
Article 1 
This Regulation fixes for 2007 and for 2008, for stocks of deep-sea species and for Community fishing vessels, annual fishing opportunities in zones in Community waters and in certain non-Community waters where catch limitations are required, and the specific conditions under which fishing opportunities may be utilised.
Article 2 

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘deep-sea fishing permit’ means the fishing permit referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002.
2. The definitions of ICES and CECAF zones are those given, respectively, in Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 and Regulation (EC) No 2597/95.
Article 3 
Fishing opportunities for stocks of deep-sea species for Community vessels are fixed as set out in the Annex.
Article 4 
The allocation of fishing opportunities among Member States provided for in the Annex shall be without prejudice to:

((a)) exchanges made pursuant to Article 20(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;
((b)) reallocations made pursuant to Articles 21(4) and 32(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002;
((c)) additional landings allowed pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
((d)) quantities withheld pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96;
((e)) deductions made pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 23(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002.
Article 5 
For the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 847/96, all quotas in the Annex to the present Regulation shall be considered ‘Analytic’ quotas.
However, the measures provided for in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply to those quotas.
Article 6 
Fish from stocks for which fishing opportunities are fixed by this Regulation may be retained on board or landed only if they were taken by vessels of a Member State which has a quota which is not exhausted. All landings shall count against the quota.
The first subparagraph shall not apply to catches taken in the course of scientific investigations carried out under Regulation (EC) No 850/98, which shall not count against the quota.
Article 7 

1. The Orange Roughy Protection Areas are defined as the following sea areas:
(a) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
 57° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W
 57° 00′ N, 8° 30′ W
 56° 23′ N, 8° 30′ W
 55° 00′ N, 9° 38′ W
 55° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W
 57° 00′ N, 11° 00′ W;
(b) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
 55° 30′ N, 15° 49′ W
 53° 30′ N, 14° 11′ W
 50° 30′ N, 14° 11′ W
 50° 30′ N, 15° 49′ W;
(c) that sea area enclosed by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:
 55° 00′ N, 13° 51′ W
 55° 00′ N, 10° 37′ W
 54° 15′ N, 10° 37′ W
 53° 30′ N, 11° 50′ W
 53° 30′ N, 13° 51′ W.Those positions and the corresponding rhumb lines and vessel positions shall be measured according to the WGS84 standard.
2. Member States shall ensure that vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit shall be properly monitored by the Fisheries Monitoring Centres (FMC), which shall have a system to detect and record the vessels’ entry into, transit through and exit from the areas defined in paragraph 1.
3. Vessels holding a deep-sea fishing permit that have entered the areas defined in paragraph 1 shall not retain on board or tranship any quantity of orange roughy, nor land any quantity of orange roughy at the end of that fishing trip unless:
(a) all gears carried on board are lashed and stowed during the transit in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93;
(b) the average speed during transit is not less than 8 knots.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 1 January 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.
For the Council
The President
J. KORKEAOJA
ANNEX
PART 1
Within each area fish stocks are referred to following the alphabetical order of the Latin names of the species. However, deep sea sharks are placed at the beginning of that list. A table of correspondences of common names and Latin names is given below for the purposes of this Regulation:


Common name Scientific name
Black scabbardfish Aphanopus carbo
Alfonsinos Beryx spp.
Tusk Brosme brosme
Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris
Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus
Blue ling Molva dypterigia
Forkbeards Phycis blennoides
Red seabream Pagellus bogaraveo

Where reference is made to ‘deep sea sharks’, this shall refer to sharks in the following list of species: Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), Leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus), Birdbeak dogfish (Deania calceus), Kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), Greater lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), Velvet belly (Etmopterus spinax), Black dogfish (Centroscyllium fabricii), Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus), Blackmouth dogfish (Galeus melastomus), Mouse catshark (Galeus murinus), Iceland catshark (Apristuris spp.).

PART 2
All references are to ICES sub-areas unless otherwise stated.


SpeciesDeep Sea Sharks ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII, VIII and IX
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 59 39 
Spain 280 187 
Estonia 4 2 
France 1 014 676 
Ireland 164 109 
Lithuania 4 2 
Poland 4 2 
Portugal 381 254 
United Kingdom 562 375 
EC 2 472 1 646 



SpeciesDeep Sea Sharks ZoneX (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Portugal 20 20 
EC 20 20 


SpeciesDeep Sea Sharks and Deania histricosa and Deania profondorum ZoneXII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 69 34 
France 22 11 
Ireland 4 2 
United Kingdom 4 2 
EC 99 49 


SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III and IV
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 5 5 
France 5 5 
United Kingdom 5 5 
EC 15 15 


SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI, VII and XII
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 35 35 
Spain 173 173 
Estonia 17 17 
France 2 433 2 433 
Ireland 87 87 
Latvia 113 113 
Lithuania 1 1 
Poland 1 1 
United Kingdom 173 173 
Others 9 9 
EC 3 042 3 042 



SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX and X
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 13 13 
France 31 31 
Portugal 3 956 3 956 
EC 4 000 4 000 


SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneCECAF 34.1.2. (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries.)
Year 2007 2008 
Portugal 4 285 4 285 
EC 4 285 4 285 


SpeciesAlfonsinosBeryx spp. ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 74 74 
France 20 20 
Ireland 10 10 
Portugal 214 214 
United Kingdom 10 10 
EC 328 328 


SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, IV and Va
Year 2007 2008 
Denmark 2 2 
Germany 2 2 
France 14 14 
United Kingdom 2 2 
EC 20 20 


SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneIIIa and Community waters of IIIbcd
Year 2007 2008 
Denmark 1 003 946 
Germany 6 5 
Sweden 52 49 
EC 1 060 1 000 


SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of Vb, VI and VII
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 9 9 
Estonia 67 67 
Spain 74 74 
France 3 789 3 789 
Ireland 299 299 
Lithuania 87 87 
Poland 44 44 
United Kingdom 222 222 
Others 9 9 
EC 4 600 4 600 



SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII, IX, X, XII and XIV and V (Greenland waters)
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 40 40 
Spain 4 391 4 391 
France 202 202 
Ireland 9 9 
United Kingdom 18 18 
Latvia 71 71 
Lithuania 9 9 
Poland 1 374 1 374 
EC 6 114 6 114 


SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneVI (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 6 4 
France 33 22 
Ireland 6 4 
United Kingdom 6 4 
EC 51 34 


SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneVII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 1 1 
France 147 98 
Ireland 43 29 
United Kingdom 1 1 
Others 1 1 
EC 193 130 



SpeciesOrange roughyHoplostethus atlanticus ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIV
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 4 3 
France 23 15 
Ireland 6 4 
Portugal 7 5 
United Kingdom 4 3 
EC 44 30 


SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of II, IV and V
Year 2007 2008 
Denmark 7 6 
Germany 7 6 
France 42 34 
Ireland 7 6 
United Kingdom 25 20 
Others 7 6 
EC 95 78 



SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneIII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Denmark 8 6 
Germany 4 3 
Sweden 8 6 
EC 20 15 


SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI and VII
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 26 21 
Estonia 4 3 
Spain 83 67 
France 1 897 1 518 
Ireland 7 6 
Lithuania 2 1 
Poland 1 1 
United Kingdom 482 386 
Others 7 6 
EC 2 510 2 009 




SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VI, VII and VIII
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 238 238 
France 12 12 
Ireland 9 9 
United Kingdom 30 30 
Others 9 9 
EC 298 298 



SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneIX (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 850 850 
Portugal 230 230 
EC 1 080 1 080 


SpeciesRed seabreamPagellus bogaraveo ZoneX (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 10 10 
Portugal 1 116 1 116 
United Kingdom 10 10 
EC 1 136 1 136 


SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of I, II, III and IV
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 10 10 
France 10 10 
United Kingdom 16 16 
EC 36 36 


SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of V, VI and VII
Year 2007 2008 
Germany 10 10 
Spain 588 588 
France 356 356 
Ireland 260 260 
United Kingdom 814 814 
EC 2 028 2 028 


SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of VIII and IX
Year 2007 2008 
Spain 242 242 
France 15 15 
Portugal 10 10 
EC 267 267 


SpeciesForkbeardsPhycis blennoides ZoneCommunity waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries of X and XII
Year 2007 2008 
France 10 10 
Portugal 43 43 
United Kingdom 10 10 
EC 63 63 
