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Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 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

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ANNEX IV

PART IQuantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for Community vessels fishing in third country waters

a

This allocation is valid for purse and trawl fisheries.

b

To be selected from the 11 licences for purse seine fishery for mackerel South of 62o00'N.

c

Following the Agreed Record of 1999, the figures for the Directed fishing for cod and haddock are included in the figures for ‘All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.

d

These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time.

e

These figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawling outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’.

Area of fishingFisheryNumber of licencesAllocation of licences amongst Member StatesMaximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan MayenHerring, North of 62o00'N93DK: 32, DE: 6, FR: 1, IRL: 9, NL: 11, SW: 12, UK: 21, PL: 169
Demersal species, North of 62o00'N80FR: 18, PT: 9, DE: 16, ES: 20, UK: 14, IRL: 150
Mackerel, South of 62o00'N, purse seine fishery11DE: 1a, DK: 26a, FR: 2a, NL: 1anot relevant
Mackerel, South of 62o00'N, trawl fishery19not relevant
Mackerel, North of 62o00'N, purse seine fishery11bDK: 11not relevant
Industrial species, South of 62o00'N480DK: 450, UK: 30150
Waters of the Faroe IslandsAll trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines26BE: 0, DE: 4, FR: 4, UK: 1813
Directed fishing for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62o28'N and east of 6o30'W8c4
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 61o20'N and 62o00'N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines.70BE: 0, DE: 10, FR: 40, UK: 2026
Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61o30'N and west of 9o00'W and in the area between 7o00'W and 9o00'W south of 60o30'N and in the area south-west of a line between 60o30'N, 7o00'W and 60o00'N, 6o00'W.70DE: 8d, FR: 12d, UK: 0d20e
Directed trawl fishery for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend.7022e
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’36DE: 3, DK: 19, FR: 2, UK: 5, NL: 520
Line fishing10UK: 106
Fishing for mackerel12DK: 1212
Herring fisheries north of 61oN21DE: 1, DK: 7, FR: 0, UK: 5, IRL: 2, NL: 3, SW: 321

PART IIQuantitative limitations of licences and fishing permits for third-country fishing vessels in Community waters

a

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

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

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

Flag StateFisheryNumber of licencesMaximum number of vessels present at any time
NorwayHerring, North of 62o00'N2020
Faeroe IslandsMackerel, VIa (north of 56o30'N), VIIe, f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56o30'N), VIIe, f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56o30'N)1414
Herring north of 62o00'N2121
Herring, IIIa44
Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56o30'N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)1515
Ling and tusk2010
Blue whiting, II, VIa (north of 56o30'N), VIb, VII (west of 12o00'W)2020
Blue ling1616
VenezuelaSnappersa (French Guyana waters)41pm
Sharks (French Guyana waters)4pm

PART IIIDeclaration pursuant to Article 25(2)

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