Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 (repealed)Show full title

PART II U.K. QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF LICENCES AND FISHING PERMITS FOR THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS IN COMMUNITY WATERS

a Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2004.
b Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2004.
c Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gillnets.
d The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.
e The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.
f 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 shipowner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of 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.
g The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.
h The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350.
i To be fished exclusively with longlines.
Flag State	Fishery	Number of licences	Maximum number of vessels present at any time
Norwaya	Herring, North of 62° 00′N	18	18
Estoniab	Herring, salmon, sprat	106	63
	Cod	30	15
Faroe Islands	Mackerel, VIa (north of 56° 30′N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56° 30′N)	14	14
	Herring north of 62° 00′N	21	21
	Herring, IIIa	4	4
	Industrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56° 30′N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)	15	15
	Ling and tusk	20	10
	Blue whiting, VIa (north of 56° 30′N), VIb, VII (west of 12° 00′W)	20	20
	Blue ling	16	16
	Porbeagle (all zones except NAFO 3PS)	3	3
Latviab	Cod, herring, sprat, IIId	90	45
	Salmon, IIId	4	2
Lithuaniab	Cod, herring, sprat, salmon, IIId	70	40c
	Herring, sprat, IIId (transport and refrigerator vessels)	5	4
Russian Federation	Herring, IIId (Swedish waters)	pm	pm
	Herring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships)	pm	pm
Barbados	Penaeus shrimpsd (French Guyana waters)	5	pme
	Snappersf (French Guyana waters)	5	pm
Guyana	Penaeus shrimpsb (French Guyana waters)	pm	pmb
Surinam	Penaeus shrimpsb (French Guyana waters)	5	pmg
Trinidad and Tobago	Penaeus shrimpsb (French Guyana waters)	8	pmh
Japan	Tunai (French Guyana waters)	pm
Korea	Tunae (French Guyana waters)	pm	pmd
Venezuela	Snappersb (French Guyana waters)	41	pm
	Sharksb (French Guyana waters)	4	pm