Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2006Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2006 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required

SECTION 3Conservation measures for the management of vulnerable deep-water habitats and ecosystems

Article 74Closed areas

All fishing activities for species covered by the SEAFO Convention by Community fishing vessels shall be prohibited in the areas defined below:

(a)

Sub Division A1

i)

Dampier Seamount

10o00'S 02o00'W

10o00'S 00o00'E

12o00'S 02o00'W

12o00'S 00o00'E

ii)

Malahit Guyot Seamount

11o00'S 02o00'W

11o00'S 04o00'W

13o00'S 02o00'W

13o00'S 04o00'W

(b)

Sub-division B1

Molloy Seamount

27o00'S 08o00'E

27o00'S 10o00'E

29o00'S 08o00'E

29o00'S 10o00'E

(c)

Division C

i)

Schmidt-Ott Seamount & Erica Seamount

37o00'S 13o00E

37o00'S 17o00'E

40o00'S 13o00E

40o00'S 17o00'E

ii)

Africana seamount

37o00'S 28o00E

37o00'S 30o00E

38o00'S 28o00E

38o00'S 30o00E

iii)

Panzarini Seamount

39o00'S 11o00'E

39o00'S 13o00'E

41o00'S 11o00'E

41o00'S 13o00'E

(d)

Sub-division C1

i)

Vema Seamount

31o00'S 08o00'E

31o00'S 09o00'E

32o00'S 08o00'E

32o00'S 09o00'E

ii)

Wust Seamount

33o00'S 06o00'E

33o00'S 08o00'E

34o00'S 06o00'E

34o00'S 08o00'E

(e)

Division D

i)

Discovery, Junoy, Shannon Seamounts

41o00'S 06o00'W

41o00'S 03o00'E

44o00'S 06o00'W

44o00'S 03o00'E

ii)

Schwabenland & Herdman Seamounts

44o00'S 01o00'W

44o00'S 02o00'E

47o00'S 01o00'W

47o00'S 02o00'E

Article 75Past fishing activities

Member States shall communicate to the Commission, by 1 June 2007, information relating to their fishing activities for species covered by the SEAFO Convention that were undertaken in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in the areas referred to in Article 74 in the following format:

Type of FishingEffort MeasurementTotal Catch (Mt)

Trawlers

a.

Kilowatt/fishing days

b.

Vessel/fishing days

Longliners

a.

Gross tonnage/fishing days

b.

Average number of hooks deployed/Number of deployments

Others

Gross tonnage/fishing days