ice classification) considered appropriate.
SECTION 2
Article 46 

1. Fishing vessels flying the flag of and registered in Spain that have been notified to CCAMLR in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 may participate in long-line exploratory fisheries for Dissostichus spp. in Sub-area FAO 88.1, and in Divisions 58.4.1, 58.4.2, 58.4.3a) outside Areas of national jurisdiction and 58.4.3b) outside Areas of national jurisdiction.
2. No more than one fishing vessel shall fish in Divisions 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) at any one time.
3. With regard to Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2, total catch and by-catch limits per Sub-area and Division, and their distribution among Small Scale Research Units (SSRUs) within each of them are set out in Annex XV. Fishing in any SSRU shall cease when the reported catch reaches the specified catch limit and that SSRU shall be closed to fishing for the remainder of the season.
4. Fishing shall take place over as large a geographical and bathymetric range as possible to obtain the information necessary to determine fishery potential and to avoid over-concentration of catch and fishing effort. However, fishing in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 will be prohibited in depths less than 550 m.
Article 47 
Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall be subject to the following catch and effort reporting systems:

((a)) the Five-day Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004, with the exception that Member States shall submit to the Commission catch and effort reports not later than two working days after the end of each reporting period, for immediate transmission to CCAMLR. In Sub-area 88.1 and in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.42, reporting will be made by Small Scale Research Units;
((b)) the Monthly fine-scale Catch and Effort Reporting System set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;
((c)) the total number and weight of Dissostichus eleginoides and Dissostichus mawsoni discarded, including those with the ‘jellymeat’ condition, shall be reported.
Article 48 

1. The exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Council Regulation (EC) No 600/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain technical measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources with regard to applicable measures to reduce the incidental mortality of seabirds in the course of long-line fisheries. In addition to these measures:
(a) the discharge of offal shall be prohibited in these fisheries;
(b) vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 which comply with CCAMLR Protocols (A, B or C) for longline weighting shall be exempted from the night setting requirement; however, vessels which catch a total of three (3) seabird shall immediately revert to night setting in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 601/2004;
(c) vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.3a) and 58.4.3b) which catch a total of three (3) seabirds shall cease fishing immediately and shall not be permitted to fish outside the normal fishing season for the remainder of the 2004/2005 season.
2. Fishing vessels participating in exploratory fisheries in FAO Sub-area 88.1 shall be subject to the following additional requirements:
(a) vessels shall be prohibited from discharging:
((i)) oil or fuel products or oily residues into the sea, except as permitted in Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships);
((ii)) garbage;
((iii)) food wastes not capable of passing through a screen with openings no greater than 25 mm;
((iv)) poultry or parts (including egg shells);
((v)) sewage within 12 nautical miles of land or ice shelves, or sewage while the ship is travelling at a speed of less than 4 knots; or
((vi)) incineration ash.
(b) no live poultry or other living birds shall be brought into Sub-area 88.1 and any dressed poultry not consumed shall be removed from Sub-area 88.1;
(c) fishing for Dissostichus spp. in Sub-area 88.1 shall be prohibited within 10 nautical miles of the coast of the Balleny Islands.
Article 49 

1. For the purposes of this Section, a haul comprises the setting of one or more lines in a single location. The precise geographic position of a haul shall be determined by the centre-point of the line or lines deployed for the purposes of catch and effort reporting.
2. To be designated as a research haul:
(a) each research haul shall be separated by no less than 5 nautical miles from any other research haul, distance to be measured from the geographical mid-point of each research haul;
(b) each haul shall comprise at least 3 500 hooks and no more than 10 000 hooks; this may comprise a number of separate lines set in the same location;
(c) each haul of a longline shall have a soak time of not less than six hours, measured from the time of completion of the setting process to the beginning of the hauling process.
Article 50 
Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall implement Research Plans, in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are divided. The Research Plan shall be implemented in the following manner:

((a)) on first entry into a SSRU, the first 10 hauls, designated ‘first series’, shall be designated ‘research hauls’ and must satisfy the criteria set out in Article 49(2);
((b)) the next 10 hauls, or 10 tonnes of catch, whichever trigger level is achieved first, are designated the ‘second series’. Hauls in the second series can, at the discretion of the master, be fished as part of normal exploratory fishing. However, provided they satisfy the requirements of Article 49(2), these hauls can also be designated as research hauls;
((c)) on completion of the first and second series of hauls, if the master wishes to continue to fish within the SSRU, the vessel must undertake a ‘third series’ which shall result in a total of 20 research hauls being made in all three series. The third series of hauls shall be completed during the same visit as the first and the second series in a SSRU;
((d)) on completion of 20 research hauls of the third series, the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU;
((e)) in SSRUs A, B, C, E and G in Sub-area 88.1 where fishable seabed area is less than 15 000 km2, points (b), (c) and (d) shall not apply and on completion of 10 research hauls the vessel may continue to fish within the SSRU.
Article 51 

1. Fishing vessels participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall implement Data Collection Plans, in each and all SSRUs in which FAO Sub-area 88.1 and Divisions 58.4.1 and 58.4.2 are divided. The Data Collection Plan shall comprise the following data:
(a) the position and sea depth at each end of every line in a haul;
(b) the setting, soak, and hauling times;
(c) the number and species of fish lost at surface;
(d) the number of hooks set;
(e) the bait type;
(f) the baiting success (%);
(g) the hook type; and
(h) the sea and cloud conditions and phase of the moon at the time of setting the lines.
2. All data referred to under paragraph 1 shall be collected for every research haul; in particular, all fish in a research haul up to 100 fish are to be measured and at least 30 fish sampled for biological studies. Where more than 100 fish are caught, a method for randomly subsampling the fish shall be applied.
Article 52 
Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall implement a tagging programme as follows:

((a)) Dissostichus spp. individuals shall be tagged and released at a rate of one individual per tonne of green weight catch throughout the season according to the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol. Vessels shall only discontinue tagging after they have tagged 500 individuals, or leave the fishery having tagged one individual per tonne of green weight caught;
((b)) the programme shall target individuals of all sizes in order to meet the tagging requirement of one individual per one tonne of green weight catch. All released individuals shall be double-tagged and releases shall cover as broad a geographical area as possible;
((c)) all tags shall be clearly imprinted with a unique serial number and a return address so that the origin of tags can be retraced in the case of recapture of the tagged individual;
((d)) all recaptured tagged individuals (i.e. fish caught that have a previously inserted tag) shall not be re-released, even if it was at liberty for only a short period;
((e)) all recaptured tagged individuals shall be biologically sampled (length, weight, sex, gonad stage), an electronic photograph taken if possible, the otoliths recovered and the tag removed;
((f)) all relevant tag data and any data recording tag recaptures shall be reported electronically in the CCAMLR format to CCAMLR within three months of the vessel departing these fisheries;
((g)) all relevant tag data, any data recording tag recaptures, and specimens from recaptures shall also be reported electronically in the CCAMLR format to the relevant regional tag data repository as detailed in the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol.
Article 53 
Each fishing vessel participating in the exploratory fisheries referred to in Article 46 shall have at least two scientific observers, one of which shall be an observer appointed in accordance with the CCAMLR Scheme of International Scientific Observation, on board throughout all fishing activities within the fishing period.
CHAPTER VIII
Article 54 

1. This Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of scientific investigations which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the Member State concerned, and of which the Commission and the Member State in whose waters the research is carried out have been informed in advance.
2. Marine organisms caught for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 may be sold, stored, displayed or offered for sale, provided that:
(a) they meet the standards laid down in Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and the marketing standards adopted pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products, or
(b) they are sold directly for purposes other than human consumption.
Article 55 
Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, data relating to the landing of quantities of stocks caught shall be sent by Member States to the Commission in computer readable form by using stock codes set out in each table of stock.
Article 56 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from the 1 January 2005.
Where the TACs of the CCAMLR area are set for periods starting before 1 January 2005, Article 44 shall apply with effect from the beginning of the respective periods of application of the TACs.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 December 2004.
For the Council
The President
C. VEERMAN
ANNEX I

All catch limitations set out in this Annex shall be considered as quotas for the purposes of Article 9 of this Regulation, and shall, therefore, be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EC) No 2847/93, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof.
Within each area, fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. The following table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given for the purposes of this Regulation:

Common name Alpha-3 code Scientific name
Albacore ALB Thunnus alalunga
Alfonsinos ALF Beryx spp.
American plaice PLA Hippoglossoides platessoides
Anchovy ANE Engraulis encrasicolus
Anglerfish ANF Lophiidae
Antarctic icefish ANI Champsocephalus gunnari
Antarctic toothfish TOP Dissostichus eleginoides
Atlantic catfish CAT Anarhichas lupus
Atlantic halibut HAL Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Atlantic salmon SAL Salmo salar
Basking shark BSK Cetorhinus maximus
Bigeye tuna BET Thunnus obesus
Birdbeak dogfish DCA Deania calcea
Black scabbardfish BSF Aphanopus carbo
Blackfin icefish SSI Chaenocephalus aceratus
Blue ling BLI Molva dypterigia
Blue marlin BUM Makaira nigricans
Blue whiting WHB Micromesistius poutassou
Bluefin tuna BFT Thunnus thynnus
Cod COD Gadus morhua
Common sole SOL Solea solea
Crab PAI Paralomis spp.
Dab DAB Limanda limanda
Flatfish FLX Pleuronectiformes
Flounder FLX Platichthys flesus
Forkbeards FOX Phycis spp.
Greater silver smelt ARU Argentina silus
Greenland halibut GHL Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Grenadier GRV Macrourus spp.
Great lantern shark ETR Etmopterus princeps
Grey rockcod NOS Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Haddock HAD Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Hake HKE Merluccius merluccius
Herring HER Clupea harengus
Horse mackerel JAX Trachurus spp.
Humped rockcod NOG Gobionotothen gibberifrons
Kitefin shark SCK Dalatias licha
Krill KRI Euphausia superba
Lantern fish LAC Lampanyctus achirus
Leafscale gulper shark GUQ Centrophorus squamosus
Lemon sole LEM Microstomus kitt
Ling LIN Molva molva
Mackerel MAC Scomber scombrus
Marbled rockcod NOR Notothenia rossii
Megrims LEZ Lepidorhombus spp.
Northern prawn PRA Pandalus borealis
Norway lobster NEP Nephrops norvegicus
Norway pout NOP Trisopterus esmarki
Orange roughy ORY Hoplostethus atlanticus
‘Penaeus’ shrimps PEN Penaeus spp.
Plaice PLE Pleuronectes platessa
Polar cod POC Boreogadus saida
Pollack POL Pollachius pollachius
Porbeagle POR Lamna nasus
Portuguese dogfish CYO Centroscymnus coelolepis
Redfish RED Sebastes spp.
Red Seabream SBR Pagellus bogaraveo
Roughead grenadier RHG Macrourus berglax
Roundnose grenadier RNG Coryphaenoides rupestris
Saithe POK Pollachius virens
Sandeel SAN Ammodytidae
Short fin squid SQI Illex illecebrosus
Skates and rays SRX-RAJ Rajidae
Smooth lantern shark ETP Etmopterus pusillus
Snow crab PCR Chionoecetes spp.
South Georgian icefish SGI Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
Spanish ling SLI Molva macrophthalmus
Sprat SPR Sprattus sprattus
Spurdog DGS Squalus acanthias
Swordfish SWO Xiphias gladius
Tope shark GAG Galeorhinus galeus
Turbot TUR Psetta maxima
Tusk USK Brosme brosme
Unicorn icefish LIC Channichthys rhinoceratus
Velvet belly ETX Etmopterus spinax
White hake HKW Urophycis tenuis
White marlin WHM Tetrapturus alba
Whiting WHG Merlangius merlangus
Witch flounder WIT Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yellowfin tuna YFT Thunnus albacares
Yellowtail flounder YEL Limanda ferruginea
ANNEX IA
All TACs in this area, except for plaice and cod in Sub-divisions 25-32, are adopted in the framework of IBSFC.

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneSub-divisions 30-31HER/3D30.; HER/3D31.
Finland 52 471 
Sweden 11 529 
EC 64 000 
TAC 64 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneSub-divisions 22-24HER/3B23.; HER/3C22.; HER/3D24.
Denmark 6 448 
Germany 25 380 
Finland 3 
Poland 5 985 
Sweden 8 184 
EC 46 000 
TAC 46 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneSub-divisions 25-29 (except Gulf of Riga) and 32HER/3D25.; HER/3D26.; HER/3D27.; HER/3D28.; HER/3D29.; HER/3D32.
Denmark 2 588 
Germany 686 
Estonia 13 218 
Finland 25 801 
Latvia 3 262 
Lithuania 3 405 
Poland 27 862 
Sweden 39 350 
EC 116 172 
TAC 130 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneGulf of RigaHER/03D.RG
Estonia 16 972 
Latvia 20 452 
EC 37 424 
TAC 38 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneSub-divisions 25-32 (EC waters)COD/3D25.; COD/3D26.; COD/3D27.; COD/3D28.; COD/3D29.; COD/3D30.; COD/3D31.; COD/3D32.
Denmark 8 959 
Germany 3 564 
Estonia 873 
Finland 686 
Latvia 3 331 
Lithuania 2 189 
Poland 10 203 
Sweden 9 077 
EC 38 882 
TAC N/A Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneSub-divisions 22-24 (EC waters)COD/3B23.; COD/3C22.; COD/3D24.
Denmark 10 781 
Germany 5 271 
Estonia 239 
Finland 212 
Latvia 892 
Lithuania 579 
Poland 2 885 
Sweden 3 841 
EC 24 700 
TAC 24 700 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneIIIbcd (EC waters)PLE/3B23.; PLE/3C22.; PLE/3D24.; PLE/3D25.; PLE/3D26.; PLE/3D27.; PLE/3D28.; PLE/3D29.; PLE/3D30.; PLE/3D31.; PLE/3D32.
Denmark 2 697 
Germany 300 
Sweden 203 
Poland 565 
EC 3 766 
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 and of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar ZoneIIIbcd (EC waters) excluding Sub-division 32SAL/3B23.; SAL/3C22.; SAL/3D24.; SAL/3D25.; SAL/3D26.; SAL/3D27.; SAL/3D28.; SAL/3D29.; SAL/3D30.; SAL/3D31.
Denmark 93 512 
Germany 10 404 
Estonia 9 504 
Finland 116 603 
Latvia 59 478 
Lithuania 6 992 
Poland 28 368 
Sweden 126 400 
EC 451 260 
TAC 460 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesAtlantic salmonSalmo salar ZoneSub-division 32SAL/3D32.
Estonia 1 581 
Finland 13 838 
EC 15 419 
TAC 17 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneIIIbcd (EC waters)SPR/3B23.; SPR/3C22.; SPR/3D24.; SPR/3D25.; SPR/3D26.; SPR/3D27.; SPR/3D28.; SPR/3D29.; SPR/3D30.; SPR/3D31.; SPR/3D32.
Denmark 48 785 
Germany 30 907 
Estonia 56 650 
Finland 25 538 
Latvia 68 420 
Lithuania 24 750 
Poland 141 275 
Sweden 94 311 
EC 490 636 
TAC 550 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

ANNEX IB
SpeciesSandeelAmmodytidae ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)SAN/04-N.
Denmark 9 500 
United Kingdom 500 
EC 10 000 
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesSandeelAmmodytidae ZoneIIa, IIIa, IVSAN/2A3A4.
Denmark 618 767 
United Kingdom 13 525 
All Member States 23 668 
EC 655 960 
Norway 5 000 
TAC 660 960 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesGreater silver smeltArgentina silus ZoneI, II (Community waters and international waters)
Germany 31 
France 10 
The Netherlands 25 
United Kingdom 50 
EC 116 
SpeciesGreater silver smeltArgentina silus ZoneIII, IV (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark 1 180 
Germany 12 
France 8 
Ireland 8 
The Netherlands 55 
Sweden 46 
United Kingdom 21 
EC 1 331 
SpeciesGreater silver smeltArgentina silus ZoneV, VI, VII (Community waters and international waters)
Germany 405 
France 9 
Ireland 375 
The Netherlands 4 225 
United Kingdom 297 
EC 5 310 
TAC 5 310 
SpeciesTuskBrosme brosme ZoneEC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VIIUSK/2A47-C
EC Not relevant 
Norway 4 000 
TAC Not relevant 



SpeciesTuskBrosme brosme ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)USK/04-N.
Belgium 1 
Denmark 191 
Germany 1 
France 1 
The Netherlands 1 
United Kingdom 5 
EC 200 
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBasking sharkCetorhinus maximus ZoneEC waters of zones IV, VI and VIIBSK/467.
EC 0 
TAC 0 
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneIIIaHER/03A.
Denmark 40 104 
Germany 642 
Sweden 41 950 
EC 82 696 
Faroe Islands 500 
TAC 96 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneIV north of 53°30′ NHER/4AB.
Denmark 95 211 
Germany 57 215 
France 20 548 
The Netherlands 56 745 
Sweden 5 443 
United Kingdom 70 395 
EC 305 557 
Norway 50 000 
TAC 535 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Norwegian waters south of 62° N(HER/*04N-)
EC 50 000
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneNorwegian waters south of 62° NHER/04-N.
Sweden 1 102 
EC 1 102 
TAC Not relevant 

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneIIIaHER/03A-BC
Denmark 20 642 
Germany 184 
Sweden 3 324 
EC 24 150 
TAC 24 150 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV, VIIdHER/2A47DX
Belgium 248 
Denmark 47 865 
Germany 248 
France 248 
The Netherlands 248 
Sweden 234 
United Kingdom 909 
EC 50 000 
TAC 50 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneIVc, VIIdHER/4CXB7D
Belgium 9 684 
Denmark 1 882 
Germany 1 131 
France 19 341 
The Netherlands 34 704 
United Kingdom 7 551 
EC 74 293 
TAC 535 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneVb, VIaN (EC waters), VIbHER/5B6ANB
Germany 3 291 
France 623 
Ireland 4 447 
The Netherlands 3 291 
United Kingdom 17 788 
EC 29 440 
Faroe Islands 660 
TAC 30 100 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneVIaS, VIIbcHER/6AS7BC
Ireland 12 727 
The Netherlands 1 273 
EC 14 000 
TAC 14 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneVIa ClydeHER/06ACL.
United Kingdom 1 000 
EC 1 000 
TAC 1 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneVIIaHER/07A/MM
Ireland 1 250 
United Kingdom 3 550 
EC 4 800 
TAC 4 800 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneVIIe,fHER/7EF.
France 500 
United Kingdom 500 
EC 1 000 
TAC 1 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneVIIg,h,j,kHER/7G-K.
Germany 144 
France 802 
Ireland 11 236 
The Netherlands 802 
United Kingdom 16 
EC 13 000 
TAC 13 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesAnchovyEngraulis encrasicolus ZoneVIIIANE/08.
Spain 27 000 
France 3 000 
EC 30 000 
TAC 30 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesAnchovyEngraulis encrasicolus ZoneIX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)ANE/9/3411
Spain 3 826 
Portugal 4 174 
EC 8 000 
TAC 8 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneSkagerrakCOD/03AN.
Belgium 10 
Denmark 3 119 
Germany 78 
The Netherlands 20 
Sweden 546 
EC 3 773 
TAC 3 900 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneKattegatCOD/03AS.
Denmark 617 
Germany 13 
Sweden 370 
EC 1 000 
TAC 1 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneIIa (EC waters), IVCOD/2AC4.
Belgium 807 
Denmark 4 635 
Germany 2 939 
France 997 
The Netherlands 2 619 
Sweden 31 
United Kingdom 10 631 
EC 22 659 
Norway 4 641 
TAC 27 300 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Norwegian waters(COD/*04N-)
EC 19 694
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneNorwegian waters south of 62° NCOD/04-N.
Sweden 411 
EC 411 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVCOD/561214
Belgium 1 
Germany 11 
France 114 
Ireland 162 
United Kingdom 433 
EC 721 
TAC 721 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Vb (EC zone), VIa(COD/*5BC6A)
Belgium 1
Germany 10
France 110
Ireland 156
United Kingdom 415
EC 692
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneVIIaCOD/07A.
Belgium 29 
France 79 
Ireland 1 416 
The Netherlands 7 
United Kingdom 619 
EC 2 150 
TAC 2 150 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneVIIb-k, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)COD/7X7A34
Belgium 266 
France 4 554 
Ireland 849 
The Netherlands 38 
United Kingdom 493 
EC 6 200 
TAC 6 200 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesMegrimsLepidorhombus spp. ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)LEZ/2AC4-C
Belgium 5 
Denmark 4 
Germany 4 
France 28 
The Netherlands 22 
United Kingdom 1 677 
EC 1 740 
TAC 1 740 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesMegrimsLepidorhombus spp. ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVLEZ/561214
Spain 327 
France 1 277 
Ireland 373 
United Kingdom 903 
EC 2 880 
TAC 2 880 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesMegrimsLepidorhombus spp. ZoneVIILEZ/07.
Belgium 520 
Spain 5 779 
France 7 013 
Ireland 3 189 
United Kingdom 2 762 
EC 19 263 
TAC 19 263 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesMegrimsLepidorhombus spp. ZoneVIIIabdeLEZ/8ABDE.
Spain 1 238 
France 999 
EC 2 237 
TAC 2 237 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesMegrimsLepidorhombus spp. ZoneVIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)LEZ/8C3411
Spain 1 233 
France 62 
Portugal 41 
EC 1 336 
TAC 1 336 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesDab and flounderLimanda limanda and Platichthys flesus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)D/F/2AC4-C
Belgium 491 
Denmark 1 844 
Germany 2 766 
France 192 
The Netherlands 11 151 
Sweden 6 
United Kingdom 1 550 
EC 18 000 
TAC 18 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)ANF/2AC4-C
Belgium 365 
Denmark 804 
Germany 393 
France 75 
The Netherlands 276 
Sweden 9 
United Kingdom 8 392 
EC 10 314 
TAC 10 314 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)ANF/04-N.
Belgium 54 
Denmark 1 381 
Germany 22 
The Netherlands 20 
United Kingdom 323 
EC 1 800 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVANF/561214
Belgium 168 
Germany 192 
Spain 180 
France 2 073 
Ireland 469 
The Netherlands 162 
United Kingdom 1 442 
EC 4 686 
TAC 4 686 Analytical TAC where Article 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae ZoneVIIANF/07.
Belgium 2 318 
Germany 258 
Spain 921 
France 14 874 
Ireland 1 901 
The Netherlands 300 
United Kingdom 4 510 
EC 25 082 
TAC 25 082 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae ZoneVIIIa,b,d,eANF/8ABDE.
Spain 932 
France 5 188 
EC 6 120 
TAC 6 120 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesAnglerfishLophiidae ZoneVIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)ANF/8C3411
Spain 1 629 
France 2 
Portugal 324 
EC 1 955 
TAC 1 955 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneIIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)HAD/3A/BCD
Belgium 18 
Denmark 3 036 
Germany 193 
The Netherlands 4 
Sweden 359 
EC 3 610 
TAC 4 018 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply

SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IVHAD/2AC4.
Belgium 544 
Denmark 3 742 
Germany 2 381 
France 4 150 
The Netherlands 408 
Sweden 264 
United Kingdom 39 832 
EC 51 321 
Norway 14 679 
TAC 66 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Norwegian waters(HAD/*04N-)
EC 38 175
SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneNorwegian waters, south of 62° NHAD/04-N.
Sweden 761 
EC 761 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneVIb, XII, XIVHAD/6B1214
Belgium 2 
Germany 2 
France 77 
Ireland 55 
United Kingdom 566 
EC 702 
TAC 702 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneVb, VIa (EC waters)HAD/5BC6A.
Belgium 17 
Germany 20 
France 838 
Ireland 598 
United Kingdom 6 127 
EC 7 600 
TAC 7 600 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneVII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)HAD/7/3411
Belgium 128 
France 7 680 
Ireland 2 560 
United Kingdom 1 152 
EC 11 520 
TAC 11 520 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in division:
 VIIa(HAD/*07A.)
Belgium 24
France 109
Ireland 649
United Kingdom 718
EC 1 500
When reporting to the Commission the uptake of their quotas, Member States shall specify quantities taken in VIIa. Landings of haddock caught in Division VIIa shall be prohibited when the totality of such landings exceeds 1 500 tonnes.
SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneIIIaWHG/03A.
Denmark 651 
The Netherlands 2 
Sweden 70 
EC 723 
TAC 1 500 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IVWHG/2AC4.
Belgium 605 
Denmark 2 618 
Germany 681 
France 3 935 
The Netherlands 1 513 
Sweden 4 
United Kingdom 10 444 
EC 19 800 
Norway 2 800 
TAC 28 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified.
 Norwegian waters(WHG/*04N-)
EC 17 073
SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVWHG/561214
Germany 10 
France 195 
Ireland 478 
United Kingdom 917 
EC 1 600 
TAC 1 600 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneVIIaWHG/07A.
Belgium 1 
France 18 
Ireland 296 
The Netherlands 0 
United Kingdom 199 
EC 514 
TAC 514 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneVIIb-kWHG/7X7A.
Belgium 211 
France 12 960 
Ireland 6 006 
The Netherlands 105 
United Kingdom 2 318 
EC 21 600 
TAC 21 600 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneVIIIWHG/08.
Spain 1 440 
France 2 160 
EC 3 600 
TAC 3 600 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesWhitingMerlangius merlangus ZoneIX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)WHG/9/3411
Portugal 816 
EC 816 
TAC 816 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesWhiting and PollackMerlangius merlangus and Pollachius pollachius ZoneNorwegian waters, south of 62° NW/P/04-N.
Sweden 190 
EC 190 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesHakeMerluccius merluccius ZoneIIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)HKE/3A/BCD
Denmark 1 183 
Sweden 101 
EC 1 284 
TAC 1 284 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHakeMerluccius merluccius ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)HKE/2AC4-C
Belgium 21 
Denmark 866 
Germany 99 
France 191 
The Netherlands 50 
United Kingdom 269 
EC 1 496 
TAC 1 496 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHakeMerluccius merluccius ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIVHKE/571214
Belgium 220 
Spain 7 042 
France 10 873 
Ireland 1 318 
The Netherlands 142 
United Kingdom 4 293 
EC 23 888 
TAC 23 888 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 VIIIabde(HKE/*8ABDE)
Belgium 28
Spain 1 137
France 1 137
Ireland 142
The Netherlands 14
United Kingdom 639
EC 3 096
SpeciesHakeMerluccius merluccius ZoneVIIIa,b,d,eHKE/8ABDE.
Belgium 7 
Spain 4 902 
France 11 009 
The Netherlands 14 
EC 15 932 
TAC 15 932 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, XII, XIV (HKE/*57-14)
Belgium 1
Spain 1 420
France 2 557
The Netherlands 4
EC 3 982
SpeciesHakeMerluccius merluccius ZoneVIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)HKE/8C3411
Spain 3 819 
France 367 
Portugal 1 782 
EC 5 968 
TAC 5 968 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)WHB/2AC4-C
Denmark 118 475 
Germany 195 
The Netherlands 359 
Sweden 382 
United Kingdom 2 613 
EC 122 024 
Norway 40 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)WHB/04-N.
Denmark 18 050 
United Kingdom 950 
EC 19 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneV, VI, VII, XII and XIVWHB/571214
Denmark 9 803 
Germany 37 947 
Spain 63 244 
France 52 809 
Ireland 75 893 
The Netherlands 119 216 
Portugal 4 743 
United Kingdom 110 678 
EC 474 333 
Norway 120 000 
Faroe Islands 45 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.





Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 IVa WHB/*04A-C
Norway 40 000
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneVIIIa,b,d,eWHB/8ABDE.
Spain 24 404 
France 18 936 
Portugal 3 661 
United Kingdom 17 672 
EC 64 673 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
Special conditions:
Any part of the abovementioned quotas may be fished in ICES Division Vb (EC waters), sub-areas VI, VII, XII and XIV (WHB/*5B-14).
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneVIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)WHB/8C3411
Spain 107 382 
Portugal 26 845 
EC 134 227 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesLemon sole and witchMicrostomus kitt and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)L/W/2AC4-C
Belgium 352 
Denmark 970 
Germany 125 
France 265 
The Netherlands 807 
Sweden 11 
United Kingdom 3 970 
EC 6 500 
TAC 6 500 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterigia ZoneIIa, IV, Vb, VI, VII (Community waters)BLI/2A47-C
EC Not relevant 
Norway 200 
TAC Not relevant 

SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterigia ZoneEC waters of zones VIa (north of 56°30′ N), VIbBLI/6AN6B.
Faroe Islands 900 
TAC Not relevant 

SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneI, II (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark 10 
Germany 10 
France 10 
United Kingdom 10 
Others 5 
EC 45 

SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneIII (Community waters and international waters)
Belgium 10 
Denmark 4 976 
Germany 610 
Sweden 1 930 
United Kingdom 610 
EC 8 136 

SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneIV (Community waters and international waters)
Belgium 25 
Denmark 397 
Germany 246 
France 221 
The Netherlands 8 
Sweden 17 
United Kingdom 3 052 
EC 3 966 
SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneV (Community waters and international waters)
Belgium 12 
Denmark 9 
Germany 9 
France 9 
United Kingdom 9 
EC 48 
SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneVI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV (Community waters and international waters)
Belgium 56 
Denmark 10 
Germany 204 
Spain 4 124 
France 4 397 
Ireland 1 102 
Portugal 10 
United Kingdom 5 063 
EC 14 966 
SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneEC waters of zones IIa, IV, Vb, VI, VIILIN/2A47-C
EC Not relevant 
Norway 6 800 
Faroe Islands 800 
TAC Not relevant 





SpeciesLingMolva molva ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)LIN/04-N.
Belgium 7 
Denmark 878 
Germany 25 
France 10 
The Netherlands 1 
United Kingdom 79 
EC 1 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneIIIa (EC waters), IIIbcd (EC waters)NEP/3A/BCD
Denmark 3 454 
Germany 10 
Sweden 1 236 
EC 4 700 
TAC 4 700 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)NEP/2AC4-C
Belgium 1 117 
Denmark 1 117 
Germany 16 
France 33 
The Netherlands 575 
United Kingdom 18 492 
EC 21 350 
TAC 21 350 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)NEP/04-N.
Denmark 946 
Germany 1 
United Kingdom 53 
EC 1 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneVb (EC waters), VINEP/5BC6.
Spain 26 
France 103 
Ireland 172 
United Kingdom 12 399 
EC 12 700 
TAC 12 700 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneVIINEP/07.
Spain 1 173 
France 4 753 
Ireland 7 207 
United Kingdom 6 411 
EC 19 544 
TAC 19 544 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneVIIIa,b,d,eNEP/8ABDE.
Spain 186 
France 2 914 
EC 3 100 
TAC 3 100 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneVIIIcNEP/08C.
Spain 156 
France 6 
EC 162 
TAC 162 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorway lobsterNephrops norvegicus ZoneIX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)NEP/9/3411
Spain 135 
Portugal 405 
EC 540 
TAC 540 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneIIIaPRA/03A.
Denmark 3 717 
Sweden 2 002 
EC 5 719 
TAC 10 710 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)PRA/2AC4-C
Denmark 3 626 
The Netherlands 34 
Sweden 146 
United Kingdom 1 074 
EC 4 880 
TAC 4 980 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneNorwegian waters, south of 62°NPRA/04-N.
Denmark 900 
Sweden 151 
EC 1 051 
TAC Not relevant 

Species‘Penaeus’ shrimpsPenaeus spp. ZoneFrench GuyanaPEN/FGU.
France 4 000 
EC 4 000 
Barbados 24 
Guyana 24 
Suriname 0 
Trinidad and Tobago 60 
TAC 4 108 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneSkagerrakPLE/03AN.
Belgium 46 
Denmark 5 917 
Germany 30 
The Netherlands 1 138 
Sweden 317 
EC 7 448 
TAC 7 600 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneKattegatPLE/03AS.
Denmark 1 691 
Germany 19 
Sweden 190 
EC 1 900 
TAC 1 900 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneIIa (EC waters), IVPLE/2AC4.
Belgium 3 530 
Denmark 11 474 
Germany 3 310 
France 662 
The Netherlands 22 066 
United Kingdom 16 328 
EC 57 370 
Norway 1 630 
TAC 59 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Norwegian waters(PLE/*04N-)
EC 30 000
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVPLE/561214
France 27 
Ireland 358 
United Kingdom 597 
EC 982 
TAC 982 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVIIaPLE/07A.
Belgium 41 
France 18 
Ireland 1 051 
The Netherlands 13 
United Kingdom 485 
EC 1 608 
TAC 1 608 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVIIb,cPLE/7BC.
France 32 
Ireland 128 
EC 160 
TAC 160 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVIId,ePLE/7DE.
Belgium 843 
France 2 810 
United Kingdom 1 498 
EC 5 151 
TAC 5 151 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVIIf,gPLE/7FG.
Belgium 73 
France 132 
Ireland 202 
United Kingdom 69 
EC 476 
TAC 476 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVIIh,j,kPLE/7HJK.
Belgium 29 
France 58 
Ireland 204 
The Netherlands 117 
United Kingdom 58 
EC 466 
TAC 466 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPlaicePleuronectes platessa ZoneVIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)PLE/8/3411
Spain 75 
France 298 
Portugal 75 
EC 448 
TAC 448 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPollackPollachius pollachius ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVPOL/561214
Spain 8 
France 270 
Ireland 79 
United Kingdom 206 
EC 563 
TAC 563 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPollackPollachius pollachius ZoneVIIPOL/07.
Belgium 529 
Spain 32 
France 12 177 
Ireland 1 298 
United Kingdom 2 964 
EC 17 000 
TAC 17 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPollackPollachius pollachius ZoneVIIIa,b,d,ePOL/8ABDE.
Spain 286 
France 1 394 
EC 1 680 
TAC 1 680 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPollackPollachius pollachius ZoneVIIIcPOL/08C.
Spain 295 
France 33 
EC 328 
TAC 328 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesPollackPollachius pollachius ZoneIX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)POL/9/3411
Spain 278 
Portugal 10 
EC 288 
TAC 288 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneIIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters), IVPOK/2A34.
Belgium 51 
Denmark 6 013 
Germany 15 184 
France 35 733 
The Netherlands 152 
Sweden 826 
United Kingdom 11 641 
EC 69 600 
Norway 75 400 
TAC 145 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 Norwegian waters(POK/*04N-)
EC 69 600
SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneNorwegian waters south of 62°NPOK/04-N.
Sweden 947 
EC 947 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVPOK/561214
Germany 984 
France 9 774 
Ireland 494 
United Kingdom 3 792 
EC 15 044 
TAC 15 044 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneVII, VIII, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)POK/7X1034
Belgium 14 
France 3 137 
Ireland 1 568 
United Kingdom 855 
EC 5 574 
TAC 5 574 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesTurbot and brillPsetta maxima and Scopthalmus rhombus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)T/B/2AC4-C
Belgium 334 
Denmark 713 
Germany 182 
France 86 
The Netherlands 2 527 
Sweden 5 
United Kingdom 703 
EC 4 550 
TAC 4 550 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesSkates and raysRajidae ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)SRX/2AC4-C
Belgium 542 
Denmark 21 
Germany 27 
France 85 
The Netherlands 462 
United Kingdom 2 083 
EC 3 220 
TAC 3 220 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesGreenland HalibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides ZoneIIa (Community waters) IV, VI (Community waters and international waters)
Denmark 10 
Germany 18 
Estonia 10 
Spain 10 
France 168 
Ireland 10 
Poland 10 
United Kingdom 661 
EC 1 042 
Norway 145 
TAC Not relevant 



SpeciesMackerelScomber scombrus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IIIa, IIIb,c,d (EC waters), IVMAC/2A34.
Belgium 148 
Denmark 11 866 
Germany 155 
France 467 
The Netherlands 470 
Sweden 3 526 
United Kingdom 435 
EC 17 067 
Norway 28 676 
TAC 420 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.





Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 IIIaMAC/*03A. IIIa, IVb,cMAC/*3A4BC IVbMAC/*04B. IVcMAC/*04C. IIa (non-EC waters), VI, from 1 January to 31 March 2005MAC/*2A6.
Denmark  4 130   4 020
France  467   
The Netherlands  470   
Sweden   390 10 
United Kingdom  435   
Norway 3 000    
SpeciesMackerelScomber scombrus ZoneIIa (non-EC waters), Vb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIVMAC/2CX14-
Germany 13 845 
Spain 20 
Estonia 115 
France 9 231 
Ireland 46 149 
Latvia 85 
Lithuania 85 
The Netherlands 20 190 
Poland 844 
United Kingdom 126 913 
EC 217 477 
Norway 8 500 
Faroe Islands 3 322 
TAC 420 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified, and only during the periods 1 January to 15 February and 1 October to 31 December.
 IVa (EC waters)MAC/*04A-C
Germany 4 175
Spain 0
France 2 784
Ireland 13 918
The Netherlands 6 089
United Kingdom 38 274
EC 65 240
Norway 8 500
Faroe Islands 1 002

SpeciesMackerelScomber scombrus ZoneVIIIc, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)MAC/8C3411
Spain 20 500 
France 136 
Portugal 4 237 
EC 24 873 
TAC 24 873 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified.
 VIIIb(MAC/*08B.)
Spain 1 722
France 11
Portugal 356
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneIIIa, IIIbcd (EC waters)SOL/3A/BCD
Denmark 437 
Germany 25 
The Netherlands 42 
Sweden 16 
EC 520 
TAC 520 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneII, IV (EC waters)SOL/24.
Belgium 1 527 
Denmark 698 
Germany 1 221 
France 305 
The Netherlands 13 784 
United Kingdom 785 
EC 18 320 
Norway 280 
TAC 18 600 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, XII, XIVSOL/561214
Ireland 54 
United Kingdom 14 
EC 68 
TAC 68 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneVIIaSOL/07A.
Belgium 474 
France 6 
Ireland 117 
The Netherlands 150 
United Kingdom 213 
EC 960 
TAC 960 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneVIIb,cSOL/7BC.
France 10 
Ireland 55 
EC 65 
TAC 65 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneVIIf,gSOL/7FG.
Belgium 625 
France 63 
Ireland 31 
United Kingdom 281 
EC 1 000 
TAC 1 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneVIIh,j,kSOL/7HJK.
Belgium 54 
France 108 
Ireland 293 
The Netherlands 87 
United Kingdom 108 
EC 650 
TAC 650 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesCommon soleSolea solea ZoneVIIIa,bSOL/8AB.
Belgium 51 
Spain 9 
France 3 796 
The Netherlands 284 
EC 4 140 
TAC 4 140 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesSoleSolea spp. ZoneVIIIc,d,e, IX, X, CECAF 34.1.1 (EC waters)SOX/8CDE34
Spain 458 
Portugal 758 
EC 1 216 
TAC 1 216 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneIIIaSPR/03A.
Denmark 33 504 
Germany 70 
Sweden 12 676 
EC 46 250 
TAC 50 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)SPR/2AC4-C
Belgium 2 877 
Denmark 227 669 
Germany 2 877 
France 2 877 
The Netherlands 2 877 
Sweden 1 330 
United Kingdom 9 493 
EC 250 000 
Norway 1 000 
Faroe Islands 6 000 
TAC 257 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.



SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneVIIdeSPR/7DE.
Belgium 38 
Denmark 2 496 
Germany 38 
France 538 
The Netherlands 538 
United Kingdom 4 032 
EC 7 680 
TAC 7 680 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.
SpeciesSpurdog/dogfishSqualus acanthias ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)DGS/2AC4-C
Belgium 19 
Denmark 111 
Germany 20 
France 35 
The Netherlands 30 
Sweden 2 
United Kingdom 919 
EC 1 136 
Norway 100 
TAC 1 236 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. ZoneIIa (EC waters), IV (EC waters)JAX/2AC4-C
Belgium 64 
Denmark 27 547 
Germany 2 077 
France 44 
Ireland 1 599 
The Netherlands 4 469 
Sweden 750 
United Kingdom 4 066 
EC 40 616 
Norway 1 600 
Faroe Islands 1 823 
TAC 42 727 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. ZoneVb (EC waters), VI, VII, VIIIa,b,d,e, XII, XIVJAX/578/14
Denmark 12 088 
Germany 9 662 
Spain 13 195 
France 6 384 
Ireland 31 454 
The Netherlands 46 096 
Portugal 1 277 
United Kingdom 13 067 
EC 133 223 
Faroe Islands 4 955 
TAC 137 000 Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.


SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. ZoneVIIIc, IXJAX/8C9.
Spain 29 587 
France 377 
Portugal 25 036 
EC 55 000 
TAC 55 000 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. ZoneX, CECAFJAX/X34PRT
Portugal 3 200 
EC 3 200 
TAC 3 200 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. ZoneCECAF (EC waters)JAX/341PRT
Portugal 1 600 
EC 1 600 
TAC 1 600 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesHorse mackerelTrachurus spp. ZoneCECAF (EC waters)JAX/341SPN
Spain 1 600 
EC 1 600 
TAC 1 600 Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesNorway poutTrisopterus esmarki ZoneIIa (EC waters), IIIa, IV (EC waters)NOP/2A3A4.
Denmark 0 
Germany 0 
The Netherlands 0 
EC 0 
Norway 1 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 apply.

SpeciesNorway poutTrisopterus esmarki ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)NOP/04-N.
Denmark 4 750 
United Kingdom 250 
EC 5 000 
TAC Not relevant Analytical TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesIndustrial fish ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)I/F/04-N.
Sweden 800 
EC 800 
TAC Not relevant 


SpeciesCombined quota ZoneEC waters of zones Vb, VI, VIIR/G/5B67-C
EC Not subject to restriction 
Norway 600 
TAC Not relevant 

SpeciesOther species ZoneIV (Norwegian waters)OTH/04-N.
Belgium 38 
Denmark 3 500 
Germany 395 
France 162 
The Netherlands 280 
Sweden Not relevant 
United Kingdom 2 625 
EC 7 000 
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesOther species ZoneEC waters of zones IIa, IV, VIa north of 56°30′NOTH/2A46AN
EC Not subject to restriction 
Norway 4 720 
Faroe Islands 400 
TAC Not relevant 


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

SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)RNG/N01GRN
Germany 1 035 
EC 1 035 
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)RNG/514GRN
Germany 0 
United Kingdom 0 
EC 285 
TAC Not relevant Precautionary TAC where Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesHerringClupea harengus ZoneI, II (EC waters and International waters)HER/1/2.
Belgium 27 
Denmark 26 909 
Germany 4 713 
Spain 89 
France 1 161 
Ireland 6 967 
The Netherlands 9 630 
Poland 1 362 
Portugal 89 
Finland 417 
Sweden 9 972 
United Kingdom 17 205 
EC 78 541 
Faroe Islands 7 548 
TAC 890 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

Special conditions:
Within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the zones specified:
 II, Vb north of 62° N (Faroese waters)(HER/*25B-F)
Belgium 3
Denmark 2 580
Germany 452
Spain 9
France 111
Ireland 668
The Netherlands 924
Poland 131
Portugal 9
Finland 40
Sweden 956
United Kingdom 1 650
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)COD/1N2AB.
Germany 2 356 
Greece 292 
Spain 2 628 
Ireland 292 
France 2 163 
Portugal 2 628 
United Kingdom 9 140 
EC 19 499 
TAC 471 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (incl.V, XIV (Greenland waters))COD/N01514
Germany 0 
United Kingdom 0 
EC 0 
TAC 0 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneI, II bCOD/1/2B.
Germany 3 116 
Spain 8 056 
France 1 330 
Poland 1 460 
Portugal 1 701 
United Kingdom 1 995 
All Member States 100 
EC 17 757 
TAC 471 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesCod and haddockGadus morhua and Melanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneVb (Faroese waters)C/H/05B-F.
Germany 10 
France 60 
United Kingdom 430 
EC 500 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesAtlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)HAL/514GRN
Portugal 800 
EC 1 000 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesAtlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)HAL/N01GRN
EC 200 
TAC Not relevant 



SpeciesCapelinMallotus villosus ZoneIIbCAP/02B.
EC 0 
TAC 0 
SpeciesCapelinMallotus villosus ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)CAP/514GRN
All Member States 0 
EC 0 
TAC Not relevant 

SpeciesHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)HAD/1N2AB.
Germany 484 
France 291 
United Kingdom 1 485 
EC 2 260 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneI, II (international waters)WHB/1/2INT
EC 70 000 
TAC Not relevant 
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)WHB/1/2-N.
Germany 500 
France 500 
EC 1 000 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBlue whitingMicromesistius poutassou ZoneVb (Faroese waters)WHB/05B-F.
Denmark 7 040 
Germany 480 
France 768 
The Netherlands 672 
United Kingdom 7 040 
EC 16 000 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesLing and Blue LingMolva molva and Molva dypterigia ZoneVb (Faroese waters)B/L/05B-F.
Germany 950 
France 2 106 
United Kingdom 184 
EC 3 240 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)PRA/514GRN
Denmark 887 
France 887 
EC 5 675 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)PRA/N01GRN
Denmark 2 000 
France 2 000 
EC 4 000 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)POK/1N2AB.
Germany 2 880 
France 463 
United Kingdom 257 
EC 3 600 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneI, II (International waters)POK/1/2INT
EC 0 
TAC Not relevant 
SpeciesSaithePollachius virens ZoneVb (Faroese waters)POK/05B-F.
Belgium 50 
Germany 310 
France 1 510 
The Netherlands 50 
United Kingdom 580 
EC 2 500 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesGreenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)GHL/1N2AB.
Germany 50 
United Kingdom 50 
EC 100 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesGreenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides ZoneI, II (International waters)GHL/1/2INT
EC 0 
TAC Not relevant 
SpeciesGreenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides ZoneV, XIV (Greenland waters)GHL/514GRN
Germany 5 154 
United Kingdom 271 
EC 6 300 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesGreenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)GHL/N01GRN
Germany 550 
EC 1 500 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesMackerelScomber scombrus ZoneIIa (Norwegian waters)MAC/02A-N.
Denmark 8 500 
EC 8 500 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesMackerelScomber scombrus ZoneVb (Faroese waters)MAC/05B-F.
Denmark 2 763 
EC 2 763 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneV, XII, XIVRED/51214.
Estonia 344 
Germany 6 986 
Spain 1 227 
France 652 
Ireland 2 
Latvia 562 
Lithuania 3 625 
The Netherlands 3 
Poland 629 
Portugal 1 466 
United Kingdom 17 
EC 15 513 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)RED/1N2AB.
Germany 766 
Spain 95 
France 84 
Portugal 405 
United Kingdom 150 
EC 1 500 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

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




SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneVb (Faroese waters)RED/05B-F.
Belgium 29 
Germany 3 679 
France 249 
United Kingdom 43 
EC 4 000 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBy-catches ZoneNAFO 0, 1 (Greenland waters)XBC/N01GRN
EC 2 000 
TAC Not relevant 


SpeciesOther species ZoneI, II (Norwegian waters)OTH/1N2AB.
Germany 150 
France 60 
United Kingdom 240 
EC 450 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesOther species ZoneVb (Faroese waters)OTH/05B-F.
Germany 305 
France 275 
United Kingdom 180 
EC 760 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesFlatfish ZoneVb (Faroese waters)FLX/05B-F.
Germany 108 
France 84 
United Kingdom 408 
EC 600 
TAC Not relevant Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
ANNEX ID
All TACs and associate conditions are adopted in the framework of NAFO.

SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneNAFO 2J3KLCOD/N2J3KL
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneNAFO 3NOCOD/N3NO.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesCodGadus morhua ZoneNAFO 3MCOD/N3M.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesWitch flounderGlyptocephalus cynoglossus ZoneNAFO 2J3KLWIT/N2J3KL
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesWitch flounderGlyptocephalus cynoglossus ZoneNAFO 3NOWIT/N3NO.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesAmerican plaiceHippoglossoides platessoides ZoneNAFO 3MPLA/N3M.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesAmerican plaiceHippoglossoides platessoides ZoneNAFO 3LNOPLA/N3LNO.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesShort fin squidIllex illecebrosus ZoneNAFO sub-zones 3 and 4SQI/N34.
Estonia 128 
Latvia 128 
Lithuania 128 
Poland 227 
EC Not relevant 
TAC 34 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesYellowtail flounderLimanda ferruginea ZoneNAFO 3LNOYEL/N3LNO.
Estonia  
Latvia  
Lithuania  
Poland  
EC 0 
TAC 15 000 


SpeciesCapelinMallotus villosus ZoneNAFO 3NOCAP/N3NO.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneNAFO 3LPRA/N3L.
Estonia 144 
Latvia 144 
Lithuania 144 
Poland 144 
EC 144 
TAC 13 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesNorthern prawnPandalus borealis ZoneNAFO 3MPRA/N3M.
TAC  


SpeciesGreenland halibutReinhardtius hippoglossoides ZoneNAFO 3LMNOGHL/N3LMNO
Estonia 380 
Germany 388 
Latvia 54 
Lithuania 27 
Spain 5 208 
Portugal 2 197 
EC 8 254 
TAC 14 079 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesSkatesRajidae ZoneNAFO 3LNOSRX/N3LNO.
Spain 6 561 
Portugal 1 274 
Estonia 546 
Lithuania 119 
EC 8 500 
TAC 13 500 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneNAFO 3LNRED/N3LN.
EC 0 
TAC 0 

SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneNAFO 3MRED/N3M.
Estonia 1 571 
Germany 513 
Spain 233 
Latvia 1 571 
Lithuania 1 571 
Portugal 2 354 
EC 7 813 
TAC 5 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesRedfishSebastes spp. ZoneNAFO 3ORED/N3O.
Spain 1 771 
Portugal 5 229 
EC 7 000 
TAC 20 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesWhite hakeUrophycis tenuis ZoneNAFO 3NOHKW/N3NO.
Spain 2 160 
Portugal 2 835 
EC 5 000 
TAC 8 500 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
ANNEX IE
TACS in this area are adopted in the framework of international fisheries organisations on tuna fisheries, such as ICCAT and IATTC.

SpeciesBluefin tunaThunnus thynnus ZoneAtlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and MediterraneanBFT/AE045W
Cyprus  
Greece 323,4 
Spain 6 276,7 
France 6 192,7 
Italy 4 888 
Malta  
Portugal 590,2 
All Member States 60 
EC 18 331 
TAC 32 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.


SpeciesSwordfishXiphias gladius ZoneAtlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° NSWO/AN05N
Spain 6 541,5 
Portugal 1 010,4 
All Member States 148,5 
EC 7 700,4 
TAC 14 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.

SpeciesSwordfishXiphias gladius ZoneAtlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° NSWO/AS05N
Spain 6 595,6 
Portugal 371,1 
EC 6 966,7 
TAC 15 956 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesNorthern AlbacoreGermo alalunga ZoneAtlantic Ocean, north of latitude 5° NALB/AN05N
Ireland 5 723,3 
Spain 31 383 
France 8 217 
United Kingdom 600,7 
Portugal 4 129,5 
EC 50 053,5 
TAC 34 500 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.



SpeciesSouthern AlbacoreGermo alalunga ZoneAtlantic Ocean, south of latitude 5° NALB/AS05N
Spain 943,7 
France 311 
Portugal 660 
EC 1 914,7 
TAC 30 915 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBigeye TunaThunnus obesus ZoneAtlantic OceanBET/ATLANT
Spain 21 526,4 
France 9 438 
Portugal 13 511 
EC 44 475,4 
TAC 90 000 Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 do not apply.
SpeciesBlue marlinMakaira nigricans ZoneAtlantic OceanBUM/ATLANT
EC 103 
TAC Not relevant 
SpeciesWhite marlinTetrapturus alba ZoneAtlantic OceanWHM/ATLANT
EC 46,5 
TAC Not relevant 
ANNEX IF
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.

SpeciesBlackfin icefishChaenocephalus aceratus ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticSSI/F483.
TAC 2 200 

SpeciesUnicorn icefishChannichthys rhinoceratus ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticLIC/F5852.
TAC 150 

SpeciesAntarctic icefishChampsocephalus gunnari ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticANI/F483.
TAC 3 574 

SpeciesAntarctic icefishChampsocephalus gunnari ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticANI/F5852.
TAC 1 864 


SpeciesAntarctic toothfishDissostichus eleginoides ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticTOP/F483.
TAC 3 050 
Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the sub-areas specified:
Management Area A:48°W to 43°30′W –52°30′S to 56°S(TOP/*F483A) 0
Management Area B:43°30′W to 40°W –52°30′S to 56°S(TOP/*F483B) 915
Management Area C:40°W to 33°30′W –52°30′S to 56°S(TOP/*F483C) 2 135


SpeciesAntarctic toothfishDissostichus eleginoides ZoneFAO 48.4 AntarcticTOP/F484.
TAC 28 


SpeciesAntarctic toothfishDissostichus eleginoides ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticTOP/F5852.
TAC 2 787 


SpeciesKrillEuphausia superba ZoneFAO 48KRI/F48.
TAC 4 000 000 
Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the sub-areas specified:
Sub-area 48.1 (KRI/*F481.) 1 008 000
Sub-area 48.2 (KRI/*F482.) 1 104 000
Sub-area 48.3 (KRI/*F483.) 1 056 000
Sub-area 48.4 (KRI/*F484.) 832 000

SpeciesKrillEuphausia superba ZoneFAO 58.4.1 AntarcticKRI/F5841.
TAC 440 000 
Within the limits of the abovementioned quota, no more than the quantities given below may be taken in the areas specified
Division 58.4.1 West of 115° E (KRI/*F-41W) 277 000
Division 58.4.1 East of 115° E (KRI/*F-41E) 163 000

SpeciesKrillEuphausia superba ZoneFAO 58.4.2 AntarcticKRI/F5842.
TAC 450 000 

SpeciesHumped rockcodGobionotothen gibberifrons ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticNOG/F483.
TAC 1 470 

SpeciesGrey rockcodLepidonotothen squamifrons ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticNOS/F483.
TAC 300 

SpeciesGrey rockcodLepidonotothen squamifrons ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticNOS/F5852.
TAC 80 

SpeciesMarbled rockcodNotothenia rossii ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticNOR/F483.
TAC 300 

SpeciesCrabParalomis spp. ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticPAI/F483.
TAC 1 600 

SpeciesSouth Georgia icefishPseudochaenichthus georgianus ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticSGI/F483.
TAC 300 

SpeciesGrenadierMacrourus spp. ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticGRV/F5852.
TAC 360 

SpeciesOther species ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticOTH/F5852.
TAC 50 

SpeciesSkates and raysRajae ZoneFAO 58.5.2 AntarcticSRX/F5852.
TAC 120 


SpeciesSquidMartialia hyadesi ZoneFAO 48.3 AntarcticSQS/F483.
TAC 2 500 

ANNEX II


1.. It shall be prohibited to land catches which are unsorted.
2.. Member States shall ensure that an adequate sampling programme is in place which allow an efficient monitoring of the landings by species when landings are unsorted. The Member States shall not later than 1 March 2005 provide the Commission with a detailed description of the sampling programmes and a list of ports and landing sites where the sampling systems are in operation.
3.. By way of derogation from point 1), it shall be permitted to land catches which are unsorted in ports and landing sites where a sampling programme referred to in point 2 is in operation.

ANNEX III
PART A
Section 1
1.  1.1.  1.1.1. 
Towed nets without an exit window shall be prohibited.
 1.1.2. 
By way of derogation from the provisions of special selectivity devices in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the provisions in Appendix 1 to this Annex shall apply.
 1.1.3. 
When a towed net with exit windows is used, no other type of gear shall be kept on board.
 1.2. 
By way of derogation from the provisions of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the minimum mesh size for gillnets shall be 110 mm.

The nets shall not exceed a maximum length of 12 km for vessels with an overall length of up to and including 12 m.

The nets shall not exceed a maximum length of 24 km for vessels with an overall length of more than 12 m.

The soaking time of the nets shall not exceed 48 hours counting from the time the nets are first put in the water to the time when the nets are fully recovered on board the fishing vessel.

2.  2.1. By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 88/98, no undersized cod may be kept on board, except in the case set out in point 2.2.
 2.2. However, by way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the by-catch of cod taken when fishing for herring and sprat with mesh sizes of 32 mm or smaller shall not exceed 3 % by weight. Of this by-catch, no more than 5 % of undersized cod shall be kept on board.
 2.3. By-catches of cod may not exceed 10 % when fishing for other species than herring and sprat with trawls and Danish seines other than those referred to in point 1.1.2.

3. 
By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 88/98, the minimum size for cod shall be 38 cm.

4. 
Fishing for cod shall be prohibited in Sub-divisions 22-24 from 1 March 2005 to 30 April 2005 inclusive, and in Sub-divisions 25-32 from 1 May 2005 to 15 September 2005 inclusive.

5. 
It shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

Area 1:


— 55°45′N, 15°30′E
— 55°45′N, 16°30′E
— 55°00′N, 16°30′E
— 55°00′N, 16°00′E
— 55°15′N, 16°00′E
— 55°15′N, 15°30′E
— 55°45′N, 15°30′E

Area 2:


— 55°00′N, 19°14′E
— 54°48′N, 19°20′E
— 54°45′N, 19°19′E
— 54°45′N, 18°55′E
— 55°00′N, 19°14′E

Area 3:


— 56°13′N, 18°27′E
— 56°13′N, 19°31′E
— 55°59′N, 19°13′E
— 56°03′N, 19°06′E
— 56°00′N, 18°51′E
— 55°47′N, 18°57′E
— 55°30′N, 18°34′E
— 56°13′N, 18°27′E

6.  6.1.  6.1.1. The monitoring inspection and surveillance programme for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea shall consist of the following elements:
Special conditions for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea.
National control action programmes to be drawn up by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden.
Additional measures for monitoring, control and inspection.
Joint surveillance and exchange of inspectors.
 6.1.2. The National control action programme for cod stocks may be revised, at the initiative of the Commission or following a request by a Member State.
 6.2.  6.2.1. All vessels of overall length equal to or greater than 8 metres carrying on board or using any gear authorised for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea shall hold a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea.
 6.2.2. Each Member State shall establish a list of vessels holding a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea.
 6.2.3. The master of a fishing vessel, or his representative, to which a Member State has issued a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea shall comply with the conditions in Appendix 2.
 6.3.  6.3.1. Each Member State concerned shall define a national control action programme for the Baltic Sea.
 6.3.2. The Commission shall convene at least once in 2005 a meeting of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture to evaluate the compliance with and results of the national control action programme for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea.
 6.4.  6.4.1. Each Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation a list of designated ports and the national control programme referred to in point 6.3.1. and an implementation schedule. The Commission shall transmit this information to all the relevant Member States.
 6.4.2. Notwithstanding Article 6(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the masters of Community fishing vessels holding a special fishing permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea in accordance with point 6.2.1 shall keep a logbook of their operations in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
 6.4.3. By way of derogation from Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the permitted margin of tolerance in estimates of the quantities, in kilograms, of fish subject to a TAC that are retained on board shall be 8 %.
 6.4.4. For cod landed in a designated port, representative samples, amounting to at least 20 % of the landings, shall be weighed in the presence of controllers authorised by the Member States before they are offered for first sale and sold. To this end, the Member States shall submit to the Commission, within one month of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, details of the sampling regime to be employed.
 6.4.5. Notwithstanding Article 19a 1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Articles 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h and 19i of that Regulation shall apply to Community fishing vessels holding a special fishing permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea in accordance with point 6.2.1.
 6.4.6. In accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 Member States shall ensure that the VMS data received pursuant to Article 8, Article 10(1) and Article 11(1) of that Regulation of vessels holding a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea are used:

((a)) to record each entry into, and exit from port in a computer readable form;
((b)) to record each entry into, and exit from areas closed for cod fishing in the Baltic Sea.
 6.4.7. Member States may implement alternative control measures to ensure compliance with reporting obligations referred in point 6.4.5 which are as effective and transparent as these reporting obligations. Such alternative measures shall be notified to the Commission before being implemented.
 6.4.8. By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, quantities greater than 50 kg of cod which are transported to a place other than that of landing or import shall be accompanied by a copy of one of the declarations provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 pertaining to the quantities of these species transported. The exemption provided for in Article 13(4)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall not apply.
 6.4.9. By way of derogation from Article 34(c)(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the specific monitoring programme for cod in the Baltic Sea may last more than two years from their date of entry into force.
 6.5.  6.5.1. The Member States concerned shall undertake joint inspection and surveillance activities and shall establish to that effect joint operational procedures applicable to their surveillance crafts.
 6.5.2. A meeting of the competent national inspection authorities shall be convened by the Presidency within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation to coordinate the joint inspection and surveillance programme.
 6.5.3. The Member States concerned shall ensure that inspectors from other Member States concerned are invited to participate at least in their joint inspections activities.
 6.5.4. Inspectors from the Commission may participate in these exchanges and may participate in joint inspections.

Section 2
7.  7.1.  7.1.1. In order to exercise fishing activities in the Gulf of Riga vessels shall hold a special fishing permit issued in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.
 7.1.2. Member States shall ensure that vessels to which a special fishing permit referred to in paragraph 1 has been issued are included in a list containing their name and internal registration number to be provided to the Commission by each Member State.
Vessels included in the list shall satisfy the following conditions:

((a)) the total engine power (kW) of the vessels within the lists must not exceed that observed for each Member State in the years 2000-2001 in the Gulf of Riga;
((b)) the engine power of a vessel must not exceed 221 kilowatts (kW) at any time.
 7.2.  7.2.1. Any individual vessel on the list referred to in point 7.1.2 may be replaced by another vessel or vessels, provided that:

((a)) such replacement will not lead to an increase in the total engine power as indicated in point 7.1.2 (a) in the Member State concerned, and
((b)) the engine power of any replacement vessel does not exceed 221 kW at any time.
 7.2.2. An engine of any individual vessel included in the list referred to in point 7.1.2 may be replaced, provided that:

((a)) the replacement of an engine does not lead to the vessel’s engine power exceeding 221 kW at any time, and
((b)) the power of the replacement engine is not such that replacement will lead to an increase in the total engine power as indicated in point 7.1.2 (a) for the Member State concerned.

PART B
8. 
By way of derogation from the provisions set out in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the provisions in Appendix 3 to this Annex shall apply.

PART C
9.  9.1. 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:

((a)) for herring, ICES Sub-areas I, II, IV, VI and VII and Divisions III a, and Vb;
((b)) for mackerel and horse mackerel, in ICES Sub-areas III, IV, VI and VII and Division IIa.
 9.2. Landings referred to in point 9.1 are only permitted in designated ports.
 9.3. Each Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission changes in the list, transmitted in 2004, of designated ports in which landings of herring, mackerel and horse mackerel may take place and, changes in inspection and surveillance procedures for those ports including the terms and conditions for recording and reporting the quantities of any of the species and stocks referred to in point 9.1 within each landing. Those changes shall be transmitted at least 15 days before they enter into force. The Commission shall transmit this information as well as ports designated by third countries to all Member States concerned.
 9.4. The master of a fishing vessel referred to in point 9.1 or his representative 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:

((a)) the port he intends to enter, the name of the vessel and its registration number,
((b)) the estimated time of arrival at that port,
((c)) the quantities in kilograms live weight by species retained on board.
The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall require that the discharge does not commence until authorised to do so.
 9.5. 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 as demanded by the competent authority at the port of landing.
The quantities retained on board, notified prior to landing as referred to in point 9.4c, shall be equal to the quantities recorded in the logbook after its completion.
By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 the permitted margin of tolerance in estimates recorded into the logbook of the quantities in kilograms of fish retained on board of vessels shall be 8 %.
 9.6. All buyers purchasing fresh fish shall ensure that all quantities received are weighed. The weighing shall be carried out prior to the fish being sorted, processed, held in storage, transported from the port of landing or resold. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations and sales notes.
When determining the weight any deduction for water shall not exceed 2 %.
In addition to the obligations set out in Article 9(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 the processor or buyer of the quantities landed shall submit to the competent authorities of the Member State concerneda copy of the invoice or a document replacing it, as referred to in Article 22(3) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment. Any such invoice or document shall include the information required by Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 and shall be submitted on demand or within 48 hours of the completion on the weighing.
 9.7. All buyers or holders of frozen fish shall ensure that the quantities landed are weighed prior to the fish being processed, held in storage, transported from the port of landing or resold. Any tare weight equal to the weight of boxes, plastic or other containers in which the fish to be weighed is packed may be deducted from the weight of any quantities landed.
Alternatively, the weight of frozen fish packed in boxes may be determined by multiplying the average weight of a representative sample based on weighing the contents removed from the box and without plastic packaging whether or not after the thawing of any ice on the surface of the fish. Member States shall notify to the Commission for approval any changes in their sampling methodology approved by the Commission during 2004. Changes shall be approved by the Commission. The figure resulting from the weighing shall be used for the completion of landing declarations and sales notes.
 9.8. By no later than 1 May 2005, all weighing systems shall be approved, calibrated and sealed by the competent authorities. The party weighing the fish shall keep a paginated logbook indicating the running total of the weight and the weight of each landing. This logbook shall be kept for three years. The competent authorities shall have full access to the weighing system and the logbooks.
Until the introduction of weighing systems, referred to in the first paragraph, the weighing shall take place in the presence of a controller.
 9.9. 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:

((a)) monitoring of the weighing of the catch from the vessel, by species. In the case of vessels pumping catch ashore the weighing of the entire discharge from the vessels selected for inspection shall be monitored. In the case of freezer trawlers, all boxes shall be counted. A representative sample of boxes/pallets shall be weighed in order to arrive at an average weight for the boxes/pallets. Sampling of boxes shall also be undertaken according to an approved methodology in order to arrive at an average net weight for the fish (without packing, ice);
((b)) cross verification between quantities by species recorded in logbook and landing declaration or sales note, as well as quantities indicated in prior notice of landing and the quantities discharged by species;
((c)) if the discharge is interrupted, permission shall be required before the discharge can recommence;
((d)) verification that the vessel is empty of all fish, once the discharge has been completed.

10. 
It shall be prohibited to land or retain on board herring caught in Division IIa (EC waters) in the periods 1 January to 28 February and 16 May to 31 December.

11. 
Conditions for landing of herring for industrial purposesBy way of derogation from the provisions of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 the following provisions shall apply:

Herring caught when fishing outside ICES Sub-areas III and IV with nets of minimum mesh size less than 32 mm may not be retained on board or landed unless such catches consist of a mixture of herring and other species, are not sorted and the herring does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total combined weight of herring and other species.

12. 

((a)) West of Scotland: Until 31 December 2005, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rumb lines the following positions:

 59°05′N, 06°45′W
 59°30′N, 06°00′W
 59°40′N, 05°00′W
 60°00′N, 04°00′W
 59°30′N, 04°00′W
 59°05′N, 06°45′W.
((b)) Celtic Sea: Until 31 March 2005, it shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity within that part of ICES Division VII included in the following ICES rectangles: 30E4, 31E4, 32E3. This prohibition shall not apply to Beam trawlers in the month of March.
((c)) By way of derogation from (a) and from (b), it shall be permitted to conduct fishing activities using pots and creels within the specified areas and time periods, provided that:

((i)) no fishing gear other than pots and creels are carried on board, and
((ii)) no fish other than shellfish and crustacea are retained on board;
((d)) By way of derogation from point (a) and from point (b), 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:

((i)) no net of mesh size greater than or equal to 55 mm is carried on board, and
((ii)) no fish other than herring, mackerel, pilchard/sardines, sardinelles, horse mackerel, sprat, blue whiting and argentines are retained on board.

13. 
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:


— the east coast of England at latitude 55°30′N,
— latitude 55°30′N, longitude 1°00′W,
— latitude 58°00′N, longitude 1°00′W,
— latitude 58°00′N, longitude 2°00′W,
— the east coast of Scotland at longitude 2°00′W.

However, a limited fishery shall be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stock in the area and the effects of the closure.

14. 
All fishing, except with longlines, shall be prohibited in the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions:


Point No Latitude Longitude
1 57°00′N 15°00′W
2 57°00′N 14°00′W
3 56°30′N 14°00′W
4 56°30′N 15°00′W

15. 
The technical conservation measures referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 of 12 February 2002 establishing measures to be applicable in 2002 for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES division VIIa) shall temporarily apply in 2005.

PART D
16. 
Vessels shall be prohibited from using any bottom trawl or similar towed nets operating in contact with the bottom of the sea in waters under the sovereignty or the jurisdiction of Member States within the areas bounded by a line joining the following coordinates:


((a)) Azores

 Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 23°00′W
 Latitude 42°00′N, longitude 23°00′W
 Latitude 42°00′N, longitude 34°00′W
 Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 34°00′W
 Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 23°00′W
((b)) Canary Islands and Madeira

 Latitude 27°00′N, longitude 19°00′W
 Latitude 26°00′N, longitude 15°00′W
 Latitude 29°00′N, longitude 13°00′W
 Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 13°00′W
 Latitude 36°00′N, longitude 19°00′W
 Latitude 27°00′N, longitude 19°00′W

PART E
17. 
The fisheries currently operating under the derogations, provided for in Article 3(1) and (1a) and Article 6(1) and (1a) of Regulation (EC) No 1626/94, may temporarily continue their activity in 2005.

PART F
18. 
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 2005, or, 20 November to 31 December 2005 in the area defined by the following limits:


— the Pacific coastlines of the Americas,
— longitude 150° W,
— latitude 40° N,
— latitude 40° S.

The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the selected period of closure before 1 July 2005. All the purse seine vessels of the Member States concerned must stop purse-seine fishing in the defined area during the period selected.

As of the date of entry into force of this Regulation purse seiners fishing for tuna in the Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission shall retain on board and then land all bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin tuna caught, except fish considered unfit for human consumption for reasons other than size. A single exception shall be the final set of a trip, when there may be insufficient well space remaining to accommodate all the tuna caught in that set.

Purse seine vessels shall promptly release unharmed, to the extent practicable, all sea turtles, sharks, billfishes, rays, dorado, and other non-target species. Fishermen shall be encouraged to develop and use techniques and equipment to facilitate the rapid and safe release of any such animals.

The following specific measures to encircled or entangled sea turtles shall apply:


((a)) whenever a sea turtle is sighted in the net, all reasonable efforts shall be made to rescue the turtle before it becomes entangled in the net, including, if necessary, the deployment of a speedboat,
((b)) if a turtle is entangled in the net, net roll should stop as soon as the turtle comes out of the water and should not start again until the turtle has been disentangled and released,
((c)) if a turtle is brought on board a vessel, all appropriate methods to assist in the recovery of the turtle should be made before returning it to the water,
((d)) tuna-fishing vessels shall be prohibited from disposing of salt bags or any other type of plastic rubbish at sea,
((e)) the release, when practicable, of sea turtles entangled in Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and other fishing gear is encouraged,
((f)) the recovery of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) which are not being used in the fishery is also encouraged.

PART G
19. 
By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 6 and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, the minimum size for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea shall be 10 kg or 80 cm.

By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, no tolerance limit shall be granted for bluefin tuna fished in the East Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea.

20. 
By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 6 and Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, the minimum size of bigeye tuna is abolished.

21. 

1.. In order to protect the bigeye stock, in particular juvenile fish, fishing by purse seiners and baitboats shall be prohibited during the period and in the area specified in point (a) and (b) below;

((a)) The area is the following:
Southern limitparallel 0° South latitudeNorthern limitparallel 5° North latitudeWestern limitmeridian 20° West longitudeEastern limitmeridian 10° West longitude
((b)) The period covered by the prohibition shall be from 1 November to 30 November of each year.
2.. By way of derogation from the provisions of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, Community fishing vessels shall be authorised to fish without restriction on the use of certain types of vessels and gears in the area referred to in Article 3(2) and during the period specified in Article 3(1).

22. 

1.. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to forbid the use, within the framework of sport and recreational fishing of towed nets, encircling nets, seine sliding, dredger, gillnets, trammel nets and longline to fish for tuna and tuna-like species, notably bluefin tuna, in the Mediterranean Sea.
2.. Each Member State shall ensure that catches of tuna and tuna-like species carried out in the Mediterranean Sea as a result from sport and recreational fishing are not marketed.

23. 
By way of derogation from the provisions laid down in Article 5a of Regulation (EC) No 973/2001, each Member State shall establish a sampling programme for the estimation of the numbers-at-size of the bluefin tuna caught; this requires notably that size sampling at cages must be done on one sample (= 100 specimen) for every 100 tonnes of live fish. Size sample will be collected during harvesting at the farm, in accordance with the ICCAT methodology for reporting Task II. The sampling should be conducted during any harvesting, covering all cages. Data must be transmitted to ICCAT by 31 July for the sampling conducted the previous year.

24. 
It shall be prohibited to conduct bottom trawling and fishing with static gear, including bottom gill-nets and long-lines, within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system:

The Hecate Seamounts:


— 52°21.2866′N, 31°09.2688′W
— 52°20.8167′N, 30°51.5258′W
— 52°12.0777′N, 30°54.3824′W
— 52°12.4144′N, 31°14.8168′W
— 52°21.2866′N, 31°09.2688′W

The Faraday Seamounts:


— 50°01.7968′N, 29°37.8077′W
— 49°59.1490′N, 29°29.4580′W
— 49°52.6429′N, 29°30.2820′W
— 49°44.3831′N, 29°02.8711′W
— 49°44.4186′N, 28°52.4340′W
— 49°36.4557′N, 28°39.4703′W
— 49°29.9701′N, 28°45.0183′W
— 49°49.4197′N, 29°42.0923′W
— 50°01.7968′N, 29°37.8077′W

Part of the Reykjanes Ridge:


— 55°04.5327′N, 36°49.0135′W
— 55°05.4804′N, 35°58.9784′W
— 54°58.9914′N, 34°41.3634′W
— 54°41.1841′N, 34°00.0514′W
— 54°00.0′N, 34°00.0′W
— 53°54.6406′N, 34°49.9842′W
— 53°58.9668′N, 36°39.1260′W
— 55°04.5327′N, 36°49.0135′W

The Altair Seamounts:


— 44°50.4953′N, 34°26.9128′W
— 44°47.2611′N, 33°48.5158′W
— 44°31.2006′N, 33°50.1636′W
— 44°38.0481′N, 34°11.9715′W
— 44°38.9470′N, 34°27.6819′W
— 44°50.4953′N, 34°26.9128′W

The Antialtair Seamounts:


— 43°43.1307′N, 22°44.1174′W
— 43°39.5557′N, 22°19.2335′W
— 43°31.2802′N, 22°08.7964′W
— 43°27.7335′N, 22°14.6192′W
— 43°30.9616′N, 22°32.0325′W
— 43°40.6286′N, 22°47.0288′W
— 43°43.1307′N, 22°44.1174′W

PART H
By way of derogation from Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002, the following shall apply in 2005:

Member States shall ensure that fishing activities which lead to catches and retention on board of more than 10 tonnes each calendar year of deep-sea species and of Greenland halibut by vessels flying their flag and registered in their territory shall be subject to a deep-sea fishing permit.

It shall however be prohibited to catch and retain on board, tranship or to land any aggregate quantity of the deep sea species and of Greenland halibut in excess of 100 kg in each sea trip, unless the vessel in question holds a deep-sea permit.

Appendix 1 to Annex III
Specification of 110 mm, measured as inner diameter opening, square mesh window in a codend with a 105 mm or larger mesh size in trawls, Danish seines or similar towed nets.

The window shall be a rectangular section of netting in the codend. There shall be only one window. The window shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments.

The codend shall be constructed of two panels of equal size, joined together by selvedges one on each side.

The carrying on board of a net having more than 100 open diamond meshes in any circumference of the codend, excluding the joining or the selvedges shall be prohibited.

The number of open diamond meshes, excluding those in the selvedges, at any point on any circumference of any extension or lengthening piece shall not be less or more than the maximum number of meshes on the circumference of the front end of the codend stricto sensu and the rear end of the tapered section of the trawl excluding meshes in the selvedges (Figure 1).

The window shall be inserted into the top panel of the codend. The window shall terminate not more than 4 meshes from the codline, inclusive of the hand braided row of meshes through which the codline is passed (Figure 2).

The width of the window, expressed in number of mesh bars, shall be equal to the number of open diamond meshes in the top panel divided by two. If necessary, it may be allowed to maintain at the most 20 % of the number of open diamond meshes in the top panel divided evenly on the both sides of the window panel (Figure 3).

Length of the window shall be at least 3,5 metres.

The meshes shall have a minimum mesh opening of 110 millimetres. The meshes shall 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 length of the codend. The netting shall be knotless braided single twine or a netting with similar proven selective properties. The diameter of the single yarn shall be at least 4,9 millimetres.

The mounting specifications are defined in Figures 4a, 4b and 4c. The length of the lifting strap shall not be less than 4 m.

Figure 1
Trawl gear can be divided into three different sections according to shape and function.
The trawl body is always a tapered section often between 10 and 40 m long. The extension piece is an untapered section normally manufactured of either one or two pieces of 49,5 mesh long nets giving a stretched length between 6 or 12 m. The codend is also an untapered section often made of double twine in order to have a better resistance against heavy wearing. The codend length is often 49,5 meshes i.e. circa 6 metres although shorter codends (2-4) exists in smaller vessels. The part below the lifting strap is called a lifting bag.

Figure 2
The distance of the window panel from the codline shall be 4 meshes. There are 3,5 diamond meshes in the upper panel and one 0,5 mesh deep hand-braided ‘codline’ row.

Figure 3
Twenty percent of diamond meshes in the upper panel along a perpendicular row running from one selvedge to another may be maintained. For example (as in figure 3) if the upper panel were 30 open meshes wide, 20 % of that would be 6 meshes. Then three open meshes are divided on both sides of the window panel. Consequently the width of the window panel then becomes 12 mesh bars (30 – 6 = 24 diamond meshes divided by two is 12 mesh bars).

Figure 4a
Showing the construction of lower panel made of 49,5 meshes deep netting

Figure 4b(without diamond meshes between selvedge and square mesh panel)
The construction of upper panel, size and position of the window panel in case when the escape panel runs from selvedge to selvedge

Figure 4c(with diamond meshes between selvedge and square mesh panel)
The construction of upper panel in case 20 % of diamond meshes in the upper panel are maintained and equally divided on both sides of the window

Appendix 2 to Annex III

1.. Only vessels holding a special fishing permit are authorised to land cod from the Baltic Sea.
2.. The competent authorities of a Member State in which a landing requiring pre-notification is to be made may require that the discharge of catch retained on board does not commence until authorised by those authorities.
3.. The master of a fishing vessel, or his representative, to which a Member State has issued a special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea shall comply with the following conditions:

((i)) a copy of the special permit for fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea shall be kept on board the fishing vessel;
((ii)) before leaving or entering the Baltic Sea area, notify the authorities of the flag Member State of the date, time and place of exit or entry, and not commence any new fishing trip until all catches have been landed;
((iii)) not trans-ship any fish at sea;
((iv)) not transit within the areas closed for cod fishing unless the fishing gear on board is securely lashed and stowed;
((v)) when retaining more than 300 kg of cod on board, inform the relevant authorities at least two hours in advance of any entry to a port or landing location of a Member State of the name of the port or landing location, the estimated time of arrival at that port or landing location, and the quantities in kilogrammes live weight of cod;
((vi)) make landings of cod exclusively at designated ports when retaining more than 750 kg of cod live weight on board;
((vii)) notwithstanding Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, submit the relevant logbook sheet(s) to the national authorities prior to the commencement of the discharge of the catches retained on board.

Appendix 3 to Annex III
Species Mesh size range (millimetres)
< 16 16-31 32-69 35-69 70-89 ≥ 90
Minimum percentage of target species
50 % 50 % 20 % 50 % 20 % 20 % 30 % none
Sandeel (Ammodytidae) x x x x x x x x
Sandeel (Ammodytidae)  x  x x x x x
Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii)  x  x x x x x
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)  x  x x x x x
Greater weever (Trachinus draco)  x  x x x x x
Molluscs (except Sepia)  x  x x x x x
Garfish (Belone belone)  x  x x x x x
Gray gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)  x  x x x x x
Argentine (Argentina spp.)    x x x x x
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)  x  x x x x x
Eel (Anguilla, anguilla)   x x x x x x
Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp., Palaemon adspersus)   x x x x x x
Mackerel (Scomber spp.)    x   x x
Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)    x   x x
Herring (Clupea harengus)    x   x x
Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)      x x x
Common shrimp/Baltic shrimp (Crangon spp. Palaemon adspersus)     x  x x
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)       x x
Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)       x x
All other marine organisms        x








Appendix 4 to Annex III
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 IVa 1. The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres.
 2. For the purposes of this Annex, the following geographical area shall apply:

 Kattegat (ICES Division IIIa south),
 Skagerrak and North Sea, (ICES Divisions IVa,b,c, IIIa north and IIa EC),
 West of Scotland (ICES Division VIa),
 Eastern Channel (ICES Divisions VIId),
 Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa).
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 for the area West of Scotland shall apply:

 ICES Division VIa excluding that part which lies to the west of a line drawn by sequentially joining with straight lines the following geographical coordinates:
 60°00′N, 04°00′W
 59°45′N, 05°00′W
 59°30′N, 06°00′W
 59°00′N, 07°00′W
 58°30′N, 08°00′W
 58°00′N, 08°00′W
 58°00′N, 08°30′W
 56°00′N, 08°30′W
 56°00′N, 09°00′W
 55°00′N, 09°00′W
 55°00′N, 10°00′W
 54°30′N, 10°00′W.
 3. For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within the area and absent from port shall be:

((a)) the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port, or
((b)) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port or any part of any such time period.
A Member State which wishes to employ the definition of a day present within the area and absent from port laid down under point (b) shall notify the Commission before 1 February 2005 of the means of monitoring the activities of a vessel to ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in point (b).
 4. For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

((a)) demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm except beam trawls for all areas except Kattegat and Skagerrak where this mesh size shall be equal to or greater than 90mm;
((b)) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;
((c)) static demersal nets including gill nets, trammel nets and tangle nets;
((d)) demersal longlines;
((e)) demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 70 mm and 99 mm except beam trawls with mesh size between 80 mm and 99 mm for all areas except Kattegat and Skagerrak where this mesh size shall be between 70 mm and 89 mm;
((f)) demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 16 mm and 31 mm except beam trawls.
 5. Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the fishing gears referred to in point 4, fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community shall be present within the area and absent from port for no more than the number of days set out in point 6.
 6. 
((a)) The maximum number of days in any calendar month for which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 is shown in Table I.
A day spent absent from port and present within the area defined in point 2 of this Annex shall also count against the total number of days allowable for the area defined in point 2 of Annex IVc for a vessel operating with the same gear categories.
Where a vessel crosses between two areas on a fishing trip the day shall be counted against the area in which the largest proportion of time was spent during that day.


Table I — Maximum days present within the area and absent from port by fishing gear
Area defined in point 2: Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point:
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f
Kattegat, North Sea and Skagerrak, Eastern Channel, West of Scotland and Irish Sea 9 13 13 16 21 19However the maximum number of days in any calendar month for which a vessel may be present within any of the following sub-areas and absent from port having carried on board the fishing gear referred to in point 4(a) shall be:

((i)) West of Scotland: 8;
((ii)) Irish Sea: 10.
((b)) A Member State may aggregate the days present within the area and absent from port in Table I within management periods of up to eleven calendar months.
((c)) An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 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 in accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector. The additional number of days allocated to vessels in a given gear category will be directly proportional to the fishing effort expended in 2001 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question compared to the comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2001. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.
Member States wishing to benefit from such allocations shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details of the permanent cessations of fishing activities in question.
On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point (a) for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
The additional number of days allocated by the Commission to a Member State in 2004 in accordance with point 6(c) of Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 remain allocated in 2005.
((d)) Derogations from the number of days present within the area and absent from port shown in Table I may be allocated to vessels by Member States under the conditions shown in Table II.
Member States wishing to apply that higher allocation of days shall notify the Commission with details of the vessels that will benefit and with details of their track records at least two weeks before the higher allocation of days are to be granted.


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


If that higher allocation of days is given to a vessel, as a result of its low percentage track record of catch of certain species, that vessel shall not at any time retain more than the percentage of those species on board as shown in Table II nor shall they tranship any fish at sea to another vessels. When either of these conditions are not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the additional days.
((e)) One additional day on which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port when carrying on board fishing gears referred to in point 4(a) of mesh size greater than 120 mm may be allocated to a Member State by the Commission, on the basis of a request from that Member State, on the condition that the Member State concerned has developed a system of automatic suspensions of fishing licences in respect of infringements. During a management period when a vessel is making use of this provision, that vessel may not at any time carry on board any fishing gear of mesh size less than or equal to 120 mm.
((f)) In recognition of the area closure in the Irish Sea for the protection of spawning fish and the assumed reduction in fishing mortality on cod, an additional one day will be granted for vessels in groupings of fishing gears 4(a) and 4(b) which spend more than half their allocated days in a given management period fishing in the Irish Sea.
 7. Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management period. Until such notification is provided the vessel shall not be entitled to fish within the areas defined in point 2 with any of the gears referred to in point 4.
Where the master of a vessel or his representative notifies the use of two of the groupings of fishing gears defined under point 4, the total number of days available during the forthcoming management period shall be no more than half the sum of the days to which the vessel is eligible for each gear, rounded down to the nearest whole day. It shall not be permitted to deploy either of the gears concerned for more days than the number of days laid down for that gear in Table I or in the third subparagraph of point 6(a) for the sub-area concerned.
The option to use two gears shall only be available if the following additional monitoring arrangements are met:

— during a given trip the fishing vessel may carry on board only one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4;
— before any trip the master of a vessel or his representative shall give prior notice to the competent authorities of the type of fishing gear that is to be carried on board unless the type of fishing gear has not changed from the one notified for the previous trip.
Inspection and surveillance at sea and in port by the competent authorities shall be undertaken for verification of compliance with the above two requirements. Any vessel found to be not complying with these requirements shall with immediate effect no longer be permitted to use two groupings of fishing gears.
A vessel wishing to combine the use of one or more of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 (regulated gears) with any other fishing gears not referred to in point 4 (unregulated gears) shall not be restricted in their use of the unregulated gear. Such vessels must pre-notify when the regulated gear is to be used. When no such notification has been given no gear referred to in point 4 may be carried on board. Such vessels must be authorised and equipped to undertake the alternative fishing activity.
 8. A vessel which is present within any of the areas defined in point 2 and carrying on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 may not simultaneously carry on board any of the other gears referred to in point 4.
 9. 
((a)) In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area and absent from port for which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of any area referred to in point 2 for the remainder of the management period unless using only unregulated gear as described in point 7.
((b)) In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being counted against its days allocated under point 6, provided that the vessel first notifies its flag Member State of its intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for that time. Such vessels shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.
 10. 
((a)) A Member State may permit any of its fishing vessels to transfer days present within the area and absent from port for which it is eligible to another of its vessels for the same management period and within the same 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 multiplied by 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 Community fishing fleet register.
((b)) The total number of days present within the area and absent from port transferred under point (a) 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 that area as verified by the EC logbook in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel. When a donor vessel uses the alternative area definition of the West of Scotland as defined in point 2 its track record calculation will be based on this alternative area definition.
((c)) The transfer of days as described in sub-point (a) shall only be permitted between vessels operating within the same gear grouping and area categories referred to in point 6(a) and during the same management period. A Member State may allow a transfer of days when a licensed donor vessel has temporarily ceased its activity without public aid.
((d)) No transfer of days from vessels benefiting from the allocation referred to in points 6(d) and 7 is permitted.
((e)) On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place.
 11. A vessel with no track record of fishing in one of the areas defined in point 2 shall be allowed to transit across these areas provided that it has first notified its authorities of its intention to do so. While that vessel is within any of the areas defined in point 2 any fishing gears carried on board must be lashed and stowed in accordance with conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
 12. A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear defined in point 4 in any area defined in point 2 by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the area in question.
However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear defined in point 4 may be authorised to use a different gear defined in point 4, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.
 13. A Member State shall not count against the days allocated to any of its vessels under this Annex either any days when the vessel has been absent from port but unable to fish because it was assisting another vessel in need of emergency aid or any days when a vessel has been absent from port but unable to fish because it is transporting an injured crew member for emergency medical aid. The Member State shall provide justification to the Commission within one month of any decisions taken on this basis with associated evidence of the emergency from the competent authorities.
 14. Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days absent from port and present within the areas as set out in this Annex, shall communicate, for each calendar year within one month of the expiry of that calendar year, to the Commission the information about effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the areas concerned by this Annex as laid out in Table IV.
 15. Member States shall communicate the data referred in point 14 to the Commission in Spread Sheet format by sending it to the appropriate mailbox address which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.


Table IV — Reporting format
Country CFR External marking Area fished Length of management period Gear type/types notified Days eligible using this gear/gears Days spent with gear type 1 Days spent with gear type 2 Transfers of days
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Table V — Data format
Name of zone Max. number of characters/digits Definition and comments
 (1) Country
 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.Always the reporting country.
 (2) CFR
 12 (Community Fleet Register Number).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 must be inserted on the left hand side.
 (3) External marking
 14 Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
 (4) Area
 1 Indicate if the vessel has been fishing in Area 2(a) or 2(b) of this Annex
 (5) Length of management period
 2 Indication from 1-12 of the length of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified, in accordance with point 7 of this Annex, may be aggregated.
 (6) Gear type/types notified
 2 Indication from 4(a) through to 4(g) of the gear types notified in accordance with point 4 of this Annex.
 (7) Days eligible using this gear/gears
 3 Number of days for which this vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
 (8) Days spent with gear type 1
 3 Number of days for which the vessel actually spent absent from port and present within the area according to this Annex using gear type 1.
 (9) Days spent with gear type 2
 3 Number of days for which the vessel actually spent absent from port and present within the area according to this Annex using gear type 2, if applicable.
 (10) Transfers of days
 3 For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’
Appendix 1 to Annex IVa

1.. Any vessel using this gear type shall hold a special fishing permit in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.
2.. A copy of the special permits referred to in point 1 shall be kept on board the fishing vessel.
3.. When holding the special fishing permit the vessel shall only keep on board and use a towed net with an exit window as specified point 4. The gear shall be approved by the national inspectors before commencing fishing.
4.. 
((a)) The window shall be inserted in the untapered section with a minimum of 80 open meshes in the circumference. The window shall be inserted into the top panel and shall cover half the top panel. There shall be no more than two open diamond meshes between the posterior row of meshes in the side of the window and the adjacent selvedge. The window shall terminate no more than 6 metres from the cod-line. The joining rate shall be two diamond meshes to one square mesh.
((b)) The window shall be at least three meters in length. The meshes shall have a minimum opening of 120 mm. The meshes shall be square meshes i.e. all four sides of the window netting will be cut all bars. The netting shall be mounted such that the bars run parallel and perpendicular to the length of the cod-end.
((c)) The netting of square-meshed panel shall be knotless single twine. The window shall be inserted in such a way that the meshes remain fully open at all times when fishing. The window shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or external attachments.

ANNEX IVb 1. The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres.
 2. For the purposes of this Annex, the following geographical area shall apply:

 Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic coast (ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa) with the exception of Gulf of Cadiz.
 3. For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within the area and absent from port shall be:

((a)) the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port, or
((b)) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port or any part of any such time period.
A Member State which wishes to employ the definition of a day present within the area and absent from port laid down under point (b) shall notify the Commission before 1 February 2005 of the means of monitoring the activities of a vessel to ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in point (b).
 4. For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

((a)) Bottom trawl of mesh size > 55 mm;
((b)) Bottom long-lines;
((c)) Gill-nets of mesh size > 60 mm;
((d)) Gill-nets of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;
((e)) Trawl of mesh size between 31 mm and 54 mm.
 5. Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the fishing gears referred to in point 4, fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community shall be present within the area and absent from port for no more than the number of days specified in point 6.
 6. 
((a)) The maximum number of days in any calendar month for which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 is shown in Table I.

Table I — Maximum days present within the area and absent from port by fishing gear
Area defined in point: Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point:
4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f
 2 Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic coast (ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa)
 22 22 22 22 22 22
((b)) A Member State may aggregate the days present within the area and absent from port in Table I within management periods of up to eleven calendar months.
((c)) An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 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 2004 in accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999. Any vessels that can be shown to have been definitively withdrawn from the area specified in point 2 may also be considered. The additional number of days allocated to vessels in a given gear category will be directly proportional to the fishing effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question compared to the comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.
Member States wishing to benefit from such allocations shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details of permanent cessations of fishing activities in question.
On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point (a) for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
((d)) Derogations from the number of days present within the area and absent from port shown in Table I may be allocated to vessels by Member States under the conditions shown in Table II.
Member States wishing to apply this higher allocation of days shall notify the Commission with details of the vessels that will benefit and with details of their track records at least two weeks before the higher allocation of days are to be granted.


Table II — Derogations from days present within the area and absent from port in Table I and associated conditions
Area Defined in point 2 Gear defined in point 4 2001, 2002 and 2003 vessel track record Days
2 4(a) to 4(f) Less than 5 tonnes of hake in all years no days restriction

If this higher allocation of days is given to a vessel, as a result of its low hake track record, that vessel's landing shall not in 2005 exceed 5 tonnes live weight of hake nor shall they tranship any fish at sea to another vessels. When either of these conditions are not met by a vessel, that vessel shall with immediate effect no longer be entitled to the additional days.
 7. Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management period. Until such notification is provided the vessel will not be entitled to fish within the area defined in point 2 with any of the gears referred to in point 4.
A vessel wishing to combine the use of one or more of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 (regulated gears) with any other fishing gears not referred to in point 4 (unregulated gears) will not be restricted in their use of the unregulated gear. Such vessels must pre-notify when the regulated gear is to be used. When no such notification has been given no gear referred to in point 4 may be carried on board. Such vessels must be authorised and equipped to undertake the alternative fishing activity.
 8. 
((a)) In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area and absent from port for which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of the area referred to in point 2 for the remainder of the management period unless using unregulated gear as described in point 7.
((b)) In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being counted against its days allocated under point 6, provided that the vessel first notifies its flag Member State of its intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for this time. Such vessels shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.
 9. 
((a)) A Member State may permit any of its fishing vessels to transfer days present within the area and absent from port for which it is eligible to another of its vessels for the same management period and 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 multiplied by 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 Community fishing fleet register.
((b)) The total number of days present within the area and absent from port transferred under sub-point (a) 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 EC logbook in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.
((c)) The transfer of days as described in sub-point (a) shall only be permitted between vessels operating within the same gear grouping referred to in point 6(a) and during the same management period.
((d)) No transfer of days from vessels benefiting from the allocation referred to in points 6(d) is permitted.
((e)) On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place.
 10. A vessel with no track record of fishing in the area defined in point 2 is allowed to transit across the area provided that it has no fishing permit to operate in the area or that it has first notified its authorities of its intention to do so. While that vessel is within the area defined in point 2 any fishing gears carried on board must be lashed and stowed in accordance with conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
 11. A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear defined in point 4 in the area defined in point 2 by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003 or 2004 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.
However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear defined in point 4 may be authorised to use a different gear defined in point 4, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.
 12. A Member State shall not count against the days allocated to any of its vessels under this Annex either any days when the vessel has been absent from port but unable to fish because it was assisting another vessel in need of emergency aid or any days when a vessel has been absent from port but unable to fish because it is transporting an injured crew member for emergency medical aid. The Member State shall provide justification to the Commission within one month of any decisions taken on this basis with associated evidence of the emergency from the competent authorities.
However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear defined in point 4 may be authorised to use a different gear defined in point 4, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.
 13. Notwithstanding Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Articles 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e and 19k of that Regulation shall apply to vessels carrying on board the fishing gears defined in point 4 and operating in the area defined in point 2. Vessels equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 or those operating under the definition of a day as defined in point 3(a) shall be excluded from these hailing requirements.
 14. Member States may implement alternative control measures to ensure compliance with the obligations referred in point 13 of this Annex which are as effective and transparent as these reporting obligations. Such alternative measures shall be notified to the Commission before being implemented.
 15. The master of a Community fishing vessel or his representative wishing to tranship any quantity retained on board or to land in a port or landing location of a third country shall inform the competent authorities of the flag Member State at least 24 hours prior to transhipping or to landing in a third country the information referred to in Article 19b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
 16. By way of derogation from Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the permitted margin of tolerance, when estimating quantities, in kilograms retained on board of vessels referred to in point 14 shall be 8 % of the logbook figure. In the event that no conversion factors are laid down in Community legislation, the conversion factors adopted by the Member states whose flag the vessel is flying shall apply.
 17. The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that any quantity of Southern hake exceeding 300 kg and/or 150 kg of Norway lobster caught in the area referred in point 2 shall be weighed using auction room scales before sale.
 18. When quantities of hake greater than 50 kg are stowed on board a vessel, it shall be prohibited to retain on board a fishing vessel in any container any quantity of Southern hake or Norway lobster mixed with any other species of marine organism. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall give inspectors of Member States such assistance as will enable the quantities declared in the logbook and the catches of Southern hake and Norway lobster retained on board to be cross-checked.
 19. The competent authorities of a Member State may require that any quantity of Southern hake exceeding 300 kg or Norway lobster exceeding 150 kg caught in the area specified in point 2 and first landed in that Member State is weighed in the presence of controllers before being transported from the port of first landing.
 20. By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, quantities greater than 50 kg of any species in fisheries referred to in Article 12 of this Regulation which are transported to a place other than that of landing or import shall be accompanied by a copy of one of the declarations provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 pertaining to the quantities of these species transported. The exemption provided for in Article 13(4)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall not apply.
 21. By way of derogation from Article 34c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the specific monitoring programme for any of the stocks in fisheries referred to in Article 12 may last more than two years from their date of entry into force.
 22. Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days absent from port and present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall communicate, for each calendar year within one month of the expiry of that calendar year, to the Commission the information about effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex as laid out in Table IV.
 23. Member States shall communicate the data referred in point 22 to the Commission in spreadsheet format by sending it to the appropriate mailbox address which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

Country CFR External marking Area fished Length of management period Gear type/types notified Days eligible using this gear Days spent with this gear type Transfers of days
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Name of zone Max. number of characters/digits Definition and comments
 (1) Country
 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.Always the reporting country.
 (2) CFR
 12 (Community Fleet Register Number).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 must be inserted on the left hand side.
 (3) External marking
 14 Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
 (4) Area
 1 Indicate if the vessel has been fishing in Area 2(a) or 2(b) of this Annex
 (5) Length of management period
 2 Indication from 1-12 of the length of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified, in accordance with point 7 of this Annex, may be aggregated.
 (6) Gear type/types notified
 2 Indication from 4(a) through to 4(g) of the gear types notified in accordance with point 4 of this Annex.
 (7) Days eligible using this gear
 3 Number of days for which the vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
 (8) Days spent with this gear type
 3 Number of days for which the vessel actually spent absent from port and present within the area according to this Annex.
 (9) Transfers of days
 3 For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

ANNEX IVc 1. The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres.
 2. For the purposes of this Annex, the following geographical area shall apply:
Western Channel (ICES Division VIIe).
 3. For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within the area and absent from port shall be:

((a)) the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port, or
((b)) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port or any part of any such time period.
A Member State which wishes to employ the definition of a day present within the area and absent from port laid down under point (b) shall notify the Commission before 1 February 2005 of the means of monitoring the activities of a vessel to ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in point (b).
 4. For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply:

((a)) beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;
((b)) static demersal nets including gill nets, trammel nets and tangle nets.
 5. Each Member State shall ensure that, when carrying on board any of the fishing gears referred to in point 4, fishing vessels flying its flag and registered in the Community shall be present within the area and absent from port for no more than the number of days set out in point 6.
 6. 
((a)) The maximum number of days in any calendar month for which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port having carried on board any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 4 is shown in Table I.
A day spent absent from port and present within the area defined in point 2 of this Annex shall also count against the total number of days allowable for any of the areas defined in point 2 of Annex IVa for a vessel operating with the same gear categories.
Where a vessel crosses between two areas on a fishing trip the day shall be counted against the area in which the largest proportion of time was spent during that day.

Table I — Maximum days present within the area and absent from port by fishing gear
Area defined in point 2: Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point:
4a 4b
2. Western Channel (ICES Division VIIe). 20 20
((b)) A Member State may aggregate the days present within the area and absent from port in Table I within management periods of up to eleven calendar months.
((c)) An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area and absent from port when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 4 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 2004 in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999. The additional number of days allocated to vessels in a given gear category will be directly proportional to the fishing effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question compared to the comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003. Any part of a day resulting from this calculation shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.
Member States wishing to benefit from such allocations shall submit a request to the Commission with reports containing the details the permanent cessations of fishing activities in question.
On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point (a) for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
 7. Before the first day of each management period the master of a vessel or his representative shall notify to the authorities of the flag Member State which gear or gears he intends to use during the forthcoming management period. Until such notification is provided the vessel shall not be entitled to fish within the area defined in point 2 with any of the gears referred to in point 4.
 8. 
((a)) In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area and absent from port for which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of the area referred to in point 2 for the remainder of the management period unless using only unregulated gear as described in point 7.
((b)) In any given management period a vessel may undertake non-fishing related activities, without that time being counted against its days allocated under point 6, provided that the vessel first notifies its flag Member State of its intention to do so, the nature of its activity and that it surrenders its fishing licence for that time. Such vessels shall not carry any fishing gear or fish on board during that time.
 9. 
((a)) A Member State may permit any of its fishing vessels to transfer days present within the area and absent from port for which it is eligible to another of its vessels for the same management period and 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 multiplied by 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 Community fishing fleet register.
((b)) The total number of days present within the area and absent from port transferred under point (a) 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 EC logbook in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003, multiplied by the engine power in kilowatts of that vessel.
((c)) The transfer of days as described in sub-point (a) shall only be permitted between vessels operating within the same gear grouping referred to in point 6(a) and during the same management period.
((d)) On request from the Commission, Member States shall provide reports on the transfers that have taken place.
 10. A vessel with no track record of fishing in the area defined in point 2 shall be allowed to transit across the area provided that it has first notified its authorities of its intention to do so. While that vessel is within the area defined in point 2 any fishing gears carried on board must be lashed and stowed in accordance with conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
 11. A Member State shall not permit fishing with a gear defined in point 4 in the area defined in point 2 by any of its vessels which have no record of such fishing activity in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 in that area unless it ensures that equivalent capacity, measured in kilowatts, is prevented from fishing in the regulated area.
However, a vessel with a track record of using a gear defined in point 4 may be authorised to use a different gear defined in point 4, provided that the number of days allocated to this latter gear is greater than or equal to the number of days allocated to the first gear.
 12. A Member State shall not count against the days allocated to any of its vessels under this Annex either any days when the vessel has been absent from port but unable to fish because it was assisting another vessel in need of emergency aid or any days when a vessel has been absent from port but unable to fish because it is transporting an injured crew member for emergency medical aid. The Member State shall provide justification to the Commission within one month of any decisions taken on this basis with associated evidence of the emergency from the competent authorities.
 13. Notwithstanding Article 19a of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Articles 19b, 19c, 19d, 19e and 19k of that Regulation shall apply to vessels carrying on board the fishing gears defined in point 4 and operating in the area defined in point 2. Vessels equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 or those operating under the definition of a day as defined in point 3(a) shall be excluded from these hailing requirements.
 14. Member States may implement alternative control measures to ensure compliance with the obligations referred in point 13 of this Annex which are as effective and transparent as these reporting obligations. Such alternative measures shall be notified to the Commission before being implemented.
 15. The master of a Community fishing vessel or his representative wishing to tranship any quantity retained on board or to land in a port or landing location of a third country shall inform the competent authorities of the flag Member State at least 24 hours prior to transhipping or to landing in a third country the information referred to in Article 19b of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93.
 16. By way of derogation from Article 5(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83, the permitted margin of tolerance, when estimating quantities, in kilograms retained on board of vessels referred to in point 13 shall be 8 % of the logbook figure. In the event that no conversion factors are laid down in Community legislation, the conversion factors adopted by the Member states whose flag the vessel is flying shall apply.
 17. When quantities of sole greater than 50 kg are stowed on board a vessel, it shall be prohibited to retain on board a fishing vessel in any container any quantity of Sole mixed with any other species of marine organism. The masters of Community fishing vessels shall give inspectors of Member States such assistance as will enable the quantities declared in the logbook and the catches of sole retained on board to be cross checked.
 18. The competent authorities of a Member State shall ensure that any quantity of sole exceeding 300 kg caught in the areas defined in point 2 shall be weighed using auction room scales before sale.
 19. The competent authorities of a Member State may require that any quantity of Sole exceeding 300 kg caught in the area specified in point 2 and first landed in that Member State is weighed in the presence of controllers before being transported from the port of first landing.
 20. By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, quantities greater than 50 kg of any species in fisheries referred to in Article 12 of this Regulation which are transported to a place other than that of landing or import shall be accompanied by a copy of one of the declarations provided for in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 pertaining to the quantities of these species transported. The exemption provided for in Article 13(4)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 shall not apply.
 21. By way of derogation from Article 34c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the specific monitoring programme for any of the stocks in fisheries referred to in Article 12 may last more than two years from their date of entry into force.
 22. Member States, on the basis of information used for the management of fishing days absent from port and present within the area as set out in this Annex, shall communicate, for each calendar year within one month of the expiry of that calendar year, to the Commission the information about effort deployed by vessels using different types of gear in the area concerned by this Annex as laid out in Table IV.
 23. Member States shall communicate the data referred in point 22 to the Commission in Spread Sheet format by sending it to the appropriate mailbox address which shall be communicated to the Member States by the Commission.

Country CFR External marking Area fished Length of management period Gear type/types notified Days eligible using this gear Days spent with this gear type Transfers of days
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

Name of zone Max. number of characters/digits Definition and comments
 (1) Country
 3 Member State (Alpha-3 ISO code) in which vessel is registered for fishing under Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.Always the reporting country.
 (2) CFR
 12 (Community Fleet Register Number).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 must be inserted on the left hand side.
 (3) External marking
 14 Under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1381/87
 (4) Area
 1 Indicate if the vessel has been fishing in Area 2(a) or 2(b) of this Annex
 (5) Length of management period
 2 Indication from 1-12 of the length of each management period allocated to the vessel concerned. Separate management periods in which the same gear grouping or combination of gear groupings have been notified, in accordance with point 7 of this Annex, may be aggregated.
 (6) Gear type/types notified
 2 Indication from 4(a) through to 4 (g) of the gear types notified in accordance with point 4 of this Annex.
 (7) Days eligible using this gear
 3 Number of days for which this vessel is eligible under this Annex for the choice of gears and length of management period notified.
 (8) Days spent with this gear type
 3 Number of days for which the vessel actually spent absent from port and present within the area according to this Annex.
 (9) Transfers of days
 3 For days transferred indicate ‘– number of days transferred’ and for days received indicate ‘+ number of days transferred’

ANNEX V

1. From 1 January to 31 December 2005, the conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing vessels fishing in the North Sea and the Skagerrak with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm.

2. For the purposes of this Annex a day absent from port shall be:

((a)) the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period, or
((b)) any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook between the date and time of departure and the date and time of arrival or any part of any such time period.

3. Each Member State concerned shall, not later than 1 March 2005, establish a data base containing for the North Sea and Skagerrak, for each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 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 16mm, the following information:

((a)) the name and internal registration number of the vessel;
((b)) the installed engine power of the vessel in kilowatts measured in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2930/86;
((c)) the number of days absent from port when fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gear with a mesh size of less than 16 mm;
((d)) the kilowatt-days as the product of the number of days absent from port and the installed engine power in kilowatts.

4. The following quantities shall be calculated by each Member State:

((a)) the total kilowatt-days for each year as the sum of the kilowatt-days calculated in paragraph 3(d);
((b)) the average kilowatt-days for the period 2002 to 2004.

5. Each Member State shall ensure that the number of kilowatt-days in 2005 for vessels flying its flag or registered in the Community does not exceed 40 % of the number in 2004 as calculated in point 4(a).

6. The maximum number of kilowatt-days referred to in point 5 shall be revised by the Commission as early as possible and not later than 15 May 2005, based on advice from the STECF on the size of the 2004 year class of North Sea sandeel, in accordance with the following rules:

((a)) where STECF estimates the size of the 2004 year class of North Sea sandeel to be at or above 500 000 million individuals at age 0, no restrictions in kilowatt-days shall apply for the remaining of 2005;
((b)) where STECF estimates the size of the 2004 year class of North Sea sandeel to be between 300 000 million and 500 000 million individuals at age 0, the number of kilowatt-days shall not exceed the level in 2003 as calculated in point 4(a);
((c)) where STECF estimates the size of the 2004 year class of North Sea sandeel to be below 300 000 million individuals at age 0, fishing with demersal trawl, seine or similar towed gears with a mesh size of less than 16 mm shall be prohibited for the remaining of 2005. However, a limited fishery will be allowed in order to monitor the sandeel stocks in the North Sea and the Skagerrak and the effects of the closure. To this end the Member States concerned shall in cooperation with the Commission develop a plan for the monitoring fishery.

ANNEX VI
PART I

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







PART II

Flag State Fishery Number of licences Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norway Herring, North of 62°00′N 18 18
Faroe Islands Mackerel, VIa (north of 56°30′N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56°30′N) 14 14
Herring north of 62°00′N 21 21
Herring, IIIa 4 4
Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting) 15 15
Ling and tusk 20 10
Blue whiting, VIa (north of 56°30′N), VIb, VII (west of 12°00′W) 20 20
Blue ling 16 16
Porbeagle (all zones except NAFO 3PS) 3 3
Russian Federation Herring, IIId (Swedish waters) pm pm
Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships) pm pm
Sprat 4 pm
Barbados Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 5 pm
Snappers (French Guyana waters) 5 pm
Guyana Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) pm pm
Surinam Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 5 pm
Trinidad and Tobago Penaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters) 8 pm
Japan Tuna (French Guyana waters) pm 
Korea Tuna (French Guyana waters) pm pm
Venezuela Snappers (French Guyana waters) 41 pm
Sharks (French Guyana waters) 4 pm











PART III
ANNEX VII
PART I
When fishing is carried out within the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the Community which is covered by Community rules on fisheries, the following details are to be entered in the log-book immediately after the following events:
 1.1. the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught;
 1.2. the date and the time of the haul;
 1.3. the geographical position in which the catches were made;
 1.4. the fishing method used.
 2.1. the indication ‘received from’ or ‘transferred to’;
 2.2. the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species trans-shipped;
 2.3. the name, external identifications letters and numbers of the vessel to or from which the trans-shipment occurred;
 2.4. trans-shipment of cod is not allowed.
 3.1. name of the port;
 3.2. the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed.
 4.1. date and time of the transmission;
 4.2. type of message: IN, OUT, ICES, WKL or 2 WKL;
 4.3. in the case of radio transmission: name of the radio station.

PART II
ANNEX VIII
The information to be transmitted to the Commission of the European Communities and the timetable for its transmission are as follows:

1.1. On each occasion the vessel enters the 200-nautical-mile zone off the coasts of the Member States of the Community which is covered by Community rules on fisheries:

((a)) the information specified under 1.5;
((b)) the quantity (in kilograms) of each species of fish in the hold;
((c)) the date and ICES division within which the master intends to commence fishing.
Where the fishing operations necessitate more than one entry into these zones on a given day, one communication shall suffice on first entry.

1.2. On each occasion the vessel leaves the zone referred to under 1.1:

((a)) the information specified under 1.5;
((b)) the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species of fish in the hold;
((c)) the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught since the previous transmission;
((d)) the ICES division in which the catches were taken;
((e)) the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species transferred to and/or from other vessels since the vessel entered the zone and the identification of the vessel to which the transfer was made;
((f)) the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed in a port of the Community since the vessel entered the zone.
Where the fishing operations necessitate more than one entry into the zones referred to under 1.1 on a given day, one single communication on the last exit will be sufficient.

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 at weekly intervals, commencing on 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)) the information specified under 1.5;
((b)) the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught since the previous transmission;
((c)) the ICES division in which the catches were made.

1.4. On each occasion the vessel moves from one ICES division to another:

((a)) the information specified under 1.5;
((b)) the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species caught since the previous transmission;
((c)) the ICES division in which the catches have been taken.

1.5. 
((a)) the name, call sign, external identification letters and numbers of the vessel and the name of its master;
((b)) the licence number if the vessel is under licence;
((c)) the serial number of the message for the voyage concerned;
((d)) identification of the type of message;
((e)) the date, the time and the geographical position of the vessel.

2.1. The information specified under point 1 shall be transmitted to the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels by telex (SAT COM C 420599543 FISH), electronic mail (FISHERIES-telecom@cec.eu.int) or via one of the radio stations listed under point 3 below and in the form specified under point 4.

2.2. If it is impossible for reasons of force majeure for the message to be transmitted by the vessel, it may be transmitted on the vessel's behalf by another vessel.

3. 
Name of radio station Call sign of radio station
Lyngby OXZ
Land's End GLD
Valentia EJK
Malin Head EJM
Torshavn OXJ
Bergen LGN
Farsund LGZ
Florø LGL
Rogaland LGQ
Tjøme LGT
Ålesund LGA
Ørlandet LFO
Bodø LPG
Svalbard LGS
Blåvand OXB
Gryt GRYT RADIO
Göteborg SOG
Turku OFK

4. 
The information specified under point 1 shall contain the following particulars, which shall be given in the following order:


— name of vessel;
— call sign;
— external identification letters and numbers;
— serial number of the message for the voyage in question;
— indication of the type of message according to the following code:
— message when entering one of the zones referred to under 1.1: ‘IN’,
— message when leaving one of the zones referred to under 1.1: ‘OUT’ ,
— message when moving from one ICES division to another: ‘ICES’,
— weekly message: ‘WKL’,
— three-day message: ‘2 WKL’;
— the date, the time and the geographical position;
— the ICES divisions/sub-areas in which fishing is expected to commence;
— the date on which fishing is expected to commence;
— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species of fish in the hold using the code mentioned in point 5;
— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species of fish caught since the previous transmission using the code mentioned in point 5;
— the ICES divisions/sub-areas in which the catches were made;
— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species transferred to and/or from other vessels since the previous transmission;
— the name and call sign of the vessel to and/or from which the transfer was made;
— the quantity (in kilograms live-weight) of each species landed in a port of the Community since the previous transmission;
— the name of the master.

5. Code to be used to indicate the species on board as mentioned in 1.4 above:

Alfonsinos (Beryx spp.) ALF
American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) PLA
Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) ANE
Angler/Monk (Lophius spp.) MNZ
Argentine (Argentina silus) ARG
Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama) POA
Basking shark (Cetorinhus maximus) BSK
Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo) BSF
Blue ling (Molva dypterygia) BLI
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) WHB
Bob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) BOB
Cod (Gadus morhua) COD
Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) CSH
Common squid (Loligo spp.) SQC
Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) DGS
Forkbeards (Phycis spp.) FOR
Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) GHL
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) HAD
Hake (Merluccius merluccius) HKE
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) HAL
Herring (Clupea harengus) HER
Horse-mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) HOM
Ling (Molva molva) LIN
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) MAC
Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) LEZ
Northern deep-water prawn (Pandalus borealis) PRA
Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) NEP
Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii) NOP
Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) ORY
Other OTH
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) PLE
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius) POL
Porbeagle (Lamma nasus) POR
Redfish (Sebastes spp.) RED
Red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) SBR
Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) RNG
Saithe (Pollachius virens) POK
Salmon (Salmo salar) SAL
Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) SAN
Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) PIL
Shark (Selachii, Pleurotremata) SKH
Shrimp (Penaeidae) PEZ
Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) SPR
Squid (Illex spp.) SQX
Tuna (Thunnidae) TUN
Tusk (Brosme brosme) USK
Whiting (Merlangus merlangus) WHG
Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) YEL

ANNEX IX

Common English Name Scientific Name 3-Alpha Code
Groundfish
Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua COD
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus HAD
Atlantic redfishes Sebastes sp. RED
Golden redfish Sebastes marinus REG
Beaked redfish (deepwater) Sebastes mentella REB
Acadian redfish Sebastes fasciatus REN
Silver hake Merluccius bilinearis HKS
Red hake Urophycis chuss HKR
Pollock (=Saithe) Pollachius virens POK
American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides PLA
Witch flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus WIT
Yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea YEL
Greenland halibut Reinharditius hippoglossoides GHL
Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus HAL
Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus FLW
Summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus FLS
Windowpane flounder Scophthalmus aquosus FLD
Flatfishes (NS) Pleuronectiformes FLX
American angler (=Goosefish) Lophius americanus ANG
Atlantic searobins Prionotus sp. SRA
Atlantic tomcod Microgadus tomcod TOM
Blue antimora Antimora rostrata ANT
Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou WHB
Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus CUN
Cusk (=Tusk) Brosme brosme USK
Greenland cod Gadus ogac GRC
Blue ling Molva dypterygia BLI
Ling Molva molva LIN
Lumpfish (=Lumpsucker) Cyclopterus lumpus LUM
Northern kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis KGF
Northern puffer Sphoeroides maculatus PUF
Eelpouts (NS) Lycodes sp. ELZ
Ocean pout Macrozoarces americanus OPT
Polar cod Boreogadus saida POC
Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris RNG
Roughhead grenadier Macrourus berglax RHG
Sandeels (=Sand Lances) Ammodytes sp. SAN
Sculpins Myoxocephalus sp. SCU
Scup Stenotomus chrysops SCP
Tautog Tautoga onitis TAU
Tilefish Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps TIL
White hake Urophycis tenuis HKW
Wolffishes (NS) Anarhicas sp. CAT
Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus CAA
Spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor CAS
Groundfish (NS)  GRO
Pelagics
Atlantic herring Clupea harengus HER
Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus MAC
Atlantic butterfish Peprilus triacanthus BUT
Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus MHA
Atlantic saury Scomberesox saurus SAU
Bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli ANB
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix BLU
Crevalle jack Caranx hippos CVJ
Frigate tuna Auxis thazard FRI
King mackerel Scomberomourus cavalla KGM
Atlantic Spanish mackerel Scomberomourus maculatus SSM
Sailfish Istiophorus platypterus SAI
White marlin Tetrapturus albidus WHM
Blue marlin Makaira nigricans BUM
Swordfish Xiphias gladius SWO
Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga ALB
Atlantic bonito Sarda sarda BON
Little tunny Euthynnus alletteratus LTA
Bigeye tunny Thunnus obesus BET
Northern bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus BFT
Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis SKJ
Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares YFT
Tunas (NS) Scombridae TUN
Pelagic fish (NS)  PEL
Invertebrates
Long-finned squid (Loligo) Loligo pealei SQL
Short-finned squid (Illex) Illex illecebrosus SQI
Squids (NS) Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae SQU
Atlantic razor clam Ensis directus CLR
Hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria CLH
Ocean quahog Arctica islandica CLQ
Soft clam Mya arenaria CLS
Surf clam Spisula solidissima CLB
Stimpson's surf clam Spisula polynyma CLT
Clams (NS) Prionodesmacea, Teleodesmacea CLX
Bay scallop Argopecten irradians SCB
Calico scallop Argopecten gibbus SCC
Iceland scallop Chylamys islandica ISC
Sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus SCA
Scallops (NS) Pectinidae SCX
American cupped oyster Crassostrea virginica OYA
Blue mussel Mytilus edulis MUS
Whelks (NS) Busycon sp. WHX
Periwinkles (NS) Littorina sp. PER
Marine molluscs (NS) Mollusca MOL
Atlantic rock crab Cancer irroratus CRK
Blue crab Callinectes sapidus CRB
Green crab Carcinus maenas CRG
Jonah crab Cancer borealis CRJ
Queen crab Chionoecetes opilio CRQ
Red crab Geryon quinquedens CRR
Stone king crab Lithodes maia KCT
Marine crabs (NS) Reptantia CRA
American lobster Homarus americanus LBA
Northern prawn Pandalus borealis PRA
Aesop shrimp Pandalus montagui AES
Penaeus shrimps (NS) Penaeus sp. PEN
Pink (=Pandalid) shrimps Pandalus sp. PAN
Marine crustaceans (NS) Crustacea CRU
Sea-urchin Strongylocentrotus sp. URC
Marine worms (NS) Polycheata WOR
Horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus HSC
Marine invertebrates (NS) Invertebrata INV
Other Fish
Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus ALE
Amberjacks Seriola sp. AMX
American conger Conger oceanicus COA
American eel Anguilla rostrata ELA
Atlantic hagfish Myxine glutinosa MYG
American shad Alosa sapidissima SHA
Argentines (NS) Argentina sp. ARG
Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus CKA
Atlantic needlefish Strongylura marina NFA
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar SAL
Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia SSA
Atlantic thread herring Opisthonema oglinum THA
Barid's slickhead Alepocephalus bairdii ALC
Black drum Pogonias cromis BDM
Black seabass Centropristis striata BSB
Blueback herring Alosa aestivalis BBH
Capelin Mallotus villosus CAP
Chars (NS) Salvelinus sp. CHR
Cobia Rachycentron canadum CBA
Common (Florida) pompano Trachinotus carolinus POM
Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum SHG
Grunts (NS) Pomadasyidae GRX
Hickory shad Alosa mediocris SHH
Lanternfish Notoscopelus sp. LAX
Mullets (NS) Mugilidae MUL
North atlantic harvestfish Peprilus alepidotus (=paru) HVF
Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera PIG
Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax SMR
Red drum Sciaenops ocellatus RDM
Red porgy Pagrus pagrus RPG
Rough scad Trachurus lathami RSC
Sand perch Diplectrum formosum PES
Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus SPH
Spot croaker Leiostomus xanthurus SPT
Spotted weakfish Cynoscion nebulosus SWF
Squeteague (Gray Weakfish) Cynoscion regalis STG
Striped bass Morone saxatilis STB
Sturgeons (NS) Acipenseridae STU
Tarpon Tarpon (=megalops) atlanticus TAR
Trouts (NS) Salmo sp. TRO
White perch Morone americana PEW
Alfonsinos (NS) Beryx sp. ALF
Spiny (=picked) dogfish Squalus acantias DGS
Dogfishes (NS) Squalidae DGX
Sand Tiger shark Odontaspis taurus CCT
Porbeagle Lamna nasus POR
Shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus SMA
Dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus DUS
Great Blue shark Prionace glauca BSH
Large sharks (NS) Squaliformes SHX
Atlantic Sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenova RHT
Black Dogfish Centroscyllium fabricii CFB
Boreal (Greenland) shark Somniosus microcephalus GSK
Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus BSK
Skates (NS) Raja sp. SKA
Little skate Leucoraja erinacea RJD
Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea RJG
Barndoor skate Dipturus laevis RJL
Winter skate Leucoraja ocellata RJT
Thorny skate (Starry Ray) Amblyraja radiata RJR
Smooth skate Malcoraja senta RJS
Spinytail skate (Spinetail Ray) Bathyraja spinicauda RJO
Finfishes (NS)  FIN

ANNEX X 1. 
The ICNAF-type topside chafer is a rectangular piece of netting to be attached to the upper side of the codend of the trawl net to reduce and prevent damage so long as such netting conforms to the following conditions:


((a)) this netting shall have a mesh size not less than that specified for the codend in Article 10;
((b)) this netting may be fastened to the codend only along the forward and lateral edges of the netting and at no other place in it, and shall be fastened in such a manner that it extends forward of the splitting strap no more than four meshes and ends not less than four meshes in front of the cod line mesh; where a splitting strap is not used, the netting shall not extend to more than one-third of the codend measured from not less than four meshes in front of the cod line mesh;
((c)) the width of this netting shall be at least one and a half times the width of the area of the codend which is covered, such widths to be measured at right angles to the long axis of the codend.


 2. 
The multiple flap-type topside chafer is defined as pieces of netting having in all their parts meshes the size of which, whether the pieces of netting are wet or dry, is not less than that of the codend, provided that:


((i)) each piece of netting

((a)) is fastened by its forward edge only across the codened at right angles to its long axis;
((b)) is of a width of at least the width of the codend (such width being measured at right angles to the long axis of the codend at the point of attachment); and
((c)) is not more than ten meshes long; and
((ii)) the aggregate length of all the pieces of netting so attached does not exceed two-thirds of the length of the codend.


 3. 
The large-mesh topside chafer consists of a rectangular piece of netting made of the same twine material as the codend, or of a single, thick, knotless twine material, attached to the rear portion of the upper side of the codend and extending over all or any part of the upper side of the codend and having in all its parts a mesh size twice that of the codend when measured wet and fastened to the codend along the forward, lateral and rear edges only of the netting in such a way that each mesh of the netting coincides with four meshes of the codend.



ANNEX XI
Species Gilled and gutted fish whether or not skinned; fresh or chilled, frozen, or salted
Whole Head off Head and Tail Off Head Off and Split
Atlantic Cod 41 cm 27 cm 22 cm 27/25 cm
Greenland halibut 30 cm N/A N/A N/A
American plaice 25 cm 19 cm 15 cm N/A
Yellowtail flounder 25 cm 19 cm 15 cm N/A


ANNEX XII

Item of information Standard code
Vessel name 01
Vessel nationality 02
Vessel registration number 03
Registration port 04
Types of gear used (separate record for different gear types) 10
Type of gear 
Date 
— day 20
— month 21
— year 22
Position 
— latitude 31
— longitude 32
— statistical area 33
Number of hauls during the 24-hour period 40
Number of hours gear fished during the 24-hour period 41
Species names (Annex II) 
Daily catch of each species (metric tons round fresh weight) 50
Daily catch of each species for human consumption in the form of fish 61
Daily catch of each species for reduction 62
Daily discard of each species 63
Place(s) of transshipment 70
Date(s) of transshipment 71
Master's signature 80



Gear categories Standard abbreviation code
Surrounding nets
With purse lines (purse seines) PS
— One boat operated purse seines PS1
— Two boat operated purse seines PS2
Without purse lines (lampara) LA
Seine nets
Boat or vessel seines SB/SV
— Danish seines SDN
— Scottish seines SSC
— Pair seines SPR
Seine nets (not specifed) SX
Trawls
Pots FPO
Bottom trawls 
— Beam trawls TBB
— Otter trawls OTB
— Pair trawls PTB
— Nephrops trawls TBN
— Shrimp trawls TBS
— Bottom trawls (not specified) TB
Midwater trawls 
— Otter trawls OTM
— Pair trawls PTM
— Shrimp trawls TMS
— Midwater trawls (not specified) TM
Otter twin trawls OTT
Otter trawls (not specified) OT
Pair trawls (not specified) PT
Other trawls (not specified) TX
Dredges
Boat dredges DRB
Hand dredges DRH
Lift nets
Portable lift nets LNP
Boat operated lift nets LNB
Shore operated stationary lift nets LNS
Lift nets (not specified) LN
Falling gear
Cast nets FCN
Falling Gear (not specified) FG
Gillnets and entangling nets
Set gillnets (anchored) GNS
Drift nets GND
Encircling gillnets GNC
Fixed gillnets (on stakes) GNF
Trammel nets GTR
Combined gillnets-Trammel nets GTN
Gillnets and entangling nets (not specified) GEN
Gillnets (not specified) GN
Traps
Stationary uncovered pound-nets FPN
Fyke nets FYK
Stow nets FSN
Barriers, fences, weirs, etc. FWR
Aerial traps FAR
Traps (not specified) FIX
Hooks and lines
Hand-lines and pole-lines (hand operated) LHP
Hand-lines and pole-lines (mechanized) LHM
Set lines (longlines set) LLS
Drifting longlines LLD
Longlines (not specified) LL
Trolling lines LTL
Hooks and lines (not specified) LX
Grappling and wounding
Harpoons HAR
Harvesting machines
Pumps HMP
Mechanized dredges HMD
Harvesting machines (not specified) HMX
Miscellaneous gear MIS
Recreational fishing gear RG
Gear not known or not specified NK




 A. 

FAO code Type of vessel
BO Protection vessel
CO Fish training vessel
DB Dredger non continuous
DM Dredger continuous
DO Beamer
DOX Dredger NEI
FO Fish carrier
FX Fishing vessel NEI
GO Gill netter
HOX Mother ship NEI
HSF Factory mother ship
KO Hospital ship
LH Hand liner
LL Long liner
LO Liner
LP Pole and line vessel
LT Troller
MO Multipurpose vessels
MSN Seiner hand liner
MTG Trawler drifter
MTS Trawler purse seiner
NB Lift netter tender
NO Lift netter
NOX Lift netter NEI
PO Vessel using pumps
SN Seine netter
SO Seiner
SOX Seiner NEI
SP Purse seiner
SPE Purse seiner european
SPT Tuna purse seiner
TO Trawler
TOX Trawlers NEI
TS Side trawler
TSF Side trawler freezer
TSW Side trawler wetfish
TT Stern trawler
TTF Stern trawler freezer
TTP Stern trawler factory
TU Outrigger trawlers
WO Trap setter
WOP Pot vessels
WOX Trap setters NEI
ZO Fish research vessel
DRN Drifnetter
NEI = Not Elsewhere Identified
 B. 

Alfa code Category
ANC Anchoring
DRI Drifting
FIS Fishing
HAU Hauling
PRO Processing
STE Steaming
TRX Trans-shipping on or off loading
OTH Others — to be specified

ANNEX XIII

The list that follows is a partial list of stocks that needs to be reported in accordance with Article 31(2).

ANG/N3NO Lophius americanus American angler
CAA/N3LMN Anarhichas lupus Atlantic wolffish
CAP/N3LM Mallotus villosus Capelin
CAT/N3LMN Anarhichas spp. Catfishes (Wolffishes) nei
HAD/N3LNO Melanogrammus aeglefinus Haddock
HAL/N23KL Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut
HAL/N3M Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut
HAL/N3NO Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut
HER/N3L Clupea harengus Herring
HKR/N2J3KL Urophycis chuss Red hake
HKR/N3MNO Urophycis chuss Red hake
HKS/N3NLMO Merlucius bilinearis Silver hake
RNG/N23 Coryphaenoides rupestris Roundnose grenadier
HKW/N2J3KL Urophycis tenuis White hake
POK/N3O Pollachius virens Pollock (=Saithe)
RHG/N23 Macrourus berglax Roughhead grenadier
SKA/N2J3KL Raja spp. Skates
SKA/N3M Raja spp. Skates
SQI/N56 Illex illecebrosus Short fin squid
VFF/N3LMN — Fishes unsorted, unidentified
WIT/N3M Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Witch flounder
YEL/N3M Limanda ferruginea Yellow tail flounder
ANNEX XIV

Target species Zone Period of prohibition
Notothenia rossii FAO 48.1 Antarctic, in the Peninsula Area All year
FAO 48.2 Antarctic, around the South Orkneys
FAO 48.3 Antarctic, around South Georgia
Finfish FAO 48.1 Antarctic All year
FAO 48.2 Antarctic
Gobionotothen gibberifrons FAO 48.3 All year
Chaenocephalus aceratus
Pseudochaenichthys georgianus
Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Patagonotothen guntheri
Dissostichus spp. FAO 48.5 Antarctic 1.12.2004 to 30.11.2005
Dissostichus spp. FAO 88.3 Antarctic All year
FAO 58.5.1 Antarctic
FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic east of 79°20′E and outside the EEZ to the west of 79°20′E
FAO 88.2 Antarctic north of 65° S
FAO 58.4.4 Antarctic
FAO 58.6 Antarctic
FAO 58.7 Antarctic
Lepidonotothen squamifrons FAO 58.4.4 All year
All species except Champsocephalus gunnari and Dissostichus eleginoides FAO 58.5.2 Antarctic 1.12.2004 to 30.11.2005
Dissostichus mawsoni FAO 48.4 Antarctic All year


ANNEX XV

Sub-area/division Region Season SSRU Dissostichus spp. Catch Limit(tonnes) By-catch Catch Limit(tonnes)
Skates and rays Macrourus spp. Other species
58.4.1 All Division 1.12.2004 to 30.11.2005 A 0 All Division:50 All Division:96 All Division:20
B 0
C 200
D 0
E 200
F 0
G 200
H 0
Total Subarea 600
58.4.2 All Division 1.12.2004 to 30.11.2005 A 260 All Division:50 All Division:124 All Division:20
B 0
C 260
D 0
E 260
Total Subarea 780
58.4.3a) All Division outside Areas of National Jurisdiction 1.5 to 31.8.2005 N/A 250 All Division:50 All Division:26 All Division:20
58.4.3b) All Division outside Areas of National Jurisdiction 1.5 to 31.8.2005 N/A 300 All Division:50 All Division:159 All Division:20
88.1 All Subarea 1.12.2004 to 31.8.2005 A 0   0
B 80   20
C 223   20
D 0   0
E 57   20
F 0   0
G 83   20
H 786   20
I 776   20
J 316   20
K 749   20
L 180   20
Total Subarea 3 250 163 520 
