ANNEX IVa U.K.FISHING EFFORT FOR VESSELS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN STOCKS

General provisions U.K.

1. The conditions laid down in this Annex shall apply to Community fishing vessels of length overall equal to or greater than 10 metres. U.K.

2. For the purposes of this Annex, the following geographical area shall apply: U.K.

• Kattegat (ICES Division IIIa south),

• Skagerrak and North Sea, (ICES Divisions IVa,b,c, IIIa north and IIa EC),

• West of Scotland (ICES Division VIa),

• Eastern Channel (ICES Divisions VIId),

• Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa).

For vessels notified to the Commission as being equipped with vessel monitoring systems in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003, the following definition for the area West of Scotland shall apply:

• ICES Division VIa excluding that part which lies to the west of a line drawn by sequentially joining with straight lines the following geographical coordinates:

  • 60°00′N, 04°00′W

  • 59°45′N, 05°00′W

  • 59°30′N, 06°00′W

  • 59°00′N, 07°00′W

  • 58°30′N, 08°00′W

  • 58°00′N, 08°00′W

  • 58°00′N, 08°30′W

  • 56°00′N, 08°30′W

  • 56°00′N, 09°00′W

  • 55°00′N, 09°00′W

  • 55°00′N, 10°00′W

  • 54°30′N, 10°00′W.

3. For the purposes of this Annex, a day present within the area and absent from port shall be: U.K.

(a)

the 24-hour period between 00:00 hours of a calendar day and 24:00 hours of the same calendar day or any part of such a period during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port, or

(b)

any continuous period of 24 hours as recorded in the EC logbook during which a vessel is present within the area defined in point 2 and absent from port or any part of any such time period.

A Member State which wishes to employ the definition of a day present within the area and absent from port laid down under point (b) shall notify the Commission before 1 February 2005 of the means of monitoring the activities of a vessel to ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in point (b).

4. For the purpose of this Annex, the following groupings of fishing gears shall apply: U.K.

(a)

demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm except beam trawls for all areas except Kattegat and Skagerrak where this mesh size shall be equal to or greater than 90mm;

(b)

beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm;

(c)

static demersal nets including gill nets, trammel nets and tangle nets;

(d)

demersal longlines;

(e)

demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 70 mm and 99 mm except beam trawls with mesh size between 80 mm and 99 mm for all areas except Kattegat and Skagerrak where this mesh size shall be between 70 mm and 89 mm;

(f)

demersal trawls, seines or similar towed gears of mesh size between 16 mm and 31 mm except beam trawls.