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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