Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006Show full title

NUMBER OF DAYS PRESENT WITHIN THE AREA ALLOCATED TO FISHING VESSELS U.K.

[F1 7. Maximum number of days U.K.

7.1. The maximum number of days per year for which a vessel may be present within the area having carried on board and used any one of the fishing gears referred to in point 3 is shown in Table I. U.K.

7.2. The number of days per year for which a vessel is present within the total area covered by this Annex and Annex IIA shall not exceed the number shown in Table I of this Annex. However the number of days in which the vessel is present in the areas covered in Annex IIA shall comply with the maximum number fixed in accordance with Annex IIA.] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2006 of 20 November 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 51/2006 and (EC) No 2270/2004, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks.

8. Management periods U.K.

8.1. Member States may divide the days present within the area given in Table I into management periods of durations of one or more calendar months. U.K.

8.2. The number of days for which a vessel may be present within the area during a management period shall be fixed at the discretion of Member States concerned. U.K.

8.3. In any given management period a vessel that has used the number of days present within the area for which it is eligible shall remain in port or out of the area for the remainder of the management period unless using a gear for which no maximum number of days has been fixed U.K.

9. Allocation of additional days for permanent cessations of fishing activities U.K.

9.1. An additional number of days on which a vessel may be present within the area when carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 3 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 either in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 or resulting from other circumstances duly motivated by Member States. 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gear category will be directly proportional to the fishing effort expended in 2003 measured in kilowatt days of the withdrawn vessels using the gear in question compared to the comparable level of effort expended by all vessels using that gear during 2003.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. This point shall not apply where a vessel has been replaced in accordance with point 5.2 U.K.

9.2. 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. U.K.

9.3. On the basis of such a request the Commission may amend the number of days defined in point 7.1 for that Member State in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. U.K.

10. Allocation of additional days for enhanced observer coverage U.K.

10.1 Three additional days on which a vessel may be present within the area when [X1 carrying on board any of the gears referred to in point 3] may be allocated in 2006 to Member States by the Commission on the basis of an enhanced programme of observer coverage in partnership between scientists and the fishing industry. Such a programme shall focus in particular on levels of discarding and on catch composition. U.K.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 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 (Official Journal of the European Union L 16 of 20 January 2006).

10.2 Member States wishing to benefit from the allocations referred to in point 10.1 shall submit a description of their enhanced observer coverage programme. U.K.

10.3 On the basis of this description, and after consultation with STECF, the Commission [X1 may amend the number of days defined in point 7] for the Member State concerned and for the area and gear grouping concerned in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. U.K.

F2 11. Conditions for derogations from the normal allocation of days U.K.

F2 11.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

F2 11.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

F2 11.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Deleted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2006 of 20 November 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 51/2006 and (EC) No 2270/2004, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks.

[F1 TABLE I

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

a Only the denominations in point 3.]
Gear group point 3	Denomination a	Western Channel
3.a	Beam trawls of mesh size ≥ 80 mm	216
3.b	Static nets with mesh size < 220 mm	216