Activites

• 2002/12/28 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2002/2347
  • OJ L 351 28.12.2002, p. 0006-0011
• #2476
• 2002/12/16 Council Meeting
• 2002/12/16 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2002/12/16 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2002/10/10 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0465/2002 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report by Michael HOLMES (IND, UK) on fishing for deep-sea stocks. Parliament made the following amendments to the Commission's proposal: -ling and tusk are not part of the proposal; -a recital is expanded to state that independent scientific observers in collaboration with the fishing industry and other interested parities must obtain information; -each year, on the basis of scientific advice and in consultation with the fishing industry, the Commission will designate areas for seasonal or full-year closures to conserve particularly vulnerable stocks; -enforcement of the designated port system will not risk the safety of vessels and their crew. Where a vessel lands deep-sea species at an undesignated port owing to safety reasons or force majeure, the master of the vessel must immediately inform the relevant authorities of the catch landed and provide justification for landing at an undesignated port; -the information to be communicated by Member States about catches and fishing effort must be expressed as fishing days out of port, broken down by catch area and identification of vessel concerned. This replaces the Commission's proposal, which states that the information is to be expressed as kilowatt-fishing days, broken down by quarter of the year, by type of gear, by species and by ICES statistical rectangle or by CECAF subdivision; -a review of progress is needed no later than three years after entry into force; -the Commission will conduct an investigation into the expected loss of revenue and effort displacement resulting from the reduction in fishing effort implied by this Regulation. Recommendations must be made to mitigate adverse impacts on conservation or the viability of affected fishing enterprises.�

• 2002/10/09 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2002/09/11 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0307/2002
• #2435
• 2002/06/11 Council Meeting
  • 2435 summary

    The Council reached a majority political agreement on the "TACs (total allowable catch) and quotas" proposal and a general approach on the "licences" proposal, on the basis of a compromise presented by the presidency with which the Commission associated itself. The two proposals will be adopted simultaneously at a forthcoming meeting of the Council, following adoption and examination of the European Parliament's Opinion on the "licences" proposal. A joint statement by the Council and the Commission on the "TAC and quotas" proposal and two statements by the Commission on the licences proposal, formed part of the compromise. The compromise contains the following elements: - the "TACs and quotas" are established for 2003 and 2004 (with an annual revision clause) on the basis of revised statistical data, but not for 2002. Three species are deleted from the lists drawn up for the TACs (deep-sea sharks, alfonsino and forkbeards); the compromise therefore provides for 8 species with TACs instead of the 11 initially stipulated. On the other hand,46 species are included in the "licences" proposal instead of 21; - the TACs are set in Community waters, and in international waters to the extent that scientific opinions indicate the need to reduce catches. The joint statement by the Council and the Commission provides that the Commission will ask for a scientific opinion from the ICES in 2003 at the latest; - the fishing effort limitation scheme laid down in the "licences" proposal will in future exclude ling, tusk and red sea bream; however, these species are include will be covered either by a system if "licences" (fishing effort limitation) or by the "TACs and quotas" or by both; - a general quota ("pool") for by-catches is established to replaced the 10 tonne quotas for each country with fishing activities in a particular zone; the quotas for black scabberdfish, roundnose grenadier, red sea bream, orange roughly and ling have increased in certain fishing zones; - fishing effort is regulated by Regulation 2027/95; - a alternative to satellite-based vessel system (VMS) is introduced on the "licences" compromise; in the case of a technical malfunction in the system, a report indicating the location of the vessel is to be transmitted every two hours to the coastal Member States; - a general review clause is laid down in the "licences" compromise, allowing the Commission to present a report on management of deep sea species to the Council and the European Parliament before 30 June 2005; in the meantime, scientific information will be collected so as to determine the future development of the TACs, including for artisanal fishing; - both proposals will be adopted and implemented simultaneously, taking effect from 1 January 2003.�

• 2002/04/08 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2002/03/01 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2002)0108 summary

    PURPOSE : to establish specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks. CONTENT : deep-sea stocks are fish stocks caught in waters beyond the main fishing grounds of continental shelves. They are distributed on the continental slopes or around sea mounts. These species are slow-growing and particularly vulnerable to overexploitation. As fisheries for these species have developed in recent years, it is necessary to establish a management system to ensure that their exploitation is sustainable. Scientific advice from ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) and endorsed by STECF (Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries) indicates that the most appropriate conservation measures for these species would be based on effort limitation and, in certain cases, reduction. This proposal introduces elements of a system for the management of fishing effort directed at deep-sea species. It also includes elements for the collection of data in support of scientific assessment and appropriate management. Under this proposal, fishing effort will be limited to recent levels and improved data will be made available for scientific assessment. The Commission intends to propose further elements of an effort management system as required by scientific advice in due course. The proposal is complemented by a separate Commission proposal to restrict catches by means of quota management. At the Fisheries Council of 14-15 December 2000, the Council and the Commission adopted a declaration whereby the Commission was invited to propose catch limitations for these stocks and also other measures as appropriate. Member States also undertook appropriate steps to stabilise fishing effort on deep-water species to no more than the level of recent years. The proposed measures are consistent with those commitments. As is the case for the imposition of TACs and quotas and due to the urgent requirements for conservation of these species it is desirable that the Community implement these measures unilaterally whilst seeking agreement on harmonised measures within the relevant regional fisheries organisation (the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission). The measures in this proposed regulation cover a greater range of species and a wider geographic area than the measures envisaged in the existing arrangements for the management of fishing effort (Council Regulations 685/95 and 2027/95). At a later stage, the Commission may present a proposal to revise the limitations on fishing effort directed at deep-sea species in those regulations.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0108
• Debate in Council: 2435
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0307/2002
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0465/2002
• : Regulation 2002/2347
• : OJ L 351 28.12.2002, p. 0006-0011

History

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