Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

of 11 March 2009

on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (recast)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Preamble

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty ¹ ,

Whereas:

(1) Council 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 ² has been substantially amended several times ³ . Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.

(2) The management of the Community's fishery resources requires accurate and timely statistics on the catches by Member States' vessels fishing in the north-east Atlantic.

(3) The Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries, approved by Council Decision 81/608/EEC ⁴ and establishing the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, requires the Community to supply that Commission with the available statistics that it may request.

(4) Advice received from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea under the Cooperation Agreement between that organisation and the Community ⁵ will be enhanced by the availability of statistics on the activities of the Community fishing fleet.

(5) The Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean, approved by Council Decision 82/886/EEC ⁶ and establishing the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (Nasco), requires the Community to supply Nasco with the available statistics that it may request.

(6) Several Member States have requested the submission of data in a different form or through a different medium from that specified in Annex IV (the equivalent of the Statlant questionnaires).

(7) There is a need for fuller definitions and descriptions used in fishery statistics and in the management of the fisheries of the north-east Atlantic.

(8) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ⁷ .

(9) In particular, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the lists of species and statistical fishing regions, the descriptions of those fishing regions and the permitted degree of aggregation of data. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Each Member State shall submit to the Commission data on the annual nominal catches by vessels registered in or flying the flag of that Member State fishing in the north-east Atlantic.

The nominal catch data shall include all fishery products landed or transhipped at sea in no matter what form but shall exclude quantities which, subsequent to capture, are discarded at sea, consumed on board or used as bait on board. Aquaculture production shall be excluded. The data shall be recorded as the live weight equivalent of the landings or transhipments, to the nearest tonne.

Article 2

1. The data to be submitted shall be the nominal catches of each of the species listed in Annex I in each of the statistical fishing regions listed in Annex II and defined in Annex III.

2. The data for each calendar year shall be submitted within six months of the end of the year. No submissions shall be required for species/fishing region combinations for which no catches were recorded in the annual period of the submission. The data for species of minor importance in a Member State need not be individually identified in the submissions but may be included in an aggregated item provided that the weight of the products thus recorded does not exceed 10 % by weight of the total catch in that Member State in that month.

3. The Commission may amend the lists of species and statistical fishing regions, the descriptions of those fishing regions and the permitted degree of aggregation of data. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 5(2).

Article 3

Except where provisions adopted under the common fisheries policy dictate otherwise, a Member State shall be permitted to use sampling techniques to derive catch data for those parts of the fishing fleet for which the complete coverage of the data would involve the excessive application of administrative procedures. The details of the sampling procedures, together with details of the proportion of the total data derived by such techniques, must be included by the Member State in the report submitted pursuant to Article 6(1).

Article 4

Member States shall fulfil their obligations to the Commission pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 by submitting the data on magnetic medium, the format of which is given in Annex IV.

Member States may submit data in the format detailed in Annex V.

With the prior approval of the Commission, Member States may submit data in a different form or on a different medium.

Article 5

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics, set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC ⁸ , hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

Article 6

1. By 1 January 1993 Member States shall submit a detailed report to the Commission describing how the data on catches are derived and specifying the degree of representativeness and reliability of those data. The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall draw up a summary of those reports.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission of any modifications to the information provided under paragraph 1 within three months of their introduction.

3. Methodological reports, data availability and data reliability referred to in paragraph 1 and other relevant issues connected with the application of this Regulation shall be examined once a year within the competent Working Party of the Committee.

Article 7

1. Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 is hereby repealed.

2. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII.

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Strasbourg, 11 March 2009. For the European Parliament The President H.-G. PÖTTERING For the Council The President A. VONDRA

¹ Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 June 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 26 February 2009.

² OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1 .

³ See Annex VI.

⁴ OJ L 227, 12.8.1981, p. 21 .

⁵ Arrangement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ( OJ L 149, 10.6.1987, p. 14 ).

⁶ OJ L 378, 31.12.1982, p. 24 .

⁷ OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23 .

⁸ OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1 .

Member States must report the nominal catches of those species marked with an asterisk (*). The reporting of nominal catches of the remaining species is optional as concerns the identification of the individual species. However, where data for individual species are not submitted the data shall be included in aggregate categories. Member States may submit data for species not in the list provided that the species are clearly identified.

Note : ‘n.e.i.’ is the abbreviation for ‘not elsewhere identified’.

ICES division Ia

ICES division Ib

ICES subdivision IIa 1

ICES subdivision IIa 2

ICES subdivision IIb 1

ICES subdivision IIb 2

ICES division IIIa

ICES division IIIb, c

ICES division IVa

ICES division IVb

ICES division IVc

ICES subdivision Va 1

ICES subdivision Va 2

ICES subdivision Vb 1a

ICES subdivision Vb 1b

ICES subdivision Vb 2

ICES division VIa

ICES subdivision VIb 1

ICES subdivision VIb 2

ICES division VIIa

ICES division VIIb

ICES subdivision VIIc 1

ICES subdivision VIIc 2

ICES division VIId

ICES division VIIe

ICES division VIIf

ICES division VIIg

ICES division VIIh

ICES subdivision VIIj 1

ICES subdivision VIIj 2

ICES subdivision VIIk 1

ICES subdivision VIIk 2

ICES division VIIIa

ICES division VIIIb

ICES division VIIIc

ICES subdivision VIIId 1

ICES subdivision VIIId 2

ICES subdivision VIIIe 1

ICES subdivision VIIIe 2

ICES division IXa

ICES subdivision IXb 1

ICES subdivision IXb 2

ICES subdivision Xa 1

ICES subdivision Xa 2

ICES division Xb

ICES subdivision XIIa 1

ICES subdivision XIIa 2

ICES subdivision XIIa 3

ICES subdivision XIIa 4

ICES division XIIb

ICES division XIIc

ICES division XIVa

ICES subdivision XIVb 1

ICES subdivision XIVb 2

BAL 22

BAL 23

BAL 24

BAL 25

BAL 26

BAL 27

BAL 28-1

BAL 28-2

BAL 29

BAL 30

BAL 31

BAL 32

Notes

1. Those statistical fishing regions preceded by ‘ICES’ have been identified and defined by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.

2. Those statistical fishing regions preceded by ‘BAL’ have been identified and defined by the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission.

3. Data should be submitted so as to include as much detail as possible. ‘Unknown’ and aggregate regions should only be used where the detailed information is not available. Where detailed information is submitted the aggregate categories should not be used.

Statistical fishing regions of the north-east Atlantic

All waters of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and their dependent seas bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 40 o 00′ west to the north coast of Greenland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coast of Greenland to a point at 44 o 00′ west; then due south to 59 o 00′ north; then due east to 42 o 00′ west; then due south to 36 o 00′ north; then due east to a point on the coast of Spain (Punta Marroqui isthmus) at 5 o 36′ west; then in a north-westerly and northerly direction along the south-west coast of Spain, the coast of Portugal, the north-west and north coasts of Spain, and the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany to the western terminus of its boundary with Denmark; then along the west coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then in a southerly direction along the east coast of Jutland to the eastern terminus of the boundary of Denmark with Germany; then along the coast of Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway, and the north coast of Russia to Khaborova; then across the western entry of the Strait of Yugorskiy Shar; then in a westerly and northerly direction along the coast of Vaigach Island; then across the western entry of the Strait off the Karskiye Vorota; then west and north along the coast of the south island of Novaya Zemlya; then across the western entry of the Strait of Matochkin Shar; then along the west coast of the north island of Novaya Zemlya to a point at 68 o 30′ east; then due north to the geographic North Pole.

This area also represents statistical area 27 (north-east Atlantic statistical area) in the FAO International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Areas.

ICES statistical subarea I

The waters bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 30 o 00′ east to 72 o 00′ north; then due west to 26 o 00′ east; then due south to the coast of Norway; then in an easterly direction along the coasts of Norway and Russia to Khaborova; then across the western entry of the Strait of Yugorskiy Shar; then in a westerly and northerly direction along the coast of Vaigach Island; then across the western entry of the Strait off the Karskiye Vorota; then west and north along the coast of the south island of Novaya Zemlya; then across the western entry of the Strait of Matochkin Shar; then along the west coast of the north island of Novaya Zemlya to a point at 68 o 30′ east; then due north to the geographic North Pole.

— ICES statistical division Ib, That part of subarea I outside of division Ia.

ICES statistical subarea II

The waters bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 30 o 00′ east to 72 o 00′ north; then due west to 26 o 00′ east; then due south to the coast of Norway; then in a westerly and south-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to 62 o 00′ north; then due west to 4 o 00′ west; then due north to 63 o 00′ north; then due west to 11 o 00′ west; then due north to the geographic North Pole.

ICES statistical subarea III

The waters bounded by a line, beginning at a point on the coast of Norway at 7 o 00′ east; then due south to 57 o 30′ north; then due east to 8 o 00′ east; then due south to 57 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of Denmark; then along the north-west and east coasts of Jutland to Hals; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then in a southerly direction along the coast of Jutland to the eastern terminus of the boundary of Denmark and Germany; then along the coasts of Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, and Norway to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division IIIa, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Norway at 7 o 00′ east; then due south to 57 o 30′ north; then due east to 8 o 00′ east; then due south to 57 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of Denmark; then along the north-west and east coasts of Jutland to Hals; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then in a southerly direction along the coast of Jutland to Hasenoere Head; then across the Great Belt to Gniben Point; then along the north coast of Zealand to Gilbjerg Head; then across the northern approaches of the Œresund to Kullen on the coast of Sweden; then in an easterly and northerly direction along the west coast of Sweden and the south coast of Norway to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division IIIb and c, The waters bounded by a line from Hasenoere Head on the east coast of Jutland to Gniben Point on the west coast of Zealand to Gilbjerg Head; then across the northern approaches of the Œresund to Kullen on the coast of Sweden; then in a southerly direction along the coast of Sweden to Falsterbo Light; then across the southern entrance of the Œresund to Stevns Light; then along the south-east coast of Zealand; then across the eastern entrance of the Storstroem Sound; then along the east coast of the island of Falster to Gedser; then to Darsser Ort on the coast of Germany; then in a south-westerly direction along the coast of Germany and the east coast of Jutland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 22 (BAL 22), The waters bounded by a line from Hasenoere Head (56 o 09′ north, 10 o 44′ east) on the east coast of Jutland to Gniben Point (56 o 01′ north, 11 o 18′ east) on the west coast of Zealand; then along the west and south coasts of Zealand to a point at 12 o 00′ east; then due south to the island of Falster; then along to the east coast of the island of Falster to Gedser Odd (54 o 34′ north, 11 o 58′ east); then due east to 12 o 00′ east; then due south to the coast of Germany; then in a south-westerly direction along the coast of Germany and the east of Jutland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 23 (BAL 23), The waters bounded by a line from Gilbjerg Head (56 o 08′ north, 12 o 18′ east) on the north coast of Zealand to Kullen (56 o 18′ north, 12 o 28′ east) on the coast of Sweden; then in a southerly direction along the coast of Sweden to the Falsterbo Light (55 o 23′ north, 12 o 50′ east), then through the southern entrance to the Sound to the Stevns Light (55 o 19′ north, 12 o 29′ east) on the coast of Zealand; then in a northerly direction along the east coast of Zealand to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 24 (BAL 24), The waters bounded by a line from the Stevns Light (55 o 19′ north, 12 o 29′ east) on the east coast of Zealand through the southern entrance to the Sound to the Falsterbo Light (55 o 23′ north, 12 o 50′ east) on the coast of Sweden; then along the south coast of Sweden to the Sandhammaren Light (55 o 24′ north, 14 o 12′ east); then to the Hammerodde Light (55 o 18′ north, 14 o 47′ east) on the north coast of Bornholm; then along the west and south coasts of Bornholm to a point at 15 o 00′ east; then due south to the coast of Poland; then in a westerly direction along the coasts of Poland and Germany to a point at 12 o 00′ east; then due north to a point at 54 o 34′ north, 12 o 00′ east; then due west to Gedser Odde (54 o 34′ north, 11 o 58′ east); then along the east and north coasts of the island of Falster to a point at 12 o 00′ east; then due north to the south coast of Zealand; then in a westerly and northerly direction along the west coast of Zealand to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 25 (BAL 25), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the east coast of Sweden at 56 o 30′ north; then due east to the west coast of the island of Œland; then, after passing south of island of Œland to a point on the east coast at 56 o 30′ north, due east to 18 o 00′ east; then due south to the coast of Poland; then in a westerly direction along the coast of Poland to a point at 15 o 00′ east; then due north to the island of Bornholm; then along the south and west coasts of Bornholm to the Hammerodde Light (55 o 18′ north, 14 o 47′ east); then to the Sandhammaren Light (55 o 24′ north, 14 o 12′ east) on the south coast of Sweden; then in a northerly direction along the east coast of Sweden to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 26 (BAL 26), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point at 56 o 30′ north, 18 o 00′ east; then due east to the west coast of Latvia; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Poland to a point on the Polish coast at 18 o 00′ east; then due north to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 27 (BAL 27), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the east mainland coast of Sweden at 59 o 41′ north, 19 o 00′ east; then due south to the north coast of the island of Gotland; then in a southerly direction along the west coast of Gotland to a point at 57 o 00′ north; then due west to 18 o 00′ east; then due south to 56 o 30′ north; then due west to the east coast of the island of Œland; then, after passing south of the island of Œland, to a point on its west coast at 56 o 30′ north; then due west to the coast of Sweden; then in a northerly direction along the east coast of Sweden to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 29 (BAL 29), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the east mainland coast of Sweden at 60 o 30′ north, then due east to the mainland coast of Finland; then in a southerly direction along the west and south coasts of Finland to a point on the south mainland coast at 23 o 00′ east; then due south to 59 o 00′ north; then due east to the mainland coast of Estonia; then in a southerly direction along the west coast of Estonia to a point at 58 o 30′ north; then due west to the east coast of the island of Saaremaa; then, after passing north of the island of Saaremaa, to a point on its west coast at 58 o 30′ north; then due west to 19 o 00′ east; then due north to a point on the east mainland coast of Sweden at 59 o 41′ north; then in a northerly direction along the east coast of Sweden to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 30 (BAL 30), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the east coast of Sweden at 63 o 30′ north, then due east to the mainland coast of Finland; then in a southerly direction along the coast of Finland to a point at 60 o 30′ north; then due west to the mainland coast of Sweden; then in a northerly direction along the east coast of Sweden to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 31 (BAL 31), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the east coast of Sweden at 63 o 30′ north; then, after passing north of the Gulf of Bothnia, to a point on the west mainland coast of Finland at 63 o 30′ north; then due west to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical subdivision 32 (BAL 32), The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the south coast of Finland at 23 o 00′ east; then, after passing east of the Gulf of Finland, to a point on the west coast of Estonia at 59 o 00′ north; then due west to 23 o 00′ east; then due north to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea IV

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Norway at 62 o 00′ north; then due west to 4 o 00′ west; then due south to the coast of Scotland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at 51 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a north-easterly direction along the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany to the western terminus of its boundary with Denmark; then along the west coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point af Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to a point at 57 o 00′ north, then due west to 8 o 00′ east; then due north to 57 o 30′ north; then due west to 7 o 00′ east; then due north to the coast of Norway; then in a north-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division IVa, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the coast of Norway at 62 o 00′ north; then due west to 3 o 00′ west; then due south to the coast of Scotland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coast of Scotland to a point at 57 o 30′ north; then due east to 7 o 00′ east; then due north to the coast of Norway; then in a north-westerly direction along the coast of Norway to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division IVb, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Denmark at 57 o 00′ north; then due west to 8 o 00′ east; then due north to 57 o 30′ north; then due west to the coast of Scotland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at 53 o 30′ north; then due east to the coast of Germany; then in a northeasterly direction along the coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point of Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division IVc, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Germany at 53 o 30′ north; then due west to the coast of England; then in a southerly direction to a point at 51 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a north-easterly direction along the coasts of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea V

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point at 68 o 00′ north, 11 o 00′ west; then due west to 27 o 00′ west; then due south to 62 o 00′ north; then due east to 15 o 00′ west; then due south to 60 o 00′ north; then due east to 5 o 00′ west; then due north to 60 o 30′ north; then due east to 4 o 00′ west; then due north to 63 o 00′ north; then due west to 11 o 00′ west; then due north to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea VI

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the north coast of Scotland at 4 o 00′ west; then due north to 60 o 30′ north; then due west to 5 o 00′ west; then due south to 60 o 00′ north, then due west to 18 o 00′ west; then due south to 54 o 30′ north; then due east to the coast of Ireland; then in a northerly and easterly direction along the coasts of Ireland and Northern Ireland to a point on the east coast of Northern Ireland at 55 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of Scotland; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Scotland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIa, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the north coast of Scotland at 4 o 00′ west; then due north to 60 o 30′ north; then due west to 5 o 00′ west; then due south to 60 o 00′ north, then due west to 12 o 00′ west; then due south to 54 o 30′ north; then due east to the coast of Ireland; then in a northerly and easterly direction along the coasts of Ireland and Northern Ireland to a point on the east coast of Northern Ireland at 55 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of Scotland; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Scotland to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea VII

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Ireland at 54 o 30′ north; then due west to 18 o 00′ west; then due south to 48 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a northerly and north-easterly direction along the coast of France to a point at 51 o 00′ north; then due west to south-east coast of England; then in a westerly and northerly direction along the coasts of England, Wales and Scotland to a point on the west coast of Scotland at 55 o 00′ north; then due west to the coast of Northern Ireland; then in a northerly and westerly direction along the coasts of Northern Ireland and Ireland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIa, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Scotland at 55 o 00′ north; then due west to the coast of Northern Ireland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Northern Ireland and Ireland to a point on the south-east cost of Ireland at 52 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of Wales; then in a north-easterly and northerly direction along the coasts of Wales, England and Scotland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIb, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Ireland at 54 o 30′ north; then due west to 12 o 00′ west; then due south to 52 o 30′ north; then due east to the coast of Ireland; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Ireland to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIId, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of France at 51 o 00′ north; then due west to the coast of England; then in a westerly direction along the south coast of England to 2 o 00′ west; then due south to the coast of France at Cap de la Hague; then in a north-easterly direction along the coast of France to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIe, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the south coast of England at 2 o 00′ west; then in a southerly and westerly direction along the coast of England to a point on the south-west coast at 50 o 00′ north; then due west to 7 o 00′ west; then due south to 49 o 30′ north; then due east to 5 o 00′ west; then due south to 48 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a northerly and north-easterly direction along the coast of France to Cap de la Hague; then due north to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIf, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the south coast of Wales at 5 o 00′ west; then due south to 51 o 00′ north; then due west to 6 o 00′ west; then due south to 50 o 30′ north; then due west to 7 o 00′ west; then due south to 50 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of England; then along the south-west coast of England and the south coast of Wales to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIg, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Wales at 52 o 00′ north; then due west to the south-east coast of Ireland; then in a south-westerly direction along the coast of Ireland to a point at 9 o 00′ west; then due south to 50 o 00′ north; then due east to 7 o 00′ west; then due north to 50 o 30′ north; then due east to 6 o 00′ west; then due north to 51 o 00′ north; then due east to 5 o 00′ west; then due north to the south coast of Wales; then in a north-westerly direction along the coast of Wales to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIh, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point at 50 o 00′ north, 7 o 00′ west; then due west to 9 o 00′ west; then due south to 48 o 00′ north; then due east to 5 o 00′ west; then due north to 49 o 30′ north; then due west to 7 o 00′ west; then due north to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea VIII

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of France at 48 o 00′ north; then due west to 18 o 00′ west; then due south to 43 o 00′ north; then due east to the west coast of Spain; then in a northerly direction along the coasts of Spain and France to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIIa, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of France at 48 o 00′ north; then due west to 8 o 00′ west; then due south to 47 o 30′ north; then due east to 6 o 00′ west; then due south to 47 o 00′ north; then due east to 5 o 00′ west; then due south to 46 o 00′ north; then due east to the coast of France; then in a north-westerly direction along the coast of France to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIIb, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of France at 46 o 00′ north; then due west to 4 o 00′ west; then due south to 45 o 30′ north; then due east to 3 o 00′ west; then due south to 44 o 30′ north; then due east to 2 o 00′ west; then due south to the north coast of Spain; then along the north coast of Spain and the west coast of France to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division VIIIc, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the north coast of Spain at 2 o 00′ west; then due north to 44 o 30′ north; then due west to 11 o 00′ west; then due south to 43 o 00′ north; then due east to the west coast of Spain; then in a northerly and easterly direction along the coast of Spain to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea IX

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the north-west coast of Spain at 43 o 00′ north; then due west to 18 o 00′ west; then due south to 36 o 00′ north; then due east to a point on the south coast of Spain (Punta Marroqui isthmus) at 5 o 36′ west; then in a north-westerly direction along the south-west coast of Spain, the coast of Portugal, and the north-west coast of Spain to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division IXa, The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the north-west coast of Spain at 43 o 00′ north; then due west to 11 o 00′ west; then due south to 36 o 00′ north; then due east to a point on the south coast of Spain (Punta Marroqui isthmus) at 5 o 36′ west; then in a north-westerly direction along the south-west coast of Spain, the coast of Portugal and the north-west coast of Spain to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea X

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point at 48 o 00′ north, 18 o 00′ west; then due west to 42 o 00′ west; then due south to 36 o 00′ north; then due east to 18 o 00′ west; then due north to the point of beginning.

— ICES statistical division Xb, That part of subarea X north of 43 o N.

ICES statistical subarea XII

The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point at 62 o 00′ north, 15 o 00′ west; then due west to 27 o 00′ west; then due south to 59 o 00′ north; then due west to 42 o 00′ west; then due south to 48 o 00′ north; then due east to 18 o 00′ west; then due north to 60 o 00′ north; then due east to 15 o 00′ west; then due north to the point of beginning.

ICES statistical subarea XIV

The waters bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 40 o 00′ west to the north coast of Greenland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coast of Greenland to a point at 44 o 00′ west; then due south to 59 o 00′ north; then due east to 27 o 00′ west; then due north to 68 o 00′ north; then due east to 11 o 00′ west; then due north to the geographic North Pole.

— ICES statistical division XIVa, The waters bounded by a line from the geographic North Pole along the meridian of 40 o 00′ west to the north coast of Greenland; then in an easterly and southerly direction along the coast of Greenland to a point at Cape Savary at 68 o 30′ north; then due south along the meridian of 27 o 00′ west to 68 o 00′ north; then due east to 11 o 00′ west; then due north to the geographic North Pole.

Magnetic media

Computer tapes: Nine track with a density of 1 600 or 6 250 BPI and EBCDIC or ASCII coding, preferably unlabelled. If labelled, an end-of-file code should be included.

Floppy discs: MS-DOS-formatted 3,5″ 720 K or 1,4 Mbyte discs or 5,25″ 360 K or 1,2 Mbyte discs.

Record format

Notes:

(a) All numeric fields should be right justified with leading blanks. All alphanumeric fields should be left justified with trailing blanks.

(b) The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings to the nearest metric tonne.

(c) Quantities (bytes 19 to 26) of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘- 1’.

(d) Unknown quantities (bytes 19 to 26) should be recorded as ‘- 2’.

A. Coding format

The data should be submitted as variable length records with a colon (:) between the fields of the record. The following fields should be included in each record:

(a) The catch is to be recorded in the live weight equivalent of the landings, to the nearest metric tonne.

(b) Quantities of less than half a unit should be recorded as ‘- 1’.

B. Method of transmission of the data to the European Commission

As far as is possible, the data should be transmitted in an electronic format (for example, as an e-mail attachement).

Failing this, the submission of a file on a 3.5" HD floppy disk will be accepted.

Footnotes

1. Opinion of the European Parliament of 17 June 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 26 February 2009. ↩ ↩²

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3. See Annex VI. ↩ ↩²

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5. Arrangement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (). ↩ ↩²

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